ask-td2-community

[foggy needle]

TLDR; that purchase unlocks the spec for use but doesnt give you full points. still have to farm them.

[lucid hare]

If i just equip the spec and do quests its fine?

[narrow matrix]

Yea

Make your first buffs the weapon dmg buffs

[foggy needle]

you get spec points by some bounties that reward points, invaded missions and level up and doing CPs level 3+

[lucid hare]

Im SHD 96 and didnt knew about it

fuck im so dumb

thank you guys

[narrow matrix]

I think only heroic cps give 1 spec point

[foggy needle]

the points go towards the spec you have equiped too fyi

[lucid hare]

Yeah, im gonna equip and just farm with it

do it takes too long to reach 165 points?

[craggy osprey]

invaided missions give 5 spec, daily challenging bountys 5, daily hard or normal bounties 3, weekly projects give 5, alert level 4 cp give 1 point

[narrow matrix]

no not long, you just need to learn what you can clear faster and take advantage of stuff that gives you multiple points like whats stated above

[vagrant kelp]

Just seeing this. So I'm hitting shd levels, but since I'm in NY still and have gotten keener yet it's not showing them?

[vagrant kelp]

Couple days of bounties capped mine pretty quickly

[narrow matrix]

yas

did mine through bounties as well

[vagrant kelp]

Hey is the final mission with keener after taking out the other rogues a mission chain or does it end right after. My kid is pretty butthurt I cant join him to help right now lol

@narrow matrix

[narrow matrix]

are u asking if they are connected

[vagrant kelp]

Just how much longer before I can go back to DC and join him. I literally am about to go to liberty to start it

The other guys you have to chase down

[narrow matrix]

oh once you execute keener he dead and you can do whatever

doesn't take long, only 1 annoying part to me lol

[vagrant kelp]

Sweet, need to get that done before I become Dagdamort for an unforseen time

[narrow matrix]

is that hogwarts legacy

[vagrant kelp]

Yea

[narrow matrix]

I wanna preorder but 😭

mula bruv

[vagrant kelp]

I almost did, but I want physical copy over digital. I could have been playing since monday

[narrow matrix]

why physical? personal preference or you dont trust digital?

[vagrant kelp]

I like to own my shit for resale and preference. Everything streaming and digital nowadays you don't really own

[narrow matrix]

used to buy physical myself, but the ps store offers so much good deals

[vagrant kelp]

For same price most often

[narrow matrix]

no like i got the entire assassins creed franchise minus the first 2 for $59

[vagrant kelp]

That's worth it for sure. Ngl some things I have digital, but still prefer tangible product

Hence why I have like 250 ps4 games lol

[clever ocean]

Never buy new games on release or preorder lol

[narrow matrix]

I agree, If it wasn't for the deals games I play for story id buy on disc

[clever ocean]

Idk why ppl keep falling for this shit

Its literally always better to wait a week and see the state of the game

[narrow matrix]

enforcer shotgun on div 2 bruv

[narrow matrix]

lol i remember cyberpunk

[vagrant kelp]

It's my one vice @clever ocean what can I say hahaha

I waited on cyberpunk for sure

[narrow matrix]

released, game graphics bad, sucks on ps4

[vagrant kelp]

After the no man's sky fiasco

[lime night]

you guys have extra crashes since weekly reset? i didnt head any before now every day

[sharp granite]

yeah, game has been broken since the season ended

[copper zodiac]

how does Acosta's backpack talent work?
do I just throw nades?

[narrow matrix]

yes

dont know if it stacks tho

also kind of misses because ud run out of nades

[supple swift]

doesnt stack
nade supply (for specialization nades) can be remedied by simply switching to a loadout with a different spec and switching back

between engagements

[oblique dawn]

Is it still possible to acquire achillies pulse?

If so, how?

[rare flame]

need to complete a season track where they make Faye Lau available as a perm unlock. Not sure if someone with it unlocked can bring you in to their group to run it for the unlock.

[fallow inlet]

Somethings up Geforce just did 2 new updates today

[supple swift]

not until you can get access to camp white oak with faye laus manhunt

[oblique dawn]

do I have to wait for a season to come around?

[sleek terrace]

It was a perm unlock manhunt in the season pass, shouldn’t be hard to get someone to run you through it

[fallow inlet]

just need to get thru 1st part

[oblique dawn]

Anyone here willing to help?

[fallow inlet]

as long i dont crash ill help

[oblique dawn]

@fallow inlet Appreciate it!

Ubisoft is allergictowoman

[fallow inlet]

goto the white house

[oblique dawn]

@fallow inlet there

[fallow inlet]

got tossed

hangon

whats your in game name

invite me to your game

[narrow kraken]

Question: will the game be fixed until the 15th february?

[rare flame]

No idea when the fix is incoming

[narrow kraken]

Ok

[fallow inlet]

theyll need a patch to fix this mess then a patch to update to season 11 then a patch to fix that

[narrow kraken]

Tbh Its annoying That The Game crased But its better as fortnite! Where Nobody can't playing it

[rare flame]

eh, it's not that bad. Only thing I'm salty about is lack of ability to change global difficulty. Otherwise I've found workarounds for the crashes on PS.

[narrow kraken]

Ok

If My Cursor nearly On Countdown The my Game is Crashing

If I watch The Target loot also

[copper zodiac]

where do I find a couple named targets real fast? Firewall Stage 3

[narrow kraken]

Possible that we get another Expansion Pack? W

Target loot i think Challanging or higher is good

Oh Targets 🤦

[rare flame]

CP4 or do a mission you're familiar with and can run fast.

[oblique dawn]

@fallow inlet I added you through ubisoft

[rare flame]

OH! Almost forgot, due south of the white house is almost always a named patrol. Can kill, logout, log in and go back and kill again.

[copper zodiac]

directly down south or is it nearby something
also my world is challenging so idk if that guarantees it

[rare flame]

Near the Christmas market, should see it patrolling the road if you fast travel to White House and leave through south gate.

DMing you a screen real quick

[copper zodiac]

just got 1 , thx

[rare flame]

NP!

[sonic haven]

I'm stuck in NY. Is there anyway to get out of the area and back to DC, or do I have to wait out this bug phase?

[hallow raptor]

Open world named bosses spawn once every 30 minutes, just fyi

[hallow raptor]

Bounties

[copper zodiac]

hmm, thank you for that as well, i could've kept loggin in logging out and being confused

[copper zodiac]

bounties take long for me
mostly cuz dealing with lot of ads

[hallow raptor]

Do a normal one, one named boss and easy to complete

[woven light]

anyone tryna help with some beginner missions? new to the game

[lime night]

so when ever you hover over countown on map top right game crashes

[nimble spruce]

yup, ever since weekly reset on tuesday

[lime night]

how does that even happens insane

[nimble spruce]

devs are working on a fix (extending the season again) but no eta yet

[sonic haven]

mine does the same when I try to travel back to DC from NY

[nimble spruce]

there are other bugs with it too - can't change world difficulty, can't set directives in missions or world, can't toggle mission mode for manhunt missions

[rare flame]

ty, knew I forgot something

[nimble spruce]

yup, the workaround is either join a player in DC (friend/clanmate or just matchmake for random activity and hope you land in DC), or join countdown - through the matchmaking tab - then either extract or quit it again.

[sonic haven]

nice, thanks

[proper coral]

Is there any guide for beginners that help you muscle through the game to the dlc?

[nimble spruce]

story mode is pretty easy, and includes tutorials on most basic mechanics. Not sure how much an extra guide is necessary

once you get to endgame, then it starts to get complicated

[dry fulcrum]

Here's how I explained it to my friends who were new to the game.

Use the first 30 levels to get a feel for the game and to pick a fighting style you want.

Use WoNY to cement and fine tune it

Use SHD lvls to rock it

[copper zodiac]

is there anyone here that sherpa raids? (both DH & IH)

[proper coral]

Ty for the perspectives I was just worried it was kinda like destiny or outriders where the min and max matter at the beginning

[dry fulcrum]

Not at all. The game locks the level at Story so you can enjoy and mess around.

[rare flame]

Nah. The fine tuning and min/maxing isn't needed till you get to 40, unlock your watch and need to decide on what build you want to focus on. Then getting stuff for that and then building for raids/endgame with fine tuned builds there.

[zinc ocean]

it kinda matters in destiny bc there isnt really an early game anymore since theres no mandatory campaigns to play, outriders it doesnt matter at all bc everything you do before max level is irrelevant once you unlock the endgame modes

[sonic haven]

thanks again @nimble spruce Countdown got me home

[proper coral]

Makes sense I’ll speed through everything while also getting a feel for the weapons. Are the gadgets also a preference of game style? Btw I didn’t tag everyone here not because you information wasn’t helpful but because I wanted to avoid being annoying. So I replied to the first one in my notifications.

[stiff canyon]

Why am I having such a hard time finding a LMG with better base damage than this ?

It's not even that good is it ?

[zinc ocean]

base dmg is static, it will never change

the number will go up or down based on how much weapon dmg stat you have on your armor though

you have 0 red cores so all your dmg numbers on that screen will be lower than someone with 1 or more red cores

[stiff canyon]

Thanks that's crazy

[vagrant kelp]

@narrow matrix check it. First exotic cache after beating keener lol

[narrow matrix]

Noiiiice

That’s one of the most useful

[vagrant kelp]

Yea I think i squealed like a little girl on Christmas hahaha

[narrow matrix]

😂

Got any plans on endgame?

U gonna grind it or ?

[vagrant kelp]

Yup I'm a completionist so I'm doomed to keep grinding lol

[narrow matrix]

Yas

Well if you ever feel like playing, my PSN is SpadedArrow

[vagrant kelp]

Sure thing I'll shoot you and invite. Mine is same as discord

[copper zodiac]

is there a lot of ppl that are matchmaking often on heroic?

was gonna go do my invaded missions

is there a way that I can make Control points lvl 4 by default? been seeing a lot of lvl 3s

[hallow raptor]

Do the nearby activities that have a line connected to the control point. This will increase its level.

[copper zodiac]

ik that but I was thinking of it to be innately lvl 4 so I don't have to do those activities

[fallow inlet]

Hey Buddha

[hallow raptor]

Not since we can’t currently change global difficulty. Doing the activities is the only way till they fix shit

[fallow inlet]

lol butt typing

[hallow raptor]

Hey Saph

[copper zodiac]

why would some one bother to make improvised gear if its not branded
other than custom stats

also any chance for an electronics farm?

[somber plinth]

How do you unlock world tiers? I bought the game and skipped the main story but when I came back I wasn’t able to change the difficulty

[copper zodiac]

no one can change their world diff atm

[somber plinth]

Ohh ok

So for free roam stuff everyone is at normal difficulty?

[copper zodiac]

did u clear WONY?

[somber plinth]

Yeah

[copper zodiac]

then yeah its gonna be stuck at normal
again, this has to do something about season 10 & ubisoft dealing with whatever they're having as a problem.

[somber plinth]

Alright then thx

[copper zodiac]

is artificer worth using
other than shield.

[foggy needle]

If in a full skill group, yes, 1 person worth having it

[copper zodiac]

only useful in co-op then?
I can see why

[foggy needle]

If not using it with shield, then yes

Issue for solo, artificial kills 50% of your damage on a skill build, so they can't run it.

For non skill builds it's great because it heals shield, which both are great at tier 0 still.

[copper zodiac]

is 40% skill haste great for Mask & backpack?
just asking cuz Am making a skill build for both support & DPS??? (I know its def gonna be used for Co-op, then make another loadout with changed skills)

[foggy needle]

Skill builds can't be both support and dps because of having only 2 skills. So pick one role

The skill haste depends on the build.

[narrow matrix]

Is there a cap on weapon handling bonuses? Stability, accuracy etc…

[fathom spruce]

Not really (for accuracy/stability) but at some point it becomes a laser beam so I guess that's kind of it
Even if the accuracy/stability bars are full you can be adding more to it (you just won't see it represented there) and it'll keep helping (well mostly noticeable with stability, with accuracy it's quite likely just nearly fully accurate at that point for most weapons I reckon)

[foggy needle]

Only for reload speed @karmic sun, cap at 1sec

[vocal fiber]

are raids good way to farm good stat mods?

[copper zodiac]

if an ally kills an enemy that has a busy bee stack from me
do I keep the stack

[fathom spruce]

yus enemy doesn't need to be alive

once you marked a target, the stack gets added forever until you swap

so if you hit 10 different enemies, it doesn't matter when and how (or even whether) those died, as long as you just hit them once in their lifetime

[foggy needle]

No best place is target loot, countdown or summit

[vocal fiber]

well i guess more quant
cant have magic find character in this game dansgame

[narrow kraken]

Is there a guide on things for a player to do, end game included somewhere?

[vocal fiber]

depends on what you want to do

[foggy needle]

The pinned spreadsheet, FAQ tab has info on it

[narrow kraken]

Where is this pinned spreadsheet?

[vocal fiber]

#td2-build-advice

[copper zodiac]

was gonna ask more but #td2-build-advice I'll just move chat.
trying to ask myself questions as to what would help support my team mates

[vocal fiber]

honestly

[fathom spruce]

well the little bee is of course a completely "selfish" weapon, you get a damage boost yourself after you swap, no one else

[vocal fiber]

dont go down.
thats the best thing to do

[foggy needle]

A super strong support build is FI build, guide on spreadsheet too

[copper zodiac]

dam...., cause I was using Hard Wired the entire time

[fathom spruce]

I can also vouch for the CC (crowd control) variant of an EP build! Probably best member to see pop up in a group

[foggy needle]

Hardwired is best as a dps build for cluster seeker spam

[vocal fiber]

what about perfect vanguard, opportunistic TP kappa

[foggy needle]

EP is great support build too! Either as CC or Fire damage build

[foggy needle]

Tank builds are very fun support builds but weakest of the bunch. I love them though!

[vocal fiber]

I agree it felt like just making things a bit better but it doesnt enable it as much as a nomal red or cc build does

and even with 6 blue its just not enough tank, needed more things to compliment it

[supple swift]

can also try the 4pc rigger with backpack with overwatch and btsu unli decoy + artificer overcharge build, specifically designed to help a little without actually being helpful

"Hey Im just here to observe" build

[fathom spruce]

My favourite description I saw of tanks in most content is they're an anchor for your team, both in a positive and negative sense
If the group is falling apart, people are not quite ready for the content, people are dying and don't know what to do, objectives need to be done, you can be their anchor helping them out and keeping things together and preventing full wipes (of course CC would often help even more, or even just another good DPS as killing enemies quicker can prevent you from getting into a pickle in the first instance)
But if the group's tempo is higher and things are going well, you're anchoring them down as in basically holding them back a bit

But for most content it really doesn't matter and if it's fun to play it's not bad, also if you have some actual good DPS builds in the group they'll breeze through the content anyway and you're allowing them to be that more reckless (this mechanic is true for most types of games, usually the glass cannon cutting edge DPS player can be made so much stronger by even slight external survivability gains)

[fathom spruce]

LOL

That's accurate, TF engineer cosplay

[vocal fiber]

if it only has movement speed buff
I miss blue ult from TD1

[copper zodiac]

where do u get BTSU gloves anyway?

[fathom spruce]

Gloves target loot, or higher chance at Camp White Oak Galveston boss, and a tiny increased chance from any black tusk medic or controller

The gear attribute spreadsheet (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vTJEX5DerCvOj3a_m36TRy1gPBAUvrduOIdmXI9j1Y0MpQk1wIXaZ9KOcPa7HzXzp_N5qGmjDj6yEfL/pubhtml#) has a tab for exotic drop locations and chances that I usually check to see if there's anything special about obtaining one

[vocal fiber]

is there a way to see which exotic is in my drop pool or do I have to check the parts

[copper zodiac]

the hell is skill efficiency?

[fathom spruce]

if it's not mentioned specifically that it comes from a special source I think it's safe to assume it's in your drop pool
and if it's special, it's in your drop pool once you have access to it usually (having one of it on your character you're on atm or in your stash, or having the blueprint of it even available to buy)

[fathom spruce]

it's like weapon handling, but for skills

collection of skill related stats, just like weapon handling is for accuracy/stability/reload speed/swapping etc

to quote someone saying it earlier:

+1% Skill Efficiency is equal to:
+1% Skill Damage
+1% Skill Haste
+1% Skill Duration
+1% Skill Health
+1% Repair Skills
+1% Status Effects

Edit: this turned out to be wrong and probably got changed sometime (that quote was supposed to be from a patch note when they added skill efficiency)
1% efficiency adds 2% skill haste

Edit 2: we tested this after, seems like in the stats display it shows as if it gives 2% haste, but in terms of actual cooldown numbers and cooldown reduction it only gives 1% haste

[copper zodiac]

so for this case its like....
Skill dmg, haste, and status?

interesting.

[supple swift]

not status

[fathom spruce]

yus I do wish there was perhaps a bit better way to see it in game, I see countless people in game who only have 2 piece of empress and look at me funny when I suggest them a 3rd because "well that'd drop my 10% skill damage!" not realising that the 10% efficiency would add the same 10% skill damage too and a bunch of other stats

[vocal fiber]

I assume rigger was op when it came out because it had this?

[fathom spruce]

how so? did it change the past week or so?

that from above is taken directly from their patch notes, and also why would some high end CC-only status builds use 3 piece empress for example then
also the build tool also adds 10% status too if you get the 3rd empress piece

[supple swift]

oh is it? my bad

[vocal fiber]

it adds all the yellow minor attributes right?

[fathom spruce]

yus it's a ton of them
also it's 1% for 1% of each of those, I sometimes see some people say that 1% efficiency is 2% of one of those stats but that's pretty sure proven wrong every time

[fathom spruce]

well skill related ones yea, not sure if it leaves one out, don't think so

[vocal fiber]

spreadsheet memento page says 1% for each but attribute range says 2% for skill haste

[fathom spruce]

that could be an interesting exception to it which is where maybe the confusion starts from

[vocal fiber]

but 2% for skill haste only sounds feasible because its such a bad stat
necessary but bad

[fathom spruce]

also where is that?

[vocal fiber]

could be typo

[fathom spruce]

yea that's actually likely a good source where all the confusion (whether that's the right one or not) might've originated from

don't see anything special about memento so I think that just gives skill efficiency regularly

but best is probably to test it so we know for sure which one is true imo and put an end to one of two

[vocal fiber]

its straight from the pinned sheet and gear attribute range tab

[fathom spruce]

Yeah I recognise the style, that one is a very predominant sheet so I'd usually expect it to be correct so I'm doubting the 1% value now that was sometimes said before (perhaps it was 1% haste some time when the original patch notes for efficiency first released and it became 2% sometime later)

Yeah I actually think that's correct, 10% skill efficiency = 20% skill haste

[vocal fiber]

makes sense, its a bad stat

[fathom spruce]

I put on a skill build with 3 empress, had 76% skill haste, removed 3rd empress piece (it didn't have haste on it just the 3rd brand bonus, the replacement also doesn't have any haste on it) and dropped to 56% in game on stats screen

well imo for a lot of situations like CC it's an amazing stat

[vocal fiber]

well

its necessary but the gains are u know...

does the cd second timer account for the actual cd time with skill haste or does the clock tick faster hmmm
well I could look at the numbers or use the progress bar

[fathom spruce]

shouldn't tick faster, it ticks 1s per 1s

the timer (and CD number you see on stats) already accounts for haste

[vocal fiber]

ah okay

[fathom spruce]

one noticeable place it ticks faster is if you have an overclock buff which gives 0.2s bonus CD every 1s so it ticks 20% faster basically

and yea the way they made CD is just CD% = % increase of how much quicker you gain a skill back, not say % reduction in total CD or something which'd need soft/hard caps and whatnot

so 100% skill haste = skill comes back twice as fast essentially = your skill has half of original cooldown

[vocal fiber]

yeah number wise its inefficient since you need 900% skill haste fir 90% cd reduc

[fathom spruce]

but then of course that means it's all diminishing, if you have 200% haste that means you're getting there 200% (or 3x) faster, means you have 33.3% CD of the original time, so the 0 to 100% brought us halfway but then 100 to 200% brought us only from 50 to 33.3%

imo it's still great in that getting like 70-120 mark isn't hard usually and it shaves off a huge chunk relatively, pretty much halves your CD
if you're looking into getting it insanely low it's just not the way to go

it especially adds up on things with charges like chem launcher as you can often have it on cooldown and you're enjoying a constant benefit

might mean you go into the next fight with say 6 instead of 3 charges

[jade robin]

so 100% Skill efficiency, if possible, is probably a god build 😂

[fathom spruce]

Okay did another check to confirm, 1% efficiency is indeed 2% haste
stacked up memento to 30 for the 30% skill efficiency gain, went from 10% haste to 70% haste instead of 40%

[fathom spruce]

probably not that insane because you usually only really care about one or couple aspects in a build that really adds to what you're doing, it's still stronger potentially to only have like 1-2 stats but focussed and higher than 100%

like for a skill DPS build the extra repair skills and status won't really do much if anything, and even duration/health/haste might have no real impact at some point especially relative to how much more skill damage would help

[hazy yew]

Can anyone here confirm if the manning zoo farm is still working or if they stealth-nerfed it?

[little dagger]

I seem to be stuck in NY. Whenever I try to fast travel to DC the game crashes. Any work arounds for this? Thanks

[fathom spruce]

Join a group in DC with matchmaking!

that brings you to the DC map, after which you can just leave the group and stay in DC
could even be a friend/clan member in DC, just a quick join and leave

[little dagger]

Will try that. Thank you. Is this a common problem?

[fathom spruce]

Countdown also puts you in DC so I heard you can join one (but not sure if just joining brings you there already, or if you need to complete the run ideally)

Yes it is as of the season ending Tuesday and putting us in a limbo, we're pretty much all having the issue on every platform (on characters that had season 10 active)

[little dagger]

Ah, ok. Thx for your help

[fathom spruce]

Same with moving cursor to the upper right corner of the DC map on a character that had the manhunt active, pretty much guaranteed crashes your game so in the DC map to join CD you for example might only be able to do it with matchmaking, doing activities in upper right part of map is best done zoomed in so you don't accidentally move mouse/map too far up right, and the thing about global difficulty yadda yadda it's all a Feature™️ now

[jade robin]

Lore-wise, how feared/ respected are Division agents in the eyes of BTSU and other enemy factions?

[fathom spruce]

I don't know too much about lore but they do come across as at least respecting the danger the agents bring because outside of few reckless ones (who're after berated by other BT people for their recklessness), they tend to make a big fuzz about us coming to ruin any of their parties and bring a good measure of force

So it's not like they see 2 agents roll up on their Ring camera and are like meh just bring Johnny the guard over he'll talk with them

[fallow inlet]

There trained like basic military but are still civilian

There gear gives them a slight edge over general factions

Bts are better equipped , but same as agents

[fathom spruce]

I don't know about that they're "highly trained" and "brutally efficient special operations unit" and their members come from both military and paramilitary units with long history of working in conflict zones in the world, sounds like mercenary (and ex-army) to me

This is about the BTSU bit only of course they mentioned, the other factions are far below that and are just kind of a clownfiesta usually, mostly savages wanting control and power

[fallow inlet]

I said basic not Marines basic

[fathom spruce]

But if "highly trained with long standing experience in various conflicts" is basic then what do you call what's above that

Or did I miss something about their more recent members elsewhere lore wise 🤔

[fallow inlet]

Now you go tier3 tier2 tier1 or you don't wanna meet them tip of soear

[fathom spruce]

Fair

[fallow inlet]

Tier 2 includes seals and special forces

[fathom spruce]

I guess their White Tusk branch has the most elite trained out of those that they have

[fallow inlet]

There are only 5 units in tier1

1 is a signal ,1 is Intel, 1 is We Own The Night,1 is 3/75 Rangers, Last but not least DELTA

[foggy needle]

All late sorry, but yes in have skill efficiency gives 2 haste to 1 and shows on the stats page.

But it might seem it reduces skill cool down correctly at 1 haste instead of 2. Not entirely sure atm.

[fathom spruce]

Wait that changes things, that's interesting
I saw your comment on reddit correcting some people that you tested it too giving 2% haste when searching for various patch notes to find a place if they changed it
But I should test it too then, that'd be very confusing if it gives 2% showing on stats page but only actually applying 1% worth of stat to CD

[zenith isle]

please fix the bug i wanna do challenge mission

[fathom spruce]

wait wth this seems right from first test

[foggy needle]

It's weird. It wasn't changed to be 1 to 2 but per stats page acts like it.

But per light testing I've seen it might truly act as 1 to 1 Instead.

[gilded plume]

How do i get chameleon?

[fathom spruce]

so if the Cooldown part here can be trusted (seems in line with what shows on screen too) then it indeed only gives 1% actual haste

[gilded plume]

Do i get chameleon from bounty drop?

[vocal fiber]

I target farmed cd and got it in 2 runs
but so far i feel im lucky when it comes to the exo drops so

[fathom spruce]

I went back in my footage where I tested it with the empress piece removal, going from 76% to 56% skill haste on stats page

at 56% haste (no efficiency equipped so I think this here is the most trustworthy number), drone shows 16.0s CD
56% means it's a 0.6410x multiplier to the original CD to get the new CD (56% haste => CD is done 1.56 quicker => 1/1.56 to get this) so 16.0 / 0.6410 ~= 25s drone CD with 0% haste, I think that's correct?

so when it jumps to 76% haste, you'd expect it to instead show 1/1.76 ~= 0.5682 => 0.5681 * 25s ~- 14.2s Cooldown
instead it shows 15.1s in Cooldown there
if you calculate for 66% haste (only adding 10% instead of 20% with the 10% efficiency increase), that'd be 1/1.66 giving ~0.6024 and then 0.6024 * 25 = 15.06... ~ 15.1s which is completely in line with what it shows

if a T6 assault drone with 0% skill haste can be confirmed to be right around 25.0s of cooldown that'd practically prove it outright, but still even if it's not actually 25s (so one of the displays is wrong or something) it still doesn't scale the CD as much as it should going from 56 to 76%, the ratio is off

[stray cradle]

I'm sure I know the answer already but here goes

Does overclock stack onto perfect overclock

Nobody I've talked to seems to know

but I feel like minus 1 second per second is too broken to exist

[vocal fiber]

afaik, only insulated but thats a deleted talent

[stray cradle]

this entire theory is based off of it being new, and it being a coding oversight for it to stack

[fathom spruce]

@foggy needle second test from my footage running around with the memento test also confirms it
started with 10% haste, reinforcer chem showing 27.3s CD, removing 10% haste calculates to 30s CD which seems accurate
with full memento (+30% efficiency) it set it to 70%
but it only showed 21.4s CD, which is in line when calculating it at 40% haste, but at 70% haste it'd calculate to be 17.65s

later on in footage I used a chem and the CD of seconds passed in footage lines up exactly with the Cooldown text in stats display so I think that's accurate

[vocal fiber]

so

its just visual stat numbers but it only gives 1% skill haste

[fathom spruce]

yessir seems to be, unless there's yet again any kind of spaghetti code that gives exceptions

[vocal fiber]

my dissapointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined

[fathom spruce]

I think it's fair to say it'd be great for it to be changed on the spreadsheet in the Attribute Ranges tab, possibly with an extra note on the right of it mentioning how it wrongly displays as 2% haste in the attributes panel in game but actually only gives 1% haste worth of cooldown reduction

[copper zodiac]

is there an AR with Perfect Reformation
or any CQC weapon for the matter

[supple swift]

none

[copper zodiac]

is ther anything that can disable enemy skills/electronics other than Demo Firely, Emp nade, & Jammer Pulse?

[narrow matrix]

Emp sticky bomb

[zenith isle]

is this a good Weapon

[narrow matrix]

There’s also warhounds in black tusk when they explode and BTSU medics have a weakpoint that disrupts when broken

[narrow matrix]

It’s good if it’s all you have

[zenith isle]

hehe lol

[narrow matrix]

But the damage drop off is significant and the talent isn’t much useful unless you’re tryna laser beam a target from a distance

[zenith isle]

oooof

[plush gate]

how do we get keys for lockbox??

[plush gate]

btw how did u get these ?

[zenith isle]

farming

[plush gate]

oh no GIF

[sour mortar]

EB, Dark hours raid exclusive will be a DZ drop too in Season 11 (aka the season about to drop soon after these fixes that the devs is working on rn)
Lady Death, Wony named free roam boss drops only. Rest is pretty much farming

[copper zodiac]

Are world tiers still thing??

Been seeing some old Div 2 videos (mostly ones that are about farming BTSU gloves) and I’m seeing “score 499” or “difficulty: 🌎 5”

[zenith isle]

yes if you dont do new york mission

[copper zodiac]

I’m confused…, thought I did most of NYC’s main missions

Unless its telling me to do that side mission, thought I did that already.

[zenith isle]

If you do NY mission you hit lvl 40 and unluck SHD lvl but if you don't do it y9u stay 30 with a gear score

[tough marsh]

Tl;dr gear score is only really used in the lv 30 instance of the game

[copper zodiac]

Right…., so It doesnt exist cuz my char’s already cleared WONY & all

[tough marsh]

Yes

[tough marsh]

By killing named faction bosses.

And there are key boxes in select underground tunnels

[copper zodiac]

So I have a “dronemaster” HW build that uses Cluster mines & Demo Firely.

Are these skills good choices that help in Co-op & disable enemy robotics & skills?

Been seeing some wild stuff like seeing a room full of Striker drones/War hounds or encountering black tusks that have 3 different med stations

[tough marsh]

Seeker mines is best utilised with an explosive build

[copper zodiac]

Fair, only has use to make AI roll out cover so group can deep fry them

Does Demolist firefly still have use tho?

[tough marsh]

Not sure, I don't really use fireflies

If you want amazing explosive damage, artillery turret is the way to go

Has damage almost comparable to the average DPS build + bleed DoT + most likely forces enemies out of cover
Best of both worlds

[copper zodiac]

Already have a turret build with HW and Striker drone

Ok I really need to stop using Striker drone. Been using it too much

[tough marsh]

Assault turret?

[copper zodiac]

Mortar turret

[tough marsh]

🤔 alright

[copper zodiac]

TLDR:

Dronemaster: Cluster mine (might switch for Jammer), Demo fly
Boom Booms: Striker Drone (or Explode Sticky), Mortar Turret

[tough marsh]

Cool cool

[supple swift]

demolisher firefly, when overcharged, can one-hit kill warhounds
but if you really wanna disable robotics for your team, run a standard eclipse CC build with creeping death, with jammer pulse or emp sticky as your skills. if you want to shorten cooldowns, you run a chest with tag team instead of the eclipse chest

[copper zodiac]

Oh thats another problem for me.
Didn’t get the variants for the new skills

[supple swift]

TBH, unless there is an overwhelming amount of robotics, you'll make do with just regular eclipse foam and jammer/emp sticky

in fact the only places i really felt the slight need for shorter cooldowns to spam disrupts with skills (not including razorback in DH) is the manning zoo boss on legendary

[copper zodiac]

Eclipse protocol Status build??

So lemme get this straight, give up being able to 1 shot Robot dogs & Med stations just to prevent the progenitor enemy units from even casting it

[clever ocean]

that's why i love technician

you can just blast the dogs with your gun

[supple swift]

a constant crowd control is more worth it

[copper zodiac]

I am running techie, I just don’t have alot of loot cause I keep dismantling or selling it

Electronics and Optimization items dont come cheap

[supple swift]

run survivalist.
10% extra damage for your team when targets are status affected.
better than whatever bonuses for cc that tech can provide

[copper zodiac]

Hmm…, then again Dogs are easy to deal with when there’s at least 2 or more ppl shooting at it.
Its a matter of what type and where to shoot

[supple swift]

plus survivalist gives you the firenade, allowing you to proc Perfect Sledgehammer easily, giving additional 40% damage to armor and armor plates for everyone

[sour mortar]

Isn’t dogs weak-point, is the turret aka the top?

[copper zodiac]

Is it ok if we talk about this tomorrow? Its midnight for me so I can’t really farm the gear rn

[supple swift]

dogs are easy when they're disrupted. you dont really need to spam disrupt unless theres an endless spawn or if you didnt manage to reach every single one in the area. creeping death backpack usually solves that tho

[copper zodiac]

Thats sniper dog

Machine gun dog is leg joints and Grenade dog has an ammo box on its butt

[sour mortar]

I thought that was every dog

I felt like it is..

[sour mortar]

That’s right… I’m slow… lol

[copper zodiac]

Well you can always just shoot em in the torso, always works, just won’t crack easily

[supple swift]

1 tap with shotgun with HH stacks to the ball joints...

[sour mortar]

I normally beam the turret for all dogs. I felt like I do a lot of dmg to all of them

[copper zodiac]

Ppfff, if you’re decently close enough

[sour mortar]

Maybe it’s more dmg intake compare to torso. And smaller hitbox as well

[copper zodiac]

So CC is to prevent additional robotics or annoying skills

Demo firefly or Jammer pulse helps Dealing with robotics or annoying skills after deployed

[supple swift]

the thing about demo firefly is, once its done its job, the enemies are still alive.... and now you cant use that firefly again coz theres no more weakpoint,

just go jammer pulse/emp sticky

[cold forge]

Hax

[vocal fiber]

nice jammer

[cold forge]

Everyone left me to do solo heroic D:

[fathom spruce]

They went spectator mode and are cheering you on with 🍿

[cold forge]

💀

[vocal fiber]

farming for ridgeway is more despair than i thought

[delicate tartan]

When do we get some news from the devs regarding what they have planned for us now. We have not heard anything since they cancelled the season 11 and live stream

[storm river]

Why are you farming ridgeways?

[nimble spruce]

They didn't cancel those, just delayed them - it'll likely only be a couple more weeks (unless the situation at the studio is way worse than we realise)

[delicate tartan]

👍

Are there any masks that Stacks bonus armor?( Kettle

[vocal fiber]

no particular reason just wanted it

[nimble spruce]

Nope, Sources of bonus armour are all chest/backpack talents or gearset talents. There's a full list of gear in the pinned spreadsheet in #td2-build-advice if you want to look through the options.

[delicate tartan]

I have heartbreaker, fountry gear set. I want to combine katharsis with heartbreaker and fountry. Everything is armor regen but since katharsis has a stack 29 i would like to try. But other gear that Stacks like the same as katharsis

I have intimidate chest and adrenaline rush backpack too

[open comet]

What dose skill efficiency do?

[carmine flicker]

Say you have 10% skill efficiency. It will increase all skill related stats (skill damage, skill repair, skill duration, etc.) by 10%

[open comet]

Ah ok Ty

[storm river]

Are you farming as in targeted loot, or actually doing the summit for it

[vocal fiber]

target loot on summit

[oak talon]

sorry i missed this discussion, as yeah, i concur with this outcome, i had the same test a while back and came to the same conclusion although not as indepth as yours here, but just by looking at what the cooldown timers on skills stated when with skill eff vs the same amount of skill haste, and also timing it with footage aswell incase the cooldown stat number was just wrong, and found it to be all the exact same at 1x value,
actually didnt know the sheet it stated it like that there, im going to change it as i can provide that testing sheet and footage if needed to prove its wrong, but also now its basically peer reviewed so ill set it to 1 skill haste.
@foggy needle

as yeah, as far back as here i corrected some for saying that 2%, but didnt know it was still widely thought to still be that:
#ask-td2-community message

[fathom spruce]

yus it goes a bit back and forth, confusing for sure
I've seen a couple of times when it's brought up someone say that they think/remember that one of the stats is 2% per 1% instead, sometimes haste is mentioned for that
Sometimes people correct someone saying it's 2, sometimes someone says 2 and they get corrected to 1

Good to know the final outcome and also why the confusion starts (it showing as a fake double on skill haste on the in game stats panel can make someone think that's the case)

I've been part of the ones correcting saying it's 1 on all, mostly trusting the build site + original patch notes for it saying that, but then now that I saw it doing double for haste in game made me point that out to people/agree with people saying it's double for haste, now went back and updated my messages about it a final time 🤣

[oak talon]

yeah, that was also what i thought, and likely also if i go back further than that message have likely stated it wrongly aswell at some point, as it was the assumption, and this is one of those case that stats and actual numbers dont match up, which luckily is rare, but that also made it easy to believe at the start when i was first shown it as double value on statscreen

[fathom spruce]

inb4 it's a quadruple jebait and the cooldown number and skill CD counter thinks it's more but it's actually double haste value so it's available to be used before it looks like it is so you can use the skill while it's on cooldown because invisibly it double triple applies doesn't apply re-apply

well the builds site has it right (I went over there to file a bug report about it which I then deleted shortly after when we found out lmao), I believe if it gets corrected on the spreadsheet at least we have some of the go-to places stating it correctly for people to fall back to at the least

[oak talon]

changed it to this with that note, so in future it should be a shorter discussion for others that follow:

[fathom spruce]

seems excellent, I found the note to be important and it's good as it covers the case if someone sees it different in game and goes huh

[subtle kelp]

I keep getting stuck screen like this when teleport to random safe house, how to fix this?

[golden berry]

can i get doctor homes from countdown? i miss last manhunt

[raw ridge]

is there any way to change target loot atm without crashing?

[narrow matrix]

from what i hear, summit is ur best option

also try an alternate character thats not done the previous manhunt

I was able to play on my alt without consequence but when I tried on my main crash galore.... in countdown as soon as you join its possible several people will leave/crash/disconnect and I think its because of the loading time bugging everyone out

[versed pumice]

Carth with fb is nice

[steady terrace]

🤣 this is next level f up

[narrow matrix]

its an enderman 👀

you have ender pearls 👀

[raw ridge]

@narrow matrix thanks! Forgot that you can change it while in countdown run. that worked for me

[narrow matrix]

noice

can stage left work on razorback for the plate grenadier? Were they to use a concussion grenade that is, would it increase their damage on the weak point or does that merely count as health damage?

[sly glade]

solo

[hallow plume]

i would like to know why the enemy sending resource to my CP?

[green cedar]

How do I change CD's preferred loot and start a countdown without triggering the map crash?

[nimble spruce]

Matchmaking tab to get into a game, once on site you can set the loot from the map menu there.

[green cedar]

Thanks

[carmine estuary]

I have identical problem, even same "picture" . So at least you know that it's nothing wrong with your pc or drivers.

[subtle kelp]

All I can do is restart the game

Very pain but only way

[vagrant kelp]

This happened to me yesterday same reason, I just restarted the game and fixed

[fallow inlet]

Hey Kettle

[nimble spruce]

hey Saph

[hallow plume]

that purple thing only show up if u touch the seasonal level

[subtle kelp]

Somehow it auto as well like swap to new place and it appear

[lucid hare]

Is there any way to directly donate all junk weapons/gear to the expertise system?
Or I need to donate one by one in the category

[narrow matrix]

You saw the ender dragon ! 👻

[sand rivet]

Mark all the stuff you wanna donate as junk, go to expertise screen, hold X (on pc)

On the bottom bar its called “Donate all junk”

[narrow matrix]

If you were to unlink / delete your Ubisoft account do you still have access to the game on steam / epic by making or logging in with a new Ubisoft account?

Owning the game in one place but giving it access to connect with the server somewhere else,

Like how gta v can be accessed through various stores and launchers but you can just connect a new social club profile and access the game

[nimble spruce]

think the ownership of the game is linked to your ubisoft account - if you switch to a new account, you'd have to buy it again

[grim marlin]

2nd time I loaded division 2 and it keeps blue screening

[crystal hawk]

Which one is better for the Gear Set chart?
https://i.imgur.com/T79Y2IJ.png

[foggy needle]

@snow glacier please use the LFG channels for group finding.

you mean you are making one? the left is easier to read then. @crystal hawk

[oblique dawn]

Is summit the best place to farm named items such as the white death?

[foggy needle]

summit and Countdown both are

[narrow matrix]

Uh since you can control your directives it’s a good place to start but countdown is probably a better option due to the hunters at the end dropping named items

[oblique dawn]

gotcha

Appreciate the help!

[foggy needle]

Summit can be better through boss floor farming (also you can solo)

[narrow matrix]

There’s also the invaded missions (not sure if it’s random or based on TL)

[foggy needle]

both are still great though

not sure either for invaded missions

[unborn delta]

When does the game get like, fun? I’m kinda glad I got this on sale because it’s not very fun thus far. So when does it actually get fun? (Ie: how much more do I have to slog through till then?) I’m on the invaded missions storyline, just unlocked second stronghold. It’s just boring and I die too fast and then have to run the whole way back.

[supple swift]

it gets fun after finishing the DLC.

[foggy needle]

Game was fun for me through the story too (pre endgame). really depends per player but the build making starts end game.

[unborn delta]

So how much from where I am till then?

[unborn delta]

The base game was ok, died way less. But as soon as the invaded thing happened and I’m not allowed to change world tiers, I keep dying a lot more. It’s not fun.

[narrow matrix]

I think the reason you’re not having fun with it is you’re dying too much (not tryna make a pass, just saying you’re having a love hate relationship)

[unborn delta]

nods in most likely agreement

[narrow matrix]

Also you don’t have to run all the way back to the mission you can just fast travel

[unborn delta]

Wouldn’t let me

[narrow matrix]

Hmm

[foggy needle]

also if you are dying too much, you are probably playing too aggressive, not using cover enough.

[unborn delta]

Otherwise I would, like in the leveling storyline before the invaded ones

[narrow matrix]

Well part of their reason you’re probably dying is you still have world tier 1 gear

[unborn delta]

332. It said tier 1 was 0-300

[narrow matrix]

Drop all of it if you don’t know how to stack the brands to work for you, just put on whatever you get dropped in your highest world tier

Are you running shotguns and smg?

[unborn delta]

I am. Still just get shot to pieces in less then 1-2 seconds

2 SMGs since I’m not allowed to run ARs like I want

[narrow matrix]

That gives you no range unfortunately

And 2 smgs burn through 1 ammo pool

[unborn delta]

Yeah, hence why it’s boring and not fun now

[narrow matrix]

I’d equip a shotgun, it would make quick work of rushers and assaults

For the elites you want an ar or rifle, black tusk you want to fight from a distance

You’ve got the grenadier, the drone operator, the tank operator, the medic… need to take them out in a certain order (the order I listed)

[foggy needle]

you can run AR with SMG

you are not locked out of doing that

[narrow matrix]

No Hacksaw Ridge honor here, gotta murder that medic

[unborn delta]

But the AR is 286

[narrow matrix]

Who

[unborn delta]

The SMGs are 344 and 340

[fresh junco]

Medic always goes down first for me. Kind of the first rule of gaming in any game that has one lol

[narrow matrix]

I take it you’ve not been spammed to death by the grenadier 😂

[foggy needle]

check vendors, they might have better gear for you to buy

[fresh junco]

Grenadier can be interrupted easy enough or just move

[unborn delta]

Oh thank goodness, the level box gave a rifle at 340. M1A. I like that one. Sucks I can’t just keep using the guns I like

[unborn delta]

By far the worst part of this game

[narrow matrix]

Why are you using gearscore to tell us what you have lol

[fresh junco]

I mean otherwise while you are taking down that Tank, the medic is getting up the grenadier and drone operator you just put down

[narrow matrix]

The gearscore isn’t necessarily important, the higher the gear score on a gun doesn’t mean it’s better than another (IF they’re in the SAME world tier)

[unborn delta]

Because I thought that’s how gamble gearing worked? Have to constantly put the highest thing on till max. Never allowed to use what I like till the end.

[narrow matrix]

Nah, the whole gear score system from what I’ve read was meant to work that way for a certain purpose

[unborn delta]

What purpose?

[narrow matrix]

You had to unlock the stronghold by reaching a certain gear score (average of your highest gear score on items in inventory)

It wasn’t just unlocked

[unborn delta]

But the game is telling me to unlock it by doing the connecting missions? Is the text wrong?

[narrow matrix]

Yea the invader missions unlock the stronghold but you don’t need a certain gear score to progress, it’s just that stuff from the previous “level” is weaker

You’re currently level 30 in world tier 2.. so think of it as 30.2

30.2 won’t work out in 30.3 not unless you have experience in the mission itself

By equipping items in that world tier you’ll be in that gear score range for the world tier and the gear score just reflects how highly rolled the items are

So instead of 4% weapon damage you’d probably get 6%

[unborn delta]

So I’m not allowed to continue to storyline unless I use trash guns or throw on random stuff? What happens if the games RNG doesn’t give me upgrades? Am I stuck?

I’m just confused

[narrow matrix]

I’m just saying to put on whatever and you’ll get through it faster

Whatever fits your playstyle … if you’re not using the right stuff your base armor and base dmg will not be sufficient

[unborn delta]

I am. I’m not getting through faster and dying a lot more, especially out in the open world randomly. And then have to run the way back. Very frustrating.

[narrow matrix]

Just look to see what has more armor and dmg

[narrow kraken]

What brand/gear set?

[unborn delta]

Yep. I am. Every other armor piece has lower stats and rating.

[narrow kraken]

U looking for solo tank?

[sand rivet]

What's your current build on?

[narrow kraken]

Me?

[sand rivet]

Not you

[narrow kraken]

Ight

[narrow matrix]

They’re in world tier 2

[sand rivet]

Ohh I see, my bad didn't fully scroll up.

If you find yourself going down a lot do you have revive hive skill on you? Crusader shield?

Check vendors to see if they have a gear with a "better" brandset then what you currently have on.

[unborn delta]

The hive freaks me out, don’t like the shield and can only use pistol. Using the healing drone and the scan. So I can heal and see where they are, since they love to stay in cover for minutes and flank me. I’ve tried but the costs are thousands, don’t have that much.

[narrow matrix]

Healing drone sucks unfortunately

[unborn delta]

Hence why I was asking when does it get “fun”. Having to constantly use things I don’t like isn’t fun.

[narrow matrix]

The pulse is good but you don’t have any other skills to draw aggro off of you

Try switching to a turret

[sand rivet]

I think I've read somewhere a while back that skill builds are good since it doesn't rely on damage/armor roll %.

[unborn delta]

Also isn’t the revive thing only a static aoe? Most often I’m dying out in the open running because of a grenade I can’t see or stunned. Also tried turret, it has a very long cool down between fights and half the time, it’s useless because they are in cover. The other half it’s fine.

[narrow matrix]

You have to toss it onto something on higher elevation

On top of a truck or something, a barrier, a building

[sand rivet]

I find pairing striker drone and turret is good since the drone pushes them out of cover.

[sand rivet]

Revive hive drops when you go downed or you can manually place it but that's usually when you need to rez someone.

[unborn delta]

Figures. Almost EVERY game I play or try too, everything I like is always the worst or bad and things “meta” are always the things I don’t like 😞

[unborn delta]

Oh ok. Still freaks me out the look and noise of it. Ran into some during PvP, had to leave.

[unborn delta]

How am I supposed to heal then?

[narrow matrix]

heal chem?

[sand rivet]

A good alternative to repair drone is healing chem launcher

Does much better job

[narrow matrix]

I mean how often are you using your armor kits

did you grab all the shd tech caches? Phoenix looking things that are orange all over the map

[unborn delta]

Yep have all. Kinda threw me when I didn’t have them all when the original storyline ended, but found a few more afterwards.

[narrow matrix]

did you get all the perks from the quarter master?

[unborn delta]

When I can, but most often can’t because I’m having to move and I can’t use them while moving, unlike in the first game

[unborn delta]

I think so

[narrow matrix]

i think you might want preservation on your gun

[unborn delta]

How do I do that?

[narrow matrix]

preservation and if u can find it, 3 piece badger tuff

[foggy needle]

Best self healing skills are Heal chem and repair hive FYI. Repair drone/ trap are both crap. Drone doesnt heal enough to save an armor kit when more then chip damage is taken.

Heal chem and hive both heal chip damage but also heavier chunk damage too. and combo with armor kits and more then enough self healing (all at tier 0 too.)

[narrow matrix]

if the gun is purple, youll need to extract the preservation talent from another and roll it onto that one in the recalibration table

[unborn delta]

But won’t I have to delete it because I’m prevented from doing the storyline unless I have higher gear score?

[narrow matrix]

same if its yellow

[unborn delta]

Oh that thing is BEYOND convoluted and confusing

[narrow matrix]

I'm not sure where you're getting that from, the gear score isn't a stat to be concerned about ...

[foggy needle]

think he means recal library??

[unborn delta]

But you said I can’t continue the storyline because the strongholds are locked behind world tiers and those only go to a gear rating score?

[narrow matrix]

I was referring to this, @foggy needle

[foggy needle]

ah

[unborn delta]

So I just find what you said, and then I never have to switch or change till end game and can finish the storyline?

[foggy needle]

um i THINK they are not locked to world tiers any more

they just increase your world tier by +1 when completed (can be done in any order). up to tier 5 max

[unborn delta]

Wish I could turn them off like in the first one and actually have fun instead of being frustrated 😞

[unborn delta]

Well hopefully. Only done one thus far, in the middle of the second one atm

[narrow matrix]

they're not locked to gear score, I was telling them earlier that I read thats what the gear score system was meant for in a previous iteration of the game

once u do the missions u unlock the strongholds just like in endgame without force starting

[copper zodiac]

how do I get around the pentagon bug?
(not being able to do pentagon after pentagon breach)

[unborn delta]

So I can keep using the M4 I crafted that I like that is 268 and it won’t effect me because they removed the gear requirement for the storyline?

[narrow matrix]

what I was tryna say earlier is

world tier 1 is like level 30.1
world tier 2 is like level 30.2
world tier 3 is like level 30.3
tier 4 - 30.4
tier 5 - 30.5

Once you hit the DLC you'll be level 31, you're currently still level 30 but your stuff you picked up after you killed Ridgeway in capitol building is superior to that of stuff you picked up BEFORE you killed him at level 30..

this is because the base value of the dmg of the gun has changed, and so has the "armor value" of the gear pieces you're wearing

all gear pieces have armor value, they don't necessarily need an armor core

so 30.1 stuff will not work in 30.2

the damage will no longer be sufficient to deal with the enemy level you're faced with because their health, experience and damage increases as you go further into the world tiers

268 I believe is world tier 2 so you can use it for world tier 2

[median garnet]

don’t even care ab gear until u hit max bro

[narrow matrix]

but in world tier 3 it will fall off significanlty

[unborn delta]

So I’m stuck using crud and not what I like? So how long do I have to slog through that constantly replacing it?

[narrow matrix]

well, say 13 more levels basically

[sand rivet]

Until you reach WT5 or the DLC

[median garnet]

yeah make a character and use the boost

[unborn delta]

But if I can’t use the gun I like, then I have to care. I wouldn’t have to care if I could just use the guns I like, I’m not allowed too because they are too lower gear rating level.

I’m just confused by all of it

[narrow matrix]

the stuff that drops at that level is not even that high, you're not gonna find the same m4 you like for a while

[unborn delta]

So that’s when it actually starts being fun? Ok thanks. 👍🏻 Dang this slog sucks. Hopefully it will pick up.

[unborn delta]

That dumb. And I can’t craft it either?

[narrow matrix]

once you get to endgame (you beat the final boss in the dlc) then the game becomes more lax about what you can permanently use because it no longer degrades items since theres no levels to progress towards passed 40

[sand rivet]

I think you can craft it to your GS level, its been a while since I was in WTs

[narrow matrix]

costs resources and currency, which if you spend time grinding for will just keep you where you are for longer

[sand rivet]

^

[narrow matrix]

the field proficiency caches are exactly what they're called

they give u stuff for ur current level

just put that stuff on and whatever drops from enemies u kill

[unborn delta]

Only given me one upgrade in 5 boxes

[unborn delta]

I am. 90% of the drops are worse then I have on atm.

Or nothing drops.

[narrow matrix]

idk what else to say other than dont get attached just yet

[sand rivet]

If you really just want to get to the actual endgame (if you have the DLC), you could always just make a new character use a boost so it instantly puts you to WT5. Then do the missions related to pre-NY DLC content if you care about lore, then start the DLC.

And just catch up on the missing lore between WT1-WT5 in a yt video or here even.

Also doing it this way might auto-complete stuff and I think lock you out of some achievements if you care about that.

[unborn delta]

Like my original question, I was just wondering how long till it becomes “fun”, because with these world tiers I’m not allowed to turn off, it’s not fun anymore and dying a lot more and taking missions take way longer. Hence how much more unfun stuff do I have to do till it becomes fun, or even semi fun again. Like most of the original storyline was. (Some parts near the end frustrated me greatly) and yeah don’t want to use a boost since it deletes storyline.

Just frustrated it punishes me, don’t get it

[sand rivet]

Idk how the player base is pre-level 40 but have you tried calling for backup?

[unborn delta]

But that other person explained I have to slog through all world tiers AND the DLC till I’m allowed to have fun, so we shall see how much stamina I have to slog through it. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[unborn delta]

Multiple times. The queue finder quits out whenever I start a mission. I waited for 20-30 minutes and nothing. And only once had someone join. (Was on the 5th attempt of the capital)

[hallow raptor]

You’ll have better luck with calling for backup than matchmaking for story missions

[sand rivet]

^

[unborn delta]

I click F every time I die. Still no responses.

[narrow matrix]

Are you using smg from distance btw

[hallow raptor]

Better to try before going into the mission and maybe avoid dying

[sand rivet]

You could also try #lfg-pc

Although, things will be scaled up so it will be much harder

[tiny stump]

i like the scaling for a 2 person group

[unborn delta]

Not anymore. Using the M1A

[unborn delta]

Then what do I do for just sitting there for a long time?

[copper zodiac]

Whats a recommended TL for farming Expertise from Countdown

[narrow matrix]

respawn

takes u to checkpoint

[vagrant kelp]

Apparently it was in my warehouse 😂

[unborn delta]

No I mean, they said for me to find someone else before I do the mission. But how long do I just stand there waiting? Last time I tried I waited for 40 minutes and no one showed up.

[narrow matrix]

in truth its unlikely people will join you, thats because they are all looking for higher content for rewards

[unborn delta]

In fact, on a side mission just now, I died multiple times, fired 200 rounds of the mini gun into a yellow tank guy and still kept dying. Kept clicking the call for help and nothing.

[narrow matrix]

leave the side missions for later then

[hallow raptor]

To be honest, the missions aren’t that hard in story mode. Why are you having such a hard time? I solo’d the whole game my first time through.

[unborn delta]

I give up. Forcing me to use guns I don’t like and forcing difficulty and NOT letting me lower it is horrid design. Thanks for trying to help though. Dumb game

[unborn delta]

It’s not story mode anymore and the game won’t let me lower it

[hallow raptor]

What’s your current level?

[narrow matrix]

I know your struggle yo, the meta stuff at endgame I dont use cause I dont find it fun, just bear with it

[unborn delta]

The first game wasn’t this hard.

[unborn delta]

Level 30, gear rating 339

[narrow matrix]

thats a lie lol, going from div 2 to div 1 was a game changer, no armor... no self heal... attachments arent shared between weapons

[unborn delta]

The armor thing is horrid. Self heal was better. I will agree on the weapon attachments though. That is good in the second one. Just sucks I can’t use the guns I like.

[hallow raptor]

Then you are still in story mode bro. Just doing the invaded missions and strongholds now, which imo are easier than the regular versions.

[narrow matrix]

you'll get to use the guns u like in endgame .. thats like roughly 30 hrs of gameplay left

[unborn delta]

It’s the opposite for me. These are way harder then the original storyline (although a few near the end and the capital were starting to get hard and annoying. Once I got the M4, it was easier. But now I’m not allowed to use it.)

Keep dying in the open world just trying to get to the missions since I can’t just teleport to them

[sand rivet]

Well the safe houses are kinda close to missions

[unborn delta]

Because some random yellow or random walkers come out of no where and shread me in less then 2-3 seconds

[unborn delta]

A few but not all

[narrow matrix]

wait what do u mean ur not allowed.... just cause its not recommended doesn't mean youre not able to... the game is trying to get you to adapt to different gear and weapons slowly rather than throw it all in your face

WT1 guns in WT2 is just holding yourself back thats the downside

[unborn delta]

Because it’s lower level. And that is a horrible design to force people to use things they don’t like and lock storyline behind it. Using different things and experimenting is for endgame, not for the storyline

[narrow matrix]

thats how looter shooters work

its not COD

[unborn delta]

Yeah, and it sucks how those systems infected and ruined them 😞 oh well

Thanks for explaining though 👍🏻

[median garnet]

u needa just type less and play the game bro

[hallow raptor]

Does Black Friday drop in the open world now?

[copper zodiac]

ok seriously tho, how to deal with Pentagon Breach bug

[prisma violet]

so i cannot set my world settings to any higher level difficulty cos of a bug

is this a bug which has been recurring for some of yall?

prior to the season ending, it was working fine for one of my agents then it just went poof

im stuck in normal difficulty

i also cannot activate any directives

[narrow matrix]

Something to do with the games servers are broken right now, explained in #news-and-announcements

It’s happening for everyone

You can do all of that in the summit tho

[prisma violet]

damn aight then ty

[hallow raptor]

@honest schooner Spreadsheet Clearly says DZ only so...... can only drop in DZ, or named item caches. And countdown currency used for named item caches qualifies as a purchased item, so not shareable.

[honest schooner]

Cool can u stop meat grinding me idc as I’ve said I do not take game seriously or know a lot about the game seen as thou I’ve basically just came back to game 1week ago if that

[hallow raptor]

Dude, I’m sorry, but you keep posting things that need to be corrected so that other members don’t get misinformed. Just be sure you know what your talking about when you post, or don’t be offended when someone corrects you.

[honest schooner]

Idc if I’m incorrect I’m not gonna always be right just when ur constantly telling me stuff like I’m intrested

[hallow raptor]

If you post incorrect information, and I see it, I’m going to reply. Not only for you (regardless if you care or not), but for the other members in the community that read the discord. Get used to it if you don’t care about being right or not.

[rare flame]

You know what, I don't think I thanked you last night Buddha, but thank you for correcting the timing on farming named boss spawns. Completely forgot there was the 30m timer.

[honest schooner]

N I don’t need another explanation cos yet again idc just simply stop replying end off cos it’ll just all get deleted like when u pinged me bout something earlier I never saw what got put n it was all deleted so

[rare flame]

Then don't answer if you don't know the correct answer? Being half right is one thing, but spreading misinformation is asking to be corrected. Hiding behind "I don't care" is even worse because then you're being blatantly ignorant and spreading that ignorance for no reason.

[honest schooner]

It’s cos idc tf why would I care that much about a game to know everything about it I’m not gonna especially when I’ve came back for a week n u can stop meat riding him cos also won’t listen to u

[foggy needle]

Guys just keep it civil and all good

[hallow raptor]

Just ignore him, he’s acting like a spoiled child. It’s kinda strange, I helped him do his second dark hours raid a few days ago. And ever since I corrected a couple of his post he’s been acting like this…

[proper coral]

Should I just put the game down for the day if it’s been crashing in the starting area? Or do a system reset?

[narrow matrix]

I’d take a break personally

[dim crag]

Thank you guys for my daily Division comedy read, was very entertaining

[late oar]

I had a similar problem

[fallow inlet]

Hey Datz

[late oar]

HOI SAPH

[fathom spruce]

You're probably doing everyone a favour here with that too before I see it and want to send two sentences on correcting & link to source and accidentally send a 8 part novella LOL

[late oar]

I need to see what they said actually

It got deleted I forgot

[fathom spruce]

Yea maybe, I didn't follow just arrived and didn't really find anything when scrolling up, just saw that bit there

[late oar]

Same but I read a little and someone said it got deleted

I'm guessing they said a certain gear piece can drop in FR and not DZ

And buddha corrected them but they got mad talkin sht

[fallen relic]

Can someone suggest a skill build (no exotics please) ?

[copper zodiac]

That depends, skill DPS build?
Support build?
Explosive build
Status build
DPS & Skill build or Tank & Skill (Thats just me throwing an idea, likely not a good one)

[late oar]

That's pretty hard to make without the exotic made for skills but you could try having atleast 4 skill tier and empress brand pieces

(you can get said exotic easy just a fyi)

[late oar]

The empress brand is really good for skill builds

The other brand set is brazos

Those 2 are really good for skill builds

[supple swift]

typical skill damage build does not require exotics,
even explosive skill damage does not need it

[copper zodiac]

Think its better to say all builds if made right can be used viably without exotics.

Exotics just make it function better or make it easier

[late oar]

True

[late oar]

True but I never said it was required

[supple swift]

no its not

*required

[late oar]

Though exotics don't make them easier all the time but most times

I mean a full skill build would probably use waveform and compacitor

[late oar]

With like no survivability

[supple swift]

no it wont use waveform
wave form is terrible

[late oar]

Waveform doesn't need to be used though

[wispy merlin]

waveform is a downgrade for another brand set piece

[supple swift]

and a capacitor's damage boost be can be replaced, though not as much obviously, by a test subject

[late oar]

Only reason I'd say waveform is for a skill build example I wouldn't actually use it

[supple swift]

i quote

"would probably"

[late oar]

Like a handicaped skill build

[wispy merlin]

but it isn't "hard to make" without them

[late oar]

eh?

[supple swift]

3 pc empress, 1 wyvern, 2 hana u > typical turret drone build
3 empress, 1 wyvern, contractors, foxes > typical oxi

[late oar]

Oh yea I forgot about wyvern

[supple swift]

2 grupo, china, wyvern, contractors, sacrifice > typical mortar build

no exotic holster needed

[late oar]

Yea

[supple swift]

exceptions where an exotic would absolutely take it over the top are
btsus for healer, vile for fire (for anything heroic or less)

[late oar]

On my skill build I use memento and summit exotic

Forgot it's name already

[copper zodiac]

@late oar this is why I use Acosta
More ammo
Free nade
Free Overcharge on literally ANY skill DPS build

[late oar]

Ok?

[supple swift]

or could just run tech support/combined arms and not have to rely on overcharge

[copper zodiac]

True

Fastball: Striker or Heartbreaker

Been seeing some videos talk about this debate
Currently using striker butwould consider switching to HB

[late oar]

Pretty sure HB is meta

[supple swift]

my 2 cents only HB if you're gonna facetank

[late oar]

Unless it changed

[supple swift]

ive always seen it as a more run and gun set than a set you go into cover with.
from the fact that it rolls blue by default and the talent is bonus armor

[copper zodiac]

That reminds me, build definitely needs an ACS 12 or something to build striker stacks.

Do shotguns go well with headshots?

[late oar]

HB?

[copper zodiac]

I believe so regarding HB having bonus armor in 4p

[late oar]

I haven't used HB in a long time so I wouldn't know lol

[copper zodiac]

Yea HB is rolled as Blue core only hence why ppl often Recal it to red and pray to god for max rolls

[narrow kraken]

So I have completed all strong holds and have reached world level 5. Any tips in what I should do next? (I have the expansion to the game which I have yet to start)

[copper zodiac]

Should start expansion.
You’re missing out one of the best game modes countdown

[late oar]

Indeed you should start the dlc

[narrow kraken]

Thank you guys

[copper zodiac]

Also if u can, boost immediately, game practically gives u a grindskip sorta
A ton of weapon mods
The last 3 specializations all maxed
And SHD lvls in general

[plush gate]

is this even good? i have other assault rifle high end do more dmg than this exotic gun

[tiny stump]

its ok. depends

[vocal fiber]

you need to play around chameleon to make it good but its not outright insane by any margin

[late oar]

Dmg doesn't always tell it's good

[late oar]

But this is true

It's decent but there's better

[plush gate]

ahh alr

[late oar]

Pretty good starter exotic IMO

[tiny stump]

yeah good to have one

[late oar]

Good for starter dps builds btw

[supple swift]

has potential to hit hard but you are hindered by its effective range
and further limited by the amount of work and time needed to make it reach its full potential whereas an ordinary ar can just give you its max output right away
best used in CQB builds and treated as an SMG

[plush gate]

some grenade launcher turret carried me lol

[late oar]

Mortar turret

[vocal fiber]

ah i miss seeing gearscore, havent seen it since td1 since I boosted mine for td2

[late oar]

A Vector that's a AR is interesting honestly

[craggy osprey]

Going to dz with a hardcore character is a certain death 100% ?

[late oar]

Yes

If you find players at least

[craggy osprey]

So hardcore is in the same pool as normal players?

[late oar]

Yes I'm pretty sure

[plush gate]

what i do with extra weapon/armor do i sell them or just deconstruct?

[late oar]

You should have a SHD mark next to your name I think

[late oar]

Deconstruct

[craggy osprey]

If that is the case its lame
Normal players can blast/ die to hardcores without losing jack

[late oar]

That's why you don't go to DZ

In hardcore especially

[plush gate]

how do we get exotic anyway??? just RNG drop?

[cedar tide]

Random drops, rare if I'd add, but you improve your odds by playing on higher diffs with many directives if possible

[vocal fiber]

some have a guaranteed drop like capacitor

[cedar tide]

Yeah some of them based off projects and challenges you can complete and it guarantees that exotic when completed

[copper zodiac]

Treat it as an SMG, cause gawd dam is it inaccurate

[vocal fiber]

what skill procs overclock other than hive

[little kite]

Hello when i die or fast travel this screen shows up and i get offline for my friends how can i fix it

[storm river]

Game crash, buggy for a ton of people atm

Nothing you can really do to fix it yourself

[little kite]

oh ok thx

[nimble spruce]

No, HC get a separate DZ, and you're unlikely to find anyone in there. It's still more dangerous though, because if you crash you have a 30 second logout timer instead of a 2s one.

[nimble spruce]

Try holding escape for a couple of seconds. I've seen reports that that works for some people

[little kite]

it dident worked forme

[craggy osprey]

Oh
So its still possible that there is some jackass/or group going after other hardcores

Is it even better to not get anyone if im still under lvl 30 and gear score

[nimble spruce]

It'd only be other hc players in there, they'd have to be pretty confident in their skills to take the risk

But generally there's not much reason to go in: if you want dz exclusives then farm them on your main, extract them to your mailbox and claim them with your HC.

[copper zodiac]

Where do I get the other variants of Sticky & Trap for example

[craggy osprey]

Past season Manhunts

[late oar]

Yep

[nimble spruce]

You can also farm countdown coins on your sc main and then spend them with your HC character to buy named or exotic caches

[copper zodiac]

I did work on the battle pass enough to get the past prime targets

Unless it needed Season 10 to do that

[craggy osprey]

Then ur set

[copper zodiac]

Now my question is how to do these targets or set it up so I can do the mission that have em

[late oar]

It unlocks them permanently

[craggy osprey]

Change mission mode

[nimble spruce]

Right now you can't toggle mission mode to activate the manhunt missions, will have to wait until they patch the current problems

[copper zodiac]

Anyone know which one unlocks what?

Lookin for Emp sticky

[nimble spruce]

Roosevelt Island

[copper zodiac]

basilisk flashbacks gunner stage 5

[nimble spruce]

Someone did a guide very recently on the div2 subreddit about getting those manhunt skills, but as I said they're sadly bugged and unavailable right now.

[copper zodiac]

What is ensnare health from foam launcher and should I invest in Oxidizer for Skill DPS build

[fathom spruce]

pretty sure you basically always want ensnare duration in PvE, it's few special/named/boss enemies mostly that try to get out of it and actually break it where the ensnare health might help but haven't see it really be recommended in general

oxidizer for skill DPS is very niche and usually far outclassed by most other skills for actual versatile and effective damage, it's mainly strong in that you can stack it and have one area with super strong DPS that can delete like a whole spawn of enemies but it's way less flexible, enemies need to be in the area full time for it to work (so with bulkier enemies like bosses/rogue agents you likely also need someone else with foam to snare them), and to use its full potential you stack multiple in the area which means you'll have less/no charges for other enemies

firestarter is almost always better as it's more flexible, it only needs to land once and then once it sets them on fire they can run anywhere, individual ticks hurt more, it can potentially spread with EP

[copper zodiac]

Whats the most efficient way to handle Control points

Ik I need to do it to get Weapon mods & other blueprints but I feel lazy

[delicate cliff]

turret/drone skill build

[fathom spruce]

probably drone turret and you're vibing somewhere else

[delicate cliff]

with the ongoing issues rn, keep in mind that you won't be able to reset them, though

[copper zodiac]

4p Hard wired with Acosta or Memento and Test subject

[fathom spruce]

doubt you'd use hard wired for drone turret

[copper zodiac]

Then whats HW used for

[fathom spruce]

for skills you spam like cluster seekers

HW's big benefit is lot of cooldown reduction in both the stat and the feedback loop effect that resets CDs

[copper zodiac]

So it kinda works with my mortar build, but not my Drone Turret build

[fathom spruce]

drone turret is the skill build that needs cooldown reduction the least as they have long durations and little downtime, you put them out and have them work for ages

so it really doesn't give much to it

[copper zodiac]

Do I keep acosta/HW backpack or start using Waveform

[fathom spruce]

I think for fully afk you can even do just one turret (needs good placement) and artificer hive that keeps on extending its duration (and keeps it healthy just in case) to the moon and beyond but not sure about that kind of stuff

with gearsets 99% of cases you only use 4 pieces or none so no you'd not keep the HW backpack if you get rid of HW set as the talent wouldn't do anything either

waveform is optional too so if you don't have it no big deal!

ideally at a basic level it's 3x empress + 1x wyvern + either 2x hana-u or swap one for a waveform, for example

[copper zodiac]

Drone is 90% of the time away from player so you either throw it to the drones predicted direction or you double press to recall it now and then

[copper zodiac]

So lazy farm doesn’t need gearset

[fathom spruce]

that was just for the build with one dps skill + artificer

if you have to choose one you'd usually want the turret as it's stronger and tankier

[fathom spruce]

yes which is unfortunate I guess since it means harder to farm but at least all you care about their minor attributes is the skill damage so in a way you still only mainly have one attribute to worry about, like with gearsets
the 2nd one can be quite flexible, all armour regen is nice and safe

[carmine estuary]

Can I fresh level 40 do countdowns? I don't know how challenging they are. Don't wanna risk group failing because of my low stats.

[fathom spruce]

you'd be carried pretty hard and essentially be nearly dead weight, maybe in challenging, I often see couple people getting carried there, people might be fine with that
(there's not really runs below challenging and if they take you in heroic then god bless them, I'd not have trust in that run)

[copper zodiac]

Yes…, just do on challening and get carried by 5k SHD lvl players

[carmine estuary]

Those targeted loot icons better than nothing but without knowing to which set it belongs not very helpful for new player.

[copper zodiac]

I mean you could set it to a gear piece or weapon as a general category

[golden geode]

is the only current way to no world level to look at a mission icon

[visual karma]

Do Pestilence ticks depend on Memento stacks?

[fathom spruce]

Yus it does as it gives weapon damage per stack and pestilence stacks scale from weapon damage so you get bigger stacks with more memento stacks (both the long term and short term buff helps)

[foggy needle]

@snow glacier please use the LFG channels for that

[vestal bough]

Anyone know how to get Lost Ellis Memos please? cant find anything even on the internet

[sacred edge]

Is there a guide somewhere that explains how attributes numbers work? Like how are two guns with weapon damage 2.2%, but the line below on one is like a quarter to the halfway mark and the other is at the halfway mark?

[nimble spruce]

They might be the ones you get from the Lau manhunt mission? (Not the Langley reports from the laptop but ones you find throughout the mission map)

[fathom spruce]

probably different level weapons right? while levelling you get gear that doesn't have a max range yet as high as endgame gear

like say one lower level weapon might roll from 0 to 4% weapon damage then a certain level higher weapon could roll from 0 to 10%, so if they both roll 2% then it'll be halfway on the first but only one fifth on second

[nimble spruce]

Line depends on the max roll possible on that item, which varies with level and gear score. Just ignore them until you hit level 40.

[fathom spruce]

at max level it'll all have these max values as per this spreadsheet (pinned in #td2-build-advice):
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nrPBmOrtpkEW1j5fbcRT7L-AXgsGOqMqxXoVtopsiGM/edit#gid=412070318

then it'll all be the same on every drop so it's consistent

[sacred edge]

Are any cores, attributes, or talents worth grabbing through refinement before reaching level 40?

[fathom spruce]

I think you can safely ignore all gear you get before 40, it won't be relevant in any way really by then

and I think you can't extract recalibration stats from not level 40 pieces (or maybe that was just first time around for me)

[tiny stump]

youre not gonna need any of your stuff from before you hit level 40

[nimble spruce]

You can extract talents and skill cores as they're not going to get any better at the end

[fathom spruce]

I think I tried to extract talents on way from 30 to 40 first time and it just said item is not high enough level and only let me with level 40 items

if you can extract a talent, go for it as talents are just you either have it or not, anything else will have a higher ceiling anyway at 40 so not really worth

[nimble spruce]

Maybe, tbf I've never actually tried extracting from lower level items. You can definitely recalibrate stats ON to lower level items, but only if they are purple or yellow.

[fathom spruce]

Yup, also I remember now, I noticed it when I hit 40 and still had some lower level gear around (even like level 38-39 pieces that were purple or yellow) and those were all ineligible for extraction

all the stuff you get while levelling is not really relevant for later, neither should you worry about a build while levelling, it's just a nice way to be exposed to a lot of various kinds of items/weapons/talents to see what they do, I think there's some fun checking them out and just mixing things up while levelling to experience them (and a lot of those talents you'll probably not really use ever after as they're far overshadowed by some talents, but it's fun and viable to try them during story levelling)

[delicate tartan]

How long is the server down?

[tiny stump]

3 hrs

[vestal bough]

hope it will be that 😄 will try to check it out when servers are up

[tiny stump]

yeah we'll see

[delicate tartan]

Whats happening now, i read but

[nimble spruce]

There's definitely some Ellis recordings where he's starting to distrust BT, so I'm guessing it's those

[vestal bough]

maybe its that, because i did that mission only to the part i get the skill and left

[delicate tartan]

After update any changes?

[foggy needle]

see #server-status

[surreal vault]

Howdy folks, Ive come to ask a small question. For a while now (I started playing a few days after the start of the sale) Ive been talking to the snitch, but Cassie has never shown up. Is it because Ive not finished the main quest-line? Any input is help.

[delicate tartan]

Yeah its maintenance, i hoped for something special, normaly its at morning around 9:30 at Europe time so

[foggy needle]

Cassie only shows up 3 days a week, you can see vendor info and Cassie info on the division vender reset website

https://rubenalamina.mx/the-division-weekly-vendor-reset/

[surreal vault]

This may just be me repeating what ive seen, but wouldnt the icon still appear on those days?

[delicate tartan]

The update started at 4pm Europe time right so at 7 pm we can play. I wanted to play now:(

[foggy needle]

on the days she shows up yes

[delicate tartan]

Why do they do it after work, we want to play then

I get upset when i get home and the game is down for maintenance

[surreal vault]

Thats just the thing. Ive talked to people via the chat on days they said she was around for them, but the pop-up and timer has never appeared for me.

[foggy needle]

you are at end game correct? also there are new bugs right now, it could be another new one

[delicate tartan]

Its frustrating not to play when i want to play, the update should have been as normal time not after work

[fathom spruce]

yes her icon shows up full time after you got her location from the snitch, it'll just show shop opens in X hours (if it's closed atm) or shop closes in X hours (if it's open atm), probably just related to not having main story or something finished? it's a little shopping cart icon, not the most visible

it'd be very amusing if it's indeed another bug we're having now but for me it did show up (randomly came across the Snitch after this week started/after all hell broke lose on Tuesday, and got her location and just saw it'll open in X hours but I never bothered returning to check items)

[surreal vault]

I hope its just a problem with the main questline

[nimble spruce]

She's an endgame vendor, as others have said she won't show if you're still working through the story

[foggy needle]

OH not at end game yet. okay she only shows at World tier 5 base game or beating NYC

[nimble spruce]

This was an emergency maintenance, they did it as soon as they were able to so the game would be ok for the weekend.

[delicate tartan]

Yup thanks:) sorry. It comes unexpected

[foggy needle]

emergency maintenance is always unexpected 😛

[proper coral]

Starting to love this game even though I’m starting out.

[narrow kraken]

What is a mike-01 Error?

Do i have to reset my wi-fi?

[half tinsel]

this time its a cluster f** from ubi

[craggy osprey]

#server-status

[surreal vault]

Maintenance. Mike for M for Maintenance

[narrow kraken]

Until 10 am wow thats hard

[surreal vault]

Nope! Back up now!

[fallow inlet]

Hey Kettle, Azurmen32

[nimble spruce]

Hey Saph

[surreal vault]

I want to make a Ranger style agent but the gear keeps messing up the whole look. Any ideas?

[nimble spruce]

use appearance mods or pick cosmetics that hide your chestpiece/kneepads

[fresh vault]

Is there any way to get "named" weapons in a pool so you can craft them? If I grab a crappy one should I get rid of it and keep farming a good one or is there an "easier" way to max stats on one?

[nimble spruce]

You get guaranteed named items from first completions of the weekly invaded on Heroic, also from the hunters at the end of countdown, and you can buy named caches with countdown coins. Vendors often sell some too. If you really want to max out one that isn't easy to farm (eg a DZ-exclusive one) then you can always optimise, but be sure you really have a good reason to want to spend that many mats on it.

Relatively few named weapons are actually the best choice in meta builds, there are lots out there that just aren't very good.

[hallow raptor]

Also, there are only a few named items that can be crafted. See the crafting table for available blueprints and where they can be acquired.

[foggy needle]

rogue agents also drop 1 named

[narrow matrix]

Is it possible to farm rogue manhunt bounties by killing the target then starting over?

For named dz items

[fallow inlet]

Hey Buddha

[nimble spruce]

probably, but it's likely wayyy slower than farming countdown coins for named caches.

[lime night]

Guys strained or killer talent on smg with hunter build?

[hallow raptor]

Hey Saph 👋

[foggy needle]

Strained is better

[lone saddle]

what i'm missing to acess the darpa mission ?

[nimble spruce]

need to run Pentagon on Story difficulty, if that doesn't work for you then you need to run it at level 30 on story difficulty (you'll need someone to help you set that up though).

[lone saddle]

i see, thank you

[narrow matrix]

Did that last night with someone… didn’t seem to work, do they have to play through on their own by the person they’re joining having to leave?

[nimble spruce]

I don't think so

you might have to run Pentagon Breach again first maybe?

[narrow matrix]

Hmm, I honestly think it’s because you need the mission to unlock the safe house, and gain entry to the pentagon by fighting black tusk in the opening

All of which are only part of the intro side mission

[nimble spruce]

yeah, that's Pentagon Breach

[woven quiver]

I'm was leveling my exotic up and I have the resources to take it to expertise level 14 now but it says I need to raise my expertise level up.

So level up other guns for a bit?

[foggy needle]

not just guns anything.

[woven quiver]

Ok ty.

[lone saddle]

is there one more mission ?

i just have darpa (blocked) and the the pentagon

[lone saddle]

also, i would also recommend getting named caches for dz named items, in 25~ caches i got rock and roll, kard custom and among others dz exclusive named items.

[narrow matrix]

I’ve been saving credits I just wanted to know if it was possible

I have all the dz items except the gift tho some like ferocious calm are shit rolls

[oblique dawn]

Do you have to kill faye to get achillies pulse?

[sand rivet]

Running a healer build and was wondering why my chem launcher sometimes instant heals someone, then sometimes heals over time and not instant full?

[sand rivet]

No you get the skill at the beginning of the mission.

And you can just leave if you want, I never completed it but got the skill.

[oblique dawn]

Where's the skill located?

[sand rivet]

You get it from a loot box

Its been a while but I remember it being in a loot box at the beginning of the mission.

[oblique dawn]

Before or after the initial gate?

[sand rivet]

Sorry, I dont exactly remember. I thinks just after clearing the first big open area

Before those two panels you kick down to progress.

[hallow raptor]

As soon as you clear the first area, before you go through the second gate

[woven quiver]

The manhunt for Anderson is free right or is it part of the paid battle pass?

[rare flame]

free

[woven quiver]

Ty

[foggy needle]

the battle pass is cosmetic stuff only really.

[lime night]

So what is the name of the guy who we usually hear in our earpiece? Any lore masters?

[rare flame]

which guy? The one calling us Sheriff? The one warning about additional hostiles?

[lime night]

Ye

[rare flame]

The former is Manny and the latter is ISAC

It could also be Kelso from time to time depending on what mission you're running. But the AI voice is always ISAC

[lime night]

So is Isaac some kind of artificial intelligence or what?

[rare flame]

long story short, yes. ISAC is an AI.

[sand rivet]

Anyone know?

[noble harness]

You mean their health or amour is not full after you heal them?

[rare flame]

if it sometimes instant heals, I'd suspect it's a server tick issue where your client was momentarily out of sync so the heal looks like it instant healed rather than an over time heal.

Also possible is they have super low armor so the heal is more effective.

[lone saddle]

if i started the manhunt from older season passes, and a friend that do not own the season pass, will he be able to get the rewards or play with me ?

[foggy needle]

Yes if your buddy owns the expansion you guys can always group up and play together.

And yes he will still get the loot drops like normal.

[lone saddle]

what about the skills, will he get the skills also ?

[supple swift]

he should

[foggy needle]

Heal chem has 2 heals, and instant heal when used on allies and also a healing over time cloud.

Iirc the instant heal has a very short internal cool down.

[foggy needle]

I think he needs to have the man hunt mission unlocked from the season track 1st to get the skill.

[supple swift]

iirc the season track only prevents access to the missio

[foggy needle]

Yea I don't fully remember the skill reward part if mission not unlocked

[supple swift]

can always confirm by testing at campwhite oak faye lau

since skill is available early

[sand rivet]

Ah so there's a cooldown on the instant heal, good to know. Any idea how long it is?

[foggy needle]

Like .5s it's very short but prevents back to back quick burst

[sand rivet]

Alright thanks for the info.

[gleaming lichen]

Is it possible to run into other players outside of safe zones and pvp?

[lone saddle]

nope

[gleaming lichen]

So it’s just a coincidence that the enemy I just killed dropped me a lvl30 oh carol when I’m only level 11?

[lone saddle]

i had that happened aswell

would it be possible for someone give me taxi to the DARPA research labs on hard> ? or i would not be able to go into the mission

[lime night]

do i get this mask on the right for any of the outfits when i get all pieces or?

[cedar tide]

You get it when you complete all 5 sets

[lime night]

so from baby face set to the last one? thats alot of $$$

[fresh vault]

If you die or let one of the 4 NY hunters (trip, veil, etc.) escape do you have to do THE WHOLE THING again?

[copper zodiac]

if I complete DARPA labs in pentagon with someone else do I get the credit for Firewall stag 4?

[lone saddle]

yes, i just did that, i could not start my self darpa mission, but i had one friend starting it, then i joined him and we ran through the mission, and i got the stage 4 complete from that.

[copper zodiac]

is it ok if I can ask your friend to run it again for me?

[lone saddle]

he is about to be off, so that would not work sadly, and seems like i cannot start aswell because is still bugged lmao

[full vault]

I see they just extended the season by a bit, just hit max level before everything went to hell so I am basically fresh max level. What should I do with what little time I have? Manhunt I assume? Summit?

[nimble spruce]

probably just churn out as many season levels as you can reasonably manage while putting together a half-decent build

[full vault]

Are season levels based on exp earned?

[nimble spruce]

you might find the manhunt quite tricky (the named sub-targets are locked at minimum Challenging difficulty and actually tougher than most Challenging content) but you can always call for backup

yeah just gain shd levels and you gain season levels at the same rate, but they unlock useful gear

[full vault]

Thanks!

[woven quiver]

Doing the manhunt for micro but when we try to complete the bounty requirements so we can spawn him it won't show that we've done it.

[hallow raptor]

What’s your percentage at?

[hallow raptor]

Are you doing the correct bounty? Yellow icon?

[surreal vault]

i just finished the stronghold island mission with the Outcasts, the problem is the game hasnt told me to do anything but re-play the DCD mission. is the campaign over? im being told i need to buy the warlords of NY DLC to "unlock" the game and world teirs. is this true?

[hallow raptor]

You need to complete all main (large blue hexagons) missions and strongholds to reach world tier 1. Capital is typically the last stronghold.

[surreal vault]

ah the strongholds. thank you.

[woven quiver]

That was it ty!

[jade robin]

Can you extract attributes from green gear sets?

[hallow raptor]

Don’t see why not? My library is full so I can’t test it.

[jade robin]

Hmm, my game probably bugging. My god roll Hunter's Fury can't be extracted. I need to restart TD2.

[narrow matrix]

U can u just can’t recal them

[hallow raptor]

Recal,d all my ND

[plush gate]

is there an easy way to get AR exotic?

[narrow matrix]

Thought they meant the green (normal gear)

Normal, specialized, superior, high end…

Green, blue, purple, yellow

My bad

[jade robin]

hmmm. Heroic Black Tusk elites are stronger than the ones on Heroic story missions replay?

My build can kill a BT elite in one mag, but struggles in Heroic Count Down

[narrow matrix]

In countdown the difficulty is different

[clever ocean]

countdown is 8-man scaling, whereas your build is probably being played in 1-man

[narrow matrix]

Also assault archetype eats bullets, then from what I’ve seen the support archetype

Those 2 are strong tusks

[jade robin]

Ah, that's why. I can feel more rewarding when I complete one now 😂

Which difficulty DZ enemies are on?

[narrow matrix]

More or less 1 diff lower than stated

[jade robin]

I just got the Pestilence from first time DZ South. Woooo

[copper zodiac]

whats a stat should I look into when trying to find an ACS 12

[supple swift]

best to have damage to out of cover AND rollable talent

[copper zodiac]

recommended talent?
was thinking of using strained or pumped up

[supple swift]

pummel (insta refill + huge damage buff), fast hands, flatline for HB

[copper zodiac]

oh yeah forgot to tell u its an ACS for striker build

[supple swift]

insync for oxi or explosives

fast hands or pummel for striker

if its purely for stacks then fast hands or a RockNRoll

[copper zodiac]

wuts the named weapons for those 2?
curious as to why ppl don't use Perfect variants

[narrow matrix]

Shotguns shoot 8 pellets several of which will crit

[copper zodiac]

I understand that its a no respawn kinda thing but I as curious about as to how people can rez others who are Unconscious

[supple swift]

revive them
press F on their bodies

[copper zodiac]

not everyone bring Reviver hive
and I'm practically dead weight if I can't DPS

[supple swift]

p r e s s
F....
on their bodies

[copper zodiac]

ppl tried but they just run past me

[supple swift]

dont know what happened. many possibilities

[copper zodiac]

its the extraction part on Countdown, when you die after getting rezzed ppl can't seem to hold F
unless someone uses reviver then idk how to come back.

[supple swift]

oh countdown

you cant get revived in CD extraction phase if you get downed