ask-td2-community

[bronze grove]

Not from what I see

[supple bane]

Like learning where to place the oxi cloud?

[bronze grove]

I don't do ih but last I saw people used 2pc cav and got around 80% hazpro

And when to die to get charges

[supple bane]

Before i stopped playing i managed to do control room without dying

[true siren]

there isnt a reason not to either, it has status effect on it, is a decent amount of extra damage, and there is only electrique and golan that have status effect at the 1pc, you'd be hitting 10% less but thats not much- 4pc EP, Vile, and a golan or electrique peice is still the best status build

[bronze grove]

Different status builds are used for different purposes dude

[supple bane]

In a countdown run i did like 2 days ago someone was running a foamer skill build

[bronze grove]

"Best status build" is a vague statement

[true siren]

🤦‍♂️ i understand that but the overall status build (fire, the one i just explained) does use vile, and the jammer one can use it as well

[bronze grove]

A cc build

Did they have creeping death?

[supple bane]

Idk i didnt check

Just saw them shooting foam

[true siren]

dmging status builds use EP bag, CC builds use creeping, but afaik vile stays regardless

[bronze grove]

I do see a few people use vile on cc builds since on legendary you gotta run a vile for hounds anyways

Jammer for hounds*

[random field]

Why are ceska chests so hard to get

[blazing timber]

Nah vile is removed on cc for additional pcs like btsu or 1pcs electrique/golan

[blazing timber]

They are not hard just a shit ton of rng

[random field]

Barely drops

And when it does it's a trash one

[blazing timber]

In countdown ?

[random field]

Ye

I keep getting bag and holster

[rugged stratus]

Damage is too low if not using Amps* it's a great source of damage with ep bag . Stack glass on top and it's even better... js

[pulsar verge]

Hello Agents! Looking for a new clan

[rugged stratus]

💯 , I'll contend yaahl usage tho, at least for myself 😅

[rugged stratus]

#td2-clan-recruitment

[rugged stratus]

Vile without at least ep bag is pretty useless.

[bronze grove]

Saw a group b4 running cc with btsu and healer with ninjabike

Not saying its good just a way I've seen people do it

[rugged stratus]

yeah, ppl be running w/e

[wispy merlin]

yeah vile is only used on damaging SE builds. for pure CC builds it's typically 1 10% SE piece + creeping death or an overcharging exotic piece

[fallow inlet]

Hey Aspect

[atomic coral]

Nice to know that things actually obtainable still

Honestly kinda funny that its probably easier for me to get the st elmos before the eagle bearer cause screw invaded dark zones and raid matchmaking

(Im SHD 190 lmao)

[distant walrus]

I barley hit 400 lol, but I'm the one who thinks I'm low level so trust me it's a long journey. But I definitely agree with you cuz I haven't done a raid ever or even have eagle bearer

[distant walrus]

Wait is it true we're getting another maintenance tomorrow Thursday? 🤔

[tribal hemlock]

Yes and it's 5 hours 😭

[distant walrus]

What's the timing for it PST time zone wise?

Just rip ☠️

[narrow kraken]

Why cant I get btsu or scorpio from countdown? Bad luck?

[inner tendon]

Yep, bad luck.
Make sure you have the correct TL (Targeted Loot) on, and buy the random Exotic Caches from the vendor every 2 or so runs.

[narrow kraken]

Does heroic mode drop more resources such as titanium and steel than any other difficulty

[worldly fjord]

dont think difficulty matters

[tiny sparrow]

I know check points really helps getting those.

[tiny sparrow]

I've noticed when the team's performance is on spot, that seems to make a difference. I been getting a lot exotics lately. Using the point gaurd on chest might* help your team out successfully (if they know what they're doing) if that's something you wanna try.

[nocturne grove]

I currently use Elmo w/ Striker and wanted to try Famas. Saw alot players online using that.

For the attributes, should I look for health damage and critical damage?

What about the talent?

[inner tendon]

Attributes on the gun or gear? the gun should be dtooc "damage to target out of cover"
the gear attributes should be crit stats (assuming you're using ceska chest and a coyotes mask)
get to about 50% CHC, and 115% CHD+.
Chest Talent is most commonly Obliterate.

[nocturne grove]

I meant on the gun. I already have fox pad

[inner tendon]

Fox's Prayer knees are actually not an amazing choice, since you really do need crit stats more than anything else.
the gun? DTOOC. always dtooc.

[nocturne grove]

So basically same as Elmo I will be looking at for famas since I have health & out of cover damage

[rugged stratus]

Yeah. Fast hands or strained on famas

[inner tendon]

Bingo.
just a note though: the 2nd attribute on high -end (gold) AR's ia always health damage.
same as its always crit chance on an SMG, dtooc on an LMG, etc.

[nocturne grove]

What about optimist?

[rugged stratus]

Itll work but optimist is stronger when you are running blue cores

Majority prefer fast hands tbh

[supple bane]

will the current apparel from the event still be available after the event is over?

[worldly fjord]

with premium credits id assume yes

but not the completion awards

[supple bane]

oki ty. not overly interested in the completion reward as i am in the ramen set

[thorn hedge]

yeah youll just need to pay irl money

[worldly fjord]

any vendors selling a striker holster?

[thorn hedge]

just craft one?

[worldly fjord]

holster and chest dont have blueprints

[supple bane]

which is better for xp farming for shd levels. public executions on; heroic with no directives or challenging with 3 directives?

[thorn hedge]

???? do they actually not

[worldly fjord]

no

[thorn hedge]

thats stupid lmfao

[worldly fjord]

i wouldnt ask if they did

[potent shard]

Hello Guys, does some one know a discord server, where people raiding only

[narrow kraken]

Hey what's the "greenhouse community" and "missing curators" manhunt steps?

Like what they're referring to

[mental flume]

How would you boost stats for an exotic weapon or a brand set gear piece? I have stats which are CHD and CHC which are not maxed and want to max it out. I seem to be confused with "Optimization" and "Expertise"

[tribal hemlock]

Optimization is maxing out stats. It’s expensive but worth it for pieces that you’re going to keep for a long time.

[worldly fjord]

They're secret side missions. You can learn more by googling the side missions to figure out the location of the quest givers

There are 5 total

[mental flume]

Ok understood and what is proficiency leveling for?

[tribal hemlock]

Once you’re proficient in a type of gear you can start increasing its expertise level. Every level of expertise makes that thing better.

Expertise for gear (mask, chest, backpack, etc) is not worth it.

Expertise for your best guns is very worth it. If your gun is expertise 15 it’s like having one extra red core.

Expertise for skills is sometimes worth it. Depends on the skill.

[mental flume]

Alright good info, thanks a lot for the clarification! 🫂

[civic lily]

Defender drone expertise is funny

you can just get a free 20% damage reduction without investing skill tiers

[blazing timber]

That's dumb tbh

[lucid mural]

I see people getting special ammo for guns randomly, what sets/perks grant that?

[true siren]

a few

[lucid mural]

any pointers on where to start?

[blazing timber]

St. Elmos for shock ammo ongoing directive for bleed ammo

[narrow kraken]

Do I have to craft nemesis or can it just drop

[blazing timber]

If you don't have it than have to go through tedious process otherwise if someone have it they can drop it for ya

[narrow kraken]

And I can only get it through invaded tidal basin, so if I miss it I have to wait?

Guess I have to wait 4 days 😪

I'll ask someone to show me the way next time

[worldly fjord]

You never have to wait for tidal?

First part in tidal can be earned at any time

Then you gotta manage the 3 other strongholds and then gwh

[narrow kraken]

Ok so whwn I get home i'mma ask someone to show me the way

[fallow inlet]

Hey Aspect

[frigid cobalt]

2-4 x the work genius

[rugged stratus]

Just do your invaded missions
There is a key in tidal that let's you into a room and pickup adrestia named mmr.
You deconstruct this to start project and get a part.
Rerun the first invaded stronghold after this , dua thus week iirc, and get a second part.

Once you have 2 parts rerun invaded grand washington hotel for the blueprint.

Once you have the blueprint nemesis can drop from mmr target loot regardless of project being complete.

Just yt a video showing where the key and loot room for tidal are. After that its ezpz

[narrow kraken]

I found the key when it was invaded bit missed the room, now the mission completely avoids that part of the map

[rugged stratus]

It doesnt. The loot room is after the first area inside the hovercraft. In that control room the loot room is on the left side but you need key to open door, right side is the exit

It never gets bypassed afaik

[narrow kraken]

Do I have to pick up the key every time?

[rugged stratus]

Yes

[narrow kraken]

Yeah it skips that part when it's not invaded I think

[rugged stratus]

Tidal is always invaded. It may skip if manhunt though

Just make sure it's not on manhunt and you'll be good

[narrow kraken]

No it's telling me it's not invaded again for another 4 daya

[civic lily]

the hornet manhunt skips the whole hovercraft stuff and ropes you to the top

[narrow kraken]

That's the problem

Thanks m8

[rugged stratus]

Mission difficulty has a tool tip at the bottom for switching mode if it ends up on manhunt

[narrow kraken]

Yeah manhunt skips the key too

I'll switch it and do it later

[minor vale]

I just bought an exotic cache from the countdown vendor. Do i just open it and itll give me the targeted loot?

[nimble spruce]

caches give random loot, not affected by target loot

[minor vale]

Ty

[minor vale]

I just got st elmos engine. Should i target striker or heartbreaker loot

[warm beacon]

What's the best way to farm Specialization points once you've used up all of your daily bounties?

[worldly fjord]

Farm xp, every time you level up you get 3 points

[warm beacon]

Gotcha, thanks 👍

[rugged stratus]

Also do invaded missions if havent this week

[spare jasper]

very nice!

[warm beacon]

Ah, I'm afraid I already have. It's the first thing I do.

Does replaying invaded missions work?

[narrow kraken]

Hello all! 🙂

[nimble spruce]

nope - first time only. Other time-limited stuff like daily/weekly projects & bounties will also get you more spec points

[warm beacon]

I guess only the projects are left. Thanks for the help though. ✌️

[rugged stratus]

You'll fill it out in no time 🍻

[warm beacon]

I know, I'm just impatient is all. 😅

[vital haven]

heyo, any1 got a good strat to disorient cleaners for the Mel League? banshee pulse obv but there arent many missions with cleaners so..

[civic lily]

Scorpio

I still think banshee pulse is the right choice

[rugged stratus]

Run stranded or tombs pathway. Banshee, scorpio and hunters fury also disorient.

I ran both those mission on lower difficulty with banshee, stinger hive, scorpio, and eclipse and was completed both challenges in no time

[vital haven]

tombs is rikers

[rugged stratus]

Shit I meant pathway 🤣

[vital haven]

yea haha

[rugged stratus]

Good catch

[vital haven]

well i mean im online rn so wasnt hard haha

[rugged stratus]

I ran most in pathway since mm hard was really fast

[sudden matrix]

Just do the incursion, that's how I've doing it. Let them pop your shield>reload ouro> profit.

[rugged stratus]

That sounds slow af

🤣

[civic lily]

25 cleaners disoriented if you use one bullet per enemy

[vital haven]

wait what how does that disorient hostiles

[rugged stratus]

Oreo fills half mag with status you have applied to you. In that case shield break disorients agent

[sudden matrix]

Just run more incursion bro

[rugged stratus]

🤣 I still havent ran it tbh. I'm sure I could get a carry but cba for a meme smg.

[sudden matrix]

Bro it go brrrrrrr. You wanna run with us sometime?

[thorn hedge]

nice gun

[rugged stratus]

One of these days probably. I know it's good but itll probably be a stash gun.

[hidden zenith]

Thinking about starting a new character, have not played since 2020 or earlier , anyone wants to teach me a few things or play together hit me up in the DMs I have a mic aswell 😅

[wanton frigate]

does it even work that way?? i swear i tried applying status to my self and it didn't proc oreo talent

[rugged stratus]

You cant apply to self and have it work. If npc destroys your shield they are applying the status

[wanton frigate]

ure missing 2 relevant exotics

[thorn hedge]

?

[sudden matrix]

It's new content yo, hang out and nyoom thru it ya know.

[thorn hedge]

theres way more than two

[sudden matrix]

Relevent exotics to most new players, elmo and idk maybe oreo lol

[wanton frigate]

yes missing sacrum imperium as well

[sudden matrix]

oh pls no

[thorn hedge]

memento

[wanton frigate]

🤣

[fallow inlet]

Hey Souless

[tiny stump]

ah lucky numberr 49

[digital chasm]

Best control point to do in NY?

For resources

[worldly fjord]

Really doesn't matter

Since boxes have a 24 hour cooldown anyway

[digital chasm]

An in DC?

[tiny sparrow]

You can reset your checkpoints and redo them for more instead.

[rugged stratus]

Not resources, only xp

For dc its solar farm

@digital chasm what's your shd atm

[broken sinew]

Is there a recommended damage check to hit before attempting the incursion? Rn i’m averaging roughly 450k on crits with my elmo/striker build and currently shd lvl 513. No idea whether this is considered weak for it or not 🤔

[digital chasm]

Over 1000

[rugged stratus]

Depending on how far you are it may be worth running a new agent through wony. Current Shd-800 will let you know how much scavenging points will be duplicated.
Can usually be run in a couple hours just using backup calls

[narrow kraken]

I got the tally scope what and where is the next part

[rugged stratus]

Swap* dua back to invaded. Itll drop a part. Then you can swap gwh back invaded and get that blueprint

[narrow kraken]

How do I do that

[rugged stratus]

Mission difficulty, then look at the bottom for change mode, it will tell you which button it is on ps

[narrow kraken]

Alright

[rugged stratus]

Option might not be available through map to, goto mission itself if it isnt

The other 2 parts are from invaded capitol and roosevelt. If manning becomes invaded it will drop a random part you dont have

[stone folio]

just got the game and thinking about getting turret skill, which turret version would be the best when i just started?

[narrow kraken]

Run assault turret and stinger drone

[stone folio]

ok ty

[narrow kraken]

Oh and you want to spec entirely into yellow

[stone folio]

what does that mean

also the division 1 promised me rewards in 2 for getting shields where do i claim those

[civic lily]

skill tiers

[narrow kraken]

Have 6 skill tiers and max skill cores

You want haste, damage and efficiency

[rugged stratus]

Pretty sure it's not possible anymore.

Like 5 years too late 🤔

[stone folio]

bruh

i just recently got both games

literally got div 2 a few hours ago

[narrow kraken]

Hey so for nemesis, only one stronghold is invaded per week?

[stone folio]

stinger refers to striker right

[narrow kraken]

Yeah use the turret and drone with machine guns

[stone folio]

k

[narrow kraken]

Oh btw warlords of new york is pretty much mandatory

[stone folio]

alr

ill get that in the thanksgiving sale

if it goes on sale

what perks should i unlock first

[narrow kraken]

Carry limit

[rugged stratus]

You can try putting in a ticket, but the system has changed since then. It just not available anymore

[tribal hemlock]

That's a bit low. At full stacks you want the crits to be at least 800k. 1-1.5 million is ideal. And you need to maintain 60% CHC through that. You won't be able to rely on Coyote's mid-buff when fighting Wright.

Since 1 million is good and an experienced player with Ouroborus will be hitting 2 million crits (+ its ROF boost) then you have decent enough damage to be carried through it though.

[narrow kraken]

Hey is the bighorn worth it

[true siren]

yes but no

yes because its a decent gun but no because elmo's is pretty much just better in most cases

[stone folio]

ok what next

[broken sinew]

Gotcha thank you, are there any builds that you’d recommend that’d help me achieve 800k crits?

[icy crystal]

does capital building need to be invaded in order for me to get The Scourge? Or will he still spawn if i run in there on reply?

[tribal hemlock]

Striker with backpack and chest should do it no problem. Run an AR like Famas, Elmo, Police M4, or Carbine 7. Ceska and Coyote's for your other pieces are good.

[narrow kraken]

I have striker with backpack and chest and only do 725k crits

Ceska kneepads

Lefty to build stacks

[mellow trout]

What’s ur chd/chc

[narrow kraken]

51 ( with coyote) 106

[mellow trout]

That’s not very good

[tribal hemlock]

CHD is too low

What gun you using? Does it have DTTOOC?

[narrow kraken]

Elmo

[mellow trout]

Ideally it should be rolled to Dttooc

[tribal hemlock]

Probably low SHD level too, hence low CHD

[narrow kraken]

I kept both elmos

[mellow trout]

And with Elmo’s you can get up to like 60/150

[tribal hemlock]

Yea my Elmo build is 52/173

[narrow kraken]

Idk what I'm doing wrong

[cedar yacht]

Show your build in #td2-build-advice

[narrow kraken]

Can't right now

Give me a half hour

[tribal hemlock]

Yea post it later so we can see. Along with your gun stats.

[mellow trout]

After that you’ll probably get better advice

[stone folio]

what is pentco fairview power plant

and which perks should i get

[rugged stratus]

endgame stuff. countdown game mode and a manhunt target

[narrow kraken]

I posted it

[narrow kraken]

What smgs should I keep
Not named or exotics just the base weapons

[mellow trout]

Vector

[narrow kraken]

Oh and custom, military or express 870?

[mellow trout]

Express is the one I see the most

[wispy merlin]

doesn't matter

[somber hazel]

custom has the best stat but all are no different

[wispy merlin]

military has an extra mod type but they are functionally all the same

[blazing timber]

Really doesn't matter totally determined by rolls

[rugged stratus]

@wanton frigate revised xp chart after the rebalance. values are before directives added

[tribal hemlock]

Do you have a spreadsheet source for this by any chance?

I wanna add directive % so I can plan time investment.

[wanton frigate]

oh wow bloackade give as much as cp 👀

[rugged stratus]

no, i didnt create it. maybe @loud saddle has one available though

[rugged stratus]

i usually just go after control points for xp farming. ill pick up the executions/propaganda if they are on the way to the next cp

[narrow kraken]

@clever fjord my game crashed my entire ps5

[clever fjord]

I went off since the internet wasn't feeling cooperative today. Hopefully I'll see you tomorrow and be able to do CD runs.

[keen pelican]

Backbone backpack core attributes changed to skill 😳

[blazing timber]

Nice now change it to red core

[robust crane]

Can you get the Rock n Roll from Countdown targeted loot?

[worldly fjord]

no

[tiny sparrow]

Skill is actually very good, you want skill damage. Skill damage, skill haste, and skill duration are 3 main ones you want (if you're using any skill tier at all) otherwise definitely use the red core. You'll want to be able to off them faster than than they can get to you.

[weak hare]

Hi, are there any tips on getting the ninjabike backpack?

[blazing timber]

Farm targetted loot bag in countdown

[weak hare]

Alright thanks

[distant walrus]

@worldly fjord how then? 👀

[worldly fjord]

Named item caches

[distant walrus]

Only way??? No wonder

[worldly fjord]

Dz too but good luck with that. You can also get its blueprint from descent

[lucid mural]

what does LZ stand for

[rugged stratus]

Light zone. It's just slang for anything not darkzome/conflict.
Sometimes referred to as open world as well

[distant walrus]

Now this I'm going to remember for later I've had mixed answers about that it's good or not but never asked here

[rugged stratus]

You would only need rock n roll if using striker chest.
Regular acs/lefty 20 rounds contain 160 pellets for stacking.

[distant walrus]

Ah I see, good thing I'm using Lefty ATM for incursion lol

[fallow inlet]

Happy Friday Everyone, Have a Great Weekend

[sudden matrix]

@lost barn little easier to read.

[cosmic salmon]

is it worth going into the DZ if it has targeted loot you're looking for?

[worldly fjord]

only if you need a dz-exclusive item from that brand set

otherwise farm countdown

[stone folio]

how do i select directives for a mission

[worldly fjord]

hover the mouse on a mission icon and hold G for Misison Settings

then select directives

(must be level 40)

[stone folio]

oh alr, i didnt know it was level 40

do you need wony to get level 40?

[sudden matrix]

Yes.

[worldly fjord]

Yup

[tame basin]

Looks good for hybrid builds.

[fallow inlet]

Hey Local, Gogamer, Souless

[rugged stratus]

good morning Saph ☕

[cosmic salmon]

ok... this is probably a dumb question, but how should i farm? should i be just getting as much loot as possible until i get a god roll? should i be looking for some peices with a maxed out trait i want to then just find something missing that trait? should i be worried about how good the overall stats in its attributes are or should i just be looking for the attributes and talents i'm after then optimise them?

[sudden matrix]

You should pick a build and shoot for it, how you shoot for it is up to you, targeted loot countdown on challenging is probably your first stop as you can pick the loot type but open world targeted loot and summit can work too. Your goal is to get a build set up and farm god rolled parts and keep upgrading until optimization is your only better option but I'd still hold off until 800-1200 SHD as what you can optimize isn't going to be really noticeable. There are lots of builds to try out and lots of play styles too do don't just stop with 1 build, there are 15 loadouts per character.

[light dew]

hi anyone knowe what happend whit rooms discord like in lgf pc raid ther is no rooms anymoore soory speling

[worldly fjord]

If you're talking about voice channels ubisoft nuked them

[foggy needle]

see #discord-news

[light dew]

ok ty

[robust wave]

Is there any particular way to tell the game which servers to use? It keeps putting me on the east Coast when I am West.

[worldly fjord]

Logging out and back in helps "resetting" the server

Sometimes i get put in US east instead of europe, a relog helps me be put into europe

[sudden matrix]

I usually pop into a dz checkpoint.

That will change your servers.

[worldly fjord]

Or if you have a buddy from us east you can join them and leave

[robust wave]

It seems indifferent to that relogging process. I've been in and out of game, computer on and off, several times since it started doing that.

[robust wave]

Noted. Will attempt at some point.

In the meantime I shall attempt to give Mr. Keener a steady diet of lead.

[fallow inlet]

Found Azurmen32

👋😆👋

[robust wave]

Is it reasonable to jump right into Summit at SHD 1?

[sudden matrix]

yus

[robust wave]

Thank you kindly.

[sudden matrix]

It has many diff and directive options and you can pick targeted loot so you can farm for builds.

Higher difficulties mean better rolled drops and more directives means more targeted loot drops.

[robust wave]

Very cool.

[supple bane]

which is better for shd level farming? chall with 3 directives or heroic with 0 directives

[worldly fjord]

thats totally up to you and what you can handle

[supple bane]

but which is more xp?

[worldly fjord]

you can literally open the map, hover your mouse over an activity and see for yourself...

takes like 10 seconds to change the directive set

[supple bane]

ok so chall 3 dir > heroic 0 dir

[sudden matrix]

You can do the maths on it lol

Pretty sure it'll depend on the activity you pick tho.

[robust wave]

Is there a shop somewhere along the way in Summit other than on the first floor?

[sudden matrix]

Just gotta trip back to the lobby yo.

Oh wait there is a sell locker and stash at certain checkpoints tho.

That might be every 10 floors or so tho? idr what it is exactly.

[robust wave]

Ok, cool.

[supple bane]

i meant public executions because they're easy, soloable and readily available. chall 3 directives was more xp per than heroic 0 directives

[civic lily]

Surely you can put 2 directives on heroic

fog of war and no regen are free

[sudden matrix]

Yeah just 5 directive heroic and get that big XP.

[rugged stratus]

Heroic with directives

[supple bane]

a: i dont like pistolero (or whatever its called) when im using a non pistol centered build
b: i dont particularly like cool skills (or whatever its called) either

[supple bane]

:/

[rugged stratus]

What build

[night atlas]

Why does my game keep crashing after i finish the main objective in countdown

[supple bane]

hot shot white death determined build

[rugged stratus]

Ok go gunner, after a short time you'll have ammo and itll generate for the team as well. Easy 5d

[supple bane]

i still need to max out gunner ;-;

also who said anything about a team?

[rugged stratus]

Do 4d till you get the ammo replenish unlocked

[supple bane]

but wont the build take a hit not using sharpshooter?

[rugged stratus]

Doesnt matter, just a bonus if there was a team

Slightly but only on first shot, not so much on top end

[supple bane]

interesting

[rugged stratus]

It really doesnt matter if you're geared with all hsd

[civic lily]

If it still one shots. Damage loss doesn't matter

[supple bane]

and how often will my gunner specialization be leveling up?

[civic lily]

you can just do 4d tho

[supple bane]

also also does gunner just generate ammo out of thin air?

[civic lily]

yes

[supple bane]

damn

[rugged stratus]

4d heroic controlpoints are enought to level shd each

[civic lily]

yeah like 733k xp

[rugged stratus]

Gunner also armor on kill. And increased handling when in cover

I've used gunner/tech/sharpshooter on headhunter build and all work well

[bold tiger]

offers faster reload every 3rd time?

[supple bane]

very interesting

i'll see how it goes tomorrow

then again i think im doing/getting sherpad through paradise lost

by uhhhh

souless

[rugged stratus]

Nice

[supple bane]

imagine if i just get ouroboros first run :3

[civic lily]

10% chance :3

[robust wave]

The first one I've encountered is on the tenth floor, locker and stash. So, good info!

[rugged stratus]

Yeah if you're doing solo CP farming itll be really easy. Lot lower health pools solo. Lots of build flexibility. Could easily get away with memento as well

[civic lily]

Might as well go blood sucker on a sniper build

[bold tiger]

i said 12% but was proven wrong and was told 13% realistically

[rugged stratus]

Mem would give base wd which headhunter would scale with

[bold tiger]

hot shot + blood sucker? 🤔

[tulip galleon]

For Ridgeways Pride: Hunter, do Faye Lau, Hornet, and Jupiter count for rouge agents?

[rugged stratus]

Im unsure, but an easy way to get rogues is in summit* just keep ascending/lobby repeat till you hear rogue agents ques on ascent.

[tulip galleon]

I've had rouge agents I think once or twice, ive done it fully twice so far

[rugged stratus]

Repeatedly going up the elevator cheeses their spawn rng

[tulip galleon]

Nice

I'll try it out, thanks man

[rugged stratus]

You see them often at control points as well

Ok gl 🍻

[tulip galleon]

I'm just happy that for hunters, the one in Schaeffers counts

[rugged stratus]

Yeah, nice

[sudden matrix]

Sit in cover for a bit. Sharp shooter gives MMR and Rifle ammo.

[tribal hemlock]

If you're running Headhunter it's really useful to look at the NPC health pools to make sure you're doing the damage you should be: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1OP0r0A81wroX9v9iZ1u-jYNndTjugaB8e1MxS3FWCsk/edit?usp=sharing

Pick the threshold you're aiming for (for example 4-player heroic elite enemy) and once you hit that you don't really need to go higher - and then you can invest in other aspects of your build if you want to.

[bronze storm]

For the WoNY reruns to get scavenging points, can level 40 players join you to clear faster? And if so, can they join you and drop stuff/gear from other modes like Countdown to make level 30 builds/loadouts for future WoNY runs?

[supple bane]

what does it mean like 19.79 for named? 19.79 mill?

[tribal hemlock]

Yep!

[supple bane]

idk what my build does damage wise

if i do significantly more than the highest (19.79m) should i drop hsd mods for pfe mods?

[bronze storm]

Thank you for this link. Really useful. I'm doing close to 21.2M damage, so I guess I can tweak that a bit, given the fact I don't have maxed armor mods for HSD yet.

[tribal hemlock]

Depends on the content you're doing. Even on heroic a lot of enemies are red/purple so PFE won't come in to play. I like running dodge city holster to get a guaranteed chainkiller stack as soon as the fight starts.

[rugged stratus]

not always going to be at top damage. the hsd will have an impact on pre buff shots, like when you have to take a helmet

[supple bane]

that would make me drop a hotshot piece

from 4/4 to 3/4

[tribal hemlock]

4pc hotshot is kinda meh

[supple bane]

no determined white death?

[tribal hemlock]

That gives me 24m headshots so if I was doing 1 player heroic I'd swap the fox's for dodge city for funsies.

Nah mantis makes clicking heads easy. And it cycles/reloads faster than white death.

[supple bane]

but that actually requires you to hit heads

[tribal hemlock]

Yea but mantis draws a big circle around them.

Big reason I like that is it'll see through a lot of obstructions.

Smoke, fire, etc, etc. And from very far away too.

[digital chasm]

What’s the Pulse Res cap?

For building yahall

[wispy merlin]

100%

[cosmic salmon]

how do i unlock the laser linked laser pointer? I have technician and the build i want to use says to put it on my smg but i cannot seem to see it

[inner tendon]

Once you have unlocked it in the Tech Spec tree, you need to be using a gun with a "long rail". A lot of SMG's actually can't use it.
which one are you trying?

[cosmic salmon]

rn CMMG banshee

i do have an aug though that does have a long rail but its not there either

[inner tendon]

Did you activate the Rail in your spec tree?

you need to have the specific weapon damage bonus active for it to be "available"

[cosmic salmon]

not sure where that is in the tree but i maxed smg in the tree

[inner tendon]

like in Gunner and the LMG giant mag.

[cosmic salmon]

oh found it

[lofty forum]

I played the division 1 game a while ago and just stared playing the division 2 and I saw the warlords of New York dlc so I was wondering if you play as the guy from the division 1 or the division 2 is that dlc

[inner tendon]

It's "grey canon" so if you want to think it's the Agent from div1, it is.

[tiny stump]

who knows whats the difference between these two mods. one says defensive protocol. one says defensive system.

[tribal hemlock]

From what I gather they used to mean different things but since the gear rebalance they now mean the same thing.

[tiny stump]

i figured as much

[tribal hemlock]

And the wording just sorta stuck around

[tiny stump]

good enough for me

[bronze storm]

So, a couple of friends of mine were playing Summit floor 30 and they were suddenly teleported to floor 100. Fought the boss and got the patch and other stuff. Does this happen often? Because it can ruin your chances at getting the rewards from challenges, right?

[rugged stratus]

It happens when party lead changes and the new leader has a higher floor. Did it swap after going to lobby , full wipe, or ascending from 1 floor to another?

[bronze storm]

Ascending.

[robust wave]

I'm confused. I just did a 34 story run through the tombs and took out Theo. Not a bad run etc. etc. BUT what has confused me is that I've come out the other end of it with a couple of pieces of gear with no core or attributes and no slots for either. Both pieces are Walker, Harris. One's a back pack and one is a vest. Is there something I should know about them or are they glitched or what?

[civic lily]

Is this grey gear in disguise?

[robust wave]

Err.. they both show as Green?

[civic lily]

even greens have like 1% weapon damage and stuff like that

weird

[robust wave]

IF it helps, the backpack is called Horizons Backpack and the chest piece is Rangers Ballistic Vest.

[civic lily]

you got absolutely jacked

[robust wave]

nods

I'll stash 'em and wait to see if anyone knows anything else.

[minor basin]

Achaa after completing the newyork dlc
What we can do in the division 2

[lucid mural]

Can I rerun invaded missions from the same week?

if so how

[meager elbow]

Walker and Harris

You mean matador

[thorn hedge]

Same way you rerun all missions

[lucid mural]

oh right i swear it wasnt on there on the setting

tyty

[narrow kraken]

Is this game dead on ps

[blazing timber]

Mhhh mhh idk

[twilit otter]

No

[narrow kraken]

Why is it so hard to find am incursion group then?

[twilit otter]

I matchmake for incursions and had no issues. Maybe the lfg here is slow

[narrow kraken]

Should I try my luck with in game matchmaking?

[twilit otter]

Yeah you might have bad groups sometimes but most of the time I have good runs

[minor basin]

Achaa after completing the newyork dlc
What we can do in the division 2

[thorn hedge]

Farm loot n shit

Up to you lol

[narrow kraken]

Countdown

Build future initiative, strikers first
Then ongoing directive and umbra

[tribal hemlock]

I'm getting to the point where I'm going to make all of my loadouts raid/legendary/incursion focused and simply pluck one of those out for open world stuff. There just aren't enough loadouts for everything and farming for all of it again on alt characters is going to be a nightmare. I do have another character just for PvP though but that only really works b/c a lot of PvP gear doesn't work as PvE gear.

How do ya'll manage it?

[worldly fjord]

I got one pve, one pvp, one for raids and one hardcore

Which means i got no slot for a mule...fml

Lowkey hoping my hardcore toon dies so i can make a mule

[random field]

Is it possible to trade weapons in-game?

On a wider scale like using chat to send WTT my X for your Y

And is it allowed

[true siren]

like, allowed as in you wont be banned? You wont be banned, but the trading system is rudimentary at best- you can only "trade" gear you've gotten to drop for you and you have to be in a party at the moment you get that piece of gear to drop. Only then can it be shared

[inner tendon]

And even after all that, it's only for an hour of ingame time.

[random field]

Ah

I got 2 more Elmo's from crate so thought I'd trade one for scorpion lol

[true siren]

An exact answer to this question- No, you cant, but not because its bannable.

[random field]

I already salvaged it so I can reroll my gloves

And why can't I recalibrate my exotic gear?

[true siren]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

do you have the blueprint to do it?

[inner tendon]

With Exotics it's actually "reconfigure", look for that.

[random field]

But reconfig changes all 3 stats

[true siren]

ok i understand now- you cant recalibrate exotics, their stats are fixed. For new exotic weapons, you can change their third attribute by reconfiguring them.

[random field]

If I have a max SMG damage max critical hit chance it won't change if I reroll?

Because it did once

[true siren]

it will change, but it can only go down or up, it wont change from SMG damage and crit chance.

[meager elbow]

unless you're talking oroborous

none of the other exotic smgs have attributes that can be changed

[random field]

I know I wanted the 2 stats to stay high

At max and only reroll the 3rd

[meager elbow]

yeah can't

[random field]

Since I can't optimize because I don't have the optimization bps yet

[meager elbow]

at that point just keep that roll and optimize the last attribute

cuz you'd just be wasting more resources trying to get a better roll

[cosmic salmon]

is countdown the best way to farm memento?

[rugged stratus]

Those extra exo you dont need you turn into exotic components... you'll need those down the line for expertise upgrades

[rugged stratus]

Yes

Target backpacks > buy exotic caches > profit
It has a chance to drop either way

[random field]

Too late
I'll remember to keep for the next ones

[cosmic salmon]

I just got it from targeted loot there so yep thanks

[keen pelican]

Is there any faster way for complete proficiency for exotics,named,skills?

[somber hazel]

create other toon , once completed WONY campaign you can harvest SHD point, convert printer filament in order to donation, it would be worth if you above SHD3000.

Also descent mode can find 54 named blueprints, crafting used much less material than donation

[narrow kraken]

Is there a Bug With The convoys ? I get there Only 200000 XP not more 400000

[rugged stratus]

Just to expand on the solid strategy above me, using shd at vendors for 20 named items or weapons makes the proficient cost of each item 30shd or less.
Printer filiment is solid but its 227-300 shd per proficient item. (Range depends on buy/decon mods or direct shd purchase of printer filament)

[rugged stratus]

Xp was rebalanced specifically because convoys were giving a huge reward .
These are the updated values

These dont include directives added

[narrow kraken]

Ty ❤️

Oki

[rugged stratus]

Cp executions propaganda are the new goto for xp farming

[somber hazel]

If choose donation method, you can prioritize donation order to other items first, then to see if able to find blueprints in Descent, here is the [blueprint list](#td2-descent message)

[sudden orchid]

Anyone else having the issue that Paradise Lost doesn't reset the key/reward?

[ocean patio]

hello need help me stuck at this quest

[nimble spruce]

exit the safehouse where they tell you about it and head north-east, you'll find it not far away

[ocean patio]

here right?

[nimble spruce]

EDIT sorry yes, that looks about right

[ocean patio]

aight thanks its ok now

[tiny sparrow]

What raids goes under

[inner tendon]

If "not worth farming for exp" was a category, it'd be that.

If you are looking to farm out SHD Level, just use the open world, Challenging or Heroic, as many Directives as you can handle, and then do activities and control points. (and then Bounties)

And don't forget to "call for backup" and each time someone joins, call again, it will generally get you people happy to tag along for a while too. Especially whilst an Event is on.

[rugged stratus]

👆 I couldn't have said it better.

4d heroic control points give an shd level each. With a solid build/strategy you can pull 20-30 shd/hr

Reasons to raid would be for satisfaction of completion and a chance at raid exotics, same with incursion.
Countdown also low xp but can generally give an shd level a completion on challenging. So around 4shd/hr

[cosmic salmon]

What ways are best for farming optimization materials?

[tiny sparrow]

Ik at least every other CD I'm upping SHD lvl on challenge. I'm at 1505 now.

I've upped 41 SHD in last two days.

[tiny sparrow]

That's what I tell ppl in matchmaking too instead waiting forever for some1 to join. Ppl respond to backups.

[bronze storm]

Yeah, this week we got hit with that. We are helping people in my clan to get the Ouroboros and we ran it back to back this reset and it didn't drop for us.

[stone folio]

how do i get a specialization im level 30

[true siren]

Finish the story. Once you go take back Capitol Hill you'll get it.

[stone folio]

what are these enemies i keep seeing where the chargers have shields and an axe or something and the assault guys have bows

[nimble spruce]

scavenger faction

[tribal hemlock]

i call them rats. they have an actual name tho 😛

there ya go

nothing like running around open world with an arrow in your head

[robust wave]

Is that also the faction of the guy who likes to pop up from nowhere, take a few shots, and then dump three or four items in one go?

[nimble spruce]

Loot goblin? Yeah, pretty sure they're a scavenger.

[robust wave]

Yeah. Big bundle on his back...

[worldly fjord]

items are dumped when you either shoot his backpack or kill him

[robust wave]

nods

[cosmic salmon]

Does anyone know a good way to farm optimisation materials?

[lucid mural]

am i required to do hard or will it count doing a higher difficulty?

[inner tendon]

Hard or higher is fine.

[lucid mural]

im blind mb it literally says in the project HAHA

thanks rivens

[inner tendon]

It very likely doesn't say at all, div2 likes to just not tell ya things.
but that's what we're here for! GL Agent

[lucid mural]

eyeslight lacking on my part HAHA

[stone folio]

do yall think demolitionist is good

[true siren]

All of the specialisations are good.

Most of them are just extra stuff to add after a build is done, tho.

[delicate anchor]

just wondering is it more common to have 4 built characters or 3 and the last one is for the WONY runs?

[stone folio]

do you know what kinda build i should use with demo though

[true siren]

Make your build first, then decide what spec to use, not the other way around. Check builds in the spreadsheet pinned in #td2-build-advice for starter builds

[stone folio]

ok

[supple bane]

idk but i dont think
A: the loading bar is meant to go onto multiple monitors
B: youre meant to be able to move the loading screen

thoughts?

[robust wave]

Are the ordinance dispenser boxes in the Keener final fight meant to be take-over-able?

[sudden matrix]

One long boi

[sudden matrix]

Naw. You need some help with the keener mission?

[robust wave]

I don't know yet. The first character I tried it with took me about 8 tries before I finally nailed him. I just did a mission yesterday with the identical boxes except now I could capture them. So I thought I should ask since I hadn't noticed it in the Keener fight. The next character I am putting through Keener is significantly less powerful. So we'll see how it goes first.

I didn't notice one way or the other the first time because it was all I could do to stay alive.

[sudden matrix]

Well keener mission is different. SHD boxes in countdown you do take over tho, there are also some in the summit.

[robust wave]

Summit is where I ran across it.

Second character is a shield+pistol build and I haven't got it spec'd right yet, so maybe I should work on that first before attempting the mission.

[stone folio]

is the spreadsheet up to date

[true siren]

yes

Azur and a few others are in """charge""" of maintaining it, if it were to fall too far out of date we'd take it down until it was right again. Its usually updated as soon as, like, a few days after a PTS drops, and updated again when the full patch drops (if stuff changes between the PTS and full release)

[stone folio]

alr ty

[tribal hemlock]

the welcome tab in the spreadsheet has a changelog if you scroll down

bit hard to spot at first

[stone folio]

whats the best way to get spec upgrade points other than missions

preferably something repeatable

[true siren]

Leveling up should give points.

Bounties, too? Dont remember directly, but that sounds right.

[stone folio]

alright

[rugged stratus]

Do any invaded missions and level shd.

Best xp is open world heroic control points , executions, and propaganda.
Preferably with directives

[narrow kraken]

My field research gunner is stuck?

On heavy gunners and territory control

Wait tanks aren't heavy gunners even though they have a minigun?

[wispy merlin]

no, they're tanks, there are special lmg units and they're separate

[narrow kraken]

So reddit says do territory control in true sons areas?

[stone folio]

what does the knife above dz south mean

[inner tendon]

Black Tusk are there and it has kinda overall "tougher" NPC's.

[prime tulip]

What are considered to be the best blueprints to pull from descent?

[narrow kraken]

I need to remove the armor from basilisk without killing him but I'm doing too much damage any tips?

[rugged stratus]

run it on a harder difficulty

[narrow kraken]

I am on challenging

[rugged stratus]

if you are killing him then you need to either raise his health pool or lower your damage

[narrow kraken]

I'm thinking try without strikers on

Already had to stop using ouroboros

[rugged stratus]

use a pistol maybe

it wont build the stacks that way. you may want to use a bulwark shield and pulse to highlight his plates

[sinful quest]

Quick question, will Elmo’s engine drop from target auto rifle on countdown?

[wispy merlin]

yes

[mental basin]

Does anyone know if the summit reset thing works still? Back when I played a couple years ago you were able to rejoin people in party and farm the same floors

[rugged stratus]

should still be able to if someone is holding the floor . the part of summit that was nerfed was for XP, clearing > eat a nade or oxi > repeat .

[mental basin]

But loot is still the same ?

[rugged stratus]

it should be, if someone is holding the floor then when you rejoin it should be an uncleared floor again. they just have to keep leaving to keep it fresh

countdown is far better for loot farming tho since you can buy named/exo caches with the credits earned

[mental basin]

Where do u buy the caches? Not sure what’s the best atm wanted to try and farm that new exotic ar

[narrow kraken]

Do countdown
Caches are bought left of white house in courtyard

[rugged stratus]

It's right next to the season vendor. Right across from the chopper. It's just a terminal on a desk.

Countdown is by far the best option. 2 complete runs of challenging cd gives enough credits to buy an exotic cache. It has target loot like summit. It also drops a lot of named items.
Just needs dps, no deployable damage skills since they get hacked. Shield, revive hive ok tho

[bronze storm]

I've been farming the boss floors the last few days. I choose Heroic, 2-3 directives, go and delete the boss floor, and before opening the door I just throw a sticky at my feet and detonate it. I'll spawn at the start of the same floor. Rinse and repeat until you are bored.

[mental basin]

This one?

[bronze storm]

Just take into account that if you go to lobby you will be put in the next floor, breaking the "cycle".

[bronze storm]

Yep.

[rugged stratus]

Does it drop loot each time?

[bronze storm]

Farming caches on Countdown is really easy. Just run Challenging, select Assault Rifles, and if it doesn't drop there you still have a chance with Exotic caches.

[mental basin]

how do u select the loot?

[bronze storm]

Open map, search for the Countdown icon (upper right corner) and press the key that says Targeted Loot.

You can select by type of gear, brand, gearset, mods, etc.

[mental basin]

Wow thats nice to know

[bronze storm]

Yep. I've been farming Field Recon Data as I have zero, nada, currently.

Floor 10 is easiest.

But requires you to reset Summit.

[mental basin]

Does target loot work if i matchmake for countdown?

[rugged stratus]

It shares the same target as summit

[bronze storm]

Doesn't matter if solo or matchmaking. But matchmaking makes it easier and faster.

I'd recommend running Challenging instead of Heroic. More people running it and, as far as I can tell from people here, and from the experience I've had since I started playing, the "quality" of the items is trivial between the two difficulties.

Also, I obtained more exotics running Challenging than Heroic back when I first started farming the mode so, yeah...

[mental basin]

nice ty doing it now

[keen pelican]

Yes it works

[mental basin]

rip

[narrow kraken]

I need help with this strip basilisk armor thing

"Use a pistol" didn't work

And neither did taking off strikers

[wispy merlin]

there are 6 armor pieces in total on him, one on his head, one on his chest, 2 on his arms and 2 on his legs

you have to remove all 6

[civic lily]

Oxidize him

He can get stuck hitting sniper turrets

[narrow kraken]

With max skill or strikers on

[civic lily]

simple 6 skill tiers

probably don't do it on normal tho because I heard that fails

[remote wadi]

does 3 consecutive kills mean seconds after or without dying?

[tiny stump]

well yeah you have to not die

[keen pelican]

How to solve this?

[thorn hedge]

Reinstall the game

[worldly fjord]

Just close the game and launch it again. Worked every time for me

[keen pelican]

It's not working for me

[thorn hedge]

^

[distant walrus]

I'm barley finding out we're getting a division Mobile very soon 😅 thoughts?

[worldly fjord]

Then you're gonna have to reinstall

[worldly fjord]

Its definitely gonna be one of the games ever made

[distant walrus]

Meaning? Lol

Good or badly

[keen pelican]

Hmm

[wanton frigate]

bad because mobile players are not sweaty enough for div

[distant walrus]

Dam then I'ma go conquer mobile on my iPad 🗿🗿🗿

[wanton frigate]

ull be a pvp god, just camp dz gates 🤣

[distant walrus]

Honestly I'll have a good reason more to be using my iPad with my Xbox controller before starting work at all 🤣

Plus I'm just going to use a turrent and a drone for distraction just to piss people off lol pulls out famas

All blue cores ☠️

[wanton frigate]

blue = strong, red = weak

[distant walrus]

You know I have a dumbass friend who I played Division 1 with however he still thinks all red cores are good for PVP ☠️☠️☠️

[thorn hedge]

Y'all forgot you can just plug a computer mouse into a phone nowadays

[distant walrus]

To this day I have not told him

[thorn hedge]

I meeeeeean

You can still snipe all red

[worldly fjord]

Pretty sure resurgence supports controllers

[narrow kraken]

I just got the challenge for stripping basilisk of his armor done now
It took me that long

[grizzled apex]

its been a great while since ive played, at least a year, has anything interesting been added?

theres a 7 and a half gigabyte update so id assume so

[narrow kraken]

Are the other two unlockable specialists as bad as this one for the gunner challenge wise

[grizzled apex]

the flamethrower spec isnt too too bad

a bit specific but overall i dont recall it being too horrible

one of the more annoying challenges is taking out the juggernaut in the island stronghold after removing all his plating, i would use the sniper spec's weapon for it personally

[distant walrus]

No He's literally a dumbass that will think obliterate with vigilance is gonna work out for him in PVP, plus he's only level 36 ☠️☠️☠️ in d2

What he hasn't played the game for a year so he doesn't know better. Plus I plan to murder him in PVP to think he knows but doesn't 🗿

[grizzled apex]

i want to get into sniping, i wish i had nemesis

the quest is super annoying though

[distant walrus]

To me my Xbox controller more convenient in my case especially where I work lol

[grizzled apex]

you can plug a phone into a tv and use it as your input nowadays, the adapters are 5 bucks on amazon last i checked

[distant walrus]

Overall for the kids playing it mobile later, I'ma make sure it ain't for them 🗿

[grizzled apex]

div2 has a mobile version now?

when did phones get 80+ gigs of storage

[thorn hedge]

Fair

[thorn hedge]

What

[thorn hedge]

Ah

[grizzled apex]

you can buy usb and usb-c to hdmi adapters

[thorn hedge]

That doesn't control your TV that just makes it display onto the tv

[grizzled apex]

you can plug a phone, tablet, hell even a kindle

[grizzled apex]

theres apps that let you use your phone as a tv remote too

depending on what brand of tv you use

[thorn hedge]

Thats different lol

[grizzled apex]

the IoT is fucken wild nowadays lmao

did they ever make the nemesis quest less dumb, or is it still painful

[thorn hedge]

No they never nerfed it

[grizzled apex]

damnit

i hate that quest, its so time consuming

[distant walrus]

I never got nemesis, which is it?

[grizzled apex]

its the railgun sniper

has to charge between shots but hits like a small island

[distant walrus]

No I meant the quest my bad 😅

[grizzled apex]

it requires you to find a secret room in the final stronghold then redo every other stronghold, and washington hotel, but invaded

[distant walrus]

Bruh now I need to look this up later lol

[grizzled apex]

its really annoying, really buggy, and really stupid

plus it takes forever

[thorn hedge]

It's not buggy

[grizzled apex]

i think its buggy

[thorn hedge]

It's not

[grizzled apex]

i did grand washington invaded after dismantling the rifle, 3 times, and no blueprint

[thorn hedge]

It takes at minimum 3 weeks to complete

[thorn hedge]

Wdym after dismantling

[distant walrus]

☠️

[grizzled apex]

after i dismantled the adrestia, secret rifle, i did invaded grand washington 3 times and never got the blueprint

[thorn hedge]

You need I think 2 parts before it'll drop

Definitely at least one part

Also did you get the part for deconstructing adrestia

[grizzled apex]

yeah

[thorn hedge]

And did you have any other parts

[grizzled apex]

not yet

[thorn hedge]

That's why

You can't get it right after tidal

[grizzled apex]

thats dumb, once im in ill do an invaded stronghold and get another part

[thorn hedge]

That's just how it be

[grizzled apex]

is nemesis even good

i want to work on my aim so i want a really slow, hard hitting rifle

[thorn hedge]

It does quite a bit of damage yeah

With FI buff I one-shot 4-man purples on legendary without HH

[grizzled apex]

FI?

[thorn hedge]

Future initiative

[grizzled apex]

whats that

[thorn hedge]

Healer gearset

[grizzled apex]

i havent played in a year so i have 0 idea what anythign does

[grizzled apex]

why would i run a healer set if im a sniper

[thorn hedge]

It's for someone else to run i don't have the energy to get into it rn

But anyways with headhunter it can do 50-60m

[grizzled apex]

is headhunter the same perk that stacks damage for the big revolver

[worldly fjord]

Your teammate runs it and gives you a damage buff

[grizzled apex]

oh, neat

what kinda armor set and exotic would i be wearing if i want to be a sniper

[thorn hedge]

There's multiple builds you can run

It'll be hell to farm for the most optimal though

[grizzled apex]

i want a very sedentary, high damage build that sits far back and doesnt move

[worldly fjord]

One i can think of would be sawyer kneepads

[thorn hedge]

No

[thorn hedge]

Not moving isn't gonna happen as sniper tbh

[grizzled apex]

is there a dedicated marksman/sniping armor set?

[thorn hedge]

Hotshot

[grizzled apex]

then one that just generally sits way, way back

[thorn hedge]

Sniper doesn't work in a lot of scenarios just a heads up

If you plan on doing different content you should still have a regular dps build

[grizzled apex]

i want a very precision based build for general content

[wanton frigate]

lol skill issue

[grizzled apex]

im tired of spraying and praying or relying on melee/shotguns

[distant walrus]

Literally

Doesn't know I have a real PVP build waiting for him in the DZ the day he ever gets back lol

Just turn on him, pull out the Orbit revolver ☠️

[wanton frigate]

they do but the game will be a mobile version so lower texture and lower resolution

[thorn hedge]

Sniper will not work for some comtent, it'll work for open world and missions but not countdown, raids, or incursions

[wanton frigate]

rifles are much better imo with higher fire rate

[thorn hedge]

Rifles still don't do as much as ARs

[mellow trout]

Health pools are too high in 8 player content/ paradise lost for snipers

[thorn hedge]

Pretty much irrelevantizes sniping yeah

[thorn hedge]

Health isn't too high actually

For incursion I mean

[mellow trout]

They feel much tankier than open world stuff

[thorn hedge]

Not much

Ive done moss with HHF multiple times

[mellow trout]

I wonder what the hp values are on incursion adds

[thorn hedge]

They seem just barely over if not outright heroic

But yeah HHF fully works

Which is why I'm able to say that lol

[grizzled apex]

is paradise lost a new thing?

[thorn hedge]

Incursion

[grizzled apex]

whats it

[mellow trout]

Ahh

[thorn hedge]

Mechanically based mission

[grizzled apex]

ooh i like learning new mechanics

is there an exotic in it for me if i do a lot of it?

[thorn hedge]

Yes

[mellow trout]

It's a DPS check with some mechanics

[thorn hedge]

Currently the best DPS weapon in the game

[grizzled apex]

what is it

[mellow trout]

Ouroboros smg

[thorn hedge]

OuroBoros

[grizzled apex]

is it a sniper

[thorn hedge]

No

[grizzled apex]

is it a rifle

[thorn hedge]

Smg

[grizzled apex]

damn

[thorn hedge]

For sustained DPS the best weapons are ARs and SMGs

[mellow trout]

It's crazy broken in its current state

[grizzled apex]

i want big burst damage and precision

im tired of spraying and praying, i want ot work on my aim

[thorn hedge]

Snipers are only around 28 mil

[mellow trout]

Doesn't take much to hit anything with a full auto weapon

[thorn hedge]

At max

So that's if chaining headshors

So damage towards a single target is ridiculously low

[mellow trout]

I only snipe with a determined wd when I'm farming control points really

[thorn hedge]

I do it when I don't trust people in missions

[grizzled apex]

i want to get better and use precision weapons

i want to see very beeg beeg numbers and get better at hitting headshots

[thorn hedge]

Precision weapons don't have a place everywhere in the game is what I'm saying

So as long as you're aware of where it can and can't be used then go ahead

[narrow kraken]

Since I had to do roosevelt Island so much today I have to ask
Is aces and eights as bad of a set as it looks

[thorn hedge]

For the most part yes

[grizzled apex]

ill find something to use when it cant be used, but whenever possible i want to take up a bit of precision

[mellow trout]

Hotshot bonuses are straight better

[grizzled apex]

what rifle would you recommend while i work on nemesis

[thorn hedge]

MMR? white death

[mellow trout]

White death

[narrow kraken]

M1a4

[grizzled apex]

what about a sniper rifle

[thorn hedge]

White death lol

[mellow trout]

The white death is a sniper rifle

[grizzled apex]

you said thats a marksman rifle

[thorn hedge]

Same thing

[grizzled apex]

oh, ok

[mellow trout]

Marksman rifles are snipers

[grizzled apex]

i think ive got a white death

[thorn hedge]

Other way around

[narrow kraken]

Rifles are different from mmrs

[mellow trout]

Oops

[thorn hedge]

Snipers are Marksman rifles

[grizzled apex]

ive got the mantis, is it better than white death

[narrow kraken]

Auto rifles.

[thorn hedge]

In terms of damage no

[mellow trout]

Mantis is alright in solo from what I hear

[thorn hedge]

Cuz of the talent yeah

[grizzled apex]

what about big horn

[thorn hedge]

Just bad lol

[grizzled apex]

its basically a sniper rifle/assault rifle combo

[thorn hedge]

And subpar at both

[narrow kraken]

What makes white death so good it just has an accuracy bonus

[thorn hedge]

The headshot bonus

[mellow trout]

The extra headshot damage

[narrow kraken]

So it's talent is ignorable?

[mellow trout]

It's talent isn't fixed

[narrow kraken]

Oh

I thought it was on named weapons

[mellow trout]

You can roll on determined or something

[mellow trout]

Weapons like the mop and white death have special attributes instead of special talents

[thorn hedge]

Named items have either special attributes or upgraded talents

[thorn hedge]

Backup boomstick

[grizzled apex]

so white death is just the best

[thorn hedge]

Kard custom

[thorn hedge]

In terms of damage yes

[grizzled apex]

aside from nemesis, its just super op

[narrow kraken]

And use hotshot with headshot damage?

[thorn hedge]

Bit of a stretch

[mellow trout]

Nemesis isn't thattt op

[thorn hedge]

Snipers aren't OP by any means

[grizzled apex]

but as snipers go white death is by and far the best, aside from nemi

[thorn hedge]

^

[narrow kraken]

Do I need to get the BP for white death or did it drop with my copy

[mellow trout]

If there is a blueprint you won't get it like that

[narrow kraken]

So uhh how do I roll it

Same way as ouroboros?

[distant walrus]

I've seen a YouTuber I don't think he does it anymore but he happened to make a sniper build for PVP. However it was about over a year ago or so so I can't say that those one headshot sniper builds would not be good up-to-date

[grizzled apex]

is a good Ekims long stick comparable?

i hate how white death looks

[mellow trout]

No

[keen pelican]

I hate it comes out of scope every time v fire

[neat stirrup]

is this ok that in this room in invaded mission x2 rogue agents appear?

[narrow kraken]

That's normal

Rogue agents aren't other players

[neat stirrup]

i know, i just thought that they appear only in open world

[narrow kraken]

No they happen in challenging missions

[neat stirrup]

but it is hard mission (see plaque near objective)

[narrow kraken]

Yeah I meant missions harder than normal, not challenging difficulty

They're elites

[neat stirrup]

also, i had to get away from this room couple of times to trigger rogues, before that it was empty

[grizzled apex]

i want ot turn the bullet king into a damage weapon, snipers are apparently not good literally anywhere so im going to lmgs

[blazing timber]

Bullet king is meh just use mg5/l86 with fast Hands or good times you are good

[sudden orchid]

That sucks big time, many thanks for the response though. It is very much appreciated. Nice to see you're helping out your fellow clannies as well. 😊

[stoic flume]

Anyone knows why " rebuilding DC "trophy is not popping even though my theatre and campus settlements are at level 4?( I did not use a character boost )

[mellow trout]

Bullet king isn't particularly good

And snipers aren't not good anywhere they're just not good everywhere

[rugged stratus]

skill issue. snipers are very good anywhere outside of raid/incursion . just need the right build to maximize damage.
lmgs pretty much all trash, just use an AR if going that route...

[rugged stratus]

you might look at splitting the difference between spray and pray and total precision since looking to get better at aiming .. a good middle ground is honestly negotiators. its kinda perfect for an AR/ Rifle (m1a classic/m1a cqb) combo

[fallow inlet]

Hey Eevee, Gogamer, Local

[supple bane]

If im going to be running wony on new characters is it worthwhile putting together some form of a level 30 build to help speed through it faster

[rugged stratus]

Good morning Saph ☕

[rugged stratus]

When I first did them I went to dc first and crafted a basic skill build and used the level 30 bench to roll down a few exotics, like scorpio, capacitor, and waveform.

[nimble spruce]

Put together a level 31 build, since you can recalibrate level 40 stats on it

[supple bane]

Is it easy to farm a level 31 build if i boost a new char to wony?

[rugged stratus]

Memento can be rolled down but wont work in ny without an shd agent with you.

[nimble spruce]

Not super easy, since you can only recalibrate purple and gold gear

[rugged stratus]

If stuck with the 31 build they gave you just keep upgrading stuff as you level, not worth putting too much into farming

[supple bane]

I was just considering the long term if i delete a character and keep redoing wony for shd scav levels

[rugged stratus]

But make sure to keep a good level 40 dps in your stash to swap too when it comes to fighting keener

[supple bane]

I got a striker ouro build i could throw in the ole stash

[rugged stratus]

I used a skill build for just running through the levels since it scales really well

[supple bane]

Are specialization levels account wide?

Also if i boost straight to wony can i still do stuff like countdown?

[rugged stratus]

I found myself using scorpio more than cap tho.
You have to level spec on each agent

[nimble spruce]

Nope

[supple bane]

Hmmm

Might just get someone to carry :3

Jk... unless?

[rugged stratus]

Yeah backup calls are easy to get someone

[nimble spruce]

Getting someone to carry is far easier since your gear gets scaled and they can teleport you around

[rugged stratus]

You can add me and I'll help you if I see you on

Same ign

[supple bane]

It wont be now since im not 1k shd level yet

So it wouldnt be really worth it

[rugged stratus]

Yeah no worries. I'm working anyways

But I usually hop in with ppl on my list when I see them running wony

[supple bane]

Credits dont get shared but matts do right?

[rugged stratus]

Correct

[supple bane]

Okok

[rugged stratus]

You need to hit dc first tho to buy the shared blueprints iirc

[tiny stump]

the shared materials stuff? you can go back to dc right after wony for those

[supple bane]

Ye. Do wony, get watch, go dc, buy shared matts and shtuff, ???, profit

[worldly fjord]

If you spend points first and then buy shared mats you can overcap on matrials

[tiny stump]

yeah. which saves you a very small amount of time and inconvenience from not having to switch characters as soon

[stone folio]

is there anything u can spend shd tech on besides perks and skills

[tiny stump]

nope. i have 9 extra shd techs that cant be used

[supple bane]

hmmm interesting

im guessing it adds the materials together rather than using highest

[tiny stump]

correct

[supple bane]

very interesting

[worldly fjord]

Open the crates in nyc safe houses

[supple bane]

how do i farm level 31/32 gear to be used on farm characters

[tiny stump]

you gotta be level 31 or 32

[supple bane]

but like farm wher?

[worldly fjord]

Open loot crates without killing npcs to stay at those lvls

[tiny stump]

new gear and weapons should be dropping regularly. its not gonna be that good for the most part though

[supple bane]

imma try put a somewhat decent build together to speed though wony if im solo

in other news. the goofyness has spread

[tiny stump]

oh right. its not too easy solo with random shit gear

[supple bane]

is you available to help?

i just realised i dont have access to dc nor targeted loot

[tiny stump]

yea actually. im gonna be logging in in like 15 min

[supple bane]

oki imma get a drink

how does one roll down the level of an exotic?

[tiny stump]

probably to bring it to the inventory of the lower level character and reconfiguring it. which would require shared blueprints

[supple bane]

i cant find the blueprint vendor :/

in wony

[worldly fjord]

Doesn't exist. The only place is white house's crafting vendor

[supple bane]

bleh

[rugged stratus]

Have yo be in dc before wony to roll them down

You need the shared bp stuff to do it which requires you to do the 15minute intro and get to whitehouse, otherwise you wont get a chance till finished with keener

[tribal hemlock]

Anyone else get into petty foot races in countdown when moving between objectives?

[rugged stratus]

Nope, I'm always way ahead because everyone too busy trying to grab loot

[grizzled apex]

incursions raids and heroic missions are exactly what i plan to do

also theres no need to be a douchebag

[rugged stratus]

Even more of a need . I'm sure bulletking will go over really well in either of those locations 🤣

[worldly fjord]

if you dont get kicked before starting the raid

[rugged stratus]

😂

[grizzled apex]

theres still no reason to be an ass man

[remote wadi]

can i change the field data on shd level reward as hyena?

[grizzled apex]

im making a silly but decent enough build

[true siren]

tbh i'd still just use an AR- bullet king has pitiful damage even if you dont have to reload

or if you are deadset on using an LMG, use an MG5 with a reload talent or somethin

[worldly fjord]

we've been trying to tell you -for the past 24 hours or something- that its NOT decent

[grizzled apex]

reloading just gets annoying imo, my hope is that if i use striker i can get silly enough damage thats good enough to be decent

[rugged stratus]

It's my nature to call out bs. Take it as you will

[grizzled apex]

no reloading means im always stacking striker, and the bk uses the IWI negev as its base so it has hella fire rate

[true siren]

your damage is just not comparable to a striker build with an AR

[supple bane]

@grizzled apex snipers/mmrs are used more than lmg's afaik but in kinda niche scenarios. the usual ones that are used are either assault rifles or smgs

[true siren]

you lose striker stacks so much slower than you gain them even if you reload

so "more stacking for striker" means nothing, either way you'll be at the max for most of a fight

[rugged stratus]

Its gonna be solid dps that's needed in raid and incursion.

[grizzled apex]

im also putting out a ton of rounds, since im never reloading and i have the firerate of a negev

[true siren]

i understand where you are coming from, but bulletking's damage is extremely low

[grizzled apex]

lots of rounds, even at relatively low damage, means lots of damage

[rugged stratus]

If you dont have it you're gonna have a bad time if you dont get kicked

[worldly fjord]

reloading is literally a part of shooter games. might wanna play racing games or some shit

[grizzled apex]

no

[true siren]

You have a """lot""" (very little) of damage that comes out extremely slowly due to Bullet King having about 10 damage

[rugged stratus]

Do the gimmick shit it open world or missions. You'll be bringing down the team using trash.

[grizzled apex]

reloading is a part of shooter games yes, but it can be avoided

[true siren]

you are genuinely better off using another LMG, something like an MG5 with Fast hands. Has decent damage and reloads very quickly due to Fast Hands.

[grizzled apex]

snipers arent good in the thing i want ot do because its all close range, and ar's have shite damage

[worldly fjord]

i just need you to understand that reloading any gun in the game gives better DPS than not reloading the bullet king
i need you to PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD to understand that

[grizzled apex]

i understand this fully, but i want to make a silly build

worst comes to worst, i change guns

ill keep a different lmg on me to switch to

[true siren]

You can use silly builds by yourself, but you did say you wanted this for incursions and heroic stuff. So we are trying to give you as much of a chance of actually clearing the hard stuff.

[hot basin]

Chatterbox could be an option for you,but youre quite resistent to every help.

[worldly fjord]

dont ruin other people's experience with "silly" bs. use it solo

[inner tendon]

The level 40 base (pre-Red cores) damage for a BK is 37, 610.
the same qualifications on one of the worst AR's in the game is 45, 132.

[grizzled apex]

i think i have chatterbox, what does it do

[rugged stratus]

Hit up the pinned spreadsheet in #td2-build-advice . It has a weapon tab that lists all the burst and sustained dps. It may be informative

[worldly fjord]

if you have it than just read the talent?

[grizzled apex]

cause im not on right now

[inner tendon]

@worldly fjord That's what we're here for.

When you reload, rate of fire is increased by 20% for each enemy within 15 meters for the duration of that magazine.
Max stacks: 5
Kills refill 50% of your magazine."```

[grizzled apex]

oh thats cool

more fire rate and killing refills my gun, that does seem like precisely what im after

[worldly fjord]

cant understand how you guys do this every day 🫡

[inner tendon]

Because I genuinely enjoy helping people.

or my programming forces me to, take your pick.

[grizzled apex]

and chatterbox does the decent damage im after, but also does my silly bs

[true siren]

*its still recommended to use an AR like a Famas or St Elmo's Engine for stuff like the Incursion, but Chatterbox is decent enough for now

[grizzled apex]

what does saint elmos engine do

cause ive never even heard of that

[worldly fjord]

quick question, define silly please?

[grizzled apex]

reloading is bad, avoid whenever possible by finding some way to add bullets to the mag without removing the mag

[true siren]

Has incredible stats and gives you shock ammo every once in awhile after a reload

[worldly fjord]

try using ninjabike kneepads then

[grizzled apex]

or otherwise just some interesting alternative gimmick thats fun

[grizzled apex]

oh is that the lightning gun i saw some dude running the other day

has a huge tesla coil on the side

[true siren]

You'll need to break this sooner rather than later. Reloading is a core part of the game, and thinking its bad is inherently going to cause problems. Like the "i wanna use bulletking" problem from earlier.

[true siren]

It is, yes.

[grizzled apex]

honestly i just want to do silly stuff like avoiding reloading or being a sniper

using the same old gun forever gets boring

[true siren]

You can be a sniper, just not in the incursion. Everywhere else snipers are very fun.

*and the raids, dont bring a sniper to the raids

[worldly fjord]

hotshot gearset allows you to be a sniper AND avoiding reloading. sounds like the perfect thing for you

[grizzled apex]

then for the incursion ill do other silly stuff, like a status effects build, or never reloading

[worldly fjord]

as long as you dont miss

[grizzled apex]

hotshot is generally what i do and ive been improving my aim

[true siren]

For the incursion you want a standard DPS build. Silly stuff is not going to cut it there.