ask-td2-community

[rugged stratus]

I'm gonna drop it tho either way. I'm jabbing a little too so I'll leave it here

[amber snow]

What's the fastest way to farm proficiency xp (not donating)

[loud saddle]

wear/use the weapons/gear

[inner tendon]

Then the 3rd option is this: it's bugged. A lot of this game is.
just re-run it on Story first. You'll be done in <15mins.

[amber snow]

But like is their something better to farm in open world to make it faster cuz leveling my mantis is taking forever

[loud saddle]

anything with lots of kills....so maybe countdown for the kills.... shrug or summit....just anything you can kill alot

[amber snow]

That's what I was thinking but I wasn't sure if reg xp affected proficiency xp

[wispy merlin]

by "not donating" do you mean not donating the weapon itself (which makes sense) or not donating the materials? because you can also donate materials, and it's way faster

[rugged stratus]

Run countdown, target weapon types. This is the biggest category to complete in expertise. Craft 20 of each improvised gear as these are only craft.
Use different skills and specializations. All will help increase expertise

[elder seal]

i hit level 40 last night completing all missions in new york, what other mission are a must do back in DC?

[amber snow]

Just by using the thing like the exotics cuz whose gonna donate exotics

[wispy merlin]

you can donate materials like printer filament, polycarbonate and stuff to level it too

[amber snow]

Done all that just getting exotic snipers now

[amber snow]

Yeah prob going with that cuz I wanna start expertising my mantis

[wispy merlin]

and only kill xp counts

[elder seal]

where is countdown located on the map i can’t seem to find it?

[dire silo]

your secondary and pistol get the xp too

[amber snow]

Top right

[dire silo]

so sometimes i run exotics in my secondary just to master them

[amber snow]

My primarys usually an exotic

[wispy merlin]

kill xp will vary between normal, veteran (purple), elite (yellow) and boss (bright yellow), so you want to do stuff on the highest difficulty possible to get more elites and veterans

[dire silo]

same but if i can level up a few weapons at a time

[amber snow]

Idk if I'm trying to increase my overall expertise anymore rn cuz I just hit 16 and it seems exhausting to get more just for something I don't have exotic components for

[nimble spruce]

It's Pentco power plant, but the way to get there is from the matchmaking tab or the pilot by the WH

[amber snow]

I'd be nice if shd watch could give exotic components

[dire silo]

top right of map in a circle

[elder seal]

okay thanks guys

is there a meta for what gear everyone is running currently?

[inner tendon]

There's a series of optimised builds specifically for Season 1 of Year 5 over in #td2-build-advice > 📌 > spreadsheet > builds.

[elder seal]

how to i get to spreadsheets then builds

[inner tendon]

Go to the build channel, then the 📌 icon, then the first link that's a google doc, then to the builds tab inside it.

[dull bane]

What does it take to get the "resourceful agent" achievement?" I've followed a ton of friendlies, including resource convoys, but nothing has counted.

Help friendlies gather reources.. what resources, where, how.

[thorn hedge]

idk what that is lol

[dull bane]

this

[loud saddle]

would assume it's offering them resources directly while they are gathering said resource

when friendlies are at a resource node and are gathering resources you can directly hand them resources

[dull bane]

Will have to check that. Just wanted to test something quick with the connect 2.0 beta

[deft fulcrum]

What's a good way to earn credits. Trying to craft some good gear and buy some guns for my clan.

[thorn hedge]

Countdown and selling everything

[limber whale]

Or just complete all those bounties that you probably have on your map.

[loud saddle]

oh god, I'd be a billionaire if I did that, lol. \o/ so many bounties saved up

[deft fulcrum]

Thx

[red sigil]

Hey just wanted to ask for some advice on what to do in d2. I'm currently level 75 and I don't know what to really do besides mess around in freeroam

[thorn hedge]

get a build

[slim ginkgo]

is countdown good to farm items for builds?

[nimble spruce]

yes

[slim ginkgo]

too bad few people queue it

[nimble spruce]

?

loads of people queue it, try challenging difficulty

[thorn hedge]

lots do wdym

[slim ginkgo]

Ahhh

thank yall so much

was always just queuing the lowest difficulty since im not that good

[nimble spruce]

just don't bring a drone turret build and you'll be fine, you'll get carried

[blazing timber]

challenging is good for beginners

[mellow totem]

u guys personally would u reconfigure or no?

im fine with farming for the optimization mats since i need to do it anyways for my coyote mask and chest

[tiny stump]

I would re roll that

[thorn hedge]

id keep it and optimize

my personal opinion

[tiny stump]

It's like 6 optimizations

[mellow totem]

i would reroll since i have 21 but i also wanna just optimize gives me stuff to do and scared lol

oh 6? dman

[slim ginkgo]

yea im using just smg exotic

[mellow totem]

i also dont have the bps since im new

have a lot of blueprints i dont have

alrite ill try reconfiguring brb

if only it was dmg out fo cover

how many would that be jd

5/6?

[tiny stump]

Damn. Hopefully you don't have to do a whole lot more. I got this on my first try yesterday

[tiny stump]

That's either 4 or 5

I think l 4

Not bad

[mellow totem]

aight thanks

for my coyote is this gonna be like 4 in total too?

[blazing timber]

?

[mellow totem]

oh like 4 optimizations

to max it out

[blazing timber]

u can reroll it too

[mellow totem]

idk if i should since the weapon damage is already maxed out

[rugged stratus]

1 scavenging point is 10k credits. Fastest cash is watch points 😅

[mellow totem]

here look

[tiny stump]

Yeah that's 4 optimizations. Not too bad

[mellow totem]

kk ty

[solemn sandal]

can anyone explain to me whats “incoming repairs”

[fallow inlet]

Use CD to fill in all your Proficency lvls

[blazing timber]

it's a multipler for incoming heals

basically 20% incoming repair means you will get 20% more healing

[wispy merlin]

*which only applies to healing from skills also

[blazing timber]

was going to type that lol

[wispy merlin]

i gotchu

[blazing timber]

thanks for watching my back agent

[solemn sandal]

So repair skills is for increasing my healing factor right?

@wispy merlin @blazing timber thanks appreciate it

[thorn hedge]

my rng was awful

[blazing timber]

np

[loud saddle]

that looks kinda rough

[mellow totem]

do you get gears for completing descent?

[thorn hedge]

omg the new descent comm is super duper story impacting

im not gonna say anything other than AI

[loud saddle]

you get levels (plus the prof caches) then the exotic cache for defeating nemesis, and simulation caches, nothing really omg excited or unique....

[tiny stump]

The pts rewards were much better

They should've left the god roll caches in

[mellow totem]

oh cool, ill try it out soon ig ty kirra

[thorn hedge]

You have the reconstructed cache chance drop

[loud saddle]

I still need to do some runs this week to see if I can get a few more of those

[mellow totem]

imma try n finish maxing out the gears for the red build then ill try descent or dz maybe after

[loud saddle]

just remember descent is it's own thing you don't take any gear or anything in with you so your current gearing doesn't matter at all (not sure if you even meant it that way but just in case)

[mellow totem]

oh nah i saw the pic eevee sent i was surprised it has it own loadout thing

i guess its some kind of survive waves with this loadout and kill boss vibe

[loud saddle]

it's what they call a "rogue lite" or something. never played one myself so don't wanna use that term wrong but yeah, you start off nekkid (no gear) and u pick gear/talents as you go and hope rng is kind to you. but kinda lets you test out diff builds and such each run

go through rooms, kill enemies, reach arena room, kill boss, loop over, start new loop, rinse repeat

[mellow totem]

oh like deadcell or uhh soul knight maybe

im not sure bout ive heard the time

i might like that

[thorn hedge]

It was lol

[deft fulcrum]

Is 7 rooms, 30% nemesis with 3 hard 3 medium and 1 easy a good run for a solo in Descent.

[dim crag]

Beating Nemesis is the whole point of it, so I would say not killing him counts as a "bad run"

[deft fulcrum]

It was my first Descent, just wanted to know if it is worth doing if I can only make it that far by myself. I just want the exp.

[loud saddle]

It was only your first time, keep at it. Try doing the easy/medium rooms to get farther into you get used to things.

[deft fulcrum]

I will, it took me from level 13 to almost all the way through 14. Thought the exp was good.

[sudden matrix]

Eh I don't consider it good xp as in vs what you can get in the same time doing open world activities.

[loud saddle]

it's not great XP, it's casual XP though. you gotta decide what you enjoy doing and just roll with it, regardless if it's the most efficiency XP or not. (only u can decide that).

[mellow totem]

man this all red build is nuts

i deal way more dmg wtf

[loud saddle]

wrong chat, lol 🫠 oops

[mellow totem]

oh nah the one from the spreadsheets

oh nvm lol

[loud saddle]

ya, all red builds are nice (it's all I run honestly)

[mellow totem]

yeah just have to stay in cover

its so easy to kill enemies now

i mean before its ok-ish i guess

i wish i went in this server earlier lol

nah this just melts everything wtf

[limber whale]

Well its just one of the most efficient builds. But definitely not fun to play though.
Getting boring killing everything in sight from same cover in a few days.
It’s a must for heroic/endgame content but just a meh for challenging (thats my personal imo ofc).

[mellow totem]

ah i see

[limber whale]

I mean it’s just lack of replay value. Like every mission becomes an algorithm - take cover 1 and shoot enemies a,b,c in spot X. Then proceed to cover 2 and so on.

[mellow totem]

yeah i get it, probably after a while it will not that fun or maybe not

anyways good to try this out gonna optimize the stuff tomorrow, but i might not be able to maxed it out

[tiny stump]

the shit gets results and is fairly easy to put together

but yeah i cant play that build all the time

[limber whale]

Where do you switch when got boring of striker? Skill build?

[tiny stump]

sometimes. sometimes HHF

or just a crit HF

[thorn hedge]

I use that one build I made

[wispy merlin]

i just use HHF or sniper if i'm bored of striker

[limber whale]

Hhf with that weapon?

[wispy merlin]

obviously not, regulus or m870

[tiny stump]

i dont have reg so i got a D50 and it works fair enough. but m870 w pummel is just so much fun

[wispy merlin]

yeah d50 works just fine

[limber whale]

Still never tried pistols in this game. Dont have reg so I probably should just try d50.

[wispy merlin]

d50 allows you to use determined, i personally use liberty for the slightly faster fire rate and better handling

[limber whale]

Optimist should be good too? Or you need exactly determined?

[wispy merlin]

optimist or close and personal are also good. i use c&p

[limber whale]

Cool - thx for info👍🏻

[warped scaffold]

Quick question how do you earn GE stars? For some reason i dont seem to get any stars at all from leveling up my season level, do you have to reach lvl 100 first then to get stars?

[sudden matrix]

Global event stars are only obtained during a GE. You missed the last one by a day or so.

Idr what the next one is but it'll show in the seaon track.

[loud saddle]

I think it was polarity wasn't it? 🤔 maybe....

ya, polarity next month

[rose cairn]

when recalibrating it says i dont have enough elements to transfer into the item what does that mean because i have enough resources

[loud saddle]

do you have any stats saved into the library for the gear slot/weapon type you're trying to recalibrate?

[solemn sandal]

Hmm just curious if this is still relevant I was told that if my AR has 850 rpm and above it was best to use optimist as the talent but anything below that they say strained is used they told me that on a higher rpm the game has trouble inputting the buffs from strained because of how fast the rpm was is this true?

[loud saddle]

pretty sure it was due to the fact that you empty out a higher RPM faster you're not getting the full benefit from the buff (strained). Since to get max benefit the gun will need to be firing for 2.5s +

[foggy needle]

thats false info. Strained even on Vector beats optimist on red build. Optimist competes/ beats strained when running lots of blues cores.

[loud saddle]

thanks for clarifying Azurmen 🙂 (I don't use strained so had to think on that one)

[foggy needle]

iirc strained on vector slightly beats optimist
but Strained on famas ~9% dps gain vs optimists 6%
assuming full red builds.

[solemn sandal]

@loud saddle @foggy needle Thanks a lot thank you for the clarifications! Appreciate it!

[wispy merlin]

remember, the buildup on strained is still significant

[loud saddle]

I'm still a poor flatline player myself, haha.

[modern sparrow]

white death w/ determined vs relic(perfect determined) for a HS HH build?

[earnest scroll]

always white death if high difficulty

[limber whale]

Does strained works only when you shoot full auto and till mag empty? If you shoot in small bursts like 3-4 bullets it will not apply at all?

[foggy needle]

depends but fast hands, preservation, future perfect, insync, flatline are my gotos for my red builds

[foggy needle]

There is like 0.5s leeway before buff drops, so you can burst fire if you want

[limber whale]

I mean if you do a micro-pause after each 3-4 bullets will it apply or not?

Why i ask if i can check in shooting range lol

[foggy needle]

yes you have about .5s leeway before the buff drops

[wispy merlin]

funny binoculars talent has around 1s leeway

[modern sparrow]

does sledgehammer proc from grenades that dont do dmg, like the flash or riot foam

[limber whale]

Yep it works even with 1-single shot made one by one (tested on low-rpm ar). So there is no need to shoot in full-auto

[foggy needle]

well, you still go full RPM cause you want to quickly get the kill

[north pier]

I just got this while playing randomly, followed by a Delta 3.

Anybody know what's it about?

Moving/performing actions didn't do anything.

Server full maybe?

[amber snow]

bad connection prob

[red sigil]

What's that mask do?

Rn I'm using the chest piece that gives me bonus armor when I get low af

It's a life saver a lot of the time so idk if there's anything better I should switch to or how to get exotics

[modern sparrow]

coyotes mask
gives buff to whole team based on distance of last shot enemy by wearer
0-15m - +25% chd
15-25m - +10% chc & chd
25m+ - +25% chc

meta pick for dps builds

[red sigil]

Is it timed buff?

[modern sparrow]

it changes based on distnace from the enemy u last shoot

[red sigil]

Ah

[modern sparrow]

but the buff doesnt expire

[red sigil]

So u retain damage for the enemy ur shooting at that range?

How would one go about getting it

[hollow yacht]

Probably CD

[modern sparrow]

target loot/exotic caches

[hollow yacht]

I got mine from CD

[modern sparrow]

^
cd is best option unless lincoln is the specific loot

[hollow yacht]

I want the ninja bike backpack

[modern sparrow]

oof

i got lucky with caches

[hollow yacht]

Aren’t we all lucky

[modern sparrow]

no

i get kneepads and holsters most of the time from e caches

[desert lodge]

What's that ?
Asking for a friend

[modern sparrow]

commendation score

[hollow yacht]

I get mostly chameleons, bloody knuckles, Acostas, and vile

[desert lodge]

And the VI?

[modern sparrow]

commendation level

[desert lodge]

Okay

Thanks
How dors it work?

[hollow yacht]

I personally think the ninja bike knee pads are wack

[modern sparrow]

menu > progression > commendations

[desert lodge]

Efficient
Thanks a lot

[limber whale]

Exactly same sh1t for me🤣
Chameleons and Acostas bags are around 90% of all exos i get lol

[red sigil]

CD = countdown?

[hollow yacht]

Yeee

[red sigil]

How would one go about doing that

I've tried solo didn't end up so well

[hollow yacht]

Solo CD?🤣

Damn. You got balls

Put CD on challenging, target masks, and matchmake

[red sigil]

Hey I wanted to see if it was at least slightly doable like destiny dungeons

[hollow yacht]

I’d say play on heroic but for some it’s too much

[modern sparrow]

not unless you have a banger build and have a significant amount of luck

[red sigil]

And not get spawn camped by a hunter

That 3taps me

[hollow yacht]

Yeah. I get better results on heroic CD

You have to matchmake @red sigil

[red sigil]

I'll give er a shot when I'm off work thanks!

[hollow yacht]

You’ll group up with 7 other players

[red sigil]

Any other recommendations for activities to do?

[hollow yacht]

Tbh, Idk bro.

[red sigil]

Are raids worth it?

[hollow yacht]

Ye. Sometimes

If you don’t know how to do something in raid: ask your team in chat during the game

That worked out for me once

They were also pretty cool about it

[red sigil]

Sweet

[hollow yacht]

But if you wanna be much more prepared look up a tutorial

I still haven’t done that myself 🤣, but oh well

[fading root]

It’s so annoying when I queue of for heroic raids and I get matched up with people who are like shd lvl 10

[earnest scroll]

there is no heroic raid

[narrow kraken]

Is overwatch chest talent good ? It gives 12% skill/weapon dmg to me and allies

[foggy needle]

Its meh because it takes sooo long to come online, also there are much better group buff options if thats your goal

[wispy merlin]

but azur, it's worse than opportunistic which is a backpack talent!!!1

[elder seal]

me and a buddy just hit 40 and shd 1 yesterday and played countdown on heroic multiple times and beat it. your team must not be very optimised lol

[foggy needle]

hence the Meh

[inland pawn]

should I get rid of black tusk first then go to new york?

or will I be missing pieces from the story?

[loud saddle]

lore wise finish the entire invaded/world tier storyline, then all the offsite missions around DC, then go to NY...

[foggy needle]

If you care about the story then yes, otherwise go straight to NY, you can come back after.

Also the pins in this channel have the story order before NY

[narrow kraken]

I bought the 14.99 for expansion and I’m still lvl 8

[fading root]

I meant cd mb

[narrow kraken]

Please someone help me

[fading root]

Did u have a lot of high levels on your team?

[narrow kraken]

I bought the 14.99 for expansion and I’m still lvl 8

[fading root]

Why did u put it twice

[narrow kraken]

Because I thought no one read it

Do I have to wait for the trial timer to be over ?

[fading root]

Also you need to open up store go to add ons click expansion and it should say apply account boost

Wait I forgot a step

Nvm I didn’t forget a step

[narrow kraken]

I’m so confused

I thought when I buy my lvl will be there automatically

[fading root]

Nope

It also applys when you start the expansion so whichever u want to do

[narrow kraken]

It won’t even let me load into the game

[fading root]

Then idk

[narrow kraken]

So I bought Ubisoft+ for no reason

Nvm I had to restart game

[dire silo]

Maybe contact support that doesnt seem right

[narrow kraken]

It’s fixed now. But I’m still lvl 8

[dire silo]

Log into your guy, then open the store, then go to the lv 30 boost and press the button to activate it

Or just take the helicopter to NY

[narrow kraken]

Okay welp now they tried to charge again when my card was locked and now it’s saying I don’t own it

How do I contact support it just brings me to answers. And not to chat with support team

They already took money off my account like wtf

[brittle warren]

@narrow kraken so you had the trial downloaded, and bought the full game? Or did you just purchase the DLC?

[narrow kraken]

I went to the bundle for Ubisoft+

It comes with the game and expansion it said

[lapis nest]

Should I be going to tier 5 or straight to warlords

[narrow kraken]

And they just tried to take another 16.19 from my acc

[brittle warren]

Is that how much the bundle cost?

[narrow kraken]

I already bought the bundle and they took my money

But when I put my card on lock after the purchase they tried again and it failed so they took off my Ubisoft+

Okay I got my money back somehow but if I buy again it might just do the same thing. And charge twice

Can I just buy the regular game for 9$ since my character is lvl 30 now?

Or maybe I can put funds on my Ubisoft acc and buy that way?

[brittle warren]

Did you subscribe to Ubisoft+?

[narrow kraken]

no they refunded the money

I was and they tried to charge me twice

[brittle warren]

Have you actually been charged for anything?

[narrow kraken]

not anymore

But now I can’t play so can I buy the regular game for 9$ since my lvl is 30 now?

[brittle warren]

So to continue, you'll have to buy the base game. If you are at lvl 30 then to continue to the end game you'll need to purchase the WONY dlc.

[narrow kraken]

So I might as well buy Ubisoft+ again

This time should I add fund to my Ubisoft acc to buy it

I’ll just try with PayPal

[rose cairn]

what does it mean when i go to recalibrate something and it says i dont have enought elements

[daring oar]

Wsg yall I'm about to switch to a gaming laptop
What's a good budget gaming laptop
Budget:800 usd

Dead chat????

Ello?

[loud saddle]

Do you have any stats stored in your library for that gear slot or weapon type?

[rose cairn]

i do now just figured it out gotta go to library then take it off another gear piece

[loud saddle]

👍

[fading root]

There are other discord servers that you can go to that specialize in that stuff

Also to my knowledge I don’t think there are many good lab tops you can get for that price since 800 is a bit low

[thorn hedge]

Pretty much yeah

[modern sparrow]

for named gear, is it better to target the brandset or slot

[thorn hedge]

Brand set

[latent plinth]

can you play the same invaded stronghold more than once per week on invaded mode?

[full sapphire]

yes, but the initial rewards won't appear on your replay

[dire silo]

they charge you in both french and english, its canadian law

all the taxes go to the king of england

[wheat edge]

Anyone know what these orange bars mean?

[prisma violet]

its a visual bug once u complete bounties, the notifications will stack up

to get rid of it u have to log out and log back into ur character

[wheat edge]

ty

[dull bane]

They get stuck if too many notifications are queued?

Or do they get stuck sometimes when doing bounties specifically

[regal summit]

It's been bugged since season start and seems to mostly occur when doing bounties.

[dull bane]

Oh yeah, I think it happened to me once or twice now that I think of it.

[white stirrup]

quick question guys... if i go descent with my hardcore charakter and i die in the simulation, is my hardcore char gone then? 🤔

[blazing timber]

no

[limber whale]

Have a bunch of questions related to cd so if any experienced player could answer will be very appreciated. All questions stands for challenging cd.

1. what does successfull extraction rely on? Is it just a synergy of players builds/cooperation? Cause it’s definitely not an shd issue (can be successful extract with many low-shd players and can be fail with all 1000+)
2. why does it sometimes become less players at extraction stage? It’s just some people don’t want to waste time on it and just quit before or what?
3. in the end it doesn’t show you all players statistics, only yours. Is it normal or shouldnt be that way?
4. best cache to buy with cd credits (and is it limited to 1 per some time or you can buy with no limit)?

[blazing timber]

1. it rely on clearing any 2 objective out of 3 + final objective + extraction with choppers, usually a cc player makes it easier to kill hunters and make dealing with final extraction part easy

2. well people crash and disconnect sometimes some quit due to timmer not starting

3. it shows only your statistics and it is normal

4. best cache depends on what you don't have named cache good for farming dz exclusive , optimization for materials field recon and exotic cache for exotic/exo components

[sudden matrix]

The final stage orange box causes a lot of people to crash btw.

[blazing timber]

yeah it sucks

[sudden matrix]

Among all the other crashes.

[blazing timber]

some people leave due to initial timmer

you have to go to hunter and than timer start basically free seconds for you

[limber whale]

1. I think you misunderstood me. The question was basically “how to get successful extraction” cause everything till that stage is just a piece of cake but extraction can scale from “omg that was terrible” to “no real difference to anything else”
2. but they play normally first 2 + main objective but suddenly disappeared at extraction stage🤔
3. those caches have any daily/weekly limits?

[blazing timber]

4. no limit for caches

[blazing timber]

1. for successful extraction depends on the directive too if you don't turn off the directives against you u are gonna have a hard time at the end a hazpro cc us good due to jamming of skills making npcs run like monkeys and difficult to target especially hunter player skill also matter people using wrong strategy and you get wiped

[limber whale]

So thats a way for named/exo spam? Is it even fair?🤣
Also what number of overall dmg dealt is considered to be “just good” for a not so experienced players? For example what’s your average overall dmg on challenging cd (if it’s not a secret ofc)?

[blazing timber]

never played challenging only heroic💀

around a billion mark my avg sometime low due to lag

700-800 mark is good imo for dps for cc

more the enemies freeze the better

i use the booster hive with eclipse as a cc with btsu to bypass emp and also give my team overcharge at the end making their sheild immortal

[limber whale]

Jeez I barely hit 500+🤦🏼
Looks like still a big space to grow lol

[blazing timber]

it depends man dps in billion not difficult dye to noc health pool ofc some are low 500+ on heroic is good

[blazing timber]

challenging vs heroic health pool also matters

[limber whale]

Nuh i only play challenging

[blazing timber]

than i can't comment on that never played on challenging

[limber whale]

Ok bro thx for sorting it all out for me. Appreciate your time👍🏻

[blazing timber]

np

[rugged stratus]

Did you do countdown when it first came out?

[blazing timber]

i was on abreak with the game when it came out

When I came back i jumped to heroic

[warped scaffold]

Btw can you still get the cayote mask from the cayote boss? I’ve done it more than 20+ times on heroic with all directives, i still havent gotten any yet.

[blazing timber]

try exotic cache and countdown targetted loot farming for mask

[warped scaffold]

Oh ok thanks

[sudden matrix]

@eternal gyro

[eternal gyro]

You’re the bomb Ty

[warped scaffold]

Guys whats better to keep? Acs 12 and recalibrate it with dmg out cover maxed from the m870? Or keep both?

[dim crag]

You will need both

[warped scaffold]

Heres the photos

[dim crag]

Keep the 870, roll Pummel on it

[warped scaffold]

Whats pummel?

[dim crag]

Talent

[warped scaffold]

Oh i see thank you

[dim crag]

ACS is kinda whatever since you use that to stack Striker/HB

Just roll dmg out of cover and be done with it

If you can get a Lefty or Rock N Roll, that'd be great but not important

[warped scaffold]

I see thanks for the advise

[foggy needle]

eh well ACS is high dps for CQB too

not just "whatever"

[wispy merlin]

only reason you wouldn't use acs to kill is for ammo economy

[neat stirrup]

hi, i have a question regarding hunters fury perks "armor on kill" and "health on kill" +x%
how does it work? is there a cooldown? condition on specific weapon? or what, cause i dont see repair of an armour when i kill enemies with sniper rifles
or i just misunderstand perk?

[wispy merlin]

the aok and hok should work as long as you're the one landing the last shot, and you're killing humans, not skill proxies/electronics

it does not require you to use a shotgun or smg

and there should be no cooldown. if you kill 3 enemies in one shot, say with a regulus, you should be getting 3 kills' worth of aok/hok

[neat stirrup]

btw, it gives +x% to current armor/health, not max ?

[wispy merlin]

no, it scales with max

imagine what would happen if you have 0 armor left, you'd be getting 0 armor back which is absurd

[neat stirrup]

ok, i'll have a better look on how it works in field, thanks for reply

[foggy needle]

well AOK works as long as something you do gets the kill (even your skills or status effects get the killing blow)

AOK i think is just kills from your gun though.

[wispy merlin]

you do get it from skill kills too, obv has to be your own skills

idk about status kills

[foggy needle]

yup and from your own status effects too

[wispy merlin]

gotcha good to know

makes sense, i should run the mop with fire ep more

[foggy needle]

though proc on status effects is being looked into (per trello board) so might be fixed

fun fact Preservation works exactly the same as AOK for kill proc requirement.

[wispy merlin]

preservation also works for skill proxy and electronic kills

[foggy needle]

also if turret or drone gets a headshot kill, it will proc the headshot buff part of Preservation too 😛

[wispy merlin]

yep

just when what you're killing is skill proxy/electronic is where they differ

killing dogs doesn't proc aok but does proc preservation

[foggy needle]

ah

[copper dragon]

So I just u locked a manhunt thing at Roosevelt island called Jupiter what’s this

[wispy merlin]

it's for unlocking emp sticky bomb

and getting some comms if you're a collector

[copper dragon]

How do I access it will it be on my map or do I need to do something else

[foggy needle]

that and its past season boss missions, so you can redo them and still get their comms/ rewards if you missed it

[gentle scaffold]

Is td2 servers down??

[foggy needle]

map > select said mission > toggle mission to that boss mission through the shown hotkey at bottom

not atm. you can always see in #news-and-announcements and or #server-status @gentle scaffold

[gentle scaffold]

Thanks mate

[eternal gyro]

Was really hoping for W&H in DZ. Lol still trying to get Matador smh

[sudden matrix]

You opening named caches a bunch?

[blazing timber]

i run it with mortar too hold a mop and u ho 0 armor to 40-50%

[wispy merlin]

yep, i always use it with mortar

[eternal gyro]

Trying tbh but I thought it only dropped in DZ only

[thorn hedge]

and named caches

[sudden matrix]

Yeah named caches drop DZ named items and LZ named items. Only a few wont show up in them, like the hunter key box items I don't think show up in there.

[eternal gyro]

Oh heck yeah. 😂 gives me more hope. Like I’m runnin some dingy bag with the same talent as Matador but the non perfect version and it’s not nearly as effective 😂

[loud saddle]

farm descent for reconstruction caches and then craft matador! /s (srsly, just a joke, don't do this)

[sudden matrix]

I mean you could but as for farming that backpack this would be the longest payoff but you'd be able to make a perfect one.

[eternal gyro]

I wish lmaooo

[eternal gyro]

True. Or I could just hope and pray the RNG gods will bless me with W&H for DZ loot lolol

[sudden matrix]

I just play some countdown every now and then, stock up on credits and then buy a bunch of named caches at the vendor. I've pretty much gotten every named item in the game. Just still trying for named unicorns tho.

[blazing timber]

lol u get unicorn when you don't know it is one 100% true

[loud saddle]

still going for a decently rolled Gift (not really trying for one but u get the idea)

[sudden matrix]

I do need a HSD/WH gift. Got the CHC/CHD one but no luck on the other one yet.

[loud saddle]

im opposite, I want the CHC/CHD one but keep getting everything else

[blazing timber]

anyone getting excessive relic

i have gotten like 50 in a week

[loud saddle]

relics, prophets, any and all recently named items are awarded in excess.....

[blazing timber]

should have been henri

[loud saddle]

I think I finished expertise for prophet in like 2 days (still getting shit tons of them)

[dire silo]

farming named caches is definitely way better than trying to get them in the DZ

[inner tendon]

The Countdown vendor also sells random DZ locked named items for Countdown Credits.
Not the fastest method, but worth keeping an eye on.

[eternal gyro]

Oh for sure. Least I don’t mind countdown. Helps me with expertise. Think I’m at about lvl 11 now lmaooo almost all my gear is done. Just need the Yaahl and a couple others. Weapons… not so much. Good chunk tho lol.

[fallow inlet]

Hey AZrmen32, Souless, Eevee, Gogamer,KiRRA, RIVENS👋

[sudden matrix]

Never told us what car you were testing yo.

[blazing timber]

hi saph

[blazing timber]

he told you were not there💀

[fallow inlet]

☝️ ☝️ ☝️

[sudden matrix]

Hot diggity.

All dem torques.

[loud saddle]

sup Saph

[fallow inlet]

hate to disapoint but it cant get out of its own way

got day off

[nimble spruce]

hey Saph

[sudden matrix]

Rip. I see you playing div on the day off. Anything cool happening in game?

[blazing timber]

i played with saph once fedral emergency bunker and managed to kill bloodhound inside we had to redo whole run again 😂 😂

[nimble spruce]

you couldn't just down yourselves to reset the boss fight?

[fallow inlet]

no it glitched hard

[sudden matrix]

lol so last weekend @wispy merlin made friends with my clan member and joined our game later so I met him, then last night I'm helping a guy with a backup call and @rugged stratus pops in cause they were in the same clan. Funny how you'll meet people sometimes.

[loud saddle]

don't think I've played with anyone here, lol.

[fallow inlet]

yes you have

mmmeeeeeee

[sudden matrix]

You wanna play sometime? We can talk about all the steelwork bs too.

[loud saddle]

Hit me up sometime, I'm usually on late at night due to work and dog priorities, lol.

doggos always take priority. hahaha

[wispy merlin]

LOL yeah. that meeting was destined to happen

[fallow inlet]

time to do the manhunt

[blazing timber]

lol

[loud saddle]

wooo, manhunt \o/ I still need to do mine but kinda waiting for next week....game been super laggy last few days

assuming it's due to the fact that two weeks no maintenance

or my ISP is just pissed at me for cancelling cable tv so they're pissing on my internet, lol

[blazing timber]

lol

[loud saddle]

had to. saved me like $150+ cause they overcharged like a mfer

[blazing timber]

holy shit

$120 is my year worth of internet connection

[loud saddle]

yeaaaaah, there's only like 2 sources of internet/tv here unless u go satellite or streaming service so....they know they got you over their knee. so i folded, nope, I'm out....

[blazing timber]

lol

[sudden matrix]

breh I play like 120 a month...

[blazing timber]

holy. sh!t thats expensive your speed ? mine is 200Mbps

[loud saddle]

300mpbs is my internet, for $80/mos. the rest of my previously $250+ cable bill was all basic of the most basic tv. lol

[blazing timber]

feels like mine is super cheap

[loud saddle]

at $120 month that better be 1gb speedor more, up and dn

[blazing timber]

it will cost around 160$ for that speed a year

[sudden matrix]

It do be 1 gigabit.

[loud saddle]

that sounds better then, cause even 500mbs is like $99 with this company.

so sounds fair-ish

[loud saddle]

oof, a year? I WISH, gimme gimme

[blazing timber]

let me pull exactl numbers

[sudden matrix]

What country are you in for it to be that cheap

[blazing timber]

lol i forgot the dollar rate it is

around $100 for 400mbps per year

[loud saddle]

😢 my god....

[blazing timber]

so my current is 75$ a year 200mbps

[blazing timber]

take a guess

[sudden matrix]

Probably south america somewhere.

[blazing timber]

Asia

[loud saddle]

lol, sits here with a $960/yr bill for 300mbs internet 😂

[sudden matrix]

WAT

[blazing timber]

😂 😂 😂 🤣 🤣

[sudden matrix]

No wonder we never end up in a game together.

[blazing timber]

holy shit dat is expensive as fuck

[blazing timber]

yeah us server are better than euro server still

for me ping is 150 on us server vs 300 on euro server

[sudden matrix]

Euro is like 140ms, asia is like 170ms or so and us east is like 25ms for me.

I swear tho on asia servers it's like a second of lag, ping is a lie.

[blazing timber]

i had 800ms ping today in descent i got revived by my hive without consuming a charge on it

i was fighting invisible npcs 🤣 🤣

[loud saddle]

I can't play until the servers restart or game decides to stick me somewhere outside of US East....I ADS and game wont let me fire for 4-5 seconds the lag is so bad, lol.

[blazing timber]

lol

[blazing timber]

my ign is nerfking6950 due to a bet i made

[sudden matrix]

add me same as discord, with one L. Man I've said that line hundreds of times in LFG raids lol.

[blazing timber]

lol

[sudden matrix]

You don't have to add me I just think about how many times I've said that line.

[blazing timber]

too late

[thorn hedge]

also with the post in #news-and-announcements it reminded me that black tusk are the ones who the btsu gloves came from, so the hunters have access to overcharge

[blazing timber]

lol but no cooldown

[thorn hedge]

scary

[amber snow]

If I deconstruct something with expertise levels will I get back the resources from expertising it?

[foggy needle]

nope

[rose cairn]

does the year 1 bundle give season levels?\

[modern sparrow]

no

[rose cairn]

can you get the elmos engine from exotic caches and drops too or only from the season rewards

[amber snow]

U can get it from cache after u get it from the season pass

Ive gotten like 5 from caches so far after getting the one from season pass

[rose cairn]

ohh but you have to unlock it from the season passs first

[amber snow]

Yep

[foggy needle]

iirc its only from season track and then exotic caches. (not in target loot) you can double check the spreadsheet though.

[elder seal]

if my goal is to get the coyote mask should i farm the targeted loot like if it’s a mission just run the mission on heroic?

[thorn hedge]

Why a mission and not countdown or summit though

[hollow yacht]

I got my coyote mask from CD

I wasn’t even going for coyotes and it gave me it

[proud oasis]

hi im looking for a teammate to farm with me anyone itrested

[thorn hedge]

#lfg-pc

[proud oasis]

sorry

[elder seal]

i’ve ran CD like 20 times and haven’t even gotten a high end worth keeping lmao

[thorn hedge]

bad luck ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[hollow yacht]

I feel you bro. But they are exotics for a reason bro. They are a bit rarer than gearsets and golds

[hollow yacht]

Wait. What difficulty are you putting CD?

Play on challenging

At least

[elder seal]

heroic

[hollow yacht]

No way

I don’t believe you

[elder seal]

wym

[hollow yacht]

You’re being for real dawg?

[elder seal]

yea just match make until i find a good group

should i do it on challenging?

[hollow yacht]

Damn. I guess some people really do have bad luck.

[elder seal]

ohh haha yea

[hollow yacht]

No. I usually play on heroic

Sorry bro. Hopefully it gets better for you, because that’s brutal

[elder seal]

i’m only level 25 but i find good people that carry lol

[hollow yacht]

Shd level 25?

[sudden matrix]

@sweet torrent

[elder seal]

yes i did DUA on legendary earlier and got imperial dynasty holster

[sudden matrix]

Nice, you'll get the weekly legendary mission project next week then.

[hollow yacht]

You got a booty drop

[elder seal]

i know lmao

haven’t got anything worth a damn since i hit 40

[jaunty dust]

CD has lower exotic drop rates than usual. Only do it for SHD caliberation mats or Named items

[rugged stratus]

CD advantage is the exo caches. The actual drops are lower than openworld. But an exo cache every half hour makes it good for exo farming .

[jaunty dust]

Forgot about the caches, but yes that's guaranteed

I usually use the CD points for SHD caliberation tho

[rugged stratus]

Just not good for targetting. Summit has pretty good drop rates. Especially if you just farm a boss floor

I use watch points

[jaunty dust]

The weekly BT bossfights also high chance of dropping exotics

[rugged stratus]

Anything optimization is just quicker with watch points

[static onyx]

@thorn hedge

its not on the SSD i thought it was on but this might possibly be the cause of my issues

[thorn hedge]

whats the rest of the metrics

[static onyx]

i have no idea what any of this means

i would assume that all of those 100s is not good

@thorn hedge

im moving my division over to my drive thats at 99% right now

[thorn hedge]

the only thing that caught my eye is the temperature

[static onyx]

its a 3-and-a-half year old SATA SSD

[thorn hedge]

wait

whats teh actual drive name

[static onyx]

CT1000MX500SSD1 : 1000.2 GB

thats at the top so i think thats what the actual name is

[thorn hedge]

mx500

is that the one on 70%

[static onyx]

yes

i got mine around late december 2019 if that says anything

[thorn hedge]

hold on

what are you running on it lol

[static onyx]

what am i running what on

[thorn hedge]

on the mx500

[static onyx]

i was running the division 2 off of it

[thorn hedge]

wait its your C:\ drive isnt it

[static onyx]

correct

[thorn hedge]

ok that makes a bit more sense lol

[static onyx]

the MX500, the C:\ drive, the drive i had my division on

[thorn hedge]

i have a dedicated game drive that ive had since 2018

[static onyx]

i just swapped The Division with Warframe, CSGO, and Blade & Sorcery for a spot on my NVME

[thorn hedge]

with half the total reads

[static onyx]

which is at 99%

just had a quick conversation with my dad and hes pointed out that his SATA SSD, he has the same one i do, has also been acting up so he was probably gonna replace it with another NVME

[thorn hedge]

its odd cuz the mx500 has an sm2258

[static onyx]

well whatever the issue is i will ping you again if i encounter it again

[thorn hedge]

mk

[static onyx]

i just changed the drive the game is on so i shouldnt

[thorn hedge]

basically mx500 is one of the best sata ssds

which is why its odd

maybe its related to uh whats it called

[static onyx]

theres a chance that its because ive been using my mx500 as my boot drive for 3 and a half years

[thorn hedge]

shit whats the word for it...

not wear levelling

i cant remember the word shit

OVERPROVISIONING THATS IT

[rain echo]

eevee had a brainfart there for a few mins lmao

[thorn hedge]

lol

[static onyx]

@thorn hedge happened again lol,,,, im gonna do a full game reinstall and see if that fixes it

[thorn hedge]

aight

[static onyx]

to reiterate, i have done a verification, PC restart, and moving drives

this is the final cry for help, if this does not fix my game then i may as well just not play anymore lmao. sucks cause i absolutely love this game

[thorn hedge]

id try tinkering with graphics settings

[static onyx]

higher or lower?

[rain echo]

tinkering is always fun never know what will happen unless you have knowledge

[thorn hedge]

yes

[static onyx]

whar,,,

[latent plinth]

can someone explain lincoln boss immunity mechanic? i could never figure it out

[static onyx]

im gonna be completely honest, i have no clue what youre talking about

[latent plinth]

the big armored guy at the end of lincoln memorial sometimes goes immune

idk why or when that happens

[static onyx]

i have not noticed that honestly

[rain echo]

you guys think they got games on here?

[static onyx]

100%

this doesnt look right

the game is also giving me the wrong gear set

[rain echo]

what gearset do you want?

[static onyx]

i have a striker's build on all the time, it was just showing the wrong one

it was still functioning properly

[trail meteor]

break his backpack

he’s a true sons heavy so he has a big red grenade pack on his lower back, break that

[novel bone]

Is there a certain way to unlock the C79 scope? I seem to have missed a side mission or smth?

[marble leaf]

how does sharing work? do you get the actual item or do you get a copy of it? also does it only last for the hour or do you keep it foreever?

[inner tendon]

You get the item forever, the person who shares it loses it.

Think of it as a cut+paste.

[normal holly]

Any recommendations for exotics? I play challenging all the time doing Countdown, Summit, etc and I have maybe got 1 exotic since I started playing? I'm SHD level 85 atm so still low but are exotics this rare or am I just unlucky?

[inner tendon]

It should be noted that Exotics in div2 aren't a direct upgrade from gold/gearset gear, they're all even, just depends on the build you're using.

[rain echo]

There are a few ways play CD get CD currency buy exotic caches do projects or just get lucky with RNG in open world

Exotics like the chatterbox require a project before it becomes available in the loot pool

[blazing timber]

the best way to get exo is to play with someone experienced you literally double your chances

[normal holly]

I know that, theres a specific exotic that I have been going for, for like 3 days now. While trying to get this there hasn't even been a single other one that I've got though :/

[normal holly]

I've been grinding harddd for all the unlockable ones through projects, the coins you get from CD, etc. 😂 Only way it seems I can get them

[normal holly]

I'll have to try this more actually. I've only really played with people my level or just solo

[rain echo]

Drop rate is low for exotics ik someone here has a chart which has the drop rates for each difficulty

And activities

[normal holly]

You know where I can find it? Sounds really cool actually

[blazing timber]

by playing with experienced player sometimes Bypasses the projects

[normal holly]

What do you mean bypasses the projects?

[rain echo]

Uhhh someone here has it I don't so you probably gonna have to Google

[normal holly]

Just found the rate of it, DZ drop rate for exotics is a 0.072% chance, the exotic you want is a 0.00072% chance 😂

[blazing timber]

those are for likes of EB, Ravenous and bighorn

which are raid exclusive first two and the last is legendary exclusive

[normal holly]

It says this - After you get the 0.072% drop chance, the game has to decide which exotic you get from a pool of exotics. For the Dark Zone this pool consists of 34 exotics + the 3 exclusive exotics. With a slightly lower chance to get an exclusive exotic, compared to any of the other exotics.

[rain echo]

Only exotic yoi can't get in open world is regulus that's locked behind iron horse exclusively

I doubt they will ever add it into the loot pool

[normal holly]

Only exotic I've managed to get is sawyer kneepads so far

[rugged stratus]

complete level 3 (challenging) control points for that and a variety of other blueprints

[novel bone]

Weird - I don't understand why it says "Side Mission Reward", but ok then

[rugged stratus]

ok maybe its side mission. just hover over the different missions you see and it should list as a reward then

[novel bone]

It was a secret side mission. I found it through a map online.

Had nothing to do with previously completed missions (as I did them all)

[versed heath]

side missions auto-complete upon going to NY, probably just a bug

can do it on a fresh lvl 30 character and share the blueprints

[latent plinth]

so i started going after hunter masks again recently and they seem weirdly squishy, is it just the build im using or is something up? world difficulty is heroic

like he went down in 5 shots

o also he dropped a purple and open world/cp rogues have also been dropping purples, whats up with that

[rain echo]

Rogues are also more squishy

Before they were bullet sponges now they are just squishy

I personally haven't done open world hunters as I have already gotten all the masks back then

[latent plinth]

is this a known bug then

[rain echo]

I don't know but I'm not complaining

Makes open world rogues so much easier

[latent plinth]

yeah but no point to killing rogues that drop purples

[swift grail]

whats that bar to the left

[latent plinth]

specialization ammo progress

[swift grail]

so when its full the next enemy dead drops ammo?

[latent plinth]

not 100% sure if its next dead enemy or next thing that would progress the bar, but yeah i think so

[rugged stratus]

Yes. Its only listed on trello as rogues dropping purple gear but the gear is an indicator of their lower difficulty.

I think it's just open world. Heroic summit rogues were spongy af today and only dropped high end/named gear

[nimble spruce]

Open world hunters have the same scaling problem as open world rogues at the moment.

[dusty lark]

is it possible to reset the stats on the SHD watch?

[nimble spruce]

No, but if you run an alt character through wony they'll be able to assign all the watch points differently

[dusty lark]

do the characters share items if you put it in the stash?

[nimble spruce]

Yes

[dusty lark]

ty ty

[nimble spruce]

You'll max out all the watch upgrades by shd 999 anyway, so it's only a temporary problem if you spent them inefficiently

[dusty lark]

999.... im only 40

[nimble spruce]

You can share blueprints and most crafting materials too, the main things that aren't shared are spec points, collectibles, projects, and newer brandset/gearset specific materials

[rugged stratus]

Cash not shared , but watch is duplicated on all alts. All alts shd (and scavenging points) climb as you level your main.
4x shd, 4x exotic projects. Extra storage on alts

[blazing timber]

thia game suprises me even after a 1000hr of playtime'

[strange meteor]

Why do backpacks drop in such an imbalanced quantity? Im trying to farm a hard named backpack. I need it to come wit 2 specific attributes so i can reroll the core. But i get like 20 mask, gloves, holstere, knees, chest from the brand and like 4 backpacks from running countdown. Wtf? How has massive not addressed this amongst the many other much needed QoL change issues?

[limber whale]

You’re getting targeted loot in 20:4 ratio??? I believe it’s around 50:50 for me (well maybe 60:40 but still).
Are you 100% sure you put BPs as targeted loot?

[strange meteor]

I mean ya if its BP targeted loot then aure u get lot of bp. But i need to make sure its from the UG brand, so im doing UG target.

Should i do bp then and hope?

[rugged stratus]

have you made the proper sacrifices to lootcifer? /s

you should target ug

best chance at getting the named. you could try summit as well

[strange meteor]

Yea so my gripe is, when targeting the named brands, why is there an imbalance of the rate it drops backpack compares to every other piece, as if backpacks are on a low priority pole or something. Wish they can fix it.

[rugged stratus]

its gonna be a hard farm anyways since itll roll blue attributes more often, and im guessing you want chc/chd

no idea, all rng

[strange meteor]

Skill repair/haste - yellow core. Future Initiave Raid Heal build.

[rugged stratus]

ok, but yeah same holds true.

[strange meteor]

Yea i think imma just give up and accept the one i alrdy got. Sigh

[sudden matrix]

I mean you don't need a yellow core, most likely you'll be running tech for faraday so you've got the +1 skill tier.

Also that 20% on top of the crazy amount of healing you already do doesn't add much of anything cause you'll be healing a bunch of red builds in the raid anyway.

Also if someone tells you that you need crazy heals for doing control room they are full of it. Even on a scuff healing build if you manage your heals right you'll be able to live up in the control room for ever.

[strange meteor]

I see

Alright thx.

[versed hull]

Do i need WONY DLC to play descent gamemode?

[blazing timber]

no

[versed hull]

TY

[sudden matrix]

Wait it just occurred to me. Could you use descent to level and not even play the game. Like become level 30 and have never stepped foot on the map?

[blazing timber]

it may be possible i think yes you can bypass hardcore open world if this works out

[loud saddle]

you could but I think I remember someone in the HC group who tried it at low level say the amount of xp earned in early game from decent was hilariously LOW.

[sudden matrix]

Yeah if descent scales from your ingame level that makes sense.

[loud saddle]

like, went to loop 7 and got 1 level type low....let me find it, one second

[sudden matrix]

loop 7 is like what 45-60 minutes?

[loud saddle]

yeah, around there maybe

and meh, can't find it....oof. only thing u can do is try it out maybe then, can't find the conversation i saw about it

[sudden matrix]

All good, it's just if I were to do descent maybe I'll play it on a HC just to get extra levels.

[loud saddle]

dangit, where's Eevee when you need to yell at her? lol

[sudden matrix]

Too early for the summoning.

[loud saddle]

lol, want to tell her to not to give ideas to Ubi to take open world directive XP gain from descent. lol

[sudden matrix]

Wait directives apply to the xp when you exit huh? Yeah I haven't played decent much after the first week.

[loud saddle]

as far as I can tell yes...difficulty/directves seem to have an effect on descent

and if tht was ever fixed, descent loses even more motivation to play...a 5 loop run usually nets like 7 levels or so on heroic/5 dir....imagine if that dropped lower. lol that'd make descent even more of a waste of time.

[sudden matrix]

I mean it makes sense. Game is dumping you xp in the world after you exit so any modifiers should apply.

[loud saddle]

oh, here's 2 levels for an hour of playing, lol. NO THANKS.

[blazing timber]

time to reach loop 5?

[loud saddle]

less than an hour

[sudden matrix]

I just didn't find it fun. Maybe it's better now with tweaks to the mode idk I'm just speed running IH, got a 16:18 last night and it could have been a 15 minute run but someone was muted for a call, also remnant 2 gonna take up my time.

[loud saddle]

i find the comms nice to listen to, and the blueprints chase is alright (albeit slow due to the low %)

definitely not something I would say can keep you busy all by itself for the length of the game ofcourse.

[sudden matrix]

comms?

[loud saddle]

the audio comms

collectibles

[sudden matrix]

Oh must be new huh.

Had no idea about that.

[loud saddle]

there's 12 so far (7 accessible so far) with a new one unlocking each week u can claim via the weekly project

[blazing timber]

lol

[loud saddle]

some are pretty funny to hear

[blazing timber]

my div2 voices are in Japanese so even normal things are funny to hear

[loud saddle]

😂 so that one might be hilarious to listen to

[nimble spruce]

Too late, it's already on the 18.3 patch notes to be fixed (check the trello)

[loud saddle]

(╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻

[nimble spruce]

On the upside, no mention of determined yet

[loud saddle]

OOF, that's a big hit to any reason to even play descent then. it was atleast on par with open world XP gains

now, oof....not so much ( i understand the reason behind it, kinda dumb for it to reward that much bonus xp but still)

[amber snow]

im guessing its a no but is 15 expertise on a gear piece essentially a blue core?

[loud saddle]

+15% of the base armor of that piece of gear, it's not much of a boost at all really....but I'm talking out my ass a bit as I don't know the actual base armor value of the gearpiece

[amber snow]

man expertise is underwhelming outside of pvp

too much of a grind just to be allowed to resource dump a small boost

[nimble spruce]

20 expertise on all 6 gear pieces is closer to an armour core I think. I just use it for weapons and a few skills

[amber snow]

skills is stupid expensive cuz of printer

only got my defender drone to 10

[nimble spruce]

Turret and drone both 20, and emp pulse as well for the range. Relative improvement is greater on tier 0 builds

[loud saddle]

i'm lazy, still at expertise 11 I think....XD.

[amber snow]

i just got 16 and idk if i wanna keep going

i mostly got skills/exotics/named gear left

which reminds me theres a named shotgun that apparently was a pre order bonus, is that obtainable or do i gotta use printer donate

i already had to printer the refer a friend lmg

[blazing timber]

i am 22

and around 12lvl to go to 23

[rugged stratus]

Thatll be 500 deconstructed mods sir😅

[trail meteor]

enforcer

has perfect pummel? i think. not too special but it looks cool

[amber snow]

i heard it drops in dz but idk if its facts

[blazing timber]

yup perfect pummel

[nimble spruce]

Lies

[rugged stratus]

It was on Sale for a short while not to long ago

[loud saddle]

I bought the enforcer for like $0.10 like a year ago, lol

even came with some apparel, lol.

[amber snow]

what from like a vender?

[loud saddle]

nah, on ubi store. they had it on sale as a lil bundle

[amber snow]

i looked it up on google shopping and all that came up were prop shotguns

[loud saddle]

the store page is still there I think, just wont let you buy it.

pob wont let link it but....

https://store.ubisoft.com/us/pre-order-bonus-tactical-response-pack/5e3d48df5cdf9a1ae897589c.html?lang=en_US

oh shit it worked

[blazing timber]

soldout for me 😂 🤣 🤣 🤣

already have the enforcer

[amber snow]

man why they gotta sell stuff limited tiem

[loud saddle]

yeah, they stopped selling it a bit ago

[amber snow]

like the exotic skins theyve been dropfeeding the last month

[loud saddle]

one of the dudes on the HC discord was just like, dude they're selling it for ten cents, grab it if u want it....

and it was ten cents so why tf not right?

[thorny mirage]

Where the fuck am i 💀

[nimble spruce]

Outside the matrix

Thought they patched the Coney Island exit, are there others still around?

[blazing timber]

lol

[thorny mirage]

Traveled to Summit then got transported to limbo lmao

fixed it with my friend traveling back to DC

[blazing timber]

i think they f*d up last update

[nimble spruce]

You can run around and find the outside of various off-site missions

[blazing timber]

welcome screen going wtf is it

[solemn sandal]

Its been a long time since I did a DH raid can someone tell me what I’m supposed to shoot at the turrets after killing the razorback? Is it the square screen panel behind the turrets that the enemy tanks uses?

[regal summit]

The entire console takes damage. Once the screen lights up, just hammer it anywhere.

[sudden matrix]

@loud saddle* Global Directives no longer grant bonus XP in Descent*
Taken from the patch notes for TU18.3 set to release the 25th.

[regal summit]

So the entire control panel station, not the missile system

[loud saddle]

yup, Kettle ruined my day with that. XD @nimble spruce THANKS KETTLE! 🤣

just kidding, lol (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻

[nimble spruce]

Any time!

[loud saddle]

haha

[sudden matrix]

I've been busy working and haven't followed along with chat. Damn trucks brining material and such.

[amber snow]

are we getting another skin recycle on the 25th cuz we got gems now glasswork

[loud saddle]

it is what it is....the XP wasn't that useful really unless I wanted to cheese my HC dude, lol.

[sudden matrix]

But is open doors going away....

[regal summit]

No, this is only for mini open doors, as it's described

[regal summit]

This entire station basically

[solemn sandal]

Ok thanks a lot! appreciate it!

[amber snow]

did store just update i dont remember this skin being here

[sudden matrix]

Yeah but fixing one bug might fix another, or break it futher who knows. We just gotta wait for the update and see.

[loud saddle]

lol, door just never open....EVER

[solemn sandal]

I thought it was for the akm 🥲

[digital chasm]

Anyone else getting a mask glitch?

I can’t see any mask I equip

(Head piece)

[inner tendon]

It's an option in your gear menu, along with hiding the spec weapon, etc.

[digital chasm]

That’s usually on 24/7 for me for some reason I don’t know what happened

[fallow inlet]

Hope everyone has a great Gaming Day

[bold fulcrum]

so did massive hired a different VA for johny Yahzee for the mexican embassy classified assignment mission here? Cause i saw that his tone of voice was different from what i heard here

[nimble spruce]

original one would have been hired years ago for what they assumed would be a one-off job with quite limited dialogue. Presumably now they either can't get hold of the original VA or have other reasons for getting someone else.

[sudden matrix]

I mean maybe it is the orginal VA tho and their voice has changed.

[nimble spruce]

also entirely possible

[lime night]

he escaped the MATRIX

[bold fulcrum]

well it did felt a little similar to his voice although with a deeper tone then when it was with a more of a high pitch here

[mild finch]

Does anyone have a classic AK-47 at level 40 on PlayStation 4

[wise echo]

What are these bars?

[acoustic lark]

in the 18.3 patch notes it says ninjabike backpack will be added to general loot pool. does this mean I can farm for it with targeted loot for example in case I missed it? because I missed the entire season it initially dropped. because for st. elmo it says u need the blueprint first in order to farm the general loot pool for it

[acoustic lark]

it's a bug. should be fixed in 18.3

[wise echo]

Ty for the answer 👍

[acoustic lark]

try switching locations. I had the bug while roaming in new york. i then fast traveled to washington and all notifications finally came through properly. took like 4 minutes for all the notifications from the past few hrs of me completing missions etc went away haha

[spark walrus]

Is the best way to get random blueprints just farming control points?

[loud saddle]

out of that particular blueprints pool, yeah. just farm lvl 3/4 control points

[spark walrus]

Oh boy. Thanks mang.

[hallow raptor]

Couple of them…

[mild finch]

@hallow raptor wana trade?

[hallow raptor]

Doesn’t work like that dude. You can only share items that were found while in a group, and you can only share those with the people in the group when the item was found, for a limited time….

[mild finch]

Dam💀

[modern sparrow]

does eagle bearer drop from ads in landmarks or from any ad in the dz
and yes ik the drop rate is hella low but i got an empty invaded dz lobby so i might as well put it to use

[mellow trout]

If you really want one it's not too bad to go to summit or countdown

[hollow yacht]

The drop rate in a raid is higher.

[digital chasm]

What stat is for putting more pulse resistance on gear?

Hazard?

[wispy merlin]

no, hazpro doesn't affect pulse resistance

[digital chasm]

Ok

[blazing timber]

you need 3pcs yahl or system corruption for that

[digital chasm]

System is a talent? Backpack talent?

[blazing timber]

system corruption gearset dz exclusive also legacy caches

[digital chasm]

Ok thx

[main briar]

what's the fastest way to gain exp now that convoy farming isn't a thing anymore? I wouldn't ordinarily care about exp but I have 3 days to do literally the entire apparel event, lol.

slightly related question, does anyone know if CP4 exp gains were adjusted with TU18? the infographic from the patch notes only lists CP3s, not 4s

[solemn sandal]

If you wanna farm xp open world and do the activities but for me I just run cp 3 challenging and 4 directives you can go for heroic but being fast and efficient is whats important for me

[loud saddle]

just for reference...these are the current values

and yes, most all heroic activities were adjusted either up or down (can't say for lower difficulties as I never paid attention to the value pre-update)

[somber pumice]

is there a specific way to force kick doors or are those random?

[main briar]

thanks for that, I assume no way to check historical values then?

[main briar]

you kick doors if you're in combat when you open them

[loud saddle]

for the lower difficulties no...i have most of the numbers for old heroic, but nothing below that

[main briar]

oh that's fine i was only interested in heroic and this is exactly what i was looking for, thanks a ton! looks like CP4s did indeed get buffed

[mild finch]

Less gooo!

[amber snow]

i farm public executions, on top of the xp u get bounties u can shelf for a later time which is also a amazing way to get xp and money with the chance to get the chameleon for exotic components

[steady terrace]

Pfp check out

[ionic rain]

how do i see 18.3 notes

[blazing timber]

https://trello.com/b/F2RU9ia9/the-division-2-known-issues

[ionic rain]

ty

[dusty lark]

the talent Pummel, it says i need 3 consecutive kills refills mag and grants 40% weapon damage, can i reload or everything needs to be in 1 mag?

[rugged stratus]

You can reload. On the 3rd kill it will refill and grant damage

[tame breach]

can anyone help me run keener im a solo

[dusty lark]

ty

[potent shale]

Hi,
Is there any fast way to get the clock to night time? or the only option is to wait?

[nimble spruce]

Have to wait, in-game time (and weather) is server side

[potent shale]

I see, thanks!

[nimble spruce]

Ingame time is weird btw, hours around dawn and dusk go slower than day and night time, so don't just measure 1hr and assume you can extrapolate

[broken frost]

is anyone else using an i9 13 series CPU for this game and experince crashing at the loading screen or before that?

[potent shale]

The game usually crashes to most PC players once a day or so. if you are not even able to get to the game ever, then your issues may not be the same

[broken frost]

ok ty

[dusty lark]

Does Tactician Drone count as a pulsed enemy?

[blazing timber]

if you mean the sharpshooter one than yes

[dusty lark]

ya thats the one im talking out, ty ty

[full sapphire]

Emperor's Guard is lootable anywhere right?

[solemn sandal]

dz exclusive

[inner tendon]

It's DZ locked, so DZ, Conflict, Named Item Caches, randomly from the Countdown Vendor.

[full sapphire]

I might've misremembering getting one

[dusty lark]

how do you get perfect head hunter?

[inner tendon]

Chainkiller Chest, it's a Named Walker and Harris item, LZ farmable.

[dusty lark]

what is LZ?

[inner tendon]

Archaic term for everywhere that's not a Raid or PvP.
DZ = Dark Zone, LZ = Light Zone.

[dusty lark]

ohhh sorry, new player

need to know all the terms

[inner tendon]

No worries, it's really out of date but we like our acronyms around here.

[dusty lark]

so if i just do control points for blueprint farming, i will get it randomly?

[inner tendon]

Sure it's possible, but if you Targeted Loot farm Walker and Harris (or Chest, but that's more unlikely) you get a higher chance to get it.

[blazing timber]

you may be able to buy it sometimes

[dusty lark]

where can you buy it?

[blazing timber]

at the shops they sell it time to time a common named item

watch a vendor reset to see if they are selling it at any shop

or Tuesday maybe might sell one

else target loot farm countdown and it will drop it in like 1-2 run

[dusty lark]

can you run summit as well?

tbh idk what countdown is

[rugged stratus]

best bet to get chainkiller named is countdown with walker harris target.. you get a lot of named from countdown

[dusty lark]

ok ty ty

[rugged stratus]

its just a timed mission. map> matchmaking > countdown. suggest challenging for first time

you can also use the countdown credits to buy named and exotic caches

[dusty lark]

i need to start farming this then

[rugged stratus]

just bring a dps type build. skills get hacked and turned against the team

[dusty lark]

thanks for the info

[silent badge]

can i run legendaries with a hotshot/white death build?

[nimble spruce]

yes but it's rather boring and your teammates might hate you for stealing all the kills (except the heavies and warhounds)

[blazing timber]

makes legendary cheesy

[night sun]

Finito ...damn that was a long week

Favourites from the set?

[main briar]

if his teammates give him grief for killing everything then they're fools and he should eat them

[night sun]

...so I recognise all the names of the agents with the outfits ...who the hell is 'Birdie' though?

...also, where's the Johnson outfit?

[neat stirrup]

is this ok roll for coyote or i should try to catch better (if possible)

[rugged stratus]

Use it till you can optimize or find better. It's not gonna hurt the build as is. Only <1% off on the rolls 👍

[digital chasm]

How many hunters masks are there?

[sudden matrix]

8 in DC and what like 13 in NY I think.

[digital chasm]

Ok

[glad island]

what's going on here...

[glad island]

i'm in container...

[sudden matrix]

Wow that's way more mask then I recall off the top of my head lol

[nimble spruce]

some of them you get up to 4 masks from one encounter

[rugged stratus]

Yeah

[glad island]

same happened to me in descent mode. bugged behind the doors and i cannot move forward...

[sudden matrix]

Yeah I'm probably thinking keys or not remembering right. Just woke up after playing remnant into the wee hours.

[sudden matrix]

Yeah I've seen others talk about this bug before, dead run sorry man.

[glad island]

i know

[limber whale]

8 keys / 12 hunters in dc. Not sure about ny tho

[hallow raptor]

8 keys, 13 hunters (masks) in NYC

[limber whale]

So totally 25 masks in the game? That’s a pain to get them all lol
I gave up trying those 4 hunters at one time.

[hallow raptor]

We did all 13 in NYC in like 4 hours, many moons ago….

[storm river]

@digital chasm 12 in dc, 13 in NY

[thorn hedge]

sorry i didnt mean to reply

[digital chasm]

Damn lol

[amber maple]

why is it so damn hard to find a good roll 1886?

[cinder anchor]

Is this normal: every time I visit the Castle Settlement I can't progress.

[neat stirrup]

what will happen when i will reconfigure existing weapon, will it become better or i will receive random stats?

[wispy merlin]

random

[neat stirrup]

iirc. there are several people give you mini missions, one of them requires to turn some valves nearby, other one switch fuses across castle third one i dont remember, look better, not always this trail marks show correctly

[loud saddle]

You don't look too be lvl40, and iirc, you must be lvl40 to do the castle rebuilding.

[neat stirrup]

is there any way to increase damage of grenade or any tactics or advice on how to kill several enemies with one grenade, i cant kill enemies with one grenade, not enough damage

[thorn hedge]

lower difficulty and use mad bomber or glass cannon

[regal summit]

Foam them on a status build, then grenade?

[neat stirrup]

difficulty is normal,
glass canon didnt helped, i assume glass canon doesnt work on grenade

[thorn hedge]

it does

[neat stirrup]

uhm.... there was a better grenade (concussion), it killed instantly

[wispy merlin]

yeah picking concussion was assumed throughout this convo, we should have reminded you to choose that first

[vast python]

does it matter what difficulty i play the raid on to get the raid exotic?

specifically eagle bearer from dark hours

[hallow raptor]

Must be on normal, not discovery

[vast python]

ayt, ty

[hallow raptor]

Good luck! 10% chance from the crate at the end, be sure to get all 5 keys….

[vast python]

thanks, havent done a normal run once, dont have enough people and dk what the difference is between discovery and normal

[hallow raptor]

Night and day imo

[vast python]

whats harder

[hallow raptor]

Obviously normal if you can get the exotics

[vast python]

ayt

[amber maple]

is it just impossible for a 1886 to roll with HD?

59 1886's, and its only been DtA, CHD, and CHC

[earnest scroll]

Why would you want headshot dmg on a 1886 though

[amber maple]

determind build

[dim crag]

You run dttooc or even dta for that

No need for headshot

[amber maple]

oh

[dim crag]

Only time you don't use dttooc as your 3rd attribute is an LMG because they already have it

[dusty lark]

how can you get the Rock n Roll shotgun? is it farmable in the open world?

[hallow raptor]

DZ or named item caches. Occasionally a vendor might have one for sale….

[dusty lark]

ty

[whole gyro]

is the Mari Singh is the new manhunt or a rerun?

[mellow trout]

New

[main briar]

there haven't been reruns in a while now

[dusty lark]

do we know when season 1 ends?

[main briar]

roughly end of august/start of september

they try to have them last 3 months per season

[dusty lark]

ty

[rugged stratus]

not bad for CD drops. ez components

[blazing timber]

heroic bounties 3 bosses

hostage rescue than bounties

[nimble spruce]

Lincoln memorial has 3, but bounties are probably faster

You can also craft them once you've got the blueprints

[blazing timber]

they require the most expensive resource printer filaments

[rugged stratus]

it normally is. npc drops in countdown are lower chance than open world. but i been sacrificing to lootcifer religiously so he been rewarding me ig 🤣

[rugged stratus]

its pretty cheap once you can run wony. only expensive mat after that is exo components

[nimble spruce]

If your world difficulty is heroic and you save both hostages, yes

[blazing timber]

if both the hostages are alive than only one no

[blazing timber]

it depends on your shd too a lvl<1000 shd not gonna have vast reserves of it

[nimble spruce]

Public executions I should say, there's only one hostage in hostage rescues

[rugged stratus]

operative phrase "once you can run wony"