ask-td2-community

[nimble spruce]

hey Saph

[wanton frigate]

max expertise sacrum imperium is so damn good 😫

[stray bluff]

I thought when i boost a char to 30 and have ultimate pass these 3 are maxed?

[blazing timber]

Those are maxed cause you already have 165 points

You just have to invest them

[stray bluff]

ohhh i see, is it worth using those when im already lvl 40? or should i level other techs?

[sudden matrix]

All specs are pretty much preference and all have uses. I would level them all.

[blazing timber]

Yeah each specs have their own strong points so just incorporate them as a part of your build survivalist is good for support builds like healer and cc

[civic lily]

just waiting for technician to have a real armor kit effect

[misty harbor]

does the mission's and strongholds get invaded each week with the reset?

[blazing timber]

Yup except for tidal basin everything is random

[stray bluff]

Ah i see, also i just got 40 and killed thel ast rogue agent. i just had the tutorial of the watch the SHD. But im kinda confused what to go do now. Stay in NY? do like encounters? or what should i do if i wanna obtain gear? i dont know what build ill do im just overwhelmed with what to do now that im 40. i played Td1 and i used my boost to 30 and just did new york. I know about the side stuff like control points. But now also i notice theres season stuff. im like overwhelmed what to focus on

[left fern]

Anyone want to take up a protege in game? Fairly new to endgame, just trying to figure this all out. I have been running countdown and putting everything in recal library

@stray bluff right there with you. You on right now?

[blazing timber]

@civic lily @narrow kraken

[stray bluff]

yee my name is NightCodex

[sudden matrix]

Looks like you had two support... GET OUTTA HERE

[civic lily]

cc and healer

[stray bluff]

We could play but idk howlong i can play for and idk what the hell to do hahaha

[blazing timber]

Got busted

[sudden matrix]

lol

[civic lily]

skill damage huh

is that from shooting hounds

[blazing timber]

I may have more ss lying around but can't access them

[blazing timber]

Negotiators

[stray bluff]

i did hear doing all side missions at lvl 40 is good

[sudden matrix]

I'd suggest it as some of the manhunt stuff might take place in one and you need to complete them in order for it to show up.

[blazing timber]

At least I managed to one shot boss

[left fern]

@sudden matrix thanks, also you look allot like my tuner and its wierding me out

[narrow kraken]

Woof, DUA. I'm honestly more impressed you stayed awake for thirty minutes

[civic lily]

dua fun

[blazing timber]

It is an old ss

[narrow kraken]

The DUAlity of man

[sudden matrix]

I got dem ⬆️ arrow keys right here for you...

[stray bluff]

What does donating all junk accomplishes when you do that at the recalibration station?

Should i always do that or deconstruct?

[rugged stratus]

donating bringsd up expertise

20pc each named/exo/weapons donations for proficient
100pc each gear/brand sets for proficient
named gear wont count as brand, same with named weapons

usage also makes proficient

[civic lily]

Donating 100 pieces has not been worth it

[rugged stratus]

It happens very quick if you are farming cd

[civic lily]

I do but damn it doesn't budge my expertise

[stray bluff]

cd?

[rugged stratus]

Usually brand/gear is the first category finished. It's all the weapons/named/skills that are the true wall

[rugged stratus]

Countdown

weapons - 4340 donated items - 65,100 shd points - 651,000 printer filament.
named/ exo - 1320 donated items - 19,800 shd - 198,000 printer filament.
brandsets - 2800 donation items - 8400 shd - 84,000 printer filament.
gear sets - 1800 donated items - 5400 shd - 54,000 printer filament.
skills/spec -no donations - 14,100 shd - 141,000 printer filament

These numbers only apply to pure donations. Usage decreases overall donations probably quite a bit if using a lot of gear

[tribal hemlock]

@wispy merlin Getting there 😄

It would have been sub-30 if I had used the one shot approach I like on the boss. But I chickened out and just DPS'd him. Took like 10 min.

[wispy merlin]

congrats, which spots did you feel take too long?

i did a sub-20 just using focus striker all the way through

[tribal hemlock]

Hmm... first stage is really fast and I can camp the helo. All the rest are fast too. I think the little room after the gate ambush is the first one that takes a while. After that it's definitely garage.

[civic lily]

binoculars

[civic lily]

the double warhounds?

[tribal hemlock]

Those are easy. I just EMP sticky them and they sleep till they ded

[sudden matrix]

Gotta work on that accuracy bro.

[civic lily]

what no st elmos and forced to use 8x does to a mf

[tribal hemlock]

haha yea. I take a lot of "just in case" shots in preparation for an NPC to peak.

I don't use 8x 😄

[civic lily]

brug

[tribal hemlock]

Just normal AR stuff

The extra elmo mag allows me to be more wasteful ig

[sudden matrix]

People don't think about it as a stat but I always strive for 65%+

[tribal hemlock]

I'm gonna keep that in mind for sure. A few times I've deliberately tried to be very precise with headshots and it ends up going a lot faster.

[ivory anvil]

Does anyone know any websites that have like a list of legendary and exotic weapons/armor? All I see are articles when I google search

[tribal hemlock]

Build spreadsheet pinned in #td2-build-advice. It has a tab that lists all weapons and gear that are exotic and how to get them.

[sudden matrix]

Yeah the spreadsheet has TONs of good info including a build hub with links to easy to read guides.

[ivory anvil]

Ah thanks

[wispy merlin]

you mean the boss stage took 10min or just killing the boss took 10min?

[tribal hemlock]

whole stage. i ran out of ammo once the adds were done. im thinking next time instead of running elmo i run famas and ouro. that way i can use famas for adds and ouro for boss.

i can get the whole thing done in 60s with regulus though

the run was going well and i didn't wanna risk it so i went dps

[sudden matrix]

You get a checkpoint at boss tho

Risk it yo

[tribal hemlock]

😄

[sudden matrix]

Gotta take risk and play outside of your comfort zone if you wanna get the zoomies.

[wispy merlin]

yeah risk it

[civic lily]

how do the ads deplete your ammo reserves on elmo

did you forget to hit the ammo box?

[wispy merlin]

you guys hit ammo boxes?

famas focus gang

[thorn hedge]

Lol

[civic lily]

only when I'm not running gunner

[iron ibex]

As a returning player I can probably throw all this old stuff from my stash out, right? No reason to keep any of that? Also side note: Better to sell stuff, or just dismantle it all?

[sudden matrix]

Are you going to go to wony and play at level 40 or stay at level 30?

[stray bluff]

where do i find a targeting slot mod for my turret what am i looking for?

[iron ibex]

I have wony, so probably going to 40 now I guess?

[sudden matrix]

RNG, keep farming.

[civic lily]

Switch to demolistionist easiest way

[sudden matrix]

I'd decon personally as I run bounties for credits. If you were to stay at level 30 I'd say fill up the recal library but if you are gonna go lvl 40 don't waste your time.

[iron ibex]

Sidenote: This is my character from release, and I have no idea what sort of build I was going for with this setup.

[sudden matrix]

Year one build?

[iron ibex]

Yeah.

[sudden matrix]

Brands/talents/cores were TOTALLY different.

It makes sense that it wouldn't make any sort of sense now.

[left fern]

lol, that what mine looked like when i hopped back on

[iron ibex]

Interestingly, I have a bunch of different sets in stash, I wonder why I didn't run them. I'm sure it made sense at the time, I remember doing a reasonable amount of time.

And I seem to remember healing and reviving stuff being generally more useful than turrets and drones.

Speaking of: level 30 set pieces also probably save to dismantle? No real use to keep around?

[sudden matrix]

So level 30 exotics can be rolled up to level 40 via reconfiguring. Otherwise it's junk.

[tribal hemlock]

😂 😂 😂 😭

[iron ibex]

And green items are not exotics I guess. Got it.

[sudden matrix]

Green are just gear sets and are easy to farm.

[stray bluff]

Should i just spam countdown for exp? or only for gear? what should i do to focus on getting my SDH up?

[inner tendon]

Countdown is only good for loot. Well, comparatively. You'll still get about 1xSHD per run.
To go a lot faster;

once there, then just do activities and CP's, some Bounties too```

[sudden matrix]

I wouldn't always call for backup until the group is full tho. It only increases the scaling which can really slow down your SHD farming as you might end up with 3 duds. Calling for backup is great tho just not everyone is a large contributor.

[stray bluff]

solo okay too?

[iron ibex]

What's this symbol?

[inner tendon]

Solo or group'd, it'll work fine.

just make sure you're doing stuff. You'll get there.

[sudden matrix]

Yeah solo is no problem but a backup call might help you in a tough spot. Just try to play with them until you can endorse. It really helps out.

[stray bluff]

always highest difficulty? i can do challenging tho

[inner tendon]

As long as you are Challenging or above, it's all good.

@iron ibex looks to be Striker gearset related.

[iron ibex]

Ah there we are.

[sudden matrix]

Yeah strikers has some wing type stuff and is green.

[inner tendon]

Oh of course it's not on the spreadsheet.

always trips me up.

[sudden matrix]

lol I looked there too and didn't see it.

Was gonna ask for a screeny of the build if anything.

[stray bluff]

can i get exotics from countdown?

[robust wave]

You can get exotics from everything. I get 'em just opening things in the open world.

[versed kelp]

Since coming back on the weekend I've had them drop from random mobs like 3 times a play session

[inner tendon]

RNG is a strange beast sometimes.

[stray bluff]

exotics are red right?

[inner tendon]

Yep. They aren't necessarily better than gearset/brandset items, just unique.

[stray bluff]

Also sometimes i get a TON of drops from countdown and sometimes only 10 why is that?

[civic lily]

you deconstructed

or you completed the entire thing in 5 mins

[versed kelp]

Yeah wanted Vile for my build and it dropped from the first cache I opened werid

[robust wave]

Heh. I got a Vile last night from a box near the Washington monument.

Nope. I take that back. It was a reward from something (I don't know what) I did last night.

[versed kelp]

I tried the new fire turret set and it was kinda meh

[inner tendon]

I did a territory control on normal once because the game reset the difficulty, and I got 2 exotic drops from it (1 from enemies, 1 from the reward)
RNG can be weird.

[rugged stratus]

depending on the target countdown actually drops a lot of exo

[sudden matrix]

Yeah compared to EP it's A LOT less damage.

[rugged stratus]

ar/smg/marksman have a decent exo/all ratio where gear is poor in comparison

best drop rates for me are marksman exo

[versed kelp]

^

All 3 of my floor Exos have been Marksman

[stray bluff]

What is apex predator? is it an item?

[sudden matrix]

Hunter fury gear set.

[stray bluff]

OH awesome i see now, and where can i buy mods for my gear at?

[sudden matrix]

There are a bunch of vendors you can buy stuff from but their stock is random and changes every Tuesday during server reset. You can look up sites that have all the vendor items and you can scroll or control F if you know what you are looking for.

[karmic pier]

Should I be world tier 5 for tidal basin solo? I’m 440 rn, and I’m just farming alert level 3 and 4 control points

[robust wave]

Anything over, I think, 425 is fine. IT's the minimum requirement.

I solo'd it about 430 or so. Went fine.

Honestly as long as you meet the minimum, anything story mode is pretty okay until you hit New York.

[nimble spruce]

you can't reach WT5 until you complete tidal basin, it has to be done (the first time) at WT4

[shell oracle]

Is there a place we can go to report a bug?

[robust wave]

At this point, all bugs are now features.

[shell oracle]

I hope not, I want galvanize to work right 😦

[inner tendon]

To report one officially, there's a link 📌 pinned over in #unofficial-troubleshooting

[shell oracle]

Thank you

[robust wave]

Somebody earlier said something that made me think there was an official timeline of upcoming events, adjustments, patches and etc. And I think I've seen such a thing but I can't remember where or what it was called.

hmm.. maybe it was the trello thing.

[sudden matrix]

Yeah trello has some expected TU updates but rarely gives a time line, soon seems to be the word on the streets but wait for official statements.

[robust wave]

nods.

It was definitely trello I was thinking of.

[thorn egret]

My best build 😍

[sudden matrix]

Fellow Head hunter enjoyer?

[thorn egret]

Yes

[robust wave]

Shh. Don't say hunter...

glances around.

He could be listening.

[sudden matrix]

That hunter would find out what M870 full HH stacks is all about.

[sudden matrix]

Insert boom headshot youtube clip.

[dusk trench]

Hey guys. So whats the current population of TD2? Is there still a lot of players ACTIVE?

[muted ginkgo]

Where is the 10% Armor from Doctor Home based on? Armor from the one who's using the Doctor Home or the armor from the agent himself?

[wispy merlin]

armor of doctor home holder

[robust wave]

This is just Steam mind you, but I would think similar numbers across various launchers and platforms is reasonable to assume. https://steamdb.info/app/2221490/charts/

[wraith flare]

I'd say much higher for ubisoft connect due to the game being there for the majority of its life

I'd guess at least 2-4k more minimum

[dusk trench]

And theres Unreal as well right?

So that'd make it about somewhere around 10k maybe?

That doesn't sound too bad 🙂

[wraith flare]

EGS too yea but I'd imagine that'd be a bit smaller than the rest

due to people really hating on EGS when the game came out and generally not being used for much outside of fortnite

[dusk trench]

Still does sound okay, even with 8k+

[stray bluff]

Should i do this in new york or DC? whats the difference?

When can i call for backup? at every objective?

[wary spoke]

What type of loot can I deconstruct to get guaranteed electronics?

[ivory anvil]

Does the bounty you get from Stitch remove itself if you do a classified mission?

I accidentally did that. I did a bounty but im not sure if it was the one that Stitch gave me

[stray bluff]

is 4% rate of fire on smg better than 10% health damage?

[timid vessel]

Dmg to targets out of cover is also going to be best in slot for 3rd attribute regardless of which weapon being used

[ivory anvil]

Disregard found my answer

[lucid mural]

kard custom still dz only?

if so painge

[stray bluff]

how do you endorse people?

[karmic pier]

I just completed the pentagon mission, what do I do next?

Do I complete the Coney Island mission, the stronghold, or the white oak thing?

[rugged stratus]

lmg? 🤔

[rugged stratus]

yes, dz or named cache only... sometimes it does go on sale at the countdown vendor

[stray bluff]

Whats the difference between green and blue gear set? is there green hunters fury gear? i have blue but whats the difference

[mellow trout]

There isn't green and blue gear sets?

Probably colourblind settings

[thorn hedge]

Go to the lfg incursion channel

I can't mention it but it should be something like #lfg-td2incursion-console

[rugged stratus]

#lfg-td2incursion-console

[stray bluff]

How do people get like 10k shd but i only get 5 levels a day at most xD

[somber hazel]

10k just an entry level

[tribal hemlock]

there have been moments in the game's lifetime where you could gain an obsurd amount of shd levels in a short period. a lot of the high shd levels are that.

[rugged stratus]

check the hours played. some of those high levels might avarage the same shd/hr but just have a ton of time in

[tribal hemlock]

i'd say if someone has been a dedicated to the game since launch 10-20k shd is pretty normal

maybe 10-30k

[stray bluff]

Ah so it doesnt reset?

[keen pelican]

@tribal hemlock I saw a player who did 10k in a week
Now he is 100k+ shd

[inner tendon]

Either or, doesn't matter.
"call for backup" just lets someone join your team faster, it's not for a specific amount of time.

[misty harbor]

i have finished all the legacy manhunts now i see the first one doesnt show as completed? do these reset or somehing?

[nimble spruce]

That screen is a new feature they added this season so probably just a random bug, I would ignore it now you've got all the manhunt skills.

[wooden estuary]

ok

[nimble spruce]

They're just figuring out ways to cut the servers further, not enough people complaining yet

[tribal hemlock]

sadly this might actually be true

server perf has been getting worse and worse

[nimble spruce]

Yup, and Ubisoft have been cutting costs wherever they can for a while now

[tiny sparrow]

Yep. Hard to believe.

[blazing timber]

Every company has Been cutting costs nowadays

[stray bluff]

I've been checking the spreadsheet for builds. But i couldn't find this hotshot build. is it called something else?

[tribal hemlock]

I think it’s under sniper builds

[stray bluff]

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nrPBmOrtpkEW1j5fbcRT7L-AXgsGOqMqxXoVtopsiGM/edit#gid=1509999994 ive been checking this hub builds

am i using the wrong sheet?

[tribal hemlock]

“Sniper Setups”

[stray bluff]

OH!

[blazing timber]

Sniper Build

[worldly fjord]

Heard the VIP objective in countdown was "fixed" and its worth doing now? Is it true?

Or do players still skip vip?

[lucid mural]

I've seen it done once in the runs I've had in the past week so

it works but people still skip from my experience

[versed kelp]

Yeah most runs I've had there's always one person yelling in chat to SKIP VIP SKIP SKIP VIP but everyone just ignores them or asks why and gets no answer

[inner tendon]

It must be tricky living a year ago still.
I wonder if they've seen Barbie yet.

[thorn hedge]

I probably shouldnt spark this convo again

[inner tendon]

Honestly, people are just going to riff on you over it.

[versed kelp]

So what is the vip bug?

[inner tendon]

Apparently it's this, although I've never had it myself.
If someone triggers the objective before the group is ready and the VIP dies, it will still tell you to secure the area and release all of the waves that were supposed to be there and give you a failed message when you kill off everything.

And I'm like 90% sure it's fixed now.

[thorn hedge]

theres also the fact its overly long

[versed kelp]

Oh the vip needs to die for it to trigger

[thorn hedge]

and takes an obnoxious amount of time

[inner tendon]

It's 3 waves of enemies then a boss. (i can't recall if the Warhounds count as their own wave)

IDK about "overly long".

[worldly fjord]

i guess when you compare it to other objectives

[inner tendon]

I'd say it more depends on the competency of the team + a dash of RNG from the Hunter buffs.

[stray bluff]

Can i make gear sets somehow or swap to a set quick / build?

[mellow trout]

Not sure what it is on pc but there should be a button to save your gear as a load out from the build menu

[lucid mural]

press H for loadouts in your inventory

saves mods and attachments

[inner tendon]

Make sure you double-check that the loadout is saved, it can bug out and require more than one confirmation.

[mellow trout]

Once upon a time I thought I'd never even need 16 load outs

[stray bluff]

How do i change the indicator when i throw something i see white lines

[nimble spruce]

Clicking the save loadout button instead of using the hotkey seems to increase the chance of it saving correctly.

[mellow trout]

Some kind of colourblind setting I'd imagine

[stray bluff]

aaah ye got it colorblind

[stray bluff]

Where do the items get stored when i swap gearsets? can i put my gear in stash?

[thorn hedge]

Yes you can

[stray bluff]

Whats the difference between headshot damage and critical damage? theyre the same ? if i like shoot the head and i have 11% crit dmg vs 9% headshot dmg isnt crit dmg better?

[nimble spruce]

Shots to the head are not guaranteed crits

Crits are rng based on your crit chance (max 60% in most cases), headshots obviously happen every time you hit a head. A shot can be both a crit and a headshot at the same time, the damage bonuses are added together

[stray bluff]

how do i prevent items from being sold? like i have gear swaps but it puts it in my inventory?

[fallow inlet]

Hey Eevee, Kettle

[versed kelp]

Mark is favourite

[iron ibex]

Should I join a clan? Is there a clan for this discord?

[nimble spruce]

Hey Saph

[inner tendon]

Yes you should, there is no single one for this discord, but I'm sure you can find one down in #td2-clan-recruitment

[iron ibex]

Thanks.

[rugged stratus]

Perfect week to join one too. Clan vendor is selling yaahl which is dz only and pretty rare 🦄

[lyric parcel]

how do i get the elmo AR?

didn't get one last season since i wasn't playing.. does it drop on AR targeted missions?

[ivory anvil]

I matchmaked Countdown on Heroic and got 2 of them last night

Does anyone know the best way to farm materials? Like exotic components?

[cobalt stratus]

Any luck with this fixing the problem? I, and many others, are having the same issue. Any suggestions or help you can give is greatly appreciated!

So doing it all solo fixed it for you?

[misty harbor]

I mean i could do it with a team but as i am solo player just did it on normal to do it quickly and i dont think there is any other way to fix this bug best way to just reset it

[cobalt stratus]

Thanks. Guess I’ll do that right now so I don’t get too far behind.

[misty harbor]

Good luck agent

[wary spoke]

Did Determined get reverted back to pre-nerf at all?

[ivory anvil]

?

[rugged stratus]

It chains body shots still.

[rugged stratus]

Regular mats hit solar farm cp daily (west of capitol building). Tons of mats and resets daily.
For exo components cd is fastest since caches are guaranteed

[ivory anvil]

Caches?

You mean like stuff that falls from enemies?

[worldly fjord]

Exotic caches

[rugged stratus]

Countdown credits to purchase exotic caches

[ivory anvil]

Ah

Actually I havent spent any. Where do I buy?

[worldly fjord]

There's a laptop near the helipad

[rugged stratus]

Right across from the chopper @ whitehouse. It's just a desk with computer

[worldly fjord]

Near the season vendor in white house

There's also a countdown laptop in new york's haven

[ivory anvil]

Okay ill take a gander next time Im in. Thanks.

[civic lily]

yet you can't access countdown from new york

[worldly fjord]

In the descent reward image they posted when the game came out, they mentioned rewards for level 31-40 players but you cant play descent from nyc either

Or im stupid and haven't found out how

[civic lily]

tbf who's playing descent before beating keener

[worldly fjord]

You can't even get a reconstructed cache before lvl 40 which is the whole point of the mode

[tribal hemlock]

@wispy merlin 1hr clear time for capitol 😅 do you have any tips for the first area? i was shield peeking but it took forever b/c i couldn't find any good cover without staying too far back

[civic lily]

memento backpack and blue cores and go to the front

fuck that red build mentality for capitol

[wispy merlin]

as thompson said, you need to rush

[tribal hemlock]

i knew it

well at least it's only the beginning

can just grind it out

[wispy merlin]

rush right side and stay there, kill elite, kill 3 more dudes then look at right door, kill everyone in door, kill everyone else, fin

you can try with some blue crit HF build just to get through it and get comfortable, but ideally you want HHF

also how did you do boss stage?

[upbeat cairn]

anybody know whats going on with my friends chat, settings menu looks like this too

[tribal hemlock]

i just stayed in the beginning area and let them all come to me

[wispy merlin]

that's also going to take much longer as well

[tribal hemlock]

the boss rushed in at the very beginning

then a little after midway i just rushed around and mopped up. yea it took longer than it seems it should.

just checked, took exactly 5 min

[wispy merlin]

you can open door and run right side to the trucks. they'll see you while you're running so you have to decoy while running under the bridge

hiding behind the trucks are the fastest solo strat atm

[tribal hemlock]

makes total sense. in groups i tend to rush right and destroy the boxes while everyone camps in the tent

but usually when i do that i run a lot of blues. i'll practice doing it with my dps build... sounds very doable

the nice thing about these runs is i'm filling up on max roll mods lol

[wispy merlin]

you can take a look at youtube for good solo runs

[tribal hemlock]

will do

[wispy merlin]

look at ones with competitive times, they'll mostly be hiding behind right side trucks

[stray bluff]

How rare are exotic drops? i ran like 20 countdowns on heroic is it it that rare?

[wispy merlin]

countdown itself doesn't drop many exotics, but it gives you currency to buy exotic caches

the requisition station is near the helipad in white house

[stray bluff]

Ahh i see thank you,
Also can i zoom out a bit more feels like my character is so up close XD sometimes a bit annoying

[stray bluff]

What should i do if i wanna go for exotics?

[wispy merlin]

target loot the category of exotics you want and just grind away in countdown tbh

[rugged stratus]

It really depends on what you're targeting. What's your current target?

[stray bluff]

ouboros? the smg exotic i think

[rugged stratus]

If you're looking to grind components weapons like ar/smg/marksman a smaller exo/all ratio.
Marksman for example is 4exo/28ish total.
Bags are 3exo/60ish total.
Oreo wont drop anywhere but the incursion

[stray bluff]

and MPX? is that legendary?

[rugged stratus]

No. Most items can drop in countdown.
Raid exo, incursion exo, and dz exclusive named wont drop anywhere but their specific areas

Also some project exo wont drop until project complete

[stray bluff]

what do oyu mean with this exactly?

[rugged stratus]

Some exotics have a project associated. Like nemesis sniper, ridgeways pride chest, dodge city holster, chatterbox smg, capacitor ar, or liberty pistol to name a few

Once complete those are added to target loot

[stray bluff]

how do i know which one i do for lets say a smg? can i see that ingame ?

[rugged stratus]

Usually just google a walkthrough for the steps. There are many guides for basically everything

[tribal hemlock]

Anyone having issues lately with foam just not registering? It happens to me in various random situations like this.

It only hit the one dude but not the mob. Is it b/c they're on the other side of the door or something?

[civic lily]

the closest dude to the door was a warhound

use banshee pulse instead

[brazen quiver]

quicm questuion. i know that Ouroboros is from incursion anbd the % drop chances. Does it drop from any difficulty?

[nimble spruce]

incursion doesn't have different difficulty levels

[tribal hemlock]

legendary incursion when

wright with 900 million hp

[civic lily]

white cleaner faction

[wispy merlin]

dudes behind doors don't get foamed without creeping death

[tribal hemlock]

welp, ty.

[brazen quiver]

i saw that it says normal, so i figured drop chance restrected

[iron ibex]

What does "Field research" available mean?

[civic lily]

start the gunner challenges

[iron ibex]

Where do I find those?

[tribal hemlock]

Press G I think. It'll say something like "View field research" on the bottom right with Gunner selected like it is in your picture.

[iron ibex]

Ah, it's greyed out.

[iron ibex]

So what do i do with it both saying "available press G to get started" and it also being grayed out?

[cobalt stratus]

There are research tasks for all specializations. The gunner ones are all I’ve done, but they aren’t too hard to get done.

[iron ibex]

Again. Can't press the button. It's greyed out.

[nimble spruce]

raids have two difficulties: Discovery (easier, but no special rewards) and Normal, incursion just has Normal - it's not like Normal difficulty elsewhere in the game.

[nimble spruce]

many of the tasks can only be completed in DC, so if you're still working through the WONY storyline that might be why

[iron ibex]

Ah thanks.

Ah man, you need to be 40 for the Castle clinton mission? What do I do for 2 more levels? :D

[thorn hedge]

no you dont

[iron ibex]

Well, to matchmake.

[thorn hedge]

its a side mission

[iron ibex]

?

Is it?

[thorn hedge]

thats liberty island not castle clinton lol

[iron ibex]

I mistyped. Whoops.

[thorn hedge]

lol happens to all of us

[iron ibex]

Still: What do I do for 2 more levels?

[thorn hedge]

control points and the other two side missions

[ripe pendant]

my friends boosted there chars but cannot find the 500gs gear that boost comes with upgrading to new york content how do they access that gear?

[thorn hedge]

Can you elaborate

[robust wave]

I'm going with "Open your stash and check the mail."

Anyone else?

So we're all done with that SHD charge stuff, right?

[rugged stratus]

If they are in ny their gear is random and lvl 31. No more gear score, old gear is trash now. Tell them to push to 40 and farm new gear once finished with keener*

[iron ibex]

So, I just defeated Aaron keener but I kinda had to change my build to do it. Question: Is there a way to stop him from taking over your skills?

[civic lily]

no

There's only like 3 instances in this game where you simply can't afk turret drone so

and this is one of them

[iron ibex]

Hmm. I wonder if the guy I was in a group with was cheating then. Because before he left, Aaron didn't take over anything.

[thorn hedge]

theres way more than 3

[civic lily]

are emp jammers that bad?

[thorn hedge]

theres a lot of them

every single hunter encounter

so thats already like 4 or 5 instances

[civic lily]

those are the one instance

[thorn hedge]

you cant group 7 different encounters as one encounter

[civic lily]

fine 14 more instances

[thorn hedge]

wdym

[civic lily]

deceit floor 100 countdown and every other hunter in open world

[thorn hedge]

OW hunters can be grouped since its the exact same encounter with no flavour

these are the areas you cant afk turret (making a list brb)

-Liberty Island
-Coney Amusement Park Manhunt
-Roosevelt Island Manhunt
-Anderson Manhunt
-Pentagon
-Viewpoint Museum
-OW hunters
-Countdown
-Summit F100
-Descent
-Both raids
-Incursion

[civic lily]

that part of the pentagon sux

[thorn hedge]

i found it funny cuz i was running skills the first time i ran the mission lol

[thorn hedge]

might have missed a few

OH I DID

[civic lily]

technically you can die on deceit and he doesn't spawn the second time

[thorn hedge]

coney ballpark manhunt

[civic lily]

he's replaced by rikers

[civic lily]

oh yeah

[thorn hedge]

there might be something else im not thinking up atm

maybe one of the classifieds idk

[civic lily]

which are set to story difficulty anyway

[thorn hedge]

no they scale with world dif now

[iron ibex]

Ok, I'm being stupid I think. I heard I can upgrade my level 30 exotic to a level 40, but how exactly do I do that?

[mellow trout]

Reconfigure it at the crafting bench

The rolls will change but it’ll be level 40

[iron ibex]

Do you mean recalibrate at the recalibration station? Because I see no Reconfigure at the crafting bench.

[thorn hedge]

its in the crafting menu for the weapons

so when you go to the weapons column and scroll to the bottom

you might need the blueprints to do that tho which can be picked up at Inaya

[iron ibex]

Aaah, Thanks!

I was looking at the SMG part.

Guess I can start my lvl 40 adventure with a chatterbox then, at least.

This is what it rolled, I guess the core attributes are good.

[inner tendon]

Chatterbox can't have its Attributes changed by rolling it, as it's an older Exotic.
so enjoy the smg!

[mellow trout]

Itll do you right until you move onto higher level content

[iron ibex]

Ah, Neat. Yeah it was I think very good at game launch.

Not super sure what I want to be doing at fresh 40 now.

[inner tendon]

Take a look at the spreadsheet, pick a build that looks like fun, and focus on making that.
also, make sure you do Control Points (CP) at Lvl 3/4 (either challenging or heroic) to get the blueprints you're missing.

it's best to farm CP's whilst an Event is on, since you can get 2 things done at once, 3 if you count some bonus xp from farming.

[iron ibex]

Hmm. Don't know if I can take on challengening yet. Probably get dumpstered.

[tribal hemlock]

Never hurts to try 🙂

[inner tendon]

There's really no reason to rush, just build yourself up to it.
before too long it will be your minimum difficulty.

[iron ibex]

If I did the checkpoints at 30, I will still have the blueprints, right? So I'll only have to do that for warlords? Or do I have to re-do all checkpoints in DC?

[inner tendon]

There's more blueprints available from the checkpoints then there are CP's in total.
So you will need to do them more than once to get everything.

[iron ibex]

Ah.

[inner tendon]

Luckily, you can reset CP's from the map and enemies will occasionally take them over too.

To see how many you still need to do to get everything, check your Crafting Table, on the right side it lists where an item can be found.

[worthy grotto]

Is there a way to grind the points for the specialists quicker?

I feel I've got it slow and grinding blueprints at control points is ineffective

[inner tendon]

Spec Points are rewarded through a number of activities, including some bounties, specific projects, and each time you level up your SHD.
Just check the rewards for something, if it has the icon there, it gives you some.

[worthy grotto]

Also I do really aggressive running and gunning, I tend to come up close, bang, and retreat, do you think the mini gunner can compliment that?

[inner tendon]

@worthy grotto Spec Weapons aren't really designed to be outright primaries, for running+gunning you're pretty much always going to want a shield of some sort. Usually Crusader, but sometimes Bulwark w/ a pistol.

[worthy grotto]

Since I'm solo often, I use either the healer hive or the healing Chem with assault turret or drone, ironically I use the sniper specialist with my play style

[inner tendon]

If you want to self heal, there are Gearsets that do it.
Hunters Fury is a great run+gun style, has self heals, shield based, etc.

[brisk raptor]

Hey ! do you know why my gear sets are blue and green for other people ?

[inner tendon]

Colour blind settings.

[brisk raptor]

lol thanks

[iron ibex]

Should I bother extracting stuff that's "meh" rolled, if I have nothing on it? Or just wait for a high / max roll and dismantle otherwise? Because I assume it's not super worth slapping a "half of max" crit chance on another weapon.

[wispy merlin]

wait for max roll

[iron ibex]

Alright, thought so.

Alright I need some sleep, tomorrow we'll find some way to get starting gear I guess.

[rain echo]

what side mission?

im so lost

am i missing something?

[thorn hedge]

are all your side missions complete

[left fern]

how do i turn off chat censors for language?

[thorn hedge]

its in the settings

[rain echo]

Yes

[thorn hedge]

Wacky

[rain echo]

I really don't want to restart

it was bugged

[robust crane]

Do the ironworks base materials drop from discovery difficulty?

[rain echo]

no

[faint iron]

Where can I get this fucking wicked headgear

[kind cove]

Year 1 pass

Its in the mask category meaning you don’t get to use glasses or see your characters hair

You can use gear masks with it but its okay

Its a very so so helmet

[faint iron]

Still need It

Any good ways of getting It

[kind cove]

.

Money

[faint iron]

Money they will get

I assume there are much more things In the year 1 pass

Like worth It things

[mellow trout]

Worth it if you like lore

8 new missions in new locations

Quite short though

But sweet

Also instantly unlocks all 3 year 1 specialisations and the premium track in the field research

[faint iron]

Neat

So a worth It buy

How costly

Nvm out of CD I'll look myself

[inner tendon]

The 8 new missions also work as fast-travel points, which is their main purpose beyond being minor lore dumps.

[lunar basin]

Is there supposed to be something received for levels after hitting 40? Im not done with the NY campaign yet, not sure if that points anything out

[inner tendon]

Once you finish the campaign you get a special item that I won't spoil, but it's basically an infinite levelling system.
however: your gear+guns will always be Lvl 40.

[mellow trout]

You get proficiency caches and apparel caches occasionally

[ivory anvil]

Speaking of levels, does anyone know how to get 2 levels quickly? Im on my second character doing warlords campain for material. I did all the main missions and side missions

[inner tendon]

Actitivies will get you levels pretty quickly.

that's about all you can do during WONY, outside of Projects.

[ivory anvil]

They only reward like 40k xp tho and I need like 630k each level. Guess ill start doing that then

[inner tendon]

It's a good habit to get into, to do some Activities on the way to the other stuff. Gets you to 40 by the time you hit the last "required" thing.

[ivory anvil]

Seems silly imo but whateva

[inner tendon]

The WONY campaign was designed very oddly in places, it must be said.
It's best done the first time incredibly slowly, subsequent runs of it are a hassle if your rhythm is off.

[ivory anvil]

Yeah the first time I ran through it I think I did the same thing I just did which was rushing through it. Im the type that does story missions first and then side missions.

[opaque socket]

Hi! I bought the game last weekend and just starting out, at what level should I proceed with the Warlords mission? It keeps prompting whenever I go to the base.

[inner tendon]

The WONY expansion instantly skips you to Lvl 31, so only do it once you are ready to go.
It bypasses all the previous story content before that.

[opaque socket]

Ahhh got it! I thought I had to do it since it keeps prompting 😄 Thank you!

[tribal hemlock]

creeping death you say?

i was struggling with that part and remembered your msg. just tossed the creeping bp i had on and went for it lol

now i need to farm/craft a hsd/handling one 😐

[iron ibex]

Btw as I just hit 40, is there something that's considered a "best order" for the shd levels skills? Since 1k levels probably takes a while I was wondering if I should do damage, crit chance, crit damage and then what? Or does it not really matter much?

[tribal hemlock]

chc, chd, wpn dmg

in that order

for blue i'd do armor then hazpro

for handling i'd do reload speed then ammo cap

and for skills probably skill dmg then haste

[iron ibex]

Thanks. I was probably gonna go haste over dmg first, It's the cooldown right? Getting to use the revive hive a bit sooner again is probably more impactful. But maybe I'll do damage first and go drone / turret.

Btw, I got told a lot to farm blueprints, can I ask why maxing out blueprints is so important? I thought the games main source of loot is target farming?

[tribal hemlock]

yea its really up to you for everything except chc/chd. the chc/chd thing give you a lot of flexibility for your early builds.

[iron ibex]

Thank you.

[tribal hemlock]

so this is a bit confusing... there are blueprints for gear crafting and you're right it's not used that often. but there are also blueprints for weapon mods. once you "craft" a mod you have it forever and can use it on any gun.

and those mods are really important

for example the 5.56 extended mag mod adds 20 rounds to 5.56 (most popular) ARs. pretty much everyone has that mod on their gun.

[iron ibex]

Aaaah. I do have a bunch of weapon mods from 30 I think?

[tribal hemlock]

other really important gun mods are the ones that add crit chance. those are huge because 3 of the mods on your gun will give you +15% chc together. combine that with your watch and that's 25% chc right there. almost half way to 60% cap and you haven't even touched gear mods/attributes yet.

[tribal hemlock]

there are a lot of mods

[iron ibex]

Mods stay separate from your inventory right? When I dismantle a weapon or donate it, all the mods are still "with me" I think? But yeah I'll get on it. Repeatedly farming CPs is probably gonna be a bit repetetive, but that's what podcasts are for.

[tribal hemlock]

correct. that part confused me initially.

[tribal hemlock]

i think there's a commendation for clearing every cp on the map. that one is worth doing since you get so much all at once. lots of mats, lots of field recon data, lots of xp, blueprints, the commendation, and learning the layout of all the CPs to make it easier to run later

if you can scrap together a chainkiller chest piece and a white death (marksman rifle) with determined talent that's great for control points. you can make a suboptimal build around that and it'll still destroy.

[iron ibex]

I wonder if I can still get that, as I for sure did that on level 30 once or twice.

[iron ibex]

Ah, my plan was to go for some turret / drone shenanigans like this: https://mxswat.github.io/mx-division-builds/#/MwTgtOAMbbP3RCYC4BM0rICzKf1bXLONEvC2FYAdgkoYKuGHqccpQEY7z3-UabNGK4ArPGAA2MDT6oBTFIs5jlHKishA Since Control Points are very static, which should make Turret a decent choice to clear them.

[tribal hemlock]

it's called the Control Point Takeover Merit and it's under the Service category of commendations

[tribal hemlock]

yep w/e works for you. turret/drone is good for clearing stuff out while watching videos or half paying attention

but it'll be a lot slower than shooting things

[iron ibex]

I'll check if I can still get it after I eat my cheap frozen pizza and report back. :D

[iron ibex]

Oh really? That bad? Hu. Well, the Idea so far is that's a very easy to put together build that doesn't require much min/maxing, which then hopefully transitions me into the meta all red pew pew build that requieres all that crit and whatnot.

Although I must say, I do miss the Division 1 more "wow style" builds that were more centered around a set bonus with specific buffs and debuffs and effects and such, instead of just more gun damage. :D

[tribal hemlock]

nah it's not terrible. noticeable slower, yes, but nothing ridiculous. just letting you know in case you care about clear times. you'll run into problems where enemies will be hiding in cover and either the turret can't reach them and/or you're waiting on a drone cooldown. stuff like that.

[tribal hemlock]

you can definitely get that. the game has a ton of build variety.

clear times aren't everything

mission took 5 minutes longer than it could have... big whoop. at least you had fun.

[iron ibex]

Sadly, while I enjoy going for more "out there" builds, my brain is very min/max orientated, and a strong meta usually overwrites that. :P

[lunar basin]

yo that cutscene THREW me for a loop. to avoid spoiling.

[tribal hemlock]

since you seem pretty experienced with mmo style builds, have a look at ikia's build collection for inspiration. everything in there is solid from my experience: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1LPnA18PDgGg_dEbNI1kZVTVIMGXNHQS_

really demonstrates how much build variety there actually is

[iron ibex]

Thanks will take a look.

[versed kelp]

I've seem that St Elmo's was from the previous seasons track. Can I still get it another way?

[rugged stratus]

Yeah it drops anywhere, target loot assault rifles

[versed kelp]

Oh thank you

[iron ibex]

If I switch a challenge in the summit will progress be lost?

[blazing timber]

Yeah if you are in middle of floor

[iron ibex]

Alright, thanks.

[edgy arch]

Not able to interact with Mel Arnold

[rugged stratus]

As long as it's not a time limit you should be good. I normally just activate the 3 caches challenge right before opening the cache then Switch to different ones rest of the time

[iron ibex]

Lel, went by a door and a suicide bomber spawned. 10/10 experience.

[iron ibex]

Btw, what's better for loot? Countdown or summit?

[sudden matrix]

Countdown by a mile.

You'll net 40-60 items on a successful 15 minute run with 5-10 items being named.

[stray bluff]

Is there a way to stop joining asia lobbies?

so annoying

[iron ibex]

Speaking of annoying: Filling the recalibration library is a LOT of clicking around, jesus.

[stray bluff]

TRUE OMG

ye thats a big yikes

[sudden matrix]

Once it's done it's done forever tho.

[iron ibex]

Yeah. Would be improved a lot tho if the green arrow only showed up if there are max rolls to extract. Or if max roll extraction had a seperate icon.

[sudden matrix]

Yeah tons of things could be improved and hopefully someone is taking note for the 3rd installment.

[stray bluff]

Or just a button to extract highest automatically from the junk u marked one click button to donate and it extracts itself

Also is it normal or okay to have like dmg mods on every piece of gear using hunter (smg) or should i like get health or armor on some pieces?

[mellow trout]

6 reds is almost universal in heroic content

[stray bluff]

ah but i feel so glass cannon haha

everything red

where is the vendor for countdown?

[mellow trout]

In the BoO outside by the helipad

[mellow trout]

The trick is killing everything before everything kills you

[versed kelp]

It's a small laptop

[stray bluff]

Ahh alright then i know im doing it right

[mellow trout]

Yep

[versed kelp]

I ran past it like 5 times before I noticed, there's text on the wall that say " Checkpoint Omerah"

[mellow trout]

If you're not already running a crusader shield and revive hive I'd suggest it codex

[stray bluff]

I got my first exotic chameleon maybe assault rifle built now XD

[mellow trout]

Now you can use it to farm for Elmo's and then ditch it completely

[stray bluff]

aaah but im doing an SMG built TwT i dont wanna swap my gear around and farm a assault rifle set XD

im using cold revelations as smg

with this

[mellow trout]

Can I see your build

[stray bluff]

do i just screenshot?

[sudden matrix]

Yeah we nerds we know what it all is at a glance

[mellow trout]

Crazy how we can recognise every little talent lol

[stray bluff]

So im doin 4P hunter. grupo gloves and sokol holster pic 2 is my smg 2nd is my shotgun

Alright i gave a bit more detailed description

[wispy merlin]

so pro

[stray bluff]

Its my 5th day playing (played td1)

but i think imma swap to this gun Banshee since higher rpm

I got like 50% crit chance so i think its nice

[mellow trout]

Ah gotta swap the backpack and chest for high ends or a memento or something

[stray bluff]

quick question can i swap out multiple? or only 1 per gun?

[sudden matrix]

You can only recalibrate one attribute. You cannot recalibrate exotics or the yellow talent/line item on named items either.

Just know recalibration, optimization, and reconfiguring are all different things and will confuse people if you mix them up.

[stray bluff]

And how do i put "perfect" talents on the gun? do i need to extract a gun with the PERFECT talent on it?

Ye ive been looking into it past few days just that in talents i see strained but not perfect strained

[mellow trout]

Perfect talents cannot be extracted

Same with gold attributes

(kard skill tier, white death headshot damage, forge shield health etc)

[stray bluff]

ill keep normal strained then on my banshee think its nice if im going high crit ^^

[iron ibex]

Btw, if I "miss" loot, it gets send to me, right?

[mellow trout]

Only if you get it from the season pass track I think

Anything that drops from the floor stays on the floor

[iron ibex]

Ah, so if I run around countdown, and don't see that something dropped for me, It's just gone?

[versed kelp]

Yes

[iron ibex]

That's a shame.

[versed kelp]

To be honest it's hard to miss things, and you have enough time to run round an objective zone to hover up loot

[iron ibex]

Yeah, as a new player there's just a lot happening at once with 7 other players and running around.

[versed kelp]

Oh yea I agree

It's not as hectic as it seems

[stray bluff]

Is it worth using ninjabike? if it gives me more armor and i lose no dps?

[mellow trout]

Ninjabike is a trap

Much better off using memento

[stray bluff]

alright 🙂

[civic lily]

in pve content no never

[stray bluff]

how do i unlock more attachments? some are red

[versed kelp]

For weapons?

You Need to craft them

[mystic palm]

do controll points and then u unlock the crafting recipe than craft it

[versed kelp]

Reminds me I should check what I'm missing and get them unlocked

[rugged stratus]

cp3+, some are tied to side missions iirc

[stray bluff]

what is cp3+?

[iron ibex]

Alright, after enemies take over my turret and drone, I guess I'll bite the bullet and and do the all red DPS build thingie.
So, best way to put this together: Play countdown with targeted Providence, then target grupo sombra, and then I guess for Fox's prayer, I set targeted loot to kneepads? And lastly Coyote's mask, can drop from jefferson right?

The google doc says to go down in order, But that'll have me get the Burn Out first, sure makes sense, but then farm the sidearm and weapon attachments before the actual gear?

[rugged stratus]

challenging control points and higher

[mellow trout]

Sidearm not needed

[rugged stratus]

an easier to farm (and stronger ) is the striker setup

[iron ibex]

Striker, hm?

Oh, shotgun build. Interesting.

[rugged stratus]

its more ar build, but use acs to build stacks. its highest single target damage dps set

[iron ibex]

Alright, let's get some strikers.

[versed kelp]

Yeah im going to farm it to night

[rugged stratus]

so close

[sudden matrix]

Don't remind me, I'm only like 10ish. I keep getting level 2-6 backup calls and they are always doing open world junk.

[iron ibex]

I guess for striker, I set target to striker, then I set target to shotgun to get that acs?

[rugged stratus]

those are the easiest

if running cd for the gear yeah. ideally if you get a lefty to drop itll pull double duty as a stack gun and a strong debuff with sledge hammer

[stray bluff]

struggling on heroic open world is normal when ur low shd?

[sudden matrix]

It's normal when you are still newer to the game really.

[mellow trout]

Just getting used to how hard they hit and their behavior

[sudden matrix]

Once you figure out how the AI works and know all the spawns it's a different game.

[blazing timber]

It gets quite a bit of playtime to get to know spawns

https://github.com/game-keeps-loading/Divison2-XP-101/tree/main

[blazing timber]

This guide has few spawns

[sudden matrix]

Is this what you've been doing with your time not spent on the game?

[blazing timber]

Kind of

[rugged stratus]

try out banshee pulse (gunner pulse) , ceska chest obliterate (useful in many builds) , grupo bag with wicked.
between the pulse and hf disorient wicked will stay procced all the time. youll see your damage get a lot higher and with ceska youll be pushing almost to cap chc with will be an over dps gain

[stray bluff]

So leveling shd in open world ? i should just do public executions or?

[rugged stratus]

this is before directives added

[sudden matrix]

Gottem

[rugged stratus]

oh you beat me

man im getting old, and slow

[sudden matrix]

lol it just shows how important it is.

[blazing timber]

I will make few improvementz

[blazing timber]

I have it on this guide

[stray bluff]

obliterate is a talent?

[rugged stratus]

yeah, crits increase total weapon damage up to 25%

[stray bluff]

ill just run alot of countdowns

whats the difference gear wise between countdown on heroic or challenging? more loot or better stats ?

[rugged stratus]

you want crit chance and damage as attributes

i do challenging tbh, its solid loot and none of the bs with low shd/ nonperfect build kicking

[blazing timber]

Yeah the one with fist icon

[rugged stratus]

tbh i think its all the same quality and quantity

[iron ibex]

Oh hey, I found a lefty. that can be used with the strikers, right?

[ivory anvil]

Honestly with how common Ive heard that low SHD kicking is, I'm surprised I haven't yet. Im only SHD 20 but I havent gotten kicked out yet

[stray bluff]

Should i target loot ceska for body armor or just body armors in general?

if i want ceska body

[rugged stratus]

brand, youll get other usable pieces for other builds down the road

[ivory anvil]

If you're looking for specific armor then get the brand associated

[fiery salmon]

Is it worth redoing the Story when being a returning player or do I use the skip,
Originally did Story when game came out.

[stray bluff]

awesome

[rugged stratus]

ceska and grupo both pretty universal

[sudden matrix]

I'd go to end game. If you've played any time at lvl 30 the story is going to feel bleh.

You can always make new characters and run it thru again tho.

[iron ibex]

So the Idea with strikers is: I build stacks with shotgun, and then switch to AR to kill stuff with stacks?

[rugged stratus]

yeah

[frank copper]

oh damn

ig ive been using Strikers completely wrong then lmfao

[rugged stratus]

a fast ar can build stacks decent. acs just hits with max 8 pellets/stacks per shot

[stray bluff]

what build is this guy running hes clearing the room in like 10 seconds nani

[rugged stratus]

is everything burning or is it dps

[stray bluff]

like sniper idk so accurate and his sniper bullets are big

[sudden matrix]

No wrong way tbh. It's just the faster you are at full stacks the better.

[rugged stratus]

probably determined hotshot

[stray bluff]

nothing burning just dps but damn

[rugged stratus]

determined lets you chain body shots so dont need to be too accurate

[stray bluff]

Is there a mod u can shoot through walls or like an exotic weapon?

[tribal hemlock]

no

[stray bluff]

ohhhh i think hes cheating

[mellow trout]

Welp

[tribal hemlock]

some walls can be shot through

even tho it looks like you cant

[stray bluff]

hes killing everything before we can even shoot in countdown XD

[tribal hemlock]

100% cheater

ive seen that

if you see it just leave the lobby

[stray bluff]

but 5k shd he has u think? or just good

[mellow trout]

That's a bit much even for an ouro

[tribal hemlock]

dont wanna be picking up gear from bs like that

[tribal hemlock]

if someone is killing everything before the team even enters the room and doing it through walls... that's cheating

[civic lily]

he's just an expert nemesis hh user that knows every wallbanging spot in this game

[rugged stratus]

look at this jerk, always 1 step ahead of me 🤣

[civic lily]

[sudden matrix]

Rekt

[tribal hemlock]

bro i alt tabbed back in and was like wait

[stray bluff]

ah boring i left

[tribal hemlock]

LOL he vanished

[mellow trout]

Huh

[civic lily]

what even is that outfit

You got the state farm fit

[iron ibex]

I have this mask with 20% headshot damage, but I can't extract it for some reason? What's going on here?

[tribal hemlock]

#td2-build-advice message

[rugged stratus]

all my backup calls are coming in blue !

[civic lily]

me when new york

[rugged stratus]

need to thin out my friends list

[rugged stratus]

gold writing means no extract. same with talents

[iron ibex]

Ah.

[tribal hemlock]

Named items (Punch Drunk in this case) can have special attributes that are above w/e the max is for that attribute. Normally HSD is max 10% but that one gets 20%. That's why you can't extract it.

[civic lily]

If only I could extract deathgrip's 10% aok attribute

[rugged stratus]

damn, everlasting gaze at cd vendor. dz exclusive iirc. solid contractors as well

[iron ibex]

Got it.

[civic lily]

Yaahl is in clan vendor

[blazing timber]

@thorn hedge please allow named attribute to be extracted in the next update

[civic lily]

balling

[rugged stratus]

i maxed out last time it came through

[civic lily]

I don't have that kind of shd👴

[rugged stratus]

only 6mil, hit up them bounties

[stray bluff]

Do i have to select target loot after every countdown run or only when i wanna change what i farm?

[blazing timber]

600SHD

[rugged stratus]

just for changes

[civic lily]

I have 640 scavenging points on another character maybe this is it

[wispy merlin]

what'd yaahl got there?

[civic lily]

I wish I could craft yaahl gloves

[rugged stratus]

last time it was mask or knee and was cheaper

[civic lily]

but crit dmg and chance mask and holster will have to do

[iron ibex]

Ouroboros drops from the raids? And St. Elmo's Engine used to be a season pass premium weapon, but now it can just drop? So to get that should I just set target to assault rifle?

[mellow trout]

Yes for elmo

Ouro drops exclusively from the incursion

[iron ibex]

That's the raid, no?

[brisk raptor]

anyone knows why i cant change the mission difficulty ?

[mellow trout]

The raids refer to operations iron horse and dark hours

[civic lily]

you have to complete mission on story to change difficulty from the mission menu

But u can just change the open world difficulty and walk in and it should let you play on a higher difficulty beforethen

you'll just have to do that everytime

[brisk raptor]

it tells me : Current mode : replay mission, but still can't change difficulty ? so i have to do it twice if i want to do it in heroic for exemple ?

[civic lily]

change open world difficulty

[brisk raptor]

i'm in heroic

[civic lily]

then walk in

[brisk raptor]

ok it worked, weird x)

ty

[gloomy crag]

is cavalier good for anything

[sudden matrix]

2 pc can get you into haz pro pretty easy. Otherwise it's really meh.

[gloomy crag]

Yeah ima use it with ninja bike for that just wondered since not played sicne it came out looking for something new to run in pvp

what about exuro

[sudden matrix]

Poor mans EP in a meme turret imo

[versed kelp]

Yeah Exuro seemed not great, just gimmicky

[robust wave]

Am I missing a trick or is there no way to get better mods and attachments except random drops and (occasionally) at stores?

[sudden matrix]

Big farming and more farming. Mods matter but that last tiny % isn't such a big deal.

[stray bluff]

how do i join a request for backup if my clan member did a call for backup?

[sudden matrix]

map>shd tab>hold button while hovering over their icon.

Just an fyi friends and clan do not give anything towards your shepherd rank.

[civic lily]

best way for max mods imo is legendary summit with 4+ directives but it's still really difficult

[nimble spruce]

You could also manually join them through the clan menu if their group isn't private

[stray bluff]

thank you

[civic lily]

all these max crit dmg skill duration burn resist and headshot mods but no pfe

[nimble spruce]

I've found two max pfe in my 7k+ shd levels, they're pretty rare (haven't actively farmed for them though)

[robust wave]

@sudden matrix @civic lily Okay, thanks. A bit frustrating, but I guess not terrible.

[sudden matrix]

I'm at one 13% PFE. TONS of other max mods tho.

[civic lily]

yeah I hate that

[nimble spruce]

I tell a lie, I did find a third max pfe mod on my hc character - however I was still in the world tiers at the time so the roll was about 2%

[sudden matrix]

I love all the extra mods. Makes gear hotswaps so gud.

[civic lily]

2% pfe?

[sudden matrix]

Wanna put an obliterate chest on my HE build vs using PGC? Just go swap the chest cause it's got an extra CHD mod already slotted in cause it lives there.

Speaking of perfect PFE mods you guys might like this.

[civic lily]

wtf man

[thorn hedge]

What

[blazing timber]

@thorn hedge what about this

[thorn hedge]

That defeats the whole point of named items

[supple bane]

@plucky hawk watching your floor 100 oxi strat how do you insta cancel your artificier hive while its right next to you. When i cancel my skills it takes about 1-2 seconds and that can only be done when im not roght next to them

[plucky hawk]

if you go to keybindings theres an option for instant use and aim skill use buttons. By default aim skill are your typical keybindings, but if you assgin bindings to both, then press both the instant and aim keys at the same time, you'll get an insta-break skills

its only on keyboard though, as far as I know you cant do it with a controller since it only has the aim skill option

[supple bane]

Interesting

[supple bane]

Can it be the same button or 2 diff?

[plucky hawk]

you assign them to two different keys

[sudden matrix]

Having insta use bound is still super good just by itself. Sticky bomb is always so gud with it and destroying any skill is so nice with two presses vs the long press.

[tribal hemlock]

waaaaait. so i can use it to insta shoot emp sticky?

sometimes i mess it up and triple tap

[sudden matrix]

Yeah it's so good. And it's hit scan so it'll hit whatever you shoot at at button press regardless of animation or where you are looking

[iron ibex]

Is there anything supposed to be here?

[sudden matrix]

Game bug. It happens sometimes.

[civic lily]

clanless

[iron ibex]

Ye, got no clan.

[thorn hedge]

happens all the time (thats countdown)

[sudden matrix]

Oh yeah if CD it happens all the time but less so with missions.

[rugged stratus]

missed every shot

[stray bluff]

Is there a build that uses chameleon?

[inner tendon]

A Hunters Fury setup is a fairly decent way to run it, but it's still a Chameleon at the end of the day.
the main reason for that Gearset in particular is that you're already at a low range, which it needs.

[fallow inlet]

Hey Local, Raucey

[stray bluff]

chameleon good?

Also is it either a talent or an attirbute i can change or 1 attribute and 1 talent?

and does it remove the talent i put on it so i have to extract a new one of that talent again?

[foggy needle]

you can change 1 talent or 1 attribute on an item

[stray bluff]

The talent i transfer to a piece of gear i can only transfer once? so meaning if i transfer killer on an item i need to extract another "killer" from a piece of gear in order to put it on a other item again?

its not that when i extract i unlock it permanently?

[foggy needle]

and you can put what ever you want in that chosen slot, as long as the talent or stat are in your Recal library

once the stat or talent are in our library, its permanently there.

[rugged stratus]

Good afternoon Saph

[civic lily]

nonononoonnonononononononnnoonnononnonoononon

that sounds horrible

[stray bluff]

Should i use striker set with bullet king lmg? or what would be the best to go for?

[rugged stratus]

For striker? Farm out an elmo/famas/carbine7/police m4.
Strained or fast hands on the highends.
All are solid and offer consistent damage

[stray bluff]

What if i wanna use the bulletking lmg striker still good to go for?

[wispy merlin]

striker is best for it, it's just that bullet king is the bottleneck here

[stray bluff]

Ahh alright then ill use chameleon instead 🙂

thank you

[wispy merlin]

neither are really good... but it's your preference. localdeck listed the best weapons to use with it above

[terse cairn]

Can DZ exclusive named items be dropped in incursion ?

[civic lily]

yes

[stray bluff]

Wait im missing out what gearset he meant

[wispy merlin]

striker's battlegear

he meant the weapons

bullet king and chameleon are really lackluster compared to elmo/famas/m4/c7

[ivory anvil]

^

[stray bluff]

how do i add a 2nd gear mod in here? i already extracted so much for masks

[foggy needle]

you cannot add gear mod slots to an item. that greyed out cog is just telling you , you have no mod inserted into that item atm.

[rugged stratus]

Gearsets (green) only come with 1 attribute.
High end (yellow) will have 2 attributes.

If you're not sure how to fill mod slots
goto inventory > highlight item > press f to mod.

This is how you change the look and color of an item as well.

[kind cove]

Does incoming repairs only work on yourself and not teammates?

[mellow trout]

Other teammates would be repair skills

[kind cove]

Damn

All this time I thought incoming repairs worked on teammates too

[rugged stratus]

the name of the attribute kinda spells it out

[kind cove]

I mean it could refer to healing in general

[rugged stratus]

incoming

any attribute regardless only affects yourself anyways. even repair skills is just improving your own repair skills

[wispy merlin]

yeah the fact that incoming repairs only affects incoming repairs from skills makes it even more frustrating to new people

[blazing timber]

At least it is sharable with Allies too as an end result unlike incoming repair

[stray bluff]

Does a replica police m4 outperform chameleon? i got like 7 ish K more dmg but i lose 60 rpm and 10 rounds.

[wispy merlin]

yes, because the chameleon isn't that strong without its buffs active. we already explained earlier

[stray bluff]

aaahh okay

[wispy merlin]

example clear for stage 1

[tribal hemlock]

binoculars

[tribal hemlock]

thank you!

[wispy merlin]

rushing helps you skip chungas and dogs too, massively speeding it up

[blazing timber]

You can use d50 determined if you are planning to solo

[wispy merlin]

let him learn with regulus

[blazing timber]

Ok Sir Binoculars

Just make sure you don't have potato PC I am rushed by invisible NPCs sometimes

[wispy merlin]

nemesis also had invisible NPCs 💀 sometimes we had perfect runs and they're screwed because the helicopter decided to throw us the hidden faction NPCs

so he died leaving me behind

[craggy dawn]

Anyone know if they ever plan on fixing all the gear appearance mod glitches? It’s been happening for months now and it’s lowkey annoying

[blazing timber]

You have a pretty high end PC tbh do you get invisible npc from time to time ?

[wispy merlin]

i haven't gotten them for a year now

[blazing timber]

Look like a low end pc problem or optimization issues(High chances)

[wispy merlin]

yeah high end pc solved the issue for me tbh. back when i had to use my laptop i struggled a lot

[verbal topaz]

Smh

[wispy merlin]

hello good sir

[robust wave]

If I up the difficulty on the map, does that up the difficulty on off map locations as well? Like the Pentagon and the Zoo and what not.

[blazing timber]

Hello chameleon sir

[mellow trout]

Pretty sure yeah

[blazing timber]

I can understand 🥲 better than not having a laptop though 🥲🥲 #SPS

[robust wave]

Thank you.

[sudden matrix]

The off-site missions are like any other and you can change the difficulty at the start but should default to your world difficulty.

[lunar basin]

is there a lfg for countdown? wanting to try it but haven't done it yet.

[inner tendon]

#lfg-pc Is used for it.

or just matchmake ingame, Challenging/Heroic should take you about 30 seconds to get a team.

[lunar basin]

oh okay. Yeah, unfortunately i'm probably not up to the challenging level yet, was in 3 matchmade lobbies only to get kicked about 10 seconds later. so i'll try the lfg i think. Thanks !

[cosmic basin]

where do i ask for buff icon identification

[mellow trout]

Just post here

[cosmic basin]

what are the two between striker buff & coyote mask buff

[mellow trout]

Specialization team buffs I think

[cosmic basin]

i stopped playing div 2 for a year and the only thing i remember is do summit for targetted loot but a friend reccomended me to do CDs it has been awesome for me

[cosmic basin]

okay! ill keep that in mind thanks mate

[civic lily]

shield is survivalist the other one looks like demolistionist

[nimble spruce]

Are you running a turret drone type build? Skills will get hacked and turned against you by some of the enemies in countdown. Otherwise you shouldn't expect too many kicks in challenging difficulty.

It's easy enough generally that a couple of strong players can carry the team

[lunar basin]

yeah i haven't even made a particular build yet. just running what works. drone and revive hive atm, but looking to change everything up soon enough if i find what i want.

[nimble spruce]

Put some red core gear on and swap skills to something like revive hive and shield, then you probably won't get kicked any more

[lunar basin]

It's been so long since i've played, i'm practically a new player. by red core you mean just have weapon damage? or do you mean the red attributes

if i remember correctly, some things benefit off of how many particular attributes you have, but i'm not entirely sure.

[nimble spruce]

Yeah just weapon damage instead of skill tiers or armour, just to stop people kicking you in countdown

Once you're in you can farm up a proper build quickly, there's a spreadsheet linked in the pinned messages in #td2-build-advice with a bunch of strong builds

Strikers is the flavour of the season

[lunar basin]

oh gotcha, I appreciate it. yeah just joined a call for back up n was talking with those guys, and probably gonna stay away from countdown for awhile anyway, but i'll keep it in mind when I decide to try for it again. havent started a build yet, but hoping to get something simple but effective soon.

on a different subject, what is hazard protection particularly meant for?

hoping its not as simple as i think it could be, but figured someone would obviously know more than i do

[nimble spruce]

It reduces the time you are affected by status effects, fire blind bleed etc

Mostly only used in pvp and certain raid roles

[lunar basin]

ohhh okay, thank you

[cosmic basin]

What does both of them do? When it pops up my crits went from 600k to 2 million

[civic lily]

That was probably a counter measure that did that

the close range one is busted

not spec bonuses

[cosmic basin]

Countermeasures? The one you activate on hunter spawn points?

[mellow trout]

You can hit for stupid amounts with close range counter measure

[civic lily]

yes

[cosmic basin]

Oh ok i was wondering why my crits were doing 2 mil

[cosmic basin]

Are these Gearset buffs (next to St. Elmo exotic perk icon) if so, which gearset?

[civic lily]

umbra

[cosmic basin]

Both?

[civic lily]

yes

[cosmic basin]

Umbra has 2 buffs?

[civic lily]

the second one is stacks that get consumed for armor regen

they get consumed when you hit cover

[cosmic basin]

Oh wow im definitely checking umbra later

[pulsar hawk]

anyone know how i can farm blueprints?

i need my extendo mags lol

[timber ore]

does anyone happen to know what holster this is ?

[stray bluff]

how do i start countdown when im group leader?

and in like a settlement

[blazing timber]

Go to social than the group screen and press f

[frozen hare]

What is Kenly College? I’m blindly flying in

[blazing timber]

It's a gamemode I havent played in like 1500hrs in game time

[mellow trout]

Boring ass set of encounters at the end of which you get a diamondback

Hate it

[blazing timber]

Which is not worth the effort

[mellow trout]

Not at all

[blazing timber]

Cause you can get it from targetted loot

[frozen hare]

Well I’ve never done it before so I might as well experience it for the first time :)

[mellow trout]

The novelty wears off super fast in kenly

[willow cobalt]

can someone boost me xp iam lvl 15 or just give me tips

please

[mellow trout]

Play the game

Do side missions if you can't manage main ones

[frozen hare]

I’ve picked up a copper comms in the kenly place but I can’t seem to find them in the comms tab?

[mellow trout]

Don't worry about gear

[mellow trout]

Should be under kenly college tab

[frozen hare]

I’m looking but I don’t see one

[mellow trout]

Was it one of the echos

[frozen hare]

No it was an actual like comm thing

I don’t see a kenly college tab tho

Ohhhhh

[mellow trout]

It should defo be there

[frozen hare]

It’s in Field Data, that’s so weird

[mellow trout]

Ah I see

Same boat as the year one stuff

[frozen hare]

This shit boringgggggg

[mellow trout]

See

[frozen hare]

I’ve done the library, never getting that time back. Bruh that was so stagnant and shit

I may be tripping but is it snowing in DC???

[stray bluff]

does armor on kill work if my turrets or drone kill someone?

[tribal hemlock]

yes but AoK mods are generally not worth running

because they only provide a fixed amount of armor vs a %

[rugged stratus]

% > # for aok and regen

[tribal hemlock]

so like imagine you have 800k armor (which is very low already) and you only get 16k from a kill

you would need 50 kills to get back to full armor

and it gets much worse the more armor you have

[rugged stratus]

to answer the question, any kill afaik will trigger it (also when your shock traps get triggered it procs aok)
just use gunner tho, over mods. youll get an easy 10%aok

i do the same as youre thinking, btw

[civic lily]

what r those blue mods?

[wispy merlin]

blind/deaf resistance

/j

[civic lily]

👴

[wispy merlin]

fall damage reduction OP yo

[ivory anvil]

So how big of a difference does SHD make? Like Im shd 27 but Im just curious how significant it is from low level to like 1000.

[sudden matrix]

It's like 1.3 red cores and 3.5 red attributes or something like that if you wanna put it into perspective.

ehh maybe more like over 4 red attributes now that I think of it.

[civic lily]

-10% crit chance kinda sucks that's all

[fallow inlet]

HAPPY DAY OFF😆 👋

[ivory anvil]

Can you dumb that down for me? What are cores referring to?

[sudden matrix]

A core is 1 of 3 colors and is either weapon damage, armor, or a skill tier. An attribute has the same color scheme but too many things to list off so the red ones that matter and are shared in the watch are CHC, CHD, and HSD. The amount the watch gives you could be quantified as cores and attributes so that's what I'm referring to.

[ivory anvil]

Ohhhh okay

[sudden matrix]

It matters but it's nothing compared to player skill and a proper build.

[ivory anvil]

Good to know. I didnt know if it would affect a good build in a big way or not.

[rugged stratus]

pfe

[civic lily]

pfe with glass cannon🧠

[sudden matrix]

I mean other mods don't do much.

[rugged stratus]

Nothing else to put there

Haste, crit 🤔
Dont need

[wispy merlin]

but local, you reduce fall damage with blind/deaf res

it's unavoidable damage too. surely it would be best in slot

[thorn hedge]

no FP/CG?

nvm

[stray bluff]

Are black tusk bounty's worth doing?

[thorn hedge]

worth doing for what

[stray bluff]

idk in general worth doing them?

[thorn hedge]

depends what youre trying to do

[stray bluff]

Does it help towards anything like unlocks?

im just doign open world to level im doing public executions solo and control points

[thorn hedge]

i mean it does help a bit with levelling i guess

[stray bluff]

but other than that no reason to do them?

[civic lily]

credits and xp and named enemies drop items

aswell as tactical assesment

[misty harbor]

agents i have a question i have noticed my "base of operations" is different then some of other agents i have joined with interior fixed looking with blue lights and at the front the body is also removed i dont think i have missed any side or main missions but mid base map i moved to NYC dlc so now i have no clue why the base is still with old look is there way or anything i can do to upgrade

[thorn hedge]

if you do the stovepipe manhunt then you should get it to where most people have it

[iron ibex]

Weapon attributes apply to your character and are active when you use a different weapon, right? But weapon talents only count for the weapon you are currrently holding?

[misty harbor]

finished them twice

[stray bluff]

can someone explain me what descent gives? is it good for exp and loot? or stay in open world for exp?

[thorn hedge]

exclusive comms and blueprints

[stray bluff]

ohhhh

sick ill do that, never done it

[thorn hedge]

the blueprints have a 50% drop chance from nemesis (~30-50m per run)

comms you can only get one per week for a total of fifty-two comms

[wispy merlin]

weapon attributes also only apply when you hold them

but there are some weapon talents that specifically specify whether they will work with swapping (some are even designed for this like finisher which procs on swap or sledgehammer which casts a debuff that stays on the enemy after swapping away)

[strange thunder]

hello im a returning player idk anything anymore looking to join back to the div 2 anybody wanna help me out? dm me

[iron ibex]

Ah, thanks.

Jesus christ. I don't think starting legendary capitol was worth it for a chest. :D

[thorn hedge]

wdym

[iron ibex]

In the time it takes to just enter the building I could have gotten an exotic cage from countdown. :D

[misty harbor]

anyone else any ideas?

[wispy merlin]

legendary is really hard for newcomers, unless you got a good group who can guide you through

[civic lily]

carry*

[wispy merlin]

or you can duo and get carried. that's what i do