ask-td2-community

[sudden matrix]

So how about this, after work and some other obligations I'll come help you some?

[iron halo]

atm im just goung aroudn dc on challanging map and clearing eveythign

sure thing ill be here all night today

[sudden matrix]

You should knock out all your side missions and get all story mode missions finished(Darpa, camp white oak, coney island.)

[iron halo]

hah tried heroci countdown

3 ppl died,every1 left..

[sudden matrix]

Don't do heroic countdown when starting out.

Just do challenging.

[hard blaze]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pe8HZW9DV9I&ab_channel=DevilDoggin

Is there a set place/mission for that type of enemy to spawn, or do I just look for him in open world?

[sudden matrix]

He'll just spawn in random places. I don't know if I'd use that method tho. Remember you get two weeks so you can get half this week and half next week if you want.

I just speed run three missions each week.

[wispy merlin]

zoo, tidal and roosevelt

[sudden matrix]

Did you see them speed run all legendary missions in under an hour?

[wispy merlin]

i saw the thumbnail but didn't have time to watch

[sage delta]

dumbest and infurinating thing in game when npc detects thru scripts that you aiming them for head and start "dancing"

[sudden matrix]

I just talked to broken about it the day they did it.

I was talking about league speeds tho.

[wispy merlin]

yeah no i'm joking

those 3 are legendaries i cba to speed solo

[sudden matrix]

Why not? Just spend like 12 hours doing heli skips on Roosevelt and boom ez.

[wispy merlin]

💀

i did see that video

[sudden matrix]

lol

[iron halo]

second run chameleon drop yey

[sage delta]

why yey? gun is pure poop isnt?

[sudden matrix]

For a new player it isn't horrible.

[sage delta]

idk, there better yellow guns as for me

[sudden matrix]

Yes but you've gotta have a bit of letting people enjoy stuff too.

[sage delta]

no

[iron halo]

xD

[sage delta]

having fun is not allowed

[sudden matrix]

YOU MUST USE WHAT THE SPREADSHEETS SAY IS TOP DAMAGE AND IF YOU DON'T MEET IT IT'S SKILL ISSUE

[steady sparrow]

What exactly are the chances for the Chatterbox weapon parts to drop from the select Hyena caches?

[sudden matrix]

idk but it usually just takes a few days I think. There are a few boxes in each area too so make sure you look them up on the map. One is locked in a side mission that can only be opened during that side mission which is effing stupid.

[iron halo]

should i extract this

[zinc palm]

for an attribute its pretty good

[iron halo]

ye but dunno to use it or extract xD

chameleon or ctar

[wispy merlin]

never extract stats from exotics

they're worth more as exo components when deconstructing

[iron halo]

no i have exotic equiped,it was do ie xtract ctar,or use ctar over chameleon

[wispy merlin]

use the ctar

[frozen pumice]

is 15% MMR Damage added with 5% weapon damage

[wispy merlin]

yes

[frozen pumice]

the 15% MMR Dmg and 5% WD those are added in weapon damage sources (not total weapon damage, but the red cores) are those*

[wispy merlin]

yes

[jade blaze]

yo guys, just getting back to the game. Can anyone tell me hwat geear is dogshit so i can clean up my inventory?

[gleaming moon]

i think i am softlocked or something

oh nvm there is something in the tent

[steady sparrow]

Is there a chance that I can get Coyote's mask from doing Jefferson Trade Center or do I just have to get lucky w/ targeted loot drops?

[rugged stratus]

either, just make sure the mission is not invaded. TL probably faster , but ymmv

[iron halo]

what do i do with named weapons if they extra? do i deconstruct those or feed to expertise lvls?

[rugged stratus]

20 each for expertise

especially good for the real trash named items as well, saves mats and usage 😅

[iron halo]

i mean "feed as junk to expertise"

[rugged stratus]

yeah... its 2 items per level, or 20 to fully proficient

[iron halo]

so better to feed then to deconstruct

[rugged stratus]

yeah, 2 named donations or 300 printer filament per level

way better donating named*

[iron halo]

ok good to know

i just dont know where tof arm

[inland patio]

How can i play the countdown Mode?

[rugged stratus]

countdown

[iron halo]

like if i get lets say ST Elmo right,but his stats are bad,do i optimize it,or wait for perfect stats to drop?

[rugged stratus]

map > matchmaking> countdown> difficulty> challenging minimum if you want to find a group

[iron halo]

like he has all stats u need,just bad %

[undone quest]

i just got this from random exotic cache. Did I win the game?

[rugged stratus]

reroll or optimize.. if its real trash you could hold off and farm , but if its close and already has dttooc just opt

[iron halo]

dttooc? what

[rugged stratus]

damage to targets out of cover , 3rd attribute possibility

best in slot roll

[iron halo]

oh thats bis

i tought its ar dmg,cd cr

[rugged stratus]

for pretty much all weapons

[iron halo]

had no idea

[rugged stratus]

you dont have a lot of sources for dttooc like you do for chc chd

its either fox's knee or weapon attribute

[iron halo]

i tought this was bis

i got this like 10m ago

[rugged stratus]

roll that health to max chd and youll be gold on high end or nego builds

[iron halo]

ok cool

1 item down

oh and this item is in red dmg build

[fringe tapir]

Anyone got any advice on parameters for what to decon and what to keep?

Having a hard time with this😂

[iron halo]

did i win with rolls xD

[frank copper]

if it's a gear set item, i'd keep at least one

in case you want to make certain builds

at least that's what I do

[rugged stratus]

probably worth looking at the #td2-build-advice pinned spreadsheet and check what you have against some builds you might be eyeing

[iron halo]

local,what mods do i put in my armor?

[rugged stratus]

depends on the build tbh

[iron halo]

well since my gear is all random,cd or cr xD

[rugged stratus]

dps its usually crit.
skill its haste or pfe

[iron halo]

ah so crit rate over crit dmg?

[rugged stratus]

headshot builds obv headshot damage

generally itll be crit damage. i balance my chance prior to mods either with weaponmods>brands>rolls in that order

[iron halo]

kk thx

[fringe tapir]

Yeah I have a bout 7 builds that I’m looking at from there, the problem is becoming gear pieces that aren’t in those builds that idk what to do with. I feel like I want to keep some of everything but I don’t know what to keep out of the other brands that are going unused at the moment

[rugged stratus]

50% chc for mid range coyote builds, all else you should push close to 60% chc for dps

[fringe tapir]

Maybe if I dumb it down to what has at least one attribute with a max roll and what doesn’t?

[rugged stratus]

check to see if stuff you have is craftable. lots of skill items can be made on demand. if its a gear set that rolls red core and you need red attributes those are easier to farm as well

stuff like heartbreaker/habsburg that rolls armor but needs to roll red are harder

also some unicorn items like skill damage grupo, skill damage fox's/contractors/sacrifice all unicorns since they can roll yellow for mortar/explosives/oxi build

[sudden matrix]

@iron halo DM sent.

[devout mountain]

Sometimes you get unicorns when rolling for full red and it’s cool but extremely painful😭

[rugged stratus]

gotta save em, ive rolled a lot of grupo just to get a couple good items for mortar... lots of optimizing as well 😅

[devout mountain]

I save a lot of things 😵‍💫too many

[fringe tapir]

And what’s the difference between recalibrating a max roll and optimizing a stat to max?

[rugged stratus]

optimizing is way more expensive

[devout mountain]

Recalibration can only be done on one stat is fairly cheap

[fringe tapir]

Like you could just find items that only are missing 1 max roll, recalibrate it to a max stat that you have in the library

[devout mountain]

Optimising can be for all stats but can be extremely cost heavy

[devout mountain]

That’s usually the plan 😅

[fringe tapir]

Nice😂

[devout mountain]

But it’s harder for chestplates weapons and backpacks because you also want the right talent

And talents are the forefront to a lot of damage sometimes

[fringe tapir]

Yeah because you can only reroll one slot right

[devout mountain]

Yep

That’s why gear sets and named items are so nice to build with, they have fixed talents, and named items have “perfect” variants that are even better

[fringe tapir]

Yeah I used to want to decon everything that wasn’t named but I’ve seen that unnamed items are still useful in certain situations so I’ve run into a wall💀

[wooden basin]

Hello, I am new to the game and I wanted to ask, can the umbra set no longer be obtained for crafting? It says that the design is obtained as a reward for season 10

[mellow hare]

hi im new

[devout mountain]

Everything that was a reward elsewhere is still obtainable via normal means I’m pretty sure

[wooden basin]

ohh, yes I have seen in other sources to farm the set, but then you can no longer obtain the design for craft? :c

[devout mountain]

Should be able to get the blueprint from control points

Just like every other gear set blueprint

In the supply room chests

[wooden basin]

ohhh ok thankk youuu :3

[clever fjord]

Where could you report bugs?

[true scaffold]

Not sure if this fits here, but anybody found out whether these are in-game coords? (Or if there is anything else behind this)
Also trying to figure out what it says on the King right there on the left of the pic "...be some vo..."
Coords on google maps point to 'Hailun, Suihua, Heilongjiang, China'

Was hoping thered be some sort of king in yellow reference somewhere in game other than this shirt

[true scaffold]

And the whole outfit being called carcosa

[true scaffold]

maybe its "make some noise"?

[devout mountain]

Make some vox

[true scaffold]

Cant find anything at these coords in washington
Next up is new york, where coincidentally robert chambers was born (author of the king in yellow)

[true scaffold]

what i read too, but that looks more like "Voic.."? does it not

[devout mountain]

Maybe?

[true scaffold]

if anyone else has any theories, clues or whatever pls message here or dm

[true scaffold]

anyone know whether those coords are even translatable in game?

[true scaffold]

its partly solved:

In lovecraft lore the king and cthulhu hate eachother so the quote makes sense

[lyric parcel]

anyone know how to fix this? can't seem to find Cindy McAllister in castle

[cloud stream]

you can

shes at the counter that has a queue

the marker wont take u to there, so u have to look for it

[maiden mantle]

Remind me, what does changing my world level difficulty do?

[inner tendon]

The base difficulty of the LZ (open world) map is increased, as well as Missions and such defaulting to that difficulty, but can still be changed.
What the actual difficulty itself does, is allow enemies to drop better gear overall.
e.g. Challenging and above only lets enemies drop gold/gearset/exotic loot, no more purples.

[maiden mantle]

So it is a good thing that I've been running around with my world difficulty on challenging for so long. Good to know I haven't been making things harder on myself for no good reason. Also, how can I get higher stated gear mods?

[inner tendon]

Gear mods are basically just RNG to an extent.
Remember how I said that allows enemies to drop better gear overall? Basically, the higher the difficulty, the better the worse possible rolls are. So playing on Heroic will give you better loot than Chall, etc.
You really don't need all maxed out gear mods, but 80% or better is more than enough.

[maiden mantle]

Darn, RNG, my worst enemy. The reason I ask is that all my red gear mods are lackluster in terms of the percentages they have.

[inner tendon]

Targeted Loot: [mods] will help a lot. You can select your own TL in Countdown/Summit.

One thing to note: skill gear mods are changing soon, in that you'll only need a single good one to use with infinite uses. That may change to more in the future, so I wouldn't farm too hard.

[maiden mantle]

That is a big change!! And isn't the game supposed to be getting a DLC as well sometime soon?

[inner tendon]

Right now the devs are working on a near-full game overhaul called "Project Resolve". You can see details of it over in #news-and-announcements message
The DLC has been delayed until next year as a result.

[pastel quiver]

as someone whos new to D2 but not entirely new to the series, is it better to play on higher world levels right from the start, id assume that not much has really changed from D1 to D2, so im just wondering if its better to go for whats gotta be the better stuff right off the bat or familiarize myself with anything that might be different from the last game

[inner tendon]

With the DLC (which is pretty much mandatory at this point) it actually removes the World Tiers entirely.

Luckily, it goes on 70%+ off fairly regularly.

[pastel quiver]

alright, i just bought d2 during the steam sale, thought id give the second game a try despite friends telling me that its not fun after a while

[maiden mantle]

Wow!! I'll be sure to read up on it. Plus, with the DLC being delayed, that gives me more time to learn the game. If I could ask one last question, would you have any recommendations in terms of a starter red build? I'm tired of using a skill build, I don't feel like I'm really learning how to play smartly considering my skills destroy everything for me.

[inner tendon]

There's actually a list of builds 📌 pinned over in #td2-build-advice > 📌 > spreadsheet 2. All are rated for Heroic and all are up to date.
A good starting point is "Umbra" if you want to learn some endgame strats and how important cover can be.

And no worries about asking questions. That's what we're here for.

[maiden mantle]

Thanks a bunch agent! And I'll start with Umbra then. I will say that I have actually been using cover more lately. No better time than the present to ingrain that habit into my head.

[cloud stream]

I FINALLY FOUND IT

on my manhunt mission

[maiden mantle]

GOOD JOB

[pastel quiver]

jesus christ almost 500k damage

[cloud stream]

nah this is just a start

this can upgrade to an exotic

[maiden mantle]

Really now?

[bold sandal]

Is it the Liberty one?

[cloud stream]

yes

pretty rare

[bold sandal]

That's pog

[cloud stream]

if you use DCH build maybe it can do 2mil one shot

[bold sandal]

One tap shot yeah

Still building my Striker's build rn with my St Elmos

The coyote's mask still eludes me till this day

[cloud stream]

the question is

what is the second exotic

[bold sandal]

Either Backfire or Chameleon

[cloud stream]

no

gear exotic , not weapon

collector is not good, theres no enemies that will caught in nade explosion

tardigrade is defense exotic

[scenic beacon]

memento for solo players, or coyote for DPS builds usually

[bold sandal]

Coyote is mostly for full red setups

[cloud stream]

so apart from coyote, your only choice is sawyer or DCH

[bold sandal]

Pretty much yeah

[cloud stream]

memento is not good for ultimate DPS build

like all red, pure aggressive

[bold sandal]

You need the striker's backpack

So either go for the coyote's or if you wanna go for the oneshot pistol, I heard the exotic holster one is good

[cloud stream]

yeah, without the striker talent you lose the meaning of doing striker build

[scenic beacon]

thing is sawyer has all blue which means its not really designed for all red DPS

[cloud stream]

wait whhhhhhhat?

fixed all blue?

[scenic beacon]

yea

[cloud stream]

ok goodbye sawyer

[bold sandal]

I could run Shocker punch with St' Elmo's but its all blue too

[cloud stream]

again, i wanna ask one thing

fire rounds burn enemies + increased dmg
explosive rounds stagger/bleed enemies + increased dmg
velocity round has increased dmg

[scenic beacon]

this is my pistol build, can reach up to 16 million in 1 shot but i kinda suck so dont use it too much

[cloud stream]

shock is just shock right? without any other damage increase?

[scenic beacon]

shock immobilizes enemies

[bold sandal]

Yeah that's the one I saw from the bottom

[cloud stream]

fire rounds does that also, and has DOT+increased base damage

[bold sandal]

Its good for farming from what I heard since you can one tap easily with it

[cloud stream]

welp, not immobilize , but letting enemies cant do anything

[scenic beacon]

yea you can 1 tap with full stacks but isnt very effective against the tanks cause armor eats up the 1 shot

[bold sandal]

Tjis is mine, still waiting for the Grupo chest and Coyote's mask to drop

[scenic beacon]

I'd say depending on how much crit chance you have to go for a ceska chestpiece instead

[cloud stream]

i already decided to use

st elmo
scorpio
coyote mask
striker 4
DCH

liberty

[bold sandal]

With my current setup, its 57%

[scenic beacon]

cause with coyote on you want 50% CHC cause the most likely buff will be the 10% CHC and damage

[wispy merlin]

you can't use elmo and scorpio, and coyote and dch at the same time btw

[scenic beacon]

you could probably sacrifice one CHC mod for damage instead

[bold sandal]

That's my plan at least, once I get Coyotes am dumping most of my CC mods for CD

[cloud stream]

sawyer or DCH, this is a question

[wispy merlin]

dch over sawyer any time

[cloud stream]

i heard someone said sawyer buff is quite bad

see?

[wispy merlin]

but why run either

[scenic beacon]

well you still want a bit of crit chance, and thats where ceska comes in and gives you a better balance of chance and damage since its 10% CHC

[wispy merlin]

ceska has better crit value

[bold sandal]

Ceska chestpiece with the Coyote yeah

Am running Ceska mask with Fenrir rn, the chest I got from Fenrir has better stats compared to my only Grupo chest

[cloud stream]

the reason im so obscessed with 4 striker + 2 exotic is

mask is exotic confirmed, so the only place left that is not exotic or striker will be holster or chestpiece

theres no point of using a golden holster as it has no additional talents, but exotic holster has one

[scenic beacon]

the game limits you to 1 exotic weapon/armor

[cloud stream]

bruuuuuuuuuuuh

[wispy merlin]

lmao

[cloud stream]

destiny 2 💩

[wispy merlin]

but the other exotic choices to pair with striker are memento, dch and bloody knuckles mostly

and as said above you can only use 1 exotic piece

[cloud stream]

coyote definitely

[scenic beacon]

back in division 1 i used to run 2 big alejandro exotics for an LMG build then they changed it in D2

[wispy merlin]

in some cases striker dch + regulus clears faster

[cloud stream]

either way, theyre all D2

lmao

[scenic beacon]

yea lol

[bold sandal]

Kinda glad I went back to Division 2 after quitting just after finishing WONY

[scenic beacon]

but i suck at hitting headshots with regulus lol

[cloud stream]

if a all red build can withstand enemies firepower on heroic - legendary activities and give them a punch he gonna be the legend

[wispy merlin]

i did solo all 5 legendaries with 6 red

[cloud stream]

theres no way i gonna use anything that requires melee synergy

[wispy merlin]

so it's possible

[cloud stream]

but u didnt punch them right?

[wispy merlin]

no ofc, bloody knuckles too hard to use

[cloud stream]

see? it just no way

[wispy merlin]

but grenading might, it also activates on grenade hit

[bold sandal]

Same thing with Shocker Punch too

[cloud stream]

even a red add on legendary will melt u if u get close

[wispy merlin]

so it's useful with sledgehammer to debuff and gain twd at the same time

[scenic beacon]

well endgame activities the roles are more defined so youre more likely to have a dedicated healer/tank than say countdown which is 8 strikers

[cloud stream]

its 1 tank + 1 healer + 2 dps right?

[wispy merlin]

but you can learn the legendary AI and cheese it

incursion? or legendary

[cloud stream]

RPG logic lol, in legendary activities , non incursion

[bold sandal]

Just like ffxiv LOL

[wispy merlin]

usually it's 1 healer 3 dps, but sometimes 1 cc 3 dps, or 1 healer 1 cc 2 dps

never tank, tank is useless

[scenic beacon]

well i only really see tanks in iron horse where the haz pro helps with cheesing encounters

[cloud stream]

quite different, FFXIV guarantee hits, and it has tank buster

[bold sandal]

Different kinds of busters too

[cloud stream]

anyone that is not tank will die instantly

[wispy merlin]

play smart

you haven't seen legendary speedruns

tanks in div2 just don't work like other rpgs

[cloud stream]

i did see a dude use a shotgun and soloed summit 100F legendary within 20 sec

[bold sandal]

Was thinking if there's a set where you can have a built in taunt

[scenic beacon]

i actually like running haz pro tanks for countdown cause of hunters spamming disrupt

[wispy merlin]

they don't take aggro, and with no support capabilities like sharing bonus armor or buff damage they're just selfish

[scenic beacon]

well vanguard is teamplay and scorpio too

[wispy merlin]

exactly, vanguard is what you have to run as tank or it'd just be selfish. i also see efficient used as well but more niche

but anyway in legendary people do cover to cover and melee bait to dodge damage

[scenic beacon]

also corner peeking so they cant shoot you but you can

[wispy merlin]

even the healer role sometimes is just there to buff damage and never heal, FI buffs anyone at max health

ofc yeah shield peeking is still here so it's still used

i had to shield peek for solo runs

[cloud stream]

wait, so if i use liberty i cant use st elmos?

[wispy merlin]

yeah lol

[cloud stream]

we need to get rid of the D2 exotic💩 on next update bruh

[wispy merlin]

that's HHF

one of the best builds in the game

[scenic beacon]

i mean i'd say its more warranted in division 2 than destiny

cause most things stack in the division wheras in destiny there can only really be 1 buff and debuff at a time on one target

[kind cove]

Still in destiny having multiple exotics can cause a lot of imbalances

[scenic beacon]

well yea but thats mre subclass synergy breaking the game

weapons wouldnt really matter unless it was like malfeasance/other DPS exotics

[kind cove]

Still applies, a lot of guns would simply not be used if you just use all exotics

[scenic beacon]

i mean destiny only really has 3-4 archetypes per weapon class so exotics offer more gameplay variety there

[kind cove]

Both games would suffer the same problem

[scenic beacon]

im just saying division 2 would be broken for different reasons than destiny

like say armor stacking or damage stacking

[bold sandal]

LET'S GOOO

[scenic beacon]

nice

[lyric parcel]

she's doesn't want to talk to me 🥲

[wraith ridge]

why does the boss sometime drop no loot in legendary summit when im trying to farm the bighorn?

can someone explain this

first few times he drop the normal gold weapons n gear

next thing when we re run there is no drop

[strange wagon]

is it true that some stuff is 'locked' behind side-missions?

like shd caches or contaminated zones

also, any tips on what skills to use? i cant seem to get rid of the drone that shoots enemies and the turret, they seem so good ;d

(im about 45hours into the game, level 24 and a bit)

[timid vessel]

@wraith ridge this was changed i think due to ppl farming flr 10 over and over again a while back - devs felt this was exploitive so now u can only kill the flr bosses once for loot.

[sage delta]

all skills are good, some end up with ballistic shield + autoress

[strange wagon]

yeah i guess i have to just experiment more with them

also read that the specialisations can unlock more skillvariants so thats cool

[wraith ridge]

i see thanks

[oak talon]

the farm method is not with killing yourself after clearing the floor, that was the old xp farm method, for drop farming a boss floor you kill the boss while leaving atleast one other enemy alive, and then get your loot and go back to lobby, afterwards going back up to a fresh bossfloor.
otherwise the boss will only drop loot on the first kill only

[wraith ridge]

ohhh

alright i’ll try it out

[cloud stream]

can u get exotics on heroic bounties?

[gleaming moon]

bruh

[somber hazel]

the most beloved exotic component: chameleon, also small chance of lady death from NY bounty

[cloud stream]

bruh i got a chameleon yesterday

[blazing timber]

That is a good exotic.component NGL

[sudden matrix]

Chameleon has a higher chance to drop from bounties but enemies always have a chance to drop exotics from the general pool. It's all rng and at times I've had 3-4 drop in 10-15 minutes.

[cloud stream]

yeah i know

component lol

based

[nimble spruce]

Was thinking the Chinese version of the game now running would result in fewer Chinese speakers in the global chat channels for the rest of us

[cloud stream]

u know a quick solution is VPN or use this server as central chat lmao

and u know what, races or countries dont matter at all

what matter is ubisoft divides chat channel in next update

at least with

• east asia
• southeast asia
• NA
• australia
• europe

[blazing timber]

I rarely see Australian servers cause even they play on Asian server most of the time iirc @inner tendon would know

[cloud stream]

at least separate asia server with 2+ regions lol

its big

[inland patio]

how can i play countdown its locked for me

[nimble spruce]

Are you level 40?

[inland patio]

nah im 30

[nimble spruce]

That's probably why

I've seen lvl 30 players in countdown in the past but I don't think they're supposed to be able to play it, so it might have been fixed

[cloud stream]

quite a lot of the contents are DLC only

[tight gyro]

as a returning player, should i start a new character or continue with the previous main character ?

[inland patio]

damn

[nimble spruce]

Keep your existing character but also start a new one, once you get a little way into the story you might find yourself wanting to jump to the end, then you can return to your old one.

[cloud stream]

can you optimize gear mod?

[signal brook]

how to get shd calibration?

[cloud stream]

like these

[cloud stream]

shd cali is hard-earned stuff, daily project rewards, weekly rewards

they are limited to ~50 a week maybe

[inner tendon]

Nope.

[cloud stream]

• daily project 1X7 => 7
• weekly project X1 => 5
• countdown (weekly?) => 4-8

i heard raids can earn that either

[inner tendon]

SHD watch Scavenging branch gives you 1 per point spent, which is a lot once you hit SHD 999 and stop getting the other bonuses.

A WONY run at SHD 1500 would be....quite a lot.

[low ermine]

its mad p2w, no1 wants to play that shit 😄

[narrow kraken]

FPS issues: very low fps on pc and drops from 120 to 30 every 2 minutes so enjoyable....in DZ is so annoying (on 4090 and i9 13th gen ) oh and fix the new backpack (Festive Delivery) thx !

[sage delta]

sounds like throtling

[frozen pumice]

Why are they missing Providence and Airaldi from the brandset updates?

[nimble spruce]

because they felt they were strong enough already and didn't need a boost

[sage delta]

where i can read about updates you talk about?

[somber hazel]

[PTS patch notes](#patch-notes message)

[frozen pumice]

Ok but they preach respecting players time when if you want an all red (hsd/chd)+specific talent habs chest it would take +-3500 crafts for a 1/3500ish chance 👌👌👌

[sage delta]

🫡

[timid vessel]

@frozen pumice i too was looking for a hab chest all red w/ hh. But truth be told w/ hh u can still one tap as long as ur hsd % is above 150% as stated in the talent. So getting a hab chest that has at least hsd is still fine - just re-roll talent to hh. I was able to craft one that had hsd & wh, and re-rolled talent to hh. The armor does help a bit w/ surviving.

[frozen pumice]

Yeah but for me I want the all red which means rerolling the blue to red. Why wont they just give the 5% diff to airaldis.. I’ll never know

[timid vessel]

then gl farming for it when it really won't make a difference in the dmg output

[frozen pumice]

(Ive done the math for myself it’s only a 4.3% damage diff) is it worth it… not at all. BUT it shouldnt be that ridiculous to get for no reason anyways. Just an example of QoL

[wispy merlin]

it's just for unicorn flexing purposes, you can test or compute if you'll hit new breakpoints with it but i've already done that and it doesn't really

[frozen pumice]

Point is if they are preaching respecting player time there can be better options to obtain or buff the airalidi 10% to 15% to compensate for that. (Unnecessary I know), but it’s about the player time. Im sure there are other time sinks that are totally unnecessary too

[wispy merlin]

yeah but like that's the point to habsburg. you're not the first person to complain about this, i did a good while ago too. but really if it helps just know it doesn't help hit new breakpoints at all

[frozen pumice]

It’s a simple want not a need and an example for player time

[timid vessel]

by ur point of ' respecting players time' then all gear should drop godroll and use the tilta key to bring up the command prompt and punch in a secret code that allows u beat the game within 1 hr. What would be the point of playing

[frozen pumice]

No, not at all, it’s just bringing “player time” from extreme highs down to just highs. Maybe instead of 1/3653 it could look like 1/1000

Outliers need to be looked at too

But also with time every godroll is available. So at sometime in your timeline you’ll have everything you want/need. To the extent of how long that takes is the outlier extremes im more interested seeing respected. What keeps you playing when you have 100% of everything?

[strange wagon]

can i do sidemissions whenever i want, they dont expire or anything right?

for example the ones from the settlements

[nimble spruce]

correct, as long as you don't boost

[strange wagon]

yeah i wont, i have one but not gonna use it, level 26 just doing whatever in DC.

cool, thank you.

[barren maple]

Does anyone know how to get the Dark Winter?

[timid vessel]

dz drop or named caches

[barren maple]

Got it

[glossy vine]

is it possible to get st elmo through summit?

[low ermine]

Yes.

[undone quest]

Target loot AR's. Pray.

[honest crystal]

So I just finished WONY. Do I immediately change the global difficulty and directives?

[timid vessel]

u change it based on ur comfort lvl

[sage delta]

do alot of heroics in MM to get some gear, make some build. then switch to comfort level diff

[inner tendon]

It's best to raise them up over time, just try and make the push to Challenging sooner rather than later, enemies only drop gold/gearset/exotic loot, no more lower tier colours.

[cloud stream]

LETSGOOOOOOOOOOOOO

idk man, complicated feelings

[compact furnace]

Question about Hotshot set description. "First Headshot with a Marksman Rifle will increase next headshot by 20%", increase what next headshot? Chance? Damage?

[wispy merlin]

it's a 20% amp, but due to the way headhunter damage works it's not a straight 20%

[devout mountain]

is it still possible to get the regulus parts after collecting weekly cache?

[compact furnace]

thanks!

[devout mountain]

googled it, answer is no

[sage delta]

lol, yeah chance that you able to aim for headshot increses by 20%

ofcs its damage

[inner tendon]

I think they're asking if it's HSD or outright damage.

@compact furnace Just so we're clear, what effects weapon sway on an MMR (sniper) is Stability. If it's at 100% (you can see via your stats page over from the Inventory) then your bullet always goes where you point it.

It's actually quite easy to reach 100% Stability on a Hotshot build.

[scenic beacon]

im having an issue where im exceeding the disrupt immunity threshold but hunters can still disrupt me. i tested the EMP jammers in summit and warhound dogs and those dont effect me. is there something special with hunters or is it just the game?

[elfin rivet]

I'm on Xbox and just beat keener. Can anyone tell me how to get bp for the rigger set?

[queen zephyr]

Anyone have the btsu gloves that they are able to trade?

[sage delta]

its possible? drop are bound to group it was dropped to in the time window like few hours. afaik

[queen zephyr]

im not to sure i am kinda new to the game i played for about a month ill sear it up

[queen zephyr]

i sent u a dm

[true siren]

Drops in Div2 have a timer if you get them while in a group, that timer counts down for an hour and until that timer is up you can drop it for other people who were in your group when you got it.

[hallow ember]

Whats the fastest way to lvl up in season level, and is the Iron Lung Exotic Lmg good

[civic lily]

It's missing its 10% crit chance mod so no

[barren maple]

Would hunters fury or strikers be better for a dmg build? Or would kitbashing them together work?

[regal summit]

At medium ranges, strikers. At very close ranges, hunter's might be better, especially in solo content

If you're playing group content though, and you want to be the main dps dealer of the group, strikers is the strongest build for that currently,

[rugged stratus]

i legit think its the hunters are a bit different than normal emp with your experience recently

[rugged stratus]

probably not available.. you can farm it really easy since it drops with skilltiers. not a great set though. highend 3 empress, 2 hanna, wyvern with glass and tech support way stronger for skills

[devout mountain]

Funnily enough skill tier gear sets are one of the very few things that you can reasonably craft and not want to commit die trying to roll for stats

[wispy merlin]

here i am rolling red onto rigger

[rugged stratus]

yeah , all skill gearsets godroll

[devout mountain]

At that point you dont even use capacitor

[wispy merlin]

yeah no, the point is just to make use of the backpack talent

[rugged stratus]

cap stronger with red cores than yellow cores

[wispy merlin]

just having fun with redeploying skills over and over as dps

not saying it's strong or anything, just fun

[rugged stratus]

decoy setup you mentioned previous im guessing

[blazing timber]

No cooldown reviver hive

[cloud stream]

u cant craft striker chestpiece?

[blazing timber]

Nope

[wispy merlin]

yeah

[sleek heart]

This is off topic but a while ago I asked for someone to give me coyotes mask but I was informed that I have to get it myself with the dlc, which I didn't have at the time but now I do! So I finally got the mask a couple minutes ago and couldn't be happier cuz it's so damn cool

[wispy merlin]

congrats

[barren maple]

Nice

[barren maple]

Got it

[cloud stream]

bruuuuuuuh finally got my gun

just 30min into targeted loot and i got 2 exotics

[barren maple]

W

[shell dirge]

Are Exotic Projects not shared between characters??

[vague heron]

guys when the next major update ?

[inner tendon]

Currently the next Major Update planned is listed here: #news-and-announcements message

that's also the roadmap.

[sage delta]

To level expertise on exact gun, i need to hold it in hands? i need to make kills? if other ppl in group make kills? if i use other weapon does it get exp?

[clever fjord]

Kill xp is counted towards expertise. You don't need to hold it in your hands

But 1 thing i know is having more than 1 pc of a certain brand/gearset can help level your expertise faster

That's why you sometimes see wacky 6pc gearset builds

[clever fjord]

I see most people grind for expertise on CD so I'm pretty sure that the kill xp is shared to everyone

[viscid dagger]

CD is the way cuz you can double dip target loot donations and actual usage of the pieces

When CD launched this is what I did

Now that I'm lvl 19 it's really basically impossible for me to have anything to donate that isn't dz exclusives so only through named caches

[clever fjord]

I am more of a "do an ny run and donate an insurmountable amount of printer filaments" type farmer

[viscid dagger]

I do that now

[clever fjord]

I am NOT playing with rigger or hardwired to get the proficient

[viscid dagger]

I mean hw is fine

Hw seeker spam build

[clever fjord]

I only see those in dz south throwing them 24/7

[viscid dagger]

But like for example look at my mish mash of a build to get stuff proficient in countdown

Can't have gloves being proficient or knees rn as the only ones I'm missing are exos and that's taken up by ridgeway

[clever fjord]

Naming loadouts 🤢

[viscid dagger]

I don't see a problem with it

[clever fjord]

I got the focus striker's named dark zone assault

[viscid dagger]

It's just dumb default naming

[clever fjord]

But seriously can you contribute with the build?

[viscid dagger]

I have 60 % pfe it's fine ish

Challenging countdown not heroic

[tepid sierra]

Donating is SOOOO much faster then using gear to get proficiency.

[rugged stratus]

not so easy to donate exo.. is bag gift? if so , also not easy to donate

[tepid sierra]

don't confused Proficiency with Expertise.

[rugged stratus]

i didnt... he grinding proficiency on those items the exo are better suited to upgrades, and 3000printer filament not great when it can be ground out easily enough

[cloud stream]

first run

[tepid sierra]

I'm not talking donating materials, donate the GEAR. not just wearing it.

[cloud stream]

not hard, just slightly harder than countdown

if u know english lol

[rugged stratus]

dz eclusive and exo not worth donating is my point

hes spot on with grinding it

[tepid sierra]

no worth wearing this to level up the Proficiency when donating some gear is faster.

[rugged stratus]

so you donate exotics, dz exclusives that are a hard drop?

only thing worth gear donation in that setup is the improvised

[tepid sierra]

why would I donate EXO to level up IMPOVISED GEAR?

[rugged stratus]

look at what is not proficient

[nimble spruce]

...donating items only levels up proficiency on those specific items you're donating

[rugged stratus]

its basically what youre suggesting

[tepid sierra]

HIS KNEES.

[rugged stratus]

look at his chest, bag, both guns

he grinding all that out with the build.. not just the knee

im assuming virginian and gift on the rifle/bag

[nimble spruce]

his knees are already proficient anyway

[rugged stratus]

yeah true, i missed that 😆

[viscid dagger]

Only knees, holsters and gloves I'm missing are exos and obviously can't have more than 1 exo gear equipped

[dense whale]

damn

[viscid dagger]

Virginian - DZ EXCLUSIVE/named caches

Merciless - Exo

The gift - dz exclusive /named caches

Ridgeways - EXO

The gift - dz exclusive /named caches

None of these are easy to farm for donations unless you pull out exos out ur ass
And the printer filaments are going towards other more useless things

The rest is just stuff that'll help me not that complicated
Only missing exos on the other slots that aren't being proficient

[tepid sierra]

Now that I've Coffee'd and Smoked- I'd still do a Watch Dump run and then donate them points into Printer Filaments, and give them to the Exotic/Named. localdeck, I woke up saw a picture and only read "this is what I'm wearing to lvl up" no hard feelings, I just had to much blood in my THC/Caffeine Stream.

[viscid dagger]

Yes I've done 2 of those in the past 2 weeks

And for me I just get burned out if I constantly do them

[rugged stratus]

Yeah 300shd per kinda makes them points go quick from a wony run too

Buying named/weapon with points from a vendor is efficient use tho, at least for the regularly available stuff. 30shd or less per

[tight maple]

I forgot to make 6 loadouts for all 6 specalization classes.

[bronze grove]

Congrats

[cloud stream]

look at my exotic components lol

DONE

[cedar yacht]

gz

[cloud stream]

one roll to god

[cedar yacht]

But you still need to optimize it

[mellow trout]

Gonna take some love to max it

[cedar yacht]

actually reroll not godrolled

[hard blaze]

took me like 40 exo components to roll my Elmo to DTTOOC lol

like another 20 for my Ouroboros, then I proceeded to get one dropped from Wright with DTTOOC on it already, 1% drop chance 💯

[inner tendon]

On the first matter: just a heads-up for next time,
if a gun can be farmed out via regular TL (like Elmo's can) then it's better to do that to get the roll you want instead of spending Exo Components, as those are needed for other things. Even with costs being halved via Project Resolve, it's still going to save you time overall.

Countdown TL: [AR], and buy a cache every 2-3 runs. You'll be swimming in no time and get one before too long.

[hard blaze]

yeah I realise that 😛 I was running a lot of countdown with targered loot on AR's, but had no luck for a looong time, so I decided to say fuck it and just reroll it while farming for other stuff like proficiency and other items I need for loadouts

[cloud stream]

lol its sad all the raids are disbanded by the time i matched in

[hard blaze]

will optimizing also be cheaper in Project Resolve?

[inner tendon]

Do you mean ingame matchmaking for Raids? Because that's only for Discovery mode and doesn't give you any of the "raid locked" loot.

[inner tendon]

Honestly not sure, if it's not mentioned over in #news-and-announcements then we likely don't know yet.

[novel moon]

What is the Lexington elevator nuke?

[inner tendon]

It's an odd way of saying it, but it seems to be referring to enemies all exiting from the same door.

[novel moon]

Should I do Coney Island, zoo, and white oak before or after lvl 40?

Also does anyone have. any tips on how to survive the “defend access point” part of the zoo mission

[inner tendon]

Lore-wise, Coney Island is the final mission before WONY's campaign starts. All take place earlier in the timeline than NYC does, so if you want to do it "properly", then yeah before is best.

[cloud stream]

lets gooooooooo my first lead on raid

[zealous stream]

2 questions-Are there any easy to get exotics, and is it possible to upgrade my level 1 lullaby exotic shotgun so It doesn’t get outdated?

[inner tendon]

To the lvl 1 exotics: nope. Those are stuck forever at Lvl 1.

The fastest "guaranteed" Exotic is probably Liberty via its Project, and then Chameleon because Bounty Named Enemies have a very good chance to drop it.

[cloud stream]

u guys know what is the biggest mistake i made ? lmao

[zealous stream]

Thanks, also on my new character I’m working on a LMG/Shotgun tanky dps build. What would be good to use alongside a primary weapon shield? (I forget the name of it)

[cloud stream]

i just found out u can donate the weapon itself to boost expertize , and before this, i break down all weapons and gears for material and donate the material instead lol

[sudden matrix]

Go buy named weapons and gear at the vendors and donate those too.

[wispy merlin]

i'm poor

[blazing timber]

Says the guy with ultra pro Max speC PC

[viscid vigil]

well played

[zealous stream]

I’m level 40. And I can’t equip my level 40 P320 Xcompact. Any ideas why?

[true siren]

gotta be on the gunner spec

[zealous stream]

Ah ic

Is there anywhere I can change my spec in NY?

[true siren]

yea, should be near rhodes in the NY BoO

[zealous stream]

Ok ty 🙂

[sleek heart]

Would this be considered a God roll?

[wispy merlin]

yes

now put it in the recalibration library jk don't do that

[sleek heart]

I was boutta say 💀

Yea I re-rolled it like twice

I just decided to re-roll since I pulled another one from my count down exotic cache

Which made me pretty sad cuz I wanted something else since I grinded for the mask for like almost two hours yesterday 😭

[wispy merlin]

if it was close to max you could optimize it

[woven heart]

can you get the gun to drop from boss after completing for the week already Incursion oro

[rugged stratus]

1% on bosses, no limit afaik

10% weekly on end cache for each agent you have created

[strange wagon]

is recalibration, expertise and optimization something for max level? or 30+ ?

[woven heart]

thanks bro appreciate you

[zealous stream]

What is the summit in WONY?

[plain magnet]

do i only have 1 day to do the manhunt bounties?

[nimble spruce]

no, you've got until the end of the season (about 5 more weeks)

[plain magnet]

i was confused when i hovered over it, its ccounting down for a da

[scenic beacon]

im trying to do the DUA mission for technician where it says to kill "books" and it says theres only diesel

[nimble spruce]

there are 3 bosses in the regular (non-invaded) version of DUA, books is the first one you meet, in the shopping mall area

[sage delta]

Awesome even more spawns behind your back

[tulip vector]

Does anyone have any idea where the Agent Brooks Support side mission trigger is?

[white vector]

quick question about countdown, is there a list somewhere of the bonuses and what they do (as in the amount of bonus) ?

[alpine moon]

how good are the DZ Caches you get when hitting above DZ Level 50? where can i get good rolled gear best to compete in pvp? optimizing takes a huge chunk of ressources 😦

[willow gale]

Just normal farming is best

the caches are okay but not something to rely on in terms of getting gear

[alpine moon]

so open world? more drops in countdown, no? but summit decent too. anyone who really did the math what rolls best with the ammount of gear, or is it just ammount of gear and every diff drops same high/low rolls?

[languid crane]

what happens once you have all on 50 in the shd clock

[willow gale]

I havent really farmed much in countdown myself but people really like it

i do summit mostly

and heroic ofc

[willow gale]

goes into scav

[white vector]

countdown on challenging is like 50 pieces every 15min with not god rolls but good enough to use/optimize/reroll if not fully rolled

[alpine moon]

does heroic roll better?

[white vector]

not much, and def not worth the hhassle compared to challenging

[willow gale]

what kind of build are you going for?

[zealous stream]

Making an LMG/Shotgun tank dps build. What gear other than lengmo should I use?

[devout mountain]

Press G to “toggle mission mode” for invaded and non invaded

[autumn widget]

It says I still need to talk to Cindy before I can go after the recruiter however she has no prompt?

[elfin nexus]

if I get Matador the DZ drop item, can it drop in my loot pool if I try to farm it in the summit or countdown?

[scenic beacon]

no, you can only get it from named caches outside DZ

you could buy a bunch by playing countdown

[elfin nexus]

oh okay thanks!

[sleek heart]

Its a stupid clip but I finally got St. Elmo's from the countdown cache, I couldn't be happier so I just sat there jumping for joy 💀

Sadly I didn't have my ps mic on when it happened 😭

[somber hazel]

congrats

[sleek heart]

Thank you

[cloud stream]

lol anti-door strat

[limber garnet]

Do the sepcialization team buffs affect yourself as well? Also are they active in solo play?

[oak talon]

the demo, surv, sharp and firewall group buffs only apply to others in your team and not yourself,
the demo, surv and sharp are also only your subgroup, firewall is both subgroups in 8man content

[limber garnet]

thanks

[limber garnet]

If i wear weapon 1, is the talent on weapon 2 still active?

[nimble spruce]

No, weapon stats including talents are only active when you have that weapon in your hand (unless explicitly stated otherwise)

[latent spade]

does incoming repairs mod make armor regen faster by any chance?

[regal summit]

it doesn't

[cloud stream]

with that logic , st elmo ammo on a shotgun would be overkill

like ACS12

[nocturne grove]

For expertise farming, is level 15 enough since I get another core attribute?
Going beyond is very expensive in terms of the number of exotic gems needed

[inner tendon]

Costs are going to be halved come the February update called "Project Resolve".

[bronze grove]

Waaay more than halved

3 components per level

From a slight guess

42(components)/14(levels past 10) = 3

[haughty ether]

What is a raid? Is it dlc content?

[bronze grove]

No but you can't get a group without it

[nimble spruce]

8-player cooperative game mode with problem solving mechanics. There are currently 2 raids, I think only one of them can be done without the dlc but it would be quite difficult to get a team together without it as basically all long term players use it

[bronze grove]

Operations dark hours and operation iton horse are the only 2

[haughty ether]

Ah ok. When do u unlock them? Are they end game game modes?

[vital crest]

can anyone tell me what the tactical assessments i keep picking up are for?

what they do?

[nimble spruce]

Yes, they're some of the most difficult content and require solid endgame builds and experienced players

[nimble spruce]

Those are for optimising gear

[vital crest]

ah, i see now they're a crafting currency then?

seems an odd name for a resource lol

[bronze grove]

It's faction unique materials

You get it when you kill a boss from that faction

[ionic scroll]

what do I do with spare SHD Techs? I already purchased all skills and still have 9 left at the moment

[nimble spruce]

Nothing, they're useless

[bronze grove]

Boxes in ny

[ionic scroll]

oh I haven't touched the DLC yet

[nimble spruce]

There's enough shd tech in NY to open all the boxes there though so you'll still have some left over

[ionic scroll]

thanks. I'm just really annoyed by the fact that the White House icon on map always shows an exclamation mark telling me I have new unspent SHD Techs while I have nothing to spend on

[cloud stream]

if no modifier, does normal raid same as discovery mode?

just without matchmaking

[wispy merlin]

discovery is way easier but also not worth doing because it's not representative of normal

and it has none of the rewards you would do normal for

[limber garnet]

Is there a way to toggle between invasion stronghold and normal one on WT1? Also do i still get the gunner 4 quest if another teammate uses an armor kit?

[fallow inlet]

Hey Rivens, Ikia, Kettle

[nimble spruce]

hey Saph

[fallen basin]

Does this mean alloys when optimizing weapons. One upgrade from 11 wd to 12.3 wd costs 65 alloys at the moment. That is borderline extortion.

[inner tendon]

Expertise costs.

[fallen basin]

Meh. Expertise in my experience isn't nearly as important as optimizing. Hopefully with the "proposed" loot quality upgrade, heroic stuff will drop with rolls higher than 60 or 70 percent on average. How about the crafting station? Since we are using our resources to build things on a lvl 4 table, rng should be better than 30/50 percent on each attribute. I've lost count of the number of items I've tried crafting that every stat was below 50%. This also should not exist as again, we are using our resources and rng shouldn't exist like in crates, ooen world drops.

[rugged stratus]

wonder if project resolve will fix being impaled by st elmo in the keener final animation

[civic lily]

are you running st elmo in wony?

[rugged stratus]

yeah usually

[civic lily]

under level 40?

I'm still searching

[rugged stratus]

no im carry agent, shd

was a backup call. i wont need a wony run for a really long time 😆

[devout mountain]

Just need to farm out a level 32 34 36 38 strikers set

[uncut quartz]

I've just started the season manhunt after getting back into the game last week and I can't find any of the second missions for the targets. Is this a bug or just a time gated thing?

[devout mountain]

They are bounties

[fallow inlet]

Hey Local

[main cape]

Anyone else who can't debrief birdie?

I got on my map meet birdie but i cant see her

[devout mountain]

Patch notes address fixing it soon

Supposedly

[main cape]

Oke thanks for the info

[sage delta]

Are there date when this new patch will be deployed?

[inner tendon]

#patch-notes has the details.
Project Resolve isn't yet, this is a small one in the meantime.

[sage delta]

so tommorow?

[rugged stratus]

What's good Saph

[pale bough]

Guys can someone answer with a proof whether Catharsis mask is in targeted loot pool or only in general up until I get blueprint? Didn't obtain the BP during season 9....now farming CD with targeted masks and I'm only getting either Vile or Coyotes mask....

[civic lily]

unlucky

[pale bough]

So it is in targeted even without blueprint right? I've heard the was a bug like with ninjabag and St Elmo, both had been fixed, didn't hear catharsis was but then again I've taken a break from div after lau mission 😁

[dreamy temple]

i think i got mine from an exotic crate

[dawn barn]

Does anyone here have a floor 100 I could use to get the mask?

[narrow kraken]

How do I get the Dodge City Gunslinger's Holster? The Oiled Hammer Guards dropped for me on a Level 4 Checkpoint (I think it was New Venice or Navy Hill) since then I've checked guides and have done Riverside Gas Station Several times - no cowboy hat enemy or exotic part in the stash. What do I do?

I did Riverside on level 4 also, I haven't even got the project with the steps in my projects.

[lucid mural]

what does the snitch do?

just bounty giving?

[viscid dagger]

Reveals the location of cassie

Special vendor

[lucid mural]

after completing the bounty?

[viscid dagger]

Don't need to complete it for it to show up in the map
Look for the white shopping cart in the map

[lucid mural]

oh you right, top of judiciary

[viscid dagger]

It'll say when it opens /when it closes if its already open

[devout mountain]

reveals the location of the gunrunner
Basically highest value shop

[alpine moon]

Is loot impacted by directives or only xp?

[wispy merlin]

directives boost targeted loot chance

[lavish fox]

any guides you guys recommend for a returning player that hasnt played in two years no clue what to do rn

[fallen basin]

So you started the whole quest by getting the project from Inaya? If you did, then perhaps you already have the first piece, which is fast leather belt. That has to be donated to the project lady in the BOO. Then the 3 required pieces come from 3 different factions (hyenas, outcasts amd true sons) once those three have been collected, donate to the project lady again. You will then have the showdown at high noon to do just to the east of the boo descent location. Then once you've done high noon, donate again amd she gives you all of the pieces. You will then need a providence holster and a petrov holster (both high end) to combine with blueprint

[pastel citrus]

what would be the best way to get components to finish this?

[clever fjord]

Search around the map for components hotspots

Should show up if you zoom in map enough

[pastel citrus]

is this a component I can donante?

if so why wont it allow me to?

[clever fjord]

There's also a 100 components cache inside the dz west safe house

[clever fjord]

Those are different

[pastel citrus]

ohhh you right

[pastel citrus]

perfect going to check

[clever fjord]

You can enter dz. perform unalive. Respawn at safe house immediately

[craggy grove]

Look for resource convoys

They give food and water aswell

[pastel citrus]

about to ge tmy first exoitc !

[craggy grove]

Nice

Gl

[pastel citrus]

hey, am I missing something, but what is "countdown"

[vital crest]

is it even worth it for a solo noob to enter the dark zone? or will i just be experiencing pain

[lavish fox]

how do you get different grenade?

[true agate]

different specializations have different types of gernades.

[true agate]

could be rough in terms of leveling / optimization gap but worth a try to see if you like it.

[true agate]

top right of your map is pentco countdown. 8 man 'raid' 15 minute session with 3 objectives but you just need two plus the main challenges to complete then extract. great way to farm the gear you want since you can choose what it targeted. matchmake a challenge session and give it a go

[lavish fox]

so if i remember correctly doings countdowns give you the currency to get the exotic caches can you get ouroboros out of those caches?

[cedar yacht]

Incursion exclusive

[lavish fox]

gotcha

[lavish fox]

st elmos in the cache pool?

[regal summit]

yes

[rugged stratus]

its a good week for nemesis project. manning is invaded and can give a random nemesis part an agent may be missing

[tight maple]

Deconstruct the weaker weapons to get those receiver components.

[tight maple]

The Grand Washington Hotel isn't invaded, I have to wait for another week or so since I have 4 parts for the Nemesis.

[rugged stratus]

yeah no bp this week

[latent spade]

isnt there gear system mods with hazard protection? Forgot completely xD

[tiny stump]

Don't think so

[sudden matrix]

Just ones with individual rolls like shock/burn/blind/disrupt resist.

[hot kiln]

can you farm talents at the crafting station or do you need to find them first in the wild?

[nimble spruce]

You can farm them by crafting, it's not exactly a good use of time or resources though

Target farming in countdown will not only give you lots of talents to extract, but better stat rolls too

[barren maple]

Does anyone know where the national building museum is? It’s for the carbon mask

[sage delta]

it is possible to get rid of them once and forever?

most infuriating thing here i cant mark items as trash right away from boxes

[civic lily]

no

sort items as new and mark all as junk after opening them

[wispy merlin]

hover mouse over "Open Cache" and spam left click and space

[sage delta]

this also kinda sad

[sudden matrix]

You can go to the spotlight tab and see your total keys as long as there isn't an apparel event.

[viscid dagger]

I just don't let them accumulate

[civic lily]

good for you, I have atleast 350

never gonna see below 99+ ever again

[viscid dagger]

Think people need to be less lazy

[rugged stratus]

at a certain point you give yourself carpal tunnel for a load of unusable textiles

[nimble spruce]

I don't let them accumulate, but I'm not sure having a bigger pile of textiles is necessarily worse than having a big pile of keys (especially if they're actually going to start rotating items again)

[viscid dagger]

They will be rotating items again
They been saying that for 2 years

[sudden matrix]

Once you have like 20K textiles and 100/100 why open them?

[rugged stratus]

let me send you my info and you can open all mine for me 🤣

[viscid dagger]

I don't

[civic lily]

I don't even have 100/100

All I get is dupes

[viscid dagger]

I have 100/100 out of everything in the caches
But not alot of textiles

The things I want to buy with textiles are literally only available for actual money

[nimble spruce]

116k textiles, no keys, but I do have all the items in the current caches

[viscid dagger]

You don't know how many outfits I'm missing one item and I'd have to buy it with real money

I want the field respirator mask and I'm literally missing one items hate massive

[civic lily]

no 100% completion for you

[sage delta]

btw, i cant switch camp oak to invaded version?

maybe cos of event enabled?

[rugged stratus]

go ahead and start opening these 😂 ... they really need to let you buy resources or something with these if not adding/rotating items

[toxic steeple]

I don't get what I'm seeing (can I post a screenshot/imgur?) on the store page. It says I have an adjusted price (because I already own 5 items), but the bundle is only showing 1 item that I don't own... And that individual item is more expensive than the entire bundle's adjusted and discounted price. Like it looks like the one item it's indicating I don't own is more expensive than the bundle its in lol

[viscid dagger]

They are smart tbh
"Hey you missing one item aha get ur wallet out"

[tiny stump]

If the mask is the only thing you need it should be cheaper to buy the whole bundle than the one item

[rugged stratus]

also targeting peoples fear of missing out with all the time limited apparel sales

[tiny stump]

Bc of the discount

[viscid dagger]

Yea I can buy the one item only
But meh

Not this close to a new season

[tiny stump]

You can buy the bundle. Or you should be able to

[toxic steeple]

It's funny how it doesn't show the discount apply to the individual item though. Like people could accidentally spend more than they need to on the same thing that's officially discounted.

[viscid dagger]

Yea scummy business practices

But I get it tbh

[toxic steeple]

Could be a simple oversight too though, not intentional.

[viscid dagger]

It is what it is
The game needs MTX to continue support

[toxic steeple]

I don't have problem with the MTXs, I care about the game and am happy it and the franchise is getting growing support.

[rugged stratus]

not an oversight... they make you buy premium credits to get that stuff so you cant disput something or get any type of refund

[toxic steeple]

I mean gamers declaring it's one thing doesn't automatically mean it's not a mistake. Devs make mistakes all the time (you know that playing Division 😛 )

[viscid dagger]

Speaking of that
That won't ever get me
I was so pissed initially when the RE event was on and I wasn't available to play the game
But I held out and they eventually reran the event

[tiny stump]

I hate non refundable credits. I bought money and the site was laggy and somehow it thought I bought two of it. And I paid double

[civic lily]

they really targeting my fomo for putting yaahl in the vendors once in my entire div 2 career

Good thing it was in clan vendor

[viscid dagger]

Also in dz vendor

[tiny stump]

It might always be clan vendor

[toxic steeple]

FOMO is your own thing. If it works, it's because you're weak

[viscid dagger]

With God awful rolls

[tiny stump]

Oh yeah dz too

[inner tendon]

Yaahl being in the BoO vendor exactly once is honestly kind of funny.

[rugged stratus]

like remember the bug with using premium credits for textile purchases a while back.. i wonder if anyone saw those premium back in their account

[civic lily]

put it back D:

[viscid dagger]

WHERE IS MY SYS CORR IN THE CLAN vendor...
Is what I would've said if I didn't proficient it already

[civic lily]

I need more affordable yaahl pieces

[toxic steeple]

Considering it's a real money transaction, it's subject to government regulation wherever it took place. Of course it got sorted.

[inner tendon]

It's like that time I got a DZ item from a CP Rogue team, not even during a Manhunt bounty.
To this day, never been able to repeat it.

[civic lily]

which item

[rugged stratus]

premium credits arent a real money transaction

[toxic steeple]

4head

[rugged stratus]

money for items would be a real money transaction

[inner tendon]

Possibly a Matador, was a loooong time ago though. Just after WONY IIRC.

[viscid dagger]

They need to implement a system where we can buy the regulus with real money in game think that would be a cool idea /s

[inner tendon]

We get one of those bots about 3 times a week as-is.

[viscid dagger]

Lol

[inner tendon]

The things y'all don't see.

[civic lily]

Put regulus in the dz

[viscid dagger]

I remember yters once or even still promoting those sites where you "pay" for a EB

[viscid dagger]

The most activity the dz would ever see

[inner tendon]

It would top when youtubers started touting the Kard as a "gives the skill tier to you whilst holstered" gun.

[viscid dagger]

I wish
Man I wish

[tiny stump]

How do you get to the point of making YouTube videos and not know the basics about the weapon you're talking about

[civic lily]

views

[sudden matrix]

Bro that's pretty much all the youtube build vids tho

[tiny stump]

yeahh.. you aint wrong

[brave timber]

Hey guys...
So what is the fastest/easiest way to get St. elmo?

Recently got back into the game, and the big mag size is something i like 🙂

[civic lily]

countdown

[sudden matrix]

It's rare I watch a build vid anymore but when I used to it was always like "why use that when this is better" then I realized that it's just people on solo heroic with some directives sometimes just going for clicks. So I stopped clicking on them. I've even considered doing 2 minute build guides but it's work and mah ADHD picks the shiny things.

[brave timber]

WHat is the drop chance?

[sudden matrix]

Thing is you get tons of tageted loot so it's a better chance than you'd think.

[wispy merlin]

there was a wave of "god mode solo legendary build" videos too and that's how skill tier striker got brought back into the memelight

[sudden matrix]

Rigger comeback recently... Bleh

[brave timber]

Ehm.... So i need like 16000 drops to get a chance of an exotic to drop??

[sudden matrix]

At least it's not hard to farm for and doesn't consume much resources.

[brave timber]

0,006% in coundown

[wispy merlin]

solo legendary build but i take 30m to clear first stage DUA

god mode

[sudden matrix]

Still gonna be the fastest way to obtain it.

[wispy merlin]

you also get currency to buy exotic caches too so it's not just drop chance from enemies, you may get it from cache

[brave timber]

Drop chance looks incredibly small.

[sudden matrix]

Well idk the question was answered.

[tiny stump]

new mask looks nice

i guess i cant use those 4 keys they gave me

anyone elsee having this issue. if i go into the apparel caches section i cant escape out of it. i have to shift over to any other option in the top menu like inventory in order to exit back to game

[cyan gyro]

Has anyone who was stuck on the latest manhunt logged in post-patch to see if the fix worked yet? Does it suddenly let you progress past the 4th person rescued? Do we still have to reset everything and avoid playing with other people?

I didn't bother with a reset because people found even further problems past that last week.

[scenic beacon]

is countdown the best way to get max PFE mods? ive tried a whole bunch and havent gotten a single one yet

[low ermine]

farming them is pain, just play the game they will drop one day.

[wispy merlin]

i got some of mine from profi caches of all things

[civic lily]

oh hell no

max mods from prof caches is insane

[pastel citrus]

Hey yall, this is where i'm at and I am more new to the game so I'm unsure where to go from here as I've just been messing around with different missions and gamemodes, but I beat DC and NewYork Where should i go from here and what should my objective be right now?

[full crown]

There are still 5 days left for Vik League I'd be completing that while activating Guardians so you can earn additional rewards

[pastel citrus]

how do i go abolut leveling this up?

[devout mountain]

There’s quests on the main page

4 timed challenges and 2 enemy related

They give you the stars for completing the relevant tiers

[full crown]

👆 yes that

Now that I remember there is a timer for Vik League with every mission so don't activate Guardians just yet you don't wanna make it more difficult for yourself

[fallen basin]

this could be such an easy fix. They could add the apparel the npc's wear into a new cache called NPC Apparel, or something. Or for those of us that have loads of textiles and spare keys, how about we add a way to buy caches, exo caches, etc from say Inaya?

[vital crest]

do black tusk activities spawn if i've already completed the invasion, i think i screwed myself over

[nimble spruce]

They will still spawn in NY

[vital crest]

ah ty ty

[cyan gyro]

So did that Manhunt get fixed for anyone with today's patch? I just logged in and it still says I need to "Meet Cindy McAllister" despite rescuing all four people, just like before, even though I did that a couple months ago.

On Twitter there's a lot of people still saying the Manhunt is broken...

[dense basalt]

Mines still bugged

[haughty ether]

What do I use skill attachments for?

[fallen basin]

skill attachments for the actual skill or for your gear? for the actual skill, plus ammo for sniper turret, duration, etc. on your gear, skill duration, skill haste.

[balmy garden]

how to make the interact button to show to start the mission...

tried changing the difficulties and nope... thanks game

[civic lily]

open the door on normal mission mode then switch back to manhunt

[balmy garden]

yeah i gave up at that point. Too many loading screens

[haughty ether]

im almost lvl 24 got a lvl 30 booster token. is it even worth it to grind to lvl 30 or just use it>

[lofty junco]

what's the general order of what to do with junk gear after adding to the recal library? donate to expertise, dismantle, sell?

[inner tendon]

My suggested order is:
Keep if good > Recal Library > Expertise > Break down into junk > Sell.

What I normally do is fill up my Inventory whilst farming, then go to a base and sort it out there.

Althgough as of next month-ish, you'll be able to access Expertise, Recal, Optimise all from the menu.

[lofty junco]

so is money not super important? i've only got about 20k.

[mellow trout]

Youll need it for recal and buying stuff

[inner tendon]

Not really, you'll get it passively over time.
and after a while, you will just use it to buy Named Items you see at Vendors to fill out your Expertise board.
20 Named's donated gets it to Rank 10 Proficiency.

[haughty ether]

what do i get for liberating all the areas?

[mellow trout]

You cant really liberate them per se theres always activities

[haughty ether]

well yk like the bosses that spawn after u do the 3 activites

what do i get for killing of them>

[mellow trout]

Bragging rights

[haughty ether]

is that it?

[mellow trout]

Pretty much

Theyre just bounties

[inner tendon]

You do actually get something for holding all the CP's at once: a backpack trophy.

[balmy garden]

how do i know which gun can i donate for expertise?

[tiny stump]

if it doesnt say proficient on it you can donate

[inner tendon]

^There's a rank out of 10 Proficiency.
If you mark it as junk, then just hold [x] on the Expertise menu and it'll auto donate.

[balmy garden]

oh nice. thought ill need to one by one check and donate

thanks

[teal cloak]

how many parts does chatterbox has and where do i find the blueprint? i currently have 3 of them

[somber hazel]

3 parts, then get the blueprint from bank HQ hyenas box

[cloud stream]

gear is hard to boost expertise bruh

[viscid dagger]

Named /exotics?
Yea

Regular gear you can just use 6 pieces of the same gear if you really want to

[blazing timber]

6pcs 5.11 for example

Btw @plucky hawk does ninjabike bag boost expertise gain with gear ?

[plucky hawk]

No idea

[devout mountain]

After finding all the parts The Blueprint becomes available at Bank HQ mission hyena box which is in the vault right after you beat the named enemy boss. You first have to pick up the keycard in the CEO’s office to access it tho

[viscid dagger]

🤔

[tiny stump]

all expertising gear will give you is 1% armor per level up. only optimize weapons, esp if you mostly play pve

and not 1% of your total armor. 1% of the bit of armor thats on that one gear piece

if you expertise ninja bike bag it doesnt do any magic to other gear you pair it with

[sudden matrix]

He is asking if the extra brand set is treated like another item you are wearing because spaghetti code.

[tiny stump]

ohhh i got it

[rugged stratus]

i doubt it would work like that

[hard blaze]

where do I find "Guardians" for the challenges?

[vestal anvil]

Yo guys, can someone help me with hunters masks starting quest?

its just not showing up

[rugged stratus]

turn on event, they will have the yellow icon above them

[viscid dagger]

What does this show
The bounty is activated it'll literally tell you on the map where it is

[grand onyx]

yeah, but thats not the name of the side mission

does that say Oscar One ?

[viscid dagger]

When you activate the bounty it'll mark where its located tho
Sure the name is different for whatever reason

But you can still easily know where its located

[mellow trout]

It's marked yellow which should tell you

[grand onyx]

it does, thats not the issue

[bold fulcrum]

Did the lullaby shotgun had a different talent before being switched with the sleeping beauty shotgun talent?

[worldly fjord]

the what

[viscid dagger]

But this "issue" is a non issue as despite the name difference the bounty map will tell you where to go

[bold fulcrum]

The exotic shotgun that you get from getting the deluxe pack in-game

[viscid dagger]

It's the pre order version of sweet dreams

Or that

[bold fulcrum]

Yeah, that one cause I was wondering if it had a different talent before

[worldly fjord]

theres no such thing as "sleeping beauty" wtf

[bold fulcrum]

The sweet dreams shotgun then aka the exotic spas-12

[worldly fjord]

im pretty sure they always had the same talent. at elast ever since gear 2.0

[sudden matrix]

They don't care if the game displays wrong things, they are used to the system and to them you should be too. I'd just move on now that you're set up and know the flow of doing manhunts.

[grand onyx]

its not tho, we're here because its an issue, how do you not see that

[viscid dagger]

The issue is the name difference

[viscid dagger]

The name of its talent is sandman

And probably was changed with gear 2.0 but that was way back in March 2020

[worldly fjord]

yeah the talent had some changes

[bold fulcrum]

Yeah, cause I searched up on yt about the lullaby shotgun and it did had different talent's on it

[worldly fjord]

like meleeing bosses prevented them from healing

[bold fulcrum]

I think this might be the talent that the lullaby had before being switched with sandman

[sudden matrix]

That's def year one cause it's got holster talents.

[viscid dagger]

Yea

[bold fulcrum]

Yeah, cause I knew for damn sure it had a different talent here

[sudden matrix]

You are just watching a super old vid then yeah?

[bold fulcrum]

And the same can be said for ruthless here as well

[viscid dagger]

Yea holstered talents have been gone since gear 2.0

[bold fulcrum]

Why did they remove it for? Just asking cause it could've been useful

[mint zodiac]

hey quick question guys. are there any cosmetics, backpack trophies, or titles for pushing descent? or is it just better loot caches?

[sudden matrix]

It was a much harder system to build in.

Talents unlocked with core requirements like 2 yellows and 3 reds and stuff like that. There were also talents on all items.

[mellow trout]

Sounds more similar to div1

[bold fulcrum]

Pretty much yeah but I think in div 1 you had to reach a required amount to access the second talent in div 1 here

[odd condor]

almost all Gear 1.0 gear had mod slots, but depending on brand and even specific model only certain mods could be installed

[worldly fjord]

glad we dont have colored mod slots anymore

[low ermine]

never seen flick this fast, must be just a good player. right?🤓

[sudden matrix]

Probably just server desync really. Most people don't know how bad it is in this game and call everyone a cheater because of it.

[low ermine]

Cope.

[sudden matrix]

Well try using your defender drone next time maybe?

[rain echo]

i opened 4 caches and completed the event lmaooo

[low ermine]

Yeah that will help😂

[rain echo]

turns out i had like 99% of the apperal unlocked already

[low ermine]

yeah it was old event.

[rain echo]

cool mask

aint complaining

[low ermine]

yeah it is.

[rain echo]

i mean another free mask

might cop the new helmet though

[silk dagger]

guys, does the coyote mask still drops on JTC?

[rain echo]

as far as ik yes

[hard blaze]

yeah, but youre better off farming Countdown with targeteed loot on masks

if you want to get it

[silk dagger]

yes?

[rugged stratus]

yes, non invaded from the boss.

[lavish fox]

how much exp would you say a countdown gives you?

[vestal anvil]

So, can someone help me? Im on WT5 and i cant find "Agent Edwards Support" quest

like, there is no mark for it

[rugged stratus]

challenging is a little under 1 shd per run.

[oak talon]

seeing as you seem to have an activity at that spot, you likely already did it if you are in your own world,
it is available pretty early in the campaign at lvl 15-ish

[sudden matrix]

Gotta say hi to the new guy lol

[oak talon]

in the grand scheme of the universe, arent we all new

[civic lily]

Bros onto nothing

[fallow inlet]

HEY Souless, Local, iKia

[odd elbow]

Sorry, when I try to access manhunts on ps5 it brings me to the projects tab instead? Am I doing something wrong?

[balmy garden]

i wish the game allows me to use my shd tech

when everyone can use them

[rugged stratus]

good evening Saph 🍻

[haughty ether]

how difficult are the strongholds

[fringe tapir]

Can you get Coyotes mask from countdown? I’ve run it so many times on heroic with masks targeted and I haven’t got ANY exotic drops

[civic lily]

You expect to use shd tech on a hunter mission?

also they are emped too the skills just don't insta shutdown

[fringe tapir]

If it’s your first time going through it, it shouldn’t be too bad. It is meant to be like the “boss level” though so I would bring your best stuff just in case

[rugged stratus]

yeah it can, but drops themselves are not a huge chance. the bread and butter of countdown is ability to buy the exotic caches at the vendor

[fringe tapir]

That’s a good point maybe I’ll just focus on farming the credits instead

[mellow trout]

Pick up all the dog tags

[kind cove]

You can just do both at the same time

Keep in mind there are 2 other exotic masks that can drop

[rugged stratus]

i feel like exo gear has a lot lower chance than exo weapons. there somewhere in the range of 50-60 masks with 3 exo. something like mmr are 4 exo for around 28 total mmr

i usually target mmr and get decent amount of drops, but im just farming components

[rugged stratus]

had both these sweet components drop in air and space.. the Lootcifer sacrifices been paying off 😂

[vital crest]

how do i fight the hunters? I completed the mission when i hit level 15 where i got jumped by one but i have yet to find one on the map

[civic lily]

Do puzzles in open world

[clever fjord]

How did some people get the 3 golden legacy apparel keys?

[somber hazel]

season pass

[distant walrus]

Random question, is the Recruiter outfit limited time?

[wraith flare]

yes https://vxtwitter.com/TheDivisionGame/status/1740779747242652094

[distant walrus]

Alright thanks now I'ma have to just get an extra $20 to spend ☠️

[woven bane]

I'm looking to get the gift backpack but i, 1. Don't like pvp 2. My build is not optimized for it 3. I'm not good at pvp. So is there so i wanted to ask if it's possible to get the gift from the named cashes you can buy with the countdown coins?

[wraith flare]

it is possible yes

[crisp bloom]

hi, i'd like to ask if Devil's Due can drop from Targetted Loot? specifically Countdown mode

[oak talon]

it is a dz/pvp item, so countdown wont drop it, you can get named caches from the countdown shop that also include the dz items in them, but it is a very small chance as it is a pretty big pool

[crisp bloom]

i see, thank you!

[oak talon]

if you need to know which are or arent dz/pvp items, you can also use this guides pictures, just missing the current season ones still, https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mRaAjLtKGDNcOgRkCt_LB2AtzSkU0qbCEFSg8fMnmEM

[crisp bloom]

woah, thanks so much

[odd elbow]

Sorry, when I try to access manhunts on ps5 it brings me to the projects tab instead? Am I doing something wrong?

[limber garnet]

How hard is the weekly legendary mission? Can i do that in a group with just a basic striker set?

[blazing timber]

Yeah this week is Capitol 2nd easiest legendary

[nimble spruce]

Have you completed the Warlords dlc? Seasonal content like manhunts requires it.

[odd elbow]

No, I have not

Thank you for letting me know

[hard blaze]

was wondering, what those "wings" numbers stand for?

[brazen mountain]

Quoting from Ubisoft:

Shepherd system in The Division 2
Once you respond to a player's Call for Backup, they can award you with an Endorsement - earning 10 Endorsements will unlock a unique title. Note that you will have to gather these Endorsements before the end of the timer displayed in the SHD tab of the in-game map.

After answering a call for backup, helping the agent in need will fill up an assistance gauge. When the gauge is full, the agent in need will get a chance to endorse you.
This assistance bar will be displayed at the top right of your screen, right under the main Experience bar.
Please note that if you leave a session, the assistance bar will be reset for your next backup call.

Once the title is unlocked, you can level your Shepherd rank up by continuously aiding your fellow Agents.
You can check its progress on the character screen and in the SHD tab.
Other players could also check your current Shepherd rank through the Inspect feature.

[rugged stratus]

All that is a bit dated...

1st rank after 15 endorsements.
1 auto endorsement when you reach an xp threshhold.
Calling agent has option to endorse after that.
After the 1st rank its 7 endorsements per level.
At rank 25 you get a patch.

Possible reward at lower level but I dont remember what it was

[tiny stump]

someone once asked me what the reward for lvl 25 shepherd looked like and i showed the pic.. he was like . wtf thats the ugliest thing i've seen all day. they should have made the background bit in the shape of a real human heart. 😆

[stiff elm]

Unicorn backpack trophy for lvl 1 when the rank resets

[fallow inlet]

Hey .drib, iKia, Gogamer, Local,

[teal cloak]

how to endorse a player?

[tiny stump]

they have to reach a certain amount of xp before you can

if you miss the prompt you can go into the social menu and look at their name and there should be an option to endorse them from there

[rugged stratus]

good morning Saph ☕

[hard blaze]

would flatline be the desired talent on a Famas for a DPS build?

[tiny stump]

it would be if you could use linked laser pointer

you could use nightwatcher mask and scanner pulse but thats a bit of a sacrifice of a skill and damage

[rugged stratus]

carbiine 7 /police m4 both take the linked laser. flatline is a solid, no ramp, amp talent if using tech class anyways

[rugged stratus]

got half a heart 😆 , if there is a full i dont have it . mitchell league