ask-td2-community

[rugged stratus]

🔥 😈 🔥

[daring wren]

One method - Find something cool in the Dark Zone. When you go to extract, play the Jingle Bell emote beside the rope. If you are able to extract the item then it was meant to be. If not it was going to get hijacked anyway.

[rugged stratus]

-# sorry in advance for useful spam

Grand Washington Hotel is invaded this week.
Perfect week to start the Nemesis project, or get that blueprint you been waiting for.

After you get the Tidal Basin piece , change mode for District Union Arena back to invaded and complete again for another piece. with 2 pieces in hand set GWH back to invaded and the blueprint will drop. Nemesis can be farmed from MMR TL after that regardless of project completion.

[coral surge]

which one does more damage, lady death or backfire of chatterbox?

[tough marsh]

Theoretically, Backfire

[coral surge]

thx

[muted rose]

for backfire dont you gotta build hazard protection into your build

[tough marsh]

Yeah but you lose DPS for that

Hence theoretically because practically you gotta find a way to mitigate the bleed DoT

Snitch, Cassie and Danny possible spawn locations

[slim elk]

if you don't feel like doing allat

[rugged stratus]

best snitch location, ever 😎

[real wolf]

hey yall, im making a hunters fury build for shiz and giggles. any exotics you rec running on it?

[rugged stratus]

memento bag pairs good with it. scorpio also

[real wolf]

would it be viable in group play as well?

[rugged stratus]

being a cqb set youll be on top of the trophy pickups

some doubt its viability in groups, but from personal experience its never been hard for me to get stacked

after stacked, its 1 trophy every 5 minutes to maintain full buff

[odd condor]

if you're doing well and keeping up with the rest of the team damage output, getting stacked is indeed not a problem

could also try Ridgeway's Pride + a Wicked backpack + something with Vindictive to provide the group the crit damage bonus from triggering the talent with all the bleeds

[real wolf]

alright cool, thank you

[rugged stratus]

memento also good for 2 free shield tiers, and shield heath that gets buffed by memento skill efficiency

[real wolf]

ah okok and when farming for mods. is countdown the best way to get maxed out mods?

[rugged stratus]

that or legendary summit.

they can max roll anywhere on any difficulty

difficulty just raises the average of the rolls

[real wolf]

i see, one last question. im currently running a st elmo striker, is 50/86 chc/chd with 55 hs good for in general raids etc

[rugged stratus]

yes and no. strikers is solid dps for any mode, but currently with 50/86 you are really low on chd

need a ceska piece,

[real wolf]

what should my goal be. cuz i thought my chc was low and started using the mods for it

ceska is my mask

[rugged stratus]

elmo striker can be in the 50/150 range. you will be missing some of that because of low watch and maybe sub par rolls, which is understandable. with max watch/elmo/ceska you should only need 3 chc rolls to be around 50%

[real wolf]

ah ok, currently finsihng my build and i believe i only had 1 rolled into chc the rest into dmg

and my elmos has dttooc

[rugged stratus]

what brand is your other highend

[real wolf]

armor or gun

[rugged stratus]

armor

[real wolf]

im using memento

[rugged stratus]

ok, so thatll lose a couple attribute rolls, but its a decent trade . as you get your other pieces optimized for crit , just adjust to maintain the 50% chc, and flex everything else to chd

[summer sail]

if u want to play legendary(solo) content put blue cores on striker, maximize the crit chance and put pfe on and 1 paliside will keep u running with memento stacks. shield and decoy is best combo with firewall specialization.

[real wolf]

ok

[real wolf]

never done those before so basically have no idea what that is

guessing its like d1

[summer sail]

well give a try on summit first before stepping into missions

[real wolf]

alright, i forgot to mention. i do switch out elmos for chatter

with chatter i sit at 60/86. itd be fine keeping it at 50/125+ right

[summer sail]

give a try on both see what fits in.

[real wolf]

both work, was just wondering would that 50% mess up chatter. heard from someone that 60/whatever number is a good thing for chatter

[summer sail]

i personally use elmos. never used chatter. someone who knows about that will answer you

[odd condor]

Chatterbox buffs the crit chance a good amount, but being an SMG you lose accuracy at range

[silent estuary]

do you have to fully log out your character or just reset the CPs?

[frozen terrace]

Does anyone know how to avoid the free trials and actually access the game? Been playing for over a year now 🤣 Can’t be trial.

[slim elk]

I assume you log out, local knows better

[sudden matrix]

Log out and back in

[silent estuary]

ok so 2 loading screens. I'll deal with it for my boy Danny

thanks

[sudden matrix]

Get you some caches boi

[silent estuary]

my caches keep giving me Dread Edict and Sacrum Imperium, devs pls fix

[delicate mountain]

spare parts are always needed)

[dire drift]

You have the game through PS Plus extra right?

[tough mural]

Is doing the summit in Hard pointless ? I targeted Sokolov as loot and got 90% purples...

And a lot goldens but from other sets 😂

[odd condor]

Challenging is the minimum difficulty to remove purples from the pool of potential drops, so yes

[tough mural]

Ha okay, thanks !

[tough mural]

Where can i find these summit crates ? I keep finding keys but no box

[mellow trout]

After every boss floor there's a room with a bunch of resource crates and loot

[tough mural]

Oh okay then i missed a lot of them i guess, thanks

[nimble spruce]

Every floor ending in 3, 6 or 9, just before the elevator that serves as a checkpoint.

[wheat berry]

They are usually found behind locked doors with a 🔒 on them, shoot the lock and the crate should be in the room, usually these rooms are bigger compared to other rooms behind locked doors. They’re also sometimes found just before an elevator

[ember seal]

Anybody that can help me get to level 40 I don’t want to do NYC all over again

[remote tartan]

can i still get the harvest pistol

[tough mural]

Can i buy the AK-M blueprint ?

[coral charm]

If you find a hoarder it’s possible, that is unless they’ve patched that out

[coral charm]

To my knowledge no, it should be possible via any methods mentioned under it such as tier 3-4 control points

[remote tartan]

what does this mean

[coral charm]

There’s an enemy type that spawns with a large backpack and runs around, gun him down and it might show up in his loot pool

There’s spawn points for him online

Guy should have a Christmas hat on too, if he doesn’t you cannot obtain the pistol right now unless there’s another holiday event

[remote tartan]

i killed one

didnt get pistol

but i assume i can?

[sudden matrix]

If there was other seasonal named items yeah it'll drop.

[remote tartan]

yeah there is

thanks guys

[sudden matrix]

Farm dat boi

[coral charm]

Yep just gotta kill some more

[remote tartan]

i spent about 9 hours grinding countdown and got nothing i wanted so this is a break from that lol

[coral charm]

No prob, if you ever need an answer quick check the wiki

[sudden matrix]

yikes

Well hopefully RNG is better with the hoarder

[remote tartan]

dunno man my luck is horrible in this game

[coral charm]

I don’t blame you, I’ve only ever ran around 2-3 rounds of countdown and didn’t get great gear, then again I have some of the best gear possible for my build so it’s really just personal bias

[remote tartan]

all i wanted was a mediocre double crit sokolov holster

didnt get it

[coral charm]

I swear you just gotta tell yourself you don’t want it and it makes it so much easier 😂

[remote tartan]

i need to find some people to help farm w me so im not doing lfgs

bc its so annoying

[coral charm]

I feel you, I’m the only guy in the group I play with who actually wants to grind stuff

[remote tartan]

i got a harvest but it sucked lmaooo

at least i know i can get one

[rugged stratus]

Need more Lootcifer sacrifices
🔥 😈 🔥

[muted rose]

anyone know where to find a blue screen?

or how

[summer canyon]

Is there like a spreadsheet where it shows how much levels are required to leve up in each Expertise level

[sudden matrix]

This comes fromt he spreadsheet pinned in #td2-build-advice

You can find info on how to obtain any item via it.

[sudden matrix]

This what you are referring to?

[summer canyon]

Nah, that one's for how much it costs to upgrade gear/weapons for expertise. I was lookign for a spreadsheet where it shows the requirements to level up in each Expertise level when using proficiency.

[sudden matrix]

No need for a spread sheet for that.

[summer canyon]

I assume it's 200 per level?

[sudden matrix]

Oh that changes as you level. Gets down to 20 at the end.

The way you worded that is confusing and honestly no idea exactly what you were asking.

[summer canyon]

Yeah, sorry about that

[sudden matrix]

It's all good.

[muted rose]

wheres the blueprint thought i cant find anything about that

[sudden matrix]

Not sure where that info is but it's a simple table if anything. Most don't care cause it's just keep working to the next level.

[sudden matrix]

You need to get the gun to get the blueprint.

How you get the gun is listed there, exotic caches.

[muted rose]

couldve sworn i saw its dropped from a mission

[rugged stratus]

If this is refering to the proficiency levels needed to hit the next expertise rank, then im pretty sure it doesnt drop below 90 proficiency levels, 9 items. This roughly corresponds with what's added each season as well

[coral charm]

I believe it’s a drop chance on the Lewis manhunt, at least that’s where I got mine years ago

[pseudo tundra]

it was the reward for htat season manhunt

the gun on the track was exotic SVD Dread edict

[alpine granite]

Is hunter killer really worth it for that extra 5% for perfect intimidate for pvp? I'll prob just get a normal Golan and just roll intimidate on it instead

Im missing 2 keys from the off white so I don't wanna bother going back to get em again 😭

[wispy merlin]

yes

[quartz ivy]

min-maxing is a meta itself

any small gain helps

[alpine granite]

Dude I don't even know what hunter has the keys, I'm missing like 5 masks

[quartz ivy]

Just go look at the masks you have and go from there

[alpine granite]

I know for a fact one of the keys is the salute key

But the mf won't spawn after 21:00

[quartz ivy]

yeah it’s horribly tedious

but I say it’s worth it because then you never have to do it again

[alpine granite]

I actually looked it up and apparently there's a bug swap loadouts and then do it again

[open mountain]

are you using 2pc golan

[alpine granite]

3 piece

[sudden matrix]

Aim at the flag pole then use salute, something about you need to be looking directly at the flag pole while you salute.

[alpine granite]

Well I'ma torture myself and do it on normal but I'm at work so I'm gotta use steam link touch controls

💀

God bless my soul

[muted rose]

yeah just finished it and got it

[plain gorge]

The launcher work now !

[coral charm]

Ok cool, they’ll show up in exotic caches now too

[rich beacon]

What's the best set for fire dmg? (Ik abt Exuro but what else?)

[alpine granite]

This layout might actually work 💀 time to kill a hunter while taking a shit

[open mountain]

eclipse

eclipse is also a lot better in my opinion

[alpine granite]

I killed the hunter using touch screen

[desert thunder]

Anyone know how to take the names off or get rid of them?

[charred river]

Can’t take them off or make them smaller, AFAIK

[junior sequoia]

Explosive resistance reduces enemy stinger hive damage?

[desert thunder]

I wish I knew how

[tough marsh]

Mess around in Settings > Gameplay

[desert thunder]

tryed that

It be nice to get rid of players names

and jusrt have a blue dot abov there head

[sweet garnet]

how do I make the damage numbers to the left of my hud instead of on the enemy im shooting

[tough marsh]

Can't, unfortunately

You can change the way the numbers are displayed, or straight up disable it

I prefer the latter, never played souls-like games before so that's as close as I can get

[nocturne siren]

Who here is crazy enough to try Legendary stronghold locked to 30 FPS??? My crazy ass tried it today with a random group and we did it first try

[real wolf]

any eb owners willing to help farm it via countdown to drop to us or help do the raid?

[nocturne siren]

Can't farm in countdown. Raid only

Dark Hours is the raid you'll be looking for

[real wolf]

thought owners get it via lootpools after getting it

ive been lied to

[nocturne siren]

Nope. Still raid only. If they did that, yk how easy eagle bearer would be to obtain? Makes the raid redundant

[real wolf]

assumin its the other mode and not discovery?

[nocturne siren]

All it takes is one player to do the raid, they get it, they get it in CD loot pool, they share it to a player... And the disease spreads to the entire game

[nocturne siren]

Normal mode? Yes. You will need to invite people into it. It can't be done solo by any normal methods

(badum tss)

[real wolf]

would it be possible to 2man it

[nocturne siren]

I believe there is a YouTube video online that it IS possible. Just insanely difficult

That's advanced advanced advanced level game knowledge

I'm too smooth brain for that. However, give the GCRock discord server a checkout. You can find GC on YouTube. His server link should be on all his videos. Thousands of daily raiders will host raids (including me, when I'm free) to help people get their desired exotics

[real wolf]

would it be on par with destiny raids?

mechanics difficulty and all that

[nocturne siren]

Division raids are basically a DPS check. The only exception is Iron Horse. Considering you've never done division raids, you'll likely be thrown into a DPS role where your only focus is shooting enemies besides the bosses when told

Dark Hours, the one that gives you Eagle Bearer, is just a DPS check with easy mechanics. Just come with strikers and you'll be okay

I've heard horror stories about Destiny raids... Division from what I can feel on what I've heard and what I've played... It should be a cakewalk

[real wolf]

oh thats not bad then, i was forced to solo mechanics :D

[nocturne siren]

Raids will (usually) have 8 players. There is always a healer

Raids usually go good or bad based on 1.) Host 2.) Healer 3.) communication

[sweet garnet]

destiny raids are either complete cakewalks or absolute nightmares with lfg

[real wolf]

basically, i got tired of teaching to where i told players to all ad clear and just solo the mech unless i brought my friend to duo it with me

[nocturne siren]

Considering div 2 is a 6 year old game now, there's no way this game doesn't have the knowledge of the raids unless they're completely new players

[real wolf]

me🥹

[sweet garnet]

salvations edge is the worst lfg raid ever I would rather do summit legendary with common gear than salv edge lfg

[odd condor]

words spoken shortly before Discovery raids

[real wolf]

i did it twice and gave up, mfs dont know how to do that raid

[sweet garnet]

im new and havent played a raid yet

[nocturne siren]

To familiarize yourself with the raids at least there is walk through guides posted online. Ignore the builds used just focus mechanics

[real wolf]

i did a discovery on it before, so i learned a bit about it

[odd condor]

well you actually only need one build for the general purpose enemy clearing and boss DPS most group members will be doing https://lite.evernote.com/note/0d1135cf-139c-394e-53f6-02c1b8b4cea9

[nocturne siren]

Discovery is really dumbed down mechanics but it'll give you the gist of it

[odd condor]

tutorials are fine and all but the best way is still getting into a group open to first timers in the LFG channels here or on the GCRock Discord server

[real wolf]

also quick question about striker, whats better to use on striker. the backpack or the chest

[odd condor]

backpack

[nocturne siren]

Both during boss encounters, situation depends though

[odd condor]

the chest massively boosts your theoretical damage but in the vast majority of content everything dies before you max stacks

[real wolf]

just in general. open world, heroics, countdowns, summits yk

cuz i asked a random player who joined my help call and told me. your dmg would be increased if you ran chest instead of backpack but i jus twasnt sure even after doing research on i t

[nocturne siren]

During boss encounters I'll spend a little extra time dumping my ACS 12 to ensure I do the most damage I can for the group

[nocturne siren]

Normal content, Backpack. Tanky encounters like raid bosses or legendary content, take both

[odd condor]

it's technically true but with the caveats I mentioned

[real wolf]

this is wha ti have as of now, any pieces i should switch out to increase dmg

[nocturne siren]

Ceska chest with WD, CHC and CHD and ditch memento for striker and take coyote

[real wolf]

i mainly play in a duo and recently found out that memento is meant for solo

[odd condor]

yeah I would replace Memento with the pack, swap that for a Ceska chest piece with Obliterate

[nocturne siren]

Talent can either be glass cannon or obliterate

[nocturne siren]

You can duo memento. Just make sure your duo does no work lol or have better burst damage

[real wolf]

my duo is a medic lol

he likes being the medic when we play

[nocturne siren]

My duo runs "off meta" (basically inefficient but fun builds)

Occasionally will whip out a meta

[real wolf]

bingo, cept never meta

[nocturne siren]

I watched his off brand foundry legendary build today go wild .. dude needed Regen. He said "lemme cook"... Slapped ridgeways on it. He had the entire wave of DUA's halls running and gunning him down and he refused to die

A solid 10m he stayed alive. I was mind blown

[real wolf]

wtf

i have a dollar tree version of that but only for heroic XD

swapped the gear out jsut know for what yall said, this is my stats

[nocturne siren]

He ran it as a tech tank too. 1r, 5 blues, 1 yellow. Bulwark shield, artificer hive. Specialization, tech ofc. ST6 shield with a tier 1 artificer. Foundry repairing at twice the speed. Regen on all sub attributes and PFE mods everywhere. Mosquito pistol for pistol. Stay close range and keep enemies bleeding. You'll never ever die

[real wolf]

thats cracked asf

[nocturne siren]

Chef's kiss stats 🤌

[real wolf]

is it good, not sure how stats work in d2 comapred to d1

[sweet garnet]

should I run strikers for bighorn?

[nocturne siren]

You'll get about 20 CHD from the watch which you got a long way to go on. You got a while before you max out CHC on the watch, that gives you 10 CHC. Just optimize your gear as you can and you'll notice it get stronger as you level it up and top it off

[real wolf]

alright and for the watches. do they reset every season?

[nocturne siren]

Can be done for PvE and pvp. Crit bighorn hits HARD for body and headshots

[nocturne siren]

Permanent. I'm watch level I think 13876 rn

[sweet garnet]

my current build without strikers full dps hits 12 mil dps

with only 160 shd level btw and no expertise

[real wolf]

makes sense, ive seen mfs at 30k etc and im like...yall needa go outside

[nocturne siren]

Post it

[real wolf]

and thats maxed out stats on everything? holy

[nocturne siren]

It doesn't end there

[sweet garnet]

its not even optimal thats the best part

[real wolf]

🥹 this game scary

[nocturne siren]

Wait until you hit a nemesis headshot for 180m

[real wolf]

how do yall do the math for it

[nocturne siren]

Or you 1 shot a raid boss for 512m

[sweet garnet]

target rang

[real wolf]

so i can find out my max dmg on st elmo striker

[nocturne siren]

Calculations and formulas. Division is a math game

[sweet garnet]

i think chc and chd can def be improved

[nocturne siren]

Ah yes, ol' reliable

I feel like you'd get more with fenris, ceska and coyote

[real wolf]

i just watched my damage and its so much more than doing the chest :D

only at max stats though -3-

[nocturne siren]

Remember, bighorn got a serious buff. That 10 HS damage isn't gonna do much

Put it in assault rifles, it'll buff the HS damage too

[sweet garnet]

so 3 prov and 1 fen 1 ceska and coyote?

[nocturne siren]

No.

Coyote
Fenris
Grupo
Ceska
Contractors
Fox's

[sweet garnet]

ok

how can I farm coyote?

[nocturne siren]

3 prov is good but this setup would be better

[nocturne siren]

Countdown matchmaking on Challenging. Set target loot on countdown icon for masks

It will me in the map menu

[sweet garnet]

ok

[real wolf]

yall for my build is my armor too low? im sitting at 719.4

[sweet garnet]

its either full dps or full tank

[real wolf]

good to know

[sweet garnet]

hard t oget a good inbetween

[nocturne siren]

Full DPS setup is what we have you

Optimize all those pieces and watch your damage rise

[real wolf]

great, thats what i was looking for

dont need armor if theyre all dead build

[nocturne siren]

🔥💥 facts. Go kick ass agent!

[real wolf]

thank you for helping, those others as well. can finally hit 1mil while barely having any stacks

[alpine granite]

got it done and it rolled with the stats i need

[nocturne siren]

Wouldnt fenris yield more damage?

[mellow trout]

If you're going for regen anyway then hunter killer is probs good

But people tend to run everyday carrier so idk

[cedar yacht]

I run a hsd/haz ver for reg

[pseudo tundra]

completely late and weird advice, run OD

[open mountain]

don’t think so with pgc at least

[cloud dew]

it leads me to the tunnel i'm standing on, i go in tunnel, then it takes me out to the backside of the tunnel, then if i navigate from backside it leads me back to the tunnel

[tough marsh]

Is the food icon below ground?

Afaik there's nothing in that tunnel so it must be above ground

[cloud dew]

promise my graphics don't look flat like that, but that's the tunnel it leads me to...

i never once found a way to get to that food, i tried circling the buildings, tried the tunnel to leads me through, never got to it

[tough marsh]

Hmm

[cloud dew]

wow.. i found the entrance outside, i swear i went there before and couldn't find my way in and ran around for 45 minutes looking for the entrance a few days ago

[tough marsh]

Nice

[heady tendon]

it's the shop

you should have just go up the main street

Don't rely too much on the GPS, read the map and search your way through the map

You will also discover new hidden places and enjoy the great map that's Div 2

[rich beacon]

Can a exotic have different attributes?

[regal summit]

Exotic guns can have varying third attributes. The acostas kneepads can also have varying minors, but it's always going to be one blue and one red

[rich beacon]

Ohhh I see I see, I'm trying to do Exuro and I wanna know if it can have the tech and shield attributes

Doing a "fire" build? Haha... get it?

[regal summit]

Exuro isn't exotic, it's just a gearset. You can reroll both of the attributes, but only one per piece.

[rich beacon]

Ohhhhh, I always called it Exotic cause of the gearset stuff it had

[heady tendon]

exotic are the red equipement

you can only equip 1 exotic weapon and 1 exotic armor

[tough mural]

What accessories are you running on a AR ? Full confort like precision or recoil, or more damage/crit ?

[odd condor]

full crit chance + biggest magazine/belt to maximize crit chance per reload

[tough mural]

Will try this, thanks !

[flint hare]

precision, stability mostly

[mellow trout]

Where on earth do you farm these kills for journey V man

[tough marsh]

What kills

[crimson needle]

Why does no one ever join my call for backup ? Sometimes I leave it for hours and no one shows up

[mellow trout]

Idk which is easiest to farm probably the 30 long range named enemies

[heady tendon]

you are in for a long time

Aside from the fact you need some modifiers

Range are also to be taken into account

For exemple, Rusher need to be killed at close range (aka when they are glowing in blue)

Some at long range (aka when they glow in red)

And some at mid-range (aka glow in yellow)

[ruby quiver]

im trying to get darkzone keys for the season priority challenges, ive ran so many pois why am i not getting any

[heady tendon]

darkzone key drop from white box hanging on the wall (mainly in the sewer)

[ruby quiver]

keyboxes in dz?

[tulip fiber]

Sewers in LZ

[heady tendon]

no in open world

[ruby quiver]

ohh

[heady tendon]

you know those white key case on the wall

[ruby quiver]

yeah i know hwat your talking about

[heady tendon]

There is one big room in the north underground sewer where you can open 3 key case

[ruby quiver]

where is that sewer

is that the one way above boo?

[heady tendon]

I forgot

[ruby quiver]

lol well time to run some sewers

[heady tendon]

I reconnize the room and know by head how to get there

If you have done the washington hunter

There is one step asking you to destroy yellow box and then killing the chainsaw man in that big room

[ruby quiver]

i played year one, then did the wofn exspansion just geting back into the game

[heady tendon]

It should be north of White House ou Down town west

[daring wren]

Pretty sure you can get them randomly from any of the materials containers too

That might be from one of the dz perks though not sure

[open mountain]

just go to the invaded dark zone

the key boxes are free when it’s invaded

[daring wren]

You mean the chests. Key boxes on the wall are always “free” 😎

[open mountain]

those are key hangars duhh

[mellow trout]

🔑🪽

[daring wren]

Ahh tomato tomatoe thing. Key boxes=chests

nm

[heady tendon]

it's a DZ perk

[ruby quiver]

im rank 50 anyways so it doesnt matter, will the free box count towards the pq

[mellow trout]

You're looting keys so I don't see why not

[tough mural]

Can somebody tell me which masks i miss ? I did them 6 years ago and have no earthly idea

[daring wren]

What’s the priority objective anyway out of curiosity?

Loot X keys? Or open X boxes/chests?

[mellow trout]

I don't remember the names tbh

[tough mural]

Ah well yeah i found images on google with all masks but no one telling me which one is which

[daring wren]

If you have some already you can see the names in the apparel menu

[ruby quiver]

open 1 darkzone chest using a dz key the free chest did not work saddly i need to go get a key

[sudden matrix]

Here is both just in case.

[daring wren]

Well there you go lol

[tough mural]

Thank you so much 🙏

[ruby quiver]

have they gave any info on if the lexington will come back?

[spark wigeon]

What's the PTS? I'm guessing it's a test server or something?

[ruby quiver]

private test server

[kind cove]

??? Exotic revealed

[gray mason]

Another toy gun... It's so ugly LOL 🤣

The red bits look like plastic parts from a kids toy 😋

[mellow trout]

I smell get downed on purpose strats for free overcharges

Doesn't mention a cooldown

Honestly it looks neat

What's refactor and shiny monkey gear

[kind cove]

This exotic is gonna be underused

[mellow trout]

Oxpecker looks like it could be very busted though

[kind cove]

That the gloves or gearset

[mellow trout]

Uhh the space gun

[kind cove]

Oh

The backpack needs something else

It entirely relies on your teammates being dead

[wraith flare]

oh good heavens

[kind cove]

At least give it all 3 cores

[mellow trout]

Is this gear or weapon

[wraith flare]

weapon

[mellow trout]

Man the gearset actually looks decent for once

Skill builds finally eating

[kind cove]

I find it questionable

Need to see it in gameplay

[mellow trout]

Allies get 20 percent of damage as repairs and mortar will hit for like 10 million

[kind cove]

But also, I worry it just ends up being drone and turret build like always

[mellow trout]

Actually that's with unicorns and shit never mind

[open mountain]

not on that build though

[alpine granite]

youtube

if you have the masks already just go hunt the ones you dont have already

most of em are at night

[soft nest]

trying to speed through Journey for the hunter mask anyone got tips (im on mission 2 so far)

[rugged stratus]

Mortar already hits for 10mil 😎

[wheat peak]

The new gear

[atomic coral]

Might actually incentivise me running a pulse variation instead of a shield

[spark marsh]

Where are the new patch notes?

[cedar schooner]

https://trello.com/c/1mjCwnJm

[sudden matrix]

#news-and-announcements message

[iron zinc]

Anyone here have a understanding of the shooting range? What's the dps numbers compared to numbers coming off target ? All I wanan know is how much damage im doing per sec

[nimble spruce]

DPS numbers in the range are bugged. Use actual shot damage shown and multiply by RPM to work out your damage per minute. There are various spreadsheets around (eg see pinned in #td2-build-advice ) that can help.

[iron zinc]

@nimble spruce Actual shot damage is num coming off target ?

[nimble spruce]

yes, that number is accurate (although there will be different numbers for crits, headshots, crit headshots, and health vs armor)

[silent estuary]

where is the setting to make the numbers show up in chat like DMG: 12345

[nimble spruce]

open ingame chat bar and click the little arrow at the right hand end, it's in there

[silent estuary]

ah I was trying to find it in UI options, thanks

[iron zinc]

That number should technically be same as when hitting enemies in game correct?

All things considered

[nimble spruce]

yes

although iirc range targets always count as 'out of cover', while actual enemies may not depending on their positioning

[amber snow]

Almost had a heart attack from the dark winters fire rate and remembered it's cuz of the new modifiers

[kind cove]

At least we finally have an mp7 exotic

[iron zinc]

@nimble spruce why at range are the number coming off target not the same with no talents and im shooting same spot. Like it'll keep showing 80k then 1 hit would be 100k

[nimble spruce]

if the colour is orange, it's a crit or a crit headshot, if it's red, it's a headshot. Whether the target has any armor or not (white bar above healthbar) will also affect damage if you have any damage to armor or damage to health attributes

[silent estuary]

who is your handler during the Coney Island missions? It's not Kelso or Ortega

[wheat berry]

Cindy McAllister

[silent estuary]

I played the whole main campaign and missed all the seasons so I have zero idea who that is... had to look it up. Thanks

[iron zinc]

@nimble spruce got it. Much appreciated for all responses

[trail mango]

Is there a way to get the Y1 pass?
I originally bought the game for $3 when WONY came out. And WONY later.

Having no fast travel points in the top part of the map is so annoying. I wish they'd at least let Classified Assignment entrances be available to everyone for fast travel.

[nimble spruce]

you can buy it from the ingame store for premium credits

worth noting it'll give an extra 50 stash slots next season, extra incentive to buy it

[nocturne siren]

Saw the patch notes, very happy everything got a reload buff. I do wish some guns got buffed a bit in terms of damage, but it seems they're firm on the weapon changes. Saw that Lexington got a slight nerf but it's still got decent damage. The new gear looks like more deconstruction resources and the new exotics look like new useful components

What's the new best AR to use next season (based on numbers alone)?

[open mountain]

lexington

[nocturne siren]

So basically nothing changed 😴

We just got faster reloading, mediocre stash filler gear and junk exotics (with the exception of maybe one)

TP and Sys Corr need serious buffs

[coral surge]

how do u build stacks for Heartbreaker, like striker using a shotgun?

coz using an AR doesnt build much stacks

I'm using technician laser pointer

[rugged stratus]

you build stacks by hitting pulsed targets. linked laser you already have, flatline talent can proc a pulse, heartbreaker headshot can proc a pulse, pulse skills (3 of them pulse/pulse throwable/sharpshooter drone).

you can try using acs/maybe lefty

a good amount of weapons would work, higher the rof the better

i think gunner/banshee pulse pulses at the same time it disorients

[coral surge]

ty ty

[coral surge]

should I loose 25% damage for a 15% rate of fire? bad idea ehh!

[rugged stratus]

probably post up the build, if possible. better advice if we can see it

[coral surge]

ty

I'm using nijabike

[mellow trout]

Oh

[coral surge]

I wanted to change mask and holster for 2 striker just so I can get the 15% rate of fire but this will make me loose 10% damage AR from the mask and 15% damage from the holster

[mellow trout]

What are you tryna do with the build

[coral surge]

get very high damage but I also want to get good rate of fire if possible

[mellow trout]

Try this

Weapons and skills are interchangeable

[coral surge]

will try it thx I have all the pieces

what talent do u have on the chest?@mellow trout

[rugged stratus]

thats obliterate

[coral surge]

ah thx

[rugged stratus]

so if you build that striker above, i would also farm negotiators dilemma in the same spots. they use same layout, chest and mask good on both builds

both are pretty much top damage dps

[coral surge]

thx thx

[robust flower]

Is there any easy way to get dark winter?

[rugged stratus]

named item caches, dz

keep an eye on countdown vendor too. dz exclusives sometimes go on sale there

[tiny canyon]

Hey I'm a returning player with the Standard edition from way back when and I want to get all the content. I see the Ultimate edition of the game is 15 bucks. If I get that, will it upgrade my game with Warlords and all that other stuff? I'm creating a new character to do Warlords and stuff.

[mellow trout]

Yes

Year 1 pass, warlords, skill vanity mods and ruthless

[tiny canyon]

Awesome! Happy to be back

[rugged stratus]

wb agent

[tiny canyon]

I've been around since D1's beta, but I haven't gotten any notification about the LVOA-C (my precious) that I heard we're getting.

[kind cove]

We already received lexington twice, apparently they will give it out at some point again

Lexington stat wise is a modified police M4 but with the lvoa model

[tiny canyon]

So I missed it? I didn't know there was a time limit

[inner tendon]

It's gone for now, it'll likely be back in the future.

[iron ivy]

i have a question to you guys. can i get a Lexington without the non existing veteran reward program or am i basicly bfed because ubisof used this veteran reward program just for a little time

[slim elk]

ubisof :insert dinofaur meme:

You can't, it was limited time

[sick igloo]

Accidentally collected all my Lexingtons at lvl 1, am I screwed out of using it for the forseeable future?

[open mountain]

you are screwed for a the foreseeable future

[wispy merlin]

a the 🫵 😆

[open mountain]

stop harassing me.

harasser.

[mellow trout]

[quartz ivy]

is it worth trying to craft gear mods in hopes of getting a max stat one

[inner tendon]

Nope! Crafting defaults to the Normal Difficulty, overriding whatever your World is set to.

[sweet garnet]

are strega and chamelon any good? i ask because I got both of these from DZ not too long ago

[mellow trout]

Strega yes, chameleon not really

[slim elk]

chamaleon is short for exotic component

[odd condor]

it does look cool strapped to the backpack

[twin jolt]

I use chameleon tbf. But it has two limitations:

• Shorter range than normal AR - so I swap to lexington when needed.
• don't weapon swap, coz you lose stacks. Its more powerful with its buffs

In my opinion, chameleon is my fav gun cant lie and has good DPS

[twin jolt]

is this out rn?

or coming soon?

[full crown]

Coming soon

[twin jolt]

ahh v nice! seems like they trying to buff healers/medics

[wheat peak]

Indeed soon

[full crown]

Yeah they are gear based on skills

[wheat peak]

There is a chest but no vid yet

[full crown]

I was watching it yesterday

[coral surge]

How do i get the first one?

[nimble spruce]

Deconstruct assault rifles. You can maybe also craft them.

[coral surge]

ty ty

[coral charm]

Anyone one know a good way of farming season pass XP without the tedious priority objectives? Would like to get this season done as fast as possible

[nimble spruce]

Other sources are the season journey, weekly projects and weekly manhunt scouts. I'd suggest just doing a mix of all of them.
They're making it easier next season though.

Many of us got lucky and completed the whole season pass in the first few days when the season reward xp was glitched.

[final island]

There's also an option to craft them at the crafting bench.

[swift heron]

is new ptch live? can I already drop new exotics?

[bold tiger]

PTS = Public Test Server

[swift heron]

alright

[bold tiger]

videos points towards new patch for live will be march 25th i believe it was?

[pseudo tundra]

they said on the 25th

[bold tiger]

so i wasn't hearing things

february 25th?

ok i was a month off my bad XD

[pseudo tundra]

it was said on the announcement of the delay also

[bold tiger]

nods one video mentioned the delay which is why i thought march 25th. then i remember another video pointed to teh current season left will now be 3 weeks so yeah, just got the wrong month in general

[charred river]

Looks like Carbine 7 is gonna have the highest base damage of any AR. Getting buffed from 49,781 to 497,811, nice. /s

[hot citrus]

where can i find the PTS download looked on ubisoft connect and steam

[kind cove]

Lex still has higher rpm

And better rocoil control

[sudden matrix]

bro even /s his comment...

[kind cove]

?

[sudden matrix]

/s=sarcasm

[kind cove]

Im not enough of a loser to know that

[sudden matrix]

They are called tone indicators.

[coral charm]

Is the Lex actually that good?

[kind cove]

Its so strong Id argue it classifies as fomo

[bold tiger]

one youtuber even inputted the new damage for it and says it's still top AR

[sudden matrix]

They help in written communication to provide context/direction you can't while typing.

[coral charm]

Might have to swap my Strega for it then

[kind cove]

I don’t care

[bold tiger]

but not by a large margin though

[sudden matrix]

Then this is all a you issue. Got it.

[kind cove]

Use what you want, don’t feel entitled by meta

[bold tiger]

was something like 1.x percent

[kind cove]

Wah wah wahh

[coral charm]

Oh yeah, I’m beyond meta build. I’d just use it for anything PVP honestly

[bold tiger]

nods if you find it fun using Strega go that route XD

[kind cove]

Fair enough then yeah its good

If you have a level 40 lex then you can just change the talent on it to something else if you need

[coral charm]

I just have crit chance and damage maxed out so I can one tap a boss with a singular sniper shot

[coral charm]

Yeah I got 2 of em

Second one is still sitting in my mailbox lol

[sudden matrix]

Sorry you have this issues. /nm

[kind cove]

We are apparently getting a third at some point for those who missed

[coral charm]

I find that to be a little stupid, they were supposed to be rewards for people who actually stuck around

[kind cove]

The problem was that they were given to ALL players, but if you weren’t level 40, you can’t boost it, its just useless

[coral charm]

Yeah, I feel like it should’ve instantly gone to your main account

[kind cove]

But to add on, because its the best ar in the game, it means there is a power difference between new players and old players that cannot be reached

[coral charm]

Well this game has given trouble to newer players

[kind cove]

The new 1% nerf is making it a little better

[coral charm]

Like my poor friend is only just now getting into the game

[kind cove]

Honestly they probably could do more

[coral charm]

At this point the Lex should be an exotic

[bold tiger]

would've been awesome

[coral charm]

Honestly surprised it wasn’t

Oh 100%

[bold tiger]

an exotic without the exotic talent would've been great

[kind cove]

Weeeellll

St elmo

[coral charm]

I just wish they didn’t make most of the rifles full auto

[coral charm]

Good point

[kind cove]

That was a quality of life improvement

It wasn’t a buff at all

It didn’t change any rpms

[coral charm]

Oh yeah I just liked the single fire, just felt satisfying to me for some reason

Still not gonna stop me from running my M1A

[kind cove]

The problem was long term wise it was extremely uncomfortable for people

[charred mulch]

hey folks, is there a way to save active & passiv modifiers?

[coral charm]

I never saw it that way, you do bring a valid poor up though

[coral charm]

Wdym save?

Like save them as a loadout?

[bold tiger]

<-never realy touched that part of the game since they released it this season

[coral charm]

Same here, really only have 1 passive

But there’s more of a benefit to using them next season which makes me happy

[charred mulch]

every time i start the game, i need to set my active and passiv modifiers. sadly the game crashes 1-2 times a day so it starts to annoy me

[coral charm]

To my knowledge no, could be a bug going on right now or maybe it does that by default. Might just have to take some notes on what you’re running

Is the PC port really that unstable?

[bold tiger]

from memory, Division2 always been a PC game so no porting was done to it

[coral charm]

Oh yeah it’s always been on PC, I meant version mb

I’m on PS obviously and I think it’s been years since I’ve had a crash

[bold tiger]

when those glitches were popular getting booted wasn't a surprise really. considering the glitches was effectively DDOSing their servers really

[coral charm]

Didn’t even take that into account, I will say PS DZ servers yesterday were terrible

[bold tiger]

only issue i have currently is i can't run American History mission

i can run it, clear first area, run in clear that area.
then i do the BOO walk where you don't sprint

[coral charm]

I get that one occasionally too, I always took it for the game trying to load assets so they slowed me down a bit

[bold tiger]

mine stays in that indefinitely until i return to the first area then it'll stop and i can sprint again

[coral charm]

That’s one of the weirdest bugs I’ve heard of

[bold tiger]

i've tried dropping my graphics to low and ran it. same area still does it

[coral charm]

Huh, damn now I wanna know what causes that

[bold tiger]

that asset loading makes sense as if i continue the walk i can interact with the numpad open that door go in that room and kill off the npcs there

then at some point my character will fall through the ground

[coral charm]

What the hell, that’s a whole new level of weird

[bold tiger]

nods irritating because i want to finish this weeks manhunt XD

[coral charm]

We had a time on PS where all of the textures were this blob of rainbow specs last year, that was literally unplayable

[bold tiger]

that would be rough

but with PTS out i'm not really sweating not being able to play american history museum atm XD

[bold tiger]

doing a Verify Files fixed my issue. apparently i had some corrupted files

[summer canyon]

Does Strategic Alignment drop with China Light Industries targeted loot? Or is it exclusive from named caches?

[bold tiger]

probably backpack, china light targeted loot

[cedar schooner]

yes

[bold tiger]

china light targeted loot probably the easiest

[summer canyon]

Scam

[bold tiger]

yeah, they're hitting all the chats

[summer canyon]

Neat. I'll farm it in Countdown, then

[robust flower]

can u get dark winter as a drop if u farm smgs as focused drop?

[bold tiger]

i can't remember but i believe it was a DZ drop but maybe?

named and legacy caches will definitely drop it at some point

[regal summit]

Dark winter is dz exclusive, just get named caches

[robust flower]

is there an easy way to get lots of named caches? I've mostly been doing countdown so far

[karmic hawk]

Countdown or global event stars when those are active

[bold tiger]

think countdown and maybe descent?

i keep forget global events XD

[lethal plover]

I haven't played in months and before that I wasn't aware of what expertise and proficiency were. I have a general understanding of them now, but my question is about exotic gear:
Would it be better to donate extras of the same exotic gear towards proficiency, or should I deconstruct them for exotic components for expertise?
I know recalibrating an exotic is RNG for rolls and my current is rolled maybe 80%.

So I figured donate for proficiency for now and worry about expertise only when proficiency for that exotic is at 5+. Any input and info would be greatly appreciated!
Also, does the same general approach apply for exotic weapons as well? Or should I take another approach with that?

[narrow matrix]

How long more for this season?

[stray wren]

to unlock blueprints from control points, do i really need to run challenging too? saw a video where someone said some BPs drop in challenging cps only. I prefer to do heroic so I get more xp

[wispy merlin]

heroic counts, that video is bullshit

[daring wren]

Both

[stray wren]

also heroic has the chest with bp, so 2 per run

ok good to know

[wispy merlin]

just run heroic

[daring wren]

You get one from CP and another from the chest for awhile

[stray wren]

i probably have to run 80 more to get all bps

[frigid sonnet]

ill run w u

[stray wren]

do you also need bps?

i‘m on baby duty at the moment though 🫡

[lethal plover]

Can you get BPs that were seasonal rewards, like Brazos de Arcabuz holster (Season 10 reward)?

[cedar schooner]

No

[lethal plover]

So some brand sets are locked behind seasonal content and if we missed it, we can never build certain common brands?

[prime plover]

hey guys I'm looking into unlocking the specializations, and I'm just wondering, how do you access the "premium rewards"?

[sudden matrix]

Some blueprints but you don't need those anyway. All gear is in the game to farm via TL

[cedar schooner]

Year 1 pass

[lethal plover]

I know you can farm just about anything with TL aside from a handful of raid exotics, I just found it odd they'd lock common BPs behind seasonal content

[sudden matrix]

Well they have allowed us to get some of them in CP4 loot boxes recently but idk when the rest might hit that pool or some other BP pool.

It'll make your blueprints look a bit better but the count will never be maxed, not possible to have the numbers line up for all that and idk why.

[wheat peak]

Anyone willing to do 50 conflicts with me

[fresh abyss]

I NEED THEO

[wheat peak]

Uh wanna reword that lol

[open mountain]

it’s a lot more than 50

feels like that at least

yea it is

ive played like 300 games and im 85

[wheat peak]

I mean 40 just for the ghost mask lol also doesn’t it have to reset the conflicted rank

Cuz o have been level 15 for half a year and they have never reset the ranks at all

@open mountain

I swear they used to reset conflict ranks right ????

[daring wren]

No? That doesn’t make sense

[sweet garnet]

is the eagle bearer any good at all? I really like the p416 and want it

[open mountain]

more of a pvp weapon

[sweet garnet]

im not unused to using a pvp weapon in pve

[kind cove]

Yes

The talent isn’t super useful for pve tho

[sweet garnet]

any tips for raids? im not really sure what I should do inside them and what builds I should run(Idk if this is raid discussion or should be in this channel)

[wheat peak]

So is anyone gonna answer my question or am i just gonna get ignored

[sweet garnet]

I would answer it but Im new to this game so idk

[twin jolt]

What question? Someone already answered it

[wheat peak]

Na they haven’t

Don’t they reset conflict ranks each month

[twin jolt]

^

That’s an answer

[twin jolt]

For raids, I recommend going 4pc striker with backpack and coyote’s mask and Ceska chest with obliterate and CHC and CHD. Get to 50% CHC and rest CHD. good guns with that build is St Elmo, Lexington, m4, F2000. Secondary be like vector tbh

You can build other kinds of builds for raid once you get used to doing them.

Have mic and listen well. Look out for raids in #lfg-raid-pc and in other servers.

Should be a fun ride, watch yt to see what to expect from them.

But mostly you will be clearing enemies

[tepid bronze]

if you matchmake in game for a raid chances are they will just carry you through it

[sweet garnet]

arent they like destiny raids with mechanics and shit?

[tepid bronze]

yeah

[sweet garnet]

cool

[twin jolt]

Depends, can also be filled with 1st timers with no clue on what to do and trying matchmaking. Better to join from here

[sweet garnet]

what would be a good first raid

[tepid bronze]

i dont think first timers even know matchmaking exists

[twin jolt]

Yhh but for starters the striker build will help you get through it whilst other ppl worry about mechanics, the more you raid, you more will learn later on.

[tepid bronze]

the only people ive ever ran into in matchmade raids are people blowing through them for a chance at the exotics

[twin jolt]

I just realised. Matchmaking doesn’t exist for raids

Only for discovery mode, matchmaking exists. Exotics drop only in normal mode where there is no matchmaking

Normal mode is what you wanna be doing

[tepid bronze]

oh right

forgor about that

[sweet garnet]

could I use a glass cannon fenris instead of ceska because I dont have a ceska chestpiece rn

[tepid bronze]

just run chest targeted countdown and you'll get one almost guaranteed

[twin jolt]

Yes that works too. But try getting ceska to push out more CHD dmg

[twin jolt]

Nah really depends on luck, since they have to get 2 out of the 3 requirements: CHC, CHD and either glass canon or obliterate

[tepid bronze]

yes and no, you dont need a god roll, just a good enough one that 1/ procs the brand bonus and two is decent enough that you only need to recalibrate/optimize once (or twice)

he can also just do Czeska targeted if he wants brand specific and not chest specific

[sweet garnet]

I would use strikers more often but im really bad at keeping stacks

[tepid bronze]

you literally just shoot and dmg the enemy

[coral surge]

thx

[final island]

You're very welcome

[spark marsh]

anyone know where the snitch is today?

[pseudo tundra]

Random

[delicate yew]

anyone got a good method on how to farm exotics?

[open mountain]

countdown

[bold tiger]

3 weeks, they just haven't brought the server down to alter that

[bold tiger]

spend money on the year 1 pass

[prime plover]

how do I unlock these missions at the top of the map? they say they require an unknown mission to be completed

[open mountain]

wait until level 40 i think

[prime plover]

I read I have to be "world tier 5" but I have no idea what tier I am rn

nevermind that whole system was removed

[cedar yacht]

There’s no wt5 anymore

[slim elk]

he realised right after he sent that msg

[fresh abyss]

By beating the red missions

[red imp]

just came back after awhile, is summit still the best place to farm targetted loot? looking to complete some sets

[regal summit]

Countdown has pretty much replaced it, it drops a lot more loot.

[barren lagoon]

Who can I contact to get a bug fixed from my personal agent?

When masks are supposed to be off this one keeps one anyway.

[coral charm]

There’s a setting for that, when you open the menu to share things, there should be a option at the bottom to toggle mask on or off

[red imp]

is it better to clear legendary difficult to get better gear?

[cedar schooner]

honestly gear is good enough in heroic content that it's not really worth the hassle for gear

it can be good for mods tho tbf

[nocturne siren]

The only time I ever find myself farming legendary is for gear mods and the bighorn for anybody who wants it

But all that can be done in summit by just repeating a boss floor

[nocturne siren]

I'm having the weird dilemma that I'm getting a ton of Max mods dropping on challenging difficulty. Swear to God I've gotten like four Max crit hit damage mods in the past week and in the past month I've gotten at least another two Max had shot damage mods and a couple of Max damage mods for skills. Never had this happen to me before on that difficulty

So pretty much over the span of a month I've gotten all of that

[red imp]

great thank you guys!

[nocturne siren]

The other thing you can do with legendary in the summit is you can actually farm for specific pieces you're looking for, the only thing different about those pieces and pieces and countdown is that the roles are slightly higher. It's basically the lazy and cheap approach to getting good pieces without having to optimize the hell out of them. I've only done this two or three times in the case of an emergency where I didn't have materials and I was trying to force a build together in a little amount of time

[quartz ivy]

i hope you are onto something because now im going to no-life challenging summit for max pulse res mods

[red imp]

does having more directive affect the drops?

[quartz ivy]

yes

it increases the drop rate for targeted loot

[red imp]

got it thank you!

[nocturne siren]

I've been getting them dropping everywhere, in the open world while completing activities and control points, while doing my seasonal objectives, and while farming for challenging on summit just because I want to just breeze through it and get my 15 floors project completed

[quartz ivy]

i think the last one i got was from a hyena locked box

[nocturne siren]

On my third character I have dedicated specifically to completing the seasonal modifiers and objectives this season. Play the entire time on basically challenging because I'm not about to grind my ass off on heroic

[quartz ivy]

during a heroic mission

[nocturne siren]

Try giving challenging a shot, you'll notice that the baseline gear drops at slightly lower intervals but for some reason the gear mods seem to drop at slightly higher rolls than heroic

At least for me anyways 🤷

Then again we all know the division is a weird RNG game. The best you can do is just give it a shot and see what happens

[quartz ivy]

sounds more efficient anyway, would be able to clear things a lot faster

[mellow trout]

mathematically the odds are best at legendary

[quartz ivy]

worth a try since i've tried everything else

[mellow trout]

but rng do be rng

[quartz ivy]

i don't like trying to farm legendary summit solo

[nocturne siren]

Then again, you have to take into account legendary takes a lot longer to clear

[mellow trout]

can kill the boss and reset fairly fast

[nocturne siren]

I typically run the cheese builds to clear legendary, like the one shot build LMAO

[mellow trout]

just ultra tedious

[nocturne siren]

If you run it with modifiers it's stupid easy

Makes legendary feel like hard difficulty

[quartz ivy]

oh yeah i forgot about that

[nocturne siren]

The best modifiers that I have put together is all out which is the active modifier, and then the three passive modifiers is by the teeth, the one where your stability is increased by your crit chance, and then do you want the multi-zone one we're killing people in different zones gives you random benefits. I'm not joking you you can crit for extremely high to the body because you're not really going to be going for headshots

[quartz ivy]

i think that's what i've been missing lol, going to try this later on before going to challenging and see the difference for myself. thank you!

[nocturne siren]

Give it a shot, this game is 6 years old and we've tried every single farming method to this date. Most of the mods that I've been getting dropped have been on challenging because all that I've been doing lately is the seasonal objectives. I finally finished last weekend

If it doesn't work, it just doesn't work. Can't say it wasn't worth a try

Also do note, I did not have mods targeted loot while I was playing. They just happened to drop passively

[quartz ivy]

you should buy a lottery ticket

[nocturne siren]

My RNG is terrible I swear. I cannot get raid exclusive exotics to drop from the crate for my life

It's taking me dozens and dozens of tries to get one of each exclusive exotic that there is

Only exception for me was Ravenous. I got it first run and I stole one in DZ

[prime plover]

is it possible to transfer these talents to another piece of gear later down the line?

[pseudo tundra]

Yeah, if you have it on your library you can put it another backpack

[kind cove]

Go into tinkering station either through you loudout menu or at the white house and go into the library

[charred river]

As they said, it has to be in your library. For it to be in your library, you have to store it there. That means finding a piece that drops with it, one you don’t want to keep, because when you extract the talent into your library, it destroys the piece.

[prime plover]

yeah I just did that a bit ago, but I'm just wondering, once it's in my library, and I put it on another piece of gear, will I have to extract that talent again to have it in my library, or will it permanently be in my library to use whenever I want?

[rugged stratus]

Once in library, when you add it to another piece the library roll stays in library

Nah, bad advice or trolling

[coral charm]

Yup mb, was thinking of a different station

[rugged stratus]

Sure

[prime plover]

oh ok sweet. another question, are certain perks limited to a certain piece of armor? as in I can only put X perk on chestpieces and I can only put Y perk on Helmets?

[rugged stratus]

Talents will be item type specific. Chest/bag/ weapon types will all have type specific talents.
Attributes you save will also be for each type . Example- say you saved crit chance roll in your bag library, you wont be able to add that to a knee.
You would need it extracted from a knee in that case

Best approach would be marking all unwanted items as junk. Check library for missing rolls and extract as needed, donate what's left to expertise , break whatever remains into materials

[prime plover]

oh ok that's cool, I did not think I'd be able to save the substats like crit

shouldn't I only bother saving stat rolls like that once I'm level 40 though? or will it not make much of a difference

[slim elk]

yeah, don't focus on builds or anything related until you're lvl40

[rugged stratus]

Yeah, pre 40 it isnt really a concern.

[slim elk]

buuuut you can start learning before lvl40 to understand quicker

[prime plover]

yeah that's what I'm doing

[rugged stratus]

It wouldn't be horrible to save a couple talents tho. Those will be ok to add to gear if you like specific talents

[prime plover]

I'm saving talents since all of my gear with talents is going to be worthless so might as well save them

[rugged stratus]

You'll be starting a level 40 library after

Used to be handy to have a good level 30 library so you can roll solid gear when using an alt as a watch mule, but with 1 endgame all that is pretty much history

[prime plover]

oh interesting so everything i'm saving is gonna be reset at 40?

[rugged stratus]

Itll exist, but only accessible to under 40 alts

Just dont get too deep in it. Couple talents you like basically

[tepid bronze]

The way it works is that its broken down to two sections. One for levels 1-30 and one for levels 31-40. This was introduced whenever the level cap was increased. Anything you get between levels 1-30 (attributes, talents, etc) will not transfer over to the 31-40 sections. You CAN start before level 31 to get the hang of it but just know that it wont be there when you hit level 31

Your best bet is to just dismantle anything pre-31 and then once youre 31 or higher, you can start actually saving the talents, stats, etc

[prime plover]

oh so I can keep lvl 30 talents ok

all of my saved talents are from like lvl 33+ because that's when I started realizing the gear had them

[tepid bronze]

they have to be higher than lvl 31

or rather, the gear your pulling them from needs to be higher than 31

[prime plover]

yes

[tepid bronze]

just making sure since you specified 30 but i didnt realize you meant it as a generalized 30's

[prime plover]

yeah I was just generalizing

[tepid bronze]

but yeah, if i was you i'd look out for determined on an MR, vigilance on chest, and the backpack one that gives you more dmg when not taking damage

its the foundation of the 1 shot sniper build

[nimble spruce]

Headhunter on chest, vigilance on bag

[prime plover]

I already have headhunter saved and I accidentally dismantled a vigilance earlier

sadge

[weary junco]

If I buy the exotic bps from inaya at lvl 31 I can still craft/reconfigure them at 40 when I get there right? Also for going over the cap on resources I should only purchase the shared mats after I hit 40 and spend the watch points right?

[twin jolt]

are you level 31 right now on your main account?

if so, you should spend your watch points to max watch attributes like CHC, CHD, reload speed, accuracy etc.

[tepid bronze]

not the best, but it'll get the point across

[prime plover]

how did you make the talent "perfect"?

[tepid bronze]

chainkiller, its a named W,H&C chest

[prime plover]

so if you equip the perk on a certain named item it'll become perfect?

[tepid bronze]

no, the named item comes with it perfected, you cant swap it

[prime plover]

ohhhhh

does every perk come with a perfected version or only some

[tepid bronze]

i dont actually know, i know a lot of them have perfected versions i just dont know which ones exactly

[nimble spruce]

Every named item has either a perfect version of a talent or some other 'perfect' stat.

[prime plover]

oh ok that's cool

[river falcon]

Quick technical question:
Since there is a known issue with Windows 11 24H2 and Easy Anti Cheat on (only Intel?) CPUs - is this officially fixed in The Division 2 and safe to upgrade or should I probably wait for another update?

[tepid bronze]

i dont think this has been an issue since 2024

[river falcon]

Just want to make sure because I read some reddit posts and on other channels that it maybe has issues when you upgrade

[tepid bronze]

im fairly certain microsoft has alr pushed updates to adress 24h2 issues

[open mountain]

not all but a ton have perfect variants

[lyric sorrel]

Is the Coyote’s Mask drop rate stacking every time I do JTC or will it pretty much just remain 5% the entire time?

[open mountain]

5% every time

[lyric sorrel]

Goodness gracious.

Well, time to run it again lol.

[fiery zenith]

do items still disappear in the stash ? in this game here ?

i have lost my nemesis sniper, and i havnt torch it sense i left it in the stash, and yes it was locked on fav

[river falcon]

The Easy Anti Cheat one isn't Microsoft's fault tho, but the one of the game devs. That's caused by an old driver not supporting the newest version

[wheat peak]

U need crit dps and crit chance

[open mountain]

not on a headhunter build

mute up champ

[wheat peak]

Ya do buttercup

[open mountain]

nope!

[wheat peak]

Yes

[tepid bronze]

you dont

[wheat peak]

Yes

[open mountain]

headhunter is a ————> headshot <————— talent

[tepid bronze]

not going for crit dmg

[open mountain]

don’t

[tepid bronze]

need headshot dmh

[open mountain]

go for headshot + weapon handling

[rugged stratus]

yeah, no... obv youre not much of a builder

good try though 🤦‍♂️

[pseudo tundra]

to be fair

9/10 times you get that as reccomendation here

[silent estuary]

1x Airaldi or 1x Providence best for headshotting build? (the other slot is taken by Chainkiller)

[rugged stratus]

what, crit hotshot?

[pseudo tundra]

make a crit based DPS build/striker

[glad lichen]

Returning player here, I haven't played countdown yet and I'm curious which builds I should be using for it

[pseudo tundra]

anything other than skill builds mostly

[silent estuary]

just bring your best DPS, can't go wrong with that

[pseudo tundra]

it's where people go to get builds, so you dont need to be fully optmized

[glad lichen]

is glass cannon viable or should I go with some blues?

[pseudo tundra]

it's fine

[rugged stratus]

was a recommend for hotshot headhunter pieces #ask-td2-community message

[silent estuary]

GC is good, don't rush the hunters and wait for the group

[pseudo tundra]

yeah i understand that, some people see red cores and go "hm.. crits"

[rugged stratus]

stupid ones maybe

[glad lichen]

thx y'all much appreciated

[pseudo tundra]

it's my gentle wall to call the community

[lofty cobalt]

There's a way to toggle the names of locations on the map but i cant for the life of me figure it out. I hit it by accident once, actually twice because i toggled it on and off. anyone have any idea what it is?

[open mountain]

airaldi

yea

@wispy merlin phoning a friend

4pc hot shot chain killer
prov vs airaldi

[silent estuary]

thanks for the answer, nearly started optimizing my providence bag but wasn't sure

[open mountain]

providence will be higher 1st shot damage and maybe 2nd shot? but airaldi will have a higher top end iirc

[silent estuary]

hmm I need the first shot dmg to kick off the chain. On the other hand I tend to die only when I'm rushed and my chain is broken and I can't damage fast with a tanky enemy in my face

that's when the shotgun comes out and the HSD matters more

[open mountain]

shotgun will own as long as it reaches 150 hsd

[wispy merlin]

airaldi

[tepid bronze]

im usin providence ngl

but thats just because it was the only maxed 3 red core backpack i have atm

[open mountain]

doctor headhunter has given us his verdict

[tepid bronze]

araldi mor like a baldie

amirite

[silent estuary]

gonna go with the majority vote and hold out for an airaldi bag so I can oneshot more bosses

[dense ruin]

Hey Agents! 🫡 Returning player here. I unfortunately never acquired the Memento backpack when it was released. I was under the impression it’s in the general loot pool now and ran countdown w/ backpack focused 15+ times now with no exotic drops for any backpack so far. Just want to make sure I’m on the correct path 😅

[tepid bronze]

youre on the right path just being trolled by rng

[silent estuary]

spend your countdown tokens on exotic caches for more chances

[dense ruin]

Copy that! Thanks!

[silent estuary]

what does the /50 mean? Is there a lifetime limit on the number of scavenging points I can redeem for SHD calibrations, or just for this screen and I get another 50 if I do it again?

ok that was a stupid question since I could just try it. The limit is just for this screen

[wheat peak]

@spring escarp my black tusk sniper outfit

Took it from a screenshot from the division 2 website and used ace of spades chest it was the closest armour I could use sadly it wasn’t shipped down like the picture

[slow estuary]

hi i wanted to ask how i can obtain the Lexington?

[muted rose]

no

not anymore atleast

[slim elk]

Can't

[coral charm]

I feel like I’ve seen this same question 20 times now

[slim elk]

And it'll be for another 2-3 weeks at least

[coral charm]

Honestly getting tiring, if you weren’t there to get it sucks to be you, whole point was it was a loyalty reward

[mellow trout]

Speaking of lex did it's damage nerf put it back in like with the m4

[mellow trout]

Oh bruh it's still better lol

[rugged stratus]

yup. obv subject to change

didnt really lose too much tho

[mellow trout]

Absolutely miniscule damage decrease but that's it

[rugged stratus]

they should revert elmo and give it 20% mods again

[mellow trout]

[quasi fiber]

I just made it to level 40 what should i do next?

[mellow trout]

Check out the spreadsheet pinned in #td2-build-advice to see if any builds interest you

Then work on farming out the pieces in countdown targeting whatever you need

[quasi fiber]

will do thanks!

[mellow trout]

Remember if you're farming specific brands or named items target brand

You only target type if you're farming exotics

Weapons are naturally always type though

[lapis ibex]

Question? For the Scout 3 activity 2, you have to get 25 headshot kills but I’m stuck at 23 headshot kills. Is there something else I’m suppose to be doing so it counts the last 2 headshots?

Nvm I got them

[coral surge]

Why is it that every time I login the passive modifiers are disabled , I have to enable them every time I login

[open mountain]

they are still there just not showing up iirc

[tough marsh]

Yup, visual bug

[nimble zenith]

Wow. Didnt know this drop ingame too. Just got it from dz chest

[delicate yew]

what is the best sniper exotic

[summer quiver]

So I was gifted d2 today for pc after mentioning interest in the upcoming dlc and skill related equipment, but the less than great changes to the formula iam use to is kinda demoralizing, I haven't played since the stovepipe manhunt and the idea of doing this all over again is a little daunting. Is there anything that could make this feel not as awful?

[delicate yew]

also is finding coyotes mask in countdown rare? i’ve been trying to get it on the regular story missions for the past week, but after a couple games on countdown with targeted loot on masks and i found it after a couple games

[summer quiver]

It's as rare as rng decides it to be honestly

Catharsis and coyote mask seemed to be the more common exotic drops for me

[tough marsh]

Nemesis

[heady tendon]

I prefer Mantis for the Decoy effect

But honnestly all the exotic MMR got junked by Determined

[stuck frigate]

Is danny weaver open atm?

[lost root]

I need to kill engineers and tanks to finish off the seasonal journey. I know black tusk has tanks and true sons have engineers. Is there a faction that has both?

[stuck frigate]

Cleaners have both?

[lost root]

I didn’t think about the New York factions. Perfect. Thank you.

[pseudo tundra]

i think all classes have both

BT engineers are the guys with controllers that usually come together with the mini tanks

true sons tanks are the big guys with grenade launchers and explosive backpacks

[heady tendon]

he is right all faction got each kind of enemies. Though some are more common depending of the faction.

For tank and enginers, Black Tusk are probably the best pick

[cold lichen]

Recently logged back on and I'm seeing where a new "lexington" AR was released. I did not receive this in my mailbox and I only have one character. Stash isn't full either. Any ideas on how I can get this AR?

[tulip fiber]

They did it twice. One where it went straight to your inventory, but some players had full inventory, so it disappeared. The second it went to the stash mailbox and you had to login to claim it, but Jan. 1 was when it ended. They are looking to possibly bring it back.

[sour mortar]

It may come back in the future. I missed it as well.

They do like to recycle content and stuff

[cold lichen]

Dang, that really sucks. That gun looks incredible

Thanks!

[tough mural]

What's the fastest way to level up the Artillery skill tree ?

[tulip fiber]

Make sure it’s equipped first. Then, each level gives 3 points. Weekly invaded missions give 5, but only on first clear. Look for projects or bounties that give some as rewards.

[tough mural]

Top, thanks 👌

[nimble zenith]

Didnt know you can have exp on low level weapon 🤔

[mellow trout]

it displays your rank

[nimble zenith]

@mellow trout ty

[silent estuary]

how is it possible for an item to have rank 6 (<10) and have expertise on it? Don't you need to be proficient before you can add expertise to it?

[prime plover]

is the mission I have to do here the same as this one?

[silent estuary]

yes, the first mission is just "go to the pentagon" - no fighting. It unlocks two other missions (one after the other) including DARPA

[prime plover]

ok thank you, I figured it may be like that but didn't want to waste my time doing the wrong mission, ty

[charred river]

Might be a visual bug. I know when you look at someone’s build, their skills show me my expertise level. So, maybe the Rank 6 is the poster’s rank?

[silent estuary]

ahhh that makes sense

[prime plover]

I just finished this and there aren't any other missions, am I missing something for the darpa mission?

[silent estuary]

it should unlock DARPA, it's a follow on mission. Maybe you need to return to the safehouse first?

[heady tendon]

from the safe house you need to go outside

there is a mini side mission when you go out

[prime plover]

going outside just starts the main mission again

[heady tendon]

There some Black Tusk

and a need to open the door from a computer if my memory is good

[silent estuary]

did you complete the first mission with another player as the host? If so it's only progressed on the host, you will still need to unlock it yourself

[prime plover]

I just had to continue to the mission marker, it started the darpa mission even though it wasn't called that

[spare girder]

How to do journey 6: eliminate throwers (I'm on normal difficulty from the start)

[spare girder]

Playtime as a rogue?🧐

[prime plover]

how can I get exotic components?

[bold tiger]

one sure fire way is destroying exotics

others i think are the daily and or weekly projects?

maybe control points?

[prime plover]

hm ok I'll check my projects

yep you're right the daily and weekly one give one and three respectively, thanks

[bold tiger]

you're welcome. just not sure if control points also give them or not

[prime plover]

hm it dosen't say so on the map but maybe the supply room will have some

[silent estuary]

CPs can drop them but it's a low random chance

best way to farm them is any method that gives you a high rate of exotics. Exotic caches on countdown or priority objectives with exotic rewards

[pseudo tundra]

priority objectives can also give them i think

[fresh abyss]

Get the comms they’re important

[prime plover]

what counts as being "pulsed"

[prime plover]

what are they important for?

[bold tiger]

when you can see an outline of players/npcs through walls = pulsed

usually people use Technician Specialization and Laser pointer on a weapon that can use it on the underbarrel to pulse

[pseudo tundra]

a debuff caused by the pulse skill and some other minor things, highlights stuff making it easier to see and through walls

[bold tiger]

other pulsing options is the drone and turret i believe?

and in the case of using Heartbreaker headshots pulses

[prime plover]

ahhh ok

what does skill haste do? guessing it's like a cooldown reduction?

[bold tiger]

pretty much

skill efficiency with Empress = Skill Haste, Skill Damage, Skill Duration and Skill Health

[pseudo tundra]

decoy and the spotter drone, dont remember what turret

[bold tiger]

assault turret? maybe it's just the drone

just assumed Assault Drone pulses so the assult turret would/should pulse too, but i could be wrong on that in general XD

[pseudo tundra]

neither pulse that i remember

[gray mason]

Wait, what? The decoy cause pulse too? 🤔

[bold tiger]

yeah, as long as they get close enough for it

[pseudo tundra]

enemies that shoot the decoy gets pulsed

[gray mason]

But it actually causes the same debuff as the pulse skill?

[bold tiger]

oh? i thought it was if they got near it XD

[pseudo tundra]

it causes the pulsed debuff on the enemy

[junior sequoia]

Which TU number is this and next season?

[pseudo tundra]

we are on TU22

[bold tiger]

what's coming on teh 25th is year 6 season 3 far as i can tell

[pseudo tundra]

TU23

updates inbetween use the .x

[gray mason]

So anything that affects damage etc to pulsed targets, will also work when they get pulsed by these other skills?

[pseudo tundra]

well yeah

i mean laser pointer from technician is very popular because of that

[gray mason]

That would have been a good thing to add in the notes of the skills LOL

[bold tiger]

IE: doesnt' take up a skill slot

[junior sequoia]

Yes but their "pulse" is shorter since aren't pulse dedicated skills

[gray mason]

Still really important info that would have been useful to have

[pseudo tundra]

ithink it says on the skill, people just dont care

[junior sequoia]

On decoy maybe, because the spotter drone is supposed to spot obviously

[bold tiger]

considering the pulse skill there's skill duration and skill effieciency so the pulsing will be longer than the technician laser pointer

[pseudo tundra]

well pulse skill should be the best one at pulsing

otherwise someone screwed up

[gray mason]

If I had known the spotter drone literally pulses targets, I might have made more use of it LOL

[pseudo tundra]

people were discussing if it could be used with the seasonal modifiers to get people burning