ask-td2-community

[mellow trout]

All prototype stats are 1.5x the original value at max

[wraith flare]

no it's not still here and it's against rule 6 to talk about it

[leaden lantern]

Thank you

[earnest pawn]

ok sry about that

[radiant coral]

Isn't that the building with the hunter spawn?

[rough trench]

There's a side quest there iirc.

[fathom raptor]

Maybe. I don't know anything about hunter spawns

4+ bounties and all they lead to a different building

[wet ore]

is there anyone have the bloody huntsman bounty that I can join?

[radiant coral]

there's an lfg channel for your platform. pretty sure there's one or two people in there that will be able to help you

[formal idol]

why is my control point keep getting captured again after i captured it? how do i even clear it

[left ravine]

They get re-taken over time or if you don't follow up on Retaliations

[formal idol]

whats a retaliations?

sorry i just reached lvl 30

[left ravine]

I am not sure Retaliations are available before 40 but I can be wrong

Anyway, they get taken back over time. That is normal

[formal idol]

damn so i gotta play it till im lvl 40?

[left ravine]

You will keep doing Control Points over and over throughout

Just get to 40 and don't worry about anything now

[formal idol]

😭 then i gotta walk a thousand miles r

[left ravine]

You can fast travel across every mission and stronghold

Plus Classified Assignments if you have that DLC

[formal idol]

but the Control points is the nearest on each waypoint i want to go 😭

[foggy zodiac]

Is anyone willing to grind with me on national Bond Armory Heroic All Mission Directives? Add me if so it’s KYRO_Alpha

[left ravine]

#lfg-pc

[left ravine]

Put yo Nike's on

[formal idol]

😭

[foggy zodiac]

My bad wrong channel

[ancient geode]

Any way to get a mask like this without paying for it?

[mellow trout]

the ruin mask from the master anderson manhunt uses the same base model but its half missing

brooklyn hunter masks also similar

[vale tiger]

how do you get dz currency to buy stuff on the dz store?

[weary wedge]

Dismantle contaminated loot and extract it in the DZ so you get DZ resources, or find them by opening crap inside of the darkzones.

[vale tiger]

oh even resources are needed to be extracted?

[radiant coral]

it's open for me if you want to join my world

[left ravine]

Wraith mask - do the hunter puzzle, defeat the hunter, get mask

[fathom raptor]

Thanks but not today

[weary wedge]

@uncut ibex My goat, is this one of your servants?

[uncut ibex]

He is a false prophet. Kill him, now

[weary wedge]

Dw he was neutralized

[earnest harness]

none of the mask are even worth doing the puzzles for them

none of them look good

[quaint dock]

Can you still get Rock n Roll from the DZ??

[left ravine]

Subjective, I did them for the sake of completion

[green pendant]

I can’t see or buy the exotic the blueprints from inaya ? One showed up but the other ones did nt

[left ravine]

Relog

[green pendant]

Ok I see

[crimson pebble]

First prototype is it good?

[left ravine]

First Sight is not good

It's an AKM archetype, slow firing and handling of a wild boar

Personally, I would deconstruct both

[green pendant]

Best attribute to have on the bitter sweet ? Dtoc or head shot damage

[dapper root]

Dtoc

[green pendant]

Ok same goes for shroud ?

[wanton mauve]

Goated augment, bad weapons sadly

Echo augment is very strong if you have on the right weapon

[left ravine]

Augment*

[wanton mauve]

Right, augment.

[wanton mauve]

Should've take the damn weapon too, dispose 2 things in one moment

[crimson pebble]

Do you have to have expertise 30 to turn guns I to prototypes?

[left ravine]

Ye

[crimson pebble]

Damn

[keen pelican]

any keys farm now

[dapper root]

nope patched

[warm salmon]

hopping between groups apparently works

[rotund wasp]

I dont know what they did with the patch. Yea the bug is fixed. but holy f. Ronins just despawn directly after spawing. Kitsus refuse to leave when spawn in an container. Delta -03 every 30 min. They patched one thing that wassnt even to bad if handeld good, and just broke the game on 5 other ways

[sour vine]

How long will maintenance last?

[left ravine]

There is no maintenance

[wanton mauve]

it's finished like 12 hours ago

[storm bronze]

So uh, I wanted to know what does division 2 year 1 edition give? It's all in Italian in my ps4 case and I don't know how to read that language

[storm bronze]

Thanks

[cloud topaz]

I redeemed 5 gear cache and the last one was prototype first bloom. It said candidate for prototype, don't know what that means.

I haven't had a prototype before, been ignoring it

Too bad the bonus is grenade based, I don't use them that much

[lapis mauve]

is decent worth playing

[slim elk]

not anymore imho

[south moth]

Does your friends list look like this on Ubisoft Connect when Division 2 has the DELTA-03 issue?

[rotund wasp]

no.

[somber spoke]

Who tf has 440 Ubisoft friends

[weary wedge]

Someone who's never cleansed their friend list for people they don't even remember talking to.

[cloud topaz]

This is a powerful gun

[ionic dome]

where can i find NBA for exp farming?

[dapper root]

Coordinate 199,180

[bitter mango]

whats the best high end LMG for frenzy talent?

[slim elk]

escalation? MK46

GR9 for anything else

[bitter mango]

whats the diff between mk46 and the m249 para

[left ravine]

Bit of handling

[hollow reef]

Classified assignment, right behind the white house

[slim elk]

call me whatever but its my very first time seeing so much FRD in my two years of playtime

[coral cradle]

did they make it so secondary characters don't receive shd scavenging points from your main leveling up?

[dapper root]

You gonna share or what?

[slim elk]

naw its all mine

[coral cradle]

just hit level 1000 earlier and it seems that the other characters aren't getting any scav points after this

[dapper root]

Been fixed a long time ago

[coral cradle]

oh, damn

[dapper root]

😭

[coral cradle]

ty for the advice :)

[slim elk]

its all gone

[young stag]

should i finish black task and complete all side missions before going to any DLC? I thought after finishing the main mission i can just do the side mission but they appreared

[dapper root]

All that for expertise

[young stag]

im already lvl 34

[dapper root]

I would yes but if you don't want to they may or may not be there once you return from the dlc

[nimble spruce]

Check the pinned messages here, there's a guide

[native pebble]

Anyone else having issues with manhunt scout 4 objective 1?

[spare girder]

Did the devs decrease the key drop rates or something?

[tough marsh]

They increased it slightly.

[spare girder]

"slightly"

I can't even get a key rn

[atomic barn]

slightly of nothing is still nothing

[tough marsh]

how many squads did you kill?

[spare girder]

Abt 10

[timid vessel]

if u convert core strength to proto, does that mean the passive bonuses u get r based on the proto stats, so wpn dmg would be 75% of 22.5% wpn dmg and 75% of 255k armor?

[tough marsh]

you think that's a big enough sample size?

[spare girder]

Including the Ronins

[spare girder]

I should've gotten atleast 2-3 keys

[tough marsh]

based on what data?

[spare girder]

Or atleast 1

[tough marsh]

also, you could be just unlucky. welcome to RNG

[spare girder]

I got like 3 keys in one killsquad before the patch

[spare girder]

Bruh

[tough marsh]

(6.5% * 5 is not 32.5%, that's not how probability works)

[nimble spruce]

Rng is gonna rng. Ran a tier 3 escalation yesterday, got zero prototypes, one of the other guys in the team (shd 105) got 8. Just luck.

[thick dawn]

how do i get lexington?

[hollow reef]

keep opening the event gear cache

[wanton mauve]

Offer yourself to Ubisoft and you will get one.

[dreamy sentinel]

so i'll just need to mute the game i guess before i go crazy hearing manny yap and yap and yap in missions...

[leaden crag]

So before I turn my level 30 Lexington with killer on it prototype what do I need to know that might happen to it ? Will anything change ? Like the stats? Will I get a bad talent? Will it stay killer ? I don’t wanna turn this into a useless gun

[floral estuary]

Nothing will downgrade or so. Same talent, at least the stats u got +1 maxed and maybe more. You cant optimize after ezcept augment. But otherwise its juste gonna be an upgrade no matter what.
If something change like talent its visual bug - just relog.

[warped ledge]

before i make a catestrophic mistake, the blueprint memento, memento reconfigure, isnt a blue print to make more mementos is it?

[floral estuary]

no reconfigure is to reroll attributes.

But there's a memento blueprint existing, I just don't remember which faction drop it.

[warped ledge]

i reckon its probably hyenas. i just got a memento backpack from them but the stats are not good

but i reckon the reconfigure works anyways cause i just want better stats

[floral estuary]

I mean you can reconfigure it if it's so yes.

[warped ledge]

can i reconfigure every stat or does it lock in only one of them?

[floral estuary]

It's gonna be full random. I think memento has standard stats (always stay the same but not the same value), but to be 100% sure I'd wait another confirmation.
But no you can't only pick one stat, it's all or nothing on exo.

[warped ledge]

oh okay thats actually better for me then. one more question, can i reroll infinitely provided i have the materials?

[floral estuary]

Yeah and cost doesn't upgrade.

[warped ledge]

ah cool mate, thanks for the information broski i appreciate it

[fast light]

You must not know?

[silk meadow]

What are the escalation loot for today?

[calm harbor]

Royal Works, Mask, Shotgun, Gloves, Alps

[dreamy sentinel]

??

[fallen island]

so I played escalation tier2 and it was wierd, my Pakhan talent was kinda disabled? I was supposed to get bigger mag after every kill but I didn't. Any idea if this was a mutator or something else?

[winter mason]

So now the ronin spawn got fixed how often will they spawn in the open world?

[warm salmon]

were you playing with someone else? could just be getting your kills stolen

[fallen island]

yea I was playing in a group. perhaps I did not notice if I got the kills

thatt could be it

[crimson dagger]

Can I farm keys on the easiest world difficulty or are the drop chances increased on heroic ?

[vale token]

i believe so, i did normal farming and the keys dropped from ronins just as easily it seemed

[dawn trellis]

W pull?

[vale token]

um lol it always rolls maxed

and with DTTOOC

[fickle ravine]

the real achievement is getting it with the correct talent already for bragging rights

[clever fjord]

In sync?

[leaden crag]

Thanks for the information but for whatever reason I can’t upgrade my Lexington. In the prototype menu even tho it’s level 30 expertise

[dawn trellis]

I see well any good builds with it?

[bright trail]

Unequip it

[vale token]

with lexington? any builds

[leaden crag]

Know what haha I shoulda tried that to begin with haha thanks

[dawn trellis]

Alright I’m just now getting back into D2 I remeber back then it was just me and my lil bro playing Division 2 for the first time grind was real back then

[floral estuary]

I was about to say 😅 Equipped items cannot be prototyped, forgot to mention lol.

[alpine radish]

Hi guys, is it still possible to get the tinkerers mask?

[nimble spruce]

Yes, from the climax mission or by getting the blueprint in retaliations and crafting it

[leaden crag]

Well I upgraded it. .. sadly damage to out of cover targets didn’t get the upgrade and I got meh augment but the rest is nice

[fast light]

It’s gonna get some people.

Kelso had to go. She said it’s safer for us if she wasn’t here.

[leaden crag]

Can you reroll the augment as many times as it takes to get the one you want so long as you have tokens ?

[vale tiger]

hollowman can drop on named caches?

[leaden crag]

I believe so

[alpine radish]

Ah cool, i might just keep hammering retaliations after the event ends then
I looked up the climax thing and im not too sure how the scout thing works

[nimble spruce]

Yes but the cost doubles each time (up to a max of 24) and there's no rng protection so if you're unlucky it can cost a fortune in proto cores

[nimble spruce]

Oh you don't need to worry about scouts for previous season climax missions, you just go to the base mission, toggle mission mode, and run it once on any difficulty to unlock the master difficulty which is a guaranteed drop on first time

[leaden crag]

Dang lol I’ve not really done escalations yet .. is running it on tier 1 or 2 basically pointless in hopes to get prototype drops?

[crimson dagger]

Does the squad only spawn in every ten minutes ?

[alpine radish]

Oh dang, sounds great, might give it a spin then
If master doesnt work then ill just have to try my luck and hope for the best
Tyty

[nimble spruce]

They increased the drop rates a lot this week so you'll probably get some. One guy in my group on a tier 3 yesterday got 8 proto drops, although that's quite unusual (I got none grrr)

[dreamy sentinel]

im not there yet tho. i just finished the recruiter after suffering for two hours

[leaden crag]

I was about to ask that too am I better off finding a group then trying to solo? How difficult is it solo .. I typically play this game alone

edit thanks for answering these questions sorry if I’m firing them at you too fast

[pseudo tundra]

Feels like 4 man groups have more drops

[marsh forge]

i did an elite attacck territory and when i got the key, the kitsmu thing attack me so i kill and when i went to open the supply ( reward of the territory attack) it's bug... like is there a time limit to get the reward ????

[pseudo tundra]

Also opening boxes can drop proto

[leaden crag]

Cool thanks for the feedback

[nimble spruce]

Depends on your skills, I find soloing quite comfortable up to tier 3 or so, then it gets a bit more stressful. It's usually easier in a group unless you get unlucky. More players does mean more enemies though so more chances of drops

[ivory stratus]

When it comes to leveling weapons to 30/ prototype is that best during an optimisation week or an expertise x2 drops week?

[nimble spruce]

Pretty much, although you can trigger more spawns by using the special lantern things

[crimson dagger]

So if I use the latern it’ll reset the timer or something like that ?

[nimble spruce]

Use optimisation week to stock up on shd calibration and field recon data, use expertise week to stock up on those plus exotic components, they're the real bottleneck.
You can level stuff to about 13 before you start needing exotics

[fast light]

It was an audio bug that plagued the community the entire season felt like. Literally anything you did after every mission he said the same line it’s was so bad it could be the main plot and reason for the division 3

[nimble spruce]

Not sure the exact mechanics, think it just has a chance of spawning another squad

[ivory stratus]

Well I dont have much time during the opti week to play so when I am do I just make sure im farming retal?

[fast light]

Max is 50 bruh I’ve seen it it’s wildly expensive

[glossy drum]

It's an additional chance to spawn a squad; being RNG that will be variable.

[nimble spruce]

It was 50 in the PTS, they'll lowered it to 24 when the season started

[fast light]

Thank God. Still dumb

[nimble spruce]

Whatever gets you those materials - watch points, crafting them, farming landmarks and control points etc, optimisation caches, it all gets extra mats.

[nimble spruce]

Agreed given it's pure rng, it's a huge punishment for simply being unlucky. On pts it cost me over 2000 proto cores just to get one set of gear all the augment I wanted

[fast light]

Yep to run everything proto that way took at least 40 min plus ur game was possibly gonna crash opening caches lol

[dawn kelp]

Guys, I cannot abandon or initiate my True Sons Retaliation. In some missions, Manny will just spam that there is a retaliation. How do I remedy this?

[tough bear]

maybe hovering over the retaliation zone?

[dawn kelp]

It shows no retaliation zone.

[rotund wasp]

Its bugged. you need to kill 1 one of the faction. Then it should work

[noble jackal]

are overdogs currently obtainable via exotic caches or targeted loot?

i feel like ive done like 30 countdowns and haven't seen them

[rotund wasp]

I believe both.

[rotund wasp]

In countdown its an extremly rare drop. Even for an exotic

[noble jackal]

yeah, i just have been using countdown points for exotic caches

[dawn kelp]

Thank you very much. That worked.

[rotund wasp]

my first pair took me 1 week to get. I got it from the caches. But atm i would recomand doing Hyena Retaliations for the blueprint.

[atomic barn]

what stat in shd watch stat need to be first?

[noble jackal]

my opinion is crit, armor, skill haste, reload speed

[rotund wasp]

Weapon Damage and armor for sure. the other two are personal preference i gues

[noble jackal]

weapon dmg is also prob ok for first

[atomic barn]

after armor, and skill haste?

[noble jackal]

in defensive it's prob your choice, hazard/explosive is always ncie to have but so is health

[rotund wasp]

Life and skill damage i believe

Highly depends on whats your playstyle is.

[noble jackal]

just get to 1000 :))

[rotund wasp]

if you want to power level. Do national Bond, heroic with all directives. You will get 5 level in 3 min if you have a good Kit. In theory can you get from lvl 1 to 1000 in round about 10 hours

[fiery widget]

Tinkerer mask, best 2 talents for lmg, striker ( for escalation)?

[storm bronze]

What would be a easy to aim sensitivity on console? Because it takes me 20 business days to aim and lock onto one target 😭

[bleak oracle]

Thats just subjective, just keep messing around till you find one ur comfortable with

[muted lance]

nice rate drop

[left ravine]

Did you lose a bet or why are you doing Art Museum on T10? 😄

[river root]

Hey, anyopne know how to get this cherry blossom event skill effects?

[muted lance]

amen rate

[left ravine]

There are some in the store under bundles

[austere wren]

the more i play the more i see bugs wth is this

[river root]

ohhh, ok thx

[austere wren]

manny ortega bugged out in countdown about east mall retaliation and wont shut up

[left ravine]

I've never had that happen once but I read about it

[austere wren]

omg

[left ravine]

Can't be as bad as Kelso had to go tho

[fiery widget]

Me too

[austere wren]

he stopped after i died

and back again LOL this is funny

[shadow isle]

anyone know why the Level Up Augment button is disabled even though I have more than enough prototype cores to do the level up?

[deep ingot]

did you earn xp with said item? you need to level it up to unlock an upgrade

under the augment it should have a level progress bar

[shadow isle]

oh...ok yeah that explains it. The UI is confusing, I thought that level progress bar IS for the augment

[deep ingot]

nahh gotta wear it and use it alot (im still leveleing my gear it takes a bit)

[fiery widget]

I reported the bug days ago, and they tell me " we know the bug and is currently under investigation"

[sudden elk]

@left ravine I find my self not collecting memento stacks in harder content. I kill mobs from far. I wanna go with investor instead. Does it make sense?

[left ravine]

The yellow core doesn't fit. I got a similar rolled one but I can't find a good reason to use it beyond proficiency

[river root]

this effect are only for premium or can i get them another way?

[sudden elk]

I played without memento, with 0 skill tier basically. And my crusader shield was closing in few hits.

I got these too

[left ravine]

You don't have to use an exotic in a build for it to be good.

[sudden elk]

I'm just trying to replace memento with something similiar. Because I don't like collecting stacks

[left ravine]

I wouldn't say they're similar. Idk what build you run but post an image in #td2-build-advice and you'll get help with it.

[sudden elk]

Memento striker is for survivability
This is also for survivability

[muted lance]

ok rate drop

[left ravine]

What are you even trying to say? Looks good for Tier 10

[austere wren]

good atleast they know about it

[left ravine]

Well it gives you 1% Armor Regen with that roll. Not really survivability

I advocate for full red builds. Practice the gameplay and you'll be fine soon enough

[sudden elk]

memento gives me 0.1 and I am only collecting the stacks after the fight

[fickle ravine]

ew full red users are toxic gatekeepers

[left ravine]

Memento gives 3% Regen when fully stacked. Plus one shield tier if you use it - in terms of survivability

[fickle ravine]

uhm akshually it gives you two shield tiers

[sudden elk]

You know "similiar" doesn't mean "same" right?

memento gives armor regen, skill tier, damage
the investor I sent does the same

so how are they not similiar

[junior sequoia]

If I matchmake for escalation, only the host tokens are used or the entire team?

[bleak oracle]

Host

[fickle ravine]

host

[junior sequoia]

Seems fair.

[fickle ravine]

do a little trolling and grief the host

because rn if you go to the social menu during escalation, all of the options are grayed out, including the kick button

oh wait I forgot about /kick

[left ravine]

Gl if they have a rancid username

[fickle ravine]

💀

[vital nest]

Amplified damage is good cause it’s multiplicative, right?

[fickle ravine]

Amplifiers are always separate from each other

[left ravine]

Tier 7 yesterday one dude didn't participate at all. Just collecting loot. Couldn't kick

[vital nest]

Oh that’s also why?

[fickle ravine]

that's their main thing

[sudden elk]

can you explain Amplifier damage

[fickle ravine]

technically all buckets of damage are multiplied together, but the key thing is that amps are never additive with each other

[vital nest]

Ohhh, that’s why they are good

[sudden elk]

this game is like path of exile with guns. lot's of calculating and theory craftin

[left ravine]

It's only like PoE since the introduction of prototype gear lol

[junior sequoia]

Just be like me, put all red, point and shoot

[sudden elk]

swag

[fickle ravine]

but sir its impossible how red players don't die instantly they must be cheating

[junior sequoia]

Health gate and revive "invulnerability" are welcome.

[prime trout]

does anyone have houndsman elimination? I can get quick-step from named container from event.

[atomic barn]

what gear set good with bluescreen?

[left ravine]

OD, ND

[vital glade]

hello i just got the ultimate edition but i find myself missing the apparel packs that come with it, i have it here unlocked but its not showing in my apparel section, does anyone know a fix for this?

[full kestrel]

So the cheery blossom event says it's open "The event is active for all level 40 players with seasonal progression unlocked" .

What does it mean by seasonal progression unlocked? And how do I know if mine is unlocked?

[lament tide]

Hello when i got my blueprint from Retaliation its not showing up in my inventory or the vendor?

[tawny wagon]

The blueprint goes to your blueprint collection in the crafting table.

[lament tide]

Ahhhh i see... now i just look foolish..

[mellow trout]

Basically just wants you to have completed the campaign

[tawny wagon]

No, you look more knowledgeable now.

[mellow trout]

Actually I don't even think you need to anymore now there's a level 40 boost

[full kestrel]

Awesome, done that. They worded that weirdly.

[leaden crypt]

Anyone know how the nego set works vs juggernauts with their armor plates?

[pliant sluice]

GG

[full kestrel]

I still haven't got any keys.

[prime trout]

in your stash

[nimble spruce]

Damage transferred to the chunga will spread equally across their armour plates, so it's generally better to tag others then make them your primary target

[tough scaffold]

anyone know the snitch location this week?

[nimble spruce]

He just has a chance of spawning whenever you get close to one of his spots, if you haven't already spawned him in the last half hour

So wherever you go look for him, that's where you're likely to find him. If he's not there, can just relog and try the same spot again

[robust widget]

Is there an easier way to get sakura keys?

[full kestrel]

Is there a way to set a waypoint or ping a location for your group?

[left ravine]

Just roam the open world. The higher the difficulty the higher the spawn chances AFAIK

[eternal edge]

Anyone know the actual increase in chance for keys?

[left ravine]

Don't think there was an increase in key drops. Only a bug fix yesterday

Would be neat to see increased keys tho

[nimble spruce]

The notes did mention an increased chance: #server-status message

[left ravine]

Oh well I did not notice

[nimble spruce]

Didn't say how much though. Rng is rng, I've had 3 keys drop from a single squad but then none for several squads in a row.

[left ravine]

Yeah, same o, same o

[bitter plover]

Does anyone has a hounds man bounty saved from the Valentine’s Day event?

[left ravine]

Quickstep can also drop from this current event if that is what you're looking for

[nimble spruce]

@bitter plover please use #lfg-pc when looking to group with other players in game

[dreamy sentinel]

What did you do? Because im having the same issue but with black tusk retal and manny just keeps yapping and yapping about retaliation while im fighting mid mission

[eternal edge]

I think they should tell us exactly how much of an increase they change so we know lol especially in patch notes

[dawn kelp]

You have to kill an associated enemy for the retaliation in open world. For you, it would be another Black Tusk enemy.

[dreamy sentinel]

Thats it? Man i was going insane. Manny kept yapping while i was trying a manhunt for two hours… thanks!

[tame osprey]

Anyone have a solid way to try to get the Pestilence weapon?

[deep ingot]

@winter mason 👁️ 👄 👁️

[winter mason]

Gratz man

[deep ingot]

its so beautiful

too bad it has ignite talent, time for it to be a proto core.

[vital glade]

i was blind to that this whole time, thank you

[formal idol]

i dont really understand whats a retaliation , can someone help me ?

[winter mason]

How do i convert Normal Lexington to proto?

[pseudo tundra]

upgrade to expertise 30, use 1 proto core to upgrade to proto

[robust widget]

worst way to get keys, shame they had to fix the previous bug but thanks

[left ravine]

Yeah it was super fun, didn't really care much about the key drops

[cobalt sedge]

Timed control point capture in an area, have to grab all the control points before the time runs out. Capturing a point gives you more time, basic enemies give you +2s per kill. Periodically 'kill squads' will spawn to hunt you down, elite squads of enemies, killing them gives you more time too. You have a chance to get exotic BPs exclusive to the faction at the end, as well as rewards that let you craft those exotics or buy caches that give you named items + BPs.

[formal idol]

youre the goat bro , finally i understand in simple terms

[mystic forge]

does anyone know the numbers for materials to get an item from 0 to 30 expertise after the update?

[left ravine]

Check pins in this channel

[vital nest]

Ronins can drop them

[tawny wagon]

The drop rates for keys between difficulty levels are pretty nonexistant, right? So the optimal way would be to play open world on normal and go for matchmaking?

[inner tendon]

Difficulty does affect drop-rate for keys.

Directives don't though.

[mystic forge]

What are the fastest CPs?

[left ravine]

The ones close to a safe zone

[winter mason]

Whats the chances of getting a maxed godrolled proto bloom

[left ravine]

[tawny wagon]

Let's just say "really very low".

[desert furnace]

Is Bloom considered a good weapon among the named ARs? It's got a damage talent after all.

[winter mason]

this is my protobloom

[obtuse plinth]

brooklyn SHD cache puzzles... is there a guide?

[left ravine]

Plenty on YT

[obtuse plinth]

ty

[hollow spoke]

Ya’ll think exotics will become prototypable?

[left ravine]

Possibly at some point

[lean violet]

does that collecting of the lanters have to be in order?

[left ravine]

Negative

[twin mantle]

whats fastest way to get expertise lv up? I just got back into the game and not sure how to do this fast

[bright trail]

No way to do it fast. Best way is doing countdowns while wearing equipment that is not proficient and then use the stuff you get as donations

[proud thistle]

Also check shops for any non prof items if you have the cash.

Just run escalations and countdowns. Once you're low on useful non prof gear to wear, start targetting mods to dismantle for printer filaments and dono those.

You usually don't have to resort to dismantling printer filaments until around expertise 20

[full crown]

Is it worth it to convert gear pieces to prototype I wonder

[left ravine]

Sure

Your option is to rely on RNG loot from Escalations

[full crown]

Because not everybody reach gear pieces to 30 proficiency

[left ravine]

You will over time

Also prototype gear is meant as actual endgame gear, and at that stage you should be at expertise lvl 30 ideally

[true nest]

So this may be a dumb question but stat wise, but is there any downside to prototyping my gear? Or is it better to leave my gear at expertise 30 while the whole prototyping system gets updated over the next few months?

[left ravine]

We don't know what's coming. Your call

Whatever you do, do not prototype any unicorn items if you have any. Just my suggestion

[true nest]

Any particular reason why?

[proud thistle]

the changes are perma

[left ravine]

Yeah what if your unicorn Habsburg backpack gets a WH increase instead of HSD? You cannot fix that

Just as an example

[proud thistle]

can't recalibrate or change what attr it rolls, except for the augments

unless Massive makes a change that allows us to, best to be careful with your faves

[true nest]

Or you'd have to refarm another one and pray to rng?

[proud thistle]

yep

[left ravine]

Good luck farming an actual unicorn again

[proud thistle]

like stack broker can't be farmed atm

[left ravine]

Stack Broker is whatever, ngl

[true nest]

So if i prototype my tipping scales set, I wont have a damage decrease though?

[proud thistle]

yeah, but mah unicorn T_T

[left ravine]

You don't seem to be familiar with the system

[true nest]

That's kinda why Im here lol

[proud thistle]

I mean, to answer the question, yes, protoing does have the potential to boost stats up past current max rolls.

but it's all based on rng, and permanent, so if you don't get what you want, that's farm city for you.

[true nest]

Gotcha

[proud thistle]

Besides, protoing isn't necessary to do most of the content in game. Maybe only T6+ escalation.

[left ravine]

@drifting path your account might be compromised

[sudden elk]

these projects are bugged for anyone else too? It always changes the location. It used to say Federal triangle 10 minutes ago. Now this.

[inner tendon]

@sudden elk They change daily, and once you complete the last one, it moves to one you haven't finished yet.

[sudden elk]

I said 10 minutes ago not yesterday

[warped ledge]

im getting like no luck trying to get the overdogs, not that i think theres any special way to get them besides from the regular but anyone have any tips? ive gone up 120 shd levels and still no overdogs lol

[slim elk]

Hyena Retaliations?

[proud thistle]

Yep, just go for hyena retals for BP

[warped ledge]

i tried a few times and were kinda successful but theyre kinda hard for me ngl. ive been mostly doing countdown cause its easier for me

i fail more retals than i succeed

[left ravine]

Matchmake

[warped ledge]

hm i tried a lot but no luck in getting anyone sadly 🙁. idk ill try again tmr

guess not a lot of people are farming retals lately

[proud thistle]

prolly not then

[left ravine]

What difficulty are you searching for?

[warped ledge]

oh i do on challenging, should i do heroic? challenging is about all i can handle

[left ravine]

Heroic I always find one, I'd recommend

[warped ledge]

thanks man ill try that

[left ravine]

Gl

[warped ledge]

hopefully i get some shd lvl 10k who just carries me

[warped ledge]

do u usually like get the retals yourself before matchmaking or just matchmake and hope someone has the retals u want

[left ravine]

Yeah I make sure to bring one or two. Depends on the lobby leader which ones they pick

[warped ledge]

thank you

[left ravine]

Np

[vital nest]

On my main character i did them daily so they would always get ticked ✅ as complete. On second character i noticed what you said and that’s because they are not actual dailies but more so like a thing with steps that unlocks another one daily so since we are on day 4(?) you may need to do each up to four times to see the ✅ until tomorrow. Nothing to worry about, more rewards lol

[tidal mango]

Did the Lexington catch a silent nerf or something... I heard a WHOLE lot of hype about it and I just got mine completely god rolled and it is NOT living up to the hype at the moment, I could be tripping but still 😭✌🏻

[proud thistle]

Don't recall it getting nerfed. It has slightly better base damage than comparable ARs and laser accurate handling

Just run different ARs and use the one that feels best for you.

[tidal mango]

Thats probably what im gonna do, I just wish the lightweight m4 was an AR here like it was in div 1. Would've been my main

[somber spoke]

Lexingtons drop as the max roll. It’s the talent that you want to change

[deep ingot]

@simple haven

Make sure you are looking for this guy, some people just think he gives a bounty. He is the snitch

[simple haven]

I know who he is. I’ve randomly run into him before but now I need to actually find him.

[tidal mango]

I got killer on the talent

[deep ingot]

just double checking my guy, he is a pain to find.

[sudden elk]

how can I make these [20]

[deep ingot]

just unequip them all

mods, all the bases should be 20

[deep ingot]

👁️ 👄 👁️ 1 sec

what the.. mine are 20 all unequipped

[sudden elk]

Idk how to make them 20

helb!

[deep ingot]

uhhh...

OH you have to level up the Active modifier the one at the top

its not maxed, maxed level you will reach base 20's

without that idk if you could get 20's across the board easily

[sudden elk]

how e.e

[deep ingot]

just playing with that active modifier equipped, you'll get xp for it over time.

check each one to see if you have one level 5

[sudden elk]

it's 5 level

[deep ingot]

WADU HEK

[sudden elk]

lmao is it the journey missions I wonder, it doesn't say anything but Idk

[deep ingot]

im actually so confused now lmfao

are all 3 active modifiers max level? @sudden elk

[sudden elk]

no

[deep ingot]

thats why, each active gives 4 stacks. your missing 8

[sudden elk]

oooh

lmao

[deep ingot]

i was tweakin' 👁️ 👄 👁️

[elder snow]

How does one acquire the creator backpacks?

I’ve got everything else except them

[bright trail]

I think they are under projects: blue ones

[cloud topaz]

when i got a prototype gun from the event gear cache why did the game tell me i have a candidate for prototype?

i feel like it should tell you that when you got 30 expertise on a gun but haven't upgraded it to prototype

i haven't had a prototype before so i dont know

[eternal edge]

i dont think they rlly incrased the chances of keys dropping lol

[left ravine]

Can't feel it either

[dusky ice]

following on from yesterday, went to all 40 lanterns again (originally cleansed 38/40), one hadn’t been interacted with, but still missing one 🫠

[left ravine]

Rogue Gold made a good video, just follow the steps and you'll find it within an hour

[eternal edge]

6 groups so far and not one key

[dusky ice]

just had a quick watch - even though 39 of the lanterns i went to didn’t have petals on, one did, but i’m still at 39?

[ivory stratus]

I'll let you in on a secret, keys dont exist

[left ravine]

Idk, I followed that guide and within three sessions I had all lanterns

[dusky ice]

I’ll just log out/in and try again 🙃

[eternal edge]

yes they do

[ivory stratus]

Nuh uh its all a conspiracy

[indigo wraith]

cant post pics in gen so ig ill post it here, ive never noticed this before but its hilarious

[eternal edge]

my friend just donated a key but she cant open the community caches

[left ravine]

lol @pseudo tundra

[river vigil]

whats up with the red ronin outfit

[left ravine]

Idk what's up with it?

[cloud topaz]

i have much much less key drops since the patch. much

i played for 2 hours and got 2 keys

[elder snow]

What’s these colour settings?

[left ravine]

Colorblind mode

[elder snow]

What colours change

[livid bear]

if i buy 1 classified mission and then later want to buy the year 1 bundle. does the bundle get a discount for me owning 1 classified mission

[left ravine]

No, Y1 bundle and the new CA are unrelated

[livid bear]

the mission in particular i was looking at was national bond armory. does that change the answer

[silver escarp]

How do I get the rewards from the first few community goals that were reached?

[weary wedge]

Just go to the seasonal event vendor menu, and where u see community cache just select it and hold X

[left ravine]

Well that is part of the Y1 bundle, which is never on sale nor discounted in any way. So the answer does not change

[livid bear]

i moreso meant kinda like "you own 1/7 items in this bundle" type of discount

[left ravine]

Oh they split it. I was not aware

No clue how this new system works as I owned them already

[silver escarp]

Do I need more Sakura keys to open it then?

[weary wedge]

As long as you donated one key, no.

[left ravine]

Donate at least one key

[paper hill]

why cant i start the hyenas retaliation

[silver escarp]

I’ve got 80 donated, and it’s not letting me open any

[left ravine]

You might be doing sth wrong

[silver escarp]

Probably am

[left ravine]

At the vendor, when you select "Community Cache", does the option to "Open Cache" not appear for you?

It does, if you donated at least one key

[silver escarp]

It does not

[twilit abyss]

how do you spawn ronin?

[left ravine]

Run around in the open world

[silver escarp]

Restarted my entire console it it’s popping up now

[winter mason]

How do i get Sherif exotic shotgun?

[tame osprey]

Anyone have an approximate spawn rate for the ronin at challenging?

[left ravine]

Nope

[left ravine]

Crafting bp: Retaliations
Item drop: General Anderson manhunt climax mission

[tame osprey]

Oof 😓 I’m trying to figure out a comfortable spawn rate to try to get Pestilence to spawn. I’ve got like one exotic at normal so far

[fathom forge]

Does anyone know why i got put up to floor 100 in summit when i just completed floor 9

[wanton mauve]

if everyone still asking

[civic junco]

So what all gets sent to the postbox? Just Exotic and Named?

[winter elk]

how do you claim the ronin gloves? it says claim but doesent let me interact with it

[wanton mauve]

via community cache, go to event vendor and open it manually

[noble jackal]

how do i farm recombinant currency to buy thingies for my thingies?

[left ravine]

Careful posting those here :p

[hearty sparrow]

Can you get a Hollow mask from random brand crafting?

[left ravine]

Yeah but it's getting costly really quick

You are better off farming its blueprint from Retaliations

Oh right, Yaahl fabric - rip

[glossy drum]

Just on this, keep an eye on vendors; every so often yaahl gear will be added to the rotation - can buy up as many copies of the item as you can, then junk to collect yaahl fabric. Bit of a PSA.

[hearty sparrow]

I have enough for one, better be a god roll

[fast light]

It is

[hearty sparrow]

There is a Yaahl mask in DZ east entrance right now

[hearty sparrow]

I need to make it a Weapon Core, but it has hazard pro so its a dead roll for me

[left ravine]

But it costs DZ resources that not many new or PvE players have

[glossy drum]

I meant the general vendors, not DZ. So credits. But sure.

[fast light]

Report who ever gave it to you

[hearty sparrow]

Fairs, but it's good to know for anyone who isn't aware that there is a way atm

[wanton mauve]

The chances are abit sketchy but not the items so we're fine.

[left ravine]

Just saying

[deep ingot]

80 proto cores in, still havent gotten the echo roll i need 👁️ 🫦 👁️ The Frustration Is Real

[dim pewter]

time to drop another 26

[deep ingot]

i proto'd another pair of gloves just to reroll that aswell in hopes of getting echo. about to disappoint myself again

[dim pewter]

just in time to hit 26 for a reroll

[deep ingot]

update: i rerolled the new gloves, still no echo. LETSS GOOOOOOOOO

[noble jackal]

is echo the chance to do double damage? my only proto has that :((

[deep ingot]

yesh

[wooden nebula]

I got a proto first bloom but the attributes are kinda weak and I know you can’t optimize something that’s prototyped so is it worth keeping

[plucky jewel]

Is it normal to have that hunter stalking me?

Gotham aint big enough for both of us tbh

[left ravine]

He's always there, yes

[plucky jewel]

kinda creeped me out for a bit lol

[glossy drum]

There are a few places where hunters observe from.

[earnest harness]

thats me mb

[plucky jewel]

i see

[deep ingot]

👁️ 👄 👁️

[dapper root]

He never got the package you sent him

[left ravine]

Speaking of backup, I lost count how many times I called for backup by accident after a Kitsunebi ambush while picking up loot...

That prompt is pretty annoying

[fast light]

anyone figure out whats causing the memory leak after the just sent out the patch yesterday?

[coral lagoon]

I’ve found all 40 lanterns got 42 gear keys in the last 2 days and no apparel keys. Please help where the heck are these apparel keys !!

[left ravine]

You can buy them

The keys you have work for the apparel tho

[glossy drum]

keys can be used for all 3 caches. apparel keys can be purchased independently (only for apparel).

[left ravine]

I mean it tells you right there

[coral lagoon]

lol thank guys. I thought there where separate apparel keys been driving me crazy all day

[slim elk]

the average div2 player doesn't know how to read

[left ravine]

I'd agree to that statement, sorry

[slim elk]

(it's sarcasm btw)

[coral lagoon]

Ya 62 years old and brain fail ing me fast. Thanks 🙏

[left ravine]

Respect

[fast light]

what does this say?

[robust fog]

Whats the current best way to farm the event keys? Just run around the world map to spawn them? While doing lanterns?

[fast light]

steal them from other players

[waxen plinth]

i have been actually getting so many while doing this. they seem to spawn like crazy while trying to get them atleast it seems that way

[left ravine]

There is no "best way". It's miserable drop rates now, 100% opposite of what it was during the bug lol

[robust fog]

I couldnt play during the bug, sad. Ok thanks!

[tame osprey]

Also missed out on the bug. Hoping that I can get a squad tomorrow to farm open world for exp and keys

[cinder knot]

When dealing with a prototype drop, what do I need to do again to make sure the roll truly is? Or did they fix it with this last update?

[fast light]

It’s almost not even worth it. I’ve ran into about 15 squads so far no keys 🤷‍♂️ good thing I’m not farming them lol

[fast light]

Log out and back in. But supposedly it’s fixed 🤷‍♂️

[robust fog]

damn. i really want lexington =[

[remote wadi]

is it still worth farming keys for exos or we back to retal?

[deep ingot]

you can still get keys, its just RNG. sometimes you get it.. sometimes you get got.. i played earlier and didnt intend to farm but i got like 14 keys just randomly teleporting around after i cleared a mission

[magic charm]

y'all what do i do i think my retaliation is broken

[fast light]

Yea I got so many kinda lame I can’t give them away. I probably have 40 now

[fast light]

Press and hold f

[robust fog]

ah ok. so just go around the map, going to control points, public executions, etc to spawn them in. and repeat

[magic charm]

no i mean like there's something wrong with the buildup or something

[green pendant]

How to get picaro holster ?

[deep ingot]

exactly, sometimes they do get "stuck" so all i do is run a random tier 2-5 escalation and then go back to a control point and look around.

[fast light]

Holster a picaro 🤷‍♂️

[fast light]

Countdown, targeted loot, possibly craft of u have blueprint

[cinder knot]

Thanks

[keen storm]

I've been farming backpacks in countdown trying to get the Ninjabike...
I am not getting any exotic drops, I'm playing on challenging. Am I doing something wrong or is it just RNGesus spiting me?

[tame osprey]

I just want to get the apparel at this point. The exotics would just be a bonus

[amber snow]

does optimization surge event include exo components?

[bleak oracle]

no

[plain apex]

is anyone else having trouble with the Kitsubi when they appear. Honestly i can't really interact on the map and not get killed once they spawn in. I've tried joining groups on open world map to see if it might hlep but every one i've been on just closes

[tame osprey]

I mean I did struggle but I had to use drone and repair hive to assist. The hive I
Hasn’t been healing me fast enough if they flank me but really you want to focus one, or any that get shocked, so you can take them out. At least that’s how I’m doing it

[left ravine]

If SysCor can drop as proto, maybe Yaahl does too? 🤔

[slim elk]

wait what?!

[left ravine]

I was just as surprised

[slim elk]

that means syscorr isn't locked anymore?

[left ravine]

Obviously it can drop as proto. Idk about regular items, I doubt

[half karma]

are there always 5 kitsunebi enemies in the squads that appear?

[left ravine]

Sometimes you have a double spawn, but yes

[wanton mauve]

@tame osprey

[half karma]

is there any way to change hold to interact to just tap?

[jovial wind]

In using Overdogs, does drones counts as proxies? Does that mean using Overdogs against BTSU would be a bad match up?

[hollow reef]

hah I forgot how fun crowd control build is

[left ravine]

Drones and turrets, dogs and minitanks are proxies, yes

[formal idol]

lvl 40 guide spreadsheet is kinda cnfusing for me, after i did this build, what do i do? is there any specific missions i should progress? or anything i should prioritize? or the purpose in lvl40 is just making your build stronger?

i feel like after this section , the spreadsheet only explains things , not progressing

[wanton mauve]

Level 40 is the beginning of your end-game experience

From there, you have alot of options to choose your build based on your play style

[formal idol]

i see , thanks

u have any recommendations what to do after i did the striker build?

[wanton mauve]

My advice is :

1. Find a build that you are interested = Red core striker, tipping scale, foundry bulwark.
2. Do countdown/certain missions to get the gearset/weapons

[wanton mauve]

If you like striker build, try to upgrade them to max stats

Max critical hit chance, damage, weapon damage

[formal idol]

whats a red core striker , tipping scale , foundry bulwark?

[hollow spoke]

Kard 45 gives a skill tier?

[half karma]

striker, tipping scales, foundry bulwark are all gearsets that you can use and they all have different playstyles.

red core is referring to the core attribute on the gear pieces, striker usually drops as loot with red cores

[left ravine]

Only the Custom variant

[wanton mauve]

lets move to #td2-build-advice

[left ravine]

And only when you equip it

[formal idol]

thanks fyi

[half karma]

i think it's fine, they're a new player, they legit just don't understand the game

[wanton mauve]

I know, ImMrChow and the others offers variants with details to guide you through.
We can express our opinions in that channel

[formal idol]

very overwhelmed

[wanton mauve]

Yeah, I was in your boat too
Take your time, learn and ask other people for advices.

[formal idol]

Thanks both of u

[half karma]

when i first started watching NothingButSkillz videos helped a bunch to get an understanding of the game and how builds work tbh, he's a good creator imo for Div 2

[young stag]

when should i start worrying about build, im lvl40 and havent done any DLCs

[formal idol]

Alright ill give it a try

[cloud topaz]

i watched him back when i first played when the game launched. and a little bit recently since i came back. i was surprised hes still playing the game and doing regular videos on it

[wooden nebula]

What’s a good exotic to run with tipping scales alejandro

[proud thistle]

any lmg really

[wooden nebula]

I meant for armor I’m running the big alejandro

[wanton mauve]

Bluescreen, Alejandro, Bullet King is nice

[proud thistle]

I like running sawyers with big al and TS

can also go with overdogs, which is pretty much a go to with alot red builds nowadays

[wooden nebula]

Yeah I figured overdogs

[wanton mauve]

Equalizer, Overdogs, 4pcs tipping scale = easily 10m dps

or 2million per hit if you're SHD watch are maxed out

[wooden nebula]

Yeah I’m not quite there yet lol

I’m shd 140ish rn

[wanton mauve]

don't worry, 3xp event will help ya

[wooden nebula]

Is that on rn?

Or is that the one coming on the 28th?

[proud thistle]

on now

3 days still left

[wooden nebula]

Ah okay

[wanton mauve]

my shd is 400 before the event, now it's 803

[young stag]

hello guys why did the castle settlement suddenly get restored

all i did was logout and it just restored

i havent done any mission regarding it other than the story mission where it was attacked

it also said 2/2 upgrade

[half karma]

so many delta 03 's lately

do kitsunebi spawn in Retaliations or only open world ?

[umbral plume]

both but you get more spawns in open world

[obsidian ibex]

Is there a strategy to continously get shock rounds on the st elmo or is it just "keep shooting until you get it"?

[umbral plume]

keep shooting

[hollow reef]

Literally just keep shooting. You get full mag of shock rounds for every 100 hits iirc

[fallow cradle]

where r place that have the high chance for kitsunebi/ronin spawn

[robust fog]

would you do just on normal difficulty to make it easier?

[swift nebula]

anyone know of a good xp location for new players

[hollow reef]

Lincoln Memorial with 5 directives. Unless you have National Bond Armory classified assignment.

New players as in below level 40 or you already SHD level?

[warm salmon]

why lincoln over just grinding control points

[hollow reef]

Lincoln is faster imo

Also Im having fun with my CC build right now.

Funny to see them burn while they havent run out from their spawn point.

[swift nebula]

lvl17

[iron zinc]

I rerolled an exotic and lost all my expertise. Anyone experience this? There a way to get it back ?

[hollow reef]

Ah well just keep doing Main/side missions and you'll reach level 40 eventually. Do you have any DLC?

[swift nebula]

standard

[hollow reef]

I see, once you're done with Main/side missions then farm control point.

[somber spoke]

Is there any way to reduce the amount of time it takes for artificer hive to refresh shield?

[swift nebula]

k

[north compass]

I have 300 true sons retaliation.
I can not initiate it it if solo.
If i goin a team,i can initiate any team member's retal but i cannot initiate mine.even if i pass the lead to someone else he still unable to initiate mine.

I restarted the game and laptop many times but did not fix it.

When i do activity like national bond armory bounty i keep hearing the retaliation voice messages non stop over and over

Plz help how to fix it

[half karma]

is there a cooldown period between when you can interact with the paper lanterns?

[umbral plume]

no you just have to kill kitsune squad then you can interact

[half karma]

ah yep, they've shown up now

they've lowk cooked the spawn rate of the Kitsunebi since the update. they appear too often which isn't entirely bad but i just get insane fights now where i've got like a control point, kitsunebi, wandering patrol all at once hahah

i don't know why they didn't just make it a bounty as well as an open world thing

[low mulch]

Any1 knows where the secret vendors are?

[half karma]

is there a ghost in Washington map atm? i keep seeing something like disappear into smoke when i'm running around in open world

[low mulch]

Ronin

[half karma]

do they just appear like that for some reason or am i like missing the fight?

[low mulch]

They appear like that

[half karma]

ah cool, it's a nice lil environmental thing haha. i was running through the caravan park area in West Potomac Park and saw one standing on top of a roof top and then when i looked at him he disappeared into a cloud of smoke

[broken dagger]

hi, what builds do people generally use on escalation? i'm heard of dps and healer builds being there, is that right? if so, can i ask for what builds they use?

[fiery widget]

Hello, Tinkerer mask don't work with prototype weapon?

[young stag]

hello guys what do i do with loot i dont use for library should I sell those or decon?

[coral crest]

you should donate them for expertise unless you're maxed, otherwise I would decon cause the materials are worth more

[coral crest]

Unfortunately not as of right now

[wispy merlin]

striker and future initiative, guides for both are in the pinned spreadsheet at #td2-build-advice

[broken dagger]

ah tyvm

[formal idol]

what exotic would u recommend for lvl 40 starter? i already got the capacitor but its kinda low dmg

[hollow reef]

Elmo

Capacitor is for skill based builds.

[formal idol]

elmo st engine? any efficient way to get it? i feel like retaliation is too hard for me , and to get people is kinda hard

i dont mind playing solo but if its too hard , i would fed up

[hollow reef]

assault rifle as targeted loot, exotic caches, event gear cache, or just look for the blueprint by playing retaliation.

its a common exotic gun, shouldnt be hard to find

[formal idol]

alright thanks

[north pier]

So, the bug where you get 300% retaliation and can't start it. Any idea how to solve it?

[hollow reef]

uh never had that kind of issue

[somber plinth]

has there ever been a kick feature in this game?

[half karma]

St Elmo's it's a pretty good one and can take you through pretty much most heroic content

[formal idol]

Thanks ill farm for that

[half karma]

Chameleon is also pretty fun when you're first starting out

[hollow reef]

here

[hollow reef]

yes there is, in regular squad size theres an option vote to kick.

For countdown mode you can kick a player immediately without the need to vote.

[formal idol]

do u recommend getting gunner specializations first or get the exotic first?

[hollow reef]

gunner specialization first

[wraith crystal]

WTF is this "vibration" on the right side of the screen?
Edit: sorry for turning the camera. I thought it's gonna be better

[formal idol]

Thanks

[jovial wind]

I'm doing the manhunt missions, how do I complete 'track down and eliminate Hyenas ringleaders'? DC Union Stronghold?

[bronze idol]

Bounties pretty sure

[fallen island]

Are those projects because of the event? They give some good rewards for a few minutes of action

[fickle ravine]

yes

[hollow reef]

Collaboration with content creators.

[jovial wind]

yeah, it's bounty. Thx

[delicate tartan]

Since no one knows, dont answer me in general chat - i ask again, do we get ronin mask, i got outfit and gloves?

[fallen island]

So I'm working on getting to level 30 expertise. I'm level 18 now and it slowed down a lot. I have all the brand sets and gear sets. What's left if a lot of named items and exotics. I also donate materials to get skills proficiency and buy some named items from vendors to donate them. I also equip guns to get proficient with them. Anything else I can do to speed it up? I save the printer stuff for a 3x event

[native lava]

Is it a random ronin spawn when playing solo?

[nimble spruce]

mask is available once community key donations reach 5m, you can see progress in the Cherry Blossom Event tile on the main menu

[fast light]

R u on pc? Still looking?

[formal idol]

YEAH on pc , looking for st elmo

[honest dome]

guys how to unlock darpa research labs mission ?

[fast light]

Yes, if you haven’t already run countdown with 6 pieces of that gear set if you do it takes 2 in challenging to level up that gear set it takes much longer if your doing 1 piece of each gearset though. So guns usually take longer. Typically u can just run the 6 price through on skills you don’t use, and guns u never use and target loot a specific gun

[fast light]

Want to run countdowns? I can set ar as targeted loot?

[formal idol]

sure but im in a main missin rn

[fast light]

No worries what’s ur ign

[formal idol]

Carlos1244

[fast light]

Added

[formal idol]

alright wait im finishup

[midnight scaffold]

what today escalation loot pool is

[nimble spruce]

Measured Assembly, Uzina Getica, Virtuoso, Eletrique, Umbra Initiative

[formal idol]

@fast light u still up?

[fast light]

yep im jsut getting some caches real quick

[formal idol]

hey dm me

[eternal dew]

hello everyone, how do you reset the nba mission after you finish it ? before exiting the door of course, there's no global event now

[plucky jewel]

any way to speed up proficiency grind? Or just take my time?

[eternal dew]

donate materials

[fallen island]

You don't need to reset. Just start it again

[plucky jewel]

ok

[eternal dew]

so should I exit through the door and I should be able to play it again ?

[fallen island]

Yes. Once you exit it will take you to DC. Then fast travel to it again

And you can start it again

[honest dome]

can someone please help me ? how can I unlock darpa research labs

[pure valley]

How to get overdog gloves

[fallen island]

One way of getting a blueprint is rumning hyenas retaliation. On challenging you have 35% chance to get one of their 5 blueprints. Overdogs is one of them

This one is given on completion of retaliation

So you can get it once you complete. Not from the kill squad

[nimble spruce]

head to the helicopter pilot in the courtyard next to the white house, go to Pentagon (starting the 'Pentagon breach' side mission) - complete that to unlock the Pentagon mission, run it on Story difficulty and follow the prompts at the end (takes you down an elevator back to the starting area) to unlock DARPA, run that once on Story difficulty to unlock other difficulties

[tame osprey]

Somehow I ended up with 2 pairs of them…

[earnest pawn]

I'm considering start to play hardcore mode btw, i have some question here:
1, can i skip the story and boost to 30 or 40 levels?
2, Tell me some points not to dead constantly

should i ask this at hardcore chat?

[nimble spruce]

You can't boost in hardcore mode, and yes #td2-hardcore-mode-chat would be the best place to ask

[earnest pawn]

ok thanks bro

[fallen island]

Is hardcore like in diablo? Once you're dead that's it?

[young stag]

do black tusk strongholds reset? i just logged back in and the basin was Black tusk occupation again

[nimble spruce]

Yup, that's the general idea. You also have a separate stash and shd levels that is only shared between your HC characters

[nimble spruce]

The invasion resets every week once you reach endgame, and tidal basin is always considered invaded

[tame osprey]

Do you have to do tidal basin and all the strongholds every week?

[fallen island]

Oh boy. The amount of times I died in this game. Someone considering playing HC is nuts 🤣 no offence

[tame osprey]

lol moving a lot. And likely playing very defensive skills

[nimble spruce]

You don't have to do them, but there are some rewards you might want in early endgame (specialisation points, blueprints, named items)

[junior sequoia]

Ok, so directives don't affect proto drop I assume?

[wintry shale]

Just got back into the game . How do we do the event? Where do we find Fox Ronin and etc?

[hollow reef]

Stick around and find out.

[nimble spruce]

#news-and-announcements message

[tame osprey]

The squads spawn randomly (every 10 minutes supposedly) in open world content. Ronins sometimes spawn after them. Both can drop keys but ronins drop skill visuals too ( not sure on drop rate)

[nimble spruce]

Far as I can tell, directives are always disabled in escalation

[wintry shale]

Thank yall! @nimble spruce @tame osprey

[junior sequoia]

The "world directives" seems to still apply for escalation missions I was playing in a group and the mini map was disabled by fog of war

[hollow reef]

They can even appear during retaliation. So I guess retaliation counts as open world activity.

[wintry shale]

Ooo ok bet

[lusty ocean]

More likely your Escalation was bugged..

[tame osprey]

I have not figured out retaliations yet. Not sure if I need to complete a mission first

[deep ingot]

no all you do is just kill enemies to fill a Progress bar, once that bar fills that factions "retaliates" and takes over control points. in which you have to take back is a quick amount of time or you fail, during the fight Kill squads will randomly spawn and ambush you while running from control point to control point.

if your retaliation meter is not going up for a specific faction, you have to either Clear you other retaliation first OR just abandon them for new ones.

[tame osprey]

Maybe a stupid question but where is the meter

[nimble spruce]

Map menu, retaliation tab

[tame osprey]

…errrrrr retaliation tab?

[nimble spruce]

Have you completed the story yet?

This one: #ask-td2-community message

Might also need to reach lvl 40, but I'm not certain on that

[tame osprey]

Oh those strongholds are main quests!

I didn’t finish those yet but I guess I’ll add those to the list today

[deep ingot]

makes sense, i never played the story fully (my buddy said hey come to WONY and play with me) aka i boosted my character unwillingly and skipped the story 👁️ 🫦 👁️

[solar mortar]

Hello, I just hit level 40 so now im able to view the blossom event,
how do i get keys tho, i interacted with a lantern but nothing happened

[deep ingot]

clear open world activites, during that every 10 mins a Unique Kitsune squad will ambush you. after 5-6 squads are killed a Hunter (Ronin) will also hunt you down. the squads have about a 30% chance to drop keys the ronin are 70%+ roughly

Laterns speed up the kitsune squads, but they are a big buggy at times. you need to try to clear the area of hostiles.

[dreamy sentinel]

Tho they usually appear at the very end, and have like 90 seconds to kill them

[solar mortar]

oh thanks, i will try that
what about those community challenges, that key donating one

[deep ingot]

donate 1 key for the cosmetics, or donate 80 for all the unique patches.

[solar mortar]

i cleared the enemies around it but nothing happened, ig its bugged

[solar mortar]

so if i donate a one key, i can get that bundle? samurai one

[deep ingot]

correct

[solar mortar]

oh thanks

[solar mortar]

thank you, i will try that

[deep ingot]

running open world content with a group spawns more 1 more Ronin aka more chances at keys

[inner tendon]

@fierce leaf here, screenshot it for ya

[fierce leaf]

oh thanks bro

[solar mortar]

is it fine if my friends are below level 40

[pure valley]

What's the best way to farm Sakura keys and where

[deep ingot]

not sure if level affects Seeing the Event

[fierce leaf]

can we unlock all specs without ultimate edition?

[solar mortar]

okayy thanks for the info

[inner tendon]

@fierce leaf It's free to unlock for everyone, owning the pass just lets you unlock the extra tier of stuff alongside each Spec Tree.

I highly recommend the Ultimate Edition, as it also included the Classified Assignments. Just buy it on heavy sale.

[noble jackal]

why is it in countdown, i am getting spammed every 1 second that a faction is invading

it's literally every second i'm hearing "the black sons have invaded the capital area"

[fierce leaf]

i see thanks i will get ultimate then

[hollow reef]

Do I still have to pay full price for ultimate edition if I already have both DLCs?

[inner tendon]

Yep.

No discounted premium credits for you!

[hollow reef]

smh my head

[hollow reef]

8 classified assignments? How many new classified assignments from year 8?

[inner tendon]

Well 8 in year 1, if we follow the math....
There's 2 in year 8, so far 1 is out.

Each one in Y8 is 500 credits. if you buy it separately.

[hollow reef]

Huh? theres currently 9?

and one hasnt been released yet?

[hollow reef]

So theres going to be 10 later.

[crimson dagger]

Is the Lexington bugged or something I’ve pulled literally everything else except the Lexington

2 agitators 8 first blooms 3 huntsman and 4 carol’s

[noble jackal]

just bad rng, i have pulled like 8 of them

[deep ingot]

sadly just RNG, keep grinding king

[sick stream]

are you on pc? I've got a lot of caches to open and i can drop it for you if i get one

[crimson dagger]

Yep

[hollow reef]

Im pretty sure you cant share it.

Tried giving out my Agitator earlier today.

[sick stream]

alright I'll let you know when i get on

[sick stream]

you can but there's a "hack" to it

[hollow reef]

Okay? All i know is the person you want to give the item is in the same squad as you.

[sick stream]

what you wanna do is have full inventory then open the caches. the items will drop on the floor, make space in your inventory and pick the item. it will now be shareable

yes the person must be in the group when you open the caches

[hollow reef]

Write that down! Write that down!

[crimson dagger]

My username is HunterTracker90 👍

[hollow reef]

Thats just smart ngl.

Definitely come in handy tomorrow.

[sick stream]

im surprised a lot of people dont know about this because its not new and i think since the krampus event

[hollow reef]

huh ok

[inner tendon]

Never be shocked about people not knowing basic stuff for div2.
We all started off there, and now we help folks get there faster!

[delicate tartan]

This time they increased key challenge and key donation from 30 to 80 it would be imposible for me but i got lucky a group where i got 117 keys on a day, i dont know how to get more keys if i would need. Its much harder to get keys this time but nothing more to be sad over, i got all quests completed even got all lantern.

[full kestrel]

When in a group, is there a way to set a waypoint/location ping?

[hollow reef]

Oh btw Rivens, you seem to remember everything. Now get this, I got into Division because Division 1 went free for a period of time and I claimed it. You remember when that was?

[inner tendon]

Div1 had a few free periods, but the one that comes to mind first is around when the Shield Rewards were a big thing.

[hollow reef]

Free Div2 when?

I've always looking forward to it.

[tardy bramble]

Is the blue screen better than the pestilence for clearing control points?

[hollow reef]

Uhm both are good LMGs in their own ways. Bluescreen is mostly used for Ongoing Directive build while Pestilence is Lengmo.

Though those two LMGs are commonly used for Strikers anywway.

[left ravine]

If you have a good build for Pestilence and play solo you'll be able to clear CPs faster

[hollow reef]

The Lengmo one isnt it?

[left ravine]

Yeah best for solo play

[hollow reef]

Yeah, the pain in the ass to build, build.

[inner tendon]

Put together one myself this week. Just set Retal's to Lengmo and ran them until I got it.

[hollow reef]

Oh wtf lmao

I was just gonna say something and another hacked account appeared lmaooo

Currently positioned replying to your message then boom.

Check my bio.

[sour patio]

Guys is this normal? In last 3 hours since i got home i probably played 40 minutes rest of the time was just disconnects. The heck is going on with ubi servers ? I even restarted router. Changed DNS i thought its me but i belive something else is going on

Anyone else get this?

[hollow reef]

Anyway, as I was gonna say, any build that forces you to change the core attribute is a pain in the ass to build, build. You know Lengmos core is blue so god knows how long does it take for you to find 3 pieces with crit chance and damage by default.

[inner tendon]

It's just a matter of time. I have nothing else to do in div2 except to make weird builds.

[hollow reef]

Fair enough.

[left ravine]

Devs trolling good
#td2-build-advice message

[hollow reef]

lol

[granite solstice]

Anybody else only get 2 keys out 15 encounters? all last night barely any keys for the event, I thought they increased the key drop rate

[left ravine]

Yeah I'm done with that event. Don't care what we can unlock if the drops are this horrible

[deep ingot]

event is fun as heck, i've had 0 issues farming keys lmao only frustrations i have are dealing with absolute bots for teammates in high tier escalations.. MY BACK IS IN SHAMBLES CUH

rogue agents spawned, i pretty much soloed 4 of them myself. the second i died, everyone fell over and couldnt kill a single one 👁️ 🫦 👁️

[ebon grail]

Div team what is this ?

[left ravine]

Trolled

[pseudo tundra]

Okay thats definetly a bug

[deep ingot]

did you try relogging yet? lmao i know quicksteps are bugged but that chestpiece might be aswell

[left ravine]

I've had that with the named item The Gift during PTS

[ebon grail]

yea i did

[deep ingot]

your cooked 😭

[pseudo tundra]

Some named items had issues but they should have been patched, ill make a note of it

[left ravine]

Report this and demand a refund for your materials

[ebon grail]

report where?

[left ravine]

Ubisoft support ticket in this case

[deep ingot]

yeah quickstep is still cooked

[plucky jewel]

I assume the proficiency grind is something that happens over time?

This is a slog tbh

[left ravine]

Why would someone upgrade a friggin' Quickstep...

[deep ingot]

because i could 👁️ 🫦 👁️

[left ravine]

Smh lol

[deep ingot]

it never leaves my equip slot, so why not make it look fancy. 😄

[left ravine]

I mean I got one from an event cache but never in my wildest dreams would I think of upgrading a utility weapon like that lol

[deep ingot]

i do use it alot when helping lower SHD players, just run around a tap things with just the pistol

[left ravine]

Alright 😄

[deep ingot]

yes its meant to be someone achieved over a longer period of time. But events and Prepping helps tremendously.its how i got prof 30 at like 1700 SHD, i was stocking up on named items/exotics/materials for a while and used it all during an expertise event.

[plucky jewel]

Oh I have a ton of exotics and named items. Guess I'll wait for a similar event and not burn myself out

[deep ingot]

yes do this, never HARD grind expertise without an event. just Donate gear you get passively over time. wearing full sets just to prof gear sets is about the only reasonable thing to do while waiting for events.

donate materials only if your capped on them when theres no event, AND only donate materials like printer filaments to gear that you cannot physically get due to events or raid exclusive exotics/manhunt exotics/etc

[plucky jewel]

noted i will keep that in mind, thank you!

[ebon grail]

made a toppic lest see what Div Team will say

[left ravine]

Bug Reporter or where?

[ebon grail]

yes

[plucky jewel]

ive been running heroic + 4D consistently, killing rogue agents when they show up. Destroying landmarks in the DZ, this game is fun!

[bright trail]

i thought countdown did not allow seasonal modifiers?

[warped ledge]

any advice on exotic components farm anyone? just got overdogs and i wanna get the best possible stats on em

[calm harbor]

is the game down right now?

[bright trail]

no

[calm harbor]

cool i have an echo 01 error

[bright trail]

there are some projects now that give exoctic components. blue ones.

it gives 1-3-5 and 3 of them

[warped ledge]

oh cheers mate ill check em out. actually sounds like a fair bit too then.

ive seen youtubers with like hundreds, im guessing theyve just been sweating it for a couple of months of something cause how does one even get to that point

[bright trail]

time to time there are events that helps you get them. but none at the moment

those blue ones are really great value

[warped ledge]

ill definitely have to check that out. also have a tonne of useless exotic items from the new event too which is nice

thanks for the advice broski

[inner tendon]

@peak tree The exploit has been patched, you'll need to play legitimately from now on

[delicate tartan]

At what time do we get backpack rewards from project, i played several days now?

[bright trail]

i assume at the end of the week. have to do everyday

[delicate tartan]

They changed it before i got it several days before end

[floral estuary]

I have a question. I find it quite hard to understand the fixated mechanic (when an ennemy is locked behind a wall and don't move in "fear"). We stop shooting when he is fixated, but some ennemies are getting the status again and again after 2 or 3 bullets - making it very hard to deal. Except with the pulse, is there something trikier I didn't understand here ?

We also use grenades in this case etc but we went to a room where we were all out.

[pseudo tundra]

suppression? depends a bit on weapon used and how often you are shooting him, LMGs and snipers cause the most supression, think as an invisible fear bar as you said, just because it went a bit bellow the limit shooting it again will just make it reach the supression again

can try using some skills like chem launcher that forces them to move

[floral estuary]

So it should be better if the ennemy isn't a great thread atm to leave it and go for another target ?

[pseudo tundra]

yeah, if he's supressed he isnt going to shoot you, so move to another target

useful in higher difficulties to just stop most enemies from shooting so you can focus on them one by one and instead of being overwhelmed

[floral estuary]

Okok I see, ty for the explanations !

[twilit abyss]

did servers go down?

[fickle ravine]

technically suppressed enemies will sometimes blindfire at you but their accuracy is bad so you can ignore them for the most part

[deep ingot]

dont forget to "rush them" alot of enemies will jump out of cover if they are being "flanked" i usually take it upon myself to "flank" the enemies to get them to push out into the open more often. BUT this does not work in every scenario, sometimes you do have to just sit and wait to for them to react.

[fluid mountain]

Why would anyone not use heartbreaker + memento, it slams and offers nearly all the advantages of striker AND bonus armor, heroic is a joke with this and I couldn't really do it before with striker

Ofc striker has way more dps but damn this competes well

[neat tapir]

Because memento relies on you getting the kill

[left ravine]

What difficulty do you play on?

[deep ingot]

only time i every break out my HB/memento is if im Solo/flawlessing a manhunt. literally the only situations that i find useful for me.

[floral estuary]

I see. It's true that I can also fake a rush etc.

[fluid mountain]

In that pic challenging but I clear CP's on heroic pretty easily

Gone up 100 levels that way

[left ravine]

Solo it's barely OK, soon as you're in group on heroic it's limp d damage

[fickle ravine]

people need to stop saying (build) slams/destroys/obliterates/shreds/etc. etc. etc. just say the build works well
this isn't related im just venting

[fluid mountain]

Imo it works perfectly solo, way better than my maxed striker

[left ravine]

User error

[fluid mountain]

Maybe

[fickle ravine]

if striker doesn't work well for you, sorry to say it but that's more of a skill issue

[deep ingot]

^^

[left ravine]

I said "user error" because it's more diplomatic than "skill issue" but you're right

[fickle ravine]

i guess

[deep ingot]

if you need bonus armor for engages, just use smart cover. boom easy 😄

[neat tapir]

Use whatever you like and is the most fun for you

I love using determined HH builds

[fickle ravine]

being able to clear difficult content in this game requires three things: a good build, good gameplay and sufficient knowledge of enemy behavior and spawns
having only a good build won't help if the other two are lacking

[fluid mountain]

A good build does help in my case cause I dont really have time to play this game for hours a day

[plain inlet]

Got that thing to expertise 30 a while ago, you get so much bonus armour lol

[deep ingot]

thats the good thing about divison, being able to target farm gear to make builds quickly. unlike other games where you spend weeks for 1 piece of an upgrade.

[deep ingot]

its 100% a slept on ability

[left ravine]

Striker's is a very good build tho :p

[plain inlet]

Yup, and people forget that if you re-enter cover you get the bonus armour back (assuming you lost it from taking dmg)

[fluid mountain]

Im not calling it bad, it outperforms everything damage wise

[deep ingot]

and the explosive resist, OH MY LANTA does it save your life against drone ops and warhounds

[plain inlet]

Yup

[neat tapir]

You don't need to play hours a day to get builds. Run a countdown match and target farm whatever you want. You'll have a build by the end of the match

[deep ingot]

even retaliation drops gear like candy, one 20 min run and you will have multiple sets ready.

[sleek gulch]

what is the best prototype augment for assault rifle

[deep ingot]

echo

[fluid mountain]

Probably the one that affects a random status effect

[fickle ravine]

echo for damage
amalgam is more of a QoL thing, i personally wouldn't invest in that

also amalgam will apply a random status effect. you might light your enemies on fire or shock them, but it could also just make them bleed or disrupt them and be completely useless

[deep ingot]

guys i rerolled my gloves 4 times today, 80+ cores invested, did i get my echo roll? NOPE 😄

[somber crown]

Regarding damage dropoff:
What is the negative value upon reaching complete dropoff?
Obviously we still do damage even on max range - does the damage get halfed on max dropoff or is it even a fraction like 10% of max damage?

[fickle ravine]

if you exceed the range of your gun your bullets just vanish

[plucky hawk]

either I have dogshit luck or theres levels of rarity to augments, because I have spent huge amounts on rerolls are have gotten it like twice

[deep ingot]

5/6 pieces of mine are echo, that last piece is going to be the bane of my existence..

[left ravine]

You're not the only one lol

[neat tapir]

The devs just like adding rng on top of rng

[fickle ravine]

so far i have gotten echo from a reroll exactly once

[deep ingot]

i made 2 striker gloves proto just to reroll both in hopes of ECHO, but both gloves are actually slapping me in the face.

[fickle ravine]

i only have 2 pieces of echo rn, the other dropped naturally

[somber crown]

ok but what if im on max optimal range where the graph flatlines already but i still do damage? how much damage reduction we talking about here?

Like here in this graph - around ~70m damage dropoff flatlines

[deep ingot]

if your considering not staying in range, you are throwing . less damage=bad.

[fickle ravine]

if the graph flatlines im pretty sure that means your bullets stop working as bullets

[somber crown]

nah definitely not. i have shot with mps on 100m and still hit for some damage

it must be something else

[neat tapir]

once you surpase max range bullets do not render.

[somber crown]

ive found this in some reddit threat:

[fickle ravine]

then im not sure lol

[somber crown]

there it says 50% damage on the "flatline" part

But the ingame one...

It looks more like 10% or so

[neat tapir]

if I remember the formula for drop off... It was something like 5% per meter past optimal

you'd have to find the datamined numbers

[somber crown]

yea thats the "fall" part but im more interested in the "flatline" part

[proud thistle]

You're just gonna have to ask the guy who made those in game graphs then if the numbers don't match the image.

[neat tapir]

someone made a.video on YouTube about all the data mines numbers and values

[deep ingot]

ngl i never cared about thinking about the optimal range to stay at in div 2, maybe games like battlefield or cod.. but div2 i just run-n-gun so im always in range 👀

[neat tapir]

That's probably old info with the recent weapon buffs/nerfs

[tame osprey]

What’s the gear set for NBA? Heartbreaker?

[bleak oracle]

not really gearset but you just wanna use a 1 shot 1886 determined build for fastest clears

[plucky hawk]

wheres that from?

[neat tapir]

It was data mines info placed together during the title update 15