ask-td2-community

[oak talon]

have a look in this at the "Exotic Drop Locations and Chances" tab for exact info if you are after something specific, it states where every exotic can drop:https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vTJEX5DerCvOj3a_m36TRy1gPBAUvrduOIdmXI9j1Y0MpQk1wIXaZ9KOcPa7HzXzp_N5qGmjDj6yEfL/pubhtml#

[thin swallow]

I'm on normal in summit ATM (just to get the feel of it)
I'll try that named boss kill/reset trick on challenging tomorrow night 🙂

[oak talon]

for crafted items, once you have the blueprint, it can start to drop, not once you have it crafted.

so that checks out

[west wren]

aah

i see

[oak talon]

i changed it to "raids/legendary/need to be crafted have a quest" to be clearer

[cedar dirge]

I was looking at this and I'm wondering if it's better to farm Jefferson trade center for coyote mask or countdown/summit? Are the drop chances any different within each mode or all the same?

[oak talon]

they moved the loot to the end, as people were trying to cheese it, the last 4 drop double so it evens out over a whole run

[west wren]

tbf, they shoulda just prevented any loot dropping from all of em

needed to spend 6 runs of CD to get 1 named that takes 2 minutes to get in open world

🧍‍♀️like bruh

[oak talon]

with JTC its only 7% for that last boss for the coyote, so each run is 7% or average of 14 runs for it to drop on heroic.
in targeted loot every mask TL drop might be one of the three exotic mask, with a low chance per drop but more chances than only one boss,
for coyote the recommendation is just to run countdown/summit mask TL overall, unless mask TL is also on JTC and you can double dip that way

[cedar dirge]

I see that's interesting

So if I can't 'double dip' TL in missions, I'm just better off doing countdown/summit. Ok I'll keep an eye out for that ty

[oak talon]

yeah, as every enemy then has the same chance you would have in CD/summit but also that boss chance, but very few exotics have the option, in the list you can check where some of the exotics can drop in missions

and also dz aswell for pesti for instance, lmg tl on a dz will mean allot of pesti will drop all over the place, as the nameds there also are a specific source for pesti, alongside the TL

[cedar dirge]

Yea I actually got a pesti from control points targeted loot which kinda sucks tbh since I heard lmgs aren't great

[oak talon]

pesti isnt great, can be fun to use and learn for a bit, but not very effective

lmgs in general arent what most should use, but they do have uses, but ARs are just allrounders and easier

[cedar dirge]

Yea also why are contracter gloves bis for red ar builds? Doesn't the 1p set bonus give lmg dmg?

[cedar yacht]

Damage to Armor is what makes it good

[west wren]

the same goes for fox's prayers

sacrificing a set bonus for dttooc

[cedar dirge]

Oh I see ok

[oak talon]

those stats are valuable enough that they are worth running them even without a lmg or rifle in allot of cases

[west wren]

i repeat, i do wish the contractors and fox's were of brands that actually give me a benefit that i can use to my advantage

[prisma mauve]

Is there a way to quickly swap grenade types from concussion to the specialization ones?
I can't find it in settings and manually swapping it on the fly is a pain

[west wren]

either providence, grupo, fenris or ceska

or w&h

[oak talon]

as they have only a few sources, so they give much better returns per point over say WD or CHD that are going to be heavily diminished

[oak talon]

they are already very powerfull, that would make them even more BIS for allot of builds than they are now

its balanced as it is now

[west wren]

everytime i think about WD, i think about my low level dumbass constantly trying to get WD on everything i had, completely disregarding chd/c

how i got up to keener, not a bloody clue

[oak talon]

only that changing in the inventory, you could save each as a loadout to save 1 click, but thats about it

[prisma mauve]

I wish they'd add a button to toggle grenade types one day. Would be a great QoL when running out of any one grenade.

[cedar yacht]

When the spec revamp ever happens

[oak talon]

they dont have much uses, mostly its just to flush enemies out, and for that it doesnt even matter what nade it is, but i wouldnt say no to a grenade select button if they ever add one

[oak talon]

already moved back a few times, think likely either never, or its going to be minimal and atleast not the next 2 seasons

[supple swift]

as a support healer survivalist with sledgehammer equipped, id love to be able to easily switch between fire nades to concussions when i run out while i still in combat

[cedar yacht]

basically

[halcyon sorrel]

So, reading a reddit post about 7 months old says dark zones are a mess and miserable for solo players? Should I just never bother with them?

[oak talon]

dz's are pvpve areas, they arent required and should only be entered if you are prepared to pvp

allot of ppl arent ready when they go in, so the vocal ones keep bashing it often, but it can be allot of fun, but not without knowing what you are doing, and preferably with some others in the group

[steady terrace]

you wont lose anything give it a try ofc unless u got something contaminated loot and u want it then its whole other can of worms

[halcyon sorrel]

I have vague memories of the early days playing it, not hitting the PvP part of it too often but sneaking around.

[dawn fractal]

Try to go as a group

[north jay]

or go in solo and invite people you see to a group

thats what I do

[grand haven]

why is it that when i change the difficulty of the world it resets all control points but when i switch back there all gone still

[oak talon]

its not a different version of the map, its a reset, every time you change it resets, it doesn't save what you had at the other diff

[zenith orbit]

Is that so hard for them to fix ? I had the problems of crashing 1 year ago

[grand haven]

so you basically have to stay on one difficulty?

[oak talon]

not really, its more that the world doesnt matter much, you will want to reset it to farm loot/xp in the open world,

[north jay]

clearing all the control points doesnt do anything

[oak talon]

so most people reset it often whenever they want to farm stuff again

[cedar dirge]

Well since it's not fixed ig loool

[oak talon]

there is a specific backpack trophy for it, so not all the way true

but they are indeed not important

[grand haven]

okay thank you

[north jay]

Which one is that?

[oak talon]

its two chess pieces, for clearing the whole map to green CP's, used to be one of the hard things to get back in the day, but pretty easy nowadays, as ny counts aswell and you can do just the 8 there

it was nt hard for difficulty btw, but more that you had to intercept all the assault teams that would try to retake them back then

now on a heroic world they almost dont take any back by themselves, usually only the east side of DC can be retaken on by them on hard+

[north jay]

what attribute would work well on gr9 with steady hands? im thinking chd or dta

The way I see it, 9.5 chd procs 60% of shots so it's like + 6% damage all the time

And armor is procced less

[oak talon]

ROF is the recommended stat for lmgs, or CHC if you can make effective use of it

[grim forum]

do the manhunts cycle? like is jupiter coming back so i can get emp sticky?

[oak talon]

chd would need to be +20 instead of the +10 it is to compete, and DTA is 6% but less active, rof applies 5% to everything

[north jay]

Sounds good I'm using the rate of fire mag as well

[oak talon]

manhunts are tied to the seasons, in the past they have rerun seasons, but they likely wont again, as they have announced 2 coming seasons, and said they will likely make more new ones.

[grim forum]

so i wont be able to get emp sticky then?

[oak talon]

you can still do the final missions of them though, but no longer the openworld parts

[wraith flare]

the final missions give the skills which you can replay

[grim forum]

oooh where do i find those at

[oak talon]

the skills are still gettable, those are in the final missions

[subtle minnow]

how do you get exotics fast in countdown ive never had them @ me pls

[oak talon]

for emp its roosevelt, you have to toggle mission mode to manhunt

its in the screen you select the diff when you start a mission

[grim forum]

i dont have a toggle mission mode on it

[oak talon]

what season lvl are you currently? you unlock them at certain season lvls

[grim forum]

oh didnt know that, im 20

[subtle minnow]

how do i get exotics fast in countdown i could never get them

[oak talon]

you can check on the season reward track at what lvls they unlock, i believe you will unlock them all at 68 from memry

[grim forum]

yeah its 68, tysm for help

[oak talon]

exotics can just drop in countdown, you can increase your chance by going either weapon types or gear slots, as they cant drop from gearsets or brandset TL

if all you are after is exotic, you can also try the anderson manhunt mission, if you have completed the manhunt already

every clear currently gives a random exo after your first run

[subtle minnow]

ive only done 1 but that was hard asf

[oak talon]

you can do it on normal

making it pretty easy

[subtle minnow]

when i do the manhunt it says hard

[oak talon]

if you set your world diff to normal, and then travel to pentco where that final mission is, then you can do normal

[subtle minnow]

oh okay

[subtle minnow]

it says its on normal ]

bc ive gotta do 3 more manhunt to unlock anderson

[oak talon]

#ask-td2-community message
"if you have completed the manhunt already"

but its easy to go trough, if you set your world to normal, all the cps are normal, the bounty you have to do is on hard, and the minor target is challenging, you can knock it out in a few hours at most

after you will get acces to the final mission

[nimble spruce]

Go to countdown vendor (laptop near season vendor) and spend your countdown coins on exotic caches.

[fathom spruce]

at one point I got into the habit of basically just resetting CPs often to make sure my map's default state is hostile essentially, I think at some point that becomes preferable because that maximises hostile activity spawns like especially convoys which is nice
so you get more opportunities to do stuff

[arctic void]

Hej Hej... I've a question, can u redo a Boss?? Because, i accidently left the game whilest fighting him

[mortal jackal]

Best way to farm xp to level up watch?

[north jay]

Not sure, I would like to point out that having a maxed watch with a bad build is worse than a maxed build with a bad watch

Focus on getting a build perfect first

[lone minnow]

Hey guys, I've been playing with the Crusader shield for 95% of my gametime since the 13th while using blue cores. I'm finally at 40 and have gotten the Heartbreaker and Striker set. While I have no issues using the usual Technician/Shield with Artificer Hive build, I've been trying to move away from it when using the Red Striker set but I keep dying real quickly. Any tips to staying alive?

[north jay]

Practice a lot, countdown is a good way to practice agro and know your own health

I'm personally running pgc and vigilance to help my gamesense

You are smart for trying not to use the shield, higher difficulties will not care about your shield

[lone minnow]

I mean I'm very well aware it's a crutch lmao.

[north jay]

I'm also not the most experienced in the game, around 400ish hours, so don't take my word as fact

[cedar dirge]

Damn how many hours till you are experienced at this game

[lone minnow]

Be more specific lol

[fathom spruce]

I'd say keep at it, and try to indeed not rely on too many crutches - a healthy balance is good (no need to go all in right away if it's no fun for you), I think it's a very interesting experience to go in that "naked" as it forces you a lot of good habits and you learn so many defensive tactics

[lone minnow]

Named elite in the world? During an invasion mission? A Stronghold? Boss name?

[fathom spruce]

One really great thing also is using (perfect) glass cannon, so your damage intake is +50/60%,a really turbocharges your tactical defensive skills

[lone minnow]

I just got to 40 and I've been cursing my lungs out at having to get all the talents for calibration again.

Because my memory betrays me

"Oh right I had it for 30 not 40"

[fathom spruce]

even when solo and without a skill that helps to distract (turret/drone/decoy etc), you get little habits like getting a feel how long it takes for AI to target you from having no target/someone else as target, gliding along cover (e.g. pop up from one end of cover, shoot just before you start getting hit hard, the further away they are and less accurate they are the longer you usually can, and then go back in cover and slide along it a bit while reloading and pop-up slightly away and the enemies take some time to re-target your new position), using cover as cover without actually attaching as cover (basically keeping some kind of object between you and the most dangerous enemy/enemies hitting you, while dictating when you can get shots on any of their body parts

not long and suddenly in full reds (and even with GC) and without shield you'll feel like how you used to when initially running around with a tanky shield and/or many blue cores

at that point I feel like you get to killing problematic enemies (depends on your build/position/cover available/other enemies, lots of variables basically) ASAP, and at some point you tip over where you start noticing the "best defense is offense" thing where you basically only show yourself to an enemy when you also kill them before they can really get you back, without even needing to trade health

[lone minnow]

I mean I get it. I learn every role for most games of a similar nature.

[fathom spruce]

after just doing it a bunch that way, more and more things start to click I think from experience
some stuff came relatively late for me for example, like how at some point I really consciously realised that enemies take some time to re-target you again usually so you can abuse that timer
Or how if you don't show yourself and don't shoot, they don't know exactly where you are until you do, so you can secretly relocate to get a better situation (it's not quite like stealth mode in Crysis, but honestly sometimes not far from it)

[lone minnow]

I'm just surprised I didn't even try a skill damage build lmao. Went straight for LMG/AR/SMG with blue cores and the crusader shield and never looked back.

[fathom spruce]

and then you feel like duh why didn't I think of using this before

oh yea that sounds like great fun tbh

feels more interactive, you're more engaged with the game directly to get some good skills (heh) going

harder at times, but also usually more rewarding with a higher ceiling for sure

[lone minnow]

Basically this was what I was doing through campaign.

[fathom spruce]

my crutch when fresh max level was memento + ND build with yellow cores so I could have decent weapon DPS (with capacitor) + decent skill DPS (because T5/6) + most of the time T6 crusader shield that'd basically be invulnerable in all heroic (group) content

[oak talon]

going upto shd 1k is called the tutorial for a reason 😛

[fathom spruce]

it's probably good initially to get used to things with some big defense like that, and you feel naked when you go to suddenly all reds and now you have to really be careful of when you use the shield and make the best out of it, and then at some point it feels all right

shield goes from a portable invulnerable piece of rock in front of you to an emergency "I need to relocate without losing all my health" or "I'm awkwardly flanked and caught out and need to kill this rushing elite without trading all my health"

whenever you're able to, I can highly recommend a (P)Glass Cannon build too, a bit later on

[lone minnow]

My Striker build has like... Dare and I'm using it with Gunner

[fathom spruce]

Just for the experience and how it forces you to learn some stuff, really great I think and I'm glad I followed that advice of some (you'd use it with say a regular high end DPS build)

[lone minnow]

So I'm planning to run Pulse for it and probably Decoy

No skill tier should be fine if I can kill the stuff that attacks my decoy faster than they can pop it.

I'm still sad Dare has a short underbarrel rail

[fathom spruce]

Decoy can be quite handy for that yeah, though I've recently seen some people soloing legendaries where they used an assault turret (just tier 0) as basically a semi-decoy that has way longer uptime and can do back some minimal damage, I haven't tried that but that seems interesting too

Yah I still often get reminded of that whenever I come across it, I constantly wanted to use it for that but nope no laser, I gave up because I find it very awkward to rely on pulsing and thus low uptime on some conditional DPS increase

[lone minnow]

That 200 Mag size is calling me

[narrow kraken]

How do i get a tire 1 on my skills? Like in reviver

[fathom spruce]

keep in mind that LMG gameplay is pretty fun imo but also you're usually trading burst for more damage per mag so your time to kill enemies can be a bit lower, and even with small differences that effect can snowball where you fall behind on how quick you kill stuff, stay exposed for longer, and struggle more with survivability

[lone minnow]

Skill Tier. The yellow stat

[fathom spruce]

I personally found the 50 mag (with +50 from gunner making it 100) MG5/inf MG5 for example a decent compromise where you get a fair bit closer to AR levels of TTK but still retain the flexibility of more damage per mag, high rate of fire (nice for stacks gameplay like for strikers), and you get the LMG gameplay that you might find fun

[narrow kraken]

Ok ty

[lone minnow]

There's also one brand set that gives another +1 and the Technician specialisation has a passive for it.

[cedar dirge]

Tutorial for what though? All you do is farm

[fathom spruce]

I can also recommend the TDI Kard Custom pistol that has a +1 skill tier too (only active when you have it in your hands), it can be nice specifically to get a quick tier on a reviver (bringing it to T1 instead of T0) for that second charge to be able to revive someone and pick it up without using it all up and putting it on CD - handy if your build is T0 otherwise

Named item though so obtaining it can be a bit more tricky (not to be confused with the regular kards)

[lone minnow]

I found Carnage and Tabula Rasa. They already had maxed Stability so they're great.

[oak talon]

while that seems to be the deal with what most think now, most people just play the game, i dont think i ever farmed till way past several k's

[lone minnow]

Very fast reload too.

Just big ARs lmao.

[fathom spruce]

those seem interesting for sure, but you're a bit more limited with their talent

[lone minnow]

Yeah, no damage potential other than headshot stacking

[fathom spruce]

fast hands on an MG5 brings it down to basically exactly a regular AR reload speed, so not too great, not too terrible, which removes one of its biggest downsides (the super sluggish long reload for the "just" 100 in the mag)

Or grab yourself a GR9 (non named of the dare) and enjoy steady hands on it, so as long as you hit half your bullets you won't ever need to reload, have basically infinite bullets, and it goes back and forth between pretty accurate/stable to insanely accurate/stable, with high RPM (again, relevant if you need stacks only), just not the biggest DPS

and you probably end up suppressing half the map and nothing will ever get out of cover
but yea just for fun

[cedar dirge]

I mean isn't the whole game just farming for loot? Like diablo

[fathom spruce]

Probably really depends what game you're from and your approach to the game/what you want out of it, I've seen people just enjoying it without much thought of what to aim for or farming something specifically and they're in the thousands of SHD levels, I'm used to stuff like Diablo before so I had a few target builds ready right as I finished WONY and got a build or two ready by couple ten levels in as a baseline and just target farm new things (or occasionally levels) every time

[oak talon]

oh gear, thought you meant xp farm, yeah thats one of the points, but the game in itself is fun to play, and that first 1k you will just slowly learn mechanics just by doing all the content, and with different builds,
where some just used to F10 farm all the xp to 1k and end up at 1k without knowing anything on how to play the game

[fathom spruce]

I think what they mean with tutorial is across those 1000 levels you're still putting in hours and experience and have plenty of things to learn and mechanics to discover, regardless of what you're obtaining and whatnot

[oak talon]

but also unlike diablo, there is a set end to gear farm per build, and then you can try other builds, its like you can swap classes at any time.

[lone minnow]

To me the point of games like TD2 is... the experience of gameplay.

To change the flavor of your gameplay you get more parts for builds.

Or improve them via calibration.

That's how it's been for all similar games.

How many ways can you solve a problem?

[oak talon]

the real division, is the gap between you and your friends you made allong the way.....

wait what... 😛

[fathom spruce]

Ya it's like...kind of in a way playing casino, except you have a good control over what you're obtaining, and putting in time will net you with rewards that'll give you progress so you don't really have a "you could get it right away, or maybe after 3k hours, or maybe never ever"

I swear it's also kind of cookie clicker but with a lot of extra steps

[cedar dirge]

Idk I get what you're both saying but surely 1000 levels shouldn't be considered a 'tutorial'? I feel like the game is pretty simple, it's just finding info about certain things is hard which I find outside of the game rather than in game.

[thorn hedge]

What's going on chat

[fathom spruce]

I feel like it's mostly joking but partially has some truth to it, like you might be at level 800 and notice "wait that's a mechanic I can use to play better"
Sure it's simple enough to get most of the basics pretty much right away, but there's a bunch of small little details you can learn along the way that can help

[oak talon]

the basics are simple, but you can go pretty deep if you start to play around with stuff,

[cedar dirge]

Yea I agree with that tbf but there's also some people where no matter how many hours they play they won't pick up on that

[fathom spruce]

yuh of course which is why it's also probably a joke (like as in, bit of a teasing/inside joke statement), it's different for everyone
someone at level 20k might not know a certain mechanic, while someone at level 20 might think it's basic common sense and they discovered it right away

[karmic thicket]

I'm back after 2 years, I forgot the game completely. Is there a guide for old players?

[oak talon]

both in gameplay, as there are plenty of places that are still hard-ish, and where you can learn allot, the first time and the 100th time you do a legendary will not look the same

and then there is builds

where still plenty of people think they have it figured out, till they learn something new each time they take out a build

[cedar dirge]

Yea I just found it interesting since when I played lost ark you were invited to groups based on your roster lvl which only meant, higher roster lvl = more time played. But people equated time played with skill - I can see why though.

[fathom spruce]

really differs per game, I wouldn't say such a thing is ever a 100% indicator, in most games you can worst case just buy that high rank/gearscore etc, but in some games such things are a better indicator than others

here the bar is incredibly low to gain those levels, it's not like you need to showcase certain skills in gameplay/builds etc

[oak talon]

as someone with more time than most, that is completely true

[cedar dirge]

Haha

[fathom spruce]

you have a higher chance that you stumbled upon stuff to learn if you have more levels and more time, but it's never for sure

[cedar dirge]

Yea that's the general sentiment surrounding it

How long does it take to get shd lvl 1000 anyway? Icl my watch lvl is goin up pretty slowly

[fathom spruce]

also I think it's a bit ironic here, some of the ways to powerfarm levels (like convoys) are quite low difficulty and easy to do, while some of the more difficult content like legendaries and whatnot don't give that much XP for time spent

really depends on what you do tbh

I was going quite slow between 50-300, as I was doing summit, then CDs, dipping into legendaries, building good sets

then had my first golden bullet event and went ham on convoys and that week went from 400 to 1000

[oak talon]

there are build guides in the pinned comments of this channel, there is a spreadsheet link and its in the hub tab, one of those can probably help you, read trough a few and at the start is says it playstyle

[fathom spruce]

ever since then I only got like bit less than 200 levels and it's been what, weeks, because I went to focus on other gameplay

[cedar dirge]

Oh I see, I'll probably take it really slow as well since I wanna make some builds and tackle legendary missions whatever they are

[fathom spruce]

so best to not burn out with a one sided activity too much

[oak talon]

and the common good builds atm are the standard red, striker or hf, if you need a recommendation to a guide

[oak talon]

yeah, its not a race, take your time to make the journey worth it, you wont remember all the grind, but the fun times like finally getting how something works will stick with you

[cedar dirge]

Yea I got a perfect rolled providence knees for my red ar build and I was hyped

Then I realised you don't use providence knees LOL

[oak talon]

yeah, the feelings of finding any all maxed out red brand kneepad, and then remembering it wont ever get use is always a rollercoaster feeling

[stable crescent]

why are low SHD matching up for Heroic Countdown...

is there any way to lock the Matchmaking so i dont have to spend so much time kicking?

[north jay]

Some people are ready for heroic countdown

[stable crescent]

LMAO

[north jay]

I'm shd 150 or so, and I already have a build almost done

Depends on what low shd means I suppose

[stable crescent]

such a coincidence that 100% of the low SHDs end up dragging the entire run down and sometimes ruining it at the end

[brittle walrus]

150 is not that low tho

[stable crescent]

its not that low, 150 warants Inspection

[north jay]

I would understand insta kicking anyone below 50 shd

[cedar dirge]

I know I'm only shd 20 but don't kick me

[brittle walrus]

I got paired with lvls 10s and 20s yesterday and couldnt even got to the first mission💀

[stable crescent]

its usually faster to just kick below 300 than inspect their builds for that 1/200 players that actually have a build good enough to last

[north jay]

I wish people who kicked from countdown atleast checked builds, I would like to try heroic CD atleast once

[stable crescent]

there should be a lock on god theres so many below 100 alone in itself

[cedar dirge]

My 5p providence set does dmg trust me

[north jay]

Lol

[stable crescent]

its faster to kick i just told you
#ask-td2-community message

[north jay]

A well focused player could get a maxed out build by 200 probably

[north jay]

Fair enough, I can always make my own game too

[brittle walrus]

I dont mind if there is one low level bc we can carry that person between all of us but having more than 2 is a drawback

[stable crescent]

i mean its usually a 7/8 almost everytime since one person will DC or leave

[stable crescent]

exactly
those are the worst tho
when you join a heroic and the host is SHD 86 lmfao 😂

[north jay]

How much more worth it is heroic CD vs challenging

[north jay]

I love being in a challenging CD with the host like shd 3

[stable crescent]

about the same as Normal to Challenging i think

maybe a little harder

idk how id feel about a Legendary CD tho 🤔

[north jay]

Is the loot that much better?

[stable crescent]

no
but you do get more higher quality loot
a lot more

so yea its better actually...

[cedar dirge]

I'd rather spend my time getting kicked from heroic than do challenging tbh

[stable crescent]

this ☝️

[brittle walrus]

If u have a good build, there is no reason to run challenging

[stable crescent]

not to mention anyone can have top tier DPS now after the Strikers buff

[tepid dust]

For my starter skill build I used rigger w wyvern n a capacitor I liked it

[stable crescent]

takes 15 mins to farm all the parts you need for top DPS

[tepid dust]

Striker? Buff?

[stable crescent]

the gearset

[tepid dust]

Yes

[stable crescent]

it was heavily buffed

[tepid dust]

But a buff?

[stable crescent]

its the best in terms of damage now

[tepid dust]

Whaaaat

[cedar dirge]

Maybe I should make a striker build instead of 5p providence hmmmm

[stable crescent]

Amp and Retention was buffed

[tepid dust]

Does it involve the chest or backpack or both?

[north jay]

5 pc Providence doesn't do anything

[brittle walrus]

What ar do u recommend? Im currently running that build with scorpio and maxed out custom p416 with strained and chc

[stable crescent]

it gives 0,65% per stack now
and backpack improves it to 1%
(buffed from 0,5 to 0,65)
Chest increases stacks but its not worth it its better to run Spotter for instant damage boost rather than trying to keep stacks
the more stacks u got the faster u lose them too

[tepid dust]

Cus I just came back n I am using 3 blue rest red with tech specialization so extra +1 to the shield from all that using hsd everywhere hitting 1m - 1.2m with max stacks

[cedar dirge]

I know it doesn't but I have nothing else

[stable crescent]

same 3 thats always recommended
Famas, M4, C7

[north jay]

But like after 3 pieces with a brand, it doesn't do anything

[stable crescent]

never run 3pc gearset EVER

always 4 or go brandset

[tepid dust]

I wish at a time like this we had that ninja backpack

[cedar dirge]

Omg guys pls I know I'm not that bad I just have no gear

[north jay]

I know!

[brittle walrus]

Thats gonna change after the update

[stable crescent]

explain

[stable crescent]

1.2m? are u using the chest piece for more stacks?

[tepid dust]

Go farm summit or countdown . Imo countdown would b best get fox prayer kneepads n get some contractors gloves

[tepid dust]

I’m using the chest of hb yes

[nimble spruce]

If you're running 5 prov then that's a big part of why you're getting kicked: heroic needs actually good builds. Challenging is fine, the loot is better than open world challenging, the only thing you lose out on is the extra tokens, but that's only if you successfully extract in heroic.

[stable crescent]

oh hb nvm

[tepid dust]

Only was running that because I didn’t know what ubi has changed / what’s planned to get changed

[brittle walrus]

They are bringing the ninjabike exotic so that backpack can be a replacement for an extra piece in multiple sets at the same time

[tepid dust]

But what are you hitting with that striker build?

Any blues or yellows?

[oak talon]

ninja bag in div 2 wont be usefull for making 2 gearset mix

like in div1

[tepid dust]

🫡🥲

[brittle walrus]

4 blues and the rest are red

[tepid dust]

For striker?

[stable crescent]

ninjabike are kneepads
theyre releasing a new exotic backpack?

[brittle walrus]

Yup

[stable crescent]

what is this new backpack

[oak talon]

will likely still make for some effective builds, but with 3gearsets, 2 brands and the bag

[tepid dust]

You know the exotic ninjabike messenger backpack from div 1 they plan to add it in here

[stable crescent]

i didnt play div1

[tepid dust]

So +1 to and and every gear set

[stable crescent]

anything else?

[oak talon]

but none can really say anything about it till we know what cores and/or minors/slots it comes with

[tepid dust]

You should it’s where div 2 came from after all

[stable crescent]

and i wont either

[tepid dust]

Damn y not

[stable crescent]

anyway
what stats does the backpack have to warrant using it over a 4th pc?

[oak talon]

its also brand +1 aswell as its planned atm

[tepid dust]

I just said it….

😐

[stable crescent]

how do you control what brand/gear it provides?

[oak talon]

its to what you have equiped, the other 5 slots

[stable crescent]

6 slots
3 are gear
2 can be 2 different brands

[oak talon]

every branddbonus and gearset bonus gets a + 1

[stable crescent]

oh every bonus?

[oak talon]

so with 3 pieces gear you have 4th bonus, and with each brand 1 piece gives also the 2nd bonus

[stable crescent]

wouldnt that mean its better to run 2 different brandsets along with it as it gives a total of 5+3 items
as opposed to running 3 gear + 2 brand and the backpack only gives +1

[oak talon]

but you lose atleast the backpack talent, and we dont know if or what stats it will have

so its still only speculation to if it will be effective

[stable crescent]

its okay
backpack talents are inferior to chest talents

[oak talon]

till we know what the cores and stats are, if any

[tepid dust]

They do THAT it will make div 2 be like div 1

[fallow inlet]

Hey Kettle,

[tepid dust]

They should only make it apply to gear sets not both sets and brands

One or the other

Because if it is both it’s about to be used as much as the house is on div 1 ( for pvp )

[oak talon]

its less effective than you may think, it likely wont overtake any meta builds, but if it has some good stats it can maybe be used for hybrids and survivability builds

as just the backpack talent is allot by itself on allot of builds, especially just all the vigi builds

[tepid dust]

Honestly I’m just glad there’s going to be another backpack in the game that allows me to still dps without needing to have the vigilante talent I hate the fact for any dps build I feel you need that if you don’t your just missing dmg

Feels kinda like there’s nothing else to run besides a momento or gift

[stable crescent]

i knew youd say vigi

i commend people for using vigi bcos i cannot keep my vigi up ever

its also fucking hilarious in PvP cos shields dont block Trauma

making it useless

[surreal vine]

can i use alts to level up my season pass

[oak talon]

the thing with vigi is, its still so high that even if you dont keep it up 25% of the time, its still ahead of the next options

[stable crescent]

its an amp right?

[oak talon]

the season lvl is account wide, every lvl 40 char you have will contribute, but not alts at below 40

[oak talon]

its TWD, but with so few sources for twd, its almost at full strenght even with other TWD talents, and is if you arent using a TWD chest talent then its the full 25%

[surreal vine]

oh ok i see

[stable crescent]

how much TWD is equal to how much AWD?

Dttooc and CHD was something around 5% = 15%right?

[oak talon]

not how it really works, depends on the build, those stats are all additive from all their sources, so depends how much you have on the build already,
every point higher is giving more diminished returns than the last

10 chd more when you have 100 is 5% actual increase like on a striker, but 4% actual increase on a red with 150 chd.

[stable crescent]

theres a general assumption tho

it should be somwhere someone said how much it was

[oak talon]

there is no generalising, if you try to do that to more than a single build style you end up with just wrong assumptions

like fox is bis in red builds, because of that people think they are BIS and put them in striker/hb where they are worse than ceska+grupo/coyote combo

[narrow matrix]

Is it not possible to recalibrate the oh carol marksman rifle?

[foggy needle]

known issue atm

[rich elbow]

Do the shotguns Prox per bullet ? Like if I’m running a striker gear set should I use a shotgun to get dmg stacked faster ?

[dim crag]

Yes

ACS to be precise

[rich elbow]

Thank you kindly !!!!

[oak talon]

for striker and heartbreaker yes, for chest and backpack talents not, just to be clear

[rich elbow]

Oooooh wow okay. Thank you 🙏

[narrow matrix]

If you kill the loot goblin in one area can he spawn somewhere else or is it one spawn per in game day?

[stiff canyon]

Is there any shotgun that justifies putting a 6x+ scope on it or is it just there cause options?

[oak talon]

you can farm him, by fasttraveling between places he can spawn, there is no cooldown timer like world nameds or such, just that he can sometimes spawn 5 times in a row, and then a dozen times nothing.

easiest 2 i find is going to fast travel to capitol mission, and head west, and then fast travel to dcd and head east

and keep repeating till he spawns

[fallow inlet]

Hey Azurmen32

[narrow matrix]

So can you farm the same location? I’d figured if his body is there you have to find somewhere else

[oak talon]

there are a ton of other places that work aswell, but those are just my prefered 2

[oak talon]

you can, i have had him pop up by capitol, then right after by dcd, and again once back at capitol, but also sometimes 10+ fast travels without one

[narrow matrix]

Okay thank I’ll give those a shot, does he always come out of the manhole?

[oak talon]

its just to have all the options on all the guns, just incase someone wants to do weird stuffs

[narrow matrix]

For the capitol is it towards the plane or towards the house where you get bounties in southwest?

[oak talon]

towards the plane

he usually spawns from where the red nade outline is

with the fast travel of capitol on the upper right

he also has another nearby, that can trigger once you reach that sever grate, thats why capitol is one of the better ones as he has 2 close spawns

[elfin beacon]

stupid question, how do yall go about farming specific exotics? specifically the mantis eludes me rn

ive been playing the marksman rifle targeted loot but no mantis yet just lookin for advice

[hallow raptor]

Higher drop rates at higher difficulty, so heroic is best. But yeah, farming targeted loot is the way. Countdown is good because you can buy exotic caches with the currency you earn from it, and can select your targeted loot.

[wide forum]

Is there any difference between a regular m9 and then like an officers m9

[oak talon]

they are similar, but different in that the normal m9 only has 2 modslots, the officer has 4, and the base dmg of the m9 is a little higher

both are ok pistols, the best pistol is the kard though, the normal variant not the named, atleast for dmg

[cedar dirge]

stupid question: do i need to be in a clan to unlock clan vendor?

[nimble spruce]

yes

[hallow raptor]

Yes, but if you look up clans at the clan lady, some are open to join. Just join, buy what you want, then leave the clan. Be sure the clan level is 30 though.

[cedar dirge]

kk ty

i tl knee pads for foxes knees right?

[hallow raptor]

Sorry no, overlord . 1/6 is better than 1/very many….

Caught it, lol…

[cedar dirge]

do you always want dttooc on ars?

[foggy needle]

on all weapons yes

[tropic gust]

Does ridgeways bleed have a cooldown in pvp?

also how exactly does blue screen work, does it give 50 stack debuff even if you didnt have 50/50 as long as the enemy dies?

[oak talon]

no cooldown, but howthe way ridgeway bleed works is that you apply bleed, and if you hit while bleed is active it doesnt refresh, once it has gone trough its duration your next shot applies new bleed

[tropic gust]

thats fine
i expected as much

[oak talon]

the effect happens once you hit 50 is only after you have that amount and a enemy dies with a mark

[sage badger]

What do I need to complete so I can do the Liberty Island Main mission?

[oak talon]

or you trigger it before with a skill deploy

[tropic gust]

i see

[sage badger]

Says required mission not complete but doesn't show me where. I have looked around for it so much

[carmine flicker]

Have you done the castle clinton side mission?

[sage badger]

I've done all of them on the map. Do I need to obtain this mission some how?

[oak talon]

could you sow the manhunt tab?

[carmine flicker]

It should’ve just shown up on the map without needing to talk to someone

[oak talon]

there it should show what is required

[oak talon]

are you lvl 40 aswell? just to make sure

as that does all seem completed

[oak talon]

and camp clinton is the only required side mission, but seeing as its not on your map, im guessing you already did it

[sage badger]

I'm pretty sure. It's not on my map so

[oak talon]

have you tried loging out and back in as one of the things to try

[sage badger]

I have, I've been playing the game for months. I keep re-asking what is wrong and no one ever knows

I normally get a "I don't know" I come back months later to ask again

[oak talon]

there is a few things to try if you are up for it, and willing to group up to try them, as to see what happens if someone else starts the mission for you

[tropic gust]

does glass cannon affect status effects you recieve?

[oak talon]

to all sources, and from all sources, so yes

[tropic gust]

oof

[sage badger]

I'd try that. My username on Ubisoft is KillaShark02. Same as here

[oak talon]

in the ingame chat, type /invite i_kia ,ill try to see if i can start it for you

[cedar dirge]

how do i do weekly projects in groups?

no one joining :/

[tropic gust]

any way to increase voice chat volume?
everyone is quiet as fuck

[rough thistle]

Hi question, should I do Black Tusk first or start New York? I'm level 30.

[oak talon]

not many matchmake for other stuff than missions, countdown or summit

and mostly on the 2 highest difficulties

[foggy needle]

depends on you. If you care about the story, then do Black Tusk stuff 1st as its the main story still. otherwise just boost to NYC and do that if you care more about gear then story. can also see story order pinned in this channel.

[rough thistle]

Ok, how long does Black Tusk take?

[oak talon]

if under audio settings "group audio" is already at full, then turn the rest of the audio settings down and increase your speaker/headphone to change the balance that way

[oak talon]

much shorter than what you have already done, its only 6 missions and 4 strongholds, so not that long

but hard to say a hard number as its different per person, it can be done in a few hours

[cedar dirge]

how good my build need to be for legendary?

[acoustic furnace]

Could someone tell me what i need to do to gain access to complexe gatehouse?

[oak talon]

you need a decent build, and that is suited for it, but more importantly you need to be decently knowledgeable about the game mechanics and how the ai kinda works/doesnt work

[oak talon]

could you elaborate on where it is, doesnt ring a bell directly, maybe if possible a screenshot from your map of what you mean?

[acoustic furnace]

Sorry one second

Its the right side of the late thing

lake*

[ivory gazelle]

When going for named drops, should I go for the brand or equipment type?

[foggy needle]

always brand

equipment type is only good for exotics and yaahl, Systems set.

[ivory gazelle]

Yeah, need to get The Setup, so I guess I run the Summit with UG.

[oak talon]

is it for the echo in there? that can only be gotten in WT4 while lvling

[supple swift]

minimum build/easiest to make that will make you at least contribute something in Legendaries is a Future Initiative healer build with the chest and btsu gloves

[acoustic furnace]

something of a keycard or something but i think i got it now i have to complete a certain mission

[cedar dirge]

healer? Couldnt be me

[foggy needle]

some gear set builds too: ND, EP, Strikers, HB, HF, are quick to make and also still very strong for legendary.

[narrow matrix]

How often do resource convoys spawn, does it require anything ? Most of my map is red … hardly any convoys happening and if they are it’s outcasts…

[fathom spruce]

a watched pot CP never boils spawns
the moment you stand up to get some water, 348 convoys spawn and start running everywhere like little moles rushing to finish before you come back

[versed pumice]

They spawn kinda often u just gotta keep looking at the map n hurry up b fast travel to somewhere close to it n catch it before it goes to the cp

Bit of annoying sometimes

[fathom spruce]

pretty sure not much you can do about it outside of having all CPs red
every time you (or anyone in group) fast travels it skips ahead quite some time though and I think the spawnrate doesn't keep up with that, so basically if you fast travel a lot they might run out and it can take a bit before they start spawning

sometimes you catch like 3 running into each other at a crossing quick and more underway to it, sometimes you can keep bouncing to intercept 1-2 all day, sometimes there's like almost none for what seems like hours on end whenever you look

[versed pumice]

Oh yea when u get close to one on foot shoot a lil bit so they’ll drop it n start spawning

Otherwise they’ll just keep going to the cp

[cedar dirge]

are weekly quests only supposed to offer xp? seems pretty shit ngl

[fathom spruce]

once you get close enough for them to actually spawn in as enemies they're quite slow and you can take your time to walk up to a better position if you want
But it's so annoying when you chase them from directly behind but you're still out of their render range so they get moved forward every tick, they just fly forwards so quick

[versed pumice]

The one’s that still give exotic caches still do

Just bugged n doesn’t show as rewards

[fathom spruce]

pretty sure the rewards list is missing items, one weekly even just shows nothing at all for me and still gives XP and the other stuff

[cedar dirge]

ohh lol is there any way i can see what actually offers what?

[versed pumice]

Like the donate mats one n complete the legendary stronghold one

[versed pumice]

They the same every week so just complete em

[cedar dirge]

kk cool

[versed pumice]

Shit like this why I’d rather farm 3 landmarks n gain a level in the dz

Very consistent as well n pretty fast to clear

[fathom spruce]

issue is I'm not really into the pvp part, and when I'm aiming to level I'm just like brain switched off, YT or some movie on second screen going on, just mass killing the convoys on auto pilot

[versed pumice]

True

[fathom spruce]

so don't want to need to worry about pvp potential that slows it down or anything

[versed pumice]

I just prefer consistency

[fathom spruce]

but that's a good point if one's up for that for sure

yeah fair, it's annoying if you're like let's do some convoys and there's just none

though at that point I'm like that's the sign I should just do something else

[versed pumice]

Yea like control points or something

[eternal wagon]

friends and i are having constant crashing and it just will not stop crashing when we enter the game

.5 seconds just crashes

we have the all pc requirements

[narrow matrix]

I keep trying to intercept them at other activities like public execution or territory control for more xp but it seems to mess up the resource convoy cause either the enemies don’t come out in waves and it cancels or I can never find the supplies, have you had this issue?

[narrow matrix]

I used to do this but suck at pvp 😔

[versed pumice]

Well for avoiding PvP try getting a dead dz or when u see a few agents coming up especially if ur solo just dip n go to another landmark

As they’ll likely pop rogue

[narrow matrix]

Oh man I did that last year and it messed me up lol

Doesn’t work until server reset

That’s 4 am bruv

[versed pumice]

N for extracting try doing all 3 extractions points or at least 2

[versed pumice]

Ah u kinda get a empty one just by exiting to main menu n going back in a few times

At least I usually do

Also in dz ur best skill be decoy it’s good for not getting killed or if u wanna kill others

[thin venture]

Hey everyone ✌🏼 I've been playing Div2 for quite a while now but have come across a new issue and don't know how to get round it. I went to NY to do some farming but whenever I try to go back to DC my game keeps crashing. Can anyone help?

[narrow matrix]

Maybe try uninstalling

Or holding R1 and L1 as the game loads

[versed pumice]

Could try joining someone that’s in dc like a friend or something

Idk

Like get a invite

[narrow matrix]

Look up how to restore licenses on Xbox if you are on ps I’d explain to you

[thin venture]

That sucks and would be long. Joining a group is a good idea - why didn't I think of that 🤦🏻‍♂️🤣🤣 thanks 👍🏻

[versed pumice]

Otherwise will prob have to wait for next season n hopefully they patch it

[narrow matrix]

https://support.xbox.com/en-US/help/errors/xbox-360/error-code-803c0008#:~:text=To restore the license%2C sign,the item%2C then try again.&text=This may mean there's no,belong to the current profile.

[tropic gust]

does pulse count as status effect? prolly not...

[nimble spruce]

nope

[hallow raptor]

Banshee?

[nimble spruce]

yep

[foggy needle]

well the banshee disorient counts as status effect, but its pulse counts as a debuff (not status)

[narrow matrix]

I just this, I love this description 😂

[worn roost]

how do i get intel for the manhunts? i dont see anything on my map anywhere

[nimble spruce]

what level are you?

[worn roost]

40 now

[nimble spruce]

you have to be level 40 (completed the Warlords dlc) before you can start the manhunt, to do so head to the White House and you should have quest markers leading you upstairs to Manny's room

you'll get a cutscene there then head down to the basement, talk to Kelso, then listen to the computer recording and Kelso's comments

after that you'll be able to go out and start doing the manhunt activities, which all have yellow icons on the map

[worn roost]

ahhh, i havent b een back to dc yet. i assumed it would be in nyc for some reason lmao

[nimble spruce]

the majority of content these days is in or around DC, they don't put much in NY

[worn roost]

thats a shame. ngl i was a bit disappointed to not see NYC dark zones

nyc is a better city by miles

[raven pecan]

whats the best way of maxing out the watch?

[versed pumice]

Resource convoys or dz landmarks

[worldly beacon]

If I buy division 2 on Steam on PC can I play with a friend on playstation?

[stiff canyon]

Is the sticky bomb launcher any good ? Just got it and have been using cluster seeker mines and considering replacing them.

[willow river]

no unfortunately

[worldly beacon]

Rip

[rich elbow]

Do all level 3 Control Points drop weapon blueprints ?

[worldly beacon]

Does division 2 have Survival mode?

[hallow raptor]

Random blueprint from level 3/4 control points

[rich elbow]

Thanks a lot buddy

[hallow raptor]

Check the crafting table to see what weapons.

[worldly beacon]

Does division 2 have survival mode like division 1 did?

[carmine flicker]

Nope

[worldly beacon]

Rip

[fallow inlet]

Gotta wait for Heartland

[worldly beacon]

Is heartland dlc or a new game entirely?

[fallow inlet]

new game

F2P

[worldly beacon]

So... no point in buying division 2? 😂🤣

[fallow inlet]

if you like div1 youll finish the story in div2 plus theres lots to do

[carmine flicker]

Survival isn’t the only thing. Sure it may be what you like but that isn’t the main focus of the division. Div2 is still worth it and better in many aspects compared to div1

[worldly beacon]

I've been the story of div2 previously. I just can't seem to find my old ubisoft account so I was debating rebuying on steam. But if I can't play with my friends on Playstation, dark zone pvp seems meh as far as I've seen and survival isn't in? Div2 sounds ass rn lol

[carmine flicker]

But div1 also has some better things than div2

[fallow inlet]

div1 winter atmosphere

[worldly beacon]

Is div1 still populated? Honestly might just go back to that 🤣😂 idk I've seen some videos of dark zone and it just looks like CC spam wins

[fallow inlet]

very poppulated

[worn roost]

what's the point of Sweet Dreams?

[fallow inlet]

but stroke a npc

[hallow raptor]

To insta-kill reds and purples with melee attack

[worn roost]

so im guessing its not rly any good? less dps than my high end shotgun thats 1 rank lower

[fallow inlet]

its good for melee

[worn roost]

yeah but whats the advantage of getting in melee range to 1shot over just..shotgunning the fucker in the head?

[fallow inlet]

nom hit him with it

[hallow raptor]

I use it on my PFE legendary build because they are the only ones that can hurt me…

[fallow inlet]

some of the missions require you to melee

[worn roost]

huh
have yet to encounter that, but ive only just reached level 40 ig

[hallow raptor]

What missions?

[fallow inlet]

in the season

[hallow raptor]

Those are event projects not missions. Get so many melee kills, etc.

[fallow inlet]

alright but still

[hallow raptor]

I like my lullaby…. Why you take daddies car!!!… Time go sleep now….

[zenith orbit]

Im max lvl playing on heroic and my friend is lvl 13, if I drag him into my heroic main missions would he get more experience than he 2ould get on his normal main missions ?

[hallow raptor]

Are you level 40 with shd level?

[zenith orbit]

Yeah, shd lvl 98

[hallow raptor]

And he’s level 13, pre warlords?

[zenith orbit]

Yes indeed

[hallow raptor]

Then he can’t even join you bro

You can only join him

[zenith orbit]

Oh okay, thanks for telling me

[hallow raptor]

This will get him more xp though because everything will scale to you. He need to do his missions on story mode for them to count as well… @zenith orbit

[fading nebula]

Hello, I'm coming back to div 2 after aaa long time! My question is, is scorpio shotgun still good? and where can I get it?
I've been searching for best exotic weapons and scorpio used to always be at the top, not sure if it got nerfed or changed

[hallow raptor]

Still great, farm shotgun targeted loot. Countdown and Anderson manhunt mission are probably the better missions. You can also select targeted loot there.

[fading nebula]

I dont think I have ever done manhunts, what exactly is it?

[hallow raptor]

Current season event. There should be a lot of yellow icons on your map you need to complete before you can get access to the Anderson mission. Countdown probably easier and quicker

[fading nebula]

alright thanks!

[fading nebula]

should I play on normal difficulty and all global directives ative?

[hallow raptor]

For exotics, the higher the difficulty, the better the drop rate. Directives increases xp and chances for targeted loot. From there it’s up to you.

[foggy needle]

Also minimum you want is challenging, as that cuts out purple loot.

[fading nebula]

Thanks

Not sure I can do challenge but I'll try

[steady terrace]

play div 1

cringe div 1 players keep asking same question smh

[tiny totem]

What happens to season gear/plans after a season are you able to get them afterwards or are they just gone?

[fading nebula]

man, it's been so long, I'm lost, I changed to marksman class, how do I get points to spend?

[foggy needle]

Season items and exotics get added to the normal loot pool after the season ends.

[foggy needle]

Leveling up, doing CP3+, clearing the weekend invaded missions, some bounties.

[fading nebula]

Thanks

[worldly beacon]

Cringe div2 players crying cuz I asked a question? Imagine.
I've played both but I haven't played either in a while and thought about getting back into 2 because it just popped up on steam which means more people are playing.
Sorry for asking a question in the correct channel I'd hate to bother you.
Hope to see you in the DZ baby 🖕🙂

[tiny totem]

oh cool thanks dude the fomo is real :p

[fading nebula]

does targeted loot change everyday?

and if I want an exotic with better stats, the only way to do it is to drop it again? or is there a way to reroll?

[hallow raptor]

Reconfiguration blueprint from the blueprint lady. But you will need exotic components which only come from deconstructing exotics. It’s also a gamble because the stats could get worse as well as better….

[fading nebula]

thanks!

[maiden mantle]

So I just got to world tier 5 in addition to getting a clear on tidal basin! Should I go to the dlc next or start grinding and trying to make a build?

[hallow raptor]

DLC, don’t worry about builds till level 40.

[maiden mantle]

Gotcha. Honestly terrified with trying to make a build haha

Dlc it is

[hallow raptor]

When you’re ready, check out the pinned spreadsheet in #td2-build-advice lots of great builds to choose from,

[maiden mantle]

I certainly will! Honestly I was thinking about going for skill build. I love having potent abilities

[hallow raptor]

I’m a skill build fan myself…

[maiden mantle]

Nice!!!

Well thank you for answering my question! Take it easy!

Onto the dlc!

[fading nebula]

How hard is it to level up season? I started today, can I get to 20 before it ends? I want the umbra initiative gear

[foggy needle]

It can be done in a few hours, depends on the player/playstyle

[fading nebula]

Really ? How so ? Well, right now I'm doing manhunts on challenging, with all directives active except 1

[foggy needle]

Spam XP farm, ie like convoys farm

[fading nebula]

Ty

[lunar osprey]

For pvp or IH boss 2

[warm vigil]

I NEED HELP SIR

I GOT THIS ERROR WHEN I START TO PLAY THIS GAME

[oak talon]

WHAT HAVE YOU ALREADY TRIED? ALSO WHY ARE WE YELLING?

as that is usually a connection issue unless the servers are down for some reason

[fathom spruce]

I don't think I've ever had that yet, but I also always played with the global event on recent weeks so you basically almost had some indicator above enemies' heads giving away their location, and I found out that way that it's easy to have some enemy straggle off to beyond narnia preventing the next wave to spawn, or even be stuck really far from some spawn when you do multiple activities that stretch out across a bigger region, basically herding them together like cattle

Border Collie gameplay

[ebon breach]

can nemesis drop in countdown?

[supple swift]

only if you already have the blueprint for it

[fallow inlet]

Hey Doom

[ebon breach]

sige sir, salamat

[supple swift]

gday Saph

[fallow inlet]

Pts is done

And now just waiting on season 11 or yr5

[chilly raptor]

do you know when season 11 starts?

[fallow inlet]

There will be a pause I think there going for Heartland and mobile game then 11

[spare atlas]

Is it feasable to go for a skill build as a totally fresh lvl40, or are skills too weak compared to guns without specific exotic/set gear?

[oak talon]

they are weaker than red builds overall, but easier to farm early on, so a good starting option

[spare atlas]

Sounds good ty

[oak talon]

because they have a yellow core that isnt a stat, so its one stat less per gear that you have to find a good one for

build guide for a good setup in the pinned comments over at #td2-build-advice , the top pinned comment leads to the spreadsheet that has guides in the hub tab

[spare atlas]

Ah cool thanks, not very savvy with Discord so good to get a little explanation 😄

[shrewd sonnet]

hey im new to TD2, i cant voice chat with my friend anyone know how?

in TD1 u could just push to talk to team but in TD2 when i push there is no talk

any help would be appreciated

[minor atlas]

Hey, silly question here : are headshots considered as critical shots (so concerned by CHD attributes and talents) ?

[dim crag]

No

Headshots and crit hits are seperate

You can get a critical headshot but headshots don't give automatic crits, that's only affected by your critical hit chance

[minor atlas]

Seems odd when i see some sniper builds with CHC and CHD but you saying that headshots can be critical makes sense now.

[dim crag]

You usually run Handling on sniper builds since you're rarely crit hitting

Like headshot dmg and then Handling wherever is space left

[minor atlas]

Good to know, thanks for the input

[river dove]

can you not affect accuracy with shotguns? like with the mods?

[oak talon]

you can slightly decrease the spread, but not worth it in practice, better to just close the distance and hit close up, and if that isnt a option, then to go to another weapon type

[tiny totem]

does being in a loadout save your gear from being sold, junked or recal libraryed?

[delicate cliff]

no. you have to mark the item as favorite by hitting R

[tiny totem]

ok thanks

[zenith orbit]

if you get warlords expansion and you are lvl 13, does this make you lvl 30 so you start from there ?

[tiny totem]

yea you can use it when ever to boost you to 30 even if your 30 if will finish the base game storyline

[narrow matrix]

Try opening your menu, go to social and then click on your name, unmute yourself if you’re muted

If that doesn’t work go to settings and enable VOIP

[river dove]

do you guys know what the setting Enable Reduced Latency actually does?

should i use it?

[oak talon]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMAjVlkIpZk&t=107s

for a explenation from the devs themselves

turn on for slight reduction of input latency and frame latency, but may cause stutters

basically, turn on and if you get stutters, first thing to turn off again is that

[river dove]

makes sense. thanks @oak talon

[fathom spruce]

Also perhaps handy to know, NVIDIA control panel's low latency mode setting doesn't affect the game, regardless of off/on/ultra so no need to tweak with that, only in game setting goes

[tiny totem]

how do u get the memento bag?

[oak talon]

it can drop anywhere, fastest is to have backpacks set as your targeted loot, and do challenging countdowns with matchmaker

[tiny totem]

k thanks

[oak talon]

if rather solo, then summit, at the highest diff you can

with targeted loot set to backpack

[tiny totem]

io keep forgetting thats a thing tbh

[stable crescent]

Vile mask damage is affected by glass cannon ye?

[foggy needle]

yes and EP backpack

amps buff everything

[stable crescent]

but its also affected by china light right?

[foggy needle]

yes but china light doesnt effect your status skills so net loss

[stable crescent]

thats the thing...

if the build is focused on the Vile mask

youd improve damage more with China light than Golan for example

since the other status im using is bleed via OD and its pathetic in terms of damage even with backpack

[foggy needle]

Vile without status stacking is 💩 and if you are status stacking then Golan >>> china

[stable crescent]

im not
im only using bleed

[foggy needle]

then vile is too weak and not worth it in the build.

if you go all in on vile you can reach ~110k a tick but that is with status stacking + GC and EP backpack.

[lunar osprey]

vile also increase by dta and ooc

[foggy needle]

that too, but only gain that from shotgun or LMG for the build

EP got no room for contractors/ fox

[bold narwhal]

where do u find the scorpio shotgun?

[foggy needle]

just as normal exotic so farm target loot like normal

[bold narwhal]

ah alright thanks

[foggy needle]

vile + OD status build, very fun dot build 🤤

[stable crescent]

thats what i meant

up there

[foggy needle]

using jammer + heal chem?

[stable crescent]

support build

[foggy needle]

since not going status stacking, OD backpack is doing nothing FYI.

same with vile fyi

[stable crescent]

its improving the bleed duration

[foggy needle]

yes but without status stacking bleed is doing nothing so its an improvement on nothing

[stable crescent]

its causing consistent marks on enemies tho

[foggy needle]

i know because ive tried a shit ton of OD bleed dot build and its a very fun meme build but only if you go all in (GC + Vile + OD backpack + status stacking) gets ~100k vile and bleed dot.

[foggy needle]

OD + LMG already does that

[stable crescent]

meme build? be it really that bad

[foggy needle]

sadly yes

[stable crescent]

also do u have a status build?

i dont mean eclipse

then again OD might not be good enough...

[foggy needle]

eclipse status build is best in the game by far FYI.

[stable crescent]

yea i have it but its boring..

[foggy needle]

OD is a decent support build but you build it like normal crit build (coyotes + ceska chest crit stacking) for ODs best build.

my OD status build is the same as yours above except status stacking and ideally golan chest (or hana chest if you dont have it) + Gunner for banshee and skill haste mods.

[stable crescent]

arent 2 of the parts locked untill you have the Blueprint?

[low thorn]

I should've mentioned I have the blueprint

[foggy needle]

nope

[stable crescent]

i vaguely remember something simmilar being a thing...

or was it once you have the BP + 2 parts you can get it as drop

[foggy needle]

nemesis parts and blueprints are 100% drop if you dont already the part and dont have the gun on you or your stash. also invaded zoo drops a random part you dont already have (not blueprint though)

to get the parts it requires getting the part from Adrestia in Tidal 1st fyi.

[low thorn]

I'm an ass. I misread the missing parts list on my end..... -.-

[foggy needle]

lol

[low thorn]

Rather confusing that the status of the part is above the name

[foggy needle]

also since you already have the blue print, you already have the hard part out of the way. also it now drops in target loot for you now too.

[low thorn]

Sweet

[foggy needle]

so clear the weekly invaded and do invaded zoo and you will have the parts fast.

[low thorn]

Stupid question, the missing bolt seems to drop from Rosevelt Island, how does the weekly invaded and invaded Zoo help with that?

[foggy needle]

invaded zoo drops a random part you dont already have (not blueprint though)

so the bolt will drop from invaded zoo AND invaded Rosevelt

[hallow raptor]

Strangely enough, I could not get a part from the zoo last week. Had the first part, ran multiple times, never had an additional part drop…. Hmmm

[low thorn]

Ooooh, nice! Thanks :3

[foggy needle]

did you have the gun on you already or your stash? if so parts wont drop. If not, that is the 1st ive heard of that issue.

[hallow raptor]

Nope, gun was on a completely different character

[foggy needle]

also its not a mob drop from zoo, its the mission reward so you wont see it on the floor, goes straight to you backpack

[hallow raptor]

Was wondering if I needed to have one of the other stronghold parts for it to work…

[foggy needle]

for any parts to drop you must have the part from Adrestia in Tidal 1st fyi.

[hallow raptor]

Had it, deconstructed it…

Just checked, still only have the original part from tidal

[foggy needle]

also IIRC if you cleared zoo that week before you got the Adrestia part, you wont get the part. from a repeat clear that week on zoo since its the mission reward.

[hallow raptor]

Farmed nemesis multiple times, know how it’s done. Just never done the zoo that often. Although I have gotten parts there in the past…

[foggy needle]

i mean new bugs have been popping up, soooo could be a new bug lol

[fallow inlet]

Hey Azurmen32, Ikia, Buddha,

[foggy needle]

cant rule that out sadly QQ

[hallow raptor]

Avoid the zoo tbh. Got the first part, then went back to the zoo the same week. Like I said, maybe you need one of the other stronghold parts for it to work. No biggie, was only doing it for another source for exotic components… lol

Hey Saph

[foggy needle]

AH theres the issue.. got the 1st part then went back to zoo, so you already cleared Zoo that week before you got the 1st part = part didnt drop like normal, that is not a bug.

[hallow raptor]

So it’s different than the other strongholds, got it.

[foggy needle]

yes iirc zoo part is mission reward (so 1st clear that week) while other strongholds are boss drop

[narrow kraken]

Whats The best why to Level The shd Level ? My friend Do 100 level in nearly 1 day

[north jay]

Refer to this message first

[latent pollen]

is the directive "Fragile Armor" in the summit supposed to break after 2 stacks

i just used all 4 of my plates and it would not go away

[foggy needle]

it snot supposed to break at all BUT its been bugged since day 1 😭

[latent pollen]

ah, so it's a feature

[foggy needle]

not a feature, just a bugged directive

[foggy needle]

eh well almost. 2nd part should be "then a good build with a bad watch" because good build >>>>>> maxed out build if its not good.

[vagrant kelp]

Considering it's Ubisoft isn't that comparable to a feature? 🤣

[foggy needle]

true lol

[latent pollen]

all's well since i was able to just return to lobby and restart at a checkpoint

and i kept my memento stacks most importantly

[hallow raptor]

Challenging or heroic resource convoys with as many directives as you can handle

[narrow kraken]

Ok cool i Play normaly in Challenenging+5

[hallow raptor]

Once you learn the spawn points you can do them in 30-60 seconds

[hallow raptor]

And with a regulus one shot build your looking at 15-30 seconds

[fading nebula]

How do I ask for backup without dying?

[narrow kraken]

Ai or online Player?

[fading nebula]

Online player. For manhunts

[oak talon]

map->shd tab->button it list at the bottom

[fading nebula]

Thanks a lot !

[narrow kraken]

Open The map , its call for help or so

[wide forum]

Should i go flatline shotgun build or coyote high end build

[atomic ibex]

Am i too late for man hunts? Cus it says zero time for everything for anderson like is it completely over?

[hallow raptor]

The events are over, but the manhunt (yellow icons on map) is still available for about a week and a half.

[fading nebula]

A week and a half ? For me it says 5 days xd

[hallow raptor]

At my character selection screen it says 1w 4d 14h…. @fading nebula

And I see no timer on the manhunt screen for my character that still has stuff to do?…

[fading nebula]

Nvm... 4 days is for bounty reset. I suppose that is the weekly reset ?

[hallow raptor]

For the weekly bounties yes. Daily bounties have 14:47hrs

[oak talon]

hes talking about the manhunt generic bounties saying 4days (they have a weekly timer), they do and that is always been annoyingly confusing to newer players

behind the scenes they use the weekly bounty system to keep manhunt generic bounties on the map till the manhunt ends, but it always breeds confusion

[hallow raptor]

Ah, never noticed. Usually have all that crap done the first week. Then linger through it with other characters.

[oak talon]

like that one

[hallow raptor]

Yeah, I just looked a second ago

[oak talon]

the time to end of season can always be found on the season graphic btw, its on the main esc screen, the green time above the portrait

[wide forum]

Should i go high end coyote crit nuild or crit flatline shotgun build

[fading nebula]

Thanks

[foggy needle]

both are great and both have multiple build types so depends. coyote fits into both builds.

[wide forum]

What high ends should i run then

1 badger tuff anyway

[foggy needle]

coyotes + ceska for last 2 slots

[wide forum]

So 1 badger 2 ceska

What else

[foggy needle]

wait so not strikers?

[wide forum]

I want a good pvp build and i dont think strikers are good

[foggy needle]

oh um. check out then pvp build guide on the spreadsheet.

for high end would be something like coyotes, ceska, grupo, fox, picaro, badger for shotty high end max dps build.

better guide in the sheet though

[nimble spruce]

For future reference, if you're asking about builds on this discord most people will assume you mean pve unless you specify otherwise. Pvp builds are often significantly different so be aware.

Ah iKia beat me to it

[oak talon]

lol, keep yours, its better worded, ill remove mine

[deft swift]

Hey. I just finished the manhunt and now I have two side missions in the BoO that I can't start.
One is "Meet with Agent Kelso" and the other one is "Search for answers at the White House"

Is there any way to fix this without resetting the Manhunt?

also sry if i'm asking this in the wrong channel

[nimble spruce]

Iirc at least one of those (the search for answers one) will just stick there until the season ends. Not sure why you have the other one though, have you checked the basement again to see if Kelso has anything else to say?

[foggy needle]

kettles got you, also this channel is for questions, that counts as one 😛

also try restarting the game, see if that fixes it.

[deft swift]

Unfortunately Kelso has been missing from the basement since I've finished the manhunt. Restarting didn't help either. I tried changing characters and the global difficulty but no no avail

[oak talon]

if at your manhunt screen in the map it states that you have completed the manhunt, then that is the one that counts, the side mission pip at the white house is a bug basically.
the other is to check if you have all the comms if you care about those, you need to do the final manhunt mission 3 times to get all the comms from there, but you can also miss a comm if you go to the final mission before going back to the WH after the fourth minor manhunt target completion.

[wide forum]

What shotgun has high enough dmg to be good in a shotgun flatline build (pvp)

[oak talon]

shottys arent really good in pvp, all the different weapon types have different dmg +/- % for pvp, and shotty have it the worst

ars are the best, and smgs a pretty far back second

but also just copy a build from this, or read it and make your own based on what it tells you : https://www.evernote.com/shard/s588/client/snv?noteGuid=53eca71b-69fd-4acc-05d3-cc313969704e&noteKey=0586360fcad09c0be7b1225716fc7db4&sn=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.evernote.com%2Fshard%2Fs588%2Fsh%2F53eca71b-69fd-4acc-05d3-cc313969704e%2F0586360fcad09c0be7b1225716fc7db4&title=Basic%2BPVP%2BStarters%2BGuide%2B%2528TU16%2529

its also in the spreadsheet in #td2-build-advice if you need to refind it

[deft swift]

yeah it says the manhunt is completed and i have all the comms too. guess i'll have two bugged missions until the season ends. thank you

[wide forum]

I dont understand what im reading

[rain echo]

whats 2 + 2

it counts as a question lmao

[oak talon]

if its a question, then where is the question mark, check and mate

[narrow matrix]

?

There 😊

[oak talon]

you can always just copy a build from one of the pics at the top, most of those are the common pvp builds around

[fading nebula]

Do you guys buy the season everytime and complete it everytime?

[fallow inlet]

Hey milo

[nimble spruce]

Rarely buy the season pass, always complete the free track though

[narrow matrix]

There’s good rewards from it and if they do a season rerun you don’t have to buy the pass again but benefit from the rewards

It’s mostly skins and apparel

There’s like 20 caches but the only good ones are optimization caches and named item caches

[oak talon]

yeah its mostly extra stuff, i buy it every time, as im ok with the value of it for me, but you have to decide for yourself if its worth it

[fading nebula]

Oh, that's cool! And do we get extra stuff from buying the season ? Extra xp? Or just the premium track ?

Personally I would like exotic caches. I only have like 4 or 5 exotic weapons

[oak talon]

also if you are considering this season pass, do consider you only have 1w4d to complete it if you want the full value, if you dont already have it done

[fading nebula]

I would buy it if i could complete ut but I'm only at lvl 20 season

[oak talon]

just the rewards it list on the track, and some minor stuff like a extra daily mission project

also that daily mission might be the only thing, cant think of anything else it gives extra outside the premium track

you could wait and play, and see if you reach 100 before the season ends, and if you are ok with the value of it , then you can buy it before the end of the season, and you will get everything of the premium track then.

[zinc ocean]

can scorpio drop from any shotgun targeted activity/area?

i see everyone praise it but idk how to get it

[fading nebula]

That's good tip ! Thanks

But without events. And by just playing the same stuff. I'm not sure I won't get bored

[bold narwhal]

its a random drop, just play as usual and pray u get it lol

[zinc ocean]

id imagine shotgun target would increase chances then?

ie countdown with shotguns selected

[bold narwhal]

i assume so

[oak talon]

yeah, target shottys and run countdown challenging as the best place to farm it

[zinc ocean]

i looked at the spreadsheet but it didnt have any tips like it does for some other stuff like coyote mask

which i also need to farm

[zinc ocean]

why challenging and not heroic?

[oak talon]

same for coyote, but with masks as TL

challenging is allot easier but gives about the same amount of loot, but only a little worse, but you can go allot faster on challenging than heroic

and heroic can actually be difficult with a bad team

[zinc ocean]

good to know

ive only done countdown for the anderson manhunt which i did on heroic but got carried by a shd 7,000

[oak talon]

also if you need multiple exotics still, you can also do the anderson manhunt final mission to farm exos

if you have the manhunt done and have acces to it

[zinc ocean]

i need very many exotics, only have maybe 5 from general loot pool

[bold narwhal]

oh yeah that gives everyone an exo right? is it just the one dmr or diff ones?

[lethal apex]

Anyone know where snitch is today?

[oak talon]

every run of it on any diff will give each person a exo atm, on first clear its the doctors home, after its a random from your exo loot pool

[zinc ocean]

so challenging for anderson too?

[bold narwhal]

oh nice

[bold narwhal]

"your" exo loot pool, does that just mean its diff for everyone?

[oak talon]

snitch doesnt have a specific location hes at, he can spawn everytime you get near one of the spots he can spawn, have a look at the map at the bottom of this site, and the little guide right above it:
https://rubenalamina.mx/the-division-weekly-vendor-reset/ (edit, changed link other was wrong)

[oak talon]

can be done on normal for that final mission, the manhunt has parts locked to hard and challenging

[zinc ocean]

ill have to try some of that today

will the mission go away next season

[oak talon]

have a look at this sheet, in the [Exotic Drop Locations and Chances] tab there is a list and it list on the yellow ones what you need to do to add them to your pool:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vTJEX5DerCvOj3a_m36TRy1gPBAUvrduOIdmXI9j1Y0MpQk1wIXaZ9KOcPa7HzXzp_N5qGmjDj6yEfL/pubhtml#

mostly its that crafted exos will need you to craft them once or get their blueprint, and that current season items need you to get them on the reward track first

[oak talon]

that it will drop a exotic every time is considered a bug, they have said it will be removed after this season

[zinc ocean]

Better get on that then

[oak talon]

and next season acces to the mission will be a reward on the season track to unlock, same for all the other seasons final manhunt mission

its well worth jsut to blast trough the manhunt on lower diff and just reach it quick before the season ends

and on normal its quick and a exo every 12-14 mins depending on how fast you get at it

[cedar dirge]

how am i meant to do objectives if theres nothing in the area?

[zinc ocean]

I did it once already on heroic

[oak talon]

the exo is full random though after the first one being doctor home, so it can be hit or miss if you get what you want

[zinc ocean]

Well the list is long and I don't have many of them so it'll be good to complete part of the collection quickly

[oak talon]

oh, once you have acces to it is when you can start repeating it, you only do that final mission over and over again

not the whole manhunt, to be clear

[oak talon]

fast travel to NY and back, and if still not, reset world/cp's

[cedar dirge]

ok ty

[bold narwhal]

best brand for health/tank build?

[foggy needle]

for dps tanky build. HF set and HB set

[bold narwhal]

hunters fury and heartbreaker?

[cedar dirge]

i've done both and theres still nothing

it only resets every other part of the map but not the one i need

[foggy needle]

yes

[tropic gust]

Optimist is better on Famas than Strained right?

[bold narwhal]

alright thanks :)

[oak talon]

it may need a bit to populate a territory control to that sector, go do the bounty and see if after it has spawned

[cedar dirge]

how do i do the bounty? theres no bounty

[tropic gust]

iKia are control points the only way to get random Blueprints?

[oak talon]

depends on the build, but for example not for a normal chc/chd red build

strained beats optimist there

[hallow raptor]

Go to the bounties tab

[cedar dirge]

oh im dumb lol ty

[tropic gust]

yea but it shouldnt since there is no Strained uptime on a Famas

[oak talon]

cp 3+4, invaded missions and projects

[foggy needle]

there is still uptime

[tropic gust]

where optimist ramps up damage every single bullet, the faster u empty the faster ur at max damage ramp up
whereas by the time i ramp up to max stacks on strained im already reloading

shit has too much RPM

[foggy needle]

Strained on famas still gets average of 8-9% dps increase. strained doesnt drop in serious value until vector RPM and only vector has that.

[tropic gust]

wait invaded give BPs i didnt notice

vectors kinda dogshit tho... in terms of SMGs it might be on the bottom half

[foggy needle]

optimist on red build gets 5-6% dps. so worse then strained on famas.

[tropic gust]

hmm

i learned that when everyone kept saying to farm Dark Winter and when i finally got one i tried it out it was awful...

like yea sure the Damage after kill is nice but i cant get a damn kill with it on Heroic unless its a red maybe purple...

or im spending more time reloading and then i just swapped to Fast hands to try that

cos like Vectors look awesome ngl but jezus are they shit

[oak talon]

while i understand the thinking, it evens out with rpm as you also go back to 0 faster

[tropic gust]

i couldnt get one to work no matter what

[foggy needle]

Vector is great on challenging and lower but falls off heroic +

[oak talon]

also even famas at 900 rpm, fires 12 rounds after full on strained

[tropic gust]

those 12 make up for the whole thing fr?

however... Strained emphesises mag dumping even harder than optimist...

[oak talon]

here is a old test chart filled in with famas and a glass red, for the talent numbers on that
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/137XpLuJU9dJH8czqXzuj0AHTJqn0yKz47Bremxw7FU8/edit#gid=0

[foggy needle]

not just those 12, since it ramps. the mid stacks still lower the gap

[tropic gust]

i see

[oak talon]

its more to the point that everyone seems to believe a famas doesnt reach max stacks of strained

[tropic gust]

strained was stack every 0,5s right?

5 stacks was it?

2,5s
famas has 3,3s mag

[oak talon]

but also its just a numbers game, strained plays almost exactly the same, but on numbers does more on famas on a red build, but for instance on a mostly blue core builds optimist wins, the balance depends on the build

[narrow matrix]

I was able to get through it with directives + whatever gameplay but control points and resource convoys gave me 1 level per completion

[cedar dirge]

does terittory control have to be yellow for it to count to manhunt?

[narrow matrix]

Yes

[cedar dirge]

yea how am i meant to do it then? i've completed it all but that

[nimble spruce]

give it a few minutes, it should spawn again

[mortal jackal]

Is there a quicker way for me to farm lady death or is my rng that awful?

[nimble spruce]

quicker than what? SMG target loot in countdown (and spending countdown coins on exotic caches) or farming the final anderson manhunt mission would be the fastest ways

[foggy needle]

RNG is RNG, best is farm target loot in countdown or summit

[fading nebula]

which difficulty makes it easier to match make? this is taking some time

[cedar dirge]

idk man i done 2 other missions and the territory control still not spawning

[hallow raptor]

It will happen when it happens bro

[cedar dirge]

turns out i had to investigate a safe house to get it to spawn

makes no sense

[oak talon]

on that one, mostly everyone matchmakes on normal

but its also easy to solo

[wispy saddle]

Someone know how to open the door?

[fading nebula]

I'll try to solo

[oak talon]

that door only opens during the side mission in that location

so that faction key chest isnt always gettable

[wispy saddle]

Srsly ? I’m trying drop a modified mods

[foggy needle]

also during bounties iirc, in that area

[wispy saddle]

I’m opened all chest in this locations and I didn’t drop this mod

[wispy saddle]

For chatterbox

[oak talon]

no, that one doesnt , you have acces to the building always, bounties are more to acces closed buildings

[wispy saddle]

So what can I do now ?

[oak talon]

yeah, judiciary is always the bastard for chatter, you have to wait till tomorrow, if you have opened all the chest in that zone already and the one in DUA

[wispy saddle]

Ahhh okay

[foggy needle]

ah okay

chests respawn at daily reset

[wispy saddle]

Ty for tip

[lethal apex]

Does weekly snd requisition still give exotic cache?

[carmine flicker]

Yes

Just a visual bug

Upon completion of the project you will still receive an exotic cache. Same applies to weekly legendary and summit

[lethal apex]

Thank you.

[zinc ocean]

Does the tdi kard custom only drop in dz

[oak talon]

it is a dz/pvp item yeah

but you can get those through named caches aswell

[zinc ocean]

Sad

[oak talon]

also i think its on dz south vendor this week aswell

[zinc ocean]

I've done almost no dz bc I hate pvp

[oak talon]

then farm towards named caches

either from GE shop when next season starts

or from the countdown vendor

[cedar dirge]

what thji sdo?

[zenith orbit]

What is the best dps build for pvp darkzone ?

[oak talon]

its for making the chatterbox smg, it comes from hyena faction keychest in three zones

this seems to still be accurate if you want to know how to get it:https://www.polygon.com/division-2-guide/2019/3/27/18277628/chatterbox-submachine-gun-exotic-find-hyena-keys-caches-canister-magazine-modified-mods-blueprint

[oak talon]

best isnt really the word to use, it depends who you are fighting and how, but have a look in the spreadsheet pinned in #td2-build-advice , there is a pvp guide in there that lays out the basics and has a few build pictures

[narrow matrix]

In my experience matchmake sucks,

I would call for backup cause the shepherd players are looking to do whatever and it answers anyone looking to matchmake, also set your group to open

[cedar dirge]

oh nah someone else opened it and i got it maybe i'll ty farm it later on ty

[oak talon]

its pretty easy to get, and a decent gun, nothing great but usable

[oak talon]

is there enough xp in there for the shepard to reach endorsement? because if not its a bad thing to do to them

[narrow matrix]

Idk about that mission itself, but control points, bounties etc they get it before it’s over

[oak talon]

oh, i meant specifically the final manhunt mission, that is what that screen was of

as hes going to farm it

but it disolves group after each run

unless you do a trick

[narrow matrix]

Oh I see

I just notice no one wants to play the past manhunt missions for some reason

Jupiter, Faye Lau, Hornet

[cedar dirge]

can you make it so that you can see the mask on your character and not just on your inven screen?

[narrow matrix]

Yes

Idk what button it is but you can toggle to show mask

[oak talon]

yeah, the old ones wont find anyone, as they arent common to run, also most wouldn't want to run them instead of the normal versions, as they had mechanics that sometimes took time

[narrow matrix]

Faye Lau is by far the most annoying imo she heals nonstop

[oak talon]

but the anderson one is pretty active because of the exo farm of it, i tried today some farming of it, and had groups on normal everytime i matchmade for it in a few seconds

and its quite a bit faster in group because each member can go to a different console and start it right away, and also do the 3 valves at the same time, instead of running in between

[fading nebula]

Exactly, wanted a group to farm this on normal . It's way faster

Might change to explosion build with seeker mines to kill everyone faster

[oak talon]

solo a red works best, most yellow builds dont work well solo there, only eclipse can do decent solo but its also still slower than a red

[narrow matrix]

So what changed with countdown from how it was to the new difficulties?

Is it like open world? Or dz difficulty

[cedar dirge]

how do i call for backup wit5hout dying?

[tiny stump]

Call for it sooner

[cedar dirge]

-_-

[oak talon]

map->shd tab->button prompt at the bottom

[cedar dirge]

ty

[oak talon]

or from social, and button prompt at the bottom

[oak talon]

challenging is the old style, heroic is a bit harder, halfway between heroic and legendary missions on enemy health, but they dont hit that hard

[tiny stump]

I haven't noticed much difference between challenging and heroic but I think I've been getting lucky w the countermeasures

[narrow matrix]

Are the rolls better? And how does normal fair?

[oak talon]

normal and hard are not worth it, also you wont find a group at all matchmaking for those, the rolls are slightly better on heroic, but its slower than challenging

but the good part of heroic is that it gives more coins, but it can be hit or miss depending on group

[narrow matrix]

Oh I see

What did they change with the hunters btw I remember seeing some post about hunters no longer dropping loot

Or they aren’t at the end for extraction I think

[oak talon]

the first 4 no longer drop the nameds/gear, but the end 4 drop double, so its still the same over a run, but no longer ppl just farming the start and then leaving

[narrow matrix]

Oh is it better? I hated being a team of 5 by the end

[north jay]

Yes definitely

Usually 8 people at the end

[narrow matrix]

That sounds great

Does it give tact assessment for the bosses per faction?

[oak talon]

no, the nameds dont drop tac ass, but you do get shd calibs from the chests, and weave/alloys from the hunters

[bold narwhal]

fastest way to get exotics?

been doing anderson on challenging which is pretty good

[foggy needle]

target loot farming so summit or countdown.

[bold narwhal]

every time i do those it takes so long, anderson replay gives exotic at every end

[oak talon]

faster on normal, and then even faster with alt that you dc start and then boost for the requisition project

but more tedious

[bold narwhal]

difficulty doesn't change loot drops?

[oak talon]

not the exo at the end, rest of the loot will be worse

[bold narwhal]

ahh ok

[lethal apex]

Any advice to increase dmg? I have 90ish k primary dmg but I still feel like I’m shooting peas. Yellow enemies at the chirpy boss fight (manhunt) takes an entire mag to take down 1/2 of their shield.

[north jay]

Red cores on gear

Chc and chd attributes