ask-td2-community

[slim elk]

not everything in the game has armor plus Bluescreen is crit starved, you NEED the CHC

[hollow reef]

Why is there a cooldown and what do classified assignment serves in the first place?

[lucid axle]

why am I not getting any Riker exotic b;ueprints from retals after doing 3, I havent gotten them previously?

[somber spoke]

What difficulty?

[lucid axle]

heroic

[winter cypress]

Hi, yesterday I asked if I needed the BlueScreen BP to get it in the targeted loot (countdown, etc) and some people said no, while others said yes... Could someone please confirm this for me?

[hollow reef]

What are the odds, look at the image I just sent.

[somber spoke]

You don’t. Only need BP to craft it.

It can drop if you target lmgs

[winter cypress]

Okay, and for the BP, is it Captain Lewis?

[somber spoke]

True sons retals

[winter cypress]

Okay, thanks for your replies!

[edgy scroll]

@bleak oracle can you tell me the location brother

national bond armoury location anyone

[bleak oracle]

i told u northeast white house area

should also be a purple compass looking thing on your in game map

[edgy scroll]

🙁

i have to buy this map to play ?

[hollow reef]

Yep, Classified Assignments are part of any DLC.

[edgy scroll]

sed life lem me play control points then

[edgy scroll]

i got new york one

[hollow reef]

Tbh i dont even know what purpose do they serve in the first place.

[nocturne siren]

They don't serve much purpose other than "it's something else to do"

[hollow reef]

I got both New York and Brooklyn, but Classified Assignments are a thing on their own.

Always has been. Probably just a bunch of random side stories.

[nocturne siren]

Both classified missions costing 5 dollars each is a pretty big ripoff

[edgy scroll]

i am gonna skip this then i dont wanna waste mah money in this game until its under 1-2$ thing XD

[nocturne siren]

Considering you can spend an extra 5 and buy battle for Brooklyn which offers way more content

[edgy scroll]

i will get that in next steam sale

bought new york key from g2g for 1.2$ only

[nocturne siren]

You'll rarely if ever see the game go that low. Division 2 base game only goes that low. Most would recommend waiting for ultimate to go on sale for around 30$

Gets you basically everything for the price of the base game at full retail value

[edgy scroll]

i am from asia so there a lots of way to buy keys off market cheaper

[hollow reef]

Is that legal?

[nocturne siren]

Key markets are good but I'm picky about where I get mine from. Some markets sell stolen keys

[inner tendon]

When your bank account info is stolen by the known scammers that farm g2a for keys, make sure you get it back quickly.

[edgy scroll]

i bought td2 its self from steam for 2$ lol

[nocturne siren]

This is why we use alt debit cards w/ loadable money on it

[edgy scroll]

and bro is talking about wasting 30$ for ult edition

[inner tendon]

Things exist called "sales", new concept.

You wait a bit, thens omething is cheaper from the official store.

I think they'll catch on.

[edgy scroll]

steam is expensive in EU and USA Africa if i am not wrong

[hollow reef]

Div2 has been cheap for like 5 years now.

[inner tendon]

The Ultimate Edition was like $10 USD last month.
Even at $15 where I am, it's well worth it.

[nocturne siren]

Wouldn't exactly call it a waste if I only had to pay like 30 dollars for everything as opposed to buying keys online and gambling if it's legit or not every time I buy a key

[inner tendon]

do NOT do that, you will have your account locked.

no one follow that advice.

[edgy scroll]

it was 2$ standard edition here 😂

[nocturne siren]

Same here

[edgy scroll]

in steam

[nocturne siren]

Yes, in steam

[inner tendon]

That's the base game, yeah?
the ultimate has quite a lot more.

including 1k in the premium currency.

enough for both new classified assignments.

[edgy scroll]

waste i can buy whole gamee in 7-8$ lmao

[nocturne siren]

Ultimate offers you literally everything and 1k premium currency. And the year 1 pass too

Hey if he can bypass store mechanics, power to him

[bleak oracle]

nba is only 200 prem currency

[nocturne siren]

Wait they're selling the individual missions now?

[bleak oracle]

ye

[edgy scroll]

not the currency

[edgy scroll]

yeah

[nocturne siren]

Ultimate edition will give you 1k premium credits as well

[hollow reef]

I own the game straight from Ubisoft, I already have both WONY and Brooklyn, if I want to buy the ultimate edition, am I gonna get it cheaper? Or i still be paying full price?

[inner tendon]

@edgy scroll Do what you like, just don't talk about trying to cheat payment systems on here. We will remove you from this server, as it's against the rules to discuss breaking the ToS of any game.
Now I think this convo should probably end here.

[edgy scroll]

eh what

[nocturne siren]

That's actually wild....

[edgy scroll]

lmao

[inner tendon]

Okay the conversation is now over.

[nocturne siren]

Has anyone here confirmed if doing the raids over and over keeps rewarding prototype cores?

[strange harbor]

No, it doesn't

[nocturne siren]

So I'm stuck playing Escalation. Lovely

Damn man, why can't I just farm raids instead 🙏

[bleak oracle]

t7-t8 seems to be my sweet spot - 1-2 drops per 20 minute run

[hollow reef]

Ah, thats one way to get banned from here by violating Ubisoft ToS lmao.

[hollow reef]

Wish i could raid more often.

[inner tendon]

Not banned, just timed-out.
but it's feeling that direction.

[nocturne siren]

And openly speaking about it of all things too

Self snitching is one hell of a thing these days

[nocturne siren]

I would had GC Rock server not took a nose dive off a cliff

[inner tendon]

I'd heard they cleaned it up a bit recently.

[nocturne siren]

Yeah, uh, they kinda went nuclear when prototype dropped

[bleak oracle]

i just raided yesterday and today there

[nocturne siren]

Now if you speak out in any way that would be perceived as negative they'll just ban you now

Which don't get me wrong, being overall negative is pretty draining. But a few i know who did get banned aren't really negative without good reason. Mainly because they see a flawed system as opposed to others

[calm harbor]

so i ran solo a t1 escalation got 2 prototypes, then ran a t2 and got 1 proto, then ran 3 tier 3 escalations with a friend and we both got 0

[tough marsh]

Thats how RNG works

[nocturne siren]

Yeah, my girl got 3 proto drops all on tier 1. She's only ran it twice

Meanwhile I've ran it maybe a handful of times and yet to see even 1 drop and I've went up to as far as Tier 3 and gave up. Felt unrewarding

People keep saying t5/t6 is the farm but honestly, it's still a gamble every run. And sometimes each run can take a while. I don't wanna chance it on a "maybe"

[calm harbor]

i will try a few more t1s and see what happens

got 2 in 1 run last time

[nocturne siren]

Hey, if they're dropping there, keep playing it. Clear speeds alone will be efficient

[calm harbor]

which mission is the easiert? I only tried viewpoint so far

[hollow reef]

Whats that?

[nocturne siren]

I'd like to maybe see the addition of a prototype project we complete weekly. Reward us proto cores

[nocturne siren]

Probably division 2's largest LFG server

For raids/all forms of content

[hollow reef]

I see.

Seems problematic, eh skip...

[nocturne siren]

Well, it can be, depending on who decides to join up in your channels. It can also be very helpful

[inner tendon]

GCrock is not even close to div2's biggest server, just to be clear.
They're the "raid teaching" server for sure, but that's about it.

[nocturne siren]

Ah is there a bigger one? I've only ever known GC to be the largest one for most content people are looking to play

[inner tendon]

We have nearly triple their total numbers.

[nocturne siren]

True but do we have voice channels like they do? Otherwise tbh I could see way more people playing here than in GC

[inner tendon]

The community server is double them too.

[nocturne siren]

I know the other server has voice channels

[inner tendon]

For whatever reason we don't anymore, but I mean time's change, ya never know for here.

[nocturne siren]

Heard that we used to but those got taken away here

Would be nice to have voice channels here

So we don't have to say "join GC Rock for that"

[inner tendon]

#1380126780152614944 probably has a section for the server, would not be the worst idea to make some noise about them there.

[terse latch]

how often do the anniversary caches return?

[slim elk]

those were limited to the Anniversary Event

[inner tendon]

So, once every 10 years of the franchise!

....may be a while.

[terse latch]

I missed the anniversary backpack. Is there any chance I can get it?

[slim elk]

okay, so, I need suggestions to add to the Lvl40 Starters Guide besides what's already in it, please keep it simple and don't suggest stuff that's hard to understand

Please, I need to do something as I cannot sleep and it's almost 5am

[hollow reef]

Add Retal in the beginning.

[slim elk]

might as well explain the entire system...

ugh... so much work... HEY SIRI, BRING ME UNA COCA BIEN FRIA

[dim pewter]

"Go kill
Go capture
Go kill more
Go capture once again
Oh kill squad, kill
????
profit"

[slim elk]

stonks

[dim pewter]

📈

[calm harbor]

Can someone explain me this talent?

is it skills deployed that are damaged?

[oak siren]

When u deal dmg with headshot, all your repairing skill will repair you more

[hearty sparrow]

Well I believe it will repair your teammates and skills more as well, unless there is an interaction I'm unaware of.

[oak siren]

Yea, true

[rustic cobalt]

hi all what this weeks manhunt

[rugged stratus]

Include something after library/tinkering, before expertise, about unlocking basic blueprints, including weapon attachment blueprints, from level 3/4 control points. Builds are gonna hit target attributes easier if they get chc weapon mods unlocked ASAP.

Most used section:
Eclipse protocol is already included, but should be all pieces saved because fire eclipse is an easy early beginner build and requires the bag. I would say the hazpro version is way more specialized and not on a beginners plate yet.
I would add vile to the exotic masks to save as well, same purpose

[fickle ravine]

watch points allocation priority

[calm harbor]

How often are these xp boost expertise events?

[nocturne siren]

Not often, would recommend utilizing it to the best of your ability

[fickle ravine]

-# right now it's a "would have"

[calm harbor]

Well i mean its ended already 😄 was wondering if its worth stockpiling for the next

[fickle ravine]

next one will be a very long while (and how long exactly we don't know)

[nocturne siren]

Ive not really been playing tbh

[calm harbor]

ok so dont save up maybe like a week before u know its coming then

[wet halo]

Can anyone help me in my game

[hollow reef]

If you want to grind for expertise or anything related to it, wait for either Expertise Surge or Material Gain events.

[hollow reef]

What about? Not online right now.

[delicate cliff]

Hey guys,
I want a weapon Quickstep

[hollow reef]

Look for someone who has Houndsman bounty in #lfg-pc

[delicate cliff]

thx

[wet halo]

I just need to lvl up fast I'm already lvl 40 and I just need to get some good gear and maybe some spare exotics if anyone has some

[fickle ravine]

level 40 starter guide
also you can't really share items in this game, only time you can do it is if you're in a group, and even then you can only share between the group memebers and there is a time limit

[hollow reef]

Im just gonna give him the Houndsman bounty for Quickstep pistol. I was thinking of weekly daily project donation for an exotic cache but then I remember Im out of everything thanks to expertise surge event.

[fickle ravine]

just stop being poor

[hollow reef]

Whats descent about?

[sharp quail]

Basically the division's rougelike mode

You get issued randomized gear and your goal is to kill the nemesis

You get gear as you get further down the dungeon

[junior sequoia]

And unless you want the descent uniforms, you got no reason to play descent.

[hollow reef]

Lame

Oh what about event boosts, like the one we had just now. What are the variations aside from Descent, Expertise, SHD Level, and Double Material gain?

[sturdy geyser]

I thought all named weapons have exclusive talents, till i saw white death. What other named weapons can do the same?

[hollow reef]

Lexington

[sturdy geyser]

Can lexington change sub attributes and talents?

[abstract canyon]

which escalation mission is easier to do this week?

[hollow reef]

I think yes, though sub attribute is always DTOOC when you got it.

The only thing you might want to change is the talent.

[wide patrol]

whats this arrow going to left is ?

[hollow reef]

• White Death (Mosin Nagant with +137% Headshot Damage)
• Lexington (Police M4 with +1782 Base Damage)
• First Sight (AK-M with +30% Headshot Damage and +50% Reload speed debuff)
• Slingshot (Tactical UMP-45 with +45 Optimal Range, 60 in total)
• Backup Boomstick (Sawed off with +17% Shotgun Damage)
• The Mop (Six-12 with secondary Attribute, +10% Armor on kill)
• Oh Carol (Mosin Nagant with +137% Headshot Damage and Twinking Lights)
• Handbasket (Surplus SVD with +230326 Base Damage and -200 RPM)
• TDI "Kard" Custom (KARD-45 with +1 Skill tier when used)
• The Harvest (Police 686 Magnum with +10% Base Damage and -7% RoF)

[hollow reef]

Waveform exotic holster.

[wide patrol]

ah ok

[left ravine]

Bunker or Viewpoint

[sturdy geyser]

OHHHH SO INSTEAD OF EXCLUSIVE TALENTS THEY HAVE EXCLUSIVE STATS

[sturdy geyser]

Oh carol talent can be changed?

[left ravine]

Can't be changed

[sturdy geyser]

Ah shame

[abstract canyon]

only lexington talent can be changed

[sturdy geyser]

White death can be changed too? Or nah

I always got white death and somehow they have different talents whenever i got them

[left ravine]

No

[lean hare]

Hi

[sturdy geyser]

What named weapons can be changed?

The talent i mean

[left ravine]

The list above is otherwise correct pretty much

[sturdy geyser]

Alright thanks I'm gonna farm for lexington and the harvest

[hollow reef]

You cant farm for Lexington

[hollow reef]

Oh Carol talent cant be changed because of the Twinking Lights effect?

[sturdy geyser]

💔

[left ravine]

Lexington, Turmoil, Caretaker, are special event items only, not seasonal items that can drop from, let's say, the mini warhounds

[sturdy geyser]

What even is the benefit of the twinkling lights talent

[tepid sierra]

It's CHRISTMAS theme, it's fun...

[sturdy geyser]

ToT the harvest is a special event items?

Jesus i deconstructed 2 of them

[pseudo tundra]

harvest, cooler, i think there is probably more i forgot

not just going back to previous christmas items

[sturdy geyser]

Thought they were farmable no wonder its not dropping

[pseudo tundra]

first sight and the other SMG with absurd range

[tepid sierra]

we all thought of "what is the point?" about the fist Christmas theme weapon "Sleigher"...

[left ravine]

Just a meme weapon. Same as Festive Delivery backpack

[hollow reef]

I think both Harvest and Cooler can be dropped from the mini warhounds.

not sure though

[pseudo tundra]

that bounty is the exception of the rule which is why it's a headache of people begging for it

[hollow reef]

lol

[left ravine]

Yeah you're right, Harvest doesn't belong into my list

[sturdy geyser]

Hopefully someone's gonna be running houndsman tomorrow

[tepid sierra]

...

good luck

[hollow reef]

you're looking at one right now

[fickle ravine]

i am so sick of houndsman

[sturdy geyser]

Its late for me

[fickle ravine]

i ran it 93903000092999 times during the proficiency event

[hollow reef]

rip

[sturdy geyser]

And i have work in like 5 hours i def need to sleep but im so addicted to the game

[hollow reef]

since when you've been playing?

[sturdy geyser]

Started in march 15

[hollow reef]

Last month?

[tepid sierra]

when your late to the party.....

[sturdy geyser]

Currently shd 530

[sturdy geyser]

Yeah division 2 marketing is so bad i didnt know about the game till i used the division mods from left 4 dead

[atomic barn]

can i do calibrate CHC to CHD, and then Calibrate Back to CHC ?

[tepid sierra]

I blame Streamers, they don't like something and the whole thing goes pear shape, unless you put out Anthem

[sturdy geyser]

Specifically these

[hollow reef]

yes

[sturdy geyser]

Drip so good i went to find the original

[hollow reef]

I've been here for a while, really while...

[sturdy geyser]

And surprised to find out that its a TPS game with rpg elements which i really really like

[tepid sierra]

when you have the DZ Supply Drop Backpack Trophy from beta

[hollow reef]

i dont think I do

[oblique fjord]

Anyone have a pic of the black tusk drone VFX?

[sturdy geyser]

What time do you usually play @hollow reef ?

[hollow reef]

Off day, I can play as early as 7AM until 4PM

[sturdy geyser]

What timezone

[hollow reef]

GMT +7

[sturdy geyser]

Neat, when's your off day

[hollow reef]

Saturday and Sunday

[sturdy geyser]

Alright I'll ask you then, thanks

[calm harbor]

Just started farming for prototypes on escalations. I have gotten about 6 pieces from level 1 and 2 and have not got any from level 3

[pseudo tundra]

RNG is RNG

[atomic barn]

so i can basicly core attribute / atributes to max and recalibrate other. that mean i just need 1 set like that? and just recalibrate? for green gear ofc

[tepid sierra]

green? do you mean Gear Set?

[atomic barn]

yes

well this also count for other non exotic ig

[tepid sierra]

give me an example of what you're working on

[atomic barn]

what i mean is, i dont need another set since i got the gear like this. i could just change the attributes

[tepid sierra]

you can Recalibrate one thing , but you can change that one thing over and over and Etc, but the other parts will be locked

Yes! yeah you can reroll that Headshot

[atomic barn]

so now i just trash the other?

[tepid sierra]

you can, you don't need it, breaking it down will give Blue Materials. hopefully whatever you want to Recalibrate too is in your Library

[calm harbor]

After 4 tries on escaltion 3 and nothing i go back to level 2 and get one first shot

[alpine valve]

What is fast xp farm now?

[hollow reef]

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Bj2XzBsvKdYpL7rDzwqy36dPNMHSJz-FEL4fLcJsxWE/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.hwwipjohc56m

[somber spoke]

What’s your build

[calm harbor]

im farming the bunker with 1 shot 1886 build and at end room switching to full dmg striker

decoy and revive hive

[tepid sierra]

that Optimize/Overload is wonderous at recharging the revive hive

[calm harbor]

Yes i like it

[real cypress]

yea its a free 2nd revive hive

[hollow spoke]

320-400k base damage for an assault rifle is decent right?

[real cypress]

thats per bullet right

or better question, what weapon is it

[inner tendon]

There's another one up the top of the Pass.

big jacket with tiny sleeves.

[hollow reef]

This?

[inner tendon]

That outfit looks like it's going to follow me around a convention.

[hollow reef]

Its part of the premium pass. So yeah only 1 free BTSU Team 9 outfit.

[inner tendon]

The one you have on lol.

the fedora really sells it.

[real cypress]

for retals if i want more gear drops should i just do it on heroic

[inner tendon]

Chall/Heroic are both fine.
You'll get better quality loot overall in Heroic, but just keep an eye on how long you take.
Div2 is all about the ratio of speed:loot obtained.

[hollow reef]

ikr damn I got good taste

I came across this lmao. I wonder whats their story?

[hollow spoke]

Per bullet, chameleon with body shot stuff

[hollow reef]

Like this.

[cyan prism]

whats that red debuff and why cant i use my drone?

[fickle ravine]

red debuff is a hostile modifier from the current season modifier, basically just disables your modules until you get 3 kills, you avoid this by killing the enemy with the hostile modifier with a headshot

drone is unusable because game buggy af. switch to a different skill and swap back to drone

[tepid sierra]

Is it possible for someone to show me a picture where I would find the things I got from twitch drops in "Resurgence" is there some level of Unlock I have to reach?

[novel root]

Are there any activities where a standard red dps build is better than a striker's build?

[pseudo tundra]

they are instantly added to you when open the game and would be in theri apparel slot

[pseudo tundra]

short regular stuff might work better

since striker is about stacks, something starting stronger without stacks might do better than a striker that doesnt have enemies enough to build stacks

[tepid sierra]

this Apparel thing, is it locked? i've gone thru the Claiming process but trying to change clothes seems to be a hair puller

[pseudo tundra]

lemme open the game real quick

[tepid sierra]

blowing my mind how far I've had to go to find these

[pseudo tundra]

oh wait

twitch drops for resurgence?

not the resurgence skins in div2?

if it's for resurgence then i dont know

[idle geode]

Is anyone picking up Orange High End Prototype Stuff?

[tepid sierra]

yeah the mobile thing, I keep hearing Apparel but also the "can't change appearance" is messing with my head

[pseudo tundra]

yeah i cant really help with that

[tepid sierra]

is there an actual Resurgence discord?

[blazing ruin]

emm what is that pink mask? prototype?

[tepid sierra]

yes

[left ravine]

Brother, the item's name is "Prototype Mask"

I had to screenshot this, nobody would believe me this if I told them :>

[livid bear]

says right there "high end"

[wispy merlin]

💀

Snake oil bottle, labeled "Immortality Elixir"

[left ravine]

I buy 10, sir

[fickle ravine]

sir I bought your dien hax but all I got was a 1 byte .exe file

[left ravine]

But did the Windows cmd prompt flash for a split second when you clicked it? :>

[fickle ravine]

yes and now my PC is automatically playing resident evil requiem

[inner tendon]

Should've downloaded more RAM.

[left ravine]

They have a nice offer going on rn:
https://downloadmoreram.com/

:p

[buoyant narwhal]

What's a good way to get these? Haven't had any drop but have also never seen any NPC sell them

[fickle ravine]

bt bounties iirc

[buoyant narwhal]

Are bounties good for all of them?

[fickle ravine]

actually im not sure if its better to craft them or just kill nameds

[left ravine]

Crafting is best once you get the bp

[fickle ravine]

ic

[left ravine]

But it requires farming XP a lot

(Make the most of each XP event when they're up, priceless)

[craggy rune]

Anyone got the updated list of mats you need to take a gear piece or weapon from 0 to 30 expertise levels?

[fast hound]

Does every difficulty increase bump the odds of higher gear, or only challenging

[tepid sierra]

Apparently I have to keep playing to unlock the Apparel tab, they give you rewards you can't access instantly and tell you after Clothing selection in bright red "Appearance can't be changed". The big black blob on my screen makes progression hard atm, until I get the remote.

[left ravine]

Check the pinned messages

[fickle ember]

Can I get hollow man from bloody hounds man bounty ?

[fickle ravine]

yes. it will take a long while before you get it though

[left ravine]

You're better off farming Retaliations to get its crafting blueprint

[fickle ravine]

Say that to my CHC-rolled red core hollow man mask that I got after farming houndsman for 999999599493929 hours

[fleet fog]

Anybody knows what’s Evolution?

[left ravine]

Descent comm

[fleet fog]

What’s that may I ask? I’m a bit brain dead after working night shift earlier

[slim elk]

collectibles from the Descent game mode afaik

[fleet fog]

ohhhh

Thank you

[spare atlas]

Is Potomac Event Center bugged? Can't select it as invaded for some reason to unlock Roosevelt 🤔

[left ravine]

Not bugged

[spare atlas]

Nvm it let me change mission mode to invaded in front of it, just not on the map for w/e reason

[compact matrix]

السلام عليكم
وين الشات العربي اللجوال

[blazing ruin]

🤔 what is this

[craggy rune]

epic, thanks mate

[inner tendon]

Cosmetic for your Drone.

mod it, should show up. A lot of skills have them.

[clear vault]

Hey
i keep picking up like parts for my drone and turret like some sorta stabilisation or lining or smt
how do i use it?

[spare atlas]

Click on your skill in the inventory, then press F to mod the skill you have selected

[slim elk]

I wonder where my F button is on my PS controller

[spare atlas]

Just yell F into it

[novel root]

What weapon talent is this?

[strange harbor]

brazen

[dapper root]

nu uh its nezard

[slim elk]

quaso

[blazing ruin]

question: how i raise this to higher
i mean i have been killing all kind of enemies in heroic ... solo even. but it still 14/472 and stuck at 1

[pseudo tundra]

use different gear, mostly donate trash gear

it goes up when more gear is proficient

not by killing one billion enemies with one gun

that AK will never become proficient to give points for expertise if you never use it or donate copies

so see what category hsa less things proficient, farm countdown, pick everything as trash, donate trash, and it should go up over time

[torpid yarrow]

I run striker with all blue cores (all recalibrated) and just upgraded everything to prototype. I noticed that some of them seemed to show an improved red core with 22.5% weapon dmg, but then they went back to their blue cores after equipping them again. I didn't get any improvement on my blue cores however...

Can the armor bonus go above the 170k when going to prototype armor, and does it work if you've recalibrated the core? Feels like it's either a bit buggy or I was unlucky 🤔

[novel root]

Does switching weapons lose headhunter?

[left ravine]

No but it'll run out eventually

[lofty arrow]

whats the fastest way to get gunner points

[pseudo tundra]

did any other stat get over the cap

[pseudo tundra]

invasion mission, some BT bounties, CP4 and level ups are the more consistent

[lofty arrow]

I have no idea what the first 3 are
is bt black tusk

[torpid yarrow]

Oh yeah, chc went up on all of them

[pseudo tundra]

one stat will go overcap guaranteed

the rest is RNG

[torpid yarrow]

yeah I've understood that as well, but then it should be able to bump the armor core above 170k even if it's recalibrated and I was just unlucky? 🤔

[pseudo tundra]

should be able to do that yeah

but getting more than one thing upgraded is the RNG part

[torpid yarrow]

aww man :O

Yeah, just my luck! Back to the grind then 🫠

[lofty arrow]

are these listed in order or do they all have around the same level of efficiency

[pseudo tundra]

only first time doing invasions count

level up is the most efficient

but nothing stop from doing others and getting levels at the same tiem

[slim elk]

qq, retals give the same blueprints as descent, right?

[compact furnace]

Is the escalation matchmake only available in the white house?

[nimble spruce]

Only if you craft the materials into reconstructed caches, those are the same as descent

[slim elk]

that's the one, thx kettle

[nimble spruce]

The main retal blueprint rewards are the exotics, you can't get them from descent

[slim elk]

I think so, I havent checked the menu when youre on site

[bleak oracle]

heroic matchmaking bleeds into escalation for some reason, so if you matchmake viewpoint heroic you might be dropped into escalation

[slim elk]

The Division 2 is a bug-free game

[robust sedge]

Hi, has anyone else run into an issue where you can’t obtain the reconfiguration blueprint from some exotic? In my case it’s happening with the Harrier Pride backpack, I have the item but can’t find the reconfiguration blueprint with inaya, and it doesn’t even show in the crafting table

[slim elk]

some blueprints are bugged e.g. Shroud

Dont bother getting blueprints for Exotic gear unless the rolls are literally shit 😆

[tough bear]

which retaliations should i target to get a sheriff blueprint?

[pseudo tundra]

bt

[slim elk]

black tusk

[pseudo tundra]

you can just do the mission

[slim elk]

too much work

[tough bear]

bleck tusk

i can do either-or, i just wanna know if there are more options so i dont lose my mind due to unlucky rng

[pseudo tundra]

well master difficulty has no RNG

[tough bear]

unlucky me, because the water cannons bug out like six out of seven times i enter the boss encounter

ill just keep trying either method anyway

[spare rune]

People I’m missing 3 shd points I know where one is but can’t access it cause it’s in a assignment

Any help would be appreciated it’s melting my head

[left ravine]

Feature-rich game

[earnest pawn]

What is the most efficiency way to level up the expertise level?

[somber spoke]

Well three was a 3X expertise event last week but it’s over. Depends on your materials. If you’ve got a lot of materials you can donate them

[pseudo tundra]

In general donating copies and random trash

[somber spoke]

I’d target loot and the do retals or countdown and donate all the bad rolls

[pseudo tundra]

If that is not giving a lot of stuff, rotate named items in your builds and skills while breaking down gear for materials and using that for the rarer stuff

[lofty arrow]

what should I be claiming with the shd points

[rugged stratus]

Nothing right now

[lofty arrow]

when do I use them

[rugged stratus]

Let them build up and use as needed. Normal mats arent really worth it and are available elsewhere

Shd cal probably the only thing I would consider, but only when they are actually needed

[lofty arrow]

if shd cal is the only thing to consider why should I bother saving them instead of just redeeming for shd cal rn

[rugged stratus]

Why use them before needed? What if you run into a pinch and need some cash. Just let them build up

There is no cap on points gained

[lofty arrow]

is there any way to remove the notification on my watch icon then

[rugged stratus]

No

[lofty arrow]

alright I got no choice then

[rugged stratus]

Can choose to ignore

[lofty arrow]

i can't ignore it

idk why it just irritates me seeing notifications

[rugged stratus]

Its irrational... do what you want tho, its your agent

[wanton mauve]

just get more e credits, brother

[cloud harness]

Any reason why my junk is not being donated to raise my expertise

[spare rune]

You have it max probably

[cloud harness]

I do not im rank 2

[spare rune]

Ah that’s a doosy

[cloud harness]

Yeah

[pulsar sparrow]

Anyone else getting dolphin login loop error? Today is the second time in 10 days. I'm on PC. Had to uninstall/reinstall ubi connect to fix it. any easier/quicker solution?

[pseudo tundra]

for that item or expertise in general?

profieciency =/= expertise

[cloud harness]

In general

[somber spoke]

If the item you’re tryna donate is already proficient it can’t get donated

Only thing that aren’t proficient can be donated for expertise

[cloud harness]

Im Proeficent 7 things it says but a majority of it i am not

[pseudo tundra]

then i think you just didnt donate enough of the same item then

[north compass]

there is one SHD cache in downtown west that i need to loot
but all videos from 7 years says it is bugged and the only way to get it back then is to have a bounty or a side mission in the area,
it seems to still bugged
i am asking did they fix it ? or that is a 7 years old bug ?

[spare rune]

I’m having trouble too apparently I’m missing 3 and ones behind a pay wall rn

[mellow trout]

It's not necessarily a bug it's just likely in a side mission area

You would need to trigger a bounty in that location

[mellow trout]

Wdym pay wall

[edgy oxide]

Lol, there's a mini squad of True Sons going to attack a Black Tusk control point.
Good luck to them.

Also when will they fix the transmisions which Sokolova is still talking good stuffs about General Anderson?

[spare rune]

Assignment

[mellow trout]

Shd tech isn't locked behind assignments

[pseudo tundra]

assigments have their own zones, they dont have any SHD tech caches

[spare rune]

Far left map maybe I’m just being dented but I can’t get it

[limpid girder]

Does legendary have better loot drops or is more of “clear a weekly” thing?

Compared to heroic

[tough marsh]

It has better minimum rolls but most people do it for the challenge rather than the loot.

[fickle ember]

Is there any other brand set that has special ammo like the Ongoing directive set??

[vale idol]

Anybody have the houndsman bounty to get quickstep?

[hollow reef]

Look for someone who has it in #lfg-pc channel

[lucid axle]

What is the best mission to farm riker retal aggro?

[left ravine]

Control points IMO

[lucid axle]

thank you

[cloud topaz]

If I want the blueprint for faction optimization materials, should I focus on checkpoints controlled by that faction or is it totally random?

It's really hard to get enough of those just from defeating bosses. The Intel thing

[left ravine]

Totally random

[cloud topaz]

I never seem to get any good blueprints but I guess that should be expected

[left ravine]

RNG can be cruel

[hollow spoke]

What weapons do you guys use for a strikers build?

[glad frost]

Pestilence and dark winter

Anyone doing countdown? Lfg.

[left ravine]

AR/LMG

[left ravine]

#lfg-playstation

[glad frost]

Lfg @left ravine What game mode?

[left ravine]

Looking for group/players

[tranquil tide]

What are considered "God roll" on the eagle bearer?

[blazing ruin]

quick question: i wanna reroll my exotic LMG from dmg to armor to Crit Chance ... as i rebuilt exotic will all 3 stat also reroll or just attribute?

[tranquil tide]

Mine currently has AR Damage, Health Damage and Headshot Damage.

[broken light]

It depends. Largely it just boils down to two attributes which are damage to armour and damage to targets out of cover. Largely I’d say it comes to personal preference.

[tranquil tide]

I can pick and choose, can I? I have to completely re-roll everything, right?

[hollow reef]

AR and Health damage attributes are fixed. Go get DTOOC for the sub attribute.

[real cypress]

uh just get one with DTOOC as the third attribute coz thats the best one

if u have spare exotic components just reroll until u get DTOOC and decent rolls that are like 2-3 optimizations away from max

[tranquil tide]

Okay

[hollow reef]

Exotic items core attributes are fixed and cannot change no matter what. You cant recalibrate it nor reconfigure it. The only thing that can change within an exotic item is the sub attribute. Of course you can still optimize the core attributes if they're not max rolled.

[tranquil tide]

Just got it. Took a few tries. Lol

[indigo wraith]

so do guns like ouroboros and eb and rav still drop from their raids/incursions and now you can also get the blueprints or is it only blueprints?

[cloud topaz]

Been doing black Tusk control points to get black Tusk recon data. But I wasn't getting any. Apparently I was getting control point recon data instead.. 🙁

Guess I should be doing black Tusk bounties?

Ok I got some stuff mixed up. There is recon data and then tactical assessment

I needed black Tusk tactical assessment

Naturally there are no black Tusk bounties

[left ravine]

They still drop from their respective source, of course

[novel root]

Do you think we'll be able to get the Quickstep from the Spring event?

[left ravine]

No info on that

[cloud topaz]

i did a bounty with 2 targets and only earned 3 tactial assessment 😩

[tranquil tide]

Did the white tusk heavy gunners lose their stinger hives?

[white surge]

I've still experienced them as of today

[tranquil tide]

I haven't in a while.. They used to terrify me... Now they don't. Lol

[white surge]

A heroic bounty today gave me four, so I assume it's one plus the amount of targets.

[tranquil tide]

I'm talking about the ones on the stronghold legendaries.

[bleak oracle]

no they still have them

[tranquil tide]

Must be a bug/ glitch on my end. I swear they don't..

I'm playing a squishy skill damage build right now

I just ran circles around one, and I was able to get away from it.. lol

[tiny flint]

hey the info on tinkerer blueprint is all over the place, where do I get it ?

fYI I have the mask

check inaya and theres none

[left ravine]

Did you just get it?

[tiny flint]

yep

[left ravine]

Relog and check Inaya again

[tiny flint]

nope, still nothing

[left ravine]

I wouldn't be surprised if it doesn't have one. Since it was a climax mission exclusive

[fringe lintel]

when is snitch going to appear

[left ravine]

Snitch is always around

[fringe lintel]

cassie and them sorry

[left ravine]

You mean when they're open? Check divisiontimers.com

[fringe lintel]

huh guess cassie is open i'll need to find snitch i guess

[lofty arrow]

any idea why I can't interact with this zipline

[quick orchid]

Get at me in the am I’ll hook you up

[left ravine]

Some bounties are odd, some let you only go certain paths

[lofty arrow]

damn

so thats not the way then

[left ravine]

Possibly not, IDK where that is

[fickle wasp]

Anyone can help me with getting back into the game? I've returned after about 2 years and i'm not really sure what to do or where to go

[left ravine]

Take a look at this guide here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Tc2UDqrX0vBw-f18opih3idHlueXN7ca2HSEP_yAZDM/edit?tab=t.0

[lofty arrow]

should I put shd points into skill haste or duration if I'm using banshee pulse/decoy

[left ravine]

Nah, should be the last bracket to level up. Go for reds and some the important blue ones

[fringe lintel]

Yeah getting nothing for finding snitch. I'll just wait I guess

[strange harbor]

It's like 1 point red, 1 blue, 1 yellow etc in rotation so it doesn't affect the red points

[left ravine]

Check the same spot over and over. Relog and go back to check, rinse and repeat

[fickle wasp]

Quick question, im at floor 100 on summit but i struggle it's been a while since i've played the game should i reset back to floor 1 and just farm striker items?

[fringe lintel]

Never had to do this sadly so I'll do it a few more times

[fringe lintel]

Just do the floor 100

[left ravine]

Works too, sure

[left ravine]

That's normal, for everyone

[strange harbor]

yeah or call for back up so someone can help you clear it

[fringe lintel]

Realistically best farm is retal because of the exotic BP and can be faster than cd

[left ravine]

I like this spot, usually doesn't take long until he shows up

Anyone else having issues buying these caches from Danny?

Third week for me now, starting to annoy me

[fickle ravine]

Same

[bleak oracle]

yes

[somber spoke]

What tier artificer hive should I have with tank bulwark shield build?

danny weaver empty for anyone?

[tardy bramble]

💀

[left ravine]

No but I cannot buy seasonal caches again

[hollow reef]

I've got an obscure and absurd favor to ask. Can anyone create a GIF where Weasel, Dizzy, and Ricochet doing the EMP grenade animation? They're the 2nd bosses in Dark Hours raid.

[blazing ruin]

so i cant reroll the accuracy to crit chance without touching the above 2 core stat right?

sorry to verify cuz the item to reroll is hard to gather

[slim elk]

yeah, you reroll the percentages of the cores but the third is rolled on its entirety

[blazing ruin]

🥹 so it still reroll the percentage .. RIP

[hollow reef]

F

[hollow reef]

Go get crit chance for Alejandro since this and the sheriff doesnt have any mods attached to them. I wonder why...

[bleak oracle]

can just optimize the rest when you hit chc

[blazing ruin]

ok. i have 3 they are max core but not attri i want so sad

[hollow reef]

I definitely wasted my exo components on Investor.

[cloud topaz]

how long is the server down on a restart

[hollow reef]

I dont even know if its down or not. Check #server-status

[cloud topaz]

i just unlocked a bounty and i didnt have time to do it, will it still be there, there was like 14m left

it said it was restarting in like 30 seconds

[bleak oracle]

yes

[lofty arrow]

in the black tusk stronghold how do I open this door

[left ravine]

You need a key card from earlier in the mission. Where you interact with the first laptop, go upstairs and grab the key card from the second bunk bed

[lofty arrow]

gah can I backtrack rn

[hollow reef]

Ah was about to say

[inner tendon]

@lofty arrow When you encounter the first turret in the mission, go upstairs to the bunks and take the key.

[lofty arrow]

wait that was like at the very beginning gg

[hollow reef]

Dont think so, its far from where you are right now.

[left ravine]

Next time

[lofty arrow]

confound it all

[inner tendon]

Div2 has a fair few of those kinda things.
Bank' has another one with a sliding wall panel and a cage in the vault.

[hearty sparrow]

Is the Shield Splinterer still locked behind the ivory cache? or are there other ways

[lofty arrow]

is there a guide for the global modifier stuff

[rose abyss]

If your on story mode the key doesnt spawn in the first time, Replay the mission on any difficulty and the key spawns in, It will give you a named sniper inside that you can level up for expertise

I did the exact same thing, Then did the Tidal Basin invasion the week after and there was a key googled it to find out what it was used for mid mission

[lofty arrow]

damn

[desert thunder]

So let me see if I got this right to get the prototype gear you need to turn off The modifiers? Or can you get the prototype with the modifiers on because for some reason I've been running with the modifiers on and I haven't gotten any gear but the last two times I ran it with it off. I got gear on the first level too

[inner tendon]

There is no relation between Modifiers and Prototype.
I've never had them off, and gotten all my Prototype gear.

100% no correlation.

[desert thunder]

So it doesn't matter and for some strange reason it seems a lot easier to beat them with the modifiers turned off

[hearty sparrow]

Probably a placebo, but if people keep feeling that way then it could be worth testing

[inner tendon]

No it's not worth testing. It is 100% a placebo.

If it was the case, I would have no Prototype Gear.

This means I've gotten at least 1 drop.

[left ravine]

Damn, with Echo even! 👏

[inner tendon]

Honestly was super happy with that.

[left ravine]

Idk the other stats of it but Echo alone is nice

[inner tendon]

Currently at Rank 2, thanks to the sacrifice of a very brave m700.

CHC was pre-maxed ❤️

[left ravine]

That's nice on one piece

[desert thunder]

Yeah, after I turned off the modifiers I got two gear pieces in two games and it seems like the NPCs are so easier to beat

[left ravine]

The drop chances are so miserably low that people start to imagine things I guess

[inner tendon]

Okay so what's happening with you is that you're going through a mode faster when it's easier in your case.
We call this the "no directives phenomenon".

[real cypress]

honestly the prototype drops dont even interest me coz ik its terrible

im just there to pretend im playing on legendary and i just whip out my 200 stacks strikers lmg against the bullet sponges

tier 5-6 is a sweet spot for entertainment

[left ravine]

😄

Take it with humor, good attitude

[desert thunder]

See I thought we were going to get the prototype at the end of the mission as a reward for completing. On top of that, the coins that we're getting I thought were also going to be able to buy caches that have prototype gear in it

Like I thought that's what these coins were for

[real cypress]

idk y but only on tier 6+ u get bonus field recon data and exo comp on completion...

[inner tendon]

Changes are coming to the system.

[desert thunder]

And the best part about the division is the grinding lol

[real cypress]

prototype and escalation could be better if it was just legendary difficulty on all missions + additional modifiers for more prototype drop chances and target loot

that would have been the perfect world for prototype gear

[left ravine]

The best part of this game is the ability of fine-tuning your build via tinkering/optimizing. They don't even know what good of a system they created since it (for now) was totally ruined through how Escalations and how prototypes work

[real cypress]

i feel like tier 5 difficulty changed nothing for me other than just being able to use the strikers chest and spray npcs down

[real cypress]

i kinda hated that prototype gear essentially scrapped that

even if u ended with a half decent armor piece u know u can still optimize it

now ur stuck with permanent half optimized gear

bonus chc is nice and all but like what content do we need prototype gear for other than t10

[left ravine]

Well you can upgrade your own gear. That guarantees improvement when prototyping but you have zero control over the outcome, which is what bothers so many (especially) veteran players

And if someone says "Well even if it's bricked, just farm another piece" I'd like to bitchslap them for saying that, lol

[real cypress]

45 exotic comps

massive fumbled the bag hard honestly

[cloud topaz]

My game is saying "talk to Rhodes" but I can't.

There is an orange icon at his desk. When I interact it's just the specialization menu

I had just completed "meet Rhodes"

[left ravine]

I'm also thinking of actual unicorns

Plus ofc the expertise costs

[inner tendon]

Look slightly to the side at the same area.

[real cypress]

ive never even reached exp 30 and i dont even have any gear with exp

[inner tendon]

Changes are coming to Prototype and how it works, IIRC we're getting some kind of update to the system on the 21st.

[cloud topaz]

I don't see anything

[left ravine]

Yeah man, I also only had guns expertised, lol

[inner tendon]

@cloud topaz Same desk, look for an icon. IIRC it's in front of an empty space to the side of where Rhodes is standing.
If not: try re-logging.

[left ravine]

I'm hoping for increased exo component rewards. The current sources and values are abysmal :I

[cloud topaz]

There are quartermaster and specialization icons. The specialization one has the orange icon like it's the mission indicator

[calm harbor]

Do i need to run legendary summit and target mods to get mox roll mods?

[cloud topaz]

I'll try logging out

[real cypress]

yea dont even bother with max roll mods unless ur farming for expertise

[cloud topaz]

Now it doesn't say talk to Rhodes

Guess it was a bug

[calm harbor]

Is there no good farm to get max roll mods?

[left ravine]

No

Just play heroic and legendary content, they'll drop over time.

[radiant coral]

there used to be. rip gone too soon

[calm harbor]

i mean i play heroic with 5 directives and barely get any

[left ravine]

What's your playtime?

[calm harbor]

i used to have all max roll mods on my character befor ei deleted everything lol

[left ravine]

Lol

[calm harbor]

i have 9days on this new one

[bleak oracle]

heroic mod drops are horrible

[left ravine]

Well, it just takes time

[bleak oracle]

i have over a month and i dont even have a maxed chc or hsd mod yet

[left ravine]

Can't confirm that. Got most my red mods from heroic

[calm harbor]

Thats why i was asking do i need to run legendary summit

[bleak oracle]

min rolls are definitely worse in heroic compared to leg

[left ravine]

You can do floor 10 or so farm, yes. But you need to have a solid build and be effective, otherwise it's not worth your time

[left ravine]

That is normal and applies to all loot

[bleak oracle]

so doesnt that mean the average drop in heroic is worse than legendary

[left ravine]

Unrelated to max rolls

However you do have slightly increased chances for that in legendary

[bleak oracle]

uhhuh

[remote elbow]

I've personally yet to see a 13% Protection from Elites mod drop. I know they exist but, that's about it.

[left ravine]

Again, you get them over time

[somber spoke]

What counts as elites

[remote elbow]

The (sand) yellow and named enemies from what I understand

[somber spoke]

Just all yellow bar enemies?

[left ravine]

Wdym? Elites are yellow NPCs

[remote elbow]

Ya, not reds and purples

[blazing ruin]

hmm how to complete it

i follow the instruction but stil 0/5

[real cypress]

both of ur skills need to be on cd

not active

[unreal solar]

Equip a defender drone and a turret
Put them down
destroy them / deactivate them
use the ability

repeat until you get all done

[remote elbow]

Would you consider weapon +dmg choices in Specializations not changing when swapping between builds a bug or an oversight?
IE. Is it worth reporting as a bug?

[real cypress]

its not a bug because its intended

you could just put 3 of your favorite weapons on a spec and avoid pistol

i.e i like gunner but i have like at least 3 weapon types that i use with that spec so i just put ar, lmg and smg dmg on it

i lowk wish it was just a global +15% weapon damage instead of having to choose

[rose abyss]

This is my watch level atm, What should be the next stats to get to 50?

[slim elk]

hazpro is more important than total armor but that cant be re-spec'd

dump the rest to whatever

[austere wren]

guys why my active modifier resets lvls?

and yesterday my global modifier was bonsues, today its the old one with pulse/armor etc

[fickle ravine]

legacy manhunts force you to use the old seasonal modifiers

[remote elbow]

(and clears your modifiers every time you leave)

[austere wren]

oh crap did i waste my points on old modifiers or each points are seperate

[fickle ravine]

i don't think there are points for the previous manhunts

besides, even if there were any, they're separate

[north pier]

When muting somebody in chat, does anybody know if it's permanent and persists through game sessions?

[nocturne siren]

Doing a full block works better

[mild vortex]

Hey folks I’m looking for some help I’m doing stuff in New York and I’m 4/5 for shd crates and I can’t for the life of me find the last and there no marker on map . I got the hidden one in sewer and the tricky one on rooftop btw . Any ideas ? Should it not be a marker on my map tia

[remote elbow]

My friends had the same issue yesterday. I could have sworn the safehouses had a laptop that reveals them, unless that borked again

[nimble spruce]

Google will find you an online map to check against, chances are it's tucked away in a corner where you haven't quite cleared the fog of war

[ivory stratus]

classic m60 or the iwi negev?

[dim pewter]

For what build?

[ivory stratus]

the uhh striker chest stuff for escal

[late bronze]

how to farm true sons?

[ivory stratus]

craft or retal

[late bronze]

crafting station?

[dim pewter]

Neither of the two. GR9, M249 or MK46

[ivory stratus]

yea when doing control points you have a chance to get the blueprint for them

[ivory stratus]

which is best of those 3?

[dim pewter]

GR9 has the best sustain DPS out of the 3. MK46 and M249 are basically the same. M249/MK46 have the better burst DPS

[ivory stratus]

i saw a vid that said classic m60 was good and the iwi i only ask bc i got a drop with all 3 rolls maxed

[dim pewter]

Videos are 99.99% clickbait

[ivory stratus]

i have a gr9 with frezy and like a 250mag

[ivory stratus]

touche

so should i dismantle them both or stash?

[mild vortex]

Fog of war ? I’m new Tks

[dim pewter]

You could keep them I suppose

Also if you're running the GR9, go for the increased rate of fire mag instead tbh.

[ivory stratus]

alr

[mild vortex]

I got a prototype sniper drop it’s basically the only useable proto I’ve got in 2 weeks - it’s got perfect determined and I’ve read that determined is better . Is this outdated info ?

[nimble spruce]

The black stuff that covers the NY map at first and gets cleared as you explore

[ivory stratus]

got 2x chc, rof and chd

[mild vortex]

Ah right that makes sense now . So that’s why the crate is not showing on map . Thank you kindly good sir

[nimble spruce]

Perfect determined is a lot worse than regular determined, and the base sniper it's on is not a great one either

[remote elbow]

For Clarity: Determined refreshes itself where perfect does not

[nimble spruce]

Perfect gives guaranteed crit on proc, but that's a relatively small damage boost, and it also toggles off every second shot whether you hit a 'natural' headshot or not

[mild vortex]

Ah man this Prototype stuff is so frustrating . I see the purple loot beam and I’m delighted but everything that drops is rubbish . I’m not the kinda player wants everything handed to him I love a good grind and aspirational loot but 2 weeks and everything is getting junked

[nimble spruce]

Don't expect anything good from random proto drops, the chances are obscenely small. Just break them down for cores and upgrade actually useful stuff

[mild vortex]

I’m only level 18 expertise also . I went from 3 to 17 last week and it took all this week to go 1 level . Like I say I love a grind but the expertise is not moving at all now

[hollow reef]

They should make the expertise surge event longer tbh.

[nimble spruce]

It gets harder the higher you get as you get all the easy stuff maxed. Craft and buy named items to donate, keep donating materials as they stack up

[mild vortex]

I loved the event . My monkey brain loves seeing number go up

[hollow reef]

Im burnt out from grinding expertise so I helped others by hosting and spamming houndsman bounty.

Houndsman bounty is the easiest way to grind named items for expertise.

[native pebble]

imo the easiest way is to just farm SHD levels and spend all ur points on printer filaments. It's braindead but I went from 14-30 on my second account in a few days using this method. Will be slower now the event is finished but still the fastest method imo

[hollow reef]

Hmmmm, I considered it and chose not to.

[mild vortex]

Yea I pretty much have all my scavenging saved on watch and I tried to level some skills ysday but the price is insane without the event

[hollow reef]

SHD point is too valuable.

[native pebble]

3k printer filament or 66shd levels per item.

[hollow reef]

I only have 140 points. Though I remember there should be 1000 level event, hopefully that one comes around.

[hollow reef]

Lets see, I did use printer filaments to level up something from level 1 to 10 and I remember it cost almost 1K. During the event of course.

[mild vortex]

Like I’m just doing it passively as I play I use a gun and a gear piece that needs leveling but it do t go up at all no matter how many heroic events I do or npc I kill

[hollow reef]

That means 22 SHD points for 3 items.

[native pebble]

Not really after a while. I have 3k sitting there unclaimed because I have no need for them anymore beyong mats which are mostly capped as you can see

If your goal is expertise 30, then it's worth just spending them on this

[hollow reef]

No sh*t sherlock. For end-endgame players like you who've reached level 30 expertise, its no longer valuable.

After a really, really while.

Also I use SHD points everytime I want to optimize something.

[native pebble]

if you expect it to just go up as you play, it will, but it will be far far slower.
As I say, if your goal is expertise 30 just do this

[nimble spruce]

The amount you get from playing with an item is much lower than from donating

[native pebble]

No need to optimise everything when upgrading to prototype anymore (it auto optimises when you upgrade to highest value pre-proto) Only thing worth optimising are exotics

[nocturne siren]

He's got a point here

For newer players who don't have leftover watch points tho they can be very valuable. The "spend points" idea really only works if you save them up, already had existing points, or already have capped mats

[native pebble]

Not if your main goal is expertise 30

[nocturne siren]

Levels aren't hard to do either but yeah very very tedious

I'll be honest, if I were to start a brand new account, I wouldn't even bother with expertise. Doing the long-since-patched mule method was tedious enough

[native pebble]

Which, before prototype it was a 'ill get it along the way' goal
but with how upgrading prototypes work, it's become most players goal

[nocturne siren]

You're not wrong on that at all

[nimble spruce]

Scav points are still useful for endgame players now we have a reason to upgrade gear to exp 30, although of course exotic components are the primary bottleneck

[nocturne siren]

If you set aside the issues prototype has right now, you've basically got it on point

[feral karma]

ever considered not blasting all your shd points optimizing 16x4 different builds to save up on said points

[nocturne siren]

I personally don't see why they stripped most of the exotic rewards escalation gave you. Now it's no different than if you ran a heroic mission but on harder difficulty

[nocturne siren]

For me: yes, I still have 9k points saved, as I make 9k my cutoff

For others: not so much

[tired verge]

i just made some BULLSHITTT

[limpid girder]

is bighorn rare exotic? iam fairly new (been playing for a week) and i just dropped it from legendary difficulty boss

[inner tendon]

@limpid girder It's rare in that it only drops from Named Enemies at Legendary difficulty.
you can also get the blueprint from Retaliation for just this Season.

[limpid girder]

yeah i dropped it from the last boss on District union

what is the fastest method to get the white death? i dropped one but the stats are ehh

[hollow reef]

Not really. Its a common exotic item. Chance to drop from the boss is 5%.

[hollow reef]

Marksman Rifle as targeted loot.

[nimble spruce]

It's also quite a frequent drop in the missions that list it here: #td2-build-advice message

[hollow reef]

In Countdown*

[limpid girder]

ok thanks

[hollow reef]

Neat

[limpid girder]

Whats the rarest exotic?

[inner tendon]

Vindicator.

100%.

[hollow reef]

Regulus.

[hollow reef]

Isnt that from Descent?

[inner tendon]

Vindicator requires you to farm a bucket-ton of Descent, yeah.

currently you can get the blueprint via Retal though!

[hollow reef]

Theres literally Descent event before expertise surge, could've gotten Vindicator if you were interested in it.

[nocturne siren]

Vindi you can craft from retal now lol screw descent

I can't read it seems. Rivens already said that

[inner tendon]

Actually fun fact, at one point the rarest exotic was the Nemesis.
because before Manning Zoo existed and had a random part, you had to wait for most of a full rotation.
which at one point took, no joke, 7 weeks.

[nocturne siren]

Didn't people complain about the rotation and made it easier to get?

[hollow reef]

Also, since when Foundry Bulwark and Future Initiative chest and backpack pieces drops outside IH? I swear they dont few years back.

[inner tendon]

@hollow reef Many, many, many, many years ago that was changed.

[nocturne siren]

That was one thing they changed for sure

[inner tendon]

Originally, the DH gearsets were locked to DH too.

[hollow reef]

No wonder, so it only takes 2 runs of IH to craft Regulus now. I remember I had to remind my clanmates to give me chest and backpack pieces for Foundry Bulwark and Future Initiative.

[inner tendon]

Yeah pretty much, getting the Nemesis was altered heavily and honestly, happy it was.

[hollow reef]

Do Regulus parts drop from bosses in Discovery difficulty?

[inner tendon]

Still have my original one from April/May 2019.

[hollow reef]

Rip

I guess Regulus remains the rarest exotic in-game. Unless theres Stretch Goals event.

Nothing is rare at that point.

[inner tendon]

A guaranteed obtain if you run IH, hardly the rarest.
Maybe seeing someone actually using the paid version of the merci/ruth and lulla/SD.

[limpid girder]

Do raids only have 1 difficulty called normal?

[magic sandal]

And Discovery

[limpid girder]

discovery is the "easy" mode right?

[nocturne siren]

Yeah I heard that farm was brutal. I got my nemesis fairly quickly. After that I never bothered with the project on other characters as you only needed to do it once and that character you did it on would drop it as open world loot pool

[magic sandal]

Not really a difficulty more of a tutorial

[hollow reef]

Tutorial.

[inner tendon]

@limpid girder Discovery is the mode that's never worth doing.
basically it's the regular raid, but with different/easier mechanics, and no "raid locked" rewards.

Just forget it exsts. Trust me.

[limpid girder]

so how do i get into raiding? gotta find a people in LFG i assume?

[inner tendon]

#lfg-raid-pc is a good place to start.

[hollow reef]

Theres one right here.
#lfg-raid-pc

[limpid girder]

will hotshot build be good for raiding and stuff?

[magic sandal]

no

[limpid girder]

explodes

[magic sandal]

Not for DPS or as a newbie

[hollow reef]

Just use the regular striker dps build.

[limpid girder]

got ya

[nocturne siren]

Well, that's not exactly true. At best you'd be good for ad clearing and shooting the boss with headhunter stacks. I know a few raiders who main HeadHunter MMR builds

[limpid girder]

what are incursions?

[hollow reef]

Tbh idk, kinda like raids but only 4 players.

[nocturne siren]

In most cases tho you'll want crit builds

Incursion is basically a mini raid for a group of 4

[hollow reef]

I rarely play incursion tbh. Got my Ouroboros in my 2nd run.

Dont know how the mechanic works.

[magic sandal]

Oreo aint worth anymore, but nice to have you want to use it, since its not terrible but not as good as what it was

[limpid girder]

got it, another question. Let say i have gloves and i recalibrate one thing to 8% of crit chance, if i later find 10% crit chance to extract can i reapply it in the same spot?

crit chance as an example,

[nocturne siren]

Whatever slot you messed with, assuming recal, will be the only slot you can change

[hollow reef]

Yes

[limpid girder]

and what is the best way to farm mods that add crit stuff? i have a lot of them but they are like 50-60% roll

[nocturne siren]

Legendary summit boss floors. I personally recommend floor 90

[hollow reef]

Gearmods?

[nocturne siren]

You'll wanna Target loot Gear Mods

[limpid girder]

Yes, and is there option to mass add to library like u can add to expertise?

[limpid girder]

so do the "cheese" strat where u just kill everything but few adds and reset?

[hollow reef]

Unfortunately no, need to do it manually.

Expertise you can just mark as junk then donate, but not for extracting stats/talents for library.

[limpid girder]

aighty

[nocturne siren]

Gaming brigade has a video showcasing how you do it. It's really easy

[ionic dome]

any idea why i cant donate my junk FI for my expertise?

[sudden elk]

⭐
I have 2 build videos. I am trying to decide between two.
Can someone look at these builds and tell me which one is better in your opinion?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeIZTU4bsDE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkviRaygCVQ
⭐

[dim pewter]

Neither as YT builds are 99.99% clickbait

Especially if they have something like "REGEN GOD" "META BUILD WITH 7M ARMOR" in them

[sudden elk]

Yeah but I am new and there are million items so I gotta pick one build. Do you have anything better?

[dim pewter]

#td2-build-advice message Check here for builds. Respectively you can also ask in #td2-build-advice depending on what you want to build

[limpid girder]

What is the best EXP method? trying to get my watch to 1000 asap

[dim pewter]

5 Directive Control Points with a Oneshot build

[nocturne siren]

It's already proficient

[ionic dome]

thanks

[limpid girder]

so like hotshot?

[rose abyss]

Did you get it all figured out?

Whats the best attatchments to use on a ACS-12?

[limpid girder]

is there any period of time u gotta wait before u can buy reconfigure from that lady?

[coral crest]

relogging usually does the trick

[limpid girder]

tried that 3 times, overdogs reconfigure still aint there

[coral crest]

think some other people have said the same thing, probably a known bug unfortunately

[limpid girder]

so how to fix? just be patient?

[coral crest]

yeah, unfortunately no fix as of right now

[limpid girder]

what, so i cant reconfigure overdogs? lmao

i guess i have to optimise then... ooof...

[analog quartz]

Anyone know the best way to get the UA named chest piece to drop called ‘Equaliser’? Do I farm UA or chest piece as target loot?

[mellow trout]

Always brand

Only farm type if you're looking for exotics or library fodder

[analog quartz]

Ok mate. Thanks for the advice. Been doing it on Summit for few hours and hadn’t dropped yet. Was questioning if I was doing it correctly

[mellow trout]

You'll have significantly better luck in countdown

[analog quartz]

Seriously? Maybe I’ll change activity then. Is this because it’s a named drop? Will it only drop from named bosses?

[winter elk]

nah countdown just gives an unreasonable amount of loot

[limpid girder]

question. how can i earn cleaner bounties? iam trying to farm assesments but whole new york has no bounties. iam new

[clever fjord]

if you abandon a bt retal do they take over the cps?

[mellow trout]

Better to get the blueprint and craft

[mellow trout]

Yea

[clever fjord]

do they spread around the map perchance

[limpid girder]

there is a BP for that? how does one get it

[mellow trout]

Think it's the first time outside of the old manhunts that we've been able to have BT controlled CPs in the open world

[mellow trout]

Nah they stay put

They're not dynamic like the other factions

[mellow trout]

Farming control points at challenging/heroic, same as most other blueprints

[limpid girder]

i did like 50-60 of those and i only have 1/21 sighs

[mellow trout]

There's like 400+ blueprints or something

It'll take a while but there's no dupes

It's something to be done passively over time but I wouldn't worry about optimisation if you don't have the materials for it

[limpid girder]

i have issue with my overdogs, there is this bug that u dont get the reconfigure thing from that lady vendor. So iam forced to optimise or run gimped version

thats why i wanted those cleaner thingies

[winter elk]

how do you get the resources to spam craft them tho, countdown and deconstruct or is smth else faster

[mellow trout]

Watch points

Which is why I would advise not worrying about optimisation again

Yeahhh you'll be stuck with some mid rolls but youre better off spending your time diversifying your build collection and farming more important things or just generally playing content

It's very much an 'i have too much to spend' sort of thing

[late bronze]

i need to farm chest pieces to get ceska ? or there is a way to craft it ?

[real cypress]

fyi UA equalizer is easier to farm compared to ceska

[rose abyss]

Can an equalizer roll naturally with both crit perks?

[mellow trout]

Yes

[real cypress]

it comes with the perfect obliterate for free which saves u alot of headache

[rose abyss]

I more so was meaning crit rate and crit dmg

[late bronze]

whats UA?

[rose abyss]

But thanks!

Unit Alloys, Its a brand

[late bronze]

i follow a guide says ceska

they work the same?

[mellow trout]

The guide was probably made before the release of equaliser

But yes, they work pretty much the same

You'll see nicer numbers with equaliser though

[mild vortex]

I did Tks . Da guy who said explore corners of map was dead right it was way way over to the east by the control points

[rose abyss]

There is a map genie showing basically everything

[mild vortex]

Not at the start it’s all fog you can only see 3 I think

So once I got near it then it appeared

[rose abyss]

Oh yeah, I basically ran around the whole map to get rid of the fog of war, Hated it

[wary plover]

hey guys :) so i've just started getting back into TD2 this year after Rise Up's release and i'm sort of realising now that i don't have a lot of Expertise, i haven't even done all the research for my specialization and my tinkering Library basically still has nothing in it even though i'm shd level 180... 😬 where do i start with really getting into the endgame?

[somber spoke]

I wouldn’t worry about expertise for a while. I’d focus on making a build first then go from there

[dim pewter]

Build/Library > Expertise

[wary plover]

i found this nice build a couple days ago that i wanna start working towards to replace my striker build :) i think i've also got a couple exotics i wanna go for 🤞 i've seen that some people just make contributions to their tinkering library by keeping all loot and sorting through it later so i think that's a habit i need to get into as well! i did hear that maybe ubisoft were gonna make expertise easier later - is this true?

[somber spoke]

Ubi did say that but idk when they said it’s gonna happen

[dim pewter]

They reduced resource cost to expertise gear. I don't think they're making getting to 30 easier

[limpid girder]

Does critical strike chance/damage on weapons work even if the weapon is holstered or no?

[restive herald]

To get the riker's tactical assessment blueprint, do i have to do riker cp or can it be any control point? Like can i do cp's in washington and still get it or does it have to be in new york?

[idle geode]

After rescuing Hostages, I become the hostage?

[north compass]

a noob questions plz
i have some named items that i can recalibrate thier minor attributes,,but also i have some named items that i can not change thier mino attributes,,what am i missing here ?

[oak gazelle]

man luckily there is no fast travel so we won't see your agents anytime soon 😄

[left ravine]

Can you show a screenshot of those items?

[north compass]

nvm,i am bad,i do not have enough resources lol

[idle geode]

I think when the hostages came out, they bumped me into a stuck position when the door closed at the same time. And when i entered cover, I teleported into the box. So now im a hostage held inside the box. It's gonna be insteresting to see when another rescue operation spawns at the exact location, what its gonna look like inside this box. But idk how long its gonna take

[oak gazelle]

that'd be indeed funny, but I don't think stuff can just spawn on the player
the game always requires some distance to spawn activities

[grave rune]

Anyone here having issues with the echo augment? I have 3 pieces on my striker build and they never proc

[mystic forge]

What is everyone keeping as a talent on their Lexingtons before upgrading to prototype? And do people consider Strained bad? Seems like a decent option for something that's always on, gives +50% chd after 2.5 seconds, killer gives 70% and has to proc

[clever fjord]

Consider how many bullets you have left when the 2.5 second marker hits

[mystic forge]

Takes 3.5 seconds to empty the mag, that gives roughly +30% CHD from start to finish, if you empty the mag.

[real cypress]

so for cascade in this case, does that mean that my utility stacks will have no effect on the optimize/overload's skill cd?

[supple galleon]

For a typical full-red Striker build with 47 offensive stacks, which one do I run with: Weapon Handling, HSD, or Mag Size?

[left ravine]

Depends on your playstyle

Overall they're pretty universal

[atomic barn]

can you guys give me some sniper build?

[slim elk]

for builds ask in #td2-build-advice

[rugged stratus]

they shouldnt. it says right there active modifiers will no longer be affected

[rugged stratus]

you can get pretty close to the current stat bonus but also be able to keep all utility bonus

[real cypress]

i prefer the higher offense for more handling and lower cd on the modifier tho

[rugged stratus]

then flop it to offense

still end up not losing utility

the 5% is pretty minor if looking to match and not lose

what does the skill cooldown and oc on your active modifier look like with cascade?

js

[real cypress]

uh i get like 40s cd on the modifier

and 10s of overchange but that doesnt matter since i just use it for the hive reset

[rugged stratus]

Could be at 66% cooldown with almost the same handling

% not s*

[real cypress]

not sure how can i go higher than 60% handling but that would result in higher cd tho

[rugged stratus]

I been finding tho, I can pop the oc as soon as im up from a revive and the hive seems to go into a 15sec cooldown. This is on an offense setup as well, so compress offense, split offense, nullify

[left ravine]

Check the pinned message in here

[true nest]

yeah just saw my b

[left ravine]

All g

[bleak oracle]

does the active modifier have a fixed duration?

i think it just needs to be active anytime between after your revive and before it breaks to get the 15 sec

[north compass]

farming HEROIC RETALIATION for couple hours so please be ready with good builds,no need to fail it
/join amr_messi

[left ravine]

#lfg-pc

[north compass]

oh..sorry my bad

[left ravine]

I'm gonna join you now with a NBB and all blue build

#make5.11greatagain

[shadow isle]

although, if this all blue build is using the new core strength gearset with 2 x unit alloys (including salvo holster) then it might actually be decent

[left ravine]

Mid but doable

[tranquil tide]

Is the Lexington still obtainable for players after they've deconstructed it..? Is there anyway to get it back?

[left ravine]

No

[tranquil tide]

That's unfortunate... 🙁

[left ravine]

Wait until the stretch goals end of season, possibly you'll get a chance with the upcoming spring event as well

[tranquil tide]

What are stretch goals? I've seen those mentioned on reddi

[left ravine]

Grinding out your season pass beyond level 100 for nice rewards

Works with seasonal XP only

[nimble spruce]

One of the only repeated ways to get Lexington

[left ravine]

Lex, Caretaker, Turmoil plus whatever they add additionally

Usually grindy, make sure to not to redeem your seasonal journey missions and save your manhunt scouts for a really nice SXP boost when it's up

[tranquil tide]

Ah, okay/

[dapper root]

They happen at the end of a season when we can go above level 100 for rewards

[tranquil tide]

I just maxed the current season the other day.

[rugged stratus]

That tracks with what I see as well. Basically using that active on all builds atm.

[inner tendon]

Having access to basically infinite and quick Banshee/Decoy on a red dps is beyond useful.

[stiff crypt]

Anyone know what is the highest level of augment ?

[topaz forge]

i was going around fighting the Hunters in DC when, during one of the fights, i saw this guy walk casually into the room we were in and behind a box where he presumably disappeared. he didn't join the fight, and i couldn't tell if he showed up on my Radar as i had Fog of War turned on.
he might be a hunter because i believe i see two watches on his shoulder and one of those bullet-proof masks, but i'm mainly just wondering if anyone else has seen a ghost like this?

i clipped the fight since i noticed it. i can potentially get the clip down to Discord size if requested

[inner tendon]

@topaz forge Sounds like a "stalker Hunter". They're Hunters that appear around. They don't do any damage, drop no loot, and run away when you get close.

[random field]

how do i access this? ny civic center

[somber spoke]

Look around the area and roofs

[random field]

everything is closed off

[somber spoke]

Probably some sort of zip line on a roof

[inner tendon]

The picture is a little narrow to tell where it is.

[somber spoke]

Yeah

[left ravine]

There are guides on YT that guide you to all the caches

[left ravine]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byG9bolCgEk

[inner tendon]

Ah that one, tripped me up too.

Yeah it's further down the alley, gotta kick over a metal-sheet.

[topaz forge]

other question, if i wanted to find a specific piece of Named Armor, would it be better to target the class of armor (Gloves, Kneepads, etc.) or target the Brand that the piece i'm looking for is part of?

[slim elk]

brand

Always brand unless you're looking for exotics, and that's where type comes in handy

[topaz forge]

sweet, thank you!

[slim elk]

Let's say you want The Sacrifice (Providence brand) and you target Chests, you'll be spending more time bc targeting Type will select from all brands and all gearsets in the general loot pool

[topaz forge]

yeah, i see the logic. just that when i did it the other night, i didn't get the named item with Brand, and then when i switched it to Type, i got a bunch of named items (except the one i was looking for, go figure)

so i was wondering if there was some weird exception

[slim elk]

exotics are the exception lol

[topaz forge]

well, yeah. i don't see the Ninja Bike brand on the selection screen X/

[earnest trellis]

Smh I kinda curious, as to why many ppl run full reds or full yellow, but not full blue on high tier escalations?

[topaz forge]

good players don't get shot ||/hj||

[fickle ravine]

armor cores do nothing for you at high tiers. you either die instantly or die instantly. it's just a matter of whether you want to actually do damage or be helpful for your team or not

[earnest trellis]

https://youtu.be/F_TnqRO6VQ0?si=7uE0pxrcLmLXUlxA
I see, so I guess this vid is a bad advice then

[fickle ravine]

div 2 yt is a cesspit of clickbait and bad advice

now, you can still bring some blues in the lower tiers, but at higher tiers you don't get to choose at all

[left ravine]

Yes that is not the strongest version of a FI build

I thought that dude "specializes" in skill builds, IDK why he would run a build like that then lol

[fickle ravine]

on an unrelated note i hate core strength for fueling the div 2 yt clickbait train

[left ravine]

Don't hate the game, hate the player(s) in this case

[earnest trellis]

https://youtu.be/kD3DmQ1oSgY?si=jvFqA7_nTF4snhut
Wut about this one?

[fickle ravine]

if you prototype your core strength gear i hope you never get a single exo component and proto core ever again /hj

[inner tendon]

If someone uses caps-lock in a video title, always be slightly weary.

See also: big numbers in the thumbnail.

[left ravine]

AI slop thumbnails

[fickle ravine]

just stay away from div 2 yt in general

[left ravine]

Preferably with made up icons that are totally not in the game

(showing the talent icons in the thumbnail is pretty useless anyway but whatever)

[slim elk]

stay away from div2 yt, its not worth your time

[random field]

😭

[sudden elk]

noob question. how do I cancel/get out of this lobby without logout? I can't see the option. Sometimes lobby lead is afk. I want to leave.

[left ravine]

No, Overdogs not a good choice for higher Escalations

[earnest trellis]

Fair enough

[random field]

its ok mmanaged to get

[left ravine]

The bigger content creators aren't known to produce good builds, FYI

That is a good rule of thumb to go by

[slim elk]

click on your name and the option is there

[nimble spruce]

Select your own name in the list, then should be an option on the right

[left ravine]

What build are you looking for exactly?

[earnest trellis]

Well I'm not looking for a build, I just wanna make sure if the vid is a good advice or not for high tier escalations

I usually run all yellow Healer

Either FI, or Refractor, depending on the situation

[left ravine]

Nice

Refactor works in lower tiers, in higher tiers with additional NPC modifiers I'd switch to FI

Do not make the mistake and run Birdie's all the time. You waste potential

[earnest trellis]

That's wut I thought too, but when it comes to open field map, FI kinda struggle

[left ravine]

Hot swap to it when needed

[left ravine]

Depends on your team

If someone is going stray not much you can do other than shooting an occasical healing chem at them