ask-td2-community

[somber crown]

I just tested on the shooting range with an mp
Between 25-50m the damage was the same at 50k per shot
Going down on 5m it was 158k per shot
So in the "Flatline" part you loose around 70% of your optimal damage

[left ravine]

One-shot builds

[tall gull]

Just find some one shot build on youtube for me chainkiller, 2hotshot,overdog,turmoil and the gift backpack if you have it or just use province backpack with vigilance and find your most hard hitting mmr with determined

[tame osprey]

Ah I don’t have half of those ugh

[bleak oracle]

i mean thats just the fastest, you can clear with any build you want

[neat tapir]

You don't need turmoil on a determined build. Its nice to have but not an absolute

[tame osprey]

Actually I only have over dogs lol

[bleak oracle]

for nba farm you really want it

[tame osprey]

Don’t even have chainkillers

[bleak oracle]

because you shoot less and can kill boss behind spawn which teleports his key under your feet

[tall gull]

Just skip the turmoil and use 4pieces hotshot with chainkiller and province backpack

And you can use your overdogs to if you want just change the province backpack with hotshot backpack and find one province chest piece with headshot dmg and headhunter

[tame osprey]

I’ll use that when I find those pieces lol

[shadow isle]

is there a specific combination of this seasons modifiers that gives you max magazine size and hazpro?

[cobalt sedge]

https://billothewild.github.io/TheDivision/ you can calculate that here

But it's gonna be hard to get both of those really high because you're using two convert modifiers

[shadow isle]

I care more about the hazpro. Trying to find that crazy combo that gets me at least 50% hazpro

[fickle ravine]

To maximize the original stat boost of a module:
Compress (desired module) Split (desired module) Nullify
To maximize a converted stat boost of a module:
Compress (desired module) Nullify Convert 1/2 (desired module, desired stat)

The order of the modifiers matter, except for Convert 1/2.
Make sure all of your active modifiers are at max level.

[paper hill]

does it matter if your farming the ronin for keys on normal or heroic?

[fickle ravine]

max you can get is only 45% iirc

[inner tendon]

Found this a while back, might be helpful.

[deep ingot]

do the highest difficulty you can manage, there is a difference in drop rates.

[winter mason]

Is there a way to get the new main menu soundtrack? i want to set it as a wake up ringtone.

[umbral estuary]

how can u do story by yourself without having to matchmake

[bleak oracle]

just do it without matchmaking?

the story is fully able to be done solo

[umbral estuary]

how tho

[bleak oracle]

wdym

which mission are you talking about

[umbral estuary]

wait nvm

[indigo bison]

Does anyone actually feel a difference in the key drop chance since the patch?

[deep ingot]

yes, but rng is rng. you can get shafted by it.

[indigo bison]

Yeah.. Because I still get one key every 2-3 groups

[deep ingot]

higher difficulty =better odds, just keep grinding queen.

[indigo bison]

Will do, thanks!!

[manic reef]

guys is there any master/legendary/manhunt activity or whatever i can do to get a mask (non hunter)?

like a mask of any kind just one that cover's my face

[pseudo tundra]

there is the duck mask from theo manhunt i think

or wast it kelso?

its an easter egg, google should have a guide

[desert furnace]

Does anyone know how the Core Strength set interacts with the shield skills i.e. since shields scale from blue and yellow cores, what happens if you pick all red cores?

[pseudo tundra]

it will give skill efficiency not skill tier

[cinder shadow]

is there a expertise exotic components calculator ?
for example i want to know how much i need to get to upgrade from expertise level 24 to level 30

[deep ingot]

45 exo comps total i believe

in general from 1-30

[cinder shadow]

ok thanks

[desert furnace]

Hmm, so then would it at least scale from the partial blue bonus?

[wispy merlin]

nope, it wouldn't count as a core, you just get the armor from it

[bright trail]

why is no one matchamking for brooklyn retals?

[left ravine]

@thorn patio This?

[clever fjord]

how do you get the creator collab backpacks? just completed one of their projects and didn't get the bag

[bright trail]

i don't think it is one and done project. it is daily and cumulative

[left ravine]

Yeah they're chains with daily changing projects or so

[thorn patio]

yesssss i need lol

[thorn patio]

so you can't get this anymore?

[left ravine]

They might be in the pool of Danny Weaver's caches already, if not you would have to wait until they get added

[left ravine]

It was on the Anniversary Pass last season, don't think you can get it from the general store?

[thorn patio]

ahhh i wanted it. thank you for letting me know anyways

[left ravine]

I'd give you mine if I could cuz I'll never use it anyways :p

[late bronze]

after i finished national bond armory i always tp to white house
there is a way to spawn near than white house?

[fickle ravine]

no

[late bronze]

i see thanks

[left ravine]

Damn

[dusky ice]

just matchmaked for a mission… 3852 🙃

[abstract canyon]

wtf....

[left ravine]

I was fine ingame but I had to reboot cuz of a mouse bug. Bad timing

[nocturne siren]

lol

[dusky ice]

just done scout week 4 1 & 2 aswell

[left ravine]

<elevator music plays>

[nocturne siren]

yeah something definitely nuked itself somewhere

[left ravine]

Oh wow, your elevator goes up it seems

[nocturne siren]

eventually

[dusky ice]

i would happily fight the 2700(ish) in front of me

[nocturne siren]

i seem to be going down in floors now finally

ill just play tomorrow. dont think the game wants my hands on Cavalier right now 😂

[dusky ice]

702 people literally ragequit within 2 minutes hahaha

[nocturne siren]

it jumped up to 7,202 queue lol

[left ravine]

lol

I'm in tho. Good luck o/

[slim elk]

strangle him

[dusky ice]

queue has gone for me but stuck on 9%

[left ravine]

More Kitsunebi for me 😬

[bright trail]

Definitely server crash

[left ravine]

I love my US West servers, never issues

[abstract canyon]

yeah i got the foxtrot error

[bright trail]

Something is happening

I am in

[left ravine]

Looks like we have a winner

[keen halo]

whats going on with the servers

[left ravine]

Something

[keen halo]

i am varafiying files then going to log back in

[left ravine]

It's not you

Shared misery

[cobalt sedge]

I thought it wasn't possible to stack up retaliations but apparently?

[plain inlet]

Just a minor hiccup

[abstract canyon]

on unit alloys mask, can you get skill tier as a core attribute?

[left ravine]

Bugged

[cobalt sedge]

Looks like the login servers are screwed

[left ravine]

You can roll it onto that mask

[cobalt sedge]

yeah no idea how, I had a level 3 true sons and then it started stacking black tusk as well

The true sons has at least 4 hours left on it as well

[left ravine]

Yeah it's still not fixed. You might not be able to do the other stacked Retals

[abstract canyon]

okay because i need to somehow get a mask with both crit damage and headshot damage as its attributes

[cobalt sedge]

I'll find out once I try and do them I suppose

[left ravine]

Well farm for it

[abstract canyon]

thats what retaliations are for

[left ravine]

BTW HSD and CHD on the same item usually not good

[abstract canyon]

im using bighorn

[left ravine]

And?

You will benefit more from CHC and CHD than HSD

[abstract canyon]

bighorn scales with headshot damage

[left ravine]

Yeah but it's crit starved. You need a lot of crit in PvE since you won't be able to constantly headshot the NPCs. The benefit of crits is on the table

Plus you can get 135% HSD this season from modifiers

[calm bane]

Where is the Ravenous primarily used?

[pseudo tundra]

Some one shot strats

[atomic barn]

where the field profiency go if your bag is full/

[left ravine]

they drop on the ground

[atomic barn]

oh rip

[tiny flint]

how come I cant ?

[dapper root]

Got to unequip it

[tiny flint]

ty !!

[bright trail]

in retaliations if your inventory is full you lose the caches. and no it is not putting them outside the control point

retaliations are a mess now. it asks you if you want to do another if you accept you move to next one without collecting the loot, if you refuse you go to safe house without collecting the loot. only good option is not to answer. also at the end you are always ambushed now by the ninjas, no way to collect loot

[timid vessel]

for the technician perk faraday field, i thought it was written to include that some skills would be immune to emp so that when anyone within 5m of that skill, they too would be immune. i remember it was turrets, hive, and 3rd skill (can't remember which) that gave immunity. But now in re-reading it doesn't list those skills anymore. was it changed?

[amber snow]

Is their a map of all the darpa and Pentagon gear caches?

[left ravine]

Can't imagine. Perhaps check Reddit/YT

[deep ingot]

someone monopolize on chest guides for escalation right now

[calm harbor]

How come Southwest is in the Southeast? 😉

[somber spoke]

I mean I just collect all my loot then accept or decline

[bright trail]

Never saw that skill working or doing anything

Hunters wipe my turret all the same

[glossy drum]

Hunters can hack player turrets, drones and stinger hive. Best not to use any of those at that time.

[timid vessel]

back when summit 1st came out and videos were made on how to tackle the hunters, i remember seeing one strategy was to throw out hive before the spawn because that perk made hive immune to the emp, then everyone would run into the radius to keep from being disrupted. but now the text doesn't say anything like that anymore and not sure when it was changed.

[pliant sluice]

delta ❤️

[winter mason]

I think this is a visual bug or smt when i click to open event caches this escalation menu pops up

[left ravine]

lol

The game is imploding

[tidal mango]

What talent is best for Lexington? I've heard killer from some people, optimist from others, and I think flatline from a few people 😭✌🏻

[left ravine]

You can try to relog, if that doesn't help, verifying game files might do sth

[slim elk]

Killer for solo, Measured for both solo and groups and Back & Forth

[keen dagger]

For the mounted roosevelt island one, there are literally no mounted guns at the end of the mission? Just emps and flamethrowers

[junior sequoia]

There is a turret on the boat front

[lofty crater]

best current key farm?

[left ravine]

Just play the game and pray

[slim escarp]

true

[mellow sparrow]

There are 2 turrets facing the enemies. One on the right and one left hand side. Pick one and finish it in one go.

[keen dagger]

Thank you i figured it, it was because i was on a different version of the mission

[calm harbor]

anyone else 5 directives and nba farm absolutely murdering xp gain? 3.1m xp per run

[noble jackal]

why is countdown bugged? it's SPAMMING me about invasions like every second

[tame osprey]

I try to time it so I can fast travel to National Bond Armory, usually I just head out of the alley and they spawn, and they haven’t been running badly. I can get a good amount of damage in before they get comfy

[mellow sparrow]

My fastest NBA is 2 min and 8 seconds to clear from loading in to loading out. That slow because I am running a hotshot SR-1 build and do not have an 1886 build setup yet.

[sinful lagoon]

Someone help me on a escalation or raid

[hollow reef]

#lfg-raid-pc #lfg-pc

[sinful lagoon]

Sry

Ok just thought adk

Just startes playing 7 months ago returning player

Ty

[wanton frigate]

why are div 2 players such sore losers?? oh no i died once let me rage quit and ruin it for my group as well

[bright trail]

One should know when to quit

For example in countdown when i see people skip the hunters and go straight to engineer i quit

Or a shd 75 guy activating 4 directives in legendary manning zoo

[somber spoke]

Yeah both of those are dumb

[deep ingot]

75 SHD running tier 6 escalations with random proto pieces 👁️ 👄 👁️

[wispy merlin]

literally just picking up the drops and equipping them

[deep ingot]

yep, peak gameplay

[mellow trout]

I see it too often😭

Should probably throw tips in the guides that prototype ≠ automatically better

Yes

[dapper root]

Yes it drops from the event cache

[proven portal]

Woooo I got a maxed out caretaker let's goooo

[calm bane]

For blueprints that are Season rewards, are they impossible to unlock now?

[dapper root]

Sorry to break the hype but the caretaker will always roll maxed out

[dapper root]

They are now rewards for seasonal journey

[calm bane]

Ahh, okay. Thanks

[eternal edge]

does anyone else have a bug with manny spamming that hostiles are retaliating while in countdown?

[slim elk]

I just turned off Dialogue Volume, he's annoying asf

[mellow trout]

After playing through the library assignment, || he prolly gonna get iced soon ||

[dapper root]

Bro is a chronicle yapper

[slim elk]

I PRAY FOR IT TO HAPPEN 😩

[mellow trout]

||Maybe it's just the same voice actor but who knows||

[proven portal]

Ah I didn't know that my bad

[dapper root]

Na enjoy the hype just saying it will always max roll

Yes

@wanton mauve yes

[wanton mauve]

what am I looking at- Oh god, the personal progression

[tribal olive]

are we limited to 1 account per game purchase?

[dapper root]

Pretty sure yes

[tribal olive]

fahhh

[dapper root]

[tribal olive]

miss being able to play as many alts as you wanted on console games. gotta purchase dlcs twice and the game just to play an alt on pc it seems

[wanton mauve]

Well, guess I'll stop at 20 forever RNGs have been nice to you, eh?

[dapper root]

I finished all of that day 2 of the event

[wanton mauve]

wut

feel like you stole 80% of players their keys just for your personal progression, Snow.

[dapper root]

How you know

[vale tiger]

got the hollow man on DZ east, would it be better to roll weapon dmg core (and keep the hazpro) or just get cc/chd?

[dapper root]

Show screenshot?

[vale tiger]

that armor just needs 1 optimization to max too

[dapper root]

I would roll for chc/chd as a placeholder till you get a unicorn version

[vale tiger]

ah gotcha

[wanton mauve]

I guess being shd 905 doesn't help me understand the meaning of unicorn version

[dapper root]

Knowledge is power

[harsh cipher]

what is unicorn version?

[dapper root]

a piece of gear or a weapon with extremely rare, perfect, or near-perfect attribute combinations, making it exceptionally hard to find.

[harsh cipher]

aa ok thank you

[humble knot]

what builds and at what point do you guys recommend someone be at to attempt doing lower level escalation and legendary missions with people (i got the obvious striker build done, just wondering if there's any others you'd recommend me getting together)

[dapper root]

In this case you would want a hollow man with chd or chc so you can recalibrate the core attributes to weapon damage

[strange harbor]

Red core is better

[dapper root]

T0-T3 is viable for someone who playes on heroic difficulty

[humble knot]

okay, so i should be fine to run those. that's good to know

[eternal edge]

so if im using backfire for my hunters fury should i make all my armor main cores blue rather than red

[humble knot]

don't want to sandbag so am careful as to when to join others for those

[dapper root]

Legendary you really want a well built build ie max out attributes and 55/100 on chc and chd

[wanton mauve]

what about 55/80

[humble knot]

striker is 54.5/113 respectively, only have my equalizer left to optimize and still working on that

[dapper root]

It's viable but you might lack behind in dps

[dapper root]

Tbh Legendary it's all about knowledge about 30% is your build

[wanton mauve]

don't worry, it will ramp up to 305% chd

[humble knot]

alright, one more question about the community build sheet. are builds that havent been updated in a while till generally fine to use? i've been avoiding most that are older than y7s1 because i reckon they nerf things from time to time

[dapper root]

They are all viable to a certain degree yes some do need some touch up but the core foundation is still valid

[humble knot]

thanks, and if i need help for those i got a channel to ask in

[wanton mauve]

#td2-build-advice is ur best friend.

[humble knot]

yup

[calm bane]

Finally! After 3 months of targetting farm

[hollow reef]

Oh damn thats a good one. Just need to optimize the weapon damage and you're good to go.

[calm bane]

Yessiiiir

[mellow trout]

Low-key reroll that the core stat will be expensive asf to optimise

[calm bane]

Tempted, but it's good for what it is

[brazen lake]

is it normal that I cant interact with this lantern?

[left ravine]

Yes. Run around to trigger the pending kill squad spawn

[desert furnace]

Does anyone have a list of all the named masks, holsters, gloves, and kneepads that come with a yellow core?

[dapper root]

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nrPBmOrtpkEW1j5fbcRT7L-AXgsGOqMqxXoVtopsiGM/edit?usp=sharing

[fluid mountain]

For expertise should I just target loot what I dont have maxed yet such as some brand sets etc. On countdown and wear the stuff harder to come by ?

[slim elk]

by type imho

but most will say by brand and gearset first

[inner tendon]

TL farming a specific brand/gearset will be faster overall, since you need about 3-4 runs to max one out from 0, if you're unlucky and no Proficiency Event is active.

[obsidian garden]

i had a match with people having patience of a toddler, any chance i can reclaim it?

[weary wedge]

@wanton mauve

[wanton mauve]

@dapper root can we go rogue on this guy?

[dapper root]

I can murk him in 5 seconds

[weary wedge]

.5*

[wanton mauve]

@weary wedge Pixel, you can just use the grenade launcher instead 😭

[weary wedge]

You almost just made me spit out my water.

[dapper root]

Ngl the 40 Mike Mike would do better

[wanton mauve]

better than 50k damage from Nemesis

[weary wedge]

I only got 2 bullets 😭

[dapper root]

Use them wisely

[wanton mauve]

MY PISTOL DID MORE

[weary wedge]

my pistol does like 1m damage per-

[dapper root]

Just use the pistol

[wanton mauve]

Your pistol outperform the damn Nemesis, what the f-

[dapper root]

Kinda sad

[wanton mauve]

I know it's not proper build, but what the hell

[weary wedge]

My mike mikes only do 2.5m damage-

I actually think I perfected my skills of running crap builds

[frail grail]

Anyone else getting a thing where they login for the first time and get DC'd after a minute or two and then you're fine after you login again?

[dapper root]

Server hiccups today

[floral estuary]

I have it a lot. But as you said, except one time I think, it's not happening again after so well.

[obsidian ibex]

Is it still possible to get the quick step pistol?

[dapper root]

Yes through the event cache

[wanton mauve]

yes, matchmaking with others that hunting Kitsunebi and open event cache via sakura keys

[hollow reef]

Current event gear cache.

[paper hill]

is the enforcer the best burst dps option for a shotgun? if not what is, looking to pair up a shotgun with smgs

[inner tendon]

for those looking for it

[midnight scaffold]

m870

[quartz spire]

is danny weaver here today

[dusky rose]

How do I get the hollow man mask

[dapper root]

DZ exclusive you can get it through named caches, farm in the DZ when Targeted Loot is set to mask or Yaahl or buy it at the DZ vender or Countdown vendor when in stock or do the Houndmen bounty if you have it

[dapper root]

nope both gun runners are closed

[hollow spoke]

Who is the draugr

[carmine yacht]

okay sorry this is probably really stupid I'm new I just hit level 40 just a few questions about tinkering first question am I able to recalibrate the core attribute and the regular attribute slot on the same piece? once i do recalibrate it will I be able to recalibrate it again if I get a better value for instance if I put the 140k armor on but i get a 170k down the line can I replace it? and lastly for something like the striker set can you get more than one regular attribute slots or is it just the one and the mod slot?

[dapper root]

welcome congratulations on hitting level 40, first of all here a guide that will answer alot of your question:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Tc2UDqrX0vBw-f18opih3idHlueXN7ca2HSEP_yAZDM/edit?usp=sharing

to answer your current questions:
Once your recalibrate an attribute you can only recalibrate that attribute in the future
You can recalibrate it as many times as you want depending on if you have the materials for it
Yes if you get a better stat on that recalibration you can replace it
For gear sets like Striker, the chest and backpack have 1 core, 1 secondary attribute and 1 mod slot, the reset will only have 1 core and 1 secondary. Brand set will have 2 secondary attributes and 1 mod slot for the chest and backpack

[dapper root]

are you still doing damage with headshot?

[vocal kite]

yis

[dapper root]

visual bug relog should fix the issue

[left ravine]

I wanna set up a GoFundMe for you 😭

[solar mortar]

i donated a one sakura key, how do i get the budding challenge samurai kit

[left ravine]

Press X to claim

[solar mortar]

in the vendor cache? its not available

[left ravine]

Select the community cache, then press X

[solar mortar]

yeah that one, its greyed out, i can't open cuz i dont have keys. i only had one and i donated that key to it

i thought i could get the suit by donating a one

[left ravine]

Have another key ready, think that's how it was with the Winter Event too

Try relogging first maybe

[solar mortar]

oh okayy, its my 1st event, im new
i did restart but didnt work

[left ravine]

Then get another key and try again, otherwise no clue

[solar mortar]

okay, i will try, thank you

[hollow reef]

Is this bugged?

[left ravine]

Looks like it

[hollow reef]

smh my head.

[left ravine]

Get the TS agitation to 300% and see what happens. Possibly need to kill a single TS NPC on top

[zenith torrent]

Anyone know more about accuracy and stability? A bit confused abt the system

[summer quiver]

I was gonna answer but I think iam also confused about them, so I'll wait until it's explained to us both

[inner tendon]

@summer quiver @zenith torrent I usually tie this in to an explanation of Weapon Handling, so just take what you need from it:
"weapon handling" is actually 4 separate stats in 1. Reload/swap-speed/accuracy (reticule bloom)/ and stability (vertical kick).

[summer quiver]

This actually might help me mod weapons a little better

Thank you btw

[pure valley]

How to get the basic components that's maximum of 500? I only have 230

[half karma]

look on your map for areas with this symbol. you will be able to loot crates there that have basic components

[carmine yacht]

Lmfao I’m just a poor boy I know

[summer quiver]

Never seen so many red materials in my life

[fallen island]

There is an upcoming optimization surge. So when it happens if I farm mods to turn them into printer filaments I will get 3x more filaments?

And then if I save them for the 3x expertise event I will use them. That's my plan

[rain mulch]

I know it's probably stated in here already but does someone have the chart of the escalation prototype drop chances?

[left ravine]

It's not 3x, Idk the exact values on top of my head tho

[rain mulch]

I think it's double. It's 6 fillament per mod so it'd be 12 during the event.

[left ravine]

Yeah that sounds more realistic

[inner tendon]

Can confirm, melted down a bunch last time to get the new Exotics capped out.

[rain mulch]

I had this happen. Black Tusk got triggered when I had active True Sons. After restarting I killed one more Black Tusk soldier and it triggered the retal properly.

[inner tendon]

I was at 99% with BT and True Sons were red, so I run the True Sons, then BT go to red before I'm done, so the game goes "hey wanna keep going?". Which I was not expecting to be a feature, but I love it.

[north pier]

Having the same issue with a 300% TS retal.

Entered one, then black tusk appeared on the second one, now I'm stuck with a retal I can't start.

[rain mulch]

I think it has to do with the fact Black Tusk's meter fills when agitating other factions.

[hollow reef]

Yea I think thats enough CC build for today.

[left ravine]

You also got ambushed by the Ronin after the Retaliation?

[hollow reef]

Yes.

[left ravine]

Hope you could collect all possible keys :p

[hollow reef]

Speak of the devil...

[hollow reef]

And this.

[somber spoke]

Im playing on steam and using a wired dualsense controller, but steam says unknown controller support?

doesn't make sense

I'd use steam input but there's a weird bug where my game randomly flicks my camera down

[wanton mauve]

low quality but whatever

[hollow reef]

How many times you leveled up so far?

[wanton mauve]

from NBA? 4.5

[hollow reef]

No I mean in total.

How many hundred levels.

[wanton mauve]

in 2 hours, over 200 SHDs

[hollow reef]

You can check by going to Event timeline from the event page.

[wanton mauve]

OH

[hollow reef]

Then pick Exp boost event. You'll see how many times you leveled up during the event and the limit is 1000.

[wanton mauve]

like 775 in total

[hollow reef]

Damn nice

[wanton mauve]

im sure yours higher

[hollow reef]

Nah, much lower cuz I dont have NBA.

At least I found out the 2nd best way to farm level is retaliation. Because 1 control point is worth 1 mission.

[wanton mauve]

lots of benefits from there

[sour patio]

Guys, is there any way to stop Manny Ortega from spamming the same thing over and over again—“agent, agent,” “retaliating,” etc.? For 30 minutes straight he’s been spamming the same thing in heatseats I feel like I’m going crazy.

Im farming national bond and he is spaming the same shit everytime in radio

Is this a bug or something ?

[subtle grove]

I have donated 1 key to the community crate, and I havent recieved a reward, do we need to get to all of the thresholds before we get the cosmetics?

[wanton mauve]

Open the cache from event vendor

[sour patio]

So no one knows anything anyfix i guess

[rough trench]

It's intended so people don't farm NBA.

[fallen island]

I get "we got a distress call from agent Hoskins" all the time in DC. Or "cleaners in Brooklyn" because I don't have this dlc

[subtle grove]

Cant open it

[wanton mauve]

send screenshot or something

[subtle grove]

Hold on

[subtle grove]

I have donated 1 key, but I cant open the cache

[wanton mauve]

Try relog, prob a bug

[subtle grove]

Alr

[subtle grove]

Still doesnt let me opdn it

I have donated 2 keys, and it still wont let me open it

[vale tiger]

is there any bs to watch out on pentagon escalation

[fiery frost]

Is there no Sakura bundle for the skill effects? Just got to the skill visual tabs and I only see the rogue, holiday, spooky, and broken, bundles. Sakura seems to be individual, unless I'm missing something.

[fierce raven]

there is some when u kill the event "hunters" no ?

[fiery frost]

idk, just got back to the game 😅

[fiery frost]

Thank you

[fierce raven]

np

[winter elk]

Is there a way to queue for specifically one mission for escalation and not all 5 at once?

[boreal lintel]

Turn dialogue to 0 in audio

[sacred echo]

wow prototype weapon really dropped 😭

[dry tendon]

does anyone have this issue where they have active retals but no way to start or abandon it?

[hollow reef]

#ask-td2-community message

Yep. Don't know how to fix it.

[dry tendon]

narrator is spamming me while im trying to do missions

[hollow reef]

Kill him.

[vale tiger]

mute the game

[rare parcel]

what should i be doing with the prototype set pieces i get but cant use (i cant use them in my builds), should i deconstruct them for the cores or just keep them?

[dreamy sentinel]

Apparently killing a member of that faction in the open world will fix it

[late bronze]

whats is going on? cant equip it

[late bronze]

just take down one flag (control point) of true sons and they will be trigger
it happens for me in the past

[plucky jewel]

Is the floor 10 summit farm still viable?

[hollow reef]

For what?

[plucky jewel]

Well in general. For example targeting gloves.

[hollow reef]

Tbh idk, most are farming in either Countdown or Retaliation. Personally I prefer retaliation for good chunk of exp.

[plucky jewel]

Alrightie. The overdogs gloves been avoiding me so I was like hoping it would drop there atleast. I think since I saw comments of people getting lucky there

[onyx swan]

Hi,
since yesterday my retaliation is bugged . It shows no timer and I can't cancel or start it . Re log in or anything do not work . Some here have a solution?

[glossy drum]

you were trying to equip saturate offence, but seem to have saturate utility unlocked - in case you haven't worked it out.

[shadow isle]

Overdogs doesn't drop in Countdown yet, so your best chance is to do retaliations (exotic cache reward at the end and chance for the blueprint)

[restive fog]

Has anyone tested ND with first bloom? Does marking multiple enemies proc the 33% amp damage?

[warped ledge]

hey guys, i got a big alejandro blueprint from retaliations but i cant seem to find it anywhere. i checked inaya and the crafting station, just wondweing if im missing anything

[plucky jewel]

Ok

[shadow isle]

since the ND gear description doesn't explicitly say it's total weapon dmg that's applied to other targets, then I would expect the amp dmg from First Bloom to be part of that % dmg transfer. If ND works the same way as it does with Overdogs, then that's the answer to your question

[oak siren]

Is it posible to get turmoil rn ??

[hollow reef]

From the event gear cache yes. Theres also Lexington, Caretaker, etc..

[tough bear]

Not the correct Saturate you’re choosing

you bought Utility Saturate, not Offense Saturate

[vital nest]

I found this hilarious and i wondered if it has happened to anyone else

[modest lily]

yall think freemen will make a appearance or atleast camo in division 2 or 3?

[winter elk]

Its in the crafting station right at the bottom exotics tab, not in the lmgs section

[hollow reef]

I gave up playing Resurgence so i dont really know. Someone told me Freemen ended in Resurgence.

[modest lily]

darn.

[ivory stratus]

So since the funny is patched does difficulty matter when farming keys?

[modest lily]

btw how hard is it to play on mobile?

[hollow reef]

Pain in the ass. Dont like the controls thats why I gave up.

[modest lily]

idk how it feel to play a mobile game on a ipad

[warped ledge]

yeah i thought that too. you mean the sections where recalibrations and stuff is right? for me the big alejandro is still blanked out so i was a little confused. im sure i did get it from retaliations though. not a big deal but it is what it is i can always try and go for it some other way

[modest lily]

but i can tell a small average phone is straight up pain

[oblique fjord]

Gordon Freemen?

[modest lily]

naw, a mediaval ahh faction

[hollow reef]

Somehow a new faction appeared ahh plot.

[modest lily]

MR RECRUITER GET DO-

[young stag]

do the lanterns give anything? like keys

[fast light]

I must be blind what’s the daily loot for the missions I only see 3

[fast light]

Yes it happens a lot and it’s funny every time

[fast light]

Yes in event cache

[astral holly]

I am currently doing NYC hunters, and I am following one video guide, where youtuber fought both Drip and Psycho hunters, both have spawned in but Psycho ended up despawning? As if he ran away or something, is it possible to repeat hunter fights?

[fast light]

Yes repeats the steps and he will respawn. You have to meet the same spawn conditions so u can’t just walk back into a fight. If its go somewhere between 1-10am u have to be there at that time again kind of thing

[astral holly]

Thanks, I'll redo the boss fight steps then

[fast light]

Overdogs have been the only exotic I have never seen drop 🤔 I only have 1 pair myself but I have the craft blueprint. And I ran countdown a lot!

[fast light]

Yep hopefully it’s not a bad one 🫣🫣🫣 some can be tedious

[rancid egret]

What’s the focusing for escalation today?

[astral holly]

Neurotic mask has been annoying so far, with server connection reseting and all

[fast light]

The Art Mueseum: Heartbreaker
Manning National Zoo: Tip Of The Spear
Camp White Oak: Česká Výroba S.R.O.
The Pentagon: Gloves
DARPA Research Labs: True Patriot

[rancid egret]

Thank you agent 🫡

[modest lily]

ok to be for real

which side was right? division or mr recruiter?

i mean did mr recruiter know nat is going nuclear

[late bronze]

beside manhunt where i can get BTSU ?

i need 50 only 🙁

[mental grotto]

are these good enough for a new player? what gears are good to grind for and look for? i mainly like to use AR and LMG

[plucky jewel]

Thats unfortunate

[hollow reef]

Read this Level 40 Starter Guide and this yee yee ahh strikers

[fickle ravine]

yee yee ahh boring strikers

except pvgc striker, that shit's the bomb

[hollow reef]

mf addicted to pvgc striker like crack, high risk high reward ahh build.

All In!

[fickle ravine]

the reward isn't even that good

it will do way more upfront damage at 0 stacks, but at max stacks it will be worse than standard striker w/ 60% overdogs uptime

[hollow reef]

so it focuses on burst damage

[fickle ravine]

kinda

[mental grotto]

ty

[hollow reef]

Also, welcome to the endgame.

[fickle ravine]

it's basically either

• you don't want to use overdogs but need something better than standard striker w/o overdogs
• bragging rights

[modest lily]

possible to use memento with striker?

[hollow reef]

No, dont.

[fickle ravine]

yes, works well in solo, falls off in groups

[modest lily]

how about harrier?

[warm salmon]

you lose damage for survivability, better for solo

[fickle ravine]

harrier is chopped

[hollow reef]

Harrier Pride is just cheap copy of Memento

[warm salmon]

harrier is just a worse memento

[modest lily]

hmm K

[fiery frost]

It says to donate at least one key to get a reward, but I can't get anything. What am I missing?

[fickle ravine]

stack gain is clunky and you lose all of them when you exit combat, the last part is what completely kills it

also 0 contribution to your skills

[modest lily]

unless solo?

hmm how about beacon?

[warm salmon]

It doesn't change much between solo and groups

[fickle ravine]

harrier is bad all the time unless it takes like 15 minutes to clear one room for some reason

[hollow reef]

Memento doesnt really work in groups. Your teammate could land the last hit and get the kill so the trophy dont drop.

[fickle ravine]

if it does take 15 minutes to clear one room then we have bigger problems

[fickle ravine]

bad for dps

i've seen it used in some weird off-meta support build but its generally not something you'd use at all

[remote elbow]

I personally don't like memento due to the scurrying about after drops

[modest lily]

i like the look of it tbh

sigh. let me guess

overdog is DPS huh

[warm salmon]

pretty much

[modest lily]

wth does ninja backpack talent even do?

[fickle ravine]

equip a brand/gear set, the bag will contribute +1 to the piece count for either, basically lets you get a bunch of stats

it's not good in PVE though, you lose way more by dropping the backpack talent than any stats you can gain from mix and matching brand/gear sets

[modest lily]

K

[remote elbow]

Ring of Royal Grandeur

[thick dawn]

whats the best sakura key farming method?

[remote elbow]

collecting the forty lanterns imho

[tight mirage]

Guys retal working? I can’t start / there’s no button

[bright trail]

Two options. It doesn't do anything or it does nothing.

[desert gulch]

man i try play on anything but normal im dead so fast its so hard geting anything good

[terse olive]

is the bluescreen blueprint available in legacy manhunts just straight up gonna let me make one or am ı missing something?

[acoustic lark]

What exactly happens when I upgrade to prototype? I have a HG backpack with

15 % weapon damage
6 % critical hit chance
10 % headshot damage
Talent: vigilance

My understanding: only the % changes, the attributes themselves will remain the same as well as the talent.

Is this correct, that the attributes won't change and the talent won't change aswell?

[left ravine]

Yup

[shut zodiac]

does any one know where to go to find team mates like an lfg thing

[eager kindle]

Mornin Fellas. Quick question:

This past week I’ve been teaching myself how to optimize and synergize gears sets and Talents to my liking, and now I’m Handling the “Challenging” content much easier. Does the Heroic difficulty have that much better drops? Is it better to just stay in challenging for exotics?

[terse olive]

https://discord.com/channels/477210626742288384/556242679122624523

[shut zodiac]

it says no access

[left ravine]

Pick the role of your platform and then look for the LFG channel

[terse olive]

go to roles and pick a relevant role for your platform

[shut zodiac]

thanks guys!

[terse olive]

np

[pulsar badge]

Is improvised gear ever worth using

[fiery frost]

Is the "donate all junk" option in Expertise still broken? It never donates.

[dim pewter]

It works.

[fiery frost]

It doesn't donate the backpacks, as an example, for me.

[bright trail]

if i use a prototype first bloom, do i get proficiency points for regular first bloom?

[dim pewter]

Remark them as junk. But the Donate all in Expertise works.

[pseudo tundra]

it will only donate things that can be donated

if item already has max proficiency you wont get to donate it anymore

[lean pine]

Are you not able to chain retailations together anymore? it feels like the event mobs spawningi s making that harder

[pseudo tundra]

you need to have multiple levels of the same faction

[fiery frost]

Just tried that, but I can't donate the bags. The expertise level is at 4, but won't accept the bags.

[lean pine]

yea i know that.

[fiery frost]

Marked them for donation. Marked them for junk. Still doesn't donate.

[dim pewter]

Are the bags you're trying to donate Proficient already?

[fiery frost]

Do you mean upraded? The category itself is at 4, but the items aren't upgraded.

[left ravine]

Sounds like you're proficient with those backpacks

[fiery frost]

Are all that drop on the floor proficient?

[left ravine]

Do they have a little shield in the bottom right corner of the item icon?

[fiery frost]

Yeah... just decided to scrap them. They dropped on the floor about 5mins ago.

[left ravine]

Check those items' proficiency level, if it's 10 then you're done with those and can focus on others

[fiery frost]

Oh, it just says proficient, but my expertise level is 4, but the items aren't upgraded.

[lean pine]

what i meant to say with the limited amount of time at th end. is the expectation to kill the sqaud and then keep going with yoru chained retal? doesnt seemlike enough time

[dim pewter]

If an item says "Proficient" you can't donate it.

[left ravine]

Like I said then you can focus on other items now

[fiery frost]

So, do I just have to play a lot for the expertise level to go up?

[left ravine]

Yeah

It takes some time

[pseudo tundra]

a lot with a lot of different items

[fiery frost]

I doubt I'll make it to the next tier up anytime soon with the rarity.

[pseudo tundra]

thats why people shouldnt try to max it out expertise in a week

[dim pewter]

Just keep at it. I hit 29 yesterday.. the slog is nearly done

[left ravine]

Keep playing Countdown and pick your targeted loot according to which brands and gear sets you still have to get to proficient

[fiery frost]

Already done a load of grinding in D4 lately :/ so I kind of feel that. The new mobs are beating my a* though. Two squads spawn on both of my flanks :/

[left ravine]

If you open your inventory, press M and select the Expertise menu. There you'll have a more detailed look about your proficient items

[fiery frost]

Thanks

Getting these Sakura keys also seems rare. Got to donate 1 key, because it said I need to do that to get the rewards, but nada.

[left ravine]

The higher the world tier the higher the spawn chances for Kitsunebi

[junior sequoia]

So about prototype, all attributes can have more 50% of just one attribute per item?

[fiery frost]

Went down to challenging because of the amount of spawns, and still a lot.

[left ravine]

What?

[junior sequoia]

One backpack I prototyped had one attribute 9% of critical chance, normal 15% wp, the second backpack had 22.5% of weapon damage, normal 6% of CHC. I asked if both of them can have the 50% more value (6 becomes 9, 15 becomes 22,5 etc) to all the attributes or it's only applies to one attribute?

[urban surge]

is it just me or firefly attachments have a higher drop chance than anything else?

[left ravine]

Guaranteed one new max attribute with low chances for it to happen for a second attribute and very, very low chances for all three

This is when you upgrade via proto core, drops quality is all over the place

[hollow reef]

If you want to dedicate yourself to grinding expertise, focus on Gearsets and Brandsets first. Once they're all done except Yaahl and System Corruption since those two sets are rarely found, look for someone who can host Houndsman bounty farm for named items. Once thats also done, farm gearmods and deconstruct every single one of them to get Printer Filaments, use it to donate stuffs that are difficult to be proficient in. Like skills or useless exotics for example.

[lean pine]

Ok trying to figure out at the end of a retal best way to take out the squad and get your loot.

[hollow reef]

Just focus on them instead of looting.

[umbral estuary]

wat are the best abilities for story as a solo

[lean pine]

yea seems like what you need to do, they could extend the tiem or make themt he last wave or something

[hollow reef]

You mean skill? Definitely reviver hive. It'll automatically activate when you're downed. Unless its jammed by something.

[hollow reef]

They kinda did but perhaps they shouldnt make kitsunes appeared at the end of retaliation.

[umbral estuary]

oh ill invest in that for sure, rn im using drone and the seeker mine

[hollow reef]

As for your other skill go with whatever you want.

[left ravine]

Better and more loot than the final loot room

[hollow reef]

I guess you right.

[left ravine]

It just caught me off guard the first time, now it can be anticipated

[hollow reef]

Now Im wondering whether the optimization surge event gives double exotic- fu what does it call again?

[left ravine]

Apparently that happens with Expertise Surge

I tend to confuse that myself

[hollow reef]

I was thinking about deconstructing an exotic item, what do we get?

[left ravine]

No event is live for this ATM. Optimization Surge starts Tuesday

[hollow reef]

Ah ok

[hollow reef]

Now that I think about it, how many event boosts are there in one season? We got:

• Descent surge
• Expertise surge
• SHD Level surge (Ongoing)
• Optimization surge (Upcoming)
• Conflict surge (Upcoming)
• Material surge (Unconfirmed)
• Countdown surge (Uncofirmed)

Is optimization actually just material surge? I cant remember.

[tiny flint]

season modifiers are turned off in classified assignments ?

[fast light]

do higher tiers give better rolls i know thats usually the case but unsure

[left ravine]

Yes

I think, maybe it changed

[hollow reef]

@livid jacinth

[eternal edge]

can someone help me with my build? ive tried asking in the build advice chanel but just instantly got told "were not going to talk about that"

[left ravine]

What? Post your build and related questions simply in #td2-build-advice

[eternal edge]

i would but i got ignored and like i said were not talking about that

[left ravine]

Then do it again, I missed the part where someone said that allegedly

[fleet jolt]

quick question isn't this supposed to be the first core prototyped ? instead of last one

[pseudo tundra]

it's random which one

[fleet jolt]

headshot damage is purple highlighted but rifle damage ain't

[pseudo tundra]

well yeah

[fleet jolt]

i'm so confused with these visual bug

[pseudo tundra]

it's random which one goes over the cap when you upgrade

it's NOT always the first one

it could have been crit damage instead

[hollow reef]

Hey bird, when GFL1 collaborated with Div1, is there a special outfit or some sort that comes from GFL1?

[modest lily]

hmm, would harrier backpack perform better in term of survival?

[fleet jolt]

ooooh gotcha

[boreal lintel]

Is darkzone active? Division 1 was all about the darkzone why isn’t anyone in there anymore

[pseudo tundra]

no, it was a one sided collab

[calm bane]

WHy is there a queue when join another player?

[upper inlet]

hey friends, how to i resolve this?

[left ravine]

That's not a visual bug. That's how your item rolled. The bug was fixed BTW

[pseudo tundra]

have your tried to reboot or verifying files?

[upper inlet]

yes, same

[fleet jolt]

yeah i just got it now thanks

[kind cove]

How good is huntsman in comparison to killer

[wraith crystal]

wtf is this shiz?

[pseudo tundra]

server issues

[daring ocean]

same here

[mental kindle]

prime time server issues

[boreal lintel]

Is darkzone active? Division 1 was all about the darkzone why isn’t anyone in there anymore

[hollow reef]

Yeah

[pseudo tundra]

are you asking about division 1 or 2?

cause this is the chat for 2

[boreal lintel]

2

[grave adder]

d2 again crap 2900

[pseudo tundra]

well people have found the PVP stale and some odd design decisions regarding size of it to force more combat so not everyone engages with it

also very high entry because of PVP builds needing a lot of rare or specific items

[boreal lintel]

Idk bro division 1 darkzone was iconic

[bright trail]

yesterday in countdown, seasonal modifiers were active, today not. any idea?

[tardy bramble]

I never seen this before

idk whats going on ngl

[keen halo]

short mataince has caused this and a ddos attack from yesterday

[idle siren]

so peak

[modest lily]

sweet liberty wth just happen

[exotic pollen]

i have %99 packet loss wtf eorktmhgoeıııhmr

[tardy bramble]

Dont worry guys. Ill give the guy who did the ddos a piece of my mind

heh (so much aura)

I need to go back to farming my control points again

[lusty ocean]

At least we have some soothing waiting room music while we watch the thousands of people in line before us

[tardy bramble]

I love getting 2 million exp per control point

[rotund wasp]

From my experience. Its just not fun, or balanced. last 10 times i got in the DZ, there were 4 guy teams waiting on the Extracts. And they just went rogue the moment you try to put something on the Heli. Or one guy with an Absolut broken build that 2 shot me in half a second. And even if you kill them, they never have suff with them. So why go there when you will get camped and dont event get anything from fighting them

[fallen island]

What are the chances of getting 3x expertise this season? We had it recently

[lusty ocean]

I can find a lot of superlatives for those guys that won't be allowed here 🤭 it's the reason I never go DZ

[inner tendon]

Pretty good, the last one was a previous Season.

I expect it towards the end, but keep an eye on the ingame Event Timeline for updates.

[bright trail]

it was this season. like 2 weeks ago

[cedar vale]

servers down?

[fallen island]

Yea I cant remember if ot was this season

[lusty ocean]

It's like right now till Tuesday

[inner tendon]

That was Proficiency, no?

Not the same thing as an Expertise Event.

[stable pond]

Are servers done for. ?

[bright trail]

3 times was proficiency though not expertise. expertise is double

[fallen island]

The one we have now is XP

[inner tendon]

It's a temporary hiccup, chill.

[lusty ocean]

Oh right oops

[fallen island]

Isn't proficiency same as expertise? You gain expertise along with proficiency

[left ravine]

No, you need to get an item/skill to proficient in order to increase your overall expertise

[tardy bramble]

Did anyone else get into the division 2 from the steam discount?

[modest lily]

yo uh how do i overcharge my shield

[fallen island]

I mean few weeks ago we had an event where I donated materials and it was like 3x proficiency which boosted expertise

[tardy bramble]

Run all red cores, run into a crowd of enemies, and die (idk)

[modest lily]

💀 kamikaze ahh

[bright trail]

yes that was a proficiecny event

expertise event gives you double expertise mats

[civic junco]

I am stuck on loading

[fallen island]

Ok so do you think we can get the proficiency event this season? I'm not sure how often it happens

[civic junco]

Why are servers so bad all a sudden?

[bright trail]

possible. they do events more frequently

[waxen solstice]

yes allso sony

[strange harbor]

Server down

[left ravine]

Yeah here too

[pulsar bobcat]

anyone know if the big Alejandro is in the general loot pool now?

[left ravine]

It is

[pulsar bobcat]

ty

[fleet jolt]

servers still down?

[flint pawn]

Do anyone else is getting Echo and Deltas?

[fleet jolt]

i rerolled like 5 times i didn't get it

[flint pawn]

I mean Errors

Oooh I see servers getting hammered 2000+ Queue again

[midnight jolt]

Delta

[left ravine]

I can live with this queue lol

[pliant sluice]

gg delta 😄

[fleet jolt]

aha

[sonic wren]

i think im cursed, every Game i start to play, the server go down xD

[cedar vale]

the servers are on fire

[livid jacinth]

Yes

[modest lily]

somehow i got in the server

[modest lily]

idk how ddos work but it does kick everybody out right?

[slim elk]

it may have nothing to do with their side and more on the users

[fast light]

Users are gonna do anything to make this farm worth it unfortunatly that even means no one playing 🤷‍♂️ all this cuz of bad key spawns they “buffed”

[slim elk]

in all honesty, I dont gaf about this event since what it offers is basically early stretch goals

[civic junco]

I literally just go a que to go back to the WH from Camp White Oak lol

[fast light]

Yep but also new proto gear. Usable or not

[left ravine]

It's acknowledged, hope they have someone available to take care of it

[nocturne siren]

does this mean they also know about my magical disappearance of my cavalier shit i farmed yesterday in countdown?

[left ravine]

I couldn't stay in the game long enought to check potential item loss

[nocturne siren]

i lost easily 5 pieces, was enough for a full build. all of it were gone

[left ravine]

I haven't had issues yesterday

[nocturne siren]

these issues still persisting?

yeah i didnt either until poof magically happened

[left ravine]

Echo-01, if I can get in for a few mins it's ended with a Delta-03

I'll wait a bit

[nocturne siren]

heard. back to playing better games

yeah this even PROVES i was farming for it and then got slapped with the queue. total item loss

now im more concerned if itll happen again. will my items just poof vanish like that one scene in toy story with buzz?

[exotic pollen]

i agree

more agree

[left ravine]

First Europe, now Asia 😂 Wth

[mental grotto]

i think i got addicted to this game.

[civic junco]

The servers are messed up because so many people logging out and back in to mess with Ronin spawns. . . like why?

[left ravine]

Maybe, maybe not

[shadow isle]

since the recent sakura tree event, whenever I get into the game there's 3 delta-3's in a row. After that the game is stable

[lofty crater]

servers still fried?

[left ravine]

Is OK for me now

[eternal dew]

hi everyone, is it normal that if I upgrade to prototype an armorpiece, for example a striker piece, sometimes the core attribute increases its value, and sometimes it doesn't ? is there a way to upgrade all attributes of a prototype armor piece ?

[bleak oracle]

yes to your first answer, yes to the second. when u upgrade chance for 1 random max roll is guaranteed. then 5% for 2 max rolls, then 1% for 3 max rolls.

[eternal dew]

so the only way to get all attributes maxed out is to dismantle that amor piece and try again with another one ?

[bleak oracle]

that or have it drop maxed out

[kind cove]

How do I get automated defense parts

Nvm

[weary wedge]

Craft them using the materials you get from retaliations.

[kind cove]

I figured it out

Have to play more retaliations ugggggh

How do ya get broken watches?

I know from retail but any specific way?

[eternal dew]

wow what a grind would be, ok thanks

[fallen breach]

Unbelievable, anyone know when they start ban ppl ,pro players with auto nemesis crushed servers more than 5 times for last 2 h ,

[pseudo tundra]

any faction gives them

[kind cove]

I figured out I could use my black tusk thing to get some

Finally have all raid exotics now

[night acorn]

How do you swap challenges to donate to?

[winter mason]

Whats up with Escalation menu popping up everywhere?

this is a WH vendro btw

[magic sandal]

Move??? Its weird need to be exact

[soft spoke]

where would be the best place to find a group for flawless incursion? need wright mask

[nimble spruce]

#lfg-td2incursion-pc or one of the big servers that have voice channels, like the community server or GCRock

[civic nacelle]

When the Resident Evil Skins Coming back?

[kind cove]

Potentially never

[hollow reef]

If you're looking for Quickstep pistol, just keep opening event gear cache.

[lusty field]

oh didnt know, thank you

[nimble spruce]

@lusty field please use #lfg-pc when looking for players to group with in game

[north compass]

plz help,,why i can not reconfigure my CAPACITOR

[magic sandal]

You can't reconfigure or recalibrate?

[north compass]

i can not reconfigure

[nimble spruce]

Is it the lvl 35 capacitor you got from the levelling cache? That one is special and can't be levelled up

[quiet pawn]

anyone else getting the connecting to ubisoft servers error?

[north compass]

no,,i just deleted that one,,i am talking aboout the one i just crafted

[abstract canyon]

is the yaahl brand set only available in dark zone? since you can't target loot it

[night acorn]

Is the Caretaker any good? I got a god roll from a cache

[winter mason]

Caretaker comes godrolled

[night acorn]

Ah

[nimble spruce]

Do you have the recalibration blueprint as well as the crafting blueprint? You might need to earn one in the summit before you can buy it, only takes 5 summit challenges which is <10 floors if you're efficient.

[nimble spruce]

Only dz, but occasionally gets sold by the clan vendor. Can also come from the 'random brand' crafting recipe.

[nimble spruce]

Decent talent but sadly poor handling on the base weapon so misses a lot of shots at longer ranges

[abstract canyon]

okay so i'll need to check every vendor for the hollow man

[nimble spruce]

Hmm? No, other than the clan vendor, the dz vendors are the only other ones that might sell it

I guess possibly also the countdown vendor as dz exclusives can appear there on occasion

[abstract canyon]

so cazzie or danny won't sell it?

[nimble spruce]

Not as far as I'm aware. The mini warhounds in the Houndsman bounties can drop it. You can also get the crafting blueprint from reconstructed caches

[abstract canyon]

checked dz east and its there lmao

[bright trail]

vendors sell it time to time and it is also very rare in dark zone and generally comes with terrible stats

[north compass]

how to check if i have the recalibration blueprint ?

[nimble spruce]

Sorry, reconfigure not recalibrate. Crafting bench, weapon section, right at the bottom of the list. If it's unavailable try logging off and on again then talking to Inaya to see if she has it for sale

[north compass]

as i said,,i can craft it,,but i can not reconfigure it

[nimble spruce]

What do you see when you try? A screenshot might be helpful

[humble knot]

can't it drop from named caches either? need to get one for myself and some point and wondering whether that's possible or not

did get some dz weapons from the caches but maybe there's some exclusions, still relatively new so dk if every dz item is in the named caches or not

[nimble spruce]

Yes, hollow man can drop from named caches too. Forgot about those because the original question was just about Yaahl gear in general.

[humble knot]

no worries, yeah i was curious about hollow man in specific. thanks

[elder snow]

I have 220+ scav points, does the optimize event on the 28th work with the scav points?

[nimble spruce]

Yes

[bleak oracle]

only partially. materials like the purple, greens, and blue are not affected but field recon and shd calibration are

[bright trail]

Do not get frd. Crafting would be cheaper. Shd is good to buy with those points

[cobalt sedge]

I know it's a day later, but coming back to the stacked up retaliations - the game let me do all 6 of them, but it would alternate between true sons and black tusk. Very odd!

[exotic pollen]

HOLY MOLY

[rose pewter]

ah you got it too

[mild vortex]

What’s best modifiers guide good defense and offense ?

[inner tendon]

This is what I've been using for totals:

[tough marsh]

all I see is the flag of Chad

[high notch]

can Lexington drop from the new event caches? I’ve opened so many and no drops yet

[fickle ravine]

they can

[spiral kayak]

yes i have 3 from the event

[hollow reef]

Among other unique named items like Turmoil, Caretaker, etc.

[spiral kayak]

i need the quikstep but it will not drop

[hollow reef]

Just keep opening.

[spiral kayak]

i do 😄

[deep ingot]

if you have friends that already have it, they can Share loot with you from the event.

IF your inventory is full and you open up a gear cache it drops the loot on the floor, if you pickup said loot off the floor you can Share it with someone.

i've been helping a few players get lexs/quicksteps since i already have everything.

[spiral kayak]

ok nice tu know thanks

[deep ingot]

🫡 goodluck grinding

[spiral kayak]

ty i do my best 😄

[tranquil tide]

Do the turmoil kneepads drop in open world/targeted loot? Or are they like the Lexington. Only specific season caches?

[rugged stratus]

like lexington

[hollow sandal]

Apologies for asking, but does anyone have the bounties for the houndsmen/bloody houndsmen so that I could earn the quickstep pistol?

[mellow sparrow]

You are excused. Now go farm keys and get the pistol yourself.

[hollow sandal]

[elfin carbon]

anyone still having issues logging in?

[hollow spoke]

Where do you go to eliminate the draugr

Also what’s with these blossom things lamps

I can’t activate half of them

[left ravine]

If you can't interact with them run around the general area until a group of Kitsunebi spawns, then go back to the lantern

[sturdy geyser]

Does the dark zone tier benefits apply automatically or do i have to manually add it

[left ravine]

?

If you have perks available go to the BoO, 1st floor where your DZ liaison offers your perks to redeem

[sturdy geyser]

There's a pop whenever i finish something in DZ, dark zone tier increased or something

Rn im dark zone tier 10

[left ravine]

DZ 50 is max

[sturdy geyser]

Dz tier 50 or dz level 50?

[left ravine]

Level 50, can't remember about tiers and perks rn

[hollow spoke]

Jesus ok

[hollow spoke]

?

[pseudo tundra]

Its a bounty, it should have the simbol of scouts

The triangle made with 3 lines

[broken dagger]

Does completing a Legendary Stronghold mission give the same amount of retaliation aggro as a Heroic one?

[left ravine]

Possibly

[worldly dust]

I was hoping someone could help me figure out what’s going on. I’m working on the Weekly Summit Project, which says to complete 15 Summit floors on any difficulty.

Last night, I ran it with another clan member, and it counted for him but not for me. We thought maybe it didn’t register because it was his world, so today we tried again in my world... but I still didn’t get credit for any floors, even after completing 5. I also tested it solo and cleared another 5 floors, and still nothing counted. (I tried both clearing the tracker and starting over, still nothing.)
We’re both on hardcore characters, so I’m not sure if I’m missing something or if this might be a bug. The first time I did the summit, it counted both of us no problem.

[vale tiger]

was it always possible to sort of access your stash anywhere?

[slim elk]

not anywhere but safe zones specifically

[vale tiger]

i can stash my weapons anywhere as long as i have 2 copies

[vital nest]

Is the bell ringer terrible like the sleighter? Never used it and was thinking about it

[vital nest]

Yeah that “show all” is such a massive qol

[vale tiger]

so this is known by everyone? cause i've only just found out yesterday

[vital nest]

You need to finish tidal basin if you haven’t finished the story the weeklies are Locked. I had the same issue

[vital nest]

I noticed it since last 2 updates, not sure if it was always there

Last update it was bugged and was in place of “compare” tho, that’s when i found out it was a thing

[worldly dust]

Thank you so much! I get confused on which hardcore character has done what.

[vital nest]

You are welcome. I had the same issue on my first and only character (at the time) so it’s honestly the game’s fault for showing the project to us too early. Glad to help.

[late bronze]

hey guys how i craft prototype or it must be dropped?

[hollow spoke]

I confirmed the dragur bounty and my game crashed lmao

[cloud topaz]

is there a way to know how many control point blueprints you have unlocked or how many are remaining?

[slim elk]

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Tc2UDqrX0vBw-f18opih3idHlueXN7ca2HSEP_yAZDM/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.7m8hswuzx3zt

[flint crow]

The game has been unstable on first log in for me since the first round of server issues last week, it desyncs (gun won't fire or reload) then deltas. Relogging after the delta and everything is fine...

Anyone else experiencing this issue?

[slim elk]

a lot of people, yes

[tiny flint]

BRO HOW

[silk scroll]

is it still possible to farm loot goblin? trying to get a good the harvest

[bleak oracle]

harvest doesnt drop from loot goblin rn but can from sakura caches

[silk scroll]

ohh ok ok, thanks!!

[obsidian ibex]

Best talent for stack broker?

[slim elk]

fast hands

[elfin carbon]

anyone knows whats the target loot in art museum?

[vale tiger]

hold F to show all, you gotta have atleast 2 of the same gear/weapon

[inner tendon]

@elfin carbon #td2-general-chat message

[honest dome]

guys Im at expertise 24 and its leveling very slow are there any tactics rather than just donating filaments ?

[dusk wolf]

For farming printer filament, is 3xp national bond or countdown/retatliation faster?

[slim elk]

NBA

[mossy geyser]

how do we check the target loot for escalations

[livid jacinth]

Where can I get a Lexington

[slim elk]

press R on your map or go to the Matchmaking menu in the White House social zone

[odd ether]

I got a bug where the triple xp is not active for me. Any solutions ? help me please😔

[dusk wolf]

ty

[dry crest]

Hello. I just want to verify that the st elmo is in fact possible to get with targeted loot on assault rifles or if I got bad info. Been a week farming lol. Thanks for any replies.

[slim elk]

just unlucky

[dry crest]

Thank you

[warm salmon]

better off running retaliations for the blueprint

[dry crest]

What difficulty? I'm usually solo. Guessing I should call for backup when I start it? Or do I have to get help before I start? Sorry I'm a newer player and still learning. Haven't done retaliations yet.

[warm salmon]

It's perfectly doable solo but getting people is always nice. You can matchmake for them from the matchmaking tab in the map

[dry crest]

Did not realize that. Thank you.

[broken dagger]

i just did one, it's gives 150% aggro, compared to Heroic's 100%

[fresh dawn]

How does Exotic armor work in terms of gear/brand sets?

Right now im running 3p Badger tuff, and 3p Hunters Fury, and want to potentially slot an exotic into my gear

[warm salmon]

ignoring the elephant in the room, exotics aren't always necessary for a build

[vital nest]

Anything you can donate helps speed up things and marking the same loot as junk to donate. If you find it being sold you can buy multiple times to donate as junk for expertise, if you have a lot of spare cash. Don’t hesitate to drop the difficulty if you feel like using random trash you find to rank them up. This all worked for me great during the triple event last week and slowly now.

[hollow reef]

How long does a season last? is it 3 months?

[desert gulch]

public execution how do i find them

[vital nest]

Red guy symbol on the map

[desert gulch]

i die so fast on any seting over normal

[hollow reef]

skill issue?

[desert gulch]

and cuz irl i have learning disabiltys so am clueless i have meny hours but am still very weak

[hollow reef]

Billions must run 6 Red Cores now!!!

Give this guide a read.

[desert gulch]

evan this is complex lol

[vital nest]

Like the guide says, you should probably run no more than 2 blue cores. Things like the “unbreakable” talent on armors or “tardigrade” exotic could help you survive more. Can also try using the reviver hive

[desert gulch]

i run everything i get with weapon damg

but as my gear is weak its hard but yes i get what cores r now

[vital nest]

That’s why you get deleted if you are not playing carefully full red gets you deleted

[desert gulch]

this the weapon i use right now as its awesome lol

[indigo pilot]

How do i know if im ready for raids? i want to try them but kinda worried im just going to get kicked like i was from countdowns at first. ive only been playing a couple weeks and im sitting at 217 hours

[desert gulch]

an as u can see im really clueless lol

u would be shocked on hours ive played

[vital nest]

At least you have 4 greens of the same set unlike the randoms i see. Don’t worry, yours is on the safe side imo lmao

How are your modifiers lookin? Top right, next to signature

[hollow reef]

Once you have the regular Strikers build, you're ready. You just need to find the right group to play with who's willing to teach you the ropes.

[hollow reef]

Read this, Level 40 Starter Guide and this yee yee ahh strikers

[vital nest]

You could replace the left skill with reviver hive for a safety net

[indigo pilot]

so i didnt need to farm prof 30 or the 3x xp to level or anything?

[vital nest]

Also use the cloud armor modifier, words cannot express how many times it has saved and healed me in a pinch. When maxed it blinds the enemies nearby, too.

[hollow reef]

no though being level 1000 helps boost your base stats as well as getting additional bonuses

[indigo pilot]

i think i might be a little over prepared then. Thank you

[desert gulch]

thank u guys will make game fun again. lol

[hollow reef]

Good luck.

[quiet prism]

Hey guys. idk if this is the right place to ask, does anyone here have the houndsman or bloody houndsman bounty? i wanna get the quick step pistol in your bounty if you dont mind. 😄

[fickle ravine]

you can get quickstep from the event caches rn

[quiet prism]

field efficiency cache?

I mean, proficiency

[fickle ravine]

no, the one in the BoO, you open those with sakura keys

they drop seasonal and exclusive loot

[quiet prism]

Ohhh. I see. Well thank you.

i'll go look for those event mobs.

[fickle ravine]

its a limited time event thing

[dusk laurel]

any good key farm solo?

[nimble spruce]

For reference, the correct place to ask any time you want to join others in game is the lfg channels, in this case #lfg-pc

[quiet prism]

Nice! Appreciate this

[obsidian ibex]

Is health damage normal for the Lexington?

[bleak oracle]

yes cus its an ar

[hollow reef]

Yea its fixed.

[obsidian ibex]

Ahhh got it got it

That said, what's the best talent for it?

[hollow reef]

Killer for solo, Measured for group.

[obsidian ibex]

oh and another thing- I FINALLY GOT THE LEXINGTON AND THE QUICK STEP RAAHHH

[hollow reef]

Back and Forth also good if you know how to utilize it.

[floral estuary]

What is your ingame name

[obsidian ibex]

Now the hard part is deciding if I should continue using St elmo or use the lex

'cus both are super good

[nimble spruce]

@dire hamlet rule 6

[obsidian ibex]

Well it's a good thing I have TWO Lexingtons

[dire hamlet]

?

It seems incredibly intended

But okay. My bad then

[nimble spruce]

Not intended and quite possibly contributes to the server load and logging issues the game has had the last couple of days

[hollow reef]

Whuh? why delete?

Just saying seems like the server issue is caused by those people.

[nimble spruce]

It includes info others might abuse if they're not already aware

[hollow reef]

Fine

[dire hamlet]

I didn’t even know there was server issues I just had a que on a Friday night this last week and that’s it

Sorry then

I figured those issues were reserved for siege 😂

[nimble spruce]

If you scroll back to 12 hours ago in #td2-general-chat you'll see a lot of complaints about huge server queues

[dire hamlet]

But I can understand now what I did wrong posting that

[desert gulch]

wait till u guys see i did sumit and got to floor 15 befor i had to go to apointment got some good armor now thank u again

[charred wigeon]

Hey guys i need some help with something i cant find a single video that is up to date im wanting to figure out what the perfect settings are in graphics i want sharp shadows and decent reflections and everything but how low can i go without losing graphic quality and without tanking performance

[warm salmon]

those are the heaviest graphics settings iirc

[blazing ruin]

💀 wtf ... 2000 que ... server update just now?

[dire hamlet]

is descent worth my time

[hollow reef]

Dont think so.

[cedar schooner]

there's no reason to grind it as everything from Descent has been added elsewhere now, but it's probably worth checking out to see if you enjoy it. just go on a good rotation like envy or wrath.

[desert gulch]

to the people helped me today thank u much better now hah an i just got another good weapon as well

im on pc an some reason mega lag had to stop playing ws unreal an i never get lag normal

[quiet prism]

What's this?

[obsidian ibex]

Just to confirm, the Equalizer chestplate can be found in open world right?

[modest lily]

should be

[bright trail]

yes

[floral estuary]

No sorry your name in game so I can invite you

[nimble spruce]

part of the Chatterbox exotic SMG

[quiet prism]

Ohhh. I didnt see your message. its orangechilip

[quiet prism]

I see. Appreciate it.

[obsidian ibex]

So it appears I'm unlucky then, damn...

[bright trail]

you should target loot it in countdown/retaliation

[quiet prism]

Thank you @floral estuary. What a chad

[modest lily]

chat, would harrier be a better option for team tank build?

because well memento you need to kill someone for it to drop trophy

[warm salmon]

im just gonna ignore what build and say no, harrier stacking is too annoying and it resets after combat

[hollow reef]

Harrier is just cheap copy of Memento.

[bright trail]

i dont always play 3 core backpacks, but when i do i prefer ninja bike. stay thirsty my friends

[obsidian ibex]

you can set target loot in retaliations???

[modest lily]

ninja bike? the backpack one?

[bright trail]

yes. when you set in countdown, it carries down to retals i think but you can change it as well

[noble jackal]

is there an easier way to swap mods around? sure feels clunky to have to unequip and reequip every time i want to change gearsets

[obsidian ibex]

oooh sweet

[bright trail]

save as a different loadout

[mellow trout]

They save to presets

[gilded jolt]

Question: say u used to play on Xbox ages ago and had a lot of hours in, just back in just to see ur character watch is 72 with all ur stuff gone, (since I done alot of raiding on the first raid back then etc) if I summit a support ticket are they able to check that?

[jagged meadow]

I know this is kind of hard to see but can anyone here tell me where this backpack s from

[wraith flare]

it's the amaru backpack from the rainbow six siege collab event pass

[hollow reef]

I have it and I have no idea where I got it either.

[warm salmon]

Think it was an event pass

[inner tendon]

It was part of the free Tier of that pass, since I have it.

[atomic barn]

okay i just going around finding shd cache who is that doll man, creepy af

[jagged meadow]

welp

that sucks

[atomic barn]

and then i found a room of them guarding the cache lol

[inner tendon]

Check out that one CP in WONY that never stops playing 2 songs on loop, there's a very fun SHD Cache nearby that I think you'll both enjoy.

[jagged meadow]

will those cosmetics ever come back or is it a one time thing

[atomic barn]

yea that the one in the room lol

[deep ingot]

165 kills 6mill damage in a tier 6 run, my back is shambles this morning. i need more coffee

[left ravine]

6m or 6b damage? :p

[deep ingot]

i hit the dps cap twice

so basically 4b+

[left ravine]

Yeah

[deep ingot]

zoo runs hit different, have it down to a science with banshee pulses

too bad its so damn longgg

5 echo 2 trapper augments is quite beautiful

[umbral zealot]

well that was a grind

[rapid phoenix]

Hey guys, does the Scaner Pulse's effect counts as a status effect? 🤔

[manic reef]

if you proto a gear before you maximize the stats does it make it full stats by default?

[nimble spruce]

yes

[manic reef]

amazing! now i need to get to exp 30

[plucky jewel]

Can anyone confirm if overdogs drops from summit?

[left ravine]

No

Banshee and Jammer Pulse do tho

[tiny flint]

Do we know the next event on the timeline after exp?

[inner tendon]

The ingame timeline is the best thing to keep an eye on, that gets updated as we know.

@wintry prairie #td2-general-chat message

[plucky jewel]

is it worth making an alt character?

[wooden depot]

is there anyway to get the quickstep pistol other than the old halloween bounties now?

[inner tendon]

Quickstep is in the current Event's "gear caches".

[wooden depot]

ok cool thanks

[wintry prairie]

?

[inner tendon]

Click the link that I tagged your name next to.

[wintry prairie]

ok appreciate it 🙏

[pure valley]

How to unlock sturdy extended 5.56 mag cus I don't have it

[wispy merlin]

just did a t8 zoo run, i hate hate hate hate the train

idk if i have what it takes for t10

[pseudo tundra]

Should be doing lv3 or 4 control points

[tiny flint]

I wanna know before it shows up 🥸

[inner tendon]

We don't really get previews with div2. If you don't see it in one of the Announcement channels, there's like a 90% chance we don't know yet.

[tiny flint]

u just ended a friendship, cuz ive been lied 2

[left ravine]

We ain't clairvoyants. If it's not on the event timeline or announced otherwise we don't know

[tiny flint]

I got a friend who told me it was the optimization event ? I thought id ask to confirm if it was known

[fierce rain]

What else is there in the Sakura gear cache that I should try to get? I got the Lexington, Quickstep, and a few others I forgot

[left ravine]

Events Timeline tab in the seasonal menu, it's mentioned there

[pseudo tundra]

First blossom is the new one from the event

The other christmas gear is useful if you want expertise

[tiny flint]

friendship restored

[shy kettle]

Im wondering, can the caretaker be made into a prototype, does anyone know?

[bright trail]

yes, but it wont drop from the caches

sakura caches that is

[shy kettle]

Awsome, that's all I needed to kniw

[inner tendon]

I've seen screenshots of it dropped pre-prototyped from the Gear Cache.

[bright trail]

yes, i meant the proto versions. regular ones for sure

[inner tendon]

wait nvm, that's the First Bloom. I'm tired don't mind me.

[tiny flint]

anyone got a proto lexi from the caches ?

[left ravine]

That does not exist

[bright trail]

first bloom, first sight, sleigh, oh carol , quickstep are the ones i saw

[hollow spoke]

So if I cannot activate a lantern I should wait until the guys spawn kill them and then try?

[shy kettle]

yes

[inner tendon]

I'd also suggest clearing any other nearby enemies/activities.

[hollow spoke]

I’m in southwest like a minute away from a control point just waiting for something to happen

[stone lodge]

So the last tweet from the official account says "removing Prototype Gear drops from loot crates, as these were not intended."
Which I don't understand since in the event patchnotes it was announced that the gear caches had a "Rare chance to obtain Prototype Gear Set and Prototype Seasonal Named items."
Am I misunderstanding something?

[pseudo tundra]

you were getting protos from weapon and armor boxes inside escalation missions NOT the event caches

[stone lodge]

Ah