ask-td2-community

[dapper root]

A crusader sheild is also nice to have

[formal idol]

what about the other slot? anything works? or the one i like play with the most

[fickle ravine]

where the shield

[dapper root]

Crusaders shield is also a good one

[weak finch]

gotta have to upgrade some items AGAIN to level 30 just to optimize my build

[formal idol]

alright thanks

[weak finch]

with the new changes to prototyping/skill tiers

[jovial wind]

Where do I get DIAMOND transceivers? BT Retal?

[dapper root]

Yus bt retaliation

[tiny flint]

yea just did a 5 cp BT heroic retal and didint get a single BP something is not adding up, wtf am I missing

[left ravine]

Technically also valid but ppl really on it too much

4 CPs are most

[fickle ravine]

that's why you stick to 6 red cores so you're not allowed to rely on the shield

[jovial wind]

nice to know, just what I also need to get more BP (Just got Big Horn and Ouroborous, im so giddy lol)

[pseudo tundra]

And there is a limited amount of BP

They dont all drop from control points

[left ravine]

I'd like to push all new players the red way, personally

[tiny flint]

I knew I was missing something

is there somewhere I can check for specific bp locations ?

[fickle ravine]

i mean it is still red, i personally used a shield even on my PVGC Striker for quite some time until i finally """""mastered""""" not getting hit in cover

though yeah there's the temptation to add a blue, or two, then three, then all six

[left ravine]

Check pins in #td2-build-advice in terms of Retaliation blueprints

[tiny flint]

I did thats for exotics, im trying to find for brand sets and such

[nimble spruce]

It's directly East of the white house, border between downtown east and judiciary square regions. The blue stronghold icon

[formal idol]

Thanks so much , 🙏

[dapper root]

No thank you for joining the cult

[nimble spruce]

Completion blueprints are only a 50% drop chance on heroic, regardless of how many CPs there are (more CPs gets you more materials)

Killsquad blueprints are much higher drop rate but different pool of blueprints

[left ravine]

You get those from control points. Named items from reconstructed caches

[left ravine]

Did you really think they'd hand out prototype items?

[fallow cradle]

cherry blossom starts tmr right

[bleak oracle]

no? i didnt have any expectation for the event

plus all that said was no proto lexi, doesn't mean no proto anything else

[left ravine]

@hybrid fiber really nothing special

[low fossil]

is there anyway to get quickstep? I just miss the event.

[cedar yacht]

Join someone with bounty

[coral charm]

Anyone know if the devs have mentioned the Memory Fatigue issue that’s been plaguing PlayStation for the past month or two?

[left ravine]

Check the bug reporter platform for Div2

[low fossil]

oh okay thanks

[weak finch]

wanna gather around and hear the story of how I lost my quickstep bounty? Last night. I helped like 100 people getting the gun

[dapper root]

Reason why I don't

[weak finch]

I was helping a group like usual, both agents got their Quickstep. Before heading out, I told them to call for backup after I left so they could fight the Hunter upstairs. I dipped, went back to some open world stuff, and about 10 minutes later… I get a backup call. I join, and it’s the same guys again! Killed the Hunter for them, said my goodbyes, and left. Then after, someone else in chat asks for help with Quickstep. I invite him and… wait... where’s my quest? lmao. Yeah… you can guess the rest.

[dapper root]

Lol

[weak finch]

I naively thought that once I left, the bounty would become “theirs”, so I had no problem helping them kill the Hunter in a random call for backup 10 minutes later. Lesson learned,
no more Quickstep shepherding from me

[dapper root]

Lol

Unlucky

[hollow spoke]

Is the Lexington coming back this event?

[dapper root]

Yes

[hollow spoke]

AWESOME

So event caches drop by enemies or just naturally leveling up or?

[dapper root]

Read the patch notes https://thedivision2.com/tu-y8s1-1-update-notes

[hollow spoke]

What’s the lexingtons talent anyway it just does more damage and has the talent of another weapon?

[pseudo tundra]

talent is random

[weak finch]

lexington is a normal AR. It's just a Police M4 with marginally better damage.

[dapper root]

It's come god rolled and it's perfected trait is more damage you can change the talent to anything g you want

[pseudo tundra]

it just have increased base damage

[hollow spoke]

God rolled as in it comes with +10 damage out of cover?

[dapper root]

Max out ar damage, max out heath damage and max out dtoc

[hollow spoke]

Oh that’s

Overpowered

[dapper root]

Not really

[hollow spoke]

No but I do see everyone and their mother using it

[dapper root]

It's a good gun

[bleak oracle]

It’s really only just 5% more base dmg than normal m4

[hollow spoke]

Does it have more RPM?

[dapper root]

It's 3.79815633825331699259338200032% better than the police m4

Corrupt did the math

[rugged stratus]

Very specific

[dapper root]

Idk corrupt decide to do math

[bleak oracle]

wow so even less

[bleak oracle]

No but it looks cool

[hollow spoke]

So it’s just not worth it

[bleak oracle]

Wdym not worth it

You don’t have to get it if you don’t want to but it’s literally coming for free and more dps

It’s all up to you

Did I mention it looks cool?

[dapper root]

It's ugly

[bleak oracle]

bait used to be believable

[weak finch]

I use the Police M4 solely for the Resident Evil skin, looks better than any Lexington i've seen

[dapper root]

I rarely use the Lexington

[weak finch]

its just the best

[honest dome]

guys I saw widdz video with opening character and farming exotics is it still available or patched ?

[bleak oracle]

grip lookin extra thin cause of the shadows hahah

[dapper root]

Which one?

[honest dome]

he buys deluxe edition in store and opens 30 lvl character then gets ruthless + an exotic shotgun

but repeating it

[quiet prism]

Is this the right channel to ask? Anyone currently doing countdown normal? Just reached level 40 and I saw a guide saying I should farm striker gear set on Countdown normal

[dapper root]

That sould like exploiting and that not something I'll discuss here

[dapper root]

What no go do countdown challenge, not only is there more players it's also more rewarding

[quiet prism]

Alright. I just found a group in challenging.

Appreciate it 😄

[weak finch]

You will never have an issue finding random groups for challenging countdown, at least on PC

[tiny flint]

Does reconstructed caches drop bps other than named ones?

[slim elk]

just named afaik

[tiny flint]

Ok so wheres the unit alloy bp?

Im at 527/698 bps, and control points stopped dropping bps a while ago

Idk where else to grind to get the rest unamed brandsets that im missing

Belstone armory, unit alloys are some examples

[slim elk]

https://www.reddit.com/r/thedivision/comments/1sf3lr8/the_division_2_complete_blueprint_list_y8s1tu28

[weak finch]

grind Retaliations* and then buy reconstructed caches, that is the way

[dapper root]

Certain brand set and gear sets can't be gotten do there there not being bps for them

[weak finch]

Yeah, but Retalations reconstructed caches will push him to 99% of blueprint completion, if he already has all from control points.

big thanks to the devs for putting the reconstructed cachces in Retals, instead of leaving them in Descent

[dapper root]

He's looking for UA and belstone bp which is unobtainable unless you were in the season when it came out

[weak finch]

oh yeah, we will have to wait for those. It is known

[tiny flint]

nop

so belstone armory is unobtainable post the season ggrind, and unit alloy is still a ????

says its been added to the loot pool of bps, but I havent had a bp drop from cps in over 10 retals

confirmed reconstructed caches drop only named items, so idfk where the hell is unit alloy still

[merry parcel]

today Unit aloy drops in the new Clasefied Asigment that inclued in the season bundel dlc

[tiny flint]

bps or loot ?

[merry parcel]

loot atleast dont now for the other '., sory

[tiny flint]

nw man, im going crazy, thx tho

[pseudo tundra]

Gear set blueprints were being added as part of journey

[reef solstice]

What does this mean? Like a small chance to get a proto from the new caches?

[dapper root]

https://thedivision2.com/tu-y8s1-1-update-notes

[reef solstice]

Oh nice idk how I didn’t see that part there first time lol

Thanks

[gaunt ember]

Prototype gear attributes show low end numbers. but better than perfect high end gear. is it possible to optimize them or RNG?

[dapper root]

No ability to optimize or recalibrate currently

[gaunt ember]

so RNG?

[left ravine]

Just RNG on proto items

[dapper root]

Yes

Go to the casino and test your luck

[brittle urchin]

Fairly new (SHD level 162) player here. Is there any way I can still get The Quickstep, or am I fresh outta luck?

[dapper root]

https://thedivision2.com/tu-y8s1-1-update-notes

Check #server-status for time zone

[brittle urchin]

Gotcha, I appreciate it.

[gaunt ember]

Proto weapons if lucky is better than high end. and drop chance for anything at all is very low. they should buff drop rate i think. Because of RNG on stats, it should drop much more. Like per mission 2-3 items.

[hollow spoke]

Is the new event just going to be basically a named item farming event?

[left ravine]

https://thedivision2.com/tu-y8s1-1-update-notes
Read

[paper hill]

all the materials under optimization are going to be dropping at double their rates that’s all

[left ravine]

No, normal amounts drop (This always causes halla confusing amongst players) and will be doubles before they enter your inventory

[hollow spoke]

Little sick of being treated like
I’m ignorant here

Ofc I read the patch notes why I said so everyone’s just going to be farming for named items!

don’t gotta be an ass

[left ravine]

And apparel, and patches, everything. If you only care about one thing of the event it's subjective to what you value more important

Those events are great and yield many great rewards so far. If you only wanna farm for the event items, go for it

[ornate hornet]

is there any way to get the echo in lab 001 after youve already done the gatehouse mission?

[tough bear]

what actions trigger a retaliation? im trying to get a BT retaliation to full but its kind of stuck at 99% or something.

[left ravine]

do you have another Retaliation ready?

you can only have one faction Retaliation ready at a time

Do those first, then build up whatever faction you wanna do next

[tough bear]

no

[left ravine]

Then simply do BT activities to fill it up

[brittle urchin]

Are there any better ways to farm BT Retaliations besides running Tidal Basin and Camp White Oak over and over? (I've already completed this week's invaded stronghold)

Also, how do y'all deal with drone operators and airburst nade spam in higher difficulties? Was farming Summit for Bighorn earlier (finally got it after like four hours), and it felt like any time I ran into drones or tanks it was just a wipe. Those little buggers are fast and tanky, though EMP Pulse at least gave me a few seconds to breathe.

[left ravine]

Bounties, weekly invaded missions

[cobalt sedge]

You can shoot grenades and drones out of the air

[sudden elk]

@slim elk Is my fashion good?

[cobalt sedge]

Just more awareness of positioning, and keeping moving, not much else to counter them

[tough bear]

for grenade spam, i kinda just move. like if im in a position or in some passive state where the grenade spam can come my way, ive already messed up

for the drone spam, uh, really its just can you aim good and DPS them fast enough for them to explode

i have a particular strat with Turmoil where I intentionally spray into a UGV because those things are just tanky for no reason, so while i spray into the UGV, i also pray that the Turmoil damage goes into whatever drones come my way as well

[dapper root]

drones use jammer, for the nades just constanly move from cover to cover

[deep ingot]

use Smart cover it gives you explosive resistance and bonus armor. personal favorite if your dealing with grenade hounds/alot of drone ops

when im feeling sweaty i hotswap BTSU datagloves and toss down smart covers/banshee pulses/etc

[brittle urchin]

Gotcha.

Main problem I was having was either getting forced out of cover by nades and getting lit up like a Christmas tree, or not having enough DPS to deal with the drones, especially if multiple operators spawned.

I don’t have either of the DLCs sadly, so Smart Cover isn’t an option for me.

[deep ingot]

oooo, rip

[dapper root]

no decoy either

[brittle urchin]

I’ve played shooters before, though they were more movement shooters than cover shooters. Still getting used to how squishy I am in this game.

Was trying my luck with Hunters earlier, and only getting a split second to duck back into cover before getting vaporized, even with a full tank build, was stressing me out, haha.

But hey, I’ve managed to kill three of them so far, so I’m about halfway to seeing what’s in the goodie box at the White House.

[weak finch]

im proud to say that EVERY hunter i've killed (outside of countdown) has been on random calls for backup or someone asking for help in the world chat. I can't be arsed to do those complicated questlines lol

[dapper root]

Been there done that lol

no more pain for me

[brittle urchin]

I’ve been doing them solo for now.

So far I’ve killed Crimson, Wraith, and…. I forgot what the last one was called, but it has the mask with the white crescent shaped mark on it, from shooting the targets.

[dapper root]

ah yes

I used that one to initiate them into the hunter grind when I let them die to that hunter

[spare girder]

Ask in the divashion channel

[slate iron]

can anyone tell the time of weekly reset

[brittle urchin]

Tuesdays at 3:30 AM EST

Though I think different things reset at different times.

[ivory stratus]

Yall reckon its gonna be possible to do it all in 1 week

[brittle urchin]

Anything's possible, I guess.

I'm sure some people are gonna speed through it in no time.

[remote elbow]

I still need to survive a retaliation. been too hasty thus far. Should one take the time to kill random enemies on the way to CP's or just sprint for the prize? 2s per kill seems like you lose more time fighting them

[brittle urchin]

Getting 2s per kill is a lot better than losing 2 minutes running back to where you died.

[remote elbow]

also true

[brittle urchin]

Plus killing the randos boosts the chances of a Kill Squad showing up, I think.

[daring wren]

I usually sprint towards the next control point. You can fight those random spawning enemies but they keep coming

With Quickstep you can outrun them usually and they’ll drop off the map

[brittle urchin]

I usually just waypoint my way between control points. If there's randos in the way I'll clear them out, but I don't really go out of my way hunting them down.

Usually get 1-2 kill squads per retaliation.

[compact furnace]

What does it mean when theres a yellow triangle in the map?

[tough bear]

yellow triangle?

[tough bear]

ah, you must have it escalated

[compact furnace]

Yeah, but I already completed the escalation. It doesnt disappear then?

[tough bear]

guess so

[slim elk]

no, it's meant to be repeated

[calm harbor]

how is this armor break bug still a thing in 2026, this was happening 100 years ago

[slim elk]

?????

[dapper root]

What is bro yapping about

[calm harbor]

when u play with directive fragile armor sometimes your armor breaks and a armor kit wont get rid of it

[sudden elk]

so which one of these is easier to do?

[calm harbor]

federal is easiest

[sudden elk]

is this a time limit or if I do it faster it gives me more stuff?

[calm harbor]

just a time limit

[left ravine]

Bunker and Museum both easy

[calm harbor]

should only take roughly 12 -20 mins depending on your skill

[sudden elk]

@calm harbor @left ravine can I do the last tier solo if I can do tier 1 without taking damage? does it get so much harder?

[vital nest]

What does -872m damage stand for?

[left ravine]

T0 is heroic, T1 is still kinda heroic

[calm harbor]

ive done level 5 solo havent tried higher

[dapper root]

went pass the 16 bit damage mark so it went negative

[left ravine]

You did over 2.14b damage so the damage went negatives. It's an integer overflow

[calm harbor]

Im not sure if anyone does level 10 solo?

[dapper root]

there is a video of someone doing it

[calm harbor]

level 3 is very safe for solo

[dapper root]

0-5 you can do solo comfortably imo

[vital nest]

That’s crazy… bros were watching me solo the legendary 😭

[dapper root]

damage numbers go brrrrrrrrrrr

[deep ingot]

I did this in A tier 6 lmao 130 kills negative damage, the other 3 players had 20 kills altogether and like 500m damage lmao

[dapper root]

the my back hurts type of carry

[vital nest]

All 3 barely hit 1000m i had a feeling damage was terrible in the end the boss wouldnt die

[bleak oracle]

This was me in t8 but then host wanted to do t10

You can guess what happened

[vital nest]

I had 130 kills they had 49, 34 and 43

Like im new to the legendary thing i did not expect high level randoms to be this bad

[dapper root]

its all those Xp farms

fake level 10k

[deep ingot]

I'm 1900 shd and always stopped playing during the x3-x5 xp events, still get kicked for being low SHD even though I play like a crackhead

[calm harbor]

damn it really takes forever to level up skills

farmed 20 shd levels and only got 1.5 ranks

[bleak oracle]

you said it. During the 3x event one control point gave me only half a level

[deep ingot]

That's why expertise events are so nice

[calm harbor]

yeh i went from 14 expertise to 22 during the 3x now im at 25

[dapper root]

very good

[cloud topaz]

what skills are there to unlock in battle for brooklyn

i want to know if i got all the skills yet. i finished the first 2 zones i think

[dapper root]

just the smart cover skill

[sudden elk]

solo bunker is 15 minutes. 4 people museum also 15 minutes

[cloud topaz]

ok i got that. thanks. i've been trying to get through the two DLCs so that i dont have hidden skill mods piling up in my inventory

from skills that i didnt unlock yet. i guess i have them all now

man, the brooklyn dlc storyline is hard to follow, i have no friggin idea whats going on

but thats ok

dudes coming back from the dead, is this a soap opera

[calm harbor]

Yeh in a group you get more enemies i find solo is faster

i do level 3 solo in about 12mins

But do you want faster in escalation or more enemies is more chance for a prototype drop

[dapper root]

spoilers: || ISAC system marked him as dead but was false because ISAC systems are easy to hack that why hes still alive we injured him but didn't kill him but ISAC did||

just a short jist

[cloud topaz]

hmm. seems really dumb tho. but whatever, i can live with it

[sudden elk]

so group has more chance to get a prototype. I did escalate 3 times, got 0 prototype.
How many runs per prototype usually?

[dapper root]

the story is kinda cooked

[cloud topaz]

you can play the old manhunts that add story to the game right?

[dapper root]

yup on the manhunt tab and go to legacy manhunts

[calm harbor]

RNG, sometimes i do 5 runs and nothing. Sometimes i get 2 in 1 run

[bleak oracle]

at t10 i get 1-3 per run

[cloud topaz]

i saw it there but i havent tried looking at it yet

[bleak oracle]

sometimes 0, highest ive gotten in 1 run was 6

[cloud topaz]

so in this event to get everything you need to spend 30 keys on apparel caches and then another 80 donated to the community challenge... and then more to get the exclusive assault rifle i guess?

[calm harbor]

Are you just running dps builds for higher tiers

[bleak oracle]

yes 3 dps 1 fi birdie/hotswap btsu if youre goated

[cloud topaz]

and killing the new enemies only gives you a chance to get a key

[dapper root]

2 are locked behide manhunts i wish you luck

[dapper root]

sounds about right

just lots of killing

[cloud topaz]

thats a lot of keys. i dont know if i can get that many in 3 weeks

i cant count on getting the 80 keys donation one. but i'll try

[dapper root]

its not that bad, the winter event was about the same

[cloud topaz]

i haven't played one of these before

[dapper root]

ah i see dont worry too much about it these keys drop like crazy

[calm harbor]

Do directives carry into the escalation?

[dapper root]

for me in 1 hour i got around 20-30 keys unless the devs changes the drop chance it isnt that hard to get keys

[dapper root]

nope escalation has its own directives

[quaint knot]

F this incursion now

[dapper root]

Lol congrats

[calm harbor]

yes we love to see it

[sleek heron]

I thought prototype gear was meant to come with max standard gear rolls?

[dapper root]

Did your relog?

[sleek heron]

No.

[dapper root]

Go ahead and do that first then check it

[cloud topaz]

If I save this optimization cache and open it tomorrow will I get double the contents

[dapper root]

Most likely

[cloud topaz]

Worth a try

[sleek heron]

I’ve just logged out and back in and it’s still the same stats.

[dapper root]

It's a visual bug dont worry too much about it it'll be fixed tomorrow

[sleek heron]

Ok

[bleak oracle]

💀

[brittle urchin]

Other than the first time for the goodies and blueprints, is there any point in going for Floor 100 at the Summit again?

[eternal edge]

tinkerer vs overdogs for ongoing directive?

[somber spoke]

Tinkerer

[worldly fjord]

No, they get disabled

[slim elk]

they compete

[fast light]

No only thing is if you upgraded it. All drops are random and not garunteed 1 max stat.

[pseudo tundra]

all proto gear is above regular gear

[agile swift]

Are the Prototype stats the first one one you see when upgrading them or what persists after awhile?

Saw this screen initially but after a bit the weapon just now shows 14.5% maxed out crit chance and nothing else

[pseudo tundra]

was this a drop or upgrade?

[agile swift]

Upgraded weapon

[pseudo tundra]

then the previous one was a bug and should only have 1 stat over cap the rest are just the old max value

[eternal edge]

oh rlly? thats surprising

[fast light]

Right I know I’ve been experimenting with them since pts. Unfortunately he’s referring to world drop in escelation it is not guaranteed 1 max. But expertising to 30 then upgrading with a core is guaranteed

[agile swift]

Ah gotcha, so upgrades will only carry 1 overcap max value as old +50% then the rest are just the old ones

[pseudo tundra]

yes, upgrades have 100% chance to have 1 overcap, lower chance of 2 overcap, very low of 3 overcap

[fast light]

^

[pseudo tundra]

when it's a drop it's completely random, it just obey the rule that it cant be LOWER than whatever is the max for high end

[fast light]

This lol

[pseudo tundra]

guess i caugh convo midway

[agile swift]

Ah touché, well back to it then I suppose

[pseudo tundra]

but even on drop it appears to roll either close to min or close to max i see

[sleek heron]

The picture above of mine was as a drop and has lower stats.

[pseudo tundra]

rarely dont think i've seen a roll betwee 30-80%

[pseudo tundra]

what pic?

[noble vortex]

that

[pseudo tundra]

huh, can you show all 3 stats?

[noble vortex]

and did you logout and in sometimes its bugged

[sleek heron]

Not right now I can’t

[fast light]

That’s what we where talking about it’s a drop not an upgrade

[sleek heron]

And yes I logged out

[noble vortex]

never had one under the normal cap

[pseudo tundra]

never seen one

[fast light]

The only thing I could think is if you upgrade it without recalibrating it 🤷‍♂️ since it’s a late edition I haven’t tried

Would be cool if it maxed it out though 🫣🫣

[calm harbor]

oh boy turmoil knee pads are back 😄

[proud thistle]

It's a bug, visual or not

[calm harbor]

now i can get those 1 shot 2 kills

[noble vortex]

do you guys think we will get a update where we can reroll/upgrade proto gear?

[civic junco]

Maybe in a year

[noble vortex]

f

[fast light]

I’m hoping so otherwise the game is to grindy and loses majority of peoples interest

[proud thistle]

Yeah, we might if we complain enough. I hope we do, because stash is still too limited for multiple copies of teh same item and too grindy (even for arpg standards)

[fast light]

I’m assuming they will have another season or 2 to figure things out they already said they wanted to make it better just have to wait

[civic junco]

Judging by how many people grinded Classified gear in TD1 I doubt that

[proud thistle]

Which is crazy to me how half-baked this whole system has been, when they've been pushing it off for awhile already.

[fast light]

I mean it’s not really interesting to the average player to grind over 100 hours for 1 piece. Now if it’s targeted loot I would be down

[proud thistle]

And this is beyond worse than Classifieds

[fast light]

I’ve always argued the idea is solid, the implementation is very weak

[proud thistle]

I mean, same song and dance with Massive and this franchise. Nothing new.

[fast light]

I mean there’s several reasons why. Like why would anyone do expertise grind if u can just get it from escalations as a drop. I think if you add a bonus on top of upgrading vs floor loot then it would be nice but right now everyone’s just in limbo lol

[civic junco]

Go into higher Escalation levels

[bleak oracle]

because 99.9 percent of the drops are useless

[agile swift]

Here’s to hoping you can improve existing upgraded ones sooner or later

[fast light]

I mean I’m doing fine, I have 2 headsets good to go. I’m just not willing to grind a whole second striker to level 30 and hope rng is on my side to give me both or all 3 max stats. It just doesn’t sound appealing 🤷‍♂️

[left ravine]

Doesn't look like it

[agile swift]

The copium canisters but yeah likely to just accept my fate and start working on another NEGEV

[fast light]

If Lexington come max rolls from this event tomorrow I’ll be happy I suppose knowing me I’ll get one with a useless talent lol

[left ravine]

It always does

[proud thistle]

Does Lex even come unmaxed? All my copies were godrolls.

[fast light]

Also when I say this I am referring to making a piece useful like upgrading not floor loot

[civic junco]

There is a bonus. I haven't gotten many max rolls from drops only 1 so far but being as I am only ExpLv24 it is an improvement so I don't mind and Lv 5 Escalation is starting to be as easy as regular Heroic.

[proud thistle]

That's wha I thought.

[fast light]

5 so far has been the best but I’ve also got 3 on a level 3 run. So idc about running the missions. It’s how viable is the loot. If it’s targeted maybe not an issue but imagine spending all this time and getting nothing but a core 🤷‍♂️

[ivory stratus]

So does all 3 of its attibutes come maxed always and you just have to change the talent?

[civic junco]

Core are used for upgrading other Lv30 gear and they said at the end of the season that there would be another use for cores so I want as many as I can get

[left ravine]

Yes

[ivory stratus]

Ive heard its also always dttooc

[left ravine]

Yes

[ivory stratus]

Baller so if I can get like 2 or 3 thats all I need

[fast light]

I know that’s what I do. The point I’m saying is i have done it for 2 headsets I expertised to 30 wasted tons of materials and I get 1 max roll and it’s not even worth the materials. So why keep doing it for a .025% to have all max rolls 🤷‍♂️ now imagine it 7 more times for a whole gear set

[civic junco]

Take them all and give them nothing. Get a Lex for every reason. I plan to stock up on as many as I can get lol

[ivory stratus]

Real

[civic junco]

Then do what I am doing and farm them all lol

[ivory stratus]

Just need figure out how when I only am able to play on the last week

[fast light]

U farming a strikers gearset rn? Cuz if you are how are u farming specific proto gear?

Also good luck farming the Lexington the gun that’s not in the loot pool and you may have limited amount 🤷‍♂️

[bleak oracle]

its literally in the event tomorrow

[civic junco]

I have a bunch of Lex already and I am just farming Protoanything. If I get a good drop I keep it if not another core

[fast light]

But you told me to go farm it. I would like to farm striker gearset 🤷‍♂️ and the Lexington.

Also just curious how many striker pieces have you gotten farming them?

[civic junco]

What are you talking about? You already have max rolls, the Prototype rolls are just the cheese on top.

[fast light]

then I will take extra cheese please! Without a side of grind 🙂

[cloud harness]

So are retalitions end game content i tried one and got my shit kicked in and failed

[fast light]

yes and no, for grinding them with a good build u can do it on challanging. Heroic if u have a really good build but anything technically is end game.

[cloud harness]

So i shouldnt do then them until i have a proper end gsme build. Gotcha

[sudden elk]

where is this informant?

[jovial wind]

I already have a striker loadout, but should I make a strictly gold gears loadout? Mix and match of Fenris + Gruppo or the like for ARs? I saw Unit Alloys build just now. Or green gears are already the best?

[bleak oracle]

if you really want but its not really necessary for any content

[jovial wind]

noted

[inner tendon]

Hostage Rescue activity (handcuffs) within that zone.

[sudden elk]

there is no hostage rescure activity here and what zone?

[inner tendon]

@sudden elk The same zone as where you did the Control Point.
So you've got to capture surrounding stuff until green activities start to spawn, then do them until you see handcuffs.

A single Scout is set within the same Zone. GL Agent

[sudden elk]

thanks

[cloud harness]

So if i cant play challenging should i play on ormal and just accept i wont ever see any raids or end game crap or exotics

[inner tendon]

@cloud harness You'll slowly advance until Challenging is your baseline difficulty.
Just gotta work on your build+game knowledge. There's no rush.

[cloud harness]

Doubt that

[inner tendon]

Everyone here started out at the same place as you. Just give it time and practice.
div2 is a slower-paced game for progression.

[cloud harness]

I mean i have a striker i farmed on countdown on challenging. I cant solo overworld content

Tried a retallation solo failed hard

[inner tendon]

Having a good build is only a half of you knowing how to play div2.
build knowledge is the other half. You need to know how to use cover, to work around what enemies will try and do.

div2 is the sorta game where if you stand in the open, or even just use cover poorly, you are going to get shredded by bullets in a few seconds.

[brittle urchin]

What are some good talents on the harvest?

[slim elk]

Determined and Flatline

[tough marsh]

All my penguin friends stay out in the open and get shredded by careless players 😭

[eternal edge]

chameleon or lexington with linked laser for heartbreaker

[cedar yacht]

The latter 1000%

[weary wedge]

Question, do scavenger points from the SHD watch count toward the optimization event?

I would assume they do but I just wanted to make sure.

[eternal edge]

reason why? i assume bc of the laser pointer?

does anyone have a list of the different named item drops for missions

[bleak oracle]

yes

[weary wedge]

Alright, ty my goat

[cedar yacht]

Yes. Having pointer is much more consistent + can proc on skills. Chem also sucks the higher difficulty it gets.

[bleak oracle]

chem is still good for heroic but just restricts your range a lot

[bitter mango]

Is there a guide on prototype gear detailing what I can prototype? Just saw that prototype skill tier gear gives 1.5 skill tiers now which is crazy

[bleak oracle]

you can prototype anything thats not exotic and is expertise 30

[bitter mango]

how does the escalations work? Can I just target gear that I want prototyped and they MIGHT have a chance of dropping?

[bleak oracle]

no. you cannot target farm like you do with countdown and retaliations. target loot for escalation missions will follow the daily target loot rotation starting tmr

[bitter mango]

damn

So with the prototype core that they're giving us, its useless to me since Im not expertise 30

[bleak oracle]

yes

[inner tendon]

You're actually getting 2 Prototype Cores, since a Cache contains 2.

Same reward you get for completing a Normal Raid/Incursion once a week, per/character.

[eternal edge]

fair makes sense

[spice lynx]

i know there is prob a some time before crossplay but when do yall think it will be here?

[slim elk]

this year, and we don't know more

[spice lynx]

ik im asking abt guessing lol

Like predicting

Like when does the community think it'll be in the game

I'm just asking for speculation

[slim elk]

[kind cove]

It sounds like they are trying to get a s2 release but aren’t certain they can make it

Hence not announcing it

[spice lynx]

yeah it sucks cuz i have friend on xbox

[flint summit]

Kind of a dumb question but is there any chance of me getting a quickstep? Returning player from the OG days and missed the event.

[kind cove]

Tomorrow

[spice lynx]

that i cant hangout with yet

[flint summit]

Tomorrow?!

What’s happening tomorrow?

[flint summit]

Oh sweet I looked it up some more. Farm the event for the seasonal caches

[tough marsh]

Imperial Japan is invading DC and we're fine with it

[high glade]

Really liking these cosmetics so far from what I can see. Sounds like another solid event.

[left ravine]

Better outfits than the AC event

And event wise, same as Winter Event. Gonna be fun

[slim elk]

im not a fan* of AC but i do like the outfit

the only hoodie I want from this event is the yellow one 😆

[high glade]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but this time around it's all free?

[left ravine]

Sure, not saying they're bad looking. But has no place in here for me.

Those samurai outfits I can somehow explain to myself it's like a new faction or whatever 😄

[slim elk]

I just want the yellow hoodie for the memes so I can change my ign to the one I have here

[left ravine]

lol

[high glade]

About to be playing in the Chinatown area of DC. 🤣

[inner tendon]

@high glade Japanese outfits, not Chinese.

[slim elk]

I can never explain the hatred I have towards chinatown

[left ravine]

Guess the closest we have ingame

[high glade]

I know, but that's as close as we can get.

[lucid axle]

Is there a project that gives the hyena tactical assessment bundle?

[unreal solar]

Bounties or Control Points

[tough marsh]

Control points on Challenging/Heroic world difficulty

[lucid axle]

is there a specific bounty, or just random bounties?

[unreal solar]

random bounties, if you can get them to appear on areas that can be easily cleared
to get bounties from specific factions just do "hostage execution" missions
if both hostages are alive, one of em will drop a bounty mission once you talk to them

[lucid axle]

thank you

[mellow trout]

Patch notes explain it as them being a splinter faction of the outcasts iirc

[left ravine]

Ya

[atomic barn]

how to do retal heroic easily?

[ivory stratus]

Get a team go brrr

[atomic barn]

oh you can do that multiplayer, thought it was only solo.

[ivory stratus]

Nah you can lfg here #lfg-pc or you can use MM in game

[atomic barn]

cool i'll try that, also what happen if someone dc? back to base or can still continue?

[ivory stratus]

You can still continue

[cloud topaz]

I've been playing from level 40 for 130 hours and only started getting rogue agents today, twice

Is that normal?

[modern tinsel]

Is the only way to get the quickstep pistol through the bounty?

[rose abyss]

is there an easier way to level up gear then searching the expertise for it?

[inner tendon]

They can spawn around the world, or to re-take a control point once you've taken over it fully but before you get the Chest.

They can also spawn in a mission to replace an encounter, but not including bosses.

Rogues are fairly rare overall in-game.

[cloud topaz]

You can get it for 3 weeks starting tomorrow in the event gear cache

[somber spoke]

yes, till the new event

[modern tinsel]

Appreciate it

[cloud topaz]

Tonight I had them appear in the union stadium mission and then again when I took over a control point. The taxi one

[dusky rose]

So we will be able to get quickstep when the event starts later on today

[cloud topaz]

Well you can try, it'll be rng

[warm salmon]

Rogue rooms are nice, they're faster than regular enemies if you're decent at fighting them

[warped ledge]

hey guys, just wondering how people get 2 attributes on their builds. E.G striker piece with both crit chance and crit damage

[cloud topaz]

One is a gear mod?

[warped ledge]

oh okay i thought it was some sort of recalibration thing that im missing

[cloud topaz]

If it looks like a gear with nubs around it then it would be a mod

[hollow reef]

Ah, rogue agents encounter. They always outnumber you btw.

[warped ledge]

oh oki thanks. does that only apply to certain gear pieces too? like the holster and that dont have gear mod slots right

[cloud topaz]

Yeah only 3

[hollow reef]

If you're alone, there will be 2. If you're in full team, there will be 5.

[limpid agate]

I heard this event will boost recalibration materials, are printer filament also boosted?

[cloud topaz]

The first 3 I think

[hollow reef]

That means you were with someone else.

[warped ledge]

thanks

[cloud topaz]

Mask. Backpack. Chest?

[warm salmon]

Yep

[hollow reef]

Not sure, we'll find out soon enough. Might want to keep your useless exotic items for the time being.

[cloud topaz]

I was talking about gear mods there. I got 2 rogue agents both times

[inner tendon]

yeah Rogues are always +1 to your Group Size. So solo you'll get 2, etc.

no fair fights when it comes to Rogues!

[hollow reef]

Oh

[cloud topaz]

They were last time

Wait isn't it optimization materials

[cloud topaz]

It wasn't fair. They couldn't stand up to my St Elmo

[ionic dome]

when is the cherry blossom event?

[cloud topaz]

21st to may 12

[ionic dome]

ok thanks

[hollow reef]

Tonight.

[bleak oracle]

in around 6 hrs

[ionic dome]

is it true that we are getting lexing and turmoil on that event?

[slim elk]

yes

[ionic dome]

sweet

[left ravine]

Yes

[ionic dome]

what about prototype cache?

[left ravine]

https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/game/the-division/the-division-2/news-updates/1JnECSMl8m8x0sS2gKhTRj

[hollow reef]

I wonder if it includes EB, Raven, and Regulus.

They're not in the general exotic lootpool.

[left ravine]

No mention. What for even? We can get the blueprints now

[hollow reef]

EB and Raven?

[left ravine]

Yeah

[ionic dome]

will they be max roll if obtained?

[left ravine]

Only Turmoil, Lex and Caretaker

[tiny flint]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[ionic dome]

ok tnx i cant wait for the event

[hollow reef]

Lex comes with DTOOC btw so dont worry about it.

[tiny flint]

😭 its makin me touch grass

[inner tendon]

https://www.ubisoft.com/en-au/game/the-division/the-division-2/news-updates/1JnECSMl8m8x0sS2gKhTRj

This Event is going to be really, really pretty.

[ionic dome]

does the event comes with the patch targeted loot and inc drop rate of prototype on escal?

[hollow reef]

Ah ok

[left ravine]

Project related Exotics not included

[dusty wolf]

whow do i tell what time it is in game

[left ravine]

Press ESCAPE

[inner tendon]

The link mentions stuff, you've got about 6 hours to read it all 😉

[fathom forge]

When does the event start

[dusty wolf]

ah

does it need to be night for the special hunters to spawn?

[left ravine]

For most, yes

[dusty wolf]

ough

that explains why that's not working then

[left ravine]

Watch a guide on YT and follow it, easy going

[dusty wolf]

i am

[left ravine]

Most mention which need to be done at night time

[inner tendon]

6 hours.

April 21st, to May 12th.

[dusty wolf]

what time does night start at then

[left ravine]

I need to stock up on more Lexingtons in case proto give me weapon damage again

[inner tendon]

@dusty wolf 21:00 to 05:00 is "night" in div2.

ignore how light it is, that's what the game counts.

[dusty wolf]

alright

just tryna get the keys

i think there's a few other hunters i'll get those eventually

[inner tendon]

There's a few!
12 in DC, 13 in NYC, and IIRC 8 in Brooklyn?
Although a bunch of the NYC ones are also in DC.

[fathom forge]

Oh so update is 8am est it's normally 4am est for reset

[inner tendon]

Well the reset is when the downtime starts, then it'll go live once it's done.

[ionic dome]

tnx didnt notice this as i was moving discord server back and forth

[dusty wolf]

damn 13 in nyc

30 of these lil rats

[inner tendon]

I believe it's 33, although there are more Hunter Masks, from various places.

[dusty wolf]

i must get all the cosmetics you can earn....

unfortunate that i can't get the other houndsman stuff rn, i think

[inner tendon]

Not right now, but don't be shocked if they come back.

[dusty wolf]

are they a halloween thing?

[left ravine]

OG Houndsman is a store bundle

[inner tendon]

I have it, so it must've been free at one point.

[hollow reef]

Huh? Since when?

[warm salmon]

yeah, doubt they'll put og houndsman back into the event for free

[left ravine]

For a while

[inner tendon]

I am incredibly cheap with buying anything, the rare times I have bought an outfit is the Ruin Hunter shirt and gloves.

[radiant coral]

was available during houndsman bounties last halloween. you'd beat the bounty and it would give you a box to open.

[hollow reef]

RIP to all those who didnt get the og Houndsman outfit.

[radiant coral]

and the boxes had all the pieces and also had the skins for the skills so you can annoy your teammates in countdown

[hollow reef]

Is it the Bat skin for striker drone?

[left ravine]

Only the drone VFX/SFX

[inner tendon]

There's plenty of older outfits that IIRC have never returned, I don't think the original True Sons/Hyena/Outcast/BT outfits are back yet.

not the recent ones, the older ones.

[hollow reef]

I have... White Tusk outfit for some reason.

[inner tendon]

White Tusk is from Legendary, in pieces.

[dusty wolf]

i mean the bloody houndsman outfit if you meant a like, clean version

[inner tendon]

Bloody Houndsman is basically the same as Houndsman, but with vibrant red blood on it.

[hollow reef]

You can still get the bloody houndsman version of mask, backpack, and glove. Just not the outfit for some reason.

[dusty wolf]

yeah i wanted to get the rest of it, i only got the stuff you get from the bounty

[radiant coral]

outfit was from doing like, challenges during the bloody houndsman event I think.

[dusty wolf]

maybe someday

[inner tendon]

The devs have let us know that they keep an eye on #1380126780152614944 and other social medias for what's popular, and popular outfits come back more often.

I mean Recruiter alone has been back what, a dozen times.

[hollow reef]

Fun fact, I got the entire Covert Hunter outfit for free.

Still my favorite outfit to this day. Dont know how I got it.

[inner tendon]

IIRC it used to be part of the Apparel Caches/in the store for textiles. I think the former.

[hollow reef]

I think there was somekind of event years ago. It never returned.

[left ravine]

Season pass IIRC

[inner tendon]

100% not a Season Pass, it's older.

IIRC it's actually from like, year 1? It's older than the Stinger Hunter.

[left ravine]

I got it too, thought it came from a pass

[dusty wolf]

unc set

[mellow trout]

I believe it was some sort of apparel event way back

[inner tendon]

Okay year 2, but was free to get at some point.

[mellow trout]

iirc there's also a tusk outfit and uhhh what was it a swat outfit?

[dusty wolf]

insane this game is 8 years old

[hollow reef]

Man im old as shit

Unc mode enabled.

[hollow reef]

I got SWAT outfit yes.

[mild vortex]

So just before went offline I ended up in t5 bunker and the team was unreal we blitzed it like nothing . I did inspect builds but seemed like 2 cookie cutter striker builds but here are my 2 questions . 1 dude seemed to be right up front jumping and rolling and using a Scorpio shotgun and rarely went down I dunno how he was doing it ? And a couple of times I got head shot which would normally leave me running for cover to med kit but I was going from near zero to full armor with bonus armor ?? What were these 2 beasts running ?

[warm salmon]

i'm guessing someone running vanguard and galvanize which gives bonus armor iirc, probably someone with a healing skill too

[mild vortex]

Tks I’ll look into those talents

[desert furnace]

Reading the patch notes, will Lexington be part of the normal loot pool now?

[tough marsh]

No

[desert furnace]

Hmm, so then what are these "gear crates" it is supposed to be available in?

[warm salmon]

it's from the event

[inner tendon]

3 crates in total.
1st is Apparel, requires 30 keys to max out.
2nd is Community, which requires playerbase-wide donations, and will unlock for everyone once each Tier is reached.
3rd is Gear, and has the named items and stuff in it.

[floral estuary]

It's infinite farm right ? I mean, for those with the named items ?

[warm salmon]

As long as you can get the keys for it

[floral estuary]

Right, nice then

[wide patrol]

question is there a better gear set then striker cause i dont like and it mess with my survival for alot of stuff

[floral estuary]

Always depend of what you're doing. Striker is really good in higher escalation (if not mandatory) because high bullet sponge, but in any mode you can't stack, there's better options

[warm salmon]

Not really. Negotiator beats it in multiple target DPS but besides that no

If you need survivability, Exodus gloves is good for emergencies, Memento gives you some bonus armor

[wide patrol]

idk about exodus gloves i use it so much and people get on me for using it due to that smoke

[warm salmon]

Honestly could be fixed easily with playstyle adjustments

[wide patrol]

i see

is negotiator better?

[steep void]

Ignore them and keep using

[warm salmon]

In the sense that it kills 3 guys faster than Striker can yes, but if it's one guy that flanked you and is about to kill you, no

[wide patrol]

so yes and no got it

[wide patrol]

😂 i will ty

[weary mesa]

hi is crossplay available or not ?

[floral estuary]

Not yet. No ETA.

They only said 2026 but no more.

[weary mesa]

okay thx i also saw only the video nothing more

[vital nest]

I read somewhere that the damage cap displayed is 2.1B, does that mean -872M is 2.972B damage?

[dim pewter]

yes

[strange harbor]

No, 4.2-0.87 = 3.33 bil

[mild vortex]

What’s your build ? And do you just roll all chc chd ?

[zenith torrent]

Hi, new to the events stuff since I just got to lvl 40 recently, but in this incoming update, is the gear cache a standard system in previous events or unique to this one?

[mild vortex]

I gave one with overdogs and equalizer in starting yo really like it but I do feel squishy and wondering what to improve

[nocturne siren]

Should give nimble holster a try

[heady veldt]

you usually earn these "special" caches in most of these events, there are stretch goals, mid-seasonal events etc.. so most of the events like this give you some cosmetics visually tailored and you earn caches that drop good loot or "uncommon" named items/exotics. So it's more of a theme and activity variant rather than a new thing.

[zenith torrent]

Ah ok gotcha! I was asking about it because I saw that Lexington can drop now so I was aiming to get my hands on it!

tl;dr do event-related stuff, get caches, and thats it?

[heady veldt]

most of the time yeah.. xp or caches, or materials, or proficency boost.. this happens throughout the season.. but for bigger events like this cherry blossom or stretch goals usually at the end of the season, it's juiced up and mostly cache based aside from a few cosmetics.

[wide patrol]

whats that

[hollow reef]

How's it for you guys?

[ebon hamlet]

downloaded a while ago but servers still offline for a few hours

[zenith torrent]

How long now have the servers been under maintenance?

[ebon hamlet]

since 830 am for 5 hours it says here

its 11am now in uk

[nocturne siren]

Exotic holster where doing cover to cover heals you

[heady veldt]

you can check out the pinned message in #td2-general-chat it has an auto-timer and I think it's made to be your local time.

[jagged meadow]

when do the servers go back up?

[nocturne siren]

Not for another ~2 hours, assuming it doesn't get extended

[jagged meadow]

surely not

[nocturne siren]

Considering what game publisher is backing up this title, I'm expecting delays

[steep void]

i want delay cz i can't play after 2 hours 😁

[remote elbow]

Did some retaliations last night that went much better. Do the Underground kill squads have any exotics/BPs specific to them?

[twilit abyss]

is servers still down?

[hollow reef]

Seems like it

[past frost]

server is up

[jagged meadow]

how are we going to be able to farm the caches for the lexington

first time doing a event like this

[calm harbor]

LET ME IN

[amber snow]

So is the event like krampus but no bounties?

[inner tendon]

@amber snow I recommend you read the #news-and-announcements post, there's a lot to it.

[keen pelican]

4000 queue

[sour mortar]

Read up, I forward it to chat. It’s … umm 🤔 a lot @amber snow

[hollow reef]

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

[true salmon]

Division 2 works on "Virtual Machine"?

[plain inlet]

Kill the kitsune enemies on open world. You get notified when they spawn. If lucky they drop a sakura key. Use the key on gear cache at event vendor.

[austere wren]

best way to use 3xp event?

[sand yarrow]

control points or do retaliation like crazy, classified assignment mission

[steep void]

just do NBA even free now with base game as u get 200 credit to buy it anyway

[stone lodge]

Is it just me or contrary to the patchnotes the Tinkerer is still not fixed with prototype weapons?

[hexed atlas]

Whats's this and how do I pick this up?

[nimble spruce]

A material that you're already maxed on (looks like a backpack optimisation material)

[hexed atlas]

Ok thanks!

[pastel grail]

Do sakura keys drop rate increased based on difficulty?

[bold fulcrum]

has anyone gotten a bug here? cause i got one where when i finished american history museum, the game will not let me open my map nor the menu

[nimble spruce]

According to the livestream, yes

[bold fulcrum]

thats just bacpack optimization material used to optimize backpacks that you have. and since it's shows here as red then that means your full with it

[keen pelican]

event keys only open world???

[dense whale]

does the new kitsune squad drop bounties?

[nimble spruce]

Nope

[nimble spruce]

Yes, plus apparently retaliations

[keen pelican]

heroic, killed like 5 squads got only 1 key

[dense whale]

how does the ronin spawn?

[nimble spruce]

Rng gonna rng, and judging by the reports in #td2-general-chat it varies wildly.

[nimble spruce]

They're supposed to spawn after you clear a kitsune squad, but seemingly not always

[dense whale]

killed 3 kitsune squad,still no ronin

[nimble spruce]

Rng gonna rng

[sleek gulch]

where i can find kitsune squad

[bold fulcrum]

they spawn in the open world at random

[inner tendon]

They spawn in the open world every 10 minutes.

I put on a timer, it's to the second of the final kill.

[sleek gulch]

Can you see where they are on map?

[inner tendon]

Not marked on the map, just wait a day or so for some nerds to put out an unofficial one.

We love our nerd maps here.

[austere wren]

how do i get the gear cache from event? i killed kitsunes 3-5 times and nothing dropped

[inner tendon]

Keep murdering them, they'll drop a bright blue icon that's a key.

[plain inlet]

So I want a Lexington for open world with the killer talent, however I want a Lexington for content where killing enemies is harder to come by like incursion/escalation. what talent do you recommend?

[hearty sparrow]

Did they destroy National Bond Armory farm?

[hearty sparrow]

Measured, Optimist

[inner tendon]

btw everyone, keep an eye out for Fox Ronin's drops.
they have some fun stuff:

[junior sequoia]

Ok, so how exactly I'm suppose to interact with the corrupted decoration on those Sakura trees?

[wicked finch]

any got an image of the lantern we suppose to find?

[nimble spruce]

Should be able to walk up until you see an interact prompt

[mellow trout]

Put a post up on the consoles built in LFG

[wicked shore]

I tried asking the group in this discord and try with on Xbox finding no one and can’t even get ransoms I just keep getting stuck kinda frustrating cause I’m confused on what I’m doing rong

Wrong

[nimble spruce]

Server #rules don't allow posting lfg requests in non-lfg channels like this, try other discords and communities like Reddit, Facebook etc

[hollow spoke]

How do I do this lol

[cobalt sedge]

Activate it and follow the hints

[acoustic jolt]

How can i get sakura keys or sakura apparel kyes??

[austere wren]

I think event is bugged killed about 5 squads and 0 rogues or keys also lantern didnt do anything

[plain inlet]

Keys and ronin are rng based

[austere wren]

So its a skill issue but will contiune and see i was hoping gear caches are easy i wanted the lexington

[plain inlet]

Yeah it can be annoying

[indigo bison]

I'm still new-ish to the game but heard the Lexington is good and is coming back? In the Video I watched he also had a Prototyp Lexington, but i haven't touched the Prototyp content yet, so I'm wondering..
Does the Lexington just drop as Prototyp? Do you Upgrade it? Is it worth it? Sorry for so many questions

[mellow trout]

Has to be upgraded to a prototype by expertising it to the max

[indigo bison]

Ohhh, so I won't get there for quite a while? I'm like expertise 4 now

[mellow trout]

Yeah

You can get a normal Lexington from the new event just not a prototyped one

[hearty sparrow]

Sorry for repeating question

Is National Bond Armory farm gone?

[indigo bison]

Great! Thank you so much!!

[mellow trout]

No

[nimble spruce]

Gone? They lowered the xp a bit I believe but also allowed you to repeat it endlessly without exploiting a glitch

[hearty sparrow]

Dope

[inner tendon]

Yeah what Kettle said, all Classified Missions no longer have a week-cooldown.

[jovial wind]

any advice on shotgun build? been seeing people running shotguns

[fast light]

Has anyone prototyped their quickstep and got nothing upgraded? I know it’s a big so looking to see if it’s fixed for retroactively prototyped.

Anyone able to confirm if they have gotten any keys and the guns come with max rolls if prototyped from event cache?

[lean hare]

i think ive ran out of luck for this year

[honest dome]

guys what attribute for escalation lmg builds ? health damage or crit chanc ?

[still plinth]

is anyone else getting bad mouse stuttering or is it just me? only on game and off game it works perfevt and wasnt like this yesterday

[warm salmon]

chc always

[nimble spruce]

Check #unofficial-troubleshooting, lots of people with the same issue

[still plinth]

got it fixed! had to go into the mouse app (logitech for me) its self and change settings

[oblique fjord]

Is anyone's mouse too smooth now, like the sens is damn high

[honest dome]

thanks so much. btw is military mk46 and m249 para same gun ? xd

[hearty sparrow]

No, Mk46 is an AR, M249 LMG

[wide patrol]

no shot

[onyx swan]

Big spawn glitch . After finishing 2 hunters they spawned instant new. But not anymore now

[pseudo bridge]

anyone can inv me 4 QuickStep farm 1 time. Bloody Bounty

[onyx swan]

You can also get it from the event caches

[left ravine]

It drops from the current event that went live earlier

[wide patrol]

#lfg-pc

[pseudo bridge]

sry

[thorn dome]

is it just me or is the game lags alot when i turn my pov to wherever

happens after the update

nvm scrolled far enough for the thread

[oblique fjord]

Wdym? Did you find a fix?

[thorn dome]

tone down ur polling rate

mine from 1k to 500 and its fixed

[oblique fjord]

So they did smth that affects this

[midnight lake]

I did that and still got the same mouse lag issue

even with reduce latency off

[oblique fjord]

Bruh shit is annoying the mouse and movement feels "Off"

[midnight lake]

I decided to plug m,y controller for the time being until they fix it

[thorn dome]

down to 125 ig

[thorn dome]

for this one

[thorn dome]

yeah i cant lie even with the fix its still can be felt

[inner tendon]

#unofficial-troubleshooting would be a better place to stick to for technical issues.

[umbral zealot]

new to game how good is this roll

started march

[inner tendon]

Lexi' always rolls with the same attributes all maxed out, just the Talent is changeable.

[sour mortar]

fixed roll. talent is random, can be changed

[wooden nebula]

What’s the best talent to run on Lexington? Killer?

I’m running a basic striker build ^

[inner tendon]

Killer for Solo, Measured/Back+Forth for a group is good, as is Strained.

[wooden nebula]

Sounds good, thanks 🙂

[winter elk]

What are the new drop rates for prototypes on each tier? Anyone know

[young stag]

anyone know how to fix camera stutter when looking around? im on laptop

[ivory stratus]

So when im back during the last week how many lexingtons should I get (yk bc you cant change talent when proto'd)

[inner tendon]

I mean as many as you want, but it's not like Lexi' is the only good choice for an endgame weapon.

[spice garnet]

its here

game needs 8 years longer to start up now after the update thanks ubisoft

[inner tendon]

That's not new to div2.

we've had EAC since....forever.

[spice garnet]

it is, never saw this before

[left ravine]

I can confirm it always pops up lol

[inner tendon]

That bear has been there since 2019, Rex.

I think it's meant to be a bear. I always thought "blue panda".

[bronze idol]

Quite lucky I guess

[vale token]

Does anyone know like the threshold of killing the kitsu squads to spawn ronins resets when you log off or is it just there

[remote wadi]

Can someone confirm if Ketsunebi Squad appear in Retaliations together with Kill Squads?

[remote wadi]

Wait really? Are we gon get this stats maxed everytime we get them from Gear Cache? Just talent diff?

[winter crypt]

This thing shreds

[sour mortar]

Wasn’t EAC in Div1

[bronze idol]

Yeah I'm hitting over 2mil crits with my tipping scales build

[left ravine]

EAC in this game is pretty much a deterrent. It's there, it's there to "intimidate" but it's never used. Just like nucelar weapons, basically

[sour mortar]

It’s used, not aggressively or I should say effectively

[left ravine]

It is not. The ban waves are manual

[silk gate]

kitsune spawn during retaliaion or nah

[left ravine]

No

[fervent citrus]

New outfit looking clean

[left ravine]

#divashion

[sour mortar]

That why I said not as effective

[desert furnace]

Is there any way to guarantee the new kill squads appearing?

[sour mortar]

No

Random up to 10 mins for them to spawn

[desert furnace]

Also, is the 30 limit regarding how many keys you can purchase with blue credits or how many times you can redeem the apparel cache?

[sudden elk]

what is the best control point to defend/wait against these japanese ppl

[inner tendon]

There has to be a better way to say it.

[bleak oracle]

overgrowth cause you get high ground and the spawns r easy and it’s close to safe house

tho I hear people have been having having good results at metro ruins too

[green cedar]

What currently seems to be the best way to get the special crate thingies?

[left ravine]

Bruh wtf

[vital nest]

Im new to events and stuff no idea where do i use the event keys

[left ravine]

Maybe at the event vendor in the WH compound

[vital nest]

Thanks, i’ll take a look. Was looking at the seasonal event menu

[sudden elk]

?

[green cedar]

I don't even know how to fight the ronin to begin with. Is there some specific mission or something?

[left ravine]

They spawn in the open world

[green cedar]

So I have to just walk around?

[left ravine]

Ye

[sour mortar]

Yes

So easy. If you ask me

[vital nest]

Gear Cache or Community Cache? Seems like should donate at least one key in community based on what it says in game

Or is the community one just cosmetic stuff?

[sleek gulch]

Whats the difference betwwen community cache and other event cache

[brave frigate]

tinkerer still not fixed?!

[left ravine]

In which aspect?

[brave frigate]

for prototype weapons* sry missed out this

[left ravine]

Patch notes say they fixed the proto weapon issue

[brave frigate]

hmm but just tested the icon still red TT

[left ravine]

Then open your browser, go to the bug reporter platform and report it accordingly

[brave frigate]

aite will do

[vital nest]

For community best thing seems to be just donate once to be eligible for whatever they give. Any more is for arm apparel or whatever. I will just do gear cache with any more keys i get

[south moth]

Anyone still having delta connection errors?

[delicate tartan]

No one is answering me on chat,why? I ask where i can find out if i got all rewards on colaboration event without backpack cause not everthing is shown on image

[hearty sparrow]

Has anyone prototyped a skill tier piece? Do the skill tiers round up or down at .5?

[cloud topaz]

What is the function when you press up on dpad while aiming? The icon looks partly like a cloud

I've been playing 130 hrs without knowing this or how to change ammo types

[hearty sparrow]

I believe its your active modifier being triggered

[slim elk]

you can't swap ammo types, they get overriden by the new type

[cloud topaz]

Thanks x2

It was cloud armor so the cloud icon makes sense then. When not aiming up triggers it. I just thought while aiming it was something different I guess.

They just put it there while aiming so you can see it I guess

Makes sense

I must have confused it with another game where you could change the ammo type

And certain enemies were weak to certain types

[hearty sparrow]

I suppose the mechanic they went with adjacent to that is weak points appearing on almost every enemy.

[true shadow]

is it possible to get the quick step in the new event ?

[cloud topaz]

Yeah from gear cache

[hearty sparrow]

There are many items in the cache so stock up on keys, it took me nearly 50 keys to get one but it is based on RNG

[cloud topaz]

Sounds like the keys are hard to come by

[hearty sparrow]

If they intended for people to get maybe 5-10 keys per hour, yes that is very time consuming

[atomic barn]

someone tell me how the event work

[left ravine]

#news-and-announcements message

[hearty sparrow]

Has anyone prototyped a skill tier item?

Do the skill tiers round up or down when impacted by prototype skill tiers?

[inner tendon]

Neither, they go to 1.5.
So having 2 skill pieces prototyped gets you to Skill Tier 3.

[brittle urchin]

Trying to craft Ridgeway's Pride, but how do I get Cleaner and Rikers keys/kills if I don't have either of the DLCs?

[hearty sparrow]

Well functionally if its 1.5, its 1 skill tier, unless theres some buff for having half a skill tier

[inner tendon]

I mean, obviously lol. We don't have Tier 1.5 ingame.
but the idea is to do 2, to get that bonus.
Might be useful on certain hybrid setups, let you get an extra red core in.

[jagged meadow]

has anyone gotten a lexington from the cache yet

[inner tendon]

It drops in the gear caches, I've seen a few screenshots.

[jagged meadow]

i know where it drops just wondering if it's dropped for anyone yet. didnt know it was going to be this rare to drop

oh well

[tawny wagon]

So are the kitsunebis supposed to be tough? Since I've gotten bullshit killed a few times already?

[obtuse tundra]

I think they’re meant to be like rouge agents

[tawny wagon]

That would explain it.

[atomic barn]

is there some list of where all the thing to spawn event mob?

[sudden elk]

so what is the best way to farm sakura keys now?

[true shadow]

hwo to get attacked by kitsunebi ?

[hasty sentinel]

what are some of the best ways to gain levels in td2?

[slim elk]

check pins

[hasty sentinel]

ok thx

[low mulch]

Has any1 figured out a way to bug the Kitsune encounters out? I know they can bug out and spawn indifienietly.

[cloud harness]

Can you refund your shd points

[earnest harness]

no

[low mulch]

Whats the point?

[cloud harness]

Respec to fix somthing(switch armour to health ect)

[inner tendon]

@cloud harness You'll max out all the points in your watch by Lvl 1k anyway.

it comes faster than you think.

[cloud harness]

Assuneing i ever hit there with the amount i die in overworld and get the boot in MM

[low mulch]

But at level 1000 you cap everything out anyway

[cloud harness]

See above about me hitting 1k

[dusty wolf]

do i need to wait for another invasion to get the stronghold i want

need to do black tusk capitol but i don't see a way to change it

ough

[inner tendon]

Invasions are the same for everyone, basically.

[dusty wolf]

evil

[cloud harness]

Thought you could turm em on at will

[inner tendon]

Nope, same as they always were.
Weekly Rotation. 3 Missions, and a Stronghold.

Tidal Basin is always "technically" Invaded, but that's because there's no regular version.

[dusty wolf]

wanted to get the scourge part but guess i gotta wait then

[inner tendon]

Ah, Nemesis. That tracks.
Make sure you always run Manning Zoo Invaded when it's around, it'll give you a random part that you don't have, not counting the Blueprint from Grand Washington Hotel.

[silk gate]

does optimization surge work with watch levels

[dusty wolf]

i dunno if it's any good i just wanted 1 of each exotic for my stash

why does shooting animals give me stacks for equalizer, evil 🥀

[inner tendon]

It's a karmic test. The game's going to tally them up later.

[dusty wolf]

it's okay i only go for the deer and not the dogs

[cloud harness]

I do feel like im way too aggressive for this game even in cover

[dusty wolf]

happens sometimes

[inner tendon]

You learn how it wants you to run it over time. One day you'll just "click", and then be able to move through like it's nothing.

[desert furnace]

Can the kitsune guys come up during retaliations?

[dusty wolf]

i don't think so, but they can sure show up during regular control points

[inner tendon]

I've seen reports of them spawning in the last 90 seconds of time at the end, but chances are, if you're farming Retal efficiently, you aren't taking long enough to get more than 1-2 spawns at all.

And that's if you got one at the verrrrry start.

[dusty wolf]

i've taken down a few of em but a ronin never spawned after, is it a chance or is my game tweaking

[inner tendon]

Ronin is only a chance to spawn in, it seems to use similar mechanics to a Rogue ambush.

[dusty wolf]

funky

[inner tendon]

In that my first spawn, the game played the Rogue Ambush sooundtrack lol.

[cloud harness]

Yeah i doubt that for me

[inner tendon]

Everyone started where you are now, worse actually.
I was awful back in the day. I first joined the server, I had 5 pieces of a gearset on.

[obtuse steeple]

@cloud harness currently x3 xp, if you have confidential stuff available , you can run the one top right of the white house , in heroic with 4 directive , 1 run about 5 min give 5level

you can bump up your level a lot like this if you want to farm xp

[inner tendon]

Is "confidential" a translation thing? I keep seeing that instead of Classified Mission.

[obtuse steeple]

confidential yeah, kinda same as classified wich mean secret basically

[sterile plover]

Keep getting connect app saying offline , is that a problem at the moment does anyone know ?

[obtuse steeple]

yeah ubi broken

[inner tendon]

Apparently a bunch of games are having an issue, not just div2.

across multiple store fronts.

[sterile plover]

Ahh i see, thanks

Thought it was me !

[hollow spoke]

So this new event

You light the lanterns and kill the guys to get the keys

[quaint knot]

theres away to get this ??

[hollow spoke]

Then the caches unlock loot

[cloud harness]

Cant tacch me how to think taticaly. My mtg play group tried. They gave up ahaha

[cloud harness]

If i have what

[quaint knot]

ty ubisoft with glitched spawns

[graceful robin]

trying to upgrade my lexingto to proto and its not showing up in my lab to do so yet its max rank and profieciy

[inner tendon]

Unequip it first.

[graceful robin]

its not equipped

[inner tendon]

Is it Expertise 30?

[graceful robin]

yeah its what i dont understand

[inner tendon]

No idea, gl!

[unborn flint]

I don't really understand the system either

is this not max?

[left ravine]

It is not maxed in your library

[indigo wraith]

anyone else not able to log in?

[graceful robin]

none of these show up in the proto lab

[slim elk]

read the Library and Recalibration category in the Lvl40 Starters Guide

[indigo wraith]

they have to be lvl 30

[unborn flint]

how do you get level 30 weapons 😆

[indigo wraith]

the sheild logo needs to say 30 the same way the top one says 20

you go to the expertise menu and level it

speaking of is lexington back for this event?

[slim elk]

max Proficiency ≠ Expertise levels

[graceful robin]

people been saying expertise lvl 30 wasnt needed to do it

[slim elk]

This is in the same guide under the category of Expertise

[indigo wraith]

nah its needed just them stats dont need to be optimized anymore

[unborn flint]

I can't go any higher than 3

[slim elk]

No, optimization isn't, Expertise is needed to upgrade them to Prototype.

[graceful robin]

so im SOL then as its the named items and skills stopping me

[indigo wraith]

then no proto gear for you it sucks im in the same boat im only lvl 18 rn

[slim elk]

You can farm Prototype and use it, but you can't upgrade if your weapon/gear isn't Expertise 30.

[graceful robin]

cheers for the info guys

[indigo wraith]

i mean yeah if you wanna try at a like 1/400 chance to get a item you actually use

[unborn flint]

Oh well, No idea how to increase my expertise level so womp womp

[indigo wraith]

donate junk to the menu

[slim elk]

Read my replies above...

I linked the lvl40 Starters Guide and the categories you should read

[indigo wraith]

wait so is lexington available during this event and if so how do i get?

[earnest harness]

lol

[slim elk]

#patch-notes Read the latest ones

[indigo wraith]

making me open my browser and read when you could just type 4-5 words -_- i see you

BRO WHAT IS THIS JUICED UP HUNTER IM READING ABT mf just has a domain expansion

[crude bison]

got my hands on the new pdr, is it any good?

[left ravine]

Oh nice, I can re-roll this one without sacrificing my first one

[indigo wraith]

"Added Prototype items to the Targeted Loot daily rotation in Escalation. Enemies tied to the daily rotating Targeted Loot pool now have a chance to drop Prototype versions of those items." omg they do care

still no fix for the chest of crash gambling at the end of countdown tho:/

[weary wedge]

@hollow chasm

[hollow chasm]

proves nothing!!!

[sudden elk]

best way to farm these so far?

[desert furnace]

Is the 30 key limit regarding how many keys you can purchase with blue credits or how many times you can redeem the apparel cache?

[left ravine]

There are only 30 apparel items you can get from those caches

Once you got them all it's finito and you can focus on other caches

[cloud topaz]

Did anyone check if dismantling exotics is giving double

[tawny wagon]

Not to me at least.

[white mountain]

It give normal

[cloud topaz]

Too bad, my inventory is filling up

[fast light]

Both technically lol

It’s only apparel caches not weapon caches

[desert furnace]

Ah, I see.

[cloud topaz]

I wonder if the 3 lanterns that respawn daily are the same 3 for everyone

[void fossil]

Yall do you just kill squads to get the ronin to spawn? Anyone seen them in retaliations?

[cloud topaz]

Someone said they got a squad in a retaliation, I think

[fluid mountain]

A map of the corrupted lanterns I found

[slim elk]

its an exploit, not a bug therefore it cant be discussed

[echo sapphire]

Hey, I’m new to the game do yall have any recommendations for YouTubers or Twitch streamers I can watch to learn more?

[sour mortar]

We don’t talk about that here

[cobalt sedge]

#ask-td2-community message

[echo sapphire]

oh thank you so much

[cobalt sedge]

Avoid yters, most of them are just posting bait builds for clicks

I think there's a new-new player guide floating around that's being finished?

[echo sapphire]

oh LMAO got u thanks alot

[magic sandal]

Well not all. Ikia was and still is a good one most of the information is still relevant.

[cobalt sedge]

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Tc2UDqrX0vBw-f18opih3idHlueXN7ca2HSEP_yAZDM/edit?tab=t.0 this one

Has a list of decent ones at the end - including ikia yeah

[echo sapphire]

well time to read and understand while servers are down

[cobalt sedge]

The game is old and is pretty much a 'solved' problem so older builds still work well

[restive fog]

Anyone know if the attachments on a gun affect the oxidizer? Like reload speed? Should I just reroll it to dtooc?

Im using the glory daze because of the stability atm

[cobalt sedge]

The big build spreadsheet is ideal https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nrPBmOrtpkEW1j5fbcRT7L-AXgsGOqMqxXoVtopsiGM/ but if you JUST started then just play and level up to 40

[echo sapphire]

nice i came from warframe ( got boring after 2.5k hours ) time to put another 2K hours on this game

[cobalt sedge]

Once you're level 31+ you wanna start harvesting stats and talents from gear to your library using the Tinkering Station, but before that it doesn't really matter just use whatever you find. The game gives you a lot of decent sets as you level up too, as part of the tutorial

[cloud harness]

Are the servets down

[cobalt sedge]

Yes

[echo sapphire]

ight thanks for the help big boss appreciate it

[cobalt sedge]

yw have fun, ask more questions if you get stuck

[cloud harness]

Did they say wjem they back up

[cobalt sedge]

No, they'll update us

[brittle urchin]

Does world difficulty affect key droprates? I think I went through like 12 squads earlier, and I only got a single key.

[cobalt sedge]

Yes, it says so in the patch notes

[left ravine]

Indeed it does. So half the complaints on here are redundant cuz those ppl play on normal or hard

[sour mortar]

Easy mode and expect the same drop chances

[manic reef]

how do yall get clean hands jacket??

[late bronze]

cant start it why?

[fast light]

need new login tutorial please

[wispy merlin]

are you group leader?

[late bronze]

am solo

[civic junco]

Is Ubi down right now?

[magic sandal]

yes

[civic junco]

nuts

[magic sandal]

Mine or yours?

[civic junco]

just the general nuts

Our nuts

[rough trench]

Apart from the map itself, I also made a post covering all the locations and their coordinates, along with pictures for every lantern:
https://www.reddit.com/r/thedivision/comments/1srvof7/psa_the_division_2_complete_map_of_all_40/

[rough trench]

dog's