ask-td2-community

[gray mason]

Well, pulse is not really a debuff, not like in D1 at least.

Would be kinda crazy in combo with Vile, lol

Or wait, that is status effect, right?

[junior sequoia]

Neither a status, it's more like a free wallhack for the agents.

[gray mason]

Honestly, I have found the spotter drone to be a bit of a problem because you can't tell if the target is behind cover or not.

Would be cool if there was a difference in outline color depending on visibility

[prime plover]

does this game have an updated wiki? the fandom one seems super outdated. I just want to see a list of all the gear sets and their effects

[junior sequoia]

A lot of stuff made by the community is outdated for a couple of months.

[prime plover]

the fandom one seems to be not updated since 2022

[junior sequoia]

You should see the "game-journalist" pages talking about exotics, they aren't updated since 2019

[prime plover]

well is there any at least slightly updated list of gear sets anywhere? even ingame would be fine

[junior sequoia]

The nearest thing that we have of an updated list of gear sets is the build tools on GitHub https://mxswat.github.io/mx-division-builds/#/

[pseudo tundra]

I use the word debuff exactly to avoid the confusion with status effect

[gray mason]

Yeah, I realized that just after I had written the comment 😅

[prime plover]

this'll have to do I guess, thanks

[bold tiger]

yeah, that gets updated regularly from what i experienced

[prime plover]

hopefully, I just want to know what kind of builds I can make with this

can you have a regular talent on a backpack/body armor that has a gear set talent

[bold tiger]

gear sets gets no talent for chest or backpack because teh 4 pc set is the talent

now you can put on the mask, holster, gloves, knees then an exotic or 2 high end (yellow) gear with a chest/backpack talent if you like

[sour mortar]

You can mix match gear/exo/brand sets together

[prime plover]

yeah that's what I'm doing right now

[bold tiger]

like with striker the backpack is probably more preferable with the 100% weapon damage

[prime plover]

to clear up my question I meant can I put a talent like this from a high end piece, on top of the gear set talent that this piece already has

but I assume that's not the case

[bold tiger]

yes, gear set talents only takes effect if you're wearing 4 pieces of it even with the backpack and chest

[rugged stratus]

No. Pinned spreadsheet in #td2-build-advice has a ton of info and is much more up to date than wiki

[bold tiger]

that github site has everything updated as well

[rugged stratus]

No. Gearset items are locked other than main cores/ attributes

Alot of times you'll see gearset chest/bag talents not worth... in that case you would slot in a highend chest/bag with better talent

[bold tiger]

IE: only one i now by heart is striker chest stacks increased to 200 and backpack your damage goes from .65% to 100% and those only activate if you have 4 pieces of the gear set on

[rugged stratus]

Bag is 90% now afaik

[bold tiger]

oh? nerfed it?

[rugged stratus]

Yeah

#patch-notes

[bold tiger]

good to know, didn't read those before so i assued it was still 100% XD

[rain apex]

Can anyone help me get the chameleon assault rifle

[rugged stratus]

#lfg-xbox . It's also a common drop when running bounties

[prime plover]

yes I was running a bounty earlier for a challenge and got it

[void cloud]

will try in here. So is there any way to actually answer/respond to backup calls coming from other areas of the game? Like im in Pentagon and getting backup calls for Manning Zoo or Camp White Oak. Is there like some button im missing that somehow will make those icons appear so i can select them or simply "nope...gotta ignore them cause no way has been added to cross areas"

[rugged stratus]

i dont think so. you can usually get into the shd tab and see stuff if it doesnt pop the tooltip when the call comes in, but being different maps means its got nowhere to populate. i bet if you were matchmaking for backup calls you would get pulled regardless of your current location

[void cloud]

ahh yeah but then you get yanked into like backup calls for legendaries :-p, wish they would update the game to like show the icons like around the edge of the map (for like when you are in Manning/pentagon/etc) or like place the backup icons around the image of the area if on DC Map

[rugged stratus]

in that case, just ignore

might be able to set do not disturb in social

[void cloud]

yeah, it doesnt bother me (plus then ill forget to swap it back when im in like DC/NY) just kinda hated seeing the backup calls for Story missions and be unable to respond. "Id help ya if i could! Sorry!" :-p

[prime plover]

is it just not possible to find a supply drop objective in the open world while on hard mode??

I've been walking around for like 10 minutes and I haven't found a single one

[silent estuary]

they tend to appear closer to controlled CPs. If your whole board is red, they spawn very rarely

if this is for a PO my usual tactic is Abandon Objective

[prime plover]

alr I'll just do this later then idc enough to do multiple cps now

[silent estuary]

FYI you can abandon objectives once per hour which is quite often tbh. Better than grinding the more unreasonable goals

[prime plover]

that's nice ty for the info

[prime plover]

anyone know a good spot that I can farm elite scorchers from?

[odd condor]

Roosevelt Island stronghold, the first named boss in the burn pit, The Wildfire, is one. Once she spawns focus on killing her, wipe and repeat until you get it

[prime plover]

ty I forgot I can just wipe to respawn her

[void cloud]

yep, good option for this is use the explosive sticky bomb, kill her and plant the bomb at your feet and it blows you up. Way faster then waiting for the enemies to kill ya (especially if your build has like armor refills or whatnot lol)

[prime plover]

I'm already done but thanks still, I just used my grenade launcher from demolitionist to kill myself lol

[void cloud]

lol that works too

but also useful to keep in mind for like (assuming journey objectives) like tanks for journey 7 🙂 (DCD)

[prime plover]

I'll be honest I have no clue what journey objectives are

I've had this on my screen for 4 days now and I haven't a clue how to claim this

I was killing the scorchers for the challenges to unlock firewall

[void cloud]

OH! its been so long since i did those i forgot what they needed lol

[prime plover]

speaking of which, now I need to farm points to level it up, any good spots to farm specialization points?

[void cloud]

but for the Journey stuff in the start menu (Inventory and whatnot) go to "Shades of Red" (should be just to right of Inventory) then shift from Season Pass over to Journey

then once on Journey tab I think there should be something in the bottom right "Press [button} to claim rewards". You MIGHT have to shift upwards (i dunno key command for PC but with controller its left trigger) to shift up to the previous journey

[void cloud]

for this part Projects rewards spec points, leveling up rewards spec points, priority objects might reward spec points tbh :-p

you will see the rewards for things (like Projects and such) indicate if they give spec points as they are listed as a Reward (once maxed on the spec that of course disappears)

[prime plover]

yeah I see that, I only have like two projects that will give me spec points tho 😭

[void cloud]

well, like i said, every time you level up (with that spec active) you get a point so at the absolute least there is that 🙂

[odd condor]

also clear the weekly invaded missions - those give points

daily and only daily bounties give points too

[void cloud]

i always forget about daily bounties

[prime plover]

does daily bounties mean the ones that I get from the white house?

[odd condor]

yes, the ones with a counter showing how much time you have to do them even before activating the bounty

[void cloud]

If you go to Bounties on the map screen and hover over the bullseye, you will see certain bounties flagged with special markers and also have like a timer displayed on them (you dont have to select them from the WH specifically)

once you complete a daily if you go back to that area in the bounty map you will see the entry still but it will be lined through (regular bounties just disappear from the list im pretty sure)

[prime plover]

oh that's nice I didn't know that I could access the bounties from the map

[void cloud]

yep, whenever you go into the map just take note of the various tabs in the top right 🙂

a bunch of the various things you can access at the WH/camps can also be accessed directly from the map

also just wanna say....yay firewall! :-p

[prime plover]

yes I'm very excited to build it, I've been trying to figure out what gear set to go for

[void cloud]

well i think going like in-depth on it would warrant shifting over to #td2-build-advice , i personally use Hunters Fury, Zero F's (Badger Tuff named chest), and Mementos backpack alongside Scorpio (legend shotgun), Emelines Guard (named p90), and Bakers Dozen (named M1A) and Mozambique Special pistol (named m45A1)

[prime plover]

idm moving to the builds channel tbh

[remote wadi]

when you complete a "Contaminated Zone" buildings. Does it re-appear weekly?

[void cloud]

nope

if you have gathered all of the messages/items out of it its done.

[summer quiver]

Are exotics still only available from caches or can they been gotten from just regular drops? Without needing to get them from a cache prior

[mellow trout]

depends on the exotic

[hazy flicker]

So…… if one just has base game… can you play any of the dlc content at all?

[mellow trout]

yes and no

you can get to level 40 without dlc now so you get access to countdown, summit, raids, incursion and all

[hazy flicker]

there was a time I heard you could…. Oh that’s right

[mellow trout]

but without warlords you cant go to new york and you dont get the rogue skills

[hazy flicker]

😦 but I want to go rogue

cries in empty wallet

Thanks for the info though @mellow trout

[mellow trout]

[summer quiver]

Just the regular ones that don't require any special missions to be completed, I'd also like to know if season exotics like bluescreen and st Elmo are able to be obtained

[mellow trout]

bluescreen and doctor home are locked behind their respective manhunt finales

every other exotic except projects and exclusives will drop normally

besides ones in the current season if you havent already got them from the reward track

[summer quiver]

I haven't, thanks for clearing that up

I suppose I'd just target loot whichever exotic iam looking for then?

[mellow trout]

this season specifically centurion and strega are dropping before intended so if you want them you can farm them out

[mellow trout]

yep

[summer quiver]

Are the drop rates high enough to bother trying to farm them before it's patched?

[wispy merlin]

well the drop rates are the same

they just drop before you get them through the track

[summer quiver]

Power plant still the best farm?

[wispy merlin]

yeah countdown

[summer quiver]

Ty

Strega looks like the fal is it an assault rifle

[wispy merlin]

ye

[summer quiver]

Alrighty, apologies for the noob questions

[mellow trout]

naw youre good

[silent estuary]

FWIW I got bluescreen from exotic caches and totally missed any manhunt finales involving those. Also got Doctor Home from an exotic cache before doing Pentco Power Plant.

so I think they might already be in the general loot pool

[mellow trout]

Doctor home probably in general loot but definitely not blue screen

Can only get it through cache or random drop not in TL

[wind breach]

What do these two triangles mean?

[flint hare]

that's is what u have in ur libeary at that moment

[wind breach]

Ahh, thanks.

[solemn swift]

Just joined the server and read the rules, anyways I got a question.

How long is the current season pass will last for?

Started this game last month and got the pass recently and been investing on watching YouTube videos for td2 and now I'm confused whether the season pass time remaining is really what it is in game vs 2-3 weeks left a I've heard from videos I've seen that it's been massively shortened.

I'm want to get fact checked since I'm massively panicking and rushing my season pass as of recent.

Thanks.

[wide bay]

Seasons last 4 months as a minimum at the moment. The new season will start in 3 weeks. The paid version only offers you cosmetics and some extra resources but nothing crucial. It's up to you if you think that's worth the 10$.

[solemn swift]

Oh I bought it recently that's why I'm panicking since I'm halfway the season level.
So... 3 weeks remaining~?

Yes I'm actually in it for the cosmetics.

[nimble spruce]

New season is due to start 24th Feb. Maybe ensure you actually reach lvl 100 on the season pass before buying the paid track so you know you'll get everything

[solemn swift]

Thanks for the help and confirmation .Time to speedrun priority objectives. 💀

[fresh abyss]

The story is connected somehow

[vapid vine]

Help us spread the love through the cosmos, find your reflection and start with you! You need to love you...Thank you for your time!

[open mountain]

thanks

[heady tendon]

I just saw that video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdNoKb-hitg

This is completly crazy and I don't understand half of the game play

[open mountain]

yea the top end of players in this game are very skilled and they can optimize content so well

very impressive player and very impressive accomplishment

[sudden matrix]

All that work to just be called a hacker most the time lol

[open mountain]

true…

[robust drum]

How can i find people to do raid with? Will be first time doing division 2 raid

[sudden matrix]

#lfg-raid-pc which is less popular than the other division discord your in because this discord has no VC. You'ld just use the raid LFG channels and be clear that you are and FTC(frist time clear) and express what you wanna do, either just get the raid exotics or to learn it. If you wanna learn it dark hours is pretty quick and easy but iron horse will take time and reps and playing each role. Most people either never fully learn IH or just learn a couple roles. Strikers is good for DH and a high end crit/HSD build is better for IH, these should be all red and CHC/CHD.

[wispy merlin]

he's also soloed morozova on normal recently

[heady tendon]

I bookmarked his video page

[sudden matrix]

I know broken did but whiteout did too?

[wispy merlin]

oh wait no i forgor. it was broken

them speedrunners all the same

🛏️

[heady tendon]

There is so much to learn from such run

at least the enemie spawning point

and what's necessary to do

[sudden matrix]

Eh idk if it'll really help much considering it's discovery, and it's solo.

How the ads work in rail yard are more confusing than most ever wanna think. There is player positions and triggers for certain spawns and unless you are super organized it's almost never the same during pub runs.

[open mountain]

no

broken us worlds first

[sudden matrix]

Enny just dum

[open mountain]

#snb 🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪

[tough mural]

Is there a way to find elite patrols and supply drop activites or is it random ?

[silent estuary]

it's random, you can reroll the board until something appears. Reroll by resetting checkpoints

[tough mural]

Oh good to know, thanks 👌

[prime plover]

what does LZ mean in this case? I know DZ means dark zone

[sudden matrix]

Light zone.

[silent estuary]

i.e., "not the dark zone"

[prime plover]

but what does that mean, it can just drop anywhere then?

[sudden matrix]

Yeah.

[prime plover]

incredible I'm just overcomplicating things then

[silent estuary]

you were looking for the landing zone? haha

[prime plover]

are there any weapons that can apply burn reliably?

[prime plover]

no I just thought the LZ was some kind of specific zone like the DZ that I hadn't unlocked yet or smtn 😭

[sudden matrix]

iron lung

[prime plover]

thx

[prime plover]

is it still possible to get it? this spreadsheet I'm looking at only has a season reward track as the drop location

[sudden matrix]

Should say caches/general pool. We need dat bish updated.

[prime plover]

ok ty

[nimble spruce]

Supply drops and other green activities spawn when you have control points captured in the area

[wary spoke]

Does "Group members get X bonus..." include myself? Or specifically just allies?

[prime plover]

do exotic caches only drop things you already have? or can they drop new exotics?

[spiral mantle]

They can drop any exotic that isn't tied to raids/dz as far as I'm aware. Though I could be entirely wrong

But they do drop new stuff

[prime plover]

wow I'm so unlucky then

or lucky depending how you look at it ig

I've gotten the same exotic 3 times from caches 😭

[wispy merlin]

if you're talking about the ones on the spec tree then they don't apply to self, only allies

[tough mural]

Is it right that the Test Subject AR can drop like... anywhere ? Because i did a whole summit on challenging with AR selected drop and nothing, same with missions (JTC, but also others) and i did loot every single other AR 😂

[open mountain]

anywhere

[tough mural]

Thanks, guess the rng gods hate me

[heady tendon]

doesn't drop often

In the mean time, you could either get a Capacitor from doing 5 challenges in the summit (work only once) or just get a FAMAS with In Sync

[tough mural]

I already have a Capacitor thanks ! But i wanna use the Test as primary and run a Scorpio as secondary

[heady tendon]

Well, pray for Rnjesus

I wish you good luck

[tough mural]

Thanks 🙏

[heady tendon]

Opening Named Cache can help

[tough mural]

Yeah i got a lot during the last event 😦

[alpine granite]

I finally got my first hackusation! This mantis headshot build i put together it's eating through people running 2 mill armor

[eager oasis]

They seem upset. Have you tried telling them that you are just better?

[alpine granite]

I ran with em yesterday they know I'm not cheating

But they said I am 💀

[eager oasis]

Sounds like someone had a bowl of grumpy flakes this morning.

[alpine granite]

The builds squishy to all hell, 900k armor with a sacrifice. I'm popping people's armor and laughing when they pop cover to heal

I wonder if a chain killer would work 🤔

[eager oasis]

Thats how my build runs. I dont do PvP in Div 2..but I was a young god in 1.

I just run all red cores. Always was more of a DPS/cover then stand in someone face kinda person lol.

Use to that in DIv 1.

Div 2 humbles you quick.

[eager oasis]

Oooh that sounds good.

[alpine granite]

Well I'm running mantis and Lexington for now, I'm trying to improve my aim, the Lexington just in case they push me I can finish them off if I hit the shot

This isn't a rouge build or anything. Using it to hunt rouges if anything

[alpine granite]

Div 2 100% i found that out real quick the skill ceiling between 1 and 2 are way different. Everyone's running hybrid skill builds or full headshot big horn builds

[eager oasis]

I run full CHC/CHD builds. I find that way more fun.

I ran Striker/Reclaimer in Div 1 exclusively.

Been running Striker & Negotatiors since I came back to Div 2

[alpine granite]

Headshot is where it is at I've been seeing but dude Ravenous is so under rated in pvp

[eager oasis]

I wish I had the Ravenous. It look so sick.

[alpine granite]

I found some dude dropping teams of 4 all running defender drone big horn 2 mill armor 💀

I might build into something like that and give it a test run

[eager oasis]

I gotta get my headshot up. It's like 70%

Would like it to be in the 90s

[eager oasis]

That sounds super scary. 🥶

[alpine granite]

If you wanna inspect my build just do /inspect ItsBcss

I'm not online rn but my build should pop up

[eager oasis]

My CHC is like 54% and my CHD is 140% with my Striker.

My Negotiators is like 50% CHC and like 190% CHD iirc

Deffo will look at yours when I get a chance.

[alpine granite]

Ngl negotiators is annoying in pvp with a pestilence

[eager oasis]

I have a Pestilence in my stash 👀

[open mountain]

headhunter is really bad in pvp

much lower values

[alpine granite]

So glass cannon then?

[open mountain]

focus

#td2-build-advice

[prime plover]

why can't I put a 2nd attribute on this armor?

[wispy merlin]

gear set pieces only have 1 attribute; mask, bp and chest have mod slots that let you fit a mod

[prime plover]

this set dosen't seem to even have a mod slot

just has a dye slot

[wispy merlin]

look at the mask, bp or chest...

those are gloves

[prime plover]

ah mb read ur message too quickly

[wispy merlin]

life's not that short, take your time lol

[prime plover]

what does proficiency do for weapons and armor?

[bold tiger]

for weapons it increases the damage
armor increases your armor

[wind breach]

Are there any must have choices for the scavenger level on your watch?

[silent estuary]

I always pick SHD calibrations nothing else

if you're running watch mules for expertise, you'd probably pick filaments for donation

I guess it depends on what you really need

[wind breach]

I just hit level 5 on my watch, and I haven't even got to warlords yet, so I'm still very far behind in progression if that changes the answer

[silent estuary]

I'd just save the points then tbh

I didn't start cashing out until after 1k when I actually had gear I wanted to optimize

[reef geyser]

theyll be plenty of time to level up your watch. there are always the 3x and 5x xp events

[silent estuary]

remember if it's on the watch, it's not taking up space in your inventory

[wind breach]

ayyyy good point

[reef geyser]

personally if you do decide to run mules, id focus on the shd cal and the filments for leveling exp

[wind breach]

I don't even know what that is lol

[reef geyser]

mules are extra characters you bring up with you, they all share the same watch level. so, you can use the watch levels on the mule character to get even more mats.

and it doesnt take away the watch level donations of your main guy. but, theres no need to focus on that yet.

[summer quiver]

Alot of the cosmetics that use to be textile aren't anymore and half the clothing in the sets are and aren't, I suppose there's no way to complete my previously unlocked cosmetic sets without spending real money now?

[odd condor]

Probably not

[summer quiver]

As per the Ubisoft norm, thank you

[real wolf]

hey yall, stupid question coming from a player who started not to long ago. whats the nonraid version of eagles bearer

[rugged stratus]

oh, yeah.. Eagle burger... same as the raid version. also only available in normal raid or very rare dz drop

dark hours raid*

[real wolf]

im aware, i meant a alternative

dont want to bother going into a raid im not ready for lol

[slim elk]

you only need a Striker's build and a FTC group

[rugged stratus]

i think its a p416 as the base model iirc

[sour mortar]

That is correct

Buffs and nerfs also come form P416

[rugged stratus]

tbh, you probably wouldnt need to invest a lot of time to get a raid drop. most that raid a lot have the eb, and pretty likely to share

[muted rose]

they should re run the lexington event

[real wolf]

i stopped after getting the aa12 from doing madison

[real wolf]

itd be nice, but i mainly play at night when most players are done the for day or not raiding

[rugged stratus]

do you have the other community discord or gc rock discord? normally raids organized at both

just need a solid striker dps and youll breeze through

[real wolf]

yea im in that server, currently trying to max out my gear. have both chest and backpack ready jus tin case

[rugged stratus]

nice, ill pm you the community discord. i see you have gc already. the community has vc and you just kinda pop in and askl if ther is a spot for an ftc

[real wolf]

ftc?

[rugged stratus]

first time clear

[real wolf]

yea i put it together last minute lol

[rugged stratus]

lets them know youll need some advice on where to go and what to cover

[half knoll]

Are we ever going to get cross play? Sorry if this has been asked recently

[sour mortar]

Not in div2

Prob in a future Div game

If heartland was a thing still. It would have full crossplay. But sadly the project is scrapped and gone.

[iron zinc]

Any suggestions on best way currently to get st. elmos?

[cedar yacht]

Countdown

[iron zinc]

Yea trying that. Any other ways ?

[lethal plover]

Are there any TD2 main campaign/story missions that take you into the DZ? Or can you complete all story content and start end-game progression without ever stepping foot in any DZ?

[rugged stratus]

can try boss floor farming in summit. 10/20/30/etc. if you leave some npcs alive, kill boss and loot. goto lobby after and re-ascend to a refreshed boss floor, repeat

floor 10 usually the quickest to get too, but it can be any 10th up to 90

can also look where ar are actually targetted

[real wolf]

i now see why they call it the depression box

[iron zinc]

@rugged stratus thanks

[slim elk]

Do you know how to make the f10 method? Or just a visual learner lol 😆

[real wolf]

spamming countdown is what i did to get my first ever drop, for summit floor 10. only kill the first few enemies till boss spawns, kill boss and loot him. tp back to the lobby and continue from there :D

[iron zinc]

@slim elk hah visual

[slim elk]

lemme get tha link

https://streamable.com/mo2dvg

[iron zinc]

Ok i see thx

@real wolf thx

[real wolf]

do not kill any remaining enemies after the boss spawns, focus him only and loot then tp

[iron zinc]

Ok

[hushed tulip]

so my projects that say to complete on hard or higher difficulty need to be done on hard and only hard. If i try to do it on any other difficulty it will not complete the project for me. anyone know why that is?

[heady tendon]

you should be able to complete it on any difficulty

what's your open world difficulty ?

[hushed tulip]

my open world is usually set to heroic. I run with my friends and it will complete the project for them but not for me. we have to set it back to just hard and run it again

[heady tendon]

This maybe a left over from previous game setup where you had to increase the world rank in order to have access to higher difficulty

[heady tendon]

what's the project ?

because some project ask to do it on a set difficulty

especially the global event where you need to do fast run

[hushed tulip]

the daily season project and the daily project. both say hard or higher on them

[heady tendon]

I did both on heroic

it should work

Did you already complete the mission on your own map ?

Some mission doesn't validate properly if you haven't done them on your own or at least on your own map

I'm thinking about Pentagone and Invaded mission

Same can be said about map outside of Washington such as White Camp Oak or Conley Island

[hushed tulip]

i think i've done them all. i am about to do the pentagon mission because it's a slighty different color then the other missions. wants me to play through on story mode

[heady tendon]

yeah

something like that

you need to at least validate all the pre-requisit in order to unlock it

For the Pentagone, you need to do all the step from White House, to the safe House and then opening the door

you will then unlock DARPA and Pentagone Mission

[nimble spruce]

@bleak cobalt use spoiler tags please! A couple of | symbols at either end of the answers.

[pale bough]

guys, can someone enlighten me, the seasonal modifiers? are they being used for something? or its just another modifiers and except for me having to modify my tactics, they doesn't give anything, no seasonal xp after kill with modifier ect. just recently wnt back to the game after 4 months break

[mellow trout]

Next season they will offer additional xp bonuses

[pale bough]

yes, but now?

just fluff? 😛

[mellow trout]

As of now their only use is for completing journey challenges and becoming stupidly OP

[pale bough]

so they have to be turned on to complete season journey right?

[mellow trout]

Depending on the objectives you need certain ones active

[pale bough]

ohh ok

didnt read all of them, thanks

[bold tiger]

as naval said next season ie Year 6 Season 3

supposedly it'll be easier to get the modifiers and tie into the season i believe it was?

[mellow trout]

Yep

Journeys way simpler, modifiers unlocked through journeys with XP boosts for having them active

[narrow kraken]

whats the best way to grind gear

[pale bough]

countdown

or summit, depending if prefer solo or in group

[narrow kraken]

im solo cuz i dont have anyone to play with

[pale bough]

countdown is matchmaked so no need for friends

[narrow kraken]

so should i try that?

[pale bough]

just sign in queue and wait until session starts

yup, deffinitely, its targeted loot

[narrow kraken]

how do i start countdown

[bold tiger]

just don't queue for heroic. last i remember doing it people got inspected and booted from countdown

[narrow kraken]

ok thanks yo

[nimble spruce]

Matchmaking tab of map menu, pick challenging difficulty and don't bring damage skills, they get hacked

[narrow kraken]

okok

[pale bough]

yeah, pure dps, striker for example

[narrow kraken]

whats that

[pale bough]

nvm, just go w dps gear and build, dont use dmg skills like drones, turrets ect. they are getting hacked

[narrow kraken]

@bold tiger@nimble spruce@pale boughi js did my first count down thank you guys

[spring moss]

hey guys are there any common reasons why my division is contantly crashing? its on my m.2 i7 and 4090 idk why i keep crashing 😦

its at least 3 times a day the screen just freezes and then a second or 2 later its gone

[narrow kraken]

do you know the best way to grind for the st elmos engine?

[sudden matrix]

TL ARs in countdown, open exo caches with your countdown requisition.

[pseudo tundra]

using a controller?

[spring moss]

nah just mouse and keyboard

[narrow kraken]

how do i target loot in countdown

[sudden matrix]

TL for countdown can be changed when hovering over summit or countdown(they both share the same TL selection) or while in your map during countdown. idk what your button is but you'll be able to find it at the bottom of the screen.

[narrow kraken]

i ccant target loot for sum reason

[bold tiger]

2 ways. use the Summit and a key for Select Target Loot

for us PC users it's H

[pale bough]

guys. has the descent got option to save progress ?

[mellow trout]

Buffs you buy in the NSA tech store apply to every run iirc but other than that no

It's one shot

[bold tiger]

there any benefit to go past the nemesis?

[mellow trout]

you get more credits the further you go

but yeah descent is mainly just personal enjoyment and the blueprints/comms

[keen ferry]

guys how can i get LVOA-C now ?

[mellow trout]

the lvoa is in the general loot pool as a rifle

if you mean Lexington, you can't get it anymore

[keen ferry]

ah ok thx

[prime plover]

do I need to do warlords to get "The Grudge" named smg to drop?

[mellow trout]

no

[gray mason]

It is currently at the vendors (White House)

Though the stats on it are pretty bad

[prime plover]

oh thx

I just wanna have the perk on it for now, I'll try and get a better roll later

[gray mason]

I use it too 🙂

[prime plover]

if I upgrade a weapons proficiency (in this case an exotic) and I was to either get a better version of the weapon, or reconfigure the stats on the exotic, will I still keep the proficiency upgrade?

[sudden matrix]

If you put expertise levels on an exotic and reconfigure it it will keep the expertise.

[gray mason]

Always wondered about this as well. Good to know 👍🏽

[real wolf]

Can eagle be a random drop within the raid as well?

[sudden matrix]

Yeah but it's a very small chance from the bosses.

[real wolf]

Thx

[prime plover]

is a clan important to be in? should I go look for one in the recruitment channel?

[inner tendon]

@prime plover It's not critical, but it's a fantastic way to find a regular team to play with, and you get access to the Clan Vendor as well.

[narrow kraken]

so, what i've gathered is the recruiter cosmetic bundle comes and goes from the shop every few months?

[prime plover]

does burn applied from weapons like iron lung work the same way as burn applied from abilities? as in you need to build for skill/status or do you need to build for weapons and status?

[pseudo tundra]

it will scale from your status effect total

skills generally also have their own custom values for damage and duration that tends to be better

stuff like weapon procs for status effect tend to be similar to your granade or gas can value

[sudden matrix]

They very smol from guns.

[prime plover]

man that sucks

I really hope for the 3rd game they stop making build paths so damn narrow it's so unfun

[sudden matrix]

Eh it's a balance issue. This game struggles with it and idk if they make certain things stronger to match it's just gonna break the game.

A gun spitting fire damage at the same damage as a fire chem burn would just turn up in DPS hands and leap them so far ahead it'd be busted.

[pseudo tundra]

or it would let someone dump all their stat into armor and status effect and yet have a gun that metls people

whenever something in the first game broke it was either exploits or a build that let you double dip into something

[prime plover]

I mean it's not just that it feels like every build I have any interest in is just going down a "go all in" path that leaves no room for anything else, you either go for weapons and you never touch your specialization weapon or your skills, or you go for skills and you never touch your weapons

[wispy merlin]

i mean that's how you make any build be strong for hard content

you have to be effective at doing that thing because the requirement of that thing is higher at those difficulties

if you do too many things at once your "build budget" is spread too thin

[woven quiver]

Is there a recommended guide or anything to get lvl yellow 31 gear for a mule?

[pseudo tundra]

more that it's hard to get a good all-rounder build

stuff that works for hybrid builds tends to be exploited to creater some uberbuild that creates more issues so some things get hammered down

like picaro's

[cursive merlin]

hi all
anyone can explain how the expertise xp event work?

[wind breach]

Can you "library" all junk?

[cursive merlin]

u mean duplicates?

[wind breach]

I mean automatically extract any tinkering upgrades I might have in the pile of gear I have marked as junk. I can see there's a junk to expertise for example.

[slim elk]

This is the in-game explanation ↑

[slim elk]

wdym by expertise "xp event"?

[sudden matrix]

There is no extract all for stats to your recal library. Suffer like the rest of us.

[wind breach]

That is so painful. Can I at least favourite items so that don't appear in the list for extraction?

[sudden matrix]

Yeah, favorite everything bro, you wanna keep it? Favorite.

[slim elk]

what the hell is that

[sudden matrix]

This guy

Under a rock I tell ya

[slim elk]

I mean you're not wrong lmfao

I've not been in sync for about 5 months now

[wheat berry]

The Expertise XP Event that lasts for 6d 12h

[acoustic lark]

how on earth is scout 14 activity 1 not american history museum?? no spoilers pls

[wheat berry]

|| hint, it might not be activity 1 ||

[slim elk]

I'll probably only take advantage of two days or less

so... how does that event work?

[sudden matrix]

Get mo exp for expertise. Ez

[slim elk]

as expected

[acoustic lark]

||omg I was so happy I figured out activity 1 on my own just now but then i saw activity 2 smh. guess i'll have to take 1 more tour in the museum||

[wind breach]

I understand why there's no junk to library option. How would it handle a weapon that has both an upgraded stat and a perk to be extracted? You can't do both.

[sudden matrix]

Yeah, it would be a coding mess and people would get angry no matter how you had it do it.

[summer quiver]

Is claws out available from targeted loot or would I have to deal with dz and named caches?

[wispy merlin]

well... both

it's available in TL in dz

but it is exclusive to pvp zones and named caches

[bold tiger]

don't forget legacy caches, though legacy you're going through a lot of loot for it

[summer quiver]

Guess I'll just target farm my exotic want instead

[bold tiger]

not sure if they made any decent builds with it lately, from what i experienced of it lacked a lot

[summer quiver]

Iam copy pasting older builds I had when I was on Xbox, they're all I got until I figure out all the newer stuff and make more up to date stuff

[tepid bronze]

Melee has been significantly lacking to the point that the +500% Melee Damage isn’t really worth it

Unless youre using lady death and building into it, i’d suggest you farm either countdown or the summit for better gear

[bold tiger]

even with lady death the damage you do melee wise was still a sliver of damage compared to them meleeing you and you lost a lot of armor

[tepid bronze]

I’d assume its more for Melee in PvP than PvE but even then, you’d be dead to most builds by the time youre in melee range

[pseudo tundra]

i just use it for pistol damage

[summer quiver]

That's what iam using it for

[rugged stratus]

Can use picaros. 1% difference in damage , and picaros damage applies to all weapons, not just pistol . Also available anywhere, craftable for some

[pseudo tundra]

Well you can roll main core of claws out for red core, so you ger both red and pistol damage, i admit its not the greatest

[rugged stratus]

That's fair. Probably a hard farm tho

[summer quiver]

I'd have to see what I had for attributes on it to determine if that's possible, can't remember if I messed with claws out or not for a specific set up

[prime plover]

what is the loot goblin?

[rugged stratus]

npc that drops loot when shot

[prime plover]

yeah I ran into him once but like, I saw someone say that he's dropping double loot, and that it's festive themed? how does that work? only time I ran into him I was like lvl 20 something so I deleted everything

[fervent parcel]

i ran into him in the tower, killed him and got a water gun named item that does 0 dmg but applies a buff that at 5 stacks reduces hazard dmg by 50%

[rugged stratus]

yeah, theyll have seasonal items at certain times. like christmas they had chillout, sleigher, ocarol, snowmachine (not sure if this is the name). harvest/cooler were also seasonal items iirc

they are always in game, but not always dropping seasonal items

[prime plover]

that's cool, is there any way to know where they will spawn? I only ran into it once while just running around and it just ran into me

[rugged stratus]

i think you can kinda force a spawn in certain areas, but thatll be someone else to fill in the details. i usually just see them when i spawn in random. definitely farmable tho

[hearty terrace]

My fav spot to get him to spawn is the DZ south entrance. He comes out of the sewer in the parking lot. You'll know its him when you hear his catchphrase "Let's see what these guys got" (or something to that effect). And you always hear him running, jingling away with his full backpack of loot

[worldly kraken]

Is anyone know why everytime Friendly Control Point has been Takeover by Enemy Faction ?

[nimble spruce]

If the CP is connected to a current scout task then it'll get retaken every time you log off, I've heard.

[worldly kraken]

Damn what about invaded but CP still Friendly

[tough mural]

Does anyone know where the snitch is ?

[worldly kraken]

Sometimes random place with "????" Name and wear Hawaii shirt

[nimble spruce]

He doesn't have one specific location, he has a chance of spawning at any of his possible locations once you get close enough, with a 30m cooldown before he'll respawn anywhere else. Just pick your favourite spot, go there, and if he doesn't spawn you can log off and on and try again.

[tough mural]

Ah i thought everyone has him at the same loc ! Thanks will do that

[wind breach]

any reason to keep lower level named weapons? Like 26-30 when I'm 40?

[next perch]

started golden bullet today,did one mission and i only received 2 stars???

and somehow all caches claimed...

[mellow trout]

If they're not exotic then no

[sudden matrix]

idk it looks like you didn't just start it and with only one mission to have that much of the challenges done.

But wait.... You've got stuff done on day 4 challenges when it's not available, looks like old progress/cache claiming pulled up into this event. Is this the first golden bullet of the season yeah?

[wheat berry]

donate them for expertise

apart from that they’re useless

[deep raven]

I have a question. Is there a reason I don't see anyone running the chameleon anymore? I though it was very good damage exotic but feels like no one is using it

[mellow trout]

cuz its not very good

[odd condor]

the inherent bonuses of the Chameleon are great for fresh 40s who need to bring up their crit chance and crit damage stats really badly, but it takes a good while for the buffs to be built up and activated

and especially in groups where someone else is probably using a "regular" assault rifle that is far more accurate at range than the Chameleon can ever be

[pseudo tundra]

it's alright

but limited range

so people prefer other ARs since they are the magical "do all" sticks

[deep raven]

Thank you for the explanation. That makes sense

[deep raven]

I guess I'll just stick with st elmos then

[pine magnet]

@next perch On one of my accounts I have the same problem as you. I wrote on the UBISOFT Discord and a bot told me to report it to our support team. But no solution

[open mountain]

i think golden bullet is bugged

people had stars from the golden bullet + 5x xp carry over into the next time golden bullet was available

[sudden matrix]

That dog took almost 20 seconds to kill... What am I watching...

[sudden matrix]

So what your saying is because I didn't do GB last time it'll be fine if I wanna do it this time then?

[junior sequoia]

You are watching a guy from robbinsville who thinks that a tank build is good for solo legendary

[mellow trout]

shoot the legs not the plating

what are you testing

[inner tendon]

I was wondering about those shots being aimed kinda weirdly.

For those who don't know: if an enemy has red on them: shoot the red.

Weakpoint hits (not always red, but often is) are incredibly strong, and something that a lot of newer players don't learn for way too long.

[mellow trout]

just plz don't shoot them as I'm stood next to them

ive been griefed too much

[junior sequoia]

yup, There are also people that still don't know that the hyena and BT (heavy) ammo belt is one weak point too.

[wispy merlin]

heck yeah thrower backpacks when i'm spawn camping 🗣️

[mellow trout]

💀

[inner tendon]

Oh and the best weak point in the entire game: BT heavy in Dark Hours. "shoot the butt!"

Oh and for Hounds (unless they've patched it, but I highly doubt they would) take an EMP sticky. The initial hit disables the dog, then triggering disables it again, so wait for the timer to tick down. WAY more CC.

[mellow trout]

yeah for some reason on dogs leaving the emp instead of instant detonating keeps it disrupted way longer

[sudden matrix]

136k headshots... idk what to say about this....

Good luck.

[inner tendon]

You keep your dogs in a cage? monster.

[junior sequoia]

I wonder why the grenade warhound weak point is so small, it's literally a small red tape on his metal butt.

[mellow trout]

did you run through the rest of the mission

[inner tendon]

I think "run" is generous, going by that clip.

[open mountain]

idk thats my guess

[mellow trout]

you can post clear times so we can see how godly the build is

[sudden matrix]

Killing a dog in like 20 seconds is not a flex.

[wispy merlin]

shooting the plate that props the gun up is the most efficient tbh

[sudden matrix]

It's shooing a dog at best.

[inner tendon]

Make it first, then show it off over in #td2-build-advice

[junior sequoia]

He just need to believe in himself!

[sudden matrix]

Look if you wanna make a build make the build. I would not seek public approval on something like this.

[mellow trout]

I get wanting to make goofy off meta stuff I mean I'm trying my damnedest to make the deflector work currently

[sudden matrix]

To most anyone this looks like a challenge build made by someone very bored or for a laugh on youtube like This.

[mellow trout]

but I wouldn't tell people it's any good tbh just fun

[inner tendon]

This feels a bit like when people brag about being in a specific clan.

[sudden matrix]

This has got to be a troll at this point.

No way a flex clip is you doing heroic solo reds/purples.

[junior sequoia]

By his age, I don't think he is trolling.

[inner tendon]

No need to get specific. Pick on the terrible build, not the person behind it.

[sudden matrix]

ttk for those ads was 9 seconds... idk man

We are playing a different game at this point.

[mellow trout]

your teammate probably could've killed them all in a couple seconds if you let him

[inner tendon]

The targeting range really is the cherry on top of all this.

[mellow trout]

💀

[sudden matrix]

Yeah most builds considered good will hit 20-30 mil on that DPS

[inner tendon]

For those who don't know: it's about as accurate as a hollywood actor is with their tax returns.

[sudden matrix]

It's not perfect but it can be telling.

[junior sequoia]

I think we should change this channel from # ask-rd2-community to ||Frankieblade's builds lab||

[inner tendon]

It really should be directed to #td2-build-advice, but it was fun seeing the "tank builds are terrible" discussion crop up again.

It felt vintage div2.

[sudden matrix]

The flex clips are what gets me.

Like I could math out the health of those ads in the GWH clip and it's probably like idk 20ish mil between all of them and it took 9 seconds from first shot to last shot... Yeah idk if your having fun go for it but at some point saying that's good is just wild to me.

[inner tendon]

That's on xbox, right? I'm not a console player so it's hard to tell which one.

[open mountain]

woah that build is lowkey fire...........

i will be making it.

[sudden matrix]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNtU3BIEkhM

This is the only thing that comes to mind watching these clips.

[inner tendon]

That one single clip has gotten more life than any other, I swear.

[sudden matrix]

I love this video, something about it just gets me every time he pulls out the sleigher.

Like I said, we are just playing a very different game, I'm glad your having fun tho.

[mellow trout]

somebody show him that one hhf clip

[sudden matrix]

Naval should hook me up in a min, can't post my own clips here. I'm at work right now, youtube is linked in my bio if you wanna see something right away.

[coral surge]

My game is updating, does the update have a fix for Umbra initiative bug?

[sudden matrix]

No.

[nimble spruce]

Nope, see #patch-notes

[coral surge]

ah thx

[mellow trout]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTbAMQUO5ow

[open mountain]

if there was any mission where that was a possibility yea there’s a build that could do that

https://youtu.be/9MRnu6wQW00?t=283&si=impYSJqprXf7K4ly

solo legendary capitol hill

[open mountain]

sir that’s not 5 named enemies in 30 seconds who cares

[sudden matrix]

It's not solo heroic purples/reds right?

[open mountain]

i only care if it’s 5 named enemies.

in 30 seconds

[mellow trout]

hit up lovebirds and farm johnsons drones

ultimate dps test named enemies

[nimble spruce]

To the firing range then, Shirley?

[wispy merlin]

i think the max you get is lincoln with 3 named lol

[open mountain]

and it’s not even at the same time

[wispy merlin]

yeah

[open mountain]

closest would be tanker

4 named drones

or lovebirds killing martinez first

[wispy merlin]

🗣️

[sudden matrix]

But yeah @void grotto this is what most of us consider peak game play potential.

[sudden matrix]

Some bounties will spit out tons too.

[open mountain]

at most 3 no?

nope

[sudden matrix]

I posted a solo clip?

Well naval did for me.

[open mountain]

all of those clips could be done solo

[mellow trout]

npcs?

[sudden matrix]

Green at the bottom of my screen?

[mellow trout]

bruh

[open mountain]

what

[mellow trout]

wtf

[open mountain]

who posted incursion clip

[mellow trout]

bruh

[sudden matrix]

Those are personal buffs?

[wispy merlin]

and you know none of those talents are from self

yeah nice try

[pseudo tundra]

I think people got some wires crossed

[mellow trout]

yknow gear sets dont need teammates to work right

[pseudo tundra]

Might wanna double check and point out better things

[mellow trout]

the proof is all of those clips lol

[sudden matrix]

#ask-td2-community message

[wispy merlin]

i mean if you don't know say you don't know

[mellow trout]

i think bro jus hasnt seen a good build

[sudden matrix]

That's a solo HHF build.

[mellow trout]

so the numbers are alien

[sudden matrix]

I also have duo incursion runs and I get like 0 team mate buffs.

[wispy merlin]

yeah that's armor on kill

that's a self buff

[mellow trout]

go look at hunters fury set bonuses lol

[wispy merlin]

no one is healing him

you haven't looked at hunter's fury?

[mellow trout]

bro this is rich asf

[pseudo tundra]

Can someone sum up what exactly is going on?

[sudden matrix]

I'ma link ennys solo legendary

[mellow trout]

you see how every time he gets a kill his armour fills

[open mountain]

7 named enemies in 17 seconds!!!!

[wispy merlin]

bro was flexing his builds with some clips, we told them those aren't flexes, rest is obvious

[sudden matrix]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7Miw5wEjrs

[pseudo tundra]

what clip is being mentioned of what doing what

[mellow trout]

bruh

look at headhunter talent too lol

it needs chaining

[sudden matrix]

I don't think you do tho.

[wispy merlin]

okay name the talents he used

[mellow trout]

[sudden matrix]

I'm pretty sure you are missing tons of info on what they do and how they work with your responses.

[open mountain]

i got a single kill before hand

[forest otter]

I wish we had more stash space. I would have a sleigher on every character

[open mountain]

but cut it out because you just want the named enemies

[wispy merlin]

it was just his own clips directly posted here

#ask-td2-community message

[mellow trout]

besides everyone here has several build presets not just striker

[open mountain]

that’s also not striker

full high end

[mellow trout]

damn bro youre the only one not hacking getting gearset bonuses solo

[open mountain]

true…

[sudden matrix]

It's funny cause some of his clips had team mates but no one said anything about it because even if they were on FI or provided other buffs the damage numbers were still just that small.

[wispy merlin]

didn't even realize i crossed 200

[mellow trout]

lmao

supports make good builds better anyway

cant save trash tho

[sudden matrix]

Yeah but I'm done, there isn't much to say anymore that doesn't feel like straight bullying. Part of me thinks this is still a troll but eh.

[mellow trout]

in any case its whatever people will run what they wanna run i guess

[valid bronze]

The goat

[mellow trout]

I hadnt actually seen that one its quite entertaining actually

[valid bronze]

He's in my clan

[open mountain]

no you did not

[wispy merlin]

🗣️

[open mountain]

we are the ones actually using the meta…

[wispy merlin]

5 digit damage meta

[valid bronze]

Absolutely not even close to the meta

Bro is the meta that's what he meant

[wispy merlin]

bro is the facebook

[open mountain]

he named his build loadout the meta

duhhh

[karmic hawk]

I don't think I've ever seen an artificer hive used as a weapon. That's not really meta let's be honest.

[mellow trout]

i bet youd do more damage with it trying to bash someone over the forehead with it compared to explosive delivery

[nimble spruce]

Probably time to move this conversation on, I don't think anyone is going to get much value out of continuing it at this point.

[odd condor]

something similar may or may not have been my last stupid Descent death

[tough mural]

Where are all my shadow people enjoying this without interfering ?

[karmic hawk]

Agreed but perhaps @void grotto should check out the spreadsheets in the build advice channel for some ideas?

[mellow trout]

we tried advice earlier

[wispy merlin]

i don't think he wants it is the problem

[odd condor]

also after it of all things actually worked in Descent, which setting should I be checking to get the seconds countdown on skill cooldowns rather than the refilling icon bar thing?

[wispy merlin]

there's no option for that 😦

wait, skill cooldown, mb

[sudden matrix]

Build deniers now exist huh?

[pseudo tundra]

did we ever have a way to show cooldown in seconds?

[wispy merlin]

yeah

[sudden matrix]

It's in settings yeah?

[coral surge]

After the update , now the game doesn't want to load at all, I click on the shortcut the mouse cursor shows working and that is it nothing happens

[wispy merlin]

i mistook it with stack counts in talent icons, those don't have it

[pseudo tundra]

check if process is running on taskmanager and close it then try again

if that doesnt work, verify files and make sure ubi connect is updated

[forest otter]

Sir, I am a well known meta oppositionist. We do exist! 😡

[coral surge]

will try thx

[karmic hawk]

That reminds me, I did a Countdown recently and got insta-deleted by a hunter right at the start. My revive went on cooldown but for like 350 seconds; is there a countermeasure thing that extends cooldowns until it's disabled?

[mellow trout]

dont skills always display seconds left on cooldown

[mellow trout]

yes

[sudden matrix]

Yeah but at the end of the day you understand an actual meta, you might oppose it but you know what it is.

I just can't imagine taking so long to do missions in this game. My time is valuable even outside of speed running.

[pseudo tundra]

oh right i was getting the skills cooldown mixed with skills that have ammo

[forest otter]

True, I grudgingly admit its existence. Ninjabike needs a severe buff Vigi after 5 years of being meta deserves a nerf!

[jagged flax]

💀

[mellow trout]

valuing your time is hardly narcissistic

[sudden matrix]

We might define that word differently I guess....

[mellow trout]

people have lives

[forest otter]

That makes me automatically oppose him, too.

[pseudo tundra]

okay

if you made your build and you are happy about it there is no issue

[forest otter]

@void grotto can you post your builds in Build-Advice?

[sudden matrix]

pls no

[pseudo tundra]

exposing it and and making claims about to show to others will make so whoever is watching might inspect it and point out things about

[mellow trout]

its in here or there somewhere already

[forest otter]

I only saw vids. I never saw a build in the vids.

[pseudo tundra]

if your intention was not to draw attention, then you are doing so, if you wanted to draw attention you will also have people point out flaws they believe exist

[sudden matrix]

idk if you show up in a honda civ and do a 18 second 1/4 mile run and you had a blast and wanna brag about it sure but it's not fast at the end of the day.

[mellow trout]

3 pc 511 with status and haste with explosive delivery, artificer with some other assorted stuff for disript res and health

[pseudo tundra]

i think we should move this #td2-build-advice for it's specifics

[wispy merlin]

you are talking to people who know a lot of things about the game, who speedrun content, who run challenges, and most often have tried the most builds

[forest otter]

Okay, but I checked your posts under this name and found only recent posts. Do you have a place that we can examine what you are using. It looks like a group of hexotic hodge podge builds at this point.

[wispy merlin]

so, we're not really narcissistic because it's useless to be, we're just informing you that there's more to it than you currently know or have

[forest otter]

Bruh, some of us only play on the weekends and are content to stay playing in challenging and below.

[azure wolf]

his build can´t ever beat mine meta leggy build

[mellow trout]

im pretty casual compared to the demons but i do have a pretty diverse build selection

[jagged flax]

Holy crap ... the true meta

[mellow trout]

you get an idea of what works and what doesnt

[wispy merlin]

it should be completely understandable that during the time you were gone there were a lot of meta shifts

[mellow trout]

bros got a 10k electronics classy striker build ported over

[forest otter]

Vigi is still meta... even after 5 years.

[sudden matrix]

I had a sub 8 minute run on DH in year one...

I ran a green set for it...

[azure wolf]

with those time isch?

[mellow trout]

thats actually pretty impressive i hear it was stupid hard on launch

[forest otter]

Gear sets have come a long way.

[mellow trout]

wtf are those splits bro oh lord

[azure wolf]

meta builds

[mellow trout]

🥷 🚲

[wispy merlin]

nike ja bin

[pseudo tundra]

dunno i did 90% of the game content with OD gear set

ever since the 6piece days

[sudden matrix]

It's even up on my youtube lol

[forest otter]

There are a few people who make high end brand set builds. Gear sets are just easier to make and at times offer better options in certain fights.

Some gear sets are just inadequate, but many have been buffed or reworked.

Striker, Ongoing Directive, and Negotiators Dilemma have been buffed.

[mellow trout]

gearsets have only one attribute for balance reasons

[wispy merlin]

the talents are that strong

[forest otter]

The gestalt of the sets is how. They offer powerful talents that can make up for the loss of the 4 secondary attributes you sacrifice in a 4 pc set.

The devs did not want a all gear set meta like Div 1.

[pseudo tundra]

Brands still get a lot of use today still

[forest otter]

In some cases with exotics, a 5-6 pc high end build can be better.

[mellow trout]

dch and coyote for example are quite popular on high ends

[pseudo tundra]

Well one could say that the strongest builds are solved and at most we are just getting sidegrades

[mellow trout]

the ultimate minmax flex is a handling/hsd habs chest or bag rolled red with hh/vigi

[forest otter]

The dev who remade the gear system was at one point involved in a twitter convo where he said that the gear 2.0 system would discourage 'do everything builds'. That is why hybrid builds are somewhat hampered at times. It is by design.

Pretty much the best way to do things is to go all one color and only dip into another to gain some utility.

[sour mortar]

NinjaBP ain’t the best. But explored a lot of builds

[forest otter]

I want NinjaBP to do better, but it is completely eclipsed by Vigi.

[mellow trout]

theres only like a small handful of use cases for ninja unfortunately

[forest otter]

It has a clearer path to power. That is certain. It is easier to learn and use. The problem is that there are some walls you can hit and snags that can trap you.

Its a powerful damage multiplier and crucial for AR, SMG, and many rifle builds.

Again this system penalizes you for going to far from your chosen color on a build.

It is by design.

[pseudo tundra]

more like game does fall into the trap of "is it better than X% crit/striker? if not then it doesnt matter" for items

[mellow trout]

for boss burns maybe but everywhere else id say the game allows for you to use some fun stuff

definitely more diverse than div1 as much as i like classy striker

[sour mortar]

We don’t have 5/6 pc gear sets anymore 😢

[pseudo tundra]

thank god

[sour mortar]

Year 1, we had it. Not in year 2

[pseudo tundra]

on release gear sets for div2 were 6 pieces

[sour mortar]

Yes^

[mellow trout]

they were fun while they lasted but blatantly broken

[pseudo tundra]

half of them was complete trash adn the other half busted

[sour mortar]

I have to say. Y1 was awful for good rolls to drop

[pseudo tundra]

unironically the only balanced one was tip of the spear

[forest otter]

I horded so many 15% weapon damage chest pieces for builds.

[sour mortar]

O… totp was amazingly balanced

I still miss the old EB

[mellow trout]

rework take it or take it

[sour mortar]

Rip eb… rework is still meh. Big nerf to eb

[mellow trout]

it technically having two talents looks sweet

holstered talents seemed cool too

[sour mortar]

It made eb… better than how.

[pseudo tundra]

EB?

[sour mortar]

Holstered is ok. But when you get a kill tho

[pseudo tundra]

ah eagle

thought it was a gear set

[sour mortar]

Eb have a gearset?

Huh? 🤔

[pseudo tundra]

no

[mellow trout]

the legendary eagle burger

[wispy merlin]

aegis burger

[pseudo tundra]

thought EB was name for a gear set in year 1

it's just me reading things wrong

[forest otter]

Hunter's fury does work well with the EB.

So does System Corruption.

[mellow trout]

i just use it for style points tbh

[sour mortar]

It’s not bad with it. Striker is far better for it

[mellow trout]

its mods are also basically identical to elmo too now

[sour mortar]

In PvP ye. PvE is awful

[forest otter]

I know a pvper that uses it with system corruption.

I am bad at pvp and my internet provider is AT&T. So that is out of the question for me.

[sour mortar]

I do also with arm regen

Not a good ideal PvE set tho

[molten glacier]

I'm at 514/527 blueprints and my last two reconstructed cache didn't give me any blueprints, is there anything I'm missing?

[daring wren]

Apparently not since you’ve got em all 😎

[molten glacier]

siccccccck

[sudden matrix]

Yeah you'll never hit that cap on blueprints they just aren't in the game idk man it's sadge

[narrow kraken]

when is the next update yo

[sudden matrix]

Feb 25th if they hold tru to the live stream

[fervent parcel]

Stupid question, there's a set in Div 1 that lets you use a smg with a shield, I know that there is a shield that lets you use anything but lmg and marksman, but is there a set or exotic item that does the same as the div 1 set but for the bullwark?

[pseudo tundra]

Nope

[fervent parcel]

Aw

I know just doing content does it, but is there a way to quickly farm SHD levels?

[sudden matrix]

EXP events, idk when the next is.

[fervent parcel]

Need to catch up to a friend XD

[sudden matrix]

It'll be shown in the events tab.

[bold tiger]

only quickest method i heard of is 5 directive heroic

[sudden matrix]

I would say it's better to grind out levels during the 3x or 5x just because it's better for your time/gain. I'd be doing the expertise xp gain right now if possible.

[bold tiger]

otherwise i think i remember some said challenging 5 directive is a whole lot faster than heroic 5 directive

[sudden matrix]

Challenging vs heroic is all about your time efficiency as to which is better. It's just dependent on the players skill/build so that's hard to say.

[errant sorrel]

Someone knows how to unlock the named ak47 and provocateur?

[bold tiger]

the provocateur is the reward for completing the master difficulty last i remember hearing

the first sight ak might be day 6/7 of valentines day event

[pseudo tundra]

i hope it's not a joke weapon

[junior sequoia]

I hope that being a event weapon, it should be a weapon with something different that can help in a very specific situation (like cooler having the 50% hzd for 10s)

[pseudo tundra]

well we had lexignton and harvest as oddballs

i just really like AKs

[next perch]

Ah I see
First time this has happened to me

[wary spoke]

What would be the fastest way to power level an alternative character to 40 without help?

[tepid bronze]

Lv. 4 Heroic control point farming, heroic mission matchmaking, farming countdown on challenging, DZ if you want the fastest

[wary spoke]

Can't do any of that until 40 though. My only options are Hard difficulty

[tepid bronze]

?? Heroic is usually available right off the bat, except for mission related stuff

[wary spoke]

I can't change world difficulty, no countdown, and all control points are level 1

[tepid bronze]

Oh are you just starting

[rugged stratus]

Check the pins

[wary spoke]

No, it's my 9th alternative character and my 12th total. But I started a boosted WoNY char

I'm tired of running through WoNY 😆

[rugged stratus]

Get to 40 then the problem disappears

[tepid bronze]

Oh then yeah wtf heroic should be available right off the bat for you unless youre currently in WoNY

When I started my hardcore agent i was able to just change world difficulty to heroic

Plus whenever i matchmake with my main character i join lvl 12-15’s with their world difficulty set to heroic

[wary spoke]

I wonder if that's because they started from base, whereas I started from WoNY at level 30

[tepid bronze]

Have you finished WoNY?

[wary spoke]

No

I'm trying to power level to 40 then get the watch from the quartermaster

[tepid bronze]

Finish WoNY, that prevents you from changing difficulty or going to Washington

[wary spoke]

Nah, I can travel to DC

[rugged stratus]

One end game changed things

Should be able to power level with a group in lincoln, or solo rolling dz landmarks

Afaik. There may be better options but none I know

[wary spoke]

If I matchmake, I get players who are my level. Currently, the only way I know how is to ask high level players to carry me through Heroic content

[rugged stratus]

Can do that with the lfg channels

[wary spoke]

I've tried. Someone said nobody ever answers 😔

[rugged stratus]

time to move to PC

[tepid bronze]

Im almost certain matchmaking is random. I almost always get incredibly varied players level-wise

Granted, im doing both matchmaking and responding to backup calls

Plus im Shepherd rank like 11 so that probably also has something to do with it

[wheat berry]

is nightwatcher a rare drop? or do i just have bad rng

[tepid bronze]

Just farm either Mask targeted or Gila targeted

[rugged stratus]

Not rare

Yeah gila in countdown . Lots of named items so it should be a couple runs max👆

[wary spoke]

@rugged stratus @tepid bronze I told some friends about it, and one informed me that Kazi literally just made a video today about making a new character and getting it to 40 in under 2 hours. Im aBout to watch it 😆

[tepid bronze]

Chances are the dude is probably just gonna do something already pinned in this channel

[wary spoke]

I hope it's something new...

[karmic hawk]

DZ landmarks are the quickest solo

[tepid bronze]

Ubi would need to actually add something new for it to be something new

[wheat berry]

I've farmed 60 floors of heroic summit with 2+ directives

and some JTC with gila targeted & 2 directives

[tepid bronze]

Heroic Summit really isnt the best place to farm named items ngl

[wheat berry]

so countdown is where it's at

[tepid bronze]

Imo heroic summit drops exotics more often than countdown but gives less loot for a longer time cost

[rugged stratus]

Countdown has an extremely high return of named item loot drops

[wheat berry]

hm ok

will a red striker build work for countdown?

[karmic hawk]

Yep

[rugged stratus]

Yes, easily

[wheat berry]

aight i'll try it out

[tepid bronze]

Ngl you could probably have the worst build in the lobby they’d probably just carry you anyway

[rugged stratus]

Just roll challenging itll be quick runs and lots of loot

[karmic hawk]

Assuming you don't get kicked out before it starts...

[tepid bronze]

I dont think ive ever seen anyone get kicked from a countdown lobby

[karmic hawk]

I see it all the time on heroic, though never on challenging

[rugged stratus]

Its really rare on challenging

[karmic hawk]

Presumably it's the SHD level rather than the build

[rugged stratus]

4 bad builds can be carried on challenging

[tepid bronze]

Idk mane one time we had a lvl 44 with 6pcs aces and eights with no mr and they carried the guy without a second thought

[mellow trout]

Yeahh considering you can like 2 man challenging it's not so difficult

[wary spoke]

I looked through the pins you mentioned, but I didn't see anything about powerleveling from 30 to 40. Did I miss it?

[rugged stratus]

Just wait till the round starts before hotswapping to a tier 6 mortar/hive setup... speaking of, I need to do some sacrifices in a bit.. still farming 3 waveform. The great one isnt happy with me lately

[rugged stratus]

The pin is for shd, 40+.
Just run some dz landmarks if solo. Itll probably just have other agents doing the same

[wary spoke]

Ok thx

[tepid bronze]

DZ is unequivocally the fastest iirc, though if you hate PvE, Control points on heroic are the way to go

[mellow trout]

Even just running through warlords is pretty convenient and fast enough if you've done it before

[karmic hawk]

Btw he had people carry him, it wasn't a solo run

Oh sorry if that reply tagged all three people there

[rugged stratus]

Tbh idk why anyone is grinding mules when there is a ge and a double gain expertise event

Grind the main, benefit from the mules after

[karmic hawk]

Material donation for expertise

[mellow trout]

Filament probably

[rugged stratus]

Yeah ig... but usually at that point the agent already kwtd

[mellow trout]

True that

[rugged stratus]

It should be only couple hours to so ig it's an ok way to get some shit done

I'm glad I'm at a point where I just need to top off when new items drop. Only ever had my main and 3 alts. No deletes or repeat runs.
F10 delivered back in those days

[wheat berry]

got nightwatcher my first countdown run

tf was i doing in summit 😭

[rugged stratus]

Yeah, you can get a lot of drops. Flips the rng way more in your favor.
Also, hit the countdown vendor. Exotic caches roughly every 2 challenging cd runs, named caches probably every run

[zealous ether]

I need help, everytime i try loading into a character, i crash on 100% (game is freshly installed, verified files, eac reinstalled etc)

[rugged stratus]

Restart the pc. I've had to do that after some of the bigger patches

[zealous ether]

ok brb

so the game had a 7gb updated (which mind you, i already installed), BUT I GUESS IM DOING IT AGAIN?

[rugged stratus]

Yeah, I think it's more a launcher issue tbh. I've had some at like 99% saying finished but wont let me select anything. Restart usually sorts it out.

[zealous ether]

guess ill be letting u know in 35min

[rugged stratus]

🤞

Should be good. Might restart after just to be safe. But you did get it past whatever was holding it up

[zealous ether]

yea but i already installed the update

previously

but sure

[zealous ether]

im in broo! thanks

[proper plover]

Where can i get scourge

[zealous ether]

Is it a fkin thing for half of the items from my loadouts to be missing/wrongly equipped after returning to the game or what??

half of the stuff wasnt equipped as i left them

or is missing completley

[bold tiger]

maybe you put those items in your stash?

[zealous ether]

it would show them 'as in stash'

like i literally never used a ninja backpack

yet all of a sudden its in my fkin loadout for some reason

[bold tiger]

huh, i assumed loadouts didn't show what you had in stash
but no clue i had the same issue

[zealous ether]

so what did u do

[bold tiger]

put what i think i had in that spot in the loadout and re-saved it

[zealous ether]

well that would be the case if i had the item

let me check smth rq

for example, why dfq do i ahve a purple backback here??

( i know for a fact i had something else because i fashioned my whole character, now the backpack is not stylized)

(seems i was using ninja bike)

[rugged stratus]

how the heck did i miss this...
Yaahl Mask available at clan vendor this week.
dz only, so buy up a bunch and decon for yaahl mats.
probably the best week to craft them too so you can have a reasonable stock for future crafting.
its about 6mil to fully fill the yaahl mats

[forest otter]

Is there a crashing issue with the servers right now? I just downloaded an update and I am getting delta 5's and crashes.

[rugged stratus]

restart your pc

[forest otter]

I just did and now it is installing another update

What is going on?

[rugged stratus]

seeems like the launcher had a hickup, not the first to mention

ez fix. but annoying, ik

[zealous ether]

we can roll attribute on exotic now right?

[cedar schooner]

You can reconfigure exotics at the crafting bench to reroll the values and 3rd attribute.

[zealous ether]

damn nice

[rugged stratus]

i think just weapons for a random 3rd attribute

[zealous ether]

well can i reroll regulus for example?

[rugged stratus]

i could be wrong tho, someone will correct

yeah, weapons for sure

im just not sure if it was implemented for gear

[zealous ether]

np

[prime tulip]

Is there a good way to complete the level 30 library nowadays?

[zealous ether]

wht do u mean by library

[rugged stratus]

probably not. just hit 40 and work on it then

[prime tulip]

The stat recalibration library

I am at shd 5700 and I have a max level 40 recal library

[cedar schooner]

Haven’t tested Acosta knees in a while but that too.

[rugged stratus]

you can probably get a good portion done , but it will have to be with low xp activities/caches. trying to get all before you outlevel the bench

[prime tulip]

I've been transferring level 40 gear to the level 30 so I can get money and then crafting level 30 gear at the bench so I don't level up. But the odds of a max stat are abysmal. I guess I was wondering if there was a better way

[rugged stratus]

probably not, sounds solid for trying to complete without outleveling. are you checking the vendors for purchases as well

i kinda assume you are

[prime tulip]

Yes but I haven't gone to new York because I'm worried it will force me to lvl 31 so it's just the three or whatever in dc

[rugged stratus]

wel you can travel back and forth now, so i dont think it levels you just going there anymore

but wait for confirmation, im just guessing

[bold tiger]

they put in 1-40 in DC so you'll hit 31 or 40 eventually staying in DC

[bold tiger]

if memory serves me well. level 30 gear max stat was low anyways, so you'll never get say 15% weapon damage core but mavbe 14% or lower? i can't remember what level 30 max was

[summer quiver]

What are the reconstructed caches on decent for? The description and stuff online are a little confusing

[mellow trout]

They give you access to exclusive blueprints for named items

Including DZ exclusives

[summer quiver]

Will they give duplicate blueprint drops or only drop blueprints you don't own

[mellow trout]

The latter

[summer quiver]

Thank you

By exclusive gear you mean named items or just seasonal and dz brand sets

[mellow trout]

It's all named items

Stuff you can't get the print for anywhere else

Contractor's, chainkiller, the gift, emperors guard etc

[summer quiver]

Oh that's cool

[heady tendon]

they give 1 named item + a blueprint (can be diff from the named) you don't already have

[summer quiver]

Guess I'll try out descent then, thank you

[wary spoke]

Which DZ is smallest in terms of travel times between landmarks?

[vocal skiff]

What’s the fastest way to lvl up SHD for new players?

[slim elk]

One of the fastest ways is pinned in this channel, the other one is just run activities Heroic 4-5D

[vocal skiff]

Found it, ty.

[worldly fjord]

South
Then west, and east

[tough mural]

Holy shit the P-017 is pretty fun ngl (technician's weapon)

[nimble spruce]

Key trick to getting the most out of it: aim at enemy and start holding down trigger to start loading missiles, then aim UP before you release the trigger. This will reduce the chance of missiles hitting the cover in front of you and the chance of them missing a moving target.

[tough mural]

Yup i learned to do something like this on my own... hard way

[tough mural]

I REALLY hate that the SVD is full auto, i mean wth

[mellow trout]

You can still tap fire if that's your thing

[tough mural]

Yeah but sometimes it fires 2 rounds even if i tap

[tough mural]

Is the exotic loot drop rate low in Challenging ?

[sour mortar]

Lower than heroic

[tough mural]

NO SHIT

But i hate the permadeath on heroïc

[nimble spruce]

Actual rate varies depending on who's doing the dropping - it's higher for named enemies, lower in countdown, etc. Priority targets or countdown with buying caches is probably the best way to farm them.

[sour mortar]

Challenging difficultly, exo drop rate is abit lower but you can get more runs in overall. Best of with multiple people. To get it to drop for you

[tough mural]

Wait, if there are more people in the group, it increased the rate for me as well ?

[nimble spruce]

If they share with you then yes, also because more enemies = more drops

[tough mural]

Oh okay well i'm a solo player, but i have patience and right now my build is pretty okay in Challenging, and yeah i do priorities but sometimes it's a mission, hence my question ^^

[mellow trout]

Like music?

[inner tendon]

As I said when you asked about 30 seconds ago: no.

[sudden matrix]

Rivens is now a grand master.

[inner tendon]

Ah, that just feels right, ya know.

@void grotto As this is a div2 server, your music playlist is unrelated.

[mellow trout]

Ola strandh does banging tunes

[inner tendon]

Dark Hours' theme is so good that I modded into pd2 as an Assault Track.
God I wish I still had that audio file.

[mellow trout]

The music that plays in the IH railyard goes hard

[inner tendon]

That was the other option!

The quiet bit was the stealth portion, good for sneaking.

[unborn comet]

I've gone through several revamps to my personal system of inventory management. Currently, I keep at least one of every green, named, and exotic items. I suppose later I might expand to keeping more than one each piece. Right now I am beyond my stash cap. Is there any way to expand the stash size beyond 300?

[nimble spruce]

Most green items (system corruption being the only exception) are super easy to farm, I'd recommend not keeping any except the ones you actually use.

[pseudo tundra]

you can make other characters to hold some items

[novel pivot]

For the 15 gear pieces to craft for Journey #2 - is there a "best" piece to try to craft to keep costs low? This seems like a steep one for me as a fresh new player

[nimble spruce]

Improvised gear doesn't require brand materials so is a bit cheaper

[novel pivot]

Copy, what sort of gear should I make, or does that cost not change much?

ie: Weapon\Mask\Backpack\etc

[nimble spruce]

Check the table, it's not something I've ever paid much attention to

[novel pivot]

Hmm, yeah seems costs are basically the same. My biggest deficit is credits and it looks like everything costs a flat 969 to craft. + mats

[nimble spruce]

Note that the season ends on about 23rd Feb and your progress will be lost btw (although obviously you keep any rewards you earned along the way)

[novel pivot]

Ah, I figured it was apart of the battlepass since it was under that menu, but wasn't sure if it reset at all

[nimble spruce]

Bounties and priority objectives probably best way to earn credits

[wraith flare]

sharex mentioned ‼️

[novel pivot]

sharex for life

[arctic ginkgo]

QQ
Does my non hardcore cosmetics transfer to hcore ?

[deep raven]

Is it just me...or is there a chance your game might crash when opening the final countdown crate?

[vale atlas]

How do I do the valentines event day 3

It’s not completing on deconstruct

[pseudo tundra]

salvage stations are the lockers to sell gear in the safehouses

so it's selling gear to those things

[pale jacinth]

so i did my IH raid and got all my bps done for the Regulus now im trying to reroll but i dont got the blue print for the gun but its says it gave to me ?

and i checked Inaya the BP vender but its still not there anyone know whats wrong ?

[sudden matrix]

You have a regulus then?

[pale jacinth]

yes

but i want to reroll to dtoc/headshot dmg

do i need to get it from the box to get the bp from it