ask-td2-community

[wispy merlin]

AK carries me through zoo every day

[tribal hemlock]

Legendary isn't really worth it for the rewards. It's more for the challenge. There comes a point where heroic difficulty feels like easy mode. That being said it's one of the best places to get max roll mods... but that's about it as far as farming goes.

[iron ibex]

We just finished. Got hard carried by a healer. Don't think we've made it otherwise.

[tribal hemlock]

I bet you guys went in the tent 😄

[sudden matrix]

I'm a starter bridge guy most the time.

[tribal hemlock]

My route is decoy under bridge, hide from aggro, shoot med boxes counter clockwise, kill boss, and then help with the ads.

[thorn hedge]

i have an idea for harder content

[wispy merlin]

hmmmmmm

[iron ibex]

The one on the left at the end? We did indeeeed. I'm just happy I wasn't totally useless in the end.

[tribal hemlock]

Yo you pulled your weight. I don't see a carry there 🙂

[thorn hedge]

you need to work on your accuracy

[iron ibex]

I'm a pacifist, I shoot to intimidate, not injure.

[thorn hedge]

lol

"and they accidentally run into my shots, its their fault not mine"

[iron ibex]

But if that end screen had healing, that really is what got us trough.

[thorn hedge]

lol

[tribal hemlock]

Yea almost all public groups go to the tent at the end and the healer is essential for that.

[sudden matrix]

It's a W where you were top damage and almost top frags. Das gud man.

[iron ibex]

Honestly: Barely know how I would have done it without. There are so many situations where you just sit in cover, eat a stray shot, and you're almost dead.

[wispy merlin]

chads hang by the trucks on the right

[thorn hedge]

chads clip through the wall

[iron ibex]

Thanks. I do try. :D

As a reward I got a Mantis rifle.

[sudden matrix]

Sick exo comp.

[tribal hemlock]

Yea there's where I go after dealing with the boss. Rest of the team is at tents and we can hit em from two sides. I could just skip the med boxes but I do it just in case I go down.

[tribal hemlock]

you shut up right now

[sudden matrix]

lol

[wispy merlin]

good piece for my stash build

i'm just messing with you

[tribal hemlock]

@inner tendon you gonna let this man speak such obscenities?

[civic lily]

telescopes

[wispy merlin]

man-tis?

[tribal hemlock]

i wish you could put that camo on other guns :[

the ghillie wrap or whatever

[iron ibex]

Also: I think that was the first time where I noticed my gunner Ammo replenish talent.

So what's this "Collectibles" reward?

[frank copper]

Descent comms

[iron ibex]

Are they good for anything?

[frank copper]

Only if you're into lore I think

[stray bluff]

Whats best place to farm test subject AR?

[iron ibex]

Alright. So, I'm trying to understand a few things:
"Reconfiguration" is completely re-rolling an exotic, right? Could be better, could be worse when it comes out. So probably the best is to get the exotic twice, and then re-roll the other one right?
But then there's also Optimization. Optimization is tied to your expertise rank, correct? The more expertise you have in an item, (either trough upgrading or having the item equipped while playing) the more times you can "optimize it"?
And optimization itself, can increase an attribute, up to it's possible max roll, so if optimize crit hit damage on this Coyote's mask once, I'll have a perfect coyote mask, and that slot is "done", and getting more Expertise won't matter for this Exotic?

Did I get everything right / anything wrong?

[stray bluff]

im trying to buy the pass and i receive this error (i have funds on steam)

[iron ibex]

Semi related: How far are you already in the pass? Because I do believe the season is almost over, and if you haven't played a bunch before buying it now, this might be a bit of a blessing and you could keep the funds for the next season.

[wispy merlin]

optimization and expertise are 2 separate things. completely separate. optimization is as you said, maxing out an item, while expertise is increasing a stat based on which type of item it is

[stray bluff]

11 weeks left i saw im on lv 54

[wispy merlin]

expertise's bonus stat is weapon damage for a gun, armor for a gear piece (which is terrible, do not do gear expertise) and for skills, it depends on which skill it is

[iron ibex]

Oh my bad then! I somehow got it in my head that I saw somewhere that it's one more week. I'm fully mistaken then, very sorry.

[wispy merlin]

there are farming builds you can get that work on heroic 5 directives if you want to farm levels

i never bought levels from the pass except the premium track if i like the cosmetics

[iron ibex]

Oh, Do you need to reach rank 10 first, before you can upgrade the stat?

[stray bluff]

Oh man shoot me some! i wanna try

[rugged stratus]

Yes. Items need to be proficient to take upgrades

[iron ibex]

Ah, I was confused because on the item it doesn't even have a greyed out upgrade button.

[wispy merlin]

sniper builds (can cheese with determined) and pistol HH (guide specifies regulus but can also use d50 with determined)

[rugged stratus]

If you go gunner on a 4pc hotshot build you will pretty much always have ammo even on pistolero

[iron ibex]

Nice, so then I now have a "Fully researched" Coyote's Mask, which I guess is this games term for "perfect". And to gain "expertise" in it, besides wearing it, I guess I would need to find more coyote masks and trash them into this one in the Expertise screen?

[rugged stratus]

You can donate other materials like protective fabric and receiver components

[wispy merlin]

you don't have to, really don't donate away exotics because exo components are far more important. you can use them or donate other mats to increase proficiency too

[rugged stratus]

Something like coyote tho will get a lot of use. You'll be surprised how fast itll proficient if using it often

[iron ibex]

Well, I did a bit of a misclick and it is proficient now. Whoops. :D

[rugged stratus]

Donated all huh 😅

[iron ibex]

Yeeeee.

[rugged stratus]

Pretty sure we all been there

[iron ibex]

Didn't mean too, it happened. At least I didn't trash any items. :D

But I see now if I gain mats again I can increase it's armor by 1%. So I guess it's minor upgrades for endgame.

Btw, do exotic always have the same attributes?

[wispy merlin]

don't do armor expertise

[wispy merlin]

for a specific exotic, yes, besides some of the newer exotic guns that have random attributes

[iron ibex]

How can I change what is upgraded?

[wispy merlin]

you can't

i mean don't upgrade expertise on armor pieces (like coyote as you just said)

[iron ibex]

So basically with the Coyote's mask the advice is then just: "Don't upgrade the mask"?

Ah. Ok.

[wispy merlin]

on any armor piece, expertise increases the piece's base armor which is pitifully low

[rugged stratus]

Upgrades are seperate. You'll still make everything proficient as this will increase the number of upgrades you can put on an item

[iron ibex]

I have 660k armor currently, and it seems to mostly there to give me a chance to panic roll instead of being one-shot.

[tribal hemlock]

mega scuffed but I did it lol. Gonna keep practicing.

@wispy merlin ^

[rugged stratus]

I would even not upgrade a weapon unless its rolled with the right stats and talent is able to be swapped around

[wispy merlin]

it's never going to be a significant upgrade considering how much damage they deal regardless

[rugged stratus]

And a few choice exotic weapons

[wispy merlin]

to put into perspective, expertise 24 on all 6 gear pieces would be roughly equal to 1 armor core. it's not worth it considering how many exo components you have to use

[iron ibex]

Yeah that's kinda what I meant, Even at full 660k armor (granted, it's an all red dakka build but still), when anything grazes me, it's just gone. So even if I doubled or trippled my armour, it seems like that would mostly allow enemies to graze me one extra time at best. :D

[civic lily]

pvp is the only time you might consider that stupid armor expertise

[rugged stratus]

All gear max upgrades are probably about 1 blue core... and that would cost 810 exo components for just the 6 items to max out

[iron ibex]

But I guess that answer the question of: "Should I farm more strikes to donate into the system" with: "Nope"

[rugged stratus]

930 after next season

[wispy merlin]

when you run up, keep your character looking at the right side door if you want the elite to come out from there

[rugged stratus]

Donations will increase overall expertise, which determines the amount of upgrades you can put on your weapons. So you'll ideally want to make all gear proficient, but not put upgrades on them after

Gear and brand sets are 100 donated pieces each set ( any mix of the 6 types)

[wispy merlin]

but congrats on the success, you'll get it down eventually

[iron ibex]

Should I donate all my items then, instead of trashing them?

[robust wave]

You know how when you do a loadout the game assigns a name to it which you then change if you want a custom one? IS there a list of those auto-assigned names and what they mean? Along with the symbols that each loadout gets?

[tribal hemlock]

It's a tradeoff and up to you really. Remember that expertise is a late stage endgame type thing - you're gonna be doing it for literal years. Whereas deconstruction materials are things you'll need a lot of early on to optimize your builds.

Also early on you're gonna gain expertise just by using all the different builds you create.

So if anything be careful about donating materials for things like... Striker... or the meta ARs... or Providence... stuff like that. You'll gain proficiency in those just by playing the game.

[rugged stratus]

Ideally you'll follow this kind of flow for loot.
-Cherry pick items you want to keep >
-Mark all the rest as junk >
-Check library for max rolls / talent you can extract >

• Expertise bench donate all junk >
  -All else you decon for mats.

[narrow kraken]

Anyone else running into the situation of late where doing DPS at Lovebirds in front of the loot room has suddenly become much more complicated?
Mortar weirdness, much stronger fire grenades, Johnson jumping down far more than usual

Last couple of clears have been from the tent. Seems like it's become more reliable to do it from there, if not significantly more time consuming

[thorn hedge]

thank you exotic cache

[thorn hedge]

there shouldnt be any jumping down or mortars if you do it correctly

unless youre talking about before intermission

[thorn hedge]

HOLY SHIT HES ALIVE

[wispy merlin]

it's your calling, finish what Joe Ferro started

[stray bluff]

How do i obtain st. elmo?

[wispy merlin]

farm AR targeted loot

[stray bluff]

countdown works?

[wispy merlin]

yes

[blazing timber]

Lol you recruited him dev vs players?

[thorn hedge]

lol

my holster got yoinked from existence

[blazing timber]

Lol

[thorn hedge]

this is my current loadout btw

59/138.9

[blazing timber]

Put a groupo tbh

You are missing like 27% chd

[thorn hedge]

meh i prefer the health and incoming

• its ouroboros so who cares

[blazing timber]

Yeah 😂😂 Oreo

[sudden matrix]

23 reviver...

I can has exo components pls?

[thorn hedge]

:)

[blazing timber]

Lol nice use of mats /s

Wish expertise for striker shield was 0.2% dng increase

[tribal hemlock]

y your funds so low

why do you people do this. why.

[blazing timber]

The best directives is no regen

[thorn hedge]

spam crafting couriers a while back

[blazing timber]

xDd I like your style I spam crafted 5.11 once

[thorn hedge]

now im trying to find a skill damage FP

[wispy merlin]

wanna co-op?

[blazing timber]

Co op with me when I get a pc

[wispy merlin]

just go get one ez

[tribal hemlock]

but why that one

pick any other one

or pick 5

[tribal hemlock]

i need a break. my brain has completely stopped working 😂😂😂

[wispy merlin]

kek

[mellow trout]

Ouch😭

[wispy merlin]

LMAO

time to cover to cover

[tribal hemlock]

i foamed him eventually

actually it looked like the foam stopped the med box from healing, which was weird

[wispy merlin]

huh, interesting

[wind yarrow]

Can you reclaim multiple Descent comms per week if you’re behind? Or nah?

[keen pelican]

Need help to lvl up new character

[keen pelican]

Really nobody there here to help

[inner tendon]

You're asking in the "help me learn stuff" chat, not the LFG one.
Try #lfg-pc

[keen pelican]

No help there

[inner tendon]

Div2 mostly works off american time zones, so outside of those you can find a clan to run stuff with, or hope that someone answers your "call for backup".

[clever fjord]

Can't give signal at Washington monument?

[inner tendon]

You're going to have to clarify what that means.

[narrow kraken]

Have you potentially already cleared it? Is it a green icon on the map?

[opaque socket]

Where can we get the hyena/true son keys? I got a couple before, but not sure where I got it from.

[mellow trout]

Named hyenas and true sons

I think?

If not then bounties

[opaque socket]

Ahhhh, the ones romaing around the map?

Got it, thank you!

[clever fjord]

had to do with calling the flare on the control point. Already did that by being on the edges of the control point for some reason I couldn't call it in the middle (wasn't being obstructed by a roof)

[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

as wel there is no side mission and all of the main missions shows as finished

[nimble spruce]

It will likely change when you get back from NY, the changes were related to seasonal storylines and they only affect lvl 40 players

[misty harbor]

the thing is i already reached shd level 291 thats i will visit NY in a bit dunno if it will change anything now i am looking for the staff located in white house so far anyone with star on their face i can interact with them but the barber is not visible and the one on shooting range i cant interact with himn

[nimble spruce]

Were the other players you joined level 40? If they were still in story mode (30 or below) then that might be why their bases look different

The barber should be upstairs in the medical wing, he's actually a surgeon, but you change your hair from a mirror on the ground floor near the ivory key chest

[misty harbor]

lemme explain this way i started with two other agents full fresh charachter but around level 30 i went to nyc leaving everything behind me as i wasnt able to head back to washington i had to reach level 40 and finish the story in NY once i head back to washington there was no other new mission

[nimble spruce]

Do you have the season manhunt to do?

The version of the WH with all the bodies and bullet holes is actually the updated newer version, it's not something we can fix

[misty harbor]

the current manhunt is at 75% all 3 are rescued the legacy manhunt i mean finished all of them twice minutes ago when i went to NY and came back they are shown as not completed

as shown here ☝️

[nimble spruce]

Should only be level 30 or lower players who don't have the bodies in their WH

Yeah I don't think you're missing anything here, those legacy manhunts are basically just endlessly replayable like every other main mission

[misty harbor]

yeah but its still annoying when it resets out of nowhere and this damn WH

[nimble spruce]

The WH was invaded by BT last season, that's what did the damage, hopefully they'll get it cleaned up in a future season

Season before last, I should say

[misty harbor]

but then how comes some of the other agents have cleaner version of WH?

[nimble spruce]

This

[misty harbor]

sighhh so basically there is nothing i can do is it correct?

[nimble spruce]

Correct, wait and hope and try not to let it get to you

[misty harbor]

aight wel thanks for the info agent

[lunar basin]

can you farm summit for named items? looking for a Walker & harris, but not sure if itll just drop named items or if it will only come from the caches

[nimble spruce]

As long as it's not a DZ exclusive, yes it can drop

[lunar basin]

gotcha. thank you!

yeah i don't know if its DZ exclusive, but i'm going to assume that it isn't bc the guy i asked who had it said he despised DZ so just seemed unlikely

[nimble spruce]

Chainkiller isn't dz exclusive if that's what you're after

But you can get dz exclusive items out of named caches, and some of them can be crafted if you get the blueprint from descent

[blazing timber]

Chainkiller is pretty easy to get drops like candy in Halloween

[misty harbor]

quick question how do we kill em they both are immune?

[nimble spruce]

Set them on fire

Fire sticky is good, there's fire ammo around too

[lunar basin]

yeah i'm hoping for chainkiller. had to clear summit floors anyway for the cache and didn't see any W&H targeting in DC.

secondary question; if there's chests every 3 levels, is there also keys for every chest? or just occasional keys with consistent chests

[nimble spruce]

The key for each chest is guaranteed to drop in the 3 floors leading up to it, but often drops in odd corners so you have to scan around for it

[lunar basin]

oh okay. thought i was just unlucky, turns out i just wasn't thorough enough. thanks again

really glad this channel is here

[lunar basin]

saw that yesterday, absolutely cracked me up

[misty harbor]

if you put any gear in stash can you use it on your second charachter?

[grim gate]

I done that 2 Hunters but no mask given

[nimble spruce]

Yes, unless the other character is a hardcore one

[misty harbor]

i dont know anything about hardcore so its all gucci :d

[nimble spruce]

Yeah all non-HC characters have access to the same stash

[blazing timber]

So for hc we have to farm the keys?

[nimble spruce]

Do you store keys in your main stash?

HC can share blueprints and materials, countdown credits and ge stars

Almost everything except shd levels and the main stash (they can still access mailbox and grants)

But iirc keys for faction strong boxes aren't shared

[rugged stratus]

Yeah faction keys not* shared. Been gearing.a second regular agent and been key poor despite being maxed on main

[blazing timber]

Yeah so you can play descent in normal characters get 20/20 in cache inventory

And get rewards on hc

[blazing timber]

What about the hunter keys are they shared?

[nimble spruce]

I think when you create a new character you just find a pile of them next to the hunter chests

[rugged stratus]

Can also do with caches like exo/named/opt from league/ge reward track

[blazing timber]

Yeah ik

Just don't have to collect them

[nimble spruce]

Some reward types will go to mailbox but most just drop on the ground if your inv is full

[blazing timber]

The league rewards if not collected go to mailbox.

[nimble spruce]

Ones you claim from seasons can be claimed by hc anyway

But yeah stock them up in mailbox for future hc characters if you need

[wanton frigate]

has it been confirmed that you can get mats for season brand sets??

few weeks ago they were dropping on control point clears

[stray bluff]

What are bounties good for?

[nimble spruce]

Money, faction materials, faction keys

Probably some other stuff

[sudden matrix]

Naw that's pretty much it, and in that order pretty much too.

[ancient vessel]

Is the besst lfg here on discord or are there lfg site people use

[stray bluff]

And manhunts? i just keep doing bounties to % them up?

[sudden matrix]

I can DM you a couple discords that run LFG raids pretty often.

[sudden matrix]

I mean that's part of the manhunt stuff yeah but they are useful to do aside of that.

[ancient vessel]

@sudden matrixYes pls 🙂

[stray bluff]

I don't know what to do to get manhunts up, are these worth doing for new player? im just kinda stuck trying to unlock certain blueprints that are locked behind doing like raids and stuff but i dont know which ones are

[ancient vessel]

@stray bluffActually interested in this question as well. I haven't done any of them as of now ssince I'm busy gearing up lol

[sudden matrix]

Open your map and go to the manhunt tab, click on an available target and on the left shows what you need to do to start that target.

[mellow trout]

It's free exotics a la blue screen and doctor home

[stray bluff]

Yeh im just doin countdown for gear. did my first iron horse raid yesterday. but im more looking into doing stuff that i HAVE to do to unlock lets say "x exotic blueprint" etc

[mellow trout]

The first few also give new skills

[stray bluff]

i just made a crazy skil dmg build for drone and turret i got it up to 200k dmg per hit which is nuts. sometimes it goes to 230k

i think i got super lucky on items

[mellow trout]

Liberty, nemesis, dodge city holster, chatterbox and I'm sure I'm missing one more are all project exotics

Ah Ridgeway's pride

[nimble spruce]

Basically it's a sequence of control points and bounties, but you have to do the specific ones marked with a yellow symbol, otherwise it won't count

[wanton frigate]

keeping the dc safe from hooligans

[worldly fjord]

And regulus

[mellow trout]

Also money

[worldly fjord]

Faction keys

[wanton frigate]

for those boxes??

[worldly fjord]

For faction crates that need a key to be opened

[wanton frigate]

i have like 50+ of for each faction🤕 i dont open them often

[civic lily]

u should

[worldly fjord]

Isn't the cap 50 for each faction?

[civic lily]

He has keys on other chars

[worldly fjord]

I remember having 50/50 of every faction key on one of my hardcore toons and then i died and lost all

[stray bluff]

[iron ibex]

Question: Best way to farm BP, is to find a quick CP and reset it over and over again?

[blazing timber]

Outcast rusher moment

[worldly fjord]

That would get borimg fast imo, just farm different lvl 3 CPs

[sudden matrix]

If you hover over a control point it shows the rewards on the left. As long as you see BPs there keep farming them. It'll only be level 3-4 tho and it can help with SHD farming too.

[worldly fjord]

My latest death was from an outcast rusher but not that one iirc

[blazing timber]

[iron ibex]

I was thinking on doing it on 4, because of the challenge thing.

[civic lily]

do it

[sudden matrix]

Eh it's all time and effort. Do whichever you like ya know.

[blazing timber]

Do cp with eclipse protocol

Very easy and cheesy

[sudden matrix]

Just keep in mind it's going to be like 250 CPs for all the BPs from them.

[narrow kraken]

Everything's time and effort

[civic lily]

trueism

[worldly fjord]

If you're doing for a challenge then its a different thing, but i was just takking about the time it takes and stuff

[iron ibex]

Well, the main point are the BPs, but The challenge is also 50 CP on heroic, so i figured probably better to combo those for a while, instead of spamming CPs now on 3, and then later also having to re-do it on heroic.

[sudden matrix]

Yeah but deciding to level SHD in legendary missions would be tons of time and effort with little pay off.

[narrow kraken]

I was going a bit existential than that my mans, but yeah that's a fair point too

[sudden matrix]

Oh well then have you considered the following? Existence is pain.

[narrow kraken]

I like to bring the grey hopelessness of a wintery Monday morning, to an otherwise relatively promising Friday afternoon. I like to keep people grounded

[sudden matrix]

Oh shit it is Friday.

[narrow kraken]

Sure is 🎉

[blazing timber]

Or Saturday depending on who you ask

[sudden matrix]

You don't even play this game anymore so you don't count.

[blazing timber]

You 💔 like @plucky hawk did

[narrow kraken]

I'd quit if I was a 5.11 main tbh

[wispy merlin]

i don't even play this game anymore 😔

[blazing timber]

You were showing your binoculars skills few days ago

[narrow kraken]

binoculars

[wispy merlin]

that was my brother, the telescope

[narrow kraken]

Well, we all appreciate you two being here anyway ❤️

[wispy merlin]

i only live in legendary these days so when curious folks like @tribal hemlock shows up i rise to the opportunity

[blazing timber]

If he was telescope than he should be shooting chungas on the moon from Washington DC

That spawns on moon in helicopters

[rugged stratus]

unicorns dropping like candy today

[stray bluff]

what does CHC/CHD mean

[civic lily]

critical hit chance/damage

[stray bluff]

ah thank you, and can i reroll a stat on an exotic item? or reroll an exotic? how?

[civic lily]

no

[iron ibex]

So, I maxed Sharpshooter and Gunner. What should I max next? Technician?

[civic lily]

only reconfigure exotic guns

and it's only exotics that are sacrum imperium or younger

[fallow inlet]

Hey Souless,< Kettle, Gogamer,Local

[rugged stratus]

good morning Saph, almost the weekend finally ☕

[sudden matrix]

Firewall is pretty dope yo.

[nimble spruce]

hey Saph

[stray bluff]

how do i reconfigure exotics?

[sudden matrix]

You go to Inaya the BP girl in the whitehouse next to the crafting bench and buy the reconfiguration BP. Then you'll find it in the crafting bench.

[wanton frigate]

can't remember 🤣

[sudden matrix]

Yeah it's 50.

[blazing timber]

Hi saph

[stray bluff]

How do i get Yaahl pieces?

[thorn hedge]

Sometimes vendors sell them, but other than that they're dz exclusive

[sudden matrix]

Clan vendor this week.

Most people buy a ton and deconstruct them and then build parts they want.

[stray bluff]

where is the clan vendor at?

[thorn hedge]

The clan quarters

[stray bluff]

oh never been there

[thorn hedge]

Are you in a clan

[sudden matrix]

If you aren't in a clan there are tons of clans that exist to just get you weekly caches and the vendor.

[stray bluff]

Ye im in a clan

[civic lily]

I wish there was yaahl glove blueprint

[stray bluff]

where can i see what all the brand sets are on backpacks?

[sudden matrix]

#td2-build-advice pinned messages has a spreadsheet with every bit of info about almost everything but to answer your question all brandsets have a backpack.

Brandsets/gear sets have a part for every armor slot.

[robust wave]

Soooooooo... there's no way to make your own sawed-off shotgun?

[sudden matrix]

Sidearm one?

[robust wave]

Yeah

[sudden matrix]

Firewall spec has one.

[robust wave]

But I don't want to firewall today.

[sudden matrix]

Well gotta farm sidearms then.

[robust wave]

Apparently.

[sudden matrix]

Firewall shotgun sidearm is cool cause it has primers that allow you to burn armored enemies and robotics.

[wispy merlin]

if only it had dta too

[thorn hedge]

You can burn anything

And I mean literally anything

[sullen nova]

Question about Pestilence;

does the DoT get increased if i have a load of striker/heartbreaker stacks?

[sudden matrix]

Pest stacks scale from weapon damage and amps~~ so yes.~~ Apparently not from strikers or HB stacks tho.

[inner tendon]

According to the Raucey Strikers build,
what makes it especially weak on Strikers is the bonus damage from Strikers stacks do not apply to the Pesti stacks.

I don't really know why that's the case, but it goes a long way to explain why Pesti is never recommended for Strikers.

I'd assume it's the same for HB.

[sudden matrix]

Oh well we learn something everyday. I think it's not recommended because it's not a great weapon even if pest stacks worked like logic would tell you it does.

[civic lily]

But having a 200m damage DOT sounds cool

[inner tendon]

If they did work it'd be a pretty hefty increase for DPS, although Strikers is yeah, something of an oddball since you need to keep up the pace with it.
I'd use it if it did.

[civic lily]

And it spreads

maybe even creeping death would be viable

nvm I forgot stack mechanic

[wispy merlin]

it's like with headhunter right, testing seems to show it's damage not coming from you but from some anonymous entity (so self amps like striker don't buff it). it's very mysterious how it works and i assume it's the case here too except idk how HH interacts with glass cannon

because you can't put on both, but GC does work with pesti

[civic lily]

And I still don't know for sure if efficient makes kits like tech and surv have more range

[fallow inlet]

Hey Rivens, Souless, Eevee

[tribal hemlock]

so you know how like... early stage athletes sleep with their baseball bats or whatever

that's me with the regulus now. every mission. every project. until i fix aim 💪

[wispy merlin]

keep practicing my friend

[sudden matrix]

You love to see it. Makes after action reports look like people showed up in the last 1-2 minutes.

[sullen nova]

GC?

Glass Cannon?

[wispy merlin]

yes

[civic lily]

dude how many rushers and reds

just gobbling them all up

[tribal hemlock]

all the manhunt stuff is such good practice

esp once you memorize the spawns

[wanton frigate]

wright with insta kill mechanics isn't real and cant hurt you

[civic lily]

I still await to see a cracked regulus user on xbox

[wispy merlin]

be the change you want to see

[civic lily]

Iron horse be too commital

:(

[stray bluff]

How do i obtain momento?

[civic lily]

everyone's running the incur nowadays

[civic lily]

backpack target loot

[sudden matrix]

Yeah memento is just in the general loot pool so exo caches and targeted loot for backpacks are your best bet.

[stray bluff]

Does the difficulty of countdown matter? i ran it over 50x 0 exotic drop :S on challenging

[shell oracle]

Best way to farm field recon data? Does challenging vs hard matter on control points? And level 3 or 4?

[shell oracle]

Not sure but I got my ninja backpack on challenging in countdown a few days ago.

[tribal hemlock]

Hotly debated topic. Everyone agrees that difficulty will not affect the frequency of drops (so same chance of exotic). Only disagreement is if the average rolls are better in challenging or heroic.

[civic lily]

there's more elites in heroic

[tribal hemlock]

I like darkzone landmarks for field recon data farms.

I think you get 4 per landmark and they're challenging level so really fast to clear.

[shell oracle]

Thanks

[narrow kraken]

what are living world events?

[inner tendon]

If you're asking in reference to the table above, they're under "open world".

[narrow kraken]

nah not that, i need it for the specialist

[inner tendon]

In that case they're things like Public Executions, Territory Control, Propaganda Broadcast.

possibly includes Hostage Rescue/Target Practice/Supply drops.

[stray bluff]

LMAO i got it from cache

oh another one nani

[narrow kraken]

got it

[shell oracle]

This works great, thank you!

[rugged stratus]

if you just need FRD fast, summit boss floors. just look up some old floor10 xp farming... obv xp is nerfed but it still drops 3 frd in challenging, 4 frd heroic. can clear the floor in 30sec-1min and is highly repeatable.

another method if you have shd is just run a new agent through wony and havest it from the duplicated watch

[shell oracle]

How about farming maxed gear mods?

Any best practices for that?

[rugged stratus]

summit you can dial up the difficulty to legendary for better rolls. countdown probably still best bet tho since a lot of items drop

[tribal hemlock]

Not sure if it's a best practice but legendary (missions) always gets me my best mods. Well most of them at least. I got a few just doing random heroic content.

[inner tendon]

Difficulty in div2 scales rolls on mods+gear+guns, basically.
So on Legendary your worst possible roll will be better than your worst possible roll on Heroic.

[shell oracle]

Thanks everyone, guess it is time for me to start grouping up for legendary

[inner tendon]

You really don't need to, even gear mods that are 80%+ towards perfect are 100% fine.
Gaining loot in div2 is always a balance of time taken vs amount gained.

[shell oracle]

My gear sets are solid, just looking to max them at this point while I slowly grind toward +20

[inner tendon]

Assuming you're talking about Expertise on guns, because yeah on gear it's pretty much pointless, Countdown on Heroic will probably be your best solution here.
Just set mods as the TL, then gain loads of excess mats whilst you aim for those godrolls.

I mean if Legendary Summit works for you then I say go for it, but you're going to have something of a hard time finding a team to run it w/Directives on the regular.

[shell oracle]

Thanks, I run a vanguard build so trying to max out armor there, I usually play on heroic

[fiery salmon]

I'm about to finish the New York Dlc,
Is there any easy farmable Assault rifle that is good and help carry me while try to get a build up and running

[thorn hedge]

Farming early game isn't worth it

[fiery salmon]

Any pieces of gear worth leaning on while Grinding for good gear

[wanton frigate]

thats why you leech and get carried by shd 4000 by doing random mm heroic stuff

i was a roach once as well🪳

[thorn hedge]

Don't grind early game

[thorn hedge]

Mates not done wony

[wanton frigate]

ahh nvm then

[wanton frigate]

you're gonna junk most of the stuff after wony

[inner tendon]

@fiery salmon Once you are done with WONY, check out the spreadsheet and pick a build that looks like fun.
Umbra is a good starter, Hunters Fury is great if you prefer to play more aggressive.

Eventually you'll probably want to make your way to a Strikers build, since that is pretty much the endgame DPS.

[tiny sparrow]

Belstone Armory for 1% armor regen is a good one to have. Its high end yellow piece.

[rain echo]

strikers go brrr

[shell oracle]

I second what Rivens mentioned: I will also add that I would not get obsessed with the meta unless you are doing raids, incursions, legendary, Dark Zone. Heroic imo is where the game shines where you can work with build diversity and just have fun building something that reflects your playstyle.

[rain echo]

you get insane dmg but the downside is your more squishy then a marshmello

[wanton frigate]

[fiery salmon]

Where is the spreadsheet

[rain echo]

with strikers you can ether run a gruop or czeska depsning on what you need CHD or CHC for talents GC or olberaite

[rain echo]

#td2-build-advice pinned comment

right there

its got every build. dps, skill.tank a few hybrid

[fiery salmon]

I used to run a Armour Destroyer build in Div 1 is that still a thing now

[blazing timber]

Nope div1 builds and div2 builds are day and night difference

[fiery salmon]

Cheers

[shell oracle]

Look into the shotgun talent sledgehammer if you want to deplete armour.

[wanton frigate]

lovebirds sledgehammer melting was peak div 2

[blazing timber]

We have the same purpose build but the way the build works is quite the difference

[wispy merlin]

instead of focusing on damage to armor you just focus on damage lol

[robust crane]

When farming countdown for contractors gloves. Is it better to set loot to gloves or Petrov?

[blazing timber]

Petrov

[inner tendon]

If it's a named item, always go brand.
if it's an exotic, go for type.

[faint iron]

Any one know If you can do anything with this terminal?

[blazing timber]

Access denied

[faint iron]

Yeah but can I like collect shit to make It not denied tryna do side content rn

Just erased the 13 base hunters

[blazing timber]

Need to erase NY hunters

[mellow trout]

Then you're all done with cryptic riddles

[mellow trout]

Food truck

[blazing timber]

Gib me Food

[faint iron]

So does the terminal actually have anything or Is It just some random thing ubi put down

[mellow trout]

^

Everything else is basically set dec

[civic lily]

normal hunters are so 🛌

I want my heroic health back

[faint iron]

They are absolute baby

[mellow trout]

I miss div 1 hunters

[faint iron]

I was at heroic too but the secret ones have like just normal health

[civic lily]

yeah

Open world rogues have that problem too

[faint iron]

The NY ones any harder?

Open world rogues have been half half for me

Depends where I've taken

Sometimes I have the upper hand sometimes I'm surrounded and picked apart like an ant

[mellow trout]

Gotta take them before they start using skills

[faint iron]

Some times It's not the skill some times It Is

Depends on which ones they have

[rugged stratus]

you dont need to farm them this week. there is a solid one for sale at CD vendor. buy a few and roll however. they will only take 1 recal/1opt to be god rolled

[robust crane]

I'm trying to get one with skill damage so I can roll the core to skill tier for an oxidizer build.

[rugged stratus]

police m4 > famas > elmo > carbine 7
1st 2 easier to farm , but all 4 are solid. look for damage to targets out of cover as 3rd attribute.
strained or fast hands on the highend weapons.
after keener those are the ones to farm out

[rugged stratus]

for oxi youll be able to leave one main core red by using tech spec for the free skill tier (and +10% skill damage).

petrov target loot otherwise like eveyone one else mentioned if you need them to be skill tier

[worldly fjord]

thats the terminal you interact with to reactivate the SHD network during the 1-30 story

[faint iron]

Oh okay kinda forgot about that entirely

[fiery salmon]

Cheers mate

[stray bluff]

What is max clan level?

I just got st. elmo should i go striker or negotiater

[blazing timber]

Both are good but go striker cause it is easier to use vs nego which requires a bit of practice

[stray bluff]

nego?

[blazing timber]

Negotiators

[stray bluff]

type of enemy?

ohhh

the set derp

https://gyazo.com/276763591ce0e15620262fc3ba6d7c06 What's the point of doing this ? XD is this guy afking or just bugged?

[sudden matrix]

Just a common bug

[muted ginkgo]

Already met Jack Arnold. Is it bugged now? 🥲

[nimble spruce]

yes, although the trello board claims this is a visual bug only and can be ignored

[muted ginkgo]

Played the last bounty on someone else his map

[nimble spruce]

sadly the only fix we know about is to reset the whole manhunt and redo all targets solo

[muted ginkgo]

😦

[nimble spruce]

maybe wait for the last target and see if it lets you finish the manhunt regardless

[muted ginkgo]

Ye all good, thank you

[rugged stratus]

Definitly have both setups. Itll be easy to farm out the gear sets
You can use the same ceska chest and coyote mask for both.
When your watch gets full chc nego will switch over to grupo chest coyote mask, or ( ceska chest ,foxes knee, nego mask [this will be right about 60chc with rifle and ar, 64ish with elmo])

[stray bluff]

i got striker without coyote, im using ceska and grupo but i should be going for coyote

just my backpack talent is meh

[rugged stratus]

Use striker bag, or vigilance bag talent

Striker bag is top damage

[stray bluff]

alrighty

[rugged stratus]

When it drops you want to swap the chest out for ceska anyways. Striker chest is good but needs really tanky enemies to get stack. Oblit ceska will do better for regular heroic content

[stray bluff]

ok i go for backpack first now 😄 thank you for tips

[inner tendon]

To clarify, the Striker chest is basically just for Incursions/Legendary, stuff like that.

[stray bluff]

Not for solo or countdown?

[vivid orchid]

also useful in countdown

[stray bluff]

Also what do i do with this

[vivid orchid]

some clothes in the store can be bought with textiles, instead of the premium currency

You get textiles whenever you get a duplicate of an appearance item you already have

[mellow trout]

Ehhh

In cd they drop quite quickly with so many other players

[rugged stratus]

It can be ok for countdown , most of the time you wont have full stacks.
Use it for a bit and* keep an eye on the stack count. If not making it past the halfway point then oblit would be better as it starts stacking immediatly as striker stacks

[vivid orchid]

I regularly get my stacks up to 200 and keep for the entirety of an activity

but that's with the ouroboros, not elmo

[rugged stratus]

Hes using elmo. Chest usually isnt bis in that case

[vivid orchid]

in that case yeah, ditch the chest

[stray bluff]

With elmo should i swap to nego? or stick with stirker just get coyote mask

[rugged stratus]

Both have use

[stray bluff]

So i should replace chest now? and get striker backpack? what should i put as chest?

[rugged stratus]

I like nego for most stuff because there usually a lot of adds and nego can damage 3 at same time. Striker is bis for tanky single target stuff like incursion/cd

[mellow trout]

Ceska w obliterate

[rugged stratus]

Ceska obliterate chest

[mellow trout]

That chest will slot on a fair few dps builds quite nicely too

[stray bluff]

Ah so ill never reach the 200 stacks because it resets when im out of combat? so the chest talent is useless unless im doing like raids?

[mellow trout]

Not useless but less effective than obliterate

[rugged stratus]

Yeah, incursion as well

[dusty jetty]

bros, can you guys tell me what the difference between heroic countdown and challenging is? like why should i do one as apposed to the other? because i cant see the difference

[mellow trout]

Like local said it shines on tanky targets that you can build stacks on

OR stuff immune to gunfire

[mellow trout]

Harder difficulty and better minimum rolls

I think the requisitions pay out is better too

[rugged stratus]

Heroic is tankier enemies and a little more credits.
Challenging is pretty much same quality loot with slightly less credits. Also easy to carry half the team in challenging

[vivid orchid]

~200 creds on heroic, ~120 on challenging. But I do believe that loot is also better on heroic

[rugged stratus]

Credits 158-challenging
208-heroic

[dusty jetty]

more efficient to do challenging in the long run would you say?

[rugged stratus]

I personally do. It's faster matchmaking since nobody gives a sht about build or shd level.

A fair amount of build/shd kicks in heroic

That stretches out the mm a bit

[vivid orchid]

Heroic my beloved. But yeah, localdeck is right, people kick like crazy on heroic

[dusty jetty]

ah ok, many thanks bros 🫡

[tribal hemlock]

This right here. The RNG floor is lower in challenging which IMO is lower loot quality.

[tribal hemlock]

I tried doing a challenging CD with striker chest and keeping the stacks up was just not possible. Enemies too weak. But in heroic you absolutely can keep the stacks up but you gotta play agressive.

[rugged stratus]

Idk it's been stated that all cd difficulties have heroic quality loot 🤷‍♂️
I've ran both difficulties and dont see much defference in loot

[thorn hedge]

I've found it incredibly effective with ouro

[tribal hemlock]

The difference should be really noticeable if you farm for gear mods. It's not that you can't get high rolls in challenging, it's the minimum rolls are lower. You'll get rolls so low in challenging that you'll literally never get in heroic.

[thorn hedge]

Stated by who

[tribal hemlock]

I've asked this too and the only thing anyone's ever pointed to was a load screen "hint" that says something like challenging has heroic loot or something like that.

[rugged stratus]

Its right there in the loading screed when you boot up.

[thorn hedge]

It doesn't say all difficulties are

That loading screen was created before difficulties in CD existed

[tribal hemlock]

All I'm sayin' is I've never ever seen certain low rolls in heroic that show up a lot in challenging.

[rugged stratus]

No, that's bs. Why would there be a reason to clarify when only one difficulty existed

[thorn hedge]

Wdym

[rugged stratus]

If that screen was created before difficulty was introduced it wouldn't need to clarify anything about loot quality. It would all be the same

[thorn hedge]

If it wasn't clarified then nobody would know what difficulty loot it dropped

.-.

Since difficulties didn't exist

[rugged stratus]

Load up and read it again then. 🤷‍♂️

[thorn hedge]

Wdym

[rugged stratus]

I dont think you actually know what the screen says is what I mean

[thorn hedge]

Are you saying normal mode drops the same quality loot as heroic

[tribal hemlock]

🍿

[rugged stratus]

Theoretically if that's true

Figure a dev would know this stuff anyways 🤣

[thorn hedge]

If that was true then why does everyone run challenging

Surely normal mode is more efficient

[rugged stratus]

The payout is higher

[thorn hedge]

What payout

The tokens? Just run heroic then

Payout is higher

See the controversy here

[rugged stratus]

Only 50 higher. And a lot more headaches. Challenging is how it was intended. How it originally released

[thorn hedge]

But normal has the exact same loot

[teal cloak]

so i just finished capitol hill and now i'm in black tusk phase, should i start checking on my gear?

[nimble spruce]

Normal countdown drops purple loot

[thorn hedge]

Exactly my point

[rugged stratus]

I've never run it tbh

[thorn hedge]

There are separate loot tables for difficulties and the splash screen only references countdown as a whole because difficulties didn't exist at launch

[rugged stratus]

Just challenging/heroic and loot seems the same to me

[stray bluff]

how do i stop being in asia groups and servers

[thorn hedge]

You can't

The simple answer is stop matchmaking

[stray bluff]

so annoying

[thorn hedge]

Shrug it's better than spending 10 hours looking for a countdown match

[rugged stratus]

Have someone outside that region start the match. Maybe VPN

[inner tendon]

I can confirm that VPN's have many functions, some may include changing your region.
Just make sure that you play it smart and go with a legit paid one, the free ones are all scams.

[naive vapor]

Anyone else having issues opening Division 2 on PC I tried it on both my Ally and PC and it’s not loading

[vivid orchid]

So much this! Also, if you have the opportunity and technical know-how, you can rent a VPS and set up your own.

[blazing timber]

5.11 TL

[blazing timber]

You paying cd credit

[stray bluff]

Question should i roll obliterate on it? or rerall repair skills for crit dmg? i think the talent is more dmg?

[thorn hedge]

obliterate but you want a new vest ideally

[stray bluff]

ye going for that but for now it will do 😄

[fallow inlet]

HOPE EVERYONE HAS A GEAT WEEKEND GAMING

[inner tendon]

Generally speaking, you want to be able to change the Talent on gear/guns that have one, just in case in the future you need to so you don't have to farm out a new piece.

[lucid mural]

what

[civic lily]

the settlement blockade of all time

I didn't know settlements other then campus could be blocked

[narrow kraken]

how even

how does that effect the theater in any way lmao

[lucid mural]

which marksman rifle biggest dmg per round?

[rugged stratus]

Nemesis then whitedeath named m44 afaik

[vivid orchid]

^^^

The nice thing about the white death is that you can recalibrate its talent to Determined (headshot kills make your next shot a guaranteed headshot)

but if you're a headshotting god, Nemesis is better

[narrow kraken]

you can reselect weapon passives?

[civic lily]

nah because nemesis is slow

m44 is faster

[vivid orchid]

depends on the weapon

you can recalibrate anything as long as it's not a unique trait of that specific item. For the white death, the unique trait is higher HSD (137% max IIRC), you can't recalibrate that, but you can anything else

ideally you want to be able to recalibrate the talent for most things, so getting a gun/gear piece with the correct core and attributes is more important than one with a specific talent

If you have any specific question, this is a best a place to ask as any

Anyway, I'm off to bed, it's 2am and I spent the last hour and a half with a group failing the first boss of DH (💀)

[south spear]

anyone able to help with a missin

mission

[wispy merlin]

yeah, mostly for getting initial hh stacks or killing bosses tbh. largely unnecessary like in legendary

[muted ginkgo]

Does the armor from Doctor Home kit counts as healing?

[wispy merlin]

for what effect?

[inner tendon]

It counts as a "repair kit", for what that's worth.

If a marked target is killed it will drop a 10% armor repair kit which applies to the whole party.
The kit will not give bonus armor"```

[muted ginkgo]

Alr i’m asking it for the Emphatic Resolve talent. Does it proc on my teammates when they drop a Docter Home kit

I assume not

[inner tendon]

I honestly don't see why it wouldn't, it does just say "repairing an ally".
Although if it didn't then I could see it being justified by it's not technically you doing the repair, it just adds an armour repair kit.

[muted ginkgo]

Ye ye exactly. I will test it out some day, thank you

[thorn hedge]

I assume so

I've done some amazing things with doctor home

It procs future initiative and the backpack buff as well, so if you get a kit with the backpack on it insta heals you to max armour and any ally near you also to insta full if you're a tank (in countdown/raids)

10% per player = 80% then 120% of that from backpack buff is 96% then you have the oncoming healing buff from survivalist

It's insane

So if you're running future backpack you get instantly healed from marked enemy kills

[narrow kraken]

I only did the first stage of firewall unlock, if I start gunner now will I lose my firewall progress

[sudden matrix]

@odd forge

[barren maple]

Would the BTSU Data Gloves work for a Healer Build?

[mellow trout]

It's excellent

[barren maple]

Got it

[odd forge]

Not there

[mellow trout]

What level are you?

[odd forge]

30

[mellow trout]

Incursion is warlords content

[odd forge]

Oh

That's why

[mellow trout]

Yeah

[barren maple]

Do you have Warlords?

[odd forge]

Nope

[barren maple]

Rip, I would recommend buying it when it’s cheaper as it gives access to new content like raids and new missions

[odd forge]

Yeah, planned

[thorn hedge]

No

[odd forge]

Where do I get exotics easiest?

[barren maple]

Nice

[mellow trout]

At level 30 requisitions weeklies

[barren maple]

I’m thinking countdown

[narrow kraken]

Can I reset the points I invested into a spec?

[thorn hedge]

Yes

[narrow kraken]

What does it cost

[thorn hedge]

Nothing

[odd forge]

How am I supposed to get to level 40 if I only get world tier?

[mellow trout]

Buy WONY

[odd forge]

I did

Do I have to activate it?

[mellow trout]

You have to progress to world tier 5 before you can head to new York to start the DLC

Alternatively you can skip but I advise against that

[odd forge]

Ok

[cinder badge]

I have never gotten St Elmo's Engine, will it drop now unless I get it from Exotic cashe?

[mellow trout]

Yes

Target loot ARs

[cinder badge]

okay thanks!

[glad island]

Are control points the only realistic way to farm blueprints?

[muted ginkgo]

Hmm interesting, so it does count as healing? 🤔

[rugged stratus]

yeah pretty much. you can cheese it a bit by doing the same control point then resetting control points on repeat. sleeping giant is really good for this since its a quick clear and really close to a safe house. any cp will work tho.
just make sure you clear at least 2 seperate cp on heroic since there is a bug that lets you get blueprints for named items the setup and the closer . they only drop on heroic and come from the yellow cache, likely to be patched out soon

[teal cloak]

How does gear score works? And how does recalibration system work? Can it increase my gear score? I just reached the new robot enemy faction phase

[worldly fjord]

you dont really have to worry about hear score since it will be removed ocnce you start warlords DLC

[teal cloak]

Sooo.... I just ignore the recalibration system too? And also just let my level 1 exotic gun to rust a while more?

[worldly fjord]

no recal is very important

recalibration allows you to replace one attribute or talent on an item with whatever you want

[worldly fjord]

gear score is basically telling you the quality of the item. the higher the gear score is, the better quality the item has

[teal cloak]

I have like 50k credit, so should I stop selling my gear and start deconstructing them? Or are there better way to manage it?

[worldly fjord]

ignore your build until you reach level 40

[teal cloak]

Yes I'm ignoring it, what should I do with the extra gears that I'm not using?

[worldly fjord]

whatever you want

either sell or deconstruct

[nimble spruce]

If you own or plan on owning the warlords dlc (and it is very much recommended if you want to spend much time in the endgame) then there's no point in filling your lvl 30 recalibration library as it is replaced by a lvl 40 one so you'll have to extract everything again.
Iirc your level 1 exotic can't be reconfigured to a higher level and is a pretty bad weapon anyway so just forget it exists.

You could extract one or two useful talents to help you through the world tiers maybe since you'll be replacing gear a lot.

[teal cloak]

i own the dlc already, so suggest me, should i play the dlc right away or complete the black tusk story first?

[nimble spruce]

might as well finish the black tusk story and get to WT5, it doesn't take too long

if you want to experience 'proper story order', there's a guide pinned in this channel

[teal cloak]

alright thx

soo... rush the story, forget about the gear except the score, then go new york, then finally i should be worry about my gear... that's how it is right?

[nimble spruce]

worry about gear once you finish NY and reach level 40

for the world tiers, easiest way is probably just to run mostly skill cores since your skills will scale automatically

pretty sure they removed the minimum gear score requirements so you don't even need to worry about that, just upgrade your weapon every couple of tiers

[teal cloak]

upgrade weapon as in i can increase my chosen weapon gear score or change weapon
if the former, how?

[nimble spruce]

change weapon - when you reach a new world tier you can buy, craft or loot higher GS weapons

[chilly minnow]

Guys what is the best way to farm xp for SHD level?

[nimble spruce]

open world activities with as many directives as you can reasonably manage

[chilly minnow]

thx

[fiery salmon]

as someone who just finished the DLC what is the best activity to get the most drops

[blazing timber]

Countdown

[teal cloak]

where can i get printer filament?

[thorn hedge]

Deconstructing mods

[teal cloak]

what does control point of level 3 means?

and where do you check that level?

[blazing timber]

Control point level means the difficulty of NPCs in them
CP 1-> Normal
CP 2-> hard
CP 3 -> Challenging
CP 4-> Heroic

[narrow kraken]

should i do dark zone right after hitting 30

[mellow trout]

Nope

Save it for level 40

[stray bluff]

how does sharing items work in td2 when ur in a group and u have an item ?

[mellow trout]

Inventory>item>item options>share

Items from caches cannot be shared

And you must've been in the group when the item dropped

[worldly fjord]

And a 1 hour time limit

[trim rapids]

Revisiting this, tried 5 different times following the steps you gave, still no key. Even tried with a friend using their instance (they also needed it), same issue.

[robust wave]

Weird.

[thorn hedge]

if youre still online i can try to take a look?

[blazing timber]

You don't need them to be online you have access to DB

[thorn hedge]

jokes getting kinda old mate

[blazing timber]

No it is not 🥲

[thorn hedge]

it is

[blazing timber]

Than change your Nickname

[thorn hedge]

then ppl will bug me

[blazing timber]

I will bug you either way

Something is wrong with the auto correct or I mistyped my bad

[thorn hedge]

@pseudo tundra

[blazing timber]

Let's see if I get my pc back before the target

[thorn hedge]

where the hell is your pc

[stray bluff]

Hey i did iron horse. but inaya doesn't have anything for me to unlock like this. but i completed iron horse on discovery

[turbid igloo]

You need to do it on normal lmao

[stray bluff]

normal is harder?

[turbid igloo]

Normal is hard and requires good communication aswell as a good build

Plus you need to find boxes and keys

[pseudo tundra]

normal is standard and discoveyr is easy mode that is released later

[stray bluff]

i got a st elmo build with striker.
But should i put crit dmg on my mods on gear or keep crit chance? if i swap to crit dmg i lose 10% crit chance worth?

[turbid igloo]

I'd say to keep your chc mods

[scarlet dagger]

hello why is this still in light blue i already finish it 3 times anyone know?

[stray bluff]

what do i do if i wanna put memento backpack in here? worth it on striker?

[pseudo tundra]

if you want min max damage keep backpack for stuff like incursion and raids

if not memento is good overall for suvivability and better stats

[rugged stratus]

Memento will lower the damage significantly

[tribal hemlock]

It depends on the content you're doing. You'll need to ensure that you can, at the very least, kill an elite with a single mag.

I've used this for solo legendary DUA and it's not bad. Once you've picked all the trophies you'll crit for 700-800k which is good enough for almost all content in the game. Your shield will be tier 4 so it's strong enough to trade shots with a minitank (hits really hard and is tanky).

[stray bluff]

im doing 1.1m crits now idk if i should swap around for memento

[tribal hemlock]

This is my mindless solo content runner where I put on a video/podcast in the background and just run around killing stuff. Works great in places like Summit + directives, open world + directives. But it's very bad in group content where enemy health starts to scale up. It relies heavily on the Ouroborus for the burst DPS boost and maintaining high CHC/CHD ratio.

[tribal hemlock]

Right so with a meta Striker DPS build you're going to be doing 1.0-1.2M crits assuming no other buffs.

The tradeoff is you need to be good about positioning and not take too many face trades against enemies that will break your shield (and you) very quickly.

When you get comfortable with various types of content you should be able to clear it with an all red DPS build no problem. It requires that you pay attention and made good decisions such as prioritizing which targets to shoot or what cover you use.

If you have the room for loadouts I would suggest having them all and just playing around. It's all about finding the balance that works for you for some specific types of content.

Sometimes I'll run something like this when I know I need a stronger shield for difficult area but I don't want to bother gathering memento stacks (all I need is a stronger shield nothing more). That'll crit for 700-800k.

I have a red/blue/yellow of every Striker gear item with CHD on it so I can make those decisions on the fly when I feel like it.

[stray bluff]

Thank you thats dope info 😄

[tribal hemlock]

Except the chest because there's no reason to ever run that unless you're going all red IMO.

[tribal hemlock]

The one thing I'd caution is to not put too much value into "survivability" - people overdo it when it just isn't necessary. Survivability usually means adding a crutch for bad decision making or aim yet it just makes content way harder overall.

Just look at what a standard red DPS can do and how quickly it does. You point at thing... thing dies.

Once you get used to it you'll laugh at people who have 3M armor and spend 20 seconds killing a veteran enemy.

When you see people running around with huge bonus armor bars they are thinking "ha look at all my armor" and you should be thinking "look at all that damage you're leaving on the table".

[wispy merlin]

damage also staggers enemies so that's extra survivability for investing into damage

[tribal hemlock]

Yes exactly. And decoys redirect their attention to give you free shots. And ducking behind cover for 1-2 seconds forces NPCs to lose focus on you. Lots of little things you can do to control aggro.

[stray bluff]

Where do i get the gift backpack and chainkiller body armor?

[wispy merlin]

chainkiller just farm walker & harris

gift only comes from dz or named caches

[stray bluff]

whats walker and harris?

and anywhere in dz it can drop?

[wispy merlin]

the brand

[wispy merlin]

yes, but it can drop as targeted loot from providence if that dz happens to have providence

keep in mind the gift is not necessary for any build, but it's nice to have if you want to fit in providence anyway

[hexed swallow]

Does anyone have Union Arena infested or Capitol infested please? I'm trying to get the Nemesis. Thanks in advance

[thorn hedge]

everyone has the same invaded map jb

[hexed swallow]

Oh ok didnt know

Ty !

[stray bluff]

ah so i can do it on countdown?

[stray bluff]

So 100% drops in DZ i gotta check for targeted loot of what? backpacks? or providence?

i cant get the gift from countdown providence right?

[tribal hemlock]

Either works but you have better chances with Providence targeted loot. There are more backpack types than there are providence pieces... if that makes sense. RNG is better if you farm Providence. That's only if you're looking for a Providence backpack with Vigilance (vs The Gift) - if outside of the DZ.

The Gift will not drop in Countdown but you can use the Countdown currency to buy named caches from the Countdown vendor. Named caches can drop DZ exclusive gear.

[stray bluff]

Bro i got it first run chainkiller xD nice

[stray bluff]

SO i can farm providence locations outside DZ for the gift?

[tribal hemlock]

No.

You can only get The Gift in two ways:

• Farming the Dark Zone
• Named item caches

[stray bluff]

Ah and then Providence over backpacks in DZ

Makes the system so much clearer thanks 😄

[tribal hemlock]

Oh there's a third way. Sometimes vendors will sell it.

[stray bluff]

they refresh every week right?

[tribal hemlock]

So keep an eye on the vendor reset website: https://rubenalamina.mx/the-division-weekly-vendor-reset/

[tribal hemlock]

Loot allocation resets every 24 hours. Vendors reset every week.

[opaque socket]

How do you kill the robodogs faster? I'm at world tier 3 but it takes like 4-5 AR mags to kill them.

[tribal hemlock]

shoot their skinny little legs

[opaque socket]

Thanks! I'll try that. I've been shooting their heads/guns >.<

[tribal hemlock]

Warhound legs don't have armor but they also take reduced damage. If you see red circles on their leg joints shoot that... it'll put the dog to sleep for a little while.

If you're dealing with multiple warhounds then prioritize the sniper ones. When you kill a sniper warhound it creates a big EMP blast that puts the other warhounds to sleep.

[barren maple]

Is the Vile Mask Good?
I got it yesterday from an Exotic Crate after running countdown

[tribal hemlock]

Yea it's pretty good for Eclipse Protocol fire builds like this: https://www.evernote.com/shard/s588/client/snv?isnewsnv=true&noteGuid=8f1fc875-172a-9331-f92e-fe314f1772f5&noteKey=dc56508e8364ba0de3919f877c42afe8&sn=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.evernote.com%2Fshard%2Fs588%2Fsh%2F8f1fc875-172a-9331-f92e-fe314f1772f5%2Fdc56508e8364ba0de3919f877c42afe8&title=Eclipse%2BProtocol%2B%2528TU19%2529

That's the only use of it that I know of though.

[barren maple]

👌🏻

[stray bluff]

Where can i change how slow my dmg numbers fade out , when i shoot my sniper at the range i cant even see my dmg pop up thats howfast it dissapears

[nimble spruce]

if you press enter to open the chat box and then click the little arrow at the right hand side, you can pick to show damage numbers in chat

you can also change the format of the UI damage numbers in gameplay settings somewhere, but I don't know if that would change fade speed

[rugged stratus]

gift is overrated anyways. regular vigilance is the same damage, just 1 sec more downtime. if doing a chainkiller mmr or pistol hs build go with either airaldi or DH w/vigilance. both better options

[stray bluff]

im doing headshot determined and headhunter on a rifle

i could use momento its for open world

[rugged stratus]

the headhunter top end scales better with wd rather than hsd. as long as you hit your 150% hsd you should be gold. are you running it all high end?

[stray bluff]

Ye all high end with 1899 rifle

[rugged stratus]

assuming already fox's as well then?

[stray bluff]

Im running
punch drunk
contractor gloves
chainkiller
fox
HG holster
memento

[rugged stratus]

you might consider a w/h vigilance then if you decide against mem down the road, itll add more dta in this setup

but mem can be decent on HH , i run it like that sometimes as well

[opaque socket]

Thanks for this! 😄 Easier to deal with them now

[stray bluff]

w/h brand?

[rugged stratus]

walker harris, same as chainkiller

[stray bluff]

the 5% dmg to armor is big?

[rugged stratus]

it scales with each hh stack on armored targets iirc

[stray bluff]

I only do like 2.8m headshot dmg with 170% headshot dmg oof

stats are low on gear maybe should get better rolls :S

[rugged stratus]

you should try it with a white death. 4pc hotshot, chainkiller, airaldi vigilance hsd/handling rolls has me hitting around 28mil at top end

[sudden matrix]

Some expertise on the WD huh?

[rugged stratus]

yeah for sure

also sharpshooter spec hsd/ 15%mmr damage

yeah its at 20% so its not really that much since every piece is also holding wd

and yes 1,000,000% cheesy 🧀

[rugged stratus]

actually got 1 of those and a hazpro eclipse made on the alt as well 🤣 . perfect week to waste 300ish yaahl mats to get the right rolls for my mask

[sudden matrix]

brah 20 expertise.... This man killing me.

[rugged stratus]

i dont have airaldi, just providence crit vigilance on my alt tho. no expertise applied to WD still hits 25mil

[tribal hemlock]

Give up 2M and bring a pocket nuke 🤤🤤🤤

[rugged stratus]

got the pocket, i need the nuke 😆

[rugged stratus]

you mean something like this XD

[civic lily]

hs detr mem

[stray bluff]

if i wanna farm for the gift backpack in dz should i just go o nchallenging with no directives if idont care for exp?

[stray bluff]

besides memento and the gift what backpack could i use?

i cant farm dz i keep getting killed xd

[civic lily]

no gift needed

[stray bluff]

I can do airaldi with vigilance right?

[rugged stratus]

yeah for sure. for mmr its best

[rugged stratus]

the bag in that shot is a regular providence vig. if you wanted the headshot damage from it over other stuff itll work the same

just farm countdown for whatever and buy named caches. you can get a lot of dz exclusives that way. also keep an eye on the cd vendor because dz exclusives come up regularly for sale

[wispy merlin]

but my 4 man legendary elite one shot threshold noooooo

[stray bluff]

Idk i only get 170% headshot dmg multiplier in stats and i have headshot dmg and crit dmg on every piece i can with weapon damage all reds

2.2 mill goes up to 13 mill max and i have same gear

maybe the rolls matter that much

[wispy merlin]

show the build

[tribal hemlock]

you think if i threw airaldi on it would pass 25M?

i'd love to keep the dch and still do >25M with HH stacks

[wispy merlin]

that's white death or reg again?

has to be wd right

[tribal hemlock]

white death

[wispy merlin]

let me napkin it

[tribal hemlock]

i was testing it out on capitol and iirc i was killing elites with one shot... maybe i had some other buffs or something

[wispy merlin]

1 man elite isn't very tanky

25.2m is 4 man elite

[tribal hemlock]

oh right it was a 3 man group

not 4

makes sense

[wispy merlin]

what target did you shoot?

1 man heroic elite?

[stray bluff]

sec ill upload imgur album

[wispy merlin]

just show the overall screen

[rugged stratus]

just snip tool copy paste direct

[wispy merlin]

no need to upload every item

[rugged stratus]

airaldi vigilance is being very illusive today in CD 🤔

[stray bluff]

https://imgur.com/a/NfAtVlR

Here is the build with all stats i think its just cause stats are low

ah u mean this

is this also op in DZ if you like crit for 10 millions XD

or like headshot i mean

[wispy merlin]

yeah getting the weapon damage and headshot damage from watch helps out a lot for HH

[stray bluff]

so its just cause of low rolls?

[wispy merlin]

don't use that number

[stray bluff]

nono ingame in open world i go max to 13M dmg

[wispy merlin]

press enter to show chat > click on the right arrow > combat info > show damage numbers

that gives you a correct reading

but low rolls and low watch bonus are main factors

i wouldn't worry about max HH dmg sub 1k shd

[stray bluff]

the hotshot one is so much better haha

[rugged stratus]

if still using memento itll get better with the stacks

[stray bluff]

where do i reroll this swap speed on exotic lmg?

[thorn hedge]

which lmg

[rugged stratus]

crafting bench has the bp. you may have to buy it from the lady there

only iron lung rolls

[stray bluff]

iron lung

[thorn hedge]

^

[stray bluff]

and can i reroll memento?

[thorn hedge]

you can reroll the quality but not to other attrivbutes

[stray bluff]

ah ye i dont like the big scoping in of hotshot i should probs just increase my gear rolls and farm more

[wispy merlin]

i mean

the scoping in is due to the scope on the gun, not due to hotshot

you can take off the scope on the mmr any day

[inner tendon]

@native cloak

[odd forge]

No exotics outside those stats?

What about caches?

[native cloak]

Ty my cousin just got 2 within 3 countdowns wanted to see how lucky the man is

[inner tendon]

Anything below Challenging allows purples and other colours to drop, so it's not worth doing the difficulties.
I have to assume that Summit Leg' is the same as Stronghold rates.

Exotics don't drop from non Exotic caches.

[odd forge]

How can you tell its an exotics cache without wasting a key?

[inner tendon]

The cache is named "exotic cache".

and it's red.

[rugged stratus]

afaik these numbers are basically not including target loot allocation

[odd forge]

I mean lockboxes not caches

[rugged stratus]

you cant tell whats inside without opening it

[inner tendon]

"lockbox" is a new one.
Are you referring to just crates in general?

[odd forge]

Yeah

The one you need keys for

[rugged stratus]

faction key caches probably

[odd forge]

^

[native cloak]

Hmm so the best way to farm for exotics is to spam lvl 10 summit

[inner tendon]

Ooh, yeah you might as well always open those, as after a while you're always going to be at 50 keys, which is the max stack.

[rugged stratus]

no its still countdown

[inner tendon]

Countdown and buy an Exotic cache from the vendor every 2-3 runs.

[native cloak]

Really okk

Yea makes sense when you consider the caches

[rugged stratus]

are you targeting exotics to keep, or exotics to break for expertise

[cedar yacht]

remember to always do the weekly donation quest and try running weekly leg for that exotic cache aswell

[native cloak]

To keep. Im still fresh to the game

[native cloak]

Yea ty just learned about it not so long ago

[rugged stratus]

ok yeah, challenging is every 2 runs you have enough to buy a cache so exo every 30 mins + possible drops

[native cloak]

Gotcha

Last question. Is there any specific farm you can do to obtain maxed mods for gear/skills

Im guessing thats just completely random

[odd forge]

Can exotics drop from challenging bounties?

[inner tendon]

Yep, and in fact: the named enemy in there has a higher chance than average to drop a Chameleon, an exotic AR that's actually a Vector.

pretty much every enemy has a chance to drop Exotics. But it's important to note: exotics aren't guaranteed to be better than gold/gearset loot. Just different.

[vivid orchid]

Is there a list of exotics that are dropped from exotic caches? Wanna see if I'm just getting unlucky with drops or if I gotten everything in its loot pool

[inner tendon]

Except for the Ravenous/Regulus/Eagle Bearer/Big Horn/Ouroboros, all Exotics that don't require a Project to be completed first are in there. (and then are in there too once they are)
So there's quite a lot. You can see them all listed in the spreadsheet that's 📌 pinned over in #td2-build-advice

[vivid orchid]

Nice, ty

[thorn hedge]

I feel like there a non project exotic that still isn't in there

Is diamondback?

[inner tendon]

Diamondback used to be locked to Kenly first, might be why it's glitchy.
I've 100% gotten it from a weekly Project reward though.

[thorn hedge]

Does it drop prior to kenly

[inner tendon]

It's been about 4.5 years since I got it from there, so you'd have to ask someone else, sorry.

[vivid orchid]

The diamondback is available in caches

[odd forge]

Is Expedition worth it to do?

[inner tendon]

Once for the fun, then again for time trials I suppose.
There's no real rewards beyond that.

[robust wave]

I bought Diamondback last week off a vendor.

[thorn hedge]

No.

You'll spend around 2 hours running around trying to find where the objectives are because it doesn't show you where to go

Actually probably closer to 4 or 5

[civic lily]

too real

hate that

[tribal hemlock]

the actual objectives themselves are all the worst types too

"stay in this circle", "follow these wires"

circular room with random spawns around you yaaaay

[inner tendon]

I'm starting to wonder if people on this server get confused at matching block puzzles.

[tribal hemlock]

they're just boring

the world design of that area is so dope

wish they'd do somethin else with it

[inner tendon]

Zombe Resident Evil tie-in, what could've been.

[tribal hemlock]

Really??

That would actually be pretty cool lol

Umbrella Corp faction D:

[inner tendon]

It was planned to go along with the original run of the RE Apparel Event (not the recent one, the first one)
I'm not certain if Kenly was confirmed or just rumoured, but the "Resident" part of it makes sense.
Then it was dropped and we just got the clothes.

[tribal hemlock]

Ah. I like the comms for it too tbh.

[inner tendon]

https://www.ubisoft.com/en-au/game/the-division/the-division-2/news-updates/4K0hyKXtOvkUwfOMl4BQLv/apparel-event-resident-evil
for those curious.

[stray bluff]

Man im dumb sorry for the same question i couldnt find it back.
Where do we find the chainkiller body again?

[rugged stratus]

walker harris target loot

[stray bluff]

oh ye brand set name duh

[inner tendon]

Remember: #ask-td2-community message

[rugged stratus]

if you run that target in CD you have a high probablity of pulling it in 1 run

[thorn hedge]

not true

theres something we aint found yet

[mellow trout]

Must be pretty well hidden

[thorn hedge]

definitely

we have some potential leads but nothing more

[dense basalt]

We've still been searching ny for that secret

[thorn hedge]

youre not in the same group searching that i am

[dense basalt]

Nah I wish I was tho 😂 I'm sure you're group knows more than we do

[thorn hedge]

you got any leads or no

[dense basalt]

Just a few spots that are making us wonder

[thorn hedge]

name em,

[dense basalt]

My friends have the screen shots I'll have to look again for exact spots

[thorn hedge]

can you describe

[dense basalt]

We've been hunting all over ny

One was tunnels

[thorn hedge]

can you be a bit more descriptive

[dense basalt]

that's why I need to look at the screen shots again we've been searching all over ny

[thorn hedge]

aight lmk whenever you got the specifics

id like to take a look and compare with what i alr got

[odd forge]

World tier 3 reached, 2 to go

[frank galleon]

to get the missing curators mission is there any prerequisite, becuse cant interact with Olivia Vance to get the mission

[sudden matrix]

Have you done all the other items on the list in the manhunt tab for that target?

[frank galleon]

yes, missing curators is missing in the list

[narrow kraken]

What is The best way to Farm Level? Currently I Farm cp's And I do around 100-120 Level a day But does it gets better?

[inner tendon]

Best "meta" xp farm is using the LZ map (open world, DC or NYC), set it to Challenging/Heroic, add on Directives, then just do activities/control points/bounties, stuff like that.
Call for backup if you want teammates for it.

[narrow kraken]

Is there a good build for it ? I use 4x striker ,momento , Grupo vest With oblit.

Wait Your a AI

[inner tendon]

I'm partially sentient.

Swap grupo for ceska and that's pretty much the meta combo.
although you can also trade memento for coyotes and use the striker backpack.

[narrow kraken]

Ok thanks

[fiery salmon]

Does changing world difficulty improve loot

[civic lily]

yes

and gives more xp from nearly every source

[odd forge]

Does getting World 5 make it where I can get levels again?

All I get is proficiency levels, I want to get to level 40

[mellow trout]

You cannot level up to 40 without warlords of New York

[odd forge]

Ok, that's what I thought

[teal cloak]

are classified assignments only give you exp, a key chain and some voicemails?

[nimble spruce]

Yeah, they're just for fun really

[worldly fjord]

They're just lore dumps and fast travel points

[tiny stump]

fast travel points is the best part by far

[lucid mural]

$10 for some fast travel points damb

[worldly fjord]

and lore dump

[tiny stump]

the missions are fairly entertaining

[worldly fjord]

and the puzzles are fun to solve

[lucid mural]

i dont have the spare fundage for the year pass to try them 😭

[tiny stump]

you arent missing very much

[lucid mural]

indeed

[worldly fjord]

yup, you can just watch the lore videos on youtube, like NGN's channel

and walk a little extra

i got the pass like 2 years after launch i think

[tiny stump]

i bought the ultimate edition of the game when it was on sale for like $15 and it came with that stuff

that shit is like $80 normally

[worldly fjord]

thats a huge save

[tiny stump]

it was supposed to give me all 6 end game specializations already filled out but on my first character it filled out the spec trees for gunner, firewall and tech. not the other 3. but every other character i make comes with survivalist, demo and sharpshooter and not gunner etc

[worldly fjord]

wym already filled out?

it unlockes the last 3 (gunner, tech and firewall) but you still have to grind 165 points for each

the first 3 are unlocked by default and you gotta farm 165 points

[tiny stump]

i didnt have to grind the points for gunner, firewall and tech on first character. and every new character i make i dont have to fill up the points for survivalist, demo and sharpshooter for some reason

[worldly fjord]

i think i understood it wrong then

[tiny stump]

im probably explaining it like an idiot. i didnt sleep much

i have no idea if its intentional for the ultimate edition

[nimble spruce]

If you boost then you get full points on the old three, I don't think that requires the year one pass or anything

[blazing timber]

You have to farm for gunner tech and firewall points even if you buy ultimate edition