ask-td2-community

[left ravine]

Get more items proficient

Gonna take you a while

[wary moat]

Dang yeah okay I see thanks

[left ravine]

Why is this matchmaking so dogshit 🙁

[tired pagoda]

Do we know if the tinkerer mask works with 2 prototype ARs?

[left ravine]

It still does not

[tired pagoda]

Sad times

[wary moat]

Can I do this?

[left ravine]

Yes you can donate materials

[wary moat]

OK, bet there’s a second way to do it then

[left ravine]

Don't waste them all tho, you will need them for other, probably more important things, too

[wary moat]

Alright I see

[left ravine]

A decent way is to just throw on six pieces of the same gear set etc. and run Countdown on challenging

Or skill and weapons you don't use

It's not pretty but effective

Just don't mix up too many things at the same time

[wary moat]

Dang, it only got me one level

[left ravine]

Yup, like I said, it'll take a while

[wary moat]

How do I unlock this? I did control points level 3 already

[wispy merlin]

do it until you get it

[polar sphinx]

is it possible to get hollow man craftable from reconstructed caches?

[wispy merlin]

ideally you keep running them until you have no more blueprints to unlock from them

[wispy merlin]

yes

[wary moat]

For real that’s a grind

[wispy merlin]

300+ control points 🙂 at least it drops a new one every time

[wary moat]

So that’s gotta be on level 6 then I can craft correct?

[wispy merlin]

no, that's the exotic project blueprints that you got, has nothing to do with this

[wary moat]

O okay

So I gotta do 300 control points to craft that’s crazy

[eager crescent]

is it better to dismantle extra copies of exotics or donate them for xp?

[strange harbor]

Dismantle because you need a lot, a lot of exotic components later on

[plucky jewel]

anyone ever seen a maxed roll crit mod?

ive been farming these to convert to filament only keeping the best rolled ones and ive never seen a fully maxed one

[wispy merlin]

the only way is to keep farming and get higher drop volumes. there's no guarantee

[plucky jewel]

sadly 🙁

[civic junco]

I think I have crashed out of game more today than the entire time I played this game

[graceful echo]

Hi, returning player here, how do i get the quickstep pistol?

[left ravine]

This is so infuriating...

[bright trail]

Rip

[fair walrus]

is this gear good enough for relatiations?

[tranquil tide]

Is Lt. Ardent from the Anderson master mission bugged..?

[left ravine]

You should show your actual build

[tranquil tide]

We got all the pots with water, but he's still not taking any damage

[left ravine]

Sir, this is a piece of work

[tranquil tide]

Or is he just a massive damage sponge?

[left ravine]

Best to hop over to #td2-build-advice

[fair walrus]

LMFAO THANK YOU i havent played since... The first expansion lmfao

[bright trail]

I would not join an escalation with this

[upbeat geode]

is the quickstep is in the cache loot pool, ive opened over 200, gotten what seems everything else and im unsure at this point

[left ravine]

It is

[civic junco]

I call this "A piece of work" Need to get expertise to 30 lol

[novel root]

What are y'alls thoughts on Turmoil?

[left ravine]

What the?

[analog chasm]

I like this build]

[left ravine]

Fine for solo DPS builds, otherwise only really useful in HH builds

[civic junco]

I've had them since they last dropped and they are only level 3, that's what I think of them

[novel root]

Alright, thanks lol

[safe nexus]

How do I get the quickstep pistol?

[left ravine]

Find someone with a Houndsman bounty they can share with you. Ask here in your platform's LFG channel, join the GCROCK discord or the Division 2 Community discord to LFG there.

It currently also drops from the event gear caches

[safe nexus]

Thank you

[wispy bane]

Has anyone experienced there level dropping i was level 40 and now when i logged back in im level 13

[warm salmon]

only really good if you can somehow compensate for the half damage with something like HH builds and reanimated GE. not that useful otherwise

[green pendant]

So lucky

[cloud topaz]

today i figured out how to invite 3 people to my retaliation, but if i don't have a retaliation is there a way to matchmake into someone else's game who has one?

[left ravine]

I think it's just fair to bring at least one yourself

[cloud topaz]

i dont understand how it works. i thought only the host has one

[left ravine]

But mm in general works

[cloud topaz]

i mean i thought everyone played the one that the host has

[left ravine]

No, the host picks

[warm salmon]

matchmaking should give you an invite to someone who does

[left ravine]

Can be from anyone within the current group

[cloud topaz]

i didnt experience that. maybe those 3 other players just didnt have one

i had one. did match making til 3 joined. then went to start it and it was still just the one i always had

[left ravine]

Probably. I don't have good experiences with mm Retaliations. They either pick only yours, especially if you have BT ones, and leave or they don't have any themselves

[cloud topaz]

if you have one then i dont see why it matters if they do or not. as long as someone has one

we did mine and when it was over the group just ended

[left ravine]

Yeah but if you join with three BT Retaliations they generally pick those from you

Saving theirs or whatever they think

[cloud topaz]

i wanted to do my 3 BT retaliations, that was the whole reason i was there.

i'm going to try again now

[left ravine]

I usually go by remaining time / faction but I alternate when it makes sense

[eager crescent]

can you share crafted items?

[calm harbor]

Need 200+ exotic comps to upgrade 1 set to proto. Whats the best way to get exotics

I feel like i would get about 5 per hour unless im missing some better way to farm

[warm salmon]

I'm assuming you're doing priority objectives, which is really the best way for exo comps

[left ravine]

No

[hearty sparrow]

Best way? 🫣

[inner tendon]

Do some Countdown's when your RNG is bad and you get something slower, until your timer resets.

[warm salmon]

It's like 2 cds for an exo cache

[cloud topaz]

I need help with journey stage 5 cloud armor. I don't know how to tell when "defense stacks are the highest" or when I have at least 20 stacks

I just need to do one of these 3

[inner tendon]

Set your modifiers up to have at least 20 defense at base (all 3 maxed out should take care of that), and then run a few harder missions with Cloud Armour active, and stick near your DPS's.
You'll probably get it done before the mission is over.

[cloud topaz]

And I don't even know what defense stacks are

Ok looks like I only have 16

[inner tendon]

You'll need the passive modifiers from the vendor next to where you change your Spec Tree, just inside the White House front door.
you should have enough currency for a few by now.

[cloud topaz]

Ok I'm at the vendor

Increase by 25, I'll get that one

[inner tendon]

Yeah just mess around with the stats. You can get some pretty fun buffs this Season.
having all 3 active modifiers at rank 5 will help a lot.

[cloud topaz]

I've been ignoring it cause I didnt understand it. I somehow got this far not understanding it

[inner tendon]

This is a pretty good table to help figure it out.
the things listed are the passive modifiers you can get.

[cloud topaz]

Oh I didn't need to buy any, I didn't scroll down to where the defense modifiers were, I have add 5

Ok I have 46

So it only works if cloud armor is on?

[inner tendon]

The challenge requires Cloud Armour, yeah.

[cloud topaz]

I think I should go for the last challenge

I'll just try to keep cloud armor on and be close up to the enemies

I don't know how to tell when I have 20 stacks

Ok I'll try a mission

[tall scroll]

Is there any reason to use heartbreaker?

If not (as i do not) what could they do to make it better?

[warm salmon]

Decent survivability on challenging

Letting you get bonus armor back at max stacks would be nice

[inner tendon]

Go to your modifiers, the default menu that shows up when you open it lists what your Stacks are at base.

e.g. 45 offense 30 defense 30 utility

[cloud topaz]

It's working

I have 8 kills

[tall scroll]

I kind wish that armour did not falloff so easily. It barely worked on challenging

Even core strength is better for new players than heartbreaker

[fallen island]

Can Hollow Man drop in countdown?

[slim elk]

no

[cloud topaz]

ok I misunderstood I thought you had to somehow fill up the stacks while playing

[fallen island]

I have one but no idea where I got it from. Need another with different attributes

[sour patio]

Hmm how am i able to interact with this lanterns when they are bugged? Got 2 where i cannot interact with them? How am i supposed to finish this event ?

[worldly fjord]

Kill a squad, then interact again

[sour patio]

Thanks

[hearty sparrow]

I agree with you this is the best way in a legitimate sense

[tired verge]

cant start retal?

[left ravine]

Try bringing it to 300%, I was able to start it that way. Random bug

[tired verge]

ok, thanks, will try it out

[cloud topaz]

I got two of those challenges done, thanks @inner tendon

[fierce leaf]

i have the game on steam can i get the dlc's on ubisoft connect?

[glossy drum]

As above, kill any squad that's present (they may have spawned a short distance away and been agro'd by hostiles). Note that if you find a lantern you just can't interact with at all, matchmaking open world can be used to grab additional lanterns to reach the total amount required. Unsurprisingly (or perhaps surprisingly) a chunk of the community just ignores every event entirely, regardless of what it is and so there will be sessions where some or indeed none of the lanterns have been interacted with.

[vital nest]

Most likely you got it from a named cache, this event was good for it

[vital nest]

Try the scanner pulse to find them, too good honestly.
By “them” i mean the squads when they spawn

[hearty sparrow]

Is it better to run challenging or hard while doing lanterns? I feel I barely get keys from squads on hard

[inner tendon]

The Squads drop-rate scales with difficulty.
Ronins have a 100% drop chance.

[desert thunder]

Dose anyone know what the cap is at for reroll as I am at 25 and I am hoping it stops there

[slim elk]

26 IIRC

[hearty sparrow]

Thats disgusting, I'm so sorry bro

[desert thunder]

cant as it doubles

[desert thunder]

Tell me about it I keep getting the same 2 statuse effect or the health is base of ur total armor

[hearty sparrow]

As painful as it is you'll probably have to do the piece over again

[desert thunder]

This is why I'm asking what the cost to reroll is cap that because if I roll on this and it goes to 50 I'm going to be super freaking pissed

[left ravine]

It's 25

I've re-rolled my mask 7x now lol

[desert thunder]

I know it's not April Fool's but you're telling me it's capped at 25

[left ravine]

That's the highest it goes. Too high...

[warm salmon]

you're at the cap already

[desert thunder]

Once you're at 25, they should allow you to pick the talent you want

[left ravine]

Nah, that is not the way

Increments up to 10 is fine but not more. That is 3-4 runs T10 for me today

Then it's still a gamble

[warm salmon]

there's a lot of shoulds with this whole system but not much we can do

[desert thunder]

lol

[left ravine]

Yup

[hearty sparrow]

we can complain

[left ravine]

Sure we get vocal

[hearty sparrow]

should at least be a pity system

[inner tendon]

#1380126780152614944 is the best place to post about that stuff.

[hearty sparrow]

Raising the difficulty to challenging is definitely better while doing lanterns solo, getting way more keys, and it's not that much harder.

[crimson portal]

Okay i just got level 40. I am reading the Level 40 Starters Guide Farm, Tinker Station & Unicorn Gear Tier list google Doc. I am wondering what i should be going after in the Target loot Selection or if i should just focus on story stuff atm like the expansions can i go ahead and start the gear grind after i have my fill of the story>

[cloud topaz]

my first thing was trying to make a striker build

[crimson portal]

does it matter what I use weapon wise for that?

[cloud topaz]

i think typically assault rifle

but i'm not sure if you have to

[humble knot]

anything with high rpm works fine afaik

[crimson portal]

I use a Shotgun and a marksman rifle

[humble knot]

lmgs are good and smgs do good burst

[cloud topaz]

i use a lmg as my 2nd gun, for now

[crimson portal]

so i can't use those?

[cloud topaz]

and it works fine

i dont know what builds are good for those guns but i guess youd want to find a build that works with those weapons

[humble knot]

not advisable with striker no (shotguns are actually fine for stacking striker, but the mmr is just not that great for striker), but there's other builds in the starter guide that you could check out, maybe one fills your niche more

[warm salmon]

strikers only works with high rpm weapons

[crimson portal]

So i need to change my whole playstyle now?

[warm salmon]

change your build

[humble knot]

there's builds for snipers if you want to use them, but if you want to run strikers you'd have to pivot

[warm salmon]

headhunter mmr primary with a shotgun for backup is decent

[crimson portal]

what is Headhunter?

[crimson portal]

I'm looking in my Talents for MMR i don't see HeadHunter in the list

[wispy merlin]

it's a chest talent

[crimson portal]

Oh i have that one sweet.

[crimson portal]

Is there a build for that?

[crimson portal]

okay that picture is nice but i dont know enough about the game to gleam anything from it

and i am using Gunner is that an issue?

[winter mason]

The reroll cost is absurd...

[left ravine]

I agree

[crimson portal]

this is what i am currently using

[warm salmon]

airaldi backpack vigilance talent
chainkiller named chest
hotshot pieces
headshot damage first then weapon handling for the 2nd attrib on chest/bp
gunner is fine for the armor on kill but sharpshooter gives so much hsd

[crimson portal]

what is hsd?

[slim elk]

Lvl40 Starters Guide

[warm salmon]

headshot damage

[crimson portal]

oh okay

[crimson portal]

is it going to cost a bunch to refund all the points i have in gunner? Or can i use those points elsewhere?

[warm salmon]

they're separate, you have to level up sharpshooter

[crimson portal]

do i still get those bonuses or did i just mess up?

[crimson portal]

I want to use gunner instead. It fits my playstyle more. Is there a guide on this build that i can use or is what you posted the only sort of stuf on it?

[warm salmon]

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nrPBmOrtpkEW1j5fbcRT7L-AXgsGOqMqxXoVtopsiGM

what's your playstyle anyway

[crimson portal]

I pick off foes with my MMR that i can't get close to Farming Minigun ammo then i am mainly upclose with my shotgun and minigun

I use my Seeker and pulse to those ends

[warm salmon]

sounds like you use shotgun more than mmr

[crimson portal]

no its about even

i don't use a scope tho i use both weapons for max accuracy and stability

[warm salmon]

ngl you have to choose one as your primary cause they use different builds

[crimson portal]

okay

Prob the Shotgun then

[warm salmon]

works with gunner too

[slim elk]

dont recommend HHF to newbies... they need to learn step by step

[warm salmon]

lowkey i dont think he's changing playstyle to ARs

[crimson portal]

Okay @warm salmon am i wanting the talent Head Hunter or is that a set because i have no clue how i can get headshots with Shotguns
that says Hunters Fury

[nocturne siren]

You finally retire due to the costs?

[crimson portal]

Found it

[nocturne siren]

Use halfway decent builds and play halfway decently. Most usually stay if you do both

[crimson portal]

I had myself set to Open group

[nocturne siren]

Yeah imma be real I thought you were asking how to get people to stay I misread that 😭

[crimson portal]

I just got level 40 dawg i have a shit build why would i ask that?

[nocturne siren]

You'd be surprised. People ask a lot of things here

[nocturne siren]

But, there's plenty of people here to help you with builds. Is there a specific Playstyle you're looking to play?

[crimson portal]

I am leaning towards
with Gunner using Striker and Pulse

[nocturne siren]

That would be Hunter's Fury. And that build specifically is meant for hitting headshots and being very up close

[crimson portal]

How do you get Headshots with shotguns?

[hearty sparrow]

Pellets hit head

[nocturne siren]

Since that specific build is HeadHunter's Fury, you'll often times be running directly towards groups of enemies and shooting them directly in the face. If you know enemy spawn locations, you use the pistol on the build to wipe out large groups that are close together in proximity. For newbies, this build has a very high skill gap as most newbies play for body shots, not head shots

[hearty sparrow]

one shot pistol has to be more beginner friendly than this

[nocturne siren]

Yeah my 1 shot pistol build has no distance limitation and is compatible with shotguns. Way more beginner friendly

It's also not reliant on a gearset either

[crimson portal]

okay can you share that with me so i can put it on a sticky note and work towards it?

[nocturne siren]

Yeah I got you. I would recommend you use my build over headhunters fury. I'm also going to slide you a striker build for you to fall back to. I strongly feel having at least a striker build in your arsenal will be a good fall back option if you need something reliable

[crimson portal]

okay

[fallen island]

Is hostage rescue activity same as public execution? Trying to do Scout 3 objective 2. The Draugr bouty should appear I guess but no luck

[hearty sparrow]

They are different, they are the green missions with handcuffs that generally start populating in areas you have have conquered control points in

[crimson portal]

I have a Agitator that i got from the season pass too if that helps?

[hearty sparrow]

That isn't bad for Striker but it is a situational weapon, not top tier

[crimson portal]

never used it

okay

[nocturne siren]

Agitator is good as a secondary. It pairs well with AR/LMG combo so you're not running double AR and burning ammo

Btw here's at least a good striker beginner build - https://buildstation.app/td2/builder/game/QJ9sSd1k?tab=share

Important to note you don't 100% need ceska w/ obliterate. You can use Equalizer (named Unit Alloys chest)

[hearty sparrow]

I think he's leaning towards Ceska because under 1000 watch level makes your crit really weak

[nocturne siren]

The armor cores aren't 100% needed either. They're just there because you can remove them as you get comfortable with the build. I find 2 blues for beginners a good sweet spot so they can be in combat, take damage, but still deal plenty of damage

[crimson portal]

what are armor cores?

[nocturne siren]

If my disabled girlfriend with motor skills/mobility issues can learn, anyone can

[nocturne siren]

An armor core is 1 of 3 core attributes found on gear. It's what gives you more armor

[crimson portal]

oh okay

[hearty sparrow]

One of those 3 will always be on any piece of armor you will run in the game

[nocturne siren]

So let's say you have Gila guard drop (brandset piece). It's a backpack. Gila always drops with an armor core

Then say you have alps summit gloves drop. Those always drop with a yellow skill core

[crimson portal]

How do i go and get this stuff? Do i go to Summit?

[nocturne siren]

Summit would be one way of doing it. Most recommend farming Countdown on Challenging. You do so by matchmaking with other agents

Countdown/Summit have selectable targeted loot. Retaliation is another source, but most recommend newbies go to countdown. It's 8 total players

[hearty sparrow]

countdown also drops an absurd amount of gear each run, along with named items that would be hard to find in open world content

[crimson portal]

Is there any real difference between Challenging and Normal when it comes to difficulty?

[nocturne siren]

I'm SHD 19,750+. I still use countdown to this day

[crimson portal]

I've never played on Challenging

[nocturne siren]

How quickly you clear it and what the gear drop quality is. Challenging/Heroic both drop near identical quality loot. Challenging is preferred because quicker clear times

[hearty sparrow]

Difficulty will decide the strength of rolls on your attributes, but most people, even the absolute best players will run challenging because it is a better balance of decent rolls, without making the gameplay too difficult/take too long

[warm salmon]

challenging is the real normal honestly, should work your way up there

[crimson portal]

okay how do i change my game to challenging?

[nocturne siren]

World difficulty doesn't matter. When you go to matchmake countdown, select challenging difficulty

[hearty sparrow]

World difficulty will affect gameplay in your open world, like when you do activities walking around DC

You can do any difficulty mission, countdown or summit regardless of your open world difficulty

[nocturne siren]

Now when you plan on changing your world difficulty when you get comfortable playing challenging, it's:

Open map > find the button you use to change the world settings > change difficulty > apply

My instructions might be missing steps or not worded exactly the same. I don't play hardly as much anymore

[crimson portal]

Okay

[nocturne siren]

Lemme get that pistol build for you rq almost forgot

[crimson portal]

How do i match make Countdown?

[hearty sparrow]

Slightly to the bottom left of summit, they are in a grouping on the top right of the map (kind of outside the map)

It is the first "mission" or circle in that group of 4 locations

[crimson portal]

I see The Summit Kenly College Pentco Fairview and Descent

[hearty sparrow]

There are two fairview missions, countdown is the one on the left

[crimson portal]

it says its out of bounds how do i get to it? and what do i do in the game mode?

[hearty sparrow]

Have your mouse cursor on it with your map open and on the bottom left it will tell you which keys do what (I'm on playstation lol), you want to first set your targeted loot to Striker

After setting your targeted loot you want to open your countdown menu and you can set your difficulty

[slim elk]

read this please Lvl40 Starters Guide

[nocturne siren]

Here's my 1 shot pistol build (also works with 1886, MMRs and Shotguns)

https://buildstation.app/td2/builder/v2/AoZujvGL?tab=share

[young stag]

whats the best way to farm gear mods

[nocturne siren]

Max gear mods? Honestly legendary summit floor 90

[snow cargo]

There's a copy image button now. It'll pop this out now.

We're working on the rest of the stats and what not.

[nocturne siren]

Yeah I'm currently on mobile. Copy image is a bit cursed on mobile

[snow cargo]

is it? report mobile stuff plz!

In the discord for it he needs a lot more feedback for it.

[nocturne siren]

Nah I mean entirely for me it just doesn't hardly ever work properly

[snow cargo]

If you can make report for this stuff it'll help us fix it.

[crimson portal]

Okay the level 40 starter guide is telling me open the targeted loot section but none of these are labeled and its losing it

[nocturne siren]

I've always had issues copying on my mobile devices for images. I use GBoard but disable the clipboard stuff. Otherwise my suggestion bar is just copy paste shit I copied forever ago

[hearty sparrow]

It should indicate on the top right what you're selecting

[nocturne siren]

Pretty sure that's what's giving me issues but that's what I prefer with my mobile setup 😭

I don't like my suggestion bar being hogged by old clipboard stuff is all lol

[snow cargo]

sorry what?

[hearty sparrow]

If you're able, screenshot the screen you're stuck at

[crimson portal]

i figured out i am just trying to go ahead and figure out if my current gear is going to get me through the instance

[nocturne siren]

It will. You'll have 7 other agents to assist you

[hearty sparrow]

I would run challenging and not worry about it

[nocturne siren]

Just follow the group and help where you can

[hearty sparrow]

It will be only one round where you will feel weak, you will have a striker build by the end of it

[nocturne siren]

What region are you in by any chance?

[crimson portal]

USA

[nocturne siren]

I'm US East and will likely be hosting some countdowns. You might run into me depending on region

[crimson portal]

So this is fine then?

[nocturne siren]

I've seen worse builds. To me that'll work. Despite the gloves kinda being useless here

[hearty sparrow]

GC kinda rough here

[nocturne siren]

Yeah but look at his damage

That's just signature alone. Imagine the shotguns. Plus he's core so he's getting bonuses from a bit of everything here

[hearty sparrow]

With it being Core it could be way worse though, his damage won't be nothing

[nocturne siren]

Not trying to glaze the build, but truly I've seen worse

[crimson portal]

my shotgun does 1.6mil

and my MMR does 1.2mil

[hearty sparrow]

Yes but your positioning really matters

[crimson portal]

okay

[hearty sparrow]

Especially as you have a high risk high reward chest piece

[nocturne siren]

I've seen goofies running 6 piece 5.11 or ninjabike with 5 aegies. Trust me, core will hit better than any newbie build. He only needs it to survive countdown and it will

He's got 7 other agents that will be doing all the work. He will be fine

If he fails, meh. Just queue again and keep vacuuming loot

[hearty sparrow]

Yeah the most important thing is to just run it and play, nitpicking isn't as important as learning more ab the game and also getting your loot

[crimson portal]

i changed it is this better?

[nocturne siren]

I'd recommend going back to 4 piece core strength. What you had was previously was better

[hearty sparrow]

If you have a core strength chest piece, or gloves to put on it will actually be super solid

[nocturne siren]

Yeah the glass cannon here is scaring me a bit. Hence why the 4 piece gave you like 1.6m armor. Would've helped you survive a bit more

[crimson portal]

but then i don't get

is that not important?

[hearty sparrow]

I understand, but Core Strength gives a large amount of bonuses that will be of greater benefit

[crimson portal]

okay

[nocturne siren]

Right now, no. Your build is all over the place. It's just being used to farm for better. You won't be keeping it

[crimson portal]

okay

[hearty sparrow]

if you can do 4 core, 2 royal that is perfect for this run, but even if you don't, don't overthink it

better if you just get in there

[nocturne siren]

Yeah just matchmake countdown and run it. Alot of times people overthink it. You're new, don't be scared to learn by doing it

We got you 🙏🤞

[crimson portal]

okay thanks!

[toxic skiff]

Hey ,Is there a drop chance table for keys from squads based on difficulty?

[hearty sparrow]

An old one, I'm not sure if its accurate as they changed after the big patch

[nocturne siren]

They keep changing it. At this rate they should've just left the broken spawns alone but dropped the key rates

[toxic skiff]

can you send that one so i can just kind of guess know which i should target ?

[hearty sparrow]

I have

[toxic skiff]

I just saw that sorry , Thank you for the info tho.

[hearty sparrow]

Don't be sorry, glad I could help

[crimson portal]

@nocturne siren I think i did pretty good could i show you some of the stuff have you tell me if its worth using? I targeted IA first

[nocturne siren]

Yeah go for it I don't mind. Hell, the community here would be happy to chime in too

[crimson portal]

I dno if switching off the Green set was worth it but i switched to some of the IA pieces that are in the guide you sent me

and the bag came with Vigilence on it 😄

I also got a Lefty shotgun

[hearty sparrow]

Good support weapon

What was your targeted loot this run? IA?

[crimson portal]

Yes IA

[hearty sparrow]

Fair enough, I think in order to farm what you want more effectively you should make a standard Striker build first

[crimson portal]

okay

[nocturne siren]

I would suggest the striker build first then go for the 1 shot build

[hearty sparrow]

You'll be able to run more countdowns without feeling like a liability

[crimson portal]

like this?

[hearty sparrow]

That is basically the final form of it for open world and regular gameplay

[crimson portal]

okay where would i get a St Elmo?

[vital nest]

Not sure where else to ask this but i have started having the suspicion that scanner pulse gradually causes the graphics to degrade on as you play. Could be an event bug, could be both, but i only started using scanner when this event dropped to find the kitsunube when they spawn so i was curious if anybody knows what’s up. It happens to my friends too but fixes for whoever restarts

[crimson portal]

From Countdown too?

[hearty sparrow]

Thats a bit complicated, it is in retaliation, but you are a few steps from that

[vital nest]

Maybe i should just stop using it and see if the graphics degrade anyway 😅

Like you got chungas looking like bowser from nintendo 64 at its worst

[crimson portal]

okay so i am not understanding then should i put the green gear back on?

and target Strikers Battle Gear?

[hearty sparrow]

You can run what you have now and just target Strikers

[crimson portal]

so this is fine?

oh wait wrong picture this

[hearty sparrow]

Its fine

[crimson portal]

for a gear mod on my chest is Imcoming repairs fine?

i also have Bleed resistance and Disorient Resistance

[weary wedge]

It's gonna be relatively useless tbh if ur running countdown

[crimson portal]

should i do Headshot damage?

[weary wedge]

In my opinion, I would run some sort of damage or critical hit chance mod if your doing countdown. If you go down, you got 7 other people to pick you up. lol

[crimson portal]

I did headshot damage its all i got

[hearty sparrow]

Like I said don't worry about it and just run it and get some striker gear

[crimson portal]

okay

[swift kiln]

Might be a stupid question but am I able to get a prototype lex (don’t really know much about expertises)

[hearty sparrow]

The only way to have a prototype lexington is to use the proto lab when you are expertise 30. A proto lexington will not drop or be rewarded from any cache

[crimson portal]

Is Dare a good LMG?

[swift kiln]

Alright thanks

[hearty sparrow]

For its specific purpose, its ok. In the grand scheme of things, not really

[crimson portal]

whats its purpose

[hearty sparrow]

It synergizes with "pulsing" enemies. Generally used with the Heartbreaker gearset and/or perfect spotter

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nrPBmOrtpkEW1j5fbcRT7L-AXgsGOqMqxXoVtopsiGM/edit?gid=1574559653#gid=1574559653

This huge spreadsheet shows all the gear in the game along with brand and gear sets.

[crimson portal]

So let me ask this once i have the actual gear ( Strikers battlegear) for each slot that it needs to be i can work on stats etc or should i try to farm the same piece over and over for the best stats?

[hearty sparrow]

You only need 4 pieces of a gear set to unlock its main ability/talent

There are a lot of routes you could take, in my opinion you should try to extract all of the weapon core attributes, along with critical hit chance and critical hit damage attributes to put in your library

[crimson portal]

so i can throw everything else into the tinker grinder?

[hearty sparrow]

For now I wouldn't throw away much until you understand whether it will be useful to your build(s) or not

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

This guide will explain what I'm trying to express better than I can

[hearty sparrow]

The library and tinkering section is what I'm getting at, the visualizations will be more helpful than me describing it

[snow cargo]

BUD... Stop looking everywhere.

Keep it simple follow the starter guide.

Get your Library and base gear farmed up

It'll make it MUCH easier to grind out stuff afterwards.

[snow cargo]

I swear we point to a guide that explain it all (with pictures!) and someone people just wanna it repeated to them. 😐

[hearty sparrow]

Yes, but some people want to talk through it, sometimes guides don't answer specific questions that could keep someone playing the game if they knew the answer.

also we appreciate the effort everyone puts into the guides, guide man

[austere wren]

guys pyromaniac AR still drops from targeted loot right?

[hearty sparrow]

yes

[crimson portal]

is a 100k dmg increase worth if it if you can't attach any mods to a weapon like a Shotgun?

My new Boomstick has Perfect pumped up

[hearty sparrow]

If you really want to make a shotgun work, I have three recommendations

Thorn named Shotgun
ACS12 with a decent talent
Scorpio exotic shotgun

Everything else would be gimmicky imo

[crimson portal]

okay

[hearty sparrow]

The best one shot shotgun will be the double barrel

[crimson portal]

thanks a ton!

[hearty sparrow]

Of course, if you ever have questions there are always people here, game is hard to completely understand but once you do its a great game to keep playing

[crimson portal]

Well i am just wondering if the Shotgun i have is bad its the It has perfect Jazz hands does 1.2m Dmg

[hearty sparrow]

Its meh, there are better options

[crimson portal]

okay

[shy kettle]

Does anyone know how proficency is calculated?

[pseudo tundra]

Double barrel in specific has quirk of better accuracy when standing still in cover when most other shotguns dont get any extra accuracy

But its also the one with shortest effective range

[pseudo tundra]

For weapons and named items its half a lv by donating a copy, 10% from mats, tiny amount by enemy killed depending if they are red, purple or yellow

[nimble spruce]

#ask-td2-community message is the pinned proficiency guide

[pseudo tundra]

Gear items get less from copies but xp gets multiplied by having multiple pieces

[shy kettle]

oh I see

appreciation

[oblique fjord]

Are rifles bad? I can't seem to build one that feels right

[vital nest]

The humble ravenous

[vital nest]

Do directives affect proficiency gained?

[pseudo tundra]

dont think so

[pseudo tundra]

depends a lot case by case scenario for rifles

most popular ones tend to be the slower hard hitting ones

the low damage high magazine ones feel more like ARs with identity crisis and bad handling

[vital nest]

Contrary to popular opinion, me and my friend both enjoyed diamondback quite a lot

[crimson portal]

Should i make myself Proicient with Strikers Battle gear?

[warm salmon]

diamondback nego truthers

[azure drift]

I can't get the event lamp located at the bottom right of the map. Does anyone know how to do this?

[shell wyvern]

uh guys, does ye occasional get some suddenly call for backup on its own? even you haven't askked for it?

i mean from yourself, not others

[bright trail]

during kitsunebe encounter?

[humble knot]

can someone explain to me how dch works, my assumption is that it's just a ticking pocketnuke that you can pull out once you hit 100 stacks for bosses/tanky enemies

been avoiding builds using them because most people obviously use the raid sidearm

[shell wyvern]

yeah, it does mostly happen on that encounters

[bright trail]

because during that encounter it gives you an option to call for backup, and it is the same button as loot. so when you loot, you automatically call for back up

[shell wyvern]

thats a bit annoying

[bright trail]

when you kill the first guy do not loot and voila no call for back up

[bright trail]

indeed it is

[shell wyvern]

especially when you have already taken them out.. 😅

[livid smelt]

Is the quantum augmentation worth keeping? I feel like I rarely notice when it happens

[mellow trout]

Ehh for the most part not really

[restive fog]

Paradox works with the chem launcher but does echo do the same with oxi/fire starter?

[bleak oracle]

cant imagine that working well

[restive fog]

Id honestly prefer the status augment on all 8 pieces (if firestarter) tbh but just was curious how the augments interact with the chem launcher

[bleak oracle]

btw only 7 augments can be active at any given time

[restive fog]

Ohh ok good to know lol

[bleak oracle]

6 on gear and 1 on the weapon youre holding

[hard hound]

That's a lot of free amp

Assuming u can get it on all pieces

[fast light]

How much longer is this season 🤔 roughly

[fast light]

😑 thanks that’s like forever away lol

I was thinking 2 months but wasn’t sure

[nimble spruce]

Given the investment costs, I don't think it's that much of a game changer. And I'd definitely run 1pc anomalyamalgam (or whatever the status-effect-causing augment is) on any full-auto build as that bit of CC is really useful.
Paradox (the ammo-refunding one) is a major boost to burst damage if you get enough of it, up to 525% increased mag size/ammo reserve if you went all in, 200%-ish if you go 6pc to keep one AnomalyAmalgam. Main issue is it conflicts with frenzy.

[left ravine]

Amalgam on an AR or LMG seems pretty useful

[pseudo tundra]

it kinda is

[nimble spruce]

oh, amalgam is the one I meant, not anomaly

[left ravine]

I also confuse most augments

[bright trail]

i know echo and others

[young stag]

do legacy manhunt difficulties differ from global difficulty? cause the enemies there seems to more tankier than usual

[pseudo tundra]

you select the difficulty like any other mission, some more recent ones has master difficulty that is above heroic and use their old seasonal modifiers

[vital nest]

Global modifiers are usually off for them which adds to their difficulty, excluding ones that have “master” as an option as those have older global modifiers you can use. They do feel much harder than regular missions

The humble recruiter about to make sure the skill build main uninstalls the game

[open sonnet]

Any ideas what to do here? Keener bossfight is bugged and i am not restarting the mission
Tried dying but it didnt fix it

[vital nest]

Did you try an sos call and maybe someone joins and it works for them?

[open sonnet]

Ill try

Cant call for backup

[vital nest]

Haha wtf

[left ravine]

Gotta restart it tho

[vital nest]

Can you invite any friends? Or that’s also blocked?

[left ravine]

That bug soft-locks the mission AFAIK

[open sonnet]

Wasted about an hour to get there, dont want to restart and do it again

Great

[vital nest]

Ive done that mission twice and didnt have the issue, that sucks

[open sonnet]

Genuinely is crap that a game like this has a bug that soft locks the entire bossfight in the most important bossfight

God sake, not gonna have time to do the mission now because of this crap

[left ravine]

Go upvote it on the bug reporter platform. It is on there but may need more attention

[open sonnet]

Yeah, will do

[vital nest]

I had an invincible enemy stuck underground during my first run of a duo legendary zoo for the weekly, right at the train bit. Needless to say we both contemplated ridding our ps5s of over 100gb of space

[open sonnet]

Whenever i go back it puts me in the same spot

[left ravine]

You need to restart it

[open sonnet]

Im doing the same right now, whole character is softlocked and i cant finish the dlc i paid for

Thats absolute crap

[vital nest]

Want me to try joining you and see if that does anything?

[open sonnet]

No ty, probs not gonna have time to finish it now

[vital nest]

Just redo it when you have time, nothing major gained or any mission after it anyway.

[open sonnet]

Yeah, just annoying that i spent the whole day to finish this and now I can't

[vital nest]

Feel that, wasted an hour before on things only to bug out too

[crimson portal]

hey i am spamming Countdowns for my striker starter set is it worth buying crates from the Countdown Vendor?

[pseudo tundra]

what kind of crates?

[crimson portal]

Theres Named Crates Rise up Crates and Exotics and Optimization

[pseudo tundra]

if you are new, exotics caches is a good way to expand your collection, named can drop some pretty unique pieces as well including from DZ but it's a very large pool, rise up is not so interesting, optmization for later game

[crimson portal]

okay i am SHD 8

I'm very new 😄

I've been working on the starter guide many people have linked

[finite oriole]

for expertise farming, is it better to do countdown on challenging or heroic?

[slim elk]

challenging, quality or roll percentage doesn't matter

[finite oriole]

thanks

do people just run normal difficulty? or is there a downside to loot quantity

[slim elk]

normal and hard Countdown is dead

[finite oriole]

ah okay, guessing I can't solo it on normal then 😂

[bright trail]

you probably could if the time was infinite

[slim elk]

two people have solo'd Heroic Countdown twice so... it's hard because of the knowledge it requires

[bright trail]

didint know that. is there a video?

[slim elk]

https://youtu.be/w77bfopOwY0?si=pIzL5sxhkQIBhySZ

[left ravine]

JFC what is wrong with this mm for Escalations...

[bright trail]

impressive. nice kiting at the thend

[crimson portal]

Hey i am looking at the starter guide I am trying to make the Build in the picture Where do i get the Overdogs gloves like what do i Target for them?

[keen horizon]

just gloves

[bright trail]

gloves targeted loot

[keen horizon]

for any exotic, you just target the type of piece it is

[crimson portal]

I am trying to get as close to the picture as i can do you think i am getting close?
I haven't started farming the chest or gloves yet.
My CHC is 33.1% atm

[slim elk]

close enough

[crimson portal]

So you think i could start farming the chest and gloves now?

[slim elk]

if you followed the guide to the attributes it mentions, yes

[crimson portal]

yeah i have as much CHC on all the armor and i feel like 33.1% is as high as i can get currently 🙁 Maybe i am doing something wrong?

[slim elk]

your gear is not optimized plus you don't have the full watch bonus

weapon mods also help boost it up

[crimson portal]

they don't feel like they do i have every bit of CHC i can on my weapons and it don't really feels like it matters

is it worth optimizing this gear?

[slim elk]

yes, mod slots are also helpful

[crimson portal]

How do i Optimize it?

[open sonnet]

Just re did the whole thing, if you dont do it first time it resets

[slim elk]

it's in the guide too

[keen horizon]

^ the mod slots alone can get you +12% CHC with 4% CHC mods, which is a low value roll

[open sonnet]

Thats absolutely useless game design, how are these people making ANY money off this, its just a scam lol

[crimson portal]

Where do i get CHC mods for my gear?>

[finite oriole]

it'll likely happen naturally when looting, but you can target gear mods in targeted loot content or sometimes buy them from vendors. You can also craft a random blue/red/yellow gear mod when you have the blueprint, but that's more rng

[crimson portal]

What vendors sell them?

[open sonnet]

Can i take you up on that offer now

Tried again and its still as bugged

[finite oriole]

It changes once a week, but just any vendor around the map can sell them - I use this site to see whats being sold where each reset
https://rubenalamina.mx/the-division-weekly-vendor-reset/

so DZ South currently has 4.4% CHC mods (that ones probs DZ currency tho) - or Benitez in Haven (NY) is selling 10% CHD

[crimson portal]

I haven't started the expansions yet and i have no idea whst DZ is

[finite oriole]

Dark Zone, sorry - ignore that one for now, but yeah use that link and check the resets each week or target farm it depending on your content - you can get the blueprints randomly by doing Control Points, which is worth doing as well for gun attachment blueprints (unless you've done all of them idk) cause you can use stuff like this for more CHC on your build by putting it on the gun for example

[crimson portal]

I've Done all the control points then i lost them all when Black Tusk came in. and I've tried to finish all of the Projects that give gun attachments but i am still missing alot of them. like alot them say you can buy the blueprints in vendors too

[keen horizon]

Most of your attachments will come from Level 4 control point completions

[finite oriole]

this

[slim elk]

Lvl3-4

[vital nest]

Sorry was afk with the kid, you still stuck?

[finite oriole]

control points will reset regularly, they're meant to be repeated/farmed - you can increase alert level by completing activities linked to them

[open sonnet]

No worries, i gotta go now anyway

[crimson portal]

how do i tell if a control point is level 3 or 4?

[finite oriole]

the little number on it, so in my screenshot its 04 which is maxxed

[crimson portal]

all mine are 01

So do i need to do just do stuff around the control point but not finish it til its rank 4?>

[finite oriole]

gotcha, so if they're red, look for the linked/lines and do those activities first, which will boost them towards 4, then do the control point last

[keen horizon]

completing activities around a control point level it up, upping your world difficulty starts them at a higher tier by default (Normal 1, Hard 2, Challenging 3, Heroic 4)

[finite oriole]

this too yeah, you can also reset them if they're all green in the map screen - press Z and reset control points, so you can farm them over and over

[crimson portal]

god this build i'm making has made me not able to do open world content

Are we sure this is an end game build?

[slim elk]

which one?

[crimson portal]

the starter guide

[wispy merlin]

what's the problem? survivability? damage?

you're meant to use cover and melt enemies with it

[crimson portal]

i can't take a tier 4 control point on normal

i just get melted stunned then melted

[wispy merlin]

because that's heroic

you gotta play more carefully, use tall cover, don't use short cover

[keen horizon]

Yeah, a level 4 control point is still considered heroic difficulty, so if you're on normal, it might be a bit of a jarring difficulty jump

[finite oriole]

the gloves and chest will also make a big difference, if you're still using what's in this screenshot

[crimson dagger]

How hard is escalation ?

I’m trying to get prototype gear but I’m not sure if I’m well equipped or not

Shd 280 with a striker set

[wispy merlin]

really hard

[keen horizon]

There's tiering to it, but it's rather intensive and requires good play either way

[crimson dagger]

Can the prototypes drop at any tier ?

[wispy merlin]

tier 1 and up

[keen horizon]

Yes, and of course higher tier = more drop chance

[plucky jewel]

really wouldnt recommend anyone under shd 1k do escalation tbh but thats just me

[wispy merlin]

mostly agree, it's kinda like legendary but harder in other aspects

[left ravine]

It's considered actual endgame. With SHD 280 you might be alright in the lower tiers tho

[crimson portal]

i just can't do it i ran out of ammo and died

and now its level 3 🙁

[keen horizon]

level 3 is still fine if you're just wanting attachments

[strange sky]

Hi everyone, I have a question: is it possible to get the Quicksteps pistol after the Halloween event ? I heard that if someone has the Bloody Houndsman bounty, it's possible for it to drop. Is this true ?

[keen horizon]

That's correct, it's also available from the cherry blossom event caches

[left ravine]

Find someone with a Houndsman bounty they can share with you. Ask here in your platform's LFG channel, join the GCROCK discord or the Division 2 Community discord to LFG there.

You can also get it from the current event caches

[hollow spoke]

How do you become rogue in the darkzone

[bleak oracle]

I think you need to hold up on dpad

[keen horizon]

@clever ocean grabbed the first pics I found on search just for reference

[clever ocean]

thx so tldr more stats + 1 new mod

[novel root]

Can you still get the Big Alejandro?

[left ravine]

Sure

[pseudo tundra]

stats can go over 1.5 of their max, they have new talents called augments that can stack with other augments

so you can have multiple to increase the odds of them proccing or give more health and so on

[lone haven]

So, for ravenous use against armour plates I want to shoot 5 times from the left then switch to the right and shoot once?

[pseudo tundra]

5blues then switch

can never remember which side does what

well 5 times if both bullets connect but yeah

[keen horizon]

Red Right, Blue Left

I remember it by the sides having a letter of the color in them

[lone haven]

Okie dokie thanks

[dire hamlet]

is this kinda nice

[faint flare]

did we get a stash upgrade to 450 base inv?

[tall scroll]

Umm is it normal for a group in tier 2 to lack damage?

[tawny wagon]

No, it's a paid thing.

[lone haven]

Matchmaking?

[tall scroll]

yep. I end up playing a healer due to the group almost wiping but we got rogue agent in tier two but my team was not able to kill them.

[lone haven]

I mean if the group was struggling before that then yeh rogues for sure would be much worse

[tall scroll]

you would think std striker would be enough for that but no

[lone haven]

T2 is what an extra 100% dmg health and armour for npcs. If people are going into it like normal heroic it can go south quick

[novel root]

How do you get the Big Alejandro?

[keen horizon]

Farm targeted LMG, True sons Retals can drop blueprint iirc

[pseudo tundra]

regular exotic, just try to farm LMGs or open exotic caches

[fast light]

first countdown of the day woot

[desert furnace]

Realistically, how many copies of Lexington should I be keeping? I have one with flatline for Heartbreaker and one with that critical hit damage talent for everything else. Is there any reason to keep a third or more?

[left ravine]

They don't take up stash space. You can keep as many as you want, new ways for you to use it might open up in the future

[keen horizon]

I've got 6 of them for various uses

[rain mulch]

The rogues are usually a "GG Go Next" for any amount of players and groups except like the most coordinated and able players.

[civic junco]

If you plan to Prototype them keep them all. They don't take up Stash space

[mellow trout]

They're not so bad if you have someone PFE tank with a mosquito

I usually don't condone tanking but it's the one place where they're useful

[civic junco]

Tier 4 Certified Expertise Up build lol.

I feel like this is a very underwhelming amount of gear EXP for an Escalation mission.

[mellow trout]

Proficiency xp has always been that slow lol

Augment xp is directly tied to actual xp though

[pseudo tundra]

proficiency XP is more about quantity

capitol gives a lot just because of hte last part

[mellow trout]

I believe it's based on kill xp so yeah

[civic junco]

So what would be the fastest Proficiency farm then? Countdown?

[pseudo tundra]

probably

lots of kills, lots of gear to donate and scrap as mat

[livid bear]

do i get double optimization materials from optimize caches or only open world bounties

[left ravine]

From everywhere basically

[fathom forge]

Can I take my friend into retaliation if it's in ny but they didn't beat the campaign yet

[left ravine]

They need to be 40 IIRC

[solid solstice]

I got a prototype GR9 with Frenzy and Echo is it worth using?

[mellow trout]

Third attribute?

[solid solstice]

sadly crit damage instead of health damage

[bleak oracle]

you want crit chance there

prob not worth using

[solid solstice]

even with everything else?

[bleak oracle]

yes

[solid solstice]

I already have 54% crit chance on my build tho

[strange harbor]

Just put it in the stash, recalibration is coming soonTM

[bleak oracle]

doesnt matter, then you just swap stuff over to crit dmg. you can still keep the gun if you like for recal

[cold spoke]

should i proto this build because i would be more comfortable doing solo or just prioritize protoing my striker build ?

[bleak oracle]

proto your striker build first, then use it in escalation to get more protos to proto more builds

[cloud topaz]

on the last night of the optimization event what should i do to make the most of the last few hours

i haven't focused much on it all week

[bleak oracle]

im just gonna craft until 950 shd cali and field recon

[cloud topaz]

i dont have all the blueprints

[hearty sparrow]

Same here, been spamming field recon. In the long run you will regret not farming these up

[cloud topaz]

i have it for 2 factions

i was wondering about spending my shd points that i was saving up for printer filament. i have like 54 points

printer filament i feel is easier to get than field recon

without the blueprints at least

[hearty sparrow]

The general field recon, not the faction recon

I wouldn't do printer filament if you still have tons of gear that you can expertise just by using it

[cloud topaz]

i dont like to level by using it

too slow and it compromises my gameplay experience

[hearty sparrow]

Printer filament outside of feeding it to gear you will not be able to use to expertise is not that useful, it doesn't make your skills that much stronger from upgrading and most gear doesn't require it for optimizing or tinkering

I would use ur SHD on majority field recon and shd calibration like Carte said, as its 2x and very much worth it

[cloud topaz]

the thing i've always had the least of is faction recon when i'm trying to optimize something

calibration as in what

[hearty sparrow]

The two main engines of expertise levels, especially the later in expertise levels you go are SHD calibration mats and field recon mats

[cloud topaz]

ok i have to look, i guess i dont remember what that is

i'll start the game now

[hearty sparrow]

They are labelled as "Activity Materials", I believe they are also blueprints you would have to earn

[cloud topaz]

Ok I see shd calibration there. I have 509 of them

And 719 field recon

4154 printer filament

I have 57 points to redeem

[bright trail]

expertise has nothing to do with shd and frd

[cloud topaz]

It's optimization boost event

[bright trail]

yeah but that has nothing to do with expertise

[cloud topaz]

I don't think I was talking about expertise

[bright trail]

not you meaured acr user

[cloud topaz]

Oh I see what you were referring to

Raising the expertise of an item uses those

[hearty sparrow]

You're going to have to explain that one

In order to increase your proficiency past I believe 13 you need a mixture of both until 30

[cloud topaz]

I just did it recently

[hearty sparrow]

Technically proficiency raises, not expertise

[bright trail]

that is to increase expertise of individial wepaons/gear, not expertise of player

[cloud topaz]

I recently boosted the expertise of my gear to 13 and used them

[hearty sparrow]

but to say these two materials have nothing to do with the expertise system is as technically wrong as me likening expertise to proficiency (its all in the same system)

[bright trail]

they have nothing to do with proficiency

[cloud topaz]

Ok so both of these 2 materials are boosted right now?

[hearty sparrow]

Your expertise level as a player is irrelevant if you don't increase your gear to said expertise level

[bright trail]

yes you acquire double

[hearty sparrow]

At first you said it has nothing to do with expertise, and now has nothing to do with proficiency... which is it?

[cloud topaz]

I could spend 25 points on each one

Then start saving them again for printer filament on another event

[bright trail]

proficiency and your own expertise that you increase via eleveling proficiency

you can only increase weapons to your own expertise level

[hearty sparrow]

So how can you make this statement with what you're saying now

[bright trail]

this sentence is totallu wrong

you are not incrasing proficiency via shd and frd

[cloud topaz]

Yeah I got double SHD. 6 of them for one point

[hearty sparrow]

Yeah its expertise, but this was following your completely incorrect statement that you haven't corrected

[bright trail]

it is not incorrect. there are two expertise level which you totally mixed up

[hearty sparrow]

Upon making this statement, what was incorrect

Also yes, SHD cali and Field recon have everything to do with expertise levels, otherwise your weapons and gear will not move past level 13

[bright trail]

it is not incorrect, it is half true. player expertise which you meant with your sentence

[hearty sparrow]

You're assuming what I meant with a sentence you haven't even provided?

[narrow kraken]

Just started the game and cant find people for early missions, is there a way to do them solo ?

[bright trail]

again your sentence is totally wrong.

[cloud topaz]

Ok I spent all my points

[hearty sparrow]

Which one

Also how can your absolute claim of field recon and SHD calibration having nothing to do with expertise be half true? What is the half truth in that?

[bright trail]

this one as i sauid earlier

[left ravine]

What do those materials have to do with expertise?

[bright trail]

you do not need frd and shd to increase your proficiecny

[hearty sparrow]

You need them to upgrade your weapons and gear past a certain threshold, so they are involved in the expertise system

[left ravine]

Yeah this is correct. I believe martin is talking about proficiency

Donating materials towards that

Maybe a misunderstanding here

[hearty sparrow]

He wants me to say for the 3rd time I meant expertise, meanwhile he can keep this absurd statement up and not address it.

[left ravine]

Just drop it, it seems to lead nowhere 😄

Reading the above convo got annoying lol

[hearty sparrow]

I'm pretty annoyed too, I can correct the mistake I made, why is he suddenly not so butthurt about a nitpick of his own wrong statement

[left ravine]

Idk, misunderstandings happen. Not the end of the world

[hearty sparrow]

Definitely not the end of the world

[cloud topaz]

Oh it turned out I have the blueprints for both of those so maybe I just wasted my points. And surprisingly I have all the faction assessment blueprints besides black tusk

Before yesterday I don't think I had all these. Nice

[hearty sparrow]

Yeah like I said earlier I would make sure you take advantage of the 2x and put ur watch levels into the two and maybe craft some if you aren't satisfied with how many you have

[bleak oracle]

its better to craft frd but get shd cali from watch

[hearty sparrow]

Yeah SHD cali is super expensive

[cloud topaz]

I spent all the SHD points on the two

I now have 779 shd calibration and 869 field recon

[hearty sparrow]

Those are impressive amounts.

[hollow spoke]

Is system corruption good?

And is it darkzone exclusive?

[tall scroll]

Is dcd esacaltion easier than ny escalations?

[left ravine]

Depends on the mission. Tanker is long, too

[bleak oracle]

dcd is fast but low enemies

[tall scroll]

dcd headquarters vs. stranded tanker. As i have just ran it with my usual play group and I am did way better with them (to tier 4) vs pubbing with tier 2 and failing.

[left ravine]

NY has a little tougher NPCs. Many people struggle especially with the shield rushers for instance. I tried mm T8 earlier, was a mess lol

[ionic dome]

Any chance for community event helmet to be aquired?

[inner tendon]

@ionic dome It's available right now. Just login and "open cache" on the Community Cache.

[left ravine]

Well you can still read it lol

What's the name of that Halloween mask?

I've not seen it before

[inner tendon]

"Pumpkin"

Unless you mean the Red Faced Hunter.

[left ravine]

Lol. I reckon event mask?

Not the LED one

[inner tendon]

Dark Path Apparel Event completion reward.
and funnily enough, the Pumpkin one is also LED.

[left ravine]

Alright, ty

[inner tendon]

Also lol, that filtered message.

[hollow spoke]

Do the vendors ever sell system corruption?

[left ravine]

Negative

Just spend materials to get it to proficient

[obsidian ibex]

huh

[left ravine]

Happens sometimes

[obsidian ibex]

But it was on the final part of Tidal Base legendary 😭

[left ravine]

Rip

[ionic dome]

Tnx

[hollow spoke]

No I mean I want the gearset

[left ravine]

It's a pure PvP set and not even good anymore

[serene sky]

is it better to open all my optimization caches now while the optimization surge is active?

[left ravine]

Yeah that would make sense

[hollow spoke]

I feel like even the infinite amour kits make it very valuable

[left ravine]

You mean the armor that will be gone in 1-2 seconds?

[inner tendon]

Armour in div2 is kinda like crypto.
It doesn't actually exist, it just looks good on paper.

[left ravine]

Kinda accurate

[void quiver]

i cant claim the community cache, i dont know whats wrong but last time i check i donated one key

[inner tendon]

Just keep checking back, it 100% works. I claimed it myself today.

[left ravine]

Try relogging maybe. I could also claim it

[void quiver]

alrite

[hollow spoke]

What’s the drop chances?

[left ravine]

Very low in the DZ

Like REALLY low

[hollow spoke]

So DZ farming isn’t worth it

[hollow spoke]

Conflict right?

[left ravine]

No, DZ. The entire set ain't worth it. best chances are during a global event from the legacy season caches

[hollow spoke]

I heard DZ caches may drop them

[white mauve]

Hey agents, is weekly reset done already?

[inner tendon]

@white mauve Check the 📌 pinned-message, that's what time the daily reset happens.
Weekly ticks over when that does, in about 40 minutes.

[slim furnace]

how do u get a high damage lmg gr9?

[slim elk]

high dmg?

[hearty sparrow]

all red striker build, frenzy weapon talent on the lmg

[slim furnace]

im looking for one with a higher dps then 90k

[slim elk]

that doesnt matter

[hearty sparrow]

The dmg your weapon states is its total dmg doesn't tell the full story, there are a lot of different ways that your weapon dmg is being amplified or buffed during combat that isn't being accounted for when looking at your stats in the menu

[slim furnace]

guess ill go back to my other lmg then im useing the tipping scales with an lmg for tests

[hearty sparrow]

Regardless, you should give frenzy a try if you aren't already using it on your LMG

[slim furnace]

i think its just a regualr one idk its the military mk 46

[hearty sparrow]

That is one of the better LMGs, if not the best, apply the frenzy weapon talent to it. You could even run the tinkerer mask and run a good second talent like optimist, killer, strained, measured, fast hands. Lot of options

[slim furnace]

ill work on it

[left ravine]

@uncut ibex

[inner tendon]

ingame shot:

[verbal notch]

Hello people can someone explain to me why my modifier stats are like this? Shouldn't they be 45-20-20?

[rough trench]

All three actives should be at lvl 5.

[verbal notch]

They are

Not

I gotta grind for cloud armor too then. Thank you so much man! 😄

[tough bear]

anything can be high damage, should be asking what talents and gear to use to get high damage

Oh mb, question already was answered

[slim furnace]

lol yeah

[hollow reef]

I like how everyone who turns rogue instantly got better sense of drip.

Still wonder to this day.

[tough bear]

there’s this one meme, blue team good guys look like space goobers while red team bad guys look like helghast cool trench crusaders

thats ubisoft npc design

[sterile echo]

What’s the fastest way to get Exotic components?

And, does leveling up Prototype gear goes faster if you have multiple pieces from the same set, as it does for Proficiency?

[tough bear]

Heroic retaliations for me for exotic components, one exotic cache per completion

[humble knot]

do we know what's in the legacy season caches for the event? obviously previous seasonal loot, but wondering if that's worth focusing over other options

[hearty sparrow]

Priority objectives can be a fast way

[honest dome]

anyone know the target loots today ?

[vital nest]

Anybody knows what happens if you prototype TDI “Kard” Custom pistol? Im guessing it will gain skill tier 1.5

Just curious, dont think i will as quick step is king

[humble knot]

pin in #td2-general-chat

[tacit plover]

seasonal modifier doesnt work with global event?

[rough trench]

Used to be +2, idk about now.

[rough trench]

Yeah, you can't use both.

[vital nest]

Oh that sounds nice with in-sync

[languid granite]

can named prototype items drop from escalation?

[rough trench]

Yes.

[eager crescent]

quickstep drop in Bank Headquarters today?

[dire hamlet]

maybe if you wish for it

[vital nest]

Seen salvos before yeah

[dire hamlet]

what is cxp measured by

[hearty sparrow]

The amount of dog in you

/j

[dire hamlet]

im at the top im just wondering how i managed to get there

[hearty sparrow]

Excess dog

[dire hamlet]

i like to contribute because i dont want to feel like a leech

WAIT YAY

[crimson portal]

Where do i go to talk to Wally about the program?

[vital nest]

Castle, by the descent vendor. Misleading in game text

[crimson portal]

okay thanks

[young stag]

is the level in conflict different from SHD level?

[hearty sparrow]

Yes

but you still earn SHD level from conflict

[novel granite]

I have to go to school and come back at like 3🥲

[weary wedge]

They running out of spawn like they got lives to spare (they dont, they died immediately) 😂

[sonic raptor]

I can’t last longer than 2 games

Then I rage quit

[weary wedge]

the only thing thats keeping me sane is the thought of raising my KD every game.

[dire hamlet]

can you reroll core attributes on exotics

[nimble spruce]

Reconfiguring will randomise the size of the stat roll but it won't change to a different stat except Investor.

[dire hamlet]

the guys in build advice told me to switch my stuff around so im not using 8 yellow cores but like idk how i';d change my build if i cant change cores themselves

wait actually couldnt i just use capacitior ? or does it not go beyond 6 stacks of bonus dmg

[nimble spruce]

You can only equip one exotic armour piece at a time, so maybe change the cores on the non-exotic pieces

[clear pike]

I'm just recently back to the game. Can anyone tell me if you can still hot swap from busy bee to regulus for one-shots in dark hours?

[crimson portal]

Hey i am looking at the starting guide i have been farming Striker's battlegear for a couple days now. I wanted to know since the guide says to target Unit Alloys or Ceska Which would be a better choice? For the Chest piece and i am still wondering where to go for the exotic hands

I've gotten myself to 41% CHC so far haven't been able to find 1 last CHC armor mod thats not in DZ Because i am not looking forward to getting my booty cheeks clapped that bad right now

[warm salmon]

low watch level, ceska

[nimble spruce]

I think so, maybe try asking in #td2-raid-discussions though as your question is less likely to get buried there

[crimson portal]

Hey how do i translate this build in teh starter section to a build i actually wanna play? I have been playing around with weapons and such and finding what i like And i feel like the the ACS-12 and an LMG are going to be my best bet for a build how would i work towards that?

[silk granite]

best way to farm quickstep? (im very un lucky with event keys)

[inner tendon]

@silk granite Raise the difficulty level that you're farming the squads at, or I guess ask down in #lfg-pc if someone has the bounty for them.

[silk granite]

Thanks I did ask in that channel so hopefully someone still has that bounty just curious if there was a more reliable way ig not tho

[crimson portal]

Where do i get the set Hunter's fury?

[lone haven]

target loot in countdown

[silk granite]

Countdown set target loot to hunters fury

[crimson portal]

so its called HUnter's Fury?

[lone haven]

yes

[pseudo tundra]

green set

[crimson portal]

okay

[pseudo tundra]

it's a refference to first game gear set about sniping

hunters faith

just some fun trivia

[crimson portal]

I am looking at the Hunters Fury (Y7 S2) is that not good for SMGs and Shotguns?

[inner tendon]

Yep it's a good set for sure, I wouldn't take it into high tier Escalation, but for most content it'll do the job.

[crimson portal]

okay

can i ask some stuff about the build that i am not understanding here?

[pseudo tundra]

sure, if you want some more detailed number crunching #td2-build-advice might be better

but generic question is fine too

[crimson portal]

"Chest brand options: United Alloys, Ceska Vyroba, Palisade Steelworks.
Chest Options:
Intimidate was buffed in Y5 S2, making this a great option once again for hunters' fury.
Make sure to combine this with your choice of Memento, adrenaline rush, or bloodsucker on the backpack to maintain bonus armor
Solid option for both SMGs and shotguns
Headhunter (Headshot version, use Regulus as the main weapon and M870s w/ pummel)
It's a bit odd, but a HH/Wicked crit HF build does work for shotgun setups if you're using a high base damage shotgun (M870, KSG, Six12, etc). It's a middle ground between the pure crit HF and pure HSD HH HF setups that doesn't 100% rely on hitting constant headshots, but still is quite effective when you land them.
Obliterate (SMGs)
Glass Cannon/P. Glass Cannon"

So i am looking to do just generally good in most content haven't even tried escaltion yet. So i am wondering which chest piece to TL given what it says in the bit i pasted

[pseudo tundra]

depends how much crits you end up needing from the other rolls

ceska will cover lack of crits

united alloys will buff your SMG if you have neough crits

[crimson portal]

Currently with no hunters fury i havce 60 CHC and 40 CHD

[pseudo tundra]

i cant remember what palisade does

well you need to see after hunters fury

[left ravine]

10% AoK

[crimson portal]

I am going to be replacing 4 of my pieces of Strikers

whats AoK?

[pseudo tundra]

armor on kill

[left ravine]

Armor on kill

[pseudo tundra]

hunters fury is a very aggressive in your face kind of build

set bonus need close range and they can stun nearby enemies

[left ravine]

May I ask where this excerpt is taken from?

[crimson portal]

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mWk2Jgg8uJX3hkturWAET95gizwVHReoOOayO-ixe6U/edit?tab=t.0

[left ravine]

That's not a good way to play Escalations btw. The first few tiers are np but come Tier 4 I might say it's pretty pointless

You don't wanna be up close to NPCs in the mid-high tiers

In fact you need distance and raw DPS

[crimson portal]

okay so this build is no good?

[left ravine]

I didn't say that. You mentioned Escalations above so I mentioned it's not a good pick for that activity

[crimson portal]

I said i've never done them wasn't planning to do them

i said most general content

[left ravine]

You should be aware that talents like Bloodsucker and the Memento backpack are also not ideal for group play. For solo it's totally fine

[crimson portal]

i was about to ask about that, how do you get exotic bagpacks I've never seen one

[magic charm]

what's the max chc% on prototype armor?

[left ravine]

Just play any target loot activity and select backpacks

[crimson portal]

okay fair enough

[left ravine]

Can also drop from exotic caches or come from priority objectives with exotic reward

[left ravine]

9%

6% old max plus 50% increase on top

[crimson portal]

whats the difference between a talent and a perfect talent can you put a perfect talent on a gun with Tinkering?

[pseudo tundra]

nope

perfect talents on special named pieces

which dont work on thinkerer

perfect talent is a slighty better version of a regular talent, more duration, more stacks, bigger effects or similar

there are named items with unique rolls instead of talents, also dont work on thinkerer

[crimson portal]

god why can tinker take stuff from your stash is there a way to turn that off?

[left ravine]

Yeah some have perfect stats so called, and you can use different talents on them

[left ravine]

No, needs to be in your inventory

[crimson portal]

i just put a gearshift into my stash and its trying take it out of my stash and use it for tinkering

https://gyazo.com/a4333d305280b201d6f35eac02316c8c

thats video proof i am not crazy putting it into your stash doesn't save it from being tinkered

[left ravine]

I thought you'd mean something else when saying tinkering

[crimson portal]

Also is the Sherrif worth getting?

[left ravine]

It's a nice secondary and fun to play. Not worth it as primary

[crimson portal]

It has no damage drop off tho

[pseudo tundra]

it's very strong semi auto shotgun with no downsides honestly

it just doesnt fit striker meta

[crimson portal]

why would that not be good?

I'm looking to use it for a shotgun build

[left ravine]

The reload time is really long. Sucks for burst damage

[crimson portal]

Also i need to ask this do i need to worry about taking out all of the armor mods i put into armor when i break down or tinker stuff is that stuff lost when i don't take it out?

[left ravine]

It does decent sustain damage

[crimson portal]

where do you get it from?

I thought it came from United Ironworks: General Anderson But its not showing up as a drop there

[lone haven]

always remove gear mods from gear when doing anything to it to be safe

especially if your deconstructing it.

[left ravine]

Yes it's from there

[fair vigil]

Im planning on making a Hp build for open world with all directives.

Does anyone know if Fragile Armor affect how the Entropy Augment is calculated?

[tough bear]

even at high weapon handling, thing feels like it takes 68 business days to reload

Could reload a super90 to full faster than the sheriff

[pseudo tundra]

i dont believe it should since you can still see your total it justgets blocked to healing to that amount

[crimson portal]

Does Hunters Fury drop with high Crit chance or because all i am seeing is High Crit damage How am i suppose to get my CHC to 50% and my CHD to 100%

[slim elk]

all brands and gearsets can drop with all gear attributes

[crimson portal]

Okay would be it be better to aim for all the pieces to be CHD and try to put CHC on the pieces i can put on there?

or is that going to be feasible at watch level 18?

[slim elk]

most CHC comes from mods and weapon mods and, as I previously mentioned it with you, you get 10% CHC from the Watch at 50/50 CHC

it will hurt your CHD if you put CHC on your gearset pieces

[crimson portal]

it will? wtf how?

[wispy merlin]

cuz you can only put one or the other right

[slim elk]

gearsets only have one available attribute slot + mod

[wispy merlin]

^

[slim elk]

who dis

[crimson portal]

whats this then?

[slim elk]

1 attribute slot + Mod Slot

[crimson portal]

isn't that exactly what i was asking about?

[wispy merlin]

his point is you will get chc from weapon mods

[slim elk]

well yes but I remember telling all this before

I don't mind repeating myself but I mentioned all the issues with low CHC

[crimson portal]

Listen i normally like having all this in a DM i can search for what 1 person said go from there its like a sticky note having the whole conversation like that. I've been playing the game like a week i am just trying to gear and trying to understand everything and this game is not easy to understand what is 8 years of information I am not trying to come down on you and its great that your helping i really really am thankful for the help but i want you to understand that i am brand new and just trying to make this click in my head simple enough to where i won't forget it. It takes me a few times to fully grasp it and understand it fully

[slim elk]

don't sweat it

I get it, took me my two years to learn all I know to this date

So, when you have issues with your CHC being low:

1. Low SHD watch bonuses
2. Unoptimized gear/low percentage mods
3. Weapon mods

that's it

[wispy merlin]

think about it like this

• your chc will come mostly from weapon mods and your watch
• your chd should be on your gear
• if you really want to maximize your damage, go for a 1:2 crit ratio (chc:chd) until you hit 60:120, then go for chd
• recalibrating attributes is cheap, but ideally you want to follow the steps above

if writing all this down helps, you can do that, it can be hard to remember

[crimson portal]

okay so i've got currently 27.9 CHC and 43.8 CHD
I've got 25% from my SMG
5% from my Shotgun
10% from my Pistol
4% from my head piece
5% from my bagpack (Which i will have to replace the build i am looking to make has me picking up an exotic one)
3% from my chest piece (Again i will have to replace this for a different piece)
5.2% from my gloves
5.1% from my Holster
0.6% from my watch
10% from my Pistol

So i don't get how on my stats it says i have 27.9 but everything i just listed off it should be higher

[true dawn]

The stats on the weapon are exclusive to that weapon, they don't share with the others

If you go into your inventory and head to stats, you can hold G and it's gonna swap between your equipped weapons, each one of them is gonna have different stats

[crimson portal]

Can you tinker more than 1 stat on a weapon?

Like could i put some CHC on my shotgun?

[true dawn]

If you can only choose a single slot, after you change it you won't be able to change the others, but you can swap freely the one you altered

[true dawn]

Yes, weapons have 2 core attributes that are determined by their type (smgs will always roll weapon damage + CHC), but the third slot can be changed so long it's not already present on the cores

[crimson portal]

wtf i've legit never seen a CHC shotgun so i haven't put it into my tinker library why is this whole system so annoying.

[true dawn]

You only have to extract it once, so when you get it, it's done

[crimson portal]

nah i have to hope i get a max roll if not i have to find another one and keept extracting it til its maxed

and if i get 2 of them i can't extract both because of some reason.

[true dawn]

If you play on high difficulties it's not rare to get max stats, you can also target gear on countdown and get a bunch

As a new player I praise this system, it's great to get rid of bad RNG when farming stuff. I've seen other games try similar approaches but not as good

[slim elk]

this is also in the Starters Guide

[vital nest]

As someone also new who had to explain this to 2 other friends that weren’t as “fast” as me, i feel that. I had to keep asking questions to 2 friends of mine that feel “stupid” but the game is complicated like that. There will come time it’s all second nature though

[crimson portal]

Okay can you tell me one more time, What would be the best way to get where i am wanting to go. Because i am obviously doing something wrong. I just want to either arrive or work towards getting 50 CHC and 100 CHD.

If i can't use Gear mods to help get there and not using my weapon as a reference point and if armor only gives a max of 6% can you tell me how to get to 50% Because I can't go ahead and get to 50% off just the weapons since i am constantly switching from weapon to weapon. And i can't put nearly the amount of mods on a shotgun as i can a SMG. I just need some guidance here

I really still don't understand this statement: KaraokeMonSoon | Doomz ! :] [CCCP], Role icon, PC — 1:43 PM
most CHC comes from mods and weapon mods and, as I previously mentioned it with you, you get 10% CHC from the Watch at 50/50 CHC
it will hurt your CHD if you put CHC on your gearset pieces

I just don't get how this is suppose to work

[vital nest]

Yes, when i was still new i sticked to skill builds because lack of CHC/CHD on watch and lack of weapon mods made it not very good to go red yet

[vital nest]

Your watch points can give you 10 chc and 20 chd which is a lot. Once you have some decent gear mods, considering mask, armor and bag can all get one you can have another 15-18% chc from gear mods or 30-36% chd depending on what you need more. If you lack the weapon mods for chc consider adding critical hit chance as the attribute to the weapon

[left ravine]

@pseudo tundra

[crimson portal]

how many watch points do i need to get to 10 CHC?

[vital nest]

50 on critical hit chance iirc that’s its cap

[wispy merlin]

that's 60%

[crimson portal]

nah its 10%

[tawny wagon]

O shit blueprint and prototypes? Hello there.

[crimson portal]

its 0.2 per point

[vital nest]

Yea

[wispy merlin]

oh ok i misread, thought you were talking about chc cap overall

[vital nest]

Speaking of, for whatever reason, you can’t go above 60% chc

[wispy merlin]

if you want to max out both CHC and CHD on the watch, the minimum SHD level you have to reach is 500, just to temper your expectations

[crimson portal]

okay

if am trying to gauge my current CHC should i base that off my SMG which has more CHC or off my Shotgun which has way less?

[wispy merlin]

whichever one you use more

that's the problem with smgs, it has a lot more chc compared to other weapon types

[crimson portal]

my build favors the Shotgun more

[vital nest]

Smgs and lmgs might be the best guns to start with for now, smgs because they always have chc and lmgs because they alwats have damage to out of cover (best stat) so you can add the chc

[crimson portal]

i just got rid of all of my strikers battle gear because i wanted to actually play a build i wanted to play i really don't like using LMGs

[vital nest]

In this case, your shotgun. Or even better your signature weapon

[vital nest]

A very helpful gear for chd and chc is coyote exotic mask

[crimson portal]

can i put a mod in that?

[vital nest]

As for farming WEAPON mods, do the side missions in DC and control points on challenging as it’s much faster than heroic

[vital nest]

Gear mod like chc or chd yes

It also comes with both naturally

At max it can have 6 chc, 12 chd and a gear mod of your choice for either stat. This is its talent

[crimson portal]

okay

so i can farm that in Countdown?

[vital nest]

If you target masks, rng might be nice enough, also seen it drop plenty from priority objectives for exotic items

[crimson portal]

what are priority objectives for exotic items

[vital nest]

Alternatively hyena kill squads on retaliation can drop the blueprint for it so you can craft it

[vital nest]

Game really does a great job at explaining priority objectives doesn’t it

[tawny wagon]

How does one get blueprints and other stuff from the escalation?

[vital nest]

Launching game, one sec

[true dawn]

You can put mods on helmet chests and backpacks

[keen horizon]

I'm gonna go on a limb and say you should get it from just completing an escalation

[left ravine]

By finishing them?