ask-td2-community

[plucky hawk]

MK46

[balmy helm]

why? the gr9 has a bigger mag...

[wispy merlin]

you take longer to empty a non-frenzy mag

if you're okay with that then go with it. just try both out

[fathom forge]

Am i able to get a prototype exotic or not?

[wraith flare]

no

[fair vigil]

if is for Escalation you want dump your mag and go back to cover, that game mode doest favor sitting around like a turret with a large magazine.

Thats why most people run mk46 with frenzy

[fathom forge]

I got a prototype named item so i didn't know about exotic

[fair vigil]

devs did talked about Proto exotics coming in the future, but theres no date currently.

[fathom forge]

Ok that would be cool

[compact furnace]

Has anyone else been crashing frequently lately? Ive crashed 4 times today, not really normal for me, so im kinda concerned if its the game or my rig.

[fathom forge]

Only during retaliation

[quasi rapids]

I played 3 tier 0 escalation missions and only ended up with 2 tokens. I couldn’t find anything specifically about it. Has anyone else experienced this?

[livid bear]

surely this isnt the only scope the agitator has right?

[bleak oracle]

no they definitely screw something up

[glossy drum]

It's a bug, known. Due to be fixed last I read.

Game is 7 years old at this point, so the developer is pretty brave to be diving into it to make changes. Code that old tends to start being spaghetti.

[left ravine]

It's always been spaghetti

[faint prism]

Can anyone help me out with the quickstep pistol

[opal falcon]

hi all , me and my brother recently started playing im running a core strength build and hes runnning a tipping scales build we can do heroic content with ease but cannot get past any first encounters in legendary mission or go past tier 3 escalations could someone tell me what wecould be missing we both at around 200 shd lvl is it just that , because we cannot survive in any legendary content no matter how we build our characters any advice will be appreciated

[faint prism]

? I’m new to the game. Been playing for a week. NA, playing on PC. I’m over 21.

[left ravine]

#lfg-pc

[faint prism]

Ty!

[left ravine]

Experience is missing. Keep practicing

[opal falcon]

i just dont understand how there is such a difference between heroic and legendary should there not be something in between ... it doest make sense to me why we cant do it

[left ravine]

If you want some tutorials and guides I can recommend ToasteyXGod on YT. If you wanna see good legendary gameplay without commentary I'd also recommend dien.aka.kim

[left ravine]

Legendary content is hand crafted . Not even Escalations can be compared to that

[opal falcon]

will go take a look thanks

[keen horizon]

higher difficulties are very much about controlling the engagements through positioning and timing, the enemies hit hard enough that no amount of armor will keep you off death's doorstep, so investing in your damage becomes priority

[hollow reef]

As Infinity said, Legendary difficulty is hand crafted while Escalation is just Heroic difficulty with stupid modifiers.

[opal falcon]

thanks apreciate that tip as im trying to lean into beingmore tanky but it aint workin

[left ravine]

Tanky is the wrong way. DPS is king

Hang on

[opal falcon]

bbut basically your saying skill issue and its nor like were missinganything right ?

[hollow reef]

Billions must run 6 Red Cores now!!!

[opal falcon]

alright thankks

[left ravine]

Read this

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tCcHSui_wM6di2uJMPoJJB6Wx9K-pqbeuWyHAQcJ9AI/edit?usp=drivesdk

[keen horizon]

It's not a skill issue, it's experience and knowledge that you haven't been able to build yet, there's a big difference

[wispy merlin]

just the first sentence is fine sir

[civic junco]

Crash Crash Crash Crash

They need to just go back a month and start over on the update

[timid spear]

Good evening guys is there anyone that have Houndsman Bounty still? Looking to run accidentally deconstructed Quickstep 🤦🏾‍♂️

[fast light]

if your on ps then no this is majority pc 🙁 unless ur looking on pc then sure i can help

[nocturne siren]

Wait until you hear that Invisible Rushers are a thing

[timid spear]

Thanks 😢

[nocturne siren]

Yes, the kinds with bombs on their chest

Also saw a post. Cheaters can now kill hardcore agents in the safehouse

[fast light]

should be other chats look in the roles to get ps chat

[wooden torrent]

Anyone know my character permanently has the quick step movement speed buff? It wont go away even after relogging. Not complaining would just like to know why lol

[slim elk]

check events timeline

[indigo remnant]

whats the fastest escalation mission to farm this week ?

[keen horizon]

vanguard overdrive, gives you +20% Movement Speed + other buffs passively for the "event"

[left ravine]

"Endgame" lol

[hollow reef]

What?

[left ravine]

Just being sarcastic about the intention of Escalations

[hollow reef]

What makes you think Escalation isnt endgame?

[bleak oracle]

it’s endgame but now you got shd 2-500s with full proto just from escal

Basically skipping most of the grind

[final cove]

Is there a reason why I can't reconfigure the lullaby?

[glossy drum]

I have.. seen things, you wouldn't believe.

[nocturne siren]

Believe me, I believe it. I've watched fkn Warhounds walk like they're humans. Those dang sniper clankers are about to take all our SHD tech and leave us ramless

Hey ISACgpt, generate me a waypoint to Capital Building-

Scanning Dark Zone

[bright trail]

classified assignments dont show up on my map. any idea how to bring them back?

nevermind found it

[idle olive]

how do i crossplay it said that yall added it in april

im on pc and he is on ps5

[plucky hawk]

it hasnt been added

[left ravine]

Don't trust AI summaries

[idle olive]

so your saying its impossible?

[left ravine]

The last official info was it comes some time in 2026

[pseudo tundra]

they said it was coming later this year

some cheap site used AI to make an article and announced as this season, google AI read the article and says this season

so it's game of telephone of AI saying BS

[left ravine]

Also, people can't read and they misunderstood the official info, took it to Reddit and from there on it amplified false info

Which got scooped up by AI

Tada, mess

[civic junco]

So I turned off Neutral Lighting and haven't crashed since. Will test more tomorrow and see if that is the cause

Might be a glitch between effects and Neutral Lighting because I only seemed to crash when lots of fire or skill effects were activated. Also adding new Skill Effects as skins was the worst design choice they have made. Is there a way to ignore others skill effects and only see the base effects?

[bleak oracle]

anyone in game rn able to check escalation caches rq?

[inner tendon]

@bleak oracle Check the 📌 pinned-message.

[left ravine]

Caches aren't mentioned

Holster/SMG for the rest of today

[inner tendon]

Read the pin again.

[left ravine]

Duh

[left ravine]

Forest for the trees 😄

My bad 👓

[bleak oracle]

ohh didnt know that also updates there tyty

[inner tendon]

yw!
Drib gets all the credit for that one, they update it every day just after reset.

[bright trail]

So the holster and smg will change in one and a half hour right?

For you it is already Saturday afternoon i guess Rivens

[brittle sandal]

hey guys so i just got my first legendary, is there like a tier list for these? Or are they all equally strong?

[bright trail]

Legendary?

[brittle sandal]

Oh maybe it's not a legendary, it's a gun with a talent on it

[bright trail]

Exotic? What is its name?

[brittle sandal]

Yes that might be it ahah. It's Emeline's Guard

[bright trail]

That is a named item

Usable but you can do better

[brittle sandal]

I'm only lvl 16, trying to clear the map while doing main quest

Is there a way to "farm" these at low level?

[bright trail]

Your goal should be reaching lvl 40 as quickly as possible

Just use the highest level item you can find

Dont worry about farming, whatever you find is unusable later on

You will also meet Emeline along the way. Very sweet lady

[brittle sandal]

Got it. I could boost this character to 30 as i have the new york expansion

Would that be something worth doing?

[keen horizon]

depends on how invested in the story you are

[bright trail]

If this is your first time i would not. The game has a good story

[brittle sandal]

I'm not really invested in the story, i was doing it mostly to understand the game in itself, skills, enemies etc

[bright trail]

Do not rush. It is a beautiful experience

[wispy merlin]

you can boost to 40 if you have brooklyn too

but yeah you would be missing stuff

[brittle sandal]

I don't have brooklyn. On the store it says 7 euros for me, when i click it it goes up lol

ACtually it says i have the lvl 40 boost unlocked

even though i don't have brooklyn

[hollow reef]

Did you play Division Resurgence before?

You can get a level 40 boost that way apparently.

[brittle sandal]

I installed it yesterday, maybe that's why

[hollow reef]

No wonder.

[hollow reef]

Level 40 Starter Guide

[brittle sandal]

But i'd need brooklyn in order to play at 40 then?

[hollow reef]

No

You dont need any DLC to reach level 40

[brittle sandal]

I'm gonna try the boost then, if i feel like doing the story i can always make a new character

[hollow reef]

Yeh

[hollow reef]

Btw, if you're logged in right now I can give you a random exotic.

Who knows you'll get lucky.

[brittle sandal]

I am and that would be amazing! How does that work?

[hollow reef]

In-game name?

[brittle sandal]

ayzenw

[brittle sandal]

Thank you!

[hollow reef]

aight

[brittle sandal]

How can ichange targeted loot?

Nevermind i got it xD

[cedar depot]

guys I got something weird .... a guy was stryker proto with Paradox and his shotgun was full auto and never had to reload ... do you think this is legit ? also he was shoting from 25 to 50m and the enemy melted away...

[warm salmon]

If you're lucky paradox can keep proccing on an acs

[cedar depot]

and after asking him if this was legit i got Delta 3 .... XD call me parano but that weird

[keen horizon]

Knowing what shotgun it was would help, but it's not impossible

[cedar depot]

ACS-12

[warm salmon]

The sketchy thing is really the range

[cedar depot]

that was his build (I cut the name because that's not the point here)

[warm salmon]

Ok yeah looks like a cheater

[keen horizon]

What makes you say that?

[odd vigil]

holy SHD level... John SHD over here lol

[cedar depot]

i know a japanese guy with the same SHD but he is in the game all day ... so that doesn't weird me

[slim elk]

this clearly looks like Tinkerer exploit

but far beyond just that, dont discuss it

[keen horizon]

I'm glad you know more about that, I would've never guessed

[cedar depot]

i love that they left such exploit possible but man they don't let something that give all player a small advantage like the respawn of the even NPC ...

[slim elk]

im not proud of it tho, I just spread the good stuff

[cedar depot]

i would love to see all exploit patched

[odd vigil]

key words there is "in game all day" that makes sense

[keen horizon]

you know how to identify it, that's still helpful

[cedar depot]

yeah he is hikikomori ...

[warm salmon]

I mean xp events and xp farms makes 5 digit SHD meaningless

[odd vigil]

true, still pretty time consuming though. (unless it was changed after my hiatus) I've seen worse though, just not commonly.

[queen glen]

how does one get spec points for gunner?

[cedar depot]

do the mission ?

or get level while you have gunner un you ?

i can't remember which one

[warm salmon]

daily bounties and leveling up normally

[sinful finch]

striker sniper build 🥀

[keen horizon]

That's an awful idea

[queen glen]

oh

then i'll go and ask for some optimal stuff to do

what's the easier way to burn and kill enemies?

oh wait. chem launcher

[fallen island]

when doing retal you get rewards for each CP. For one I got 2 canisters and for the second I got 5 canisters. Is this rng?

[half karma]

does anyone know why the achievements in Steam don't see to track properly for this game? do they require some weird trick?

[sturdy monolith]

16.05

[split grail]

Easiest way to burn and kill: chem launcher: firestarter, while using Firewall specialization for the flamethrower and fire grenades and if you have it Ortiz: Exuro gear set you get the 360 fire turret. Plus you could also add Iron Lung exotic lmg for fire damage bullets. Plus there's the Imperial Dynasty exotic holester that sets enemies on fire when they get too close.

[spare girder]

Is a Prototype Emelines Guard good?

I got the Anomaly augment with it

I also got a prototype Providence Backpack with Opportunistic talent

[winter mason]

Can Proto QuickStep drop from GWH today?

[finite oriole]

with the backfire, is it better to have haz pro higher or haz pro and bleed resistance?

like would this negate it's talent or would I want 100% haz pro?

[hollow reef]

Thats probably give you a second of bleeding. Almost every statuses has like around 95% resistance to be completely immune so might as well make it 100%.

[finite oriole]

okay cool, thanks

[hollow reef]

I have a Striker hazpro build if you want.

Of course as countless people said, hazpro or bleed resist arent necesarry when using Backfire.

[finite oriole]

oh lol, so I may aswell just go full red with backfire?

[stiff canyon]

Do the funny mostly blue core strikers memento with backfire

[spare girder]

What is the Eye of Providence weapon?

[hollow reef]

Yeh

[hollow reef]

Never heard of it.

[sage cobalt]

What is your favorite exotic in the whole division series

[warm salmon]

We don't know yet

[obsidian ibex]

is there a list for all the cosmetics you can get from the apparel crates?

and maybe as drops from the open world?

[inner tendon]

The caches you get keys for by levelling up? Yeah you can check the contents of them when you go to use a key on them.
Not sure about open world, but there's a decent number of stuff, and more got added recently. Dyes as well.

[somber spoke]

Most used: probably saint elmo’s engine
Most fun to use: probably big Alejandro

[nimble spruce]

Regulus though. So satisfying if you can get a headhunter streak going

[somber spoke]

One of the only exotics I still don’t have

[brittle sandal]

i just reached summit floor 10 for the first time, if i die oe leave i can restart at floor 10 right?

[spare girder]

Sheriff

[nimble spruce]

As long as you don't complete the floor, yes

[brittle sandal]

and if i complete floor 10?

[nimble spruce]

Soon as you kill the final enemy, your save point moves to floor 11. If you wipe on certain floor layouts you'll restart floor 10 but won't get any boss loot drops or floor completion xp, but if you leave to lobby or exit summit then you'll be at floor 11 on next visit.

[brittle sandal]

ah so you stay at the highest? I thought it was in checkpoints at every 10 floors

[nimble spruce]

Checkpoints are at the end of every floor ending 0,3,6,9

So if you wipe mid-way through floor 53 you'll go back to the start of floor 51, but if you wipe after clearing 53 you'd start from 54

[brittle sandal]

Got it, thank you so much!

[calm harbor]

anyone have the table that shows drop chances for escalations

[rose sinew]

Is it a bug that we're all running as fast as with quickstep?

[cedar schooner]

pretty sure it's the event

[inner tendon]

^Check the events tab, there's an Overdrive active.

[austere wren]

is strained talent bugged? testing it out with some LMG and i still have same chd?

[hollow reef]

Dont think so.

[cedar schooner]

it won't show up in your stats, but you should notice a significant difference in your crit from 0 strained stacsk to max strained stacks

[plucky jewel]

is the mk46 the best LMG to get a prototype drop for?

[cedar schooner]

mostly for frenzy

[fallen island]

please help me get rid of this

Im not sure if this is causing me problems but every time an agent asks for a backup the notice dissapears quickly and I think it might be caused but this constant message

[bright trail]

did you go to second floor of white house and got all the perks

[queen glen]

i've been wondering: does Overdogs' buff reflect on the displayed DMG?

like shooting the named elite first among the group would give me around 350k-500k but his shield won't budge. but shooting him last when everyone's dead, i'm melting through his armor like nothing, but the displayed DMG remains the same

assault isn't procced either

[urban surge]

how do you pass the recruiter?

[queen glen]

i'm curious - how come you guys' notifications aren't slanted?

[mellow trout]

Yes

[green harness]

hey um, where can i request for unban appeal here? cause i got my account back after it got compromised and was used to spam those annoying scam photos here

[inner tendon]

@green harness DM the Modmail and we'll sort it out.

[lone haven]

what does the little +10 icon mean?

[left ravine]

SXP

[wooden shell]

how do i get rid of this, i have literally seen all the mods available

[left ravine]

Go to a vendor's sell tab and hover over them or sell/deconstruct them. They're for skills you don't have unlocked yet

[wooden shell]

it works! thanks.

[long comet]

I came back after a long time and was doing these hunters... have they discovered the 14th one in that space above yet?

[fair vigil]

Devs said is a bug

[long comet]

ok... thx

[left ravine]

@pseudo tundra

So it's not made up at all

[spiral pivot]

Yeah was about to post the same pic

I knew I wasn’t crazy. lol

[left ravine]

You can see yourself when you check the Classified Assignments

[spiral pivot]

I just want to know what the stats are and the talent

As someone that mains an SMG

[left ravine]

There is no info available yet

[spiral pivot]

Does that mean it hasn’t dropped for anyone yet or it’s a reward for an upcoming classified mission

[left ravine]

Possibly a completion reward, possibly part of a future CA, no info

[spare girder]

Is a prototype Providence Backpack with Opportunistic any good?

[left ravine]

#lfg-xbox

No

[spiral pivot]

Yeah I think it’s for a future classified mission or you have the possibility of getting it but it’s not a guaranteed reward. Just need someone to datamine the code and tell me the specs 🤣

[left ravine]

We don't do that here 😬

[spiral pivot]

Was a joke

[potent iron]

how do i unlock escalation

[left ravine]

Be level 40 and finish all main and side missions

I would not recommend going into Escalations right away as it's meant as actual endgame

[brittle sandal]

Why does the scaling on summit increase by 1000% from lvl 99 to 100? lol

[brittle sandal]

Nah lvl 100 is impossible even on normal, like wtf

[late wren]

You can get through it in bout a min with huge dps

[winter mason]

Do you agree?

[brittle sandal]

Sure, but i had a guy with me that was trying to help, doing huge dps and still was getting one shot by the 55 grenades, 26 EMP, 4 turrets, 16 drones lol

[pseudo tundra]

you mean the thing everyone pointed out day 1?

[tidal mango]

So i haven't done much research into these builds but how hood is a tipping scales build, its the one gear set i haven't actually made a build for yet but don't wanna bother if its horrid. I heard Lmgs with measured are good to run with it too

[amber snow]

is there a tier list for exotics?

[slim elk]

making a tier list for this game in general is subjective so...

||Regulus is top tier change my mind||

[amber snow]

the only ones who'd disagree prob just dont have it

[slim elk]

[left ravine]

Since many exotics are very situational/dependant on a matching build you can't really create a "ranking"

[amber snow]

personally the regular is better tho

[slim elk]

GIVE ME THAT

[amber snow]

and the beagle bearer is def the best exotic AR

[blazing loom]

You guys, did they increase the prtotype drop rate cuz I'm seeing ALOT more. I'm averaging like 2 prototypes per run at tier 1 and 2

[amber snow]

just rng in ur favor

[blazing loom]

God answered my calls

[frigid pendant]

Not to be stupid or anything but what faction is this?

(Its cuz I am new to game and the only faction I know is Hyenas. I be seeing the hyenas fight them and lose most the time)

[fair vigil]

I think those are The True Sons

[frigid pendant]

Oh ok preciate it since I've been seeing them fighting Hyenas for awhile now

[blazing loom]

I did another tier 3 run and got 3 protos

[spring marsh]

anyone wanna help lvl 100 summit legendary?

[hybrid fiber]

is there a max level in conflict

[fair vigil]

level 100

[hybrid fiber]

damn

[indigo sky]

Where can I go report that my prototype "compensation" that was sent out, got lost and never arrived to the mailbox?

[left ravine]

Try via Ubisoft support ticket

[azure marlin]

Cadeceus would like to have a word with you c: (Support Player)

[winter mason]

How can i get that exotic weapon?

[left ravine]

It's gonna be a new exotic. No info on that gun yet

I mean it's a Div1 weapon but no clue how it'll work in Div2

[wraith radish]

You don’t even have it optimized SMH fake eb lover

[azure marlin]

It's been theorized that it's going to come along the Brooklyn Anniversary Event. If you go to your Proficiencies / Expertise screen, the Cadeceus exists within the game, it just doesn't have a definitive method to obtain it.

Yet

[nocturne siren]

Let's hope it's not a pile of Deuces when it comes out like most exotics end up being

cough Bittersweet

[amber snow]

*bb

[wraith radish]

Doesn’t make you any less fake

[junior sequoia]

This is why I think it's a bit overhyped right now, then it will be something completely different, just like they did with final measure.

[left ravine]

Possibly

[livid smelt]

Do stats need to be optimized before I prototype something?

[slim elk]

nope

[livid smelt]

Cool

[proud thistle]

I hope it won't be all that different from div1, considering Big Al is pretty much a 1:1 from div1 (it's actually better than the div1 version number wise).

[indigo remnant]

hey guys where can i get the smg slingshot ?

[proud thistle]

outside event caches, no clue. I know they drop from loot gobs once you've gotten it before.

[indigo remnant]

alright thanks m8

[mellow trout]

?

[split grail]

That is the True Sons thrower...basically their grenadier. Never understood why Hyenas got a grenade launcher and True Sons has to hand lob them.

[mellow trout]

Gave them all to the chungas

[robust fog]

whats the best combo for tinkerer lmg? frenzy + measured?

[frigid pendant]

Yet the Hyenas mostly lose in my game 💀

[queen glen]

is... is this door supposed to be this tanky

saw this agent's screenshot and was curious. i don't remember the door being that sturdy

or was it because i used my gun instead of the mounted gun?

[split grail]

I love using Tipping Scales its not quite on parr with Strikers but if your using an LMG its top tier. I use a Tipping Scales build with Memento and the Pestilence LMG for almost everything. I can let loose the lead faucet and it keeps stacking and the Pesti dots keep growing then I can scoop up the kill markers to boost damage and give me bonus armour.

[mellow trout]

Scales with escalation

Not sure if they patched it or not

[split grail]

Yes, for some reason that is the single hardest wooden board ever blocking that door lol.

[frigid pendant]

Hyenas vs apparently True Sons according to you guys

[queen glen]

that's crazy lmao

[split grail]

Its just scaling up just like the enemies. That's an escalation mission so its "end game" strong. But even in the original story mission that wooden board took a horrendous amount of firepower to break. No one knows why? I've dropped warhounds with less rounds then needed for that board lol.

[queen glen]

elite warhound takes like, a mag and a half and apparently this door can withstand the Chicxulub

sun explodes and that door is still there

[frigid pendant]

True Sons look like the LMBs of The Division 2 tbh

[split grail]

Yup, your going to see lots of faction vs faction battles in the open world. I just let them kill each other unless your in a hurry or need the exp. My favourite is when an Outcast sledgehammer heavy goes against a Black Tusk minigunner, takes forever for one of them to kill the other.

[frigid pendant]

I also see the Hyenas fighting the friendly factions

[frigid pendant]

I think I saw a fandom on the Outcasts nd they're basically like the Cleaners of The Division 2

[split grail]

Yes, True Sons are former JTF that decided to do things their own way and started essentially a paramilitary faction. So they became like the LMB only they aren't a trained private military contractor unit to start. Think of them as if cops, former military, reservists and national guard made a group. Compared to LMB which was highly paid, skilled and equipped private contractors like Blackwater PMC was.

[split grail]

Ummm close but no, I won't spoil it but they are essentially a doomsday cult birthed by the actions of another faction.

[inner tendon]

Div2 factions are pretty much opposites to div1, at least as far as True Sons + Outcasts go.

[frigid pendant]

Hyenas are similar to the Rioters for being the weakest faction in game

[inner tendon]

Hyenas were actually very organised and strong, if they were left unchecked for long enough, I kinda think they had a decent chance at taking over.

Guess we'll see what faction is going to be at Steel Creek.

[split grail]

Sort of they share a lot of similarities. Rioters are like Hyenas unorganized looters and thugs. LMB and True Sons paramilitary organization. Outcasts and Cleaners are regular people who believe in a cause fanatically and fight to accomplish it with whatever they can scrap together.

[frigid pendant]

I meant these when I was saying there's more of this happening in TD2 than TD1

[split grail]

My educated guess is either Outcasts to poison it or Black Tusk to harness its hydroelectric potential.

[inner tendon]

I'm hoping for a return of the Rioters, one last ride.
But I suspect it'll be LMB.

[inner tendon]

That's close-ish, but not quite 100% accurate.
but we've scared the non-nerds enough by talking lore in this channel :p

[split grail]

Hard to tell if they would have, if they didn't have the help from ----- they would have been outgunned long ago though.

[split grail]

That's why I left it vague lol...no spoilers.

[split grail]

Do you mean for Steel Creek the incursion or the Central Park dlc?

[frigid pendant]

Tuff

Even tuffer

[inner tendon]

"yes".

It's all just speculation. We don't have clues about this stuff, and it's only been initially announced, with a couple of pictures available.

[split grail]

I know, my educated guesses are based off what you could do with a dam...poison it or hydroelectric. The Central Park dlc I think is Cleaners...only cause it was turned into a mass grave site so who else is going to be in there if not burning corpses. Of course I did find a note in TC Resurgence that mentioned the Central Park NYPD precinct was going to be used as a JTF and SHD FOB so could be lots of loot left there...maybe even some agents left behind?

[summer ermine]

anyone can lmk what the best way to lvl expertise is

[hollow reef]

If you want to dedicate yourself to grinding expertise, focus on Gearsets and Brandsets first. Loot them as junk everytime they dropped then donate them in the expertise. Once they're all done except Yaahl and System Corruption since those two sets are rarely found and only drops in DZ, 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.

[desert furnace]

Did they change something to where assignments are no longer on the main map?

[left ravine]

Yes, they're having a dedicated tab now you probably overlooked

[summer ermine]

@hollow reefok tldr get the sets of gear maxed after use houndsman or wtv method for the named weapons and just junk all the none named ones for expertise

[glossy drum]

Either use the new tab, or select the hotkey for the map loot table and you can fast travel as normal.

[obsidian ibex]

Are the protoypes absolutely necessary for endgame in general or are they just there to make Escalation slightly easier?

[glossy drum]

Primarily for escalation.

[wraith ridge]

must u swap to the prototype tdi kard custom to get the 2 skill tiers active, or just equipping it in your loadout would automatically give the 2skill tiers, working similarly like the technician specialisation?

[left ravine]

Yes, you need to have it equipped

[viscid atlas]

what is the point of doing bounties repeatedly?

[desert furnace]

Can the legacy seasonal cache give currently unattainable weapons from the normal loot pool?

[tacit plover]

any plan for proto convert gears can optimise or reroll stats in the future? spending time on grinding resources to have less stats on random drops is just unfair

[split grail]

Not necessary at all for end game besides Escalation. Players have been beating and speedrunning legendaries, master difficulty, incursions and raids for years before prototype gear.

[tacit plover]

if dev team prioritise gambling with drops and augment rerolls, at least give it a credit to hardwork for convert gears

[split grail]

Usually to complete scout missions, projects and such for named characters or other specific enemy types on demand. I used them to complete the warhound quota for scout mission 7 (1). I mean the xp isn't bad either but usually its to get specific enemy types quickly.

[split grail]

I mean they already put in a vendor for prototype and it hasn't even been a thing for two months. I can see it being something down the road. I imagine they probably wanted community feedback before putting the resources into it.

[split grail]

What do you mean by, "currently unattainable weapons"? Raid exclusives, named, dz exclusive named, seasonal...

[desert furnace]

Take for example, Lexington.

[hollow reef]

How do I enable the level 40 boost?

[split grail]

Ah, Lexington is lumped into seasonal events caches and stretch goal event caches. So no it won't be in a seasonal legacy cache. Seasonal legacy caches typically only give items from seasons. Lexington, Turmoil kneepads were event rewards so weren't part of a seasonal. Best bet is possible the Battle for Brooklyn celebration event coming up for the Lexington.

[wraith flare]

should be in the addons section of the shop

[split grail]

It should give you the option to use it when you make a new agent. If you have it available from purchase of Battle for Brooklyn or from the store.

[wraith flare]

all the way on the right

[hollow reef]

Ah ok thanks

[sturdy monolith]

17.05

[fleet saffron]

does gear escaltion drop proto mods or?

it's just whatever to farm

[slim elk]

I wonder...

[warm salmon]

No, proto mods aren't a thing

[fleet saffron]

they should add that next update

[tough marsh]

Do Germans always win hearts? There's no word for "heart breaker"?

[hollow reef]

How many more weeks until current season climax mission?

[tough marsh]

3

[hollow reef]

Darn ok.

[winter mason]

Proto Gear system Mods?

[spare atlas]

the direct translation, "Herzensbrecher" is literally a word in German, no idea why they didn't translate that one

[pseudo tundra]

Dont exist

[young stag]

Rip tokens, Fed Bunker bug

cant shoot the pipe

[winter mason]

Is there a chance for a 13% PFE gear system mod to drop there at least?

[pseudo tundra]

Apparently status effect or special ammo can affect the pipes

[pseudo tundra]

Like any other mod

There is no secret sauce for god rolled mods

[fickle ravine]

the secret sauce is to bang your head against your screen, make your sacrifices to lootcifer, and eventually realize chasing for them specifically is kinda pointless and its better to just have it appear as a surprise drop when you're doing more productive in-game activities

[vestal mantle]

I did not play the first one and when i google it only shows the first game but on a google doc I found it says some exotics and named weapons are dropped from lz bosses. is that like the bounties and any named enemies i find wondering around DC?

[tough marsh]

LZ = Light Zone = anywhere outside of the Dark Zone, so yes

[sacred echo]

the final boss

[vestal mantle]

thanks! I assumed that was the case but I figured I would ask before I potentially wasted a day running around killing

[vestal mantle]

it hasnt dont it to me lately but during the sakura event every time i loaded into the game after 5 minutes without fail it would do that and then I could load back in and have no issues

[oblique fjord]

If I use TDI kard and throw a decoy, then switch back to my AR, will my decoy be tier 1?

[tough marsh]

I think throwing it takes the Pistol off-hand so it'll be Tier 1 anyway

[queen glen]

FEB SHD mission says it has a BOO upgrade... but what was it? or is it just a leftover from the original campaign/story progress?

[mellow trout]

No

[queen glen]

or are invaded missions pretty much the same?

[mellow trout]

The traps are the only skill I can think of that snapshot your skill tier apart from bombs which are instant use anyway

[oblique fjord]

Then what's the point of tdi kard

[mellow trout]

Giving you an extra hive charge to pick up a teammate, that's about it

[oblique fjord]

That's crappy

[queen glen]

why does this keep happening?

that was like the fourth time i warped somewhere for no readon

[frozen solar]

Do you guys think its worth it to wait for a double exotic event before breaking down exotics? Like is there a trrend of that event happening fairly early onÉ

on?*

[hollow reef]

Definitely yes.

That double material gain is somewhat related to expertise grind. One last push until level 30.

Gonna farm gearmods, deconstruct them for printer filaments, then donate.

[frozen solar]

Ok. Im just dying to prototype some gear and Im sitting here with 100+ exotics just waiting to give me exotic components lol

[hollow reef]

I wasted 600+ exotic components trying to get full red Investor.

[frozen solar]

I've wasted way to much components rerolling exotics, before I realized I needed them for expertise

[hollow reef]

At least you got what you wanted. 600+ and I still havent get it.

The chance of getting full red Investor is around 0.68% according to someone in here.

[frozen solar]

Cant you just optimize it? lol

Oh nevermind

Yea I gotcha

I feel like I have one but Ill have to check

Too bad you can't give gear to other players. I love how in Borderlands you can just give any playerr any of your gear even if you dont play with them

[hollow reef]

Same

[frozen solar]

Nope I have 6 Investors, none with all 4 reds XD

[astral cypress]

Yo Im lost on the lore didnt we kill Parnell during Warlors of NY ?

[hollow reef]

If you want to talk about lore go here #division-universe

[astral cypress]

Mb

[obsidian ibex]

Quick question I've seen people (particularly YTbers) call non-boss enemies "ads", what does it mean? I genuinely suck at acronyms

[frozen solar]

Additional mobs/enemies

[obsidian ibex]

Oh wow that's...genuinely what I was not expecting

Every time I hear "ads" I always think "aim down sights"

[frozen solar]

Yea, not technically an acronym haha

[obsidian ibex]

loll

[frozen solar]

ADS is aim down sights, adds are additional enemies

[obsidian ibex]

thanks anyway

[frozen solar]

I actually just made the connection that ISAC literally will say "additional hostiles detected"

[queen glen]

there's no hope in getting the Agent Garzia shirt, is there?

[shut summit]

Anyone getting prototype Belstone pieces to drop at Grand Washington? I ran two tier 2 solo runs and nothing.

[idle jetty]

Sometimes there just bad luck below tier 3

[junior sequoia]

Yup, I ran five tier 1 on Jefferson and didn't get any proto HF.

[inner tendon]

The Tier you're running affects Proto-drop rates, and Tier 2+ were buffed recently.

If you're patient and bring the standard meta strikers setup, you can handle Tier 5 without too much hassle.

Just take your time with learning it, there's no rush.

[shut summit]

I've run solo tier 2 runs this week averaging approx 2 drops per run. So I was willing to say no drops on one run was odd but understandable. But none on two runs and barely any regular belstone drops either. If people could keep an eye on that mission I'd appreciate any feedback for anyone who has run thru it. Thanks!

Yeah, I got 3 total regular belstone pieces dropped on 2 runs.

[frozen solar]

rng baby

I did a tier 5 today and got 0 drops lol

[fathom agate]

Yeah

I ran two tier 5s today. One I got 0 drops and one I got 5.

[frozen solar]

Ive ran like tier 4, get 0 then drop down to tier 3 and get 3 or 4

[restive fog]

I bless you two dudes with luck so protos may rain in your next run

[vale tiger]

these lower tiers might as well just drop proto cores and more of it

[modern elm]

Is it really only possible to get an Ouroboros from escalation, I thought you can get the blueprint, but my friend told me you can only get the blueprint if you’ve gotten ouroboros before?

[warm salmon]

you can get the blueprint from retaliation

[modern elm]

Without getting it from escalation first correct?

[warm salmon]

you mean raids, yes

[modern elm]

I mean incursion sry

[slim gate]

is agitation/retaliation a world difficulty-locked feature? cuz the "+100% X Agitation" projects don't do anything for me in my base diff world

[spare atlas]

Are there any bundles/packs/whatever to get the new classified assignments? Or do you need to buy them all one by one as they release?

[frozen solar]

If you already have a retaliation on standby and its a different faction from the agitation project, than completing the project will do nothing other than bring that faction up to 99% agitation if it is not at 99% already

[slim gate]

season pass I think gives you all the seasonal classifieds but the rest are in the year 1 dlc pack IIRC

[slim gate]

oh I don't even have the agitiation meter at all

I assume it's a hard/heroic world difficulty thing or something like that? cause I am lvl40 and have not changed my world diff yet, I also do not get any Black Tusk spawns

[frozen solar]

Have you beat the main storyline

You must not have retaliations unlocked yet is my guess

need to get the SHD watch

[slim gate]

nope haha, I do have the SHD watch but I just leveled to 40 without doing much of the main story really

should probably get to that I guess lol

[frozen solar]

Oh yea I think you still have to unlock the endgame, which Retaliations are a part of

[slim gate]

alright makes sense, thx

[fallen island]

Where do I get blueprints for weapon attachments? Cp's don't give them anymore and it seems I'm missing the "small laser pointer" which gives 7% chc

[wispy merlin]

that's unique to a specialization, i forgot which one

[fallen island]

Ah maybe that's why

[slim gate]

Demolisher tier 3 SMG DMG upgrade skill I think

[slim gate]

tbh the standard one is 5% so a 2% increase is far from substantial

[fallen island]

Yea I was inspecting someone and he had it on mk46 but I didn't check his specialization. I assumed he was a gunner

[slim gate]

Gunner has a LMG belt-fed ammo upgrade that just gives you a lot more mag size IIRC

[fallen island]

Is that called Large Pouch?

[slim gate]

yeah I think so

[fallen island]

both large pouch and 7% chc

[spare atlas]

Large Pouch is just the normal one, don't need spec to use it

the gunner spec one is called ... suspenseful drums also Large Pouch, but it has 50 rounds 😅

[slim gate]

if it has the little spec icon as the background that's a spec mod

[fallen island]

all clear now then

[spare atlas]

Also if you go to the crafting station and into mods, and there's something missing, I think it tells you where to get it when you hover it, but has been a while, might be misremembering

[mild vortex]

So if I’m not getting blue prints from black tusk retaliation does that mean I have them all I need to do different factions now ?

[fallen island]

the completion BP's might still drop, on challenging there is 35% chance to get them

best to check a the crafiing station

[mild vortex]

I’ve been running heroic retals for few evening and getting none from black tusk or cleaners . Gonna try hyenas tonight . I do have most bp but not all . Some of them don’t say where they drop

[pseudo tundra]

You can check which one you have and whats missing from esch faction here #news-and-announcements message

[mild vortex]

Thank you !

Seems I need to run cleaners and true sons

[buoyant narwhal]

What's a good way to get Liquid Engineer? I s it worth doing DZ or should I just gamble on named caches
ALSO is it a drop in DZ or only from vendors when they decide to sell it

[spare atlas]

I got one to drop randomly when Backpacks were allocated loot in DZ, but that was quite a while ago

[surreal orchid]

what dafuq is wrong with these players?
just cause i didnt get more kills than them warrents a kick?
lol

[slim elk]

they want to get carried

people nowadays don't want to do hard work so instead they look for the easiest way to suffice their laziness, getting carried

[surreal orchid]

actually they were zooming through the map quite fast on T10. it was me being carried but because im not running and gunning and melting enemies extremely fast warrents a kick from them.

anybody know the username of the Ha.ze guy?

[slim elk]

did you notice any awkward behavior with their builds?

[surreal orchid]

didnt even get a chance to look at their builds.
I was randomly invited and upon joining they started the escalation mission.
but it didnt take longer than maybe 10 min to finish T10 JTC

[summer ermine]

hit shd 520 just now been kinda doing a bit of everything should i be really putting focus into the expertise and the blueprints over other stuff?

[pseudo tundra]

nah, just play at your own pace doing what you think is fun

[surreal orchid]

ive played with good players and even a good team (that ive played with) we finish with 35-40 min to spare.

[slim elk]

I sense weird stuff

[summer ermine]

@pseudo tundrareal brought me back to reality w this

[spare atlas]

I'd recommend focusing on stuff you like, I tried pushing for expertise and all it did was drive me away from the game 😬 Now I just do some soft-farming for expertise on the side (finishing up all brands and gear sets etc over time)

[surreal orchid]

yeah, unfortunately i didnt get the chance to screenshot any of their builds or record the gameplay. I was just trying to keep up.

[summer ermine]

@spare atlasi fw retalliations a lot ik that gives me the blueprints it def feels like its never ending tho,since im doing them i should be focusing on the gear or the brands sets first someone told me the other day i just forgot

[surreal orchid]

im really trying to figure out the discord username of the Ha.ze guy. i was able to block the other 2 but not Ha.ze.

[spare atlas]

Personally I set any brand or gearset as targeted loot when doing retaliation/countdown/summit and then move on to the next set once I finish one. I take breaks though whenever I wanna make a new build and farm those parts first

[slim elk]

oh discord*

[summer ermine]

@spare atlasur just junking the drops for expertise right? and i do the same when i find a build i wanna focus for

[spare atlas]

Yea once you're filled up with junk, go to Expertise menu and donate all junk

[surreal orchid]

yeah i blocked them on ubi already a just the discord names. im not trying to get banned if they are doing nefarious things

[spare atlas]

If you do wish to do a more active push on Expertise, I highly recommend waiting for an Expertise-Experience multiplier event, they happen every once in a while

[open ether]

What the best weapon of rifles name?

[summer ermine]

@spare atlasyeah when i started playing i just missed an xp event but ive been doing what u are fr just choosing something to focus and junking it for experience, should i keep named drops and just get the kills needed for the max levels?

[spare atlas]

I try to keep one of each named item and then keep donating the rest for expertise, the ones who are rarer to drop I use while playing to level them up manually yea

[summer ermine]

i started w the hotshot oneshot setup but leveled up to breaking point i got lucky w some prototype drops, but if i have two weapons equipped and im just getting kills and such does that level them up in expertise or do i need to use them?

[spare atlas]

The weapon you use gets more proficiency, but guns in your secondary and pistol slot still level too, just slower

[summer ermine]

is that based on kill xp or just general xp? cuz if im doing controls or farming that armory classified its like a mill per thing i do

[spare atlas]

I'm not sure how that works sorry

[summer ermine]

lol ur good sorry for all the quesitons

[spare atlas]

I just stick guns I don't use in the slots and swap them out when they're fully proficient 😅

[summer ermine]

i actually just have been doing that fr but ill start working on the sets rn got a 300% hyena retal to start so some drops should come of it

[buoyant narwhal]

Good to know

[wispy merlin]

kill xp

[split grail]

There should still be available maps of all the LZ wandering bosses spots online. That's where you'll meet Bulletking before he got promoted to an lmg in Division 2. If your playing Division 2 its like the deck of cards named bosses you find wandering around DC with four purple/veteran henchman. There's also LZ wandering bosses in the Warlords of New York and Battle for Brooklyn map.
Just remember you can farm LZ bosses but they have a 30 minutes respawn.

[split grail]

TDI Kard works great for the skill using drone and turret. You can set them up and take cover pull the pistol and your skills go up tier so in most cases that's overcharged. Same thing with hive, seeker mine (if you can pull the pistol before it explodes lol). I suppose you could it with a Bulwark shield too but most folks go for more dmg/dps pistols.

[split grail]

Which one? The one from the apparel event/group? Should be able just buy it from the in game store for premium credits or sometimes rarely textiles.

[wraith radish]

Primary weapon gets x amount of xp depending on hp bar color it goes up depending from red purple and gold and your other 2 weapons gets exactly 50% of what gun you use to kill them

[twilit burrow]

is there some way to track plans and such that I'm missing? I think I've cleared all control points and im not receiving any more plans

[wraith radish]

Plans wym?

[twilit burrow]

blueprints, sorry

[left ravine]

In-game, no. This might work for you:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQZF6R-PYMsz9UeqCRCktZ3GW05T60Tru_BCU0J4VGSDrsB_ipKCPBNDmeSwOuQ-vigsh8h73d8Kcso/pubhtml

[twilit burrow]

that does work for me, thank you!

[wraith radish]

Also if you are trying to farm blue prints don’t forget to do retaliation

[twilit burrow]

yeah, i've been able to run through retals on challenging by myself so i've been doing that

another weird ask... is there certain spawn locs for kill squads? I feel like there is

[wraith radish]

Do heroic and match make no? More loot drops and xp

[wraith radish]

I’m not sure ab that tbh

[twilit burrow]

cause I feel like there are certain places after running a few retals in the same place where I can safely assume a kill squad will appear

[spare atlas]

It feels like that when I do them solo, when matchmade it seems a bit more varied where they spawn, but to be fair this is completely anecdotal

[coarse glen]

Servers down any1 knows why?

[split grail]

Well, I've been playing since the beginning and I don't have all the blueprints or everything expertised. Why well I doubt I'll ever use 95% of all of it lol. I collect the builds I want and cause I'm a hoarder I have one of every named weapon and gear and two of most exotics. I mostly just collect what I need till its proficient and everything else is disassembled for parts. I'm also not a hardcore player, just a dad with a full time job so I just have fun.

[hard laurel]

what even does - dmg mean ?

[subtle socket]

is the summit project still broken

[keen horizon]

it's just an overflow

[gloomy onyx]

Nah, i think they were healing the enemies personally

[slim gate]

does the debuff from Pestilence count for stuff like the Vile/Catalyst and is it affected by the Status Effects stat?

[keen horizon]

No, pestilence counts as a WD based debuff rather than a status effect so none of the status effect things boost it

[bronze swallow]

iwant to play the summit iplay ps i want help

[subtle socket]

is the summit project still broken?

[bronze swallow]

Yes, I'm already playing with it now

[slim gate]

ah alright thx, shame ;P
imagine a pestilence build with Vile.... OP as hell

[summer ermine]

@split grailim just really invested into the oneshot sniper comps and to see bigger numbers is dependent on the expertise level, but i mean i hit a 41 mill earlier just wanting to see how hiugh i can get that

[restive fog]

Yo bros. So I got my m249 with frenzy, I know firerrate messes up the talent but does reload speed affect it?

Also I heard paradox messes it up and I got paradox on 3 of my pieces 😭

[winter mason]

HF :/

[pseudo tundra]

faster reload for the shotgun tho

[fair vigil]

Reload doesn't affect it much, you just want to empty your mag as fast as possible then get the buff, peak from cover, empty again,buff and repeat.

Useful for Escalation were you can't be exposed for long.

Paradox is gonna troll you constantly cuss you think is empty then another bullet pops in.

[restive fog]

Thanks broski. Gotta switch back to striker then since my TS pieces have paradox lol. Do I need to empty the mag preemptively before an encounter? Or is that just a waste ?

[fair vigil]

is a waste, just dont reload between zones to get the buff a bit quicker if the mag has some leftovers.

[restive fog]

Yeah makes sense. Gotta remember not to reload everytime I fire 😅

[wispy merlin]

you can choose to do that especially for encounters you know will be dangerous that come after

[split grail]

I have a hotshot build I love for open world farming. I use hotshot, headhunter or perfect headhunter on a chest piece, then Memento to up my damage and armour and skills per trophy. Then I use the spotter drone from the sharpshooter class, to add pulse to all the enemies and keep track of them all. Also make sure to use the digital scope that comes with the sharpshooter class for the extra headshot damage. Works great...except for Retaliations lol. More trophies more stacks I can't imagine how monstrous it'll be as a prototype build. Just be careful grouping with folks, some don't like the "easy mode" of being able to kill anything in 1-3 shots lol.

[restive fog]

Thanks guys. Gonna make the adjustments later

[spare atlas]

Can you spend optimization materials on anything other than... optimization? I'm constantly full on kneepad weave e.g., but I don't have anymore kneepads to optimize 😅

[rapid jetty]

what retaliation does pestilence blueprint drop from?

oop nvm i forgot about that infographic, disregard

[craggy belfry]

is there is a blueprint for backbone ?

[pseudo tundra]

if i's a named item, then it should drop from reconstructed caches

[fathom forge]

Can I build up my black tusk retaliation while doing someone else's or not

[split grail]

Not really unless you want to try crafting some kneepads.

[split grail]

I don't think you gain Retaliation % during Retaliations. That would almost be an infinite way to keep doing Retaliations with the amount of the faction you can kill and the 2+ CPs you can capture in a Retaliation.

[fathom forge]

Thought so

[split grail]

But you should get the chance at the blueprint rewards from completion and kill teams while helping someone do a Retaliation.

Best bet @fathom forge is if you have friends everybody go bully Black Tusk to get 3 levels of BT Retaliation solo. Then group up do your three, switch team leaders do their three and repeat till you run out.

[wispy merlin]

i think it's been changed slightly; BT retal meter builds during other factions' retals

The Black Tusk Agitation Meter works similarly to other factions, filling up as you eliminate enemies and complete related activities. It can also progress during other factions’ Retaliations, though at a slower rate. BT Retaliations can take place in Washington, D.C. and Warlords of New York.

https://thedivision2.com/rise-up-season

but BT retals don't progress other factions' retals so it's not a vicious loop

[split grail]

Yes, they specifically asked about helping during someone elses Black Tusk Retaliations. Hence my answer.

[livid bear]

wait is that apart of the overcharge or its own thing

[keen horizon]

That's part of the overcharge

[livid bear]

gotchaaaaa. i was thinking it was its own thing and all overcharge did was increase the duration

[keen horizon]

Nope, OC pulse gives a 15% amp, once upon a time it used to stack across multiple agents

[restive fog]

Yo bros before I upgrade my m249 to expertise, is it worse than the mk46? I know their both variants of the same gun but wondering if the difference is big

[clever ocean]

Lol wow

Interacted a bit with the new system for prototypes it's pretty bad

So many systems that are strictly anti player

I think first the way the token system works where only the leader pays

Second the way the drops rotate so you cant really farm for what you want unless you're unemployed

[left ravine]

They're the same with a minimal difference in stability

[clever ocean]

I don't mind it being a really grindy and rng system

But right now it just feels pretty bad to interact with

Esp since i can really only do gaming sessions on fridays

[analog chasm]

The token system should be altered. But tbh you only "need" proto for high tier escalation. So its redundant. Farm for a few hrs when striker is in rotation and then dont worry abt it

[clever ocean]

The other issue is the loot imo

They should make it so maps get a cooldown for 1-3 runs (make it random)

And allow some kind of light loot targeting...

[left ravine]

What is a "map cooldown"?

[clever ocean]

Force me to run different maps

[inner tendon]

@left ravine Extra fire extinguishers.

[clever ocean]

I dont like running the same map like 10 times lmao

[left ravine]

Welcome to looter shooters

[analog chasm]

Should i prototype my cooler then?

[clever ocean]

Or allow me to run the same map, but randomly pick one each time to have 30% more loot

[left ravine]

Lmao what

[inner tendon]

@clever ocean A few tweaks to the system would be good, but what you're describing at heart there, is just how always-online looter shooters work.

[clever ocean]

I mean they can stand to learn from systems like poe

[left ravine]

I don't know what tiers you run but the higher tiers are pretty rewarding

[restive fog]

Thanks boss

[left ravine]

15-20 mins for a T10 run with a good team

[analog chasm]

Besides re rolling augments.. Might be too rewarding. I know multiple ppl with maxxed cores already and full maxxed gear. What is there to do then?

[clever ocean]

I'm not complaining aboht the rewards or the grind

I'm complaining about 1. The token system and 2. The repetitiveness of mapping

[left ravine]

"what's there to do then" - the same as before, or play Escalations for fun. Why do people always need an incentive to play?

[analog chasm]

And they do - im more so making a side argument to the Dis discussion

[left ravine]

Maybe some no-lifers have maxed out cores or maybe theres an exploit, that also does not represend the average playerbase

[analog chasm]

its already pretty rewarding is what im getting at. For being the end game activity

[left ravine]

The vibe I get from Reddit and some discords is that they "want better rewards" all the time lol

[analog chasm]

I don't agree with that. I think the end game should be hard imo

[clever ocean]

Ye i think its rewarding

But there are parts that arent fun

[left ravine]

IMO there are two things that need to change:

1. Augment re-roll costs or a "pity system" as ppl call it
2. The token costs need to be shared across the team equally

Also matchmaking per mission and per tier, general matchmaking improvement is most necessary. Waiting 20 mins average to get a full group without having to consult discord is crap

[inner tendon]

As soon as any new endgame system drops in div2, people complain about the grind to maxing it out.
It's happened every single time we've had a new thing added to the game. Summit, Countdown, Incursion, Descent, Raids, etc.
And then once they get there, 90% of people say "oh actually that wasn't too bad".

[clever ocean]

So i hope they can fix those

[inner tendon]

The token system needs to be more complex than just "everyone pays". Becase more than a few times I've joined a group where the host has said "tier 5", then cranks it up to t10 and starts it before anyone can leave.

[analog chasm]

Use tokens to vote somehow? idk

[inner tendon]

There really is no simple solution, and I'm sure Massive are brainstorming.
If you want to be a part of that discussion, #1380126780152614944 is where MSV go to check for stuff.

[left ravine]

I just land in groups for a tier that I didn't mm for (or vice versa). That is a technical thing, not the human factor. I can't confirm your experience, personally

Equal token amounts would be the most simple fix

[inner tendon]

I'm a solo Agent, basically always have been. So matchmaking is about as far as I go into group play.
You see some strange folks when you're group hopping as much as I do.

[left ravine]

Me too for a while. That is why I complain about the mm issues so much lately lol

[inner tendon]

A SHD 100k with a full purple build (not proto, purple) who actually did pretty okay in a Leg'.

[left ravine]

Retaliations, np. Heroic missions and legendary missions, np. But Escalations is a shit show when it comes to mm

Oh I found a group, let's go (waited 17 mins)

[inner tendon]

I mean, Esca is mostly fine for MM overall, but little issues cropping up like that are enough of a problem to warrant a fix.
Same as the people that raise the Tier up once you've done one run.
I think the issue with Esca is that it's so new, people are treating the Tiers like difficulty levels.

[inner tendon]

I'm in Australia, 17 minutes is a speed-run :p

Pro-tip: if you ever want to 100% be the host: play in this region.

[left ravine]

250 or so ping is not something I would necessarily want to deal with :p

[inner tendon]

You learn to deal with it over a life time of playing here.

[mellow trout]

I thought by now people would know their upper limit for escalations given their builds but apparently not

[inner tendon]

Thankfully it's marginally less bad nowadays.

@mellow trout Yeah it's 100% the difficulty levels problem.
I get the same thing with newbies joining Steel Path in WF, assuming it's just "the next difficulty level", and thinking that it doesn't require kinda focused builds.

[mellow trout]

Playerbase is too accustomed to getting validated for running subpar or worse setups thinking they can use the same in content designed to force you to min/max😭

[inner tendon]

As I said before though, it'll filter out over time and people will learn the tricks.
It's all just really new still.

[restive fog]

And give guaranteed protos when rogue agents die. At least 3 per kill is fair. All that time lost trying to kill literal bullet sponges. These dudes feel like NPCs from 1.3 div 1 lmao

[inner tendon]

Even before it released, Yannick called Escal' a new challenge for those that grew bored of the endgame, found it too easy.
And giving credit where it's due, it is harder than what we had.

They also mentioned potential tiers above 10 in the future, which I'm quite interested in.

[mellow trout]

I'm hoping if they do ever go beyond ten that they find different ways to scale the difficulty as opposed to inflating hp

[clever ocean]

Yeah i dont mind the systems being grindy and slow

I actually think expertise and watch lvls is good. I like those systems

I also really like retals (as a player who came back after 2 yrs)

Theres just some unfun aspects baked into escalation design at this point that I dont like

[tough marsh]

Its the third time someone mentioned this word now. I didn't know "Australia" existed

[left ravine]

It turned into a shortcut for new players to get their hands on the best gear tho

Should have left Escalation behind Expertise 30

[restive fog]

Sorry for all these questions but im using frenzy with the m249 and the reload isn't procing? Too fast of a reload with the event?

[left ravine]

Yes

[restive fog]

Damn it

[left ravine]

Happens quite often with this event. Gonna be gone after the daily reset

[tough marsh]

If they do that, imagine the backlash from people who are not yet exp 30

[left ravine]

Backlash either way

[tough marsh]

I'm confused why people asked for Proto TL in the first place

[left ravine]

Look at how many integral systems can be bypassed by new players now and the mess it causes. Escalations turned into a joke, basically

[tough marsh]

And now there are players calling for the decision to be reverted.

[left ravine]

Wdym?

[tough marsh]

Prototype gear is just a bandaid. Doesnt excuse their skills due to their lack of experience playing the game. So what if they have a proto build? Means jack-all if they dont know how to use it.

[left ravine]

Oh that's how you mean it. Yes. Just had that situation again myself

[tough marsh]

"Some" redditors are saying they should have made Escalations drop prototype cores instead of TL - So back to square one.

[left ravine]

I'm not on Reddit much lately. But that is nonsense, IMO

[warm salmon]

You're taking reddit as a representative of the entire playerbase

[tough marsh]

Reddit thinks they are the entire playerbase

[left ravine]

Well more ppl are vocal there than in any discord tho

[cloud topaz]

I haven't played the game since Assault event day one. I thought I would come back tonight and have multiple days of challenges to pick from, but it's still just day one challenges. Is that all there is?

[warm salmon]

Yes

[cloud topaz]

Dang. I don't feel like grinding these challenges all night. I guess I'll give up on the pig mask

I thought there would be some easier or quicker challenges added for the last 9 stars that I needed

[bleak oracle]

if you need stars just do 9 control points w 4+ directives

you get 1 star every shd lvl

[cloud topaz]

Which of these would be fastest

Oh, will I get that much xp from control points?

[bleak oracle]

yes

with 4 directives its just over 1 level

[cloud topaz]

Ok I'll do it. I like control points

[bleak oracle]

about 724k exp i think

[cloud topaz]

I don't use directives but I'll see if I can deal with 4 of them

[bleak oracle]

if you have hotshot it makes light work with all of them on

[cloud topaz]

I don't use that. I play on challenging, is that enough xp

[bleak oracle]

no needs to be heroic

[cloud topaz]

I can use fog of war and cool skills

Well I'll just do it in more than 9 control points I guess

[bleak oracle]

i can help you if youd like

we can just run some together

it'll be quick

[cloud topaz]

On challenging? I can do it alone but if you actually want to then ok that would be cool

[bleak oracle]

on heroic

[cloud topaz]

I might be ok on heroic. But I might die

[bleak oracle]

@ you in lfg chat

[jovial wind]

no option for legendary? Am I missing something?

[bleak oracle]

do story mode first in your first sc

[left ravine]

Switch mission mode

You have a manhunt selected

[jovial wind]

the first pic isn't on manhunt
Imma rush the story then

[left ravine]

Aye

Recommended to finish the entire story with main and side missions before you get to level 40 or shortly after

[jovial wind]

I'm level 1284
that's why I'm curious why the diff won't show up

kinda funny, but it won't take long to speedrun story

[left ravine]

I mean I give that advice to all new players so that everything is unlocked and ready to go for any activity

Otherwise you have the situation you're in rn and many ppl get confused

[jovial wind]

i remember doing this mission before, but it probably bugged or something
or maybe its because I joined other people

[left ravine]

You may have done it while you were not group leader

So personal progress did not count

[jovial wind]

that's it. anyway, I'm off. thx for the help

[slim elk]

@wraith flare

[vale steeple]

guys how to prevent become group leader when matchmaking? i want to do black tusk retal but keep getting group leader

[warm salmon]

you have to join the invites you get

[inner tendon]

In a server with a lower population, the game tends to just throw you in as the leader straight away.
Happens to me all the time.

[sturdy monolith]

18.05

[inner tendon]

It's already in the 📌 pinned-message, just an FYI.

[tired verge]

lets goooo

[queen glen]

playing on HDR gets a bit blinding sometimes but is there a way to kinda like, darken the map a little bit?

[slim elk]

@wraith flare

[limber elbow]

The perfect huntsman. Also rerolled and got echo after this picture was taken.

[mild vortex]

If your retal is BT then abandon it and farm which faction you need to retaliate . I hate when I join someone and they leave

[somber spoke]

what's better for T8 esca:
FI with birdies
FI with datagloves to overcharge revive hives and faster refill for restorer hives

[warm salmon]

Datagloves, hotswap to birdies when needed

[vale tiger]

can't you get 473/473 on proficiency? mine is stuck at 420 for some reason

[nimble spruce]

You can, just check the table for what items you're not fully proficient in yet

[vale tiger]

i just proficient one and it didn't go to 421

[nimble spruce]

weird, but it'll likely keep going up as you get more stuff proficient

[jovial wind]

any advice how to work around the movement modifier on escal tier 6+?

[tawny wagon]

Play high cover, do not go into cover, move constantly.

[jovial wind]

that's what I'm doing, seems like the correct option. alright, thx

[normal spruce]

Players with an SHD below 1,000 or a Master Level under 30
Isn’t it clearly a glitch that these players can obtain and use Level 30 upgraded items through Escalation?
In fact, if the items you craft—after raising your Master Level to 30, optimizing them, and investing a massive amount of Exotic Parts—turn out to be prototypes of such poor quality that they’re unusable, doesn’t that mean there’s no point in having a Master Level at all?
Shouldn’t there be specific play requirements for Escalation?
Don’t you think the game design is falling apart?

[narrow echo]

yep, the pooch has been royally screwed, just like a lot of us predicted

[tawdry kelp]

so i was watching the BTSU invasion of DC again and i noticed this soldier with a gasmask is this like a unused archetype or model for in DarkZones, i see he wears the Black Tusk Commander mask, so im curious if this a unused archetype kinda like the LMB Squad Leader or a model for in invaded DarkZones, i also notince that they have a captured true son in the back?

[pseudo tundra]

doesnt one of hte raid bosses uses similar mask

weasel i think?

[junior sequoia]

Yeah he does

[spare atlas]

There's no way to force yourself to be the host for retaliations, is there?

When matchmaking I mean

[tawdry kelp]

yeah and his bodyguards i think

[nocturne siren]

Looks like an early concept of Wright negl

If he was... Less big chungus and not on fire with a sledgehammer

[tawdry kelp]

XD

he kinda does yeah

[tawdry kelp]

he has a big axe btw

[nocturne siren]

Honestly I wouldn't be surprised if they used the same design. OH it was an axe... Hmm... Yeah that tells you how much I pay attention to the micro details like that. Makes sense considering he's wearing a hunter type mask

[tawdry kelp]

yeah, i was just curious what your guys thoughts were about the BTSU gasmask dude my theory are either unused gasmask variant of the assault type for Darkzones or a leader type or it could one of the raid bosses, yeah i pay a lot of attention to details i guess thats a thing when your autistic xD

[nocturne siren]

I would look into the Dark Hours bosses and see what types of mask they use. It could also be unused

[tawdry kelp]

ive looked a bit into the Dark Hours bosses and two of them wear different gasmask except for Oliver "Weasel" Gordon who wears the gasmask i showed in the picture

[nocturne siren]

That's likely an early concept of Weasel

Just used as say a picture for some sorta menu in game or background art or something

[warm salmon]

Just don't accept the invites and you'll become the host

[tawdry kelp]

i think so yeah, its just weird that they used it in the invasion cutscene

[mellow shale]

To be the guaranteed group leader, you can decline invitations to other groups when matchmaking and eventually it will start to cycle players into your group.

[spare atlas]

Thanks guys

[mellow shale]

Primarily because this is one of the most efficient XP methods. It also helps knock out daily/ weekly activities for activities and named enemies.

[mellow shale]

Other agents can’t see that. It’s a message for you. You can go to the DZ NPC at the White House (upstairs) and interact with the DZ perks “tree” to remove the notification.

[idle jetty]

Switch your server to Australia

[inner tendon]

Can confirm: always the host.

[mellow shale]

You need to disable the weak points on the back wall. The recruiter will come down. You fight him thru a cycle of his armor being vulnerable. At the end of the mission you need to retreat into the Cabin before the timer counts down. Not by killing him but by beating the timer.

[inner tendon]

(also, leave 1 enemy alive and they stop respawning)

[nimble spruce]

or kill all the adds really quickly and they stop spawning after a fixed number of waves

[urban surge]

yeah, eventually got it but my main problem was not being able to sustain more than 1 shot from his sniper even with full heartbreaker stacks (backpack + chest) and 36% elite resistance

it literally left me at half health with that and then some random bullet killed me

[mellow shale]

The expertise table doesn’t track 1:1 with proficient items. It’s meter fills by individual proficiency levels. And yes, you can max out the expertise despite the cap being 30.

[vale tiger]

i know brother, thanks.

[fathom forge]

I just want to know is ravenous good for escalation or not please don't lecture me or debate about it

[livid bear]

this guy says hes only expertise 10. is that legit?

[urban surge]

yup, can be, prototypes drop at expertise 30

[pseudo tundra]

Dont see a problem

[junior sequoia]

Proto drop doesn't require expertise 30, only manual prototypization

[livid bear]

ic. i have not done any escalation myself. did not know they drop at 30

[pseudo tundra]

Wait

His skill is expertise 19

[urban surge]

oh, good point

wait, expertise 19 then... at lvl 423?

at least

[pseudo tundra]

But considering his elmo is not max proficiency he probably started to play during some expertise boost event

[wispy merlin]

inspect bug most likely

[spare atlas]

Maybe it's a proto backpack he found, they always drop at Expertise 30, even if you are lowlvl afaik

[pseudo tundra]

Proto are all max expertise

[bright trail]

the guy got 4 strikers what is strange about that?

you dont need at any expertise level to get proto drops

[austere wren]

how do i deal with this fog/smoke every time game is night time or slight fog game look like shit i cant see anything

[bright trail]

i am exp 26 got tons of proto gear

albeit most of them crap

drops are 99 percent bad in my experience mostly usable for gearsets

you can be exp 1 and use proto gear

30 is only for upgrading yours which is the best way to get proto gear

geatsets especially red core is easier why beause there is only one variable

talent is set, no second atrribute etc

get chc or chd and you are golden

[left ravine]

Looks like you have fog blur enabled. Disable it

[cosmic glade]

Yo anyone know the best way to get that st elmo rifle i been running countdown alot nothing and with the caches also nothing anyone knows a other way

[left ravine]

Priority Objectives

[spare atlas]

Does the game still autoconstruct worse skill mods even if I put them into my stash? Or do I need them in my inventory for it to work?

[left ravine]

That's a setting you can toggle

[spare atlas]

I mean if that setting also autodeconstructs if I don't have them with me 😄

[cosmic glade]

Whats that? 😅

[left ravine]

Idk how the menus on PS work but you should find it in your seasonal menu

[keen horizon]

In game menus should be pretty much 1:1

[topaz swallow]

🍀

[last night]

You can run retaliation to get the blue print and craft a St Elmos Engine.

[dreamy pond]

Are all the retaliation resources craft able or are some only from completions?

[limber dune]

Where is the CrossPlay? 😎

[livid bear]

Just go to mods and bottom right, right? Auto deconstruct mods.

[inner tendon]

@limber dune It's coming "some time this year". That's all we know.

[austere wren]

no its disabled since day 1

[spare atlas]

Can you mix and match proto and non-proto gear set items?

[keen horizon]

Yes, prototype doesn't affect set bonuses

[full hedge]

What’s good guys, I'm brand new to the game & wanted to ask the experienced players what keeps you playing? Is it the looting, gear, progression / grind? For me right now it feels kind of bland, just sitting behind cover shooting people. I'm probably still too low level to have gotten to the fun stuff but genuinely asking, no hate at all.

[idle oak]

Man we really need a lot more stash room/load out slots

[keen horizon]

For me, I enjoy the push for perfection on a build, but I'm also a looter-shooter enjoyer, and being able to see the progression of struggling in hard content to blowing through it satisfies me

[idle oak]

I'd take a update with no new loot if it meant we got like double the stash space and load out slots

[mellow shale]

You have to complete the retaliations to get the materials i.e. broken shd watches and canisters but you can craft specific materials if you have enough required components saved up.

[keen horizon]

I can't relate to a full stash unfortunately, I'm at like 110/500

[fair vigil]

right now is how level 10 prototype bonuses feel, is gonna take some time tho.

[mellow shale]

Assuming you mean deconstruct. Yes you can mark stash inventory and deconstruct but you have to be in your stash to “deconstruct (all)”.

[full hedge]

I respect that, I probably just need to hit level 30 / 40 to see the full potential then. At what level do you start making builds ?

[keen horizon]

Don't worry about builds until 40 since you won't really care to keep any of your gear until then, but 40 is where you actually unlock the game that you wanna play

[full hedge]

Sounds good thank you 🙏

[keen horizon]

If you're not super invested in the story, it might be worth having someone just speedplow you through the campaign and side missions to get you leveled up faster

[full hedge]

I saw the option to just skip to level 30 or 40 if I want. I think I can do it on 3 characters. But I’m not sure

Should I do that?

[keen horizon]

If you'd rather get into the deep end quicker, boost a 2nd character up to 40, you can always keep the other character to run through the story another time if you want, plus you can use it as an item mule

[full hedge]

Alright cool I’ll do that then , preciate it again

[keen horizon]

No problem, this game can be a hell of a slog for new folks, kind of the curse of a live-service game

[earnest orchid]

If you already have a retaliation on standby and its a different faction from the agitation project, than completing the project will do nothing other than bring that faction up to 99% agitation if it is not at 99% already

[idle oak]

Also,where is our melee specialization

[winter mason]

I ll farm tipping scales

my ProtoTS build needs tweaking and better gear

[cosmic glade]

Where can i run this?

[left ravine]

Open your world map and you'll see a Retaliations tab.

[livid bear]

You can also set your targeted loot to AR and it could drop during a retal

[fathom forge]

I just want to know is ravenous good for escalation or not please don't lecture me or debate about it

[coral crest]

as main weapon no, to deal with chungas yes

[dim crane]

when do you plan to add Optimization and Recalibration to prototype parts ?

[fair vigil]

this channel is to ask other players stuff. not the Devs...

They did said it will be added in the future, since it wasn't contemplated for prototype to have it in the first place.

[spare atlas]

do prototype augments level with kills or any xp?

[dim crane]

Here, it is the #ask-td2-community channel of the official Discord server ?

[left ravine]

?

This is the official Division 2 discord, yes

Oh I see, you ask because of the giveaway contest probably

[snow cargo]

What are you asking?

[left ravine]

Whoa, first time this comes up for me as PO. Nice

[fair vigil]

yep, it levels up as long as you gain xp with the gear equipped

[calm harbor]

There was a server restart about 7 hrs ago. Any changes or is it just a restart?

[fair vigil]

probably just a restart, i bet there's gonna be a server maintenance thursday with the Brooklyn Event goin live.

[livid smelt]

What’s a good skill for a refactor build other than striker drone and the turret?

[pseudo tundra]

Oxi can work

[livid smelt]

I thought oxidizer was for status builds

[pseudo tundra]

No

[fair vigil]

yep, had seen people with the oxidizer in Escalation, good at making enemies run out of their cover.

[pseudo tundra]

Oxi is raw damage, no status

[livid smelt]

Really? I’ll give it a try, ty

[fair vigil]

i think the other one is for status, the firestarter was it?

[somber spoke]

Best lmg talent to pair with frenzy lmg on tinkerer?

[fair vigil]

Measured for even more spice

[somber spoke]

Tinkerer or Overdogs

[left ravine]

Overdogs but depends on build

[fair vigil]

gonna have to go with Overdogs, is just relievable damage, Tinkerer is fun to combine talents tho.

[glossy drum]

Tinkerer is very cool but forces non-named same archetype weapons which can be limiting. Overdogs is pretty juicy and pairs well across a few gear sets.

Both are good in that they are always on, don't need to build stacks or what have you.

[snow cargo]

Overdogs to note is more or less a source AMP dmg.

[left ravine]

Wtf

[spare atlas]

I got me a full proto TS set with crit rolls today in like seven t4 bunker escalations - considering even bad rolls are still higher than fully optimized regular gear this seems both quicker and more efficient than regular farming if you don't need off meta rolls - or was this just lucky? 🤔

[somber spoke]

no...

[slim elk]

AI isn't tuff.

[fair vigil]

yeah is far more efficient, but rerolling augments is the problem.

[spare atlas]

i've got 3x echo and 1x paradox, they sound pretty good to me on paper, but not sure if that's the way, any recommendations?

[livid bear]

does frenzy have a cap

[fair vigil]

depends on the build, most people just want full Echo.

[slim elk]

it only lasts for 9 seconds, is that what you're asking?

[livid bear]

no, i mean a 400 round mag

[slim elk]

can it empty in 9 seconds?

[idle oak]

My frenzy stoner mag is 325

[spare atlas]

Isn't the goal just to hit the sweet spot between mag size and fire rate until you are as close to 9 seconds as possible to empty it?

[slim elk]

yes

that's why I'm asking if that's the cap they're talking about

[spare atlas]

gotcha

[slim elk]

I doubt you can empty the mag in 9 seconds

[livid bear]

but the stacks?

120% fire rate for the first 200 rounds?

[slim elk]

@snow cargo need some guidance in here

question is: does Frenzy's stacks have a cap?

[spare atlas]

What's the percentage on a maxed out echo roll? Is it just 0.2% per level, up to level 10?

[bleak oracle]

3%

[spare atlas]

thx

[snow cargo]

Why would it?

[calm harbor]

Ive spent over 100 cores on 1 piece trying to get a better augment. Is it best to keep rerolling because i feel its more work to make a new piece

[snow cargo]

Proto slop!

[slim elk]

it isn't my question lol

[snow cargo]

no

[reef token]

Heya everyone, how do you farm "the hollow man" atm ?

[real arrow]

Checking the DZ/Countdown vendors for direct purchase, farming Named Item Caches, or grinding DZ activities when masks are the targeted loot.

[bleak oracle]

houndsman dogs too

[reef token]

Oh alright thank you

[eternal shale]

do prototype cores expire at end of season?

[pseudo tundra]

No

Some stupid youtuber started to spout BS

[wispy merlin]

tokens do, cores don't

[idle oak]

Wait they don't?

[pseudo tundra]

Cores no, tokens yeah

Like the comment above yours said

[strange harbor]

I'm not even sure devs will go forward with resetting tokens as the vendor wasn't planned at the beginning. Might wait till a dev stream to ask about that again.

[wispy merlin]

having the vendor doesn't conflict with their original goal tho. if the vendor isn't there how are you going to spend them

[strange harbor]

If the tokens is just to unlock missions, it's an easier pill to reset them rather than wiping people's bank account worth hundreds of proto items

[pseudo tundra]

Well i expect an economy rework soon

Not next week soon but maybe last update this season or next one

All updates have been polishing prototype and escalation since release

[wispy merlin]

cores were never intended to be reset. as for tokens, a host player who keeps winning and never loses would just cap out at 999 and would have all that go away every season. having a token vendor is just a way to make use of all these tokens until they expire and actually reward you for not losing them

[strange harbor]

By bank account I mean the token = proto items, not the cores

[wispy merlin]

I'm just using the game's terminology

tokens are what you use to unlock missions yes

[strange harbor]

Well you start off with core reset so

[wispy merlin]

i'm responding to this, i don't see how having a vendor conflicts with their design goal of having tokens reset

if there is no vendor, tokens at the end of season would just go away with no meaningful way to spend them and you're not really rewarded for winning every mission

[strange harbor]

I see what you mean now. Anyway we will know either way when there's a dev stream about the new season

[spare atlas]

Are gear mods or skill mods better to farm filament? Or is it the same?

[wispy merlin]

it's the same (6 filament)

[craggy belfry]

guys is there is a chance i can get backbone from normal lengmo blueprint ? if not is it even have crafting blueprint ?

[wispy merlin]

reconstructed caches is the only way

[inner tendon]

Do you mean Targeted Loot, or getting the blueprint itself?

The wording sounds like the former.

[craggy belfry]

i tried target loot but alot of grind for nothing then i heard you can try your luck with crafting

[wispy merlin]

i would spam retaliations until you either get the correct rolls or until you can craft enough recon caches to get its blueprint. it's a unicorn

[inner tendon]

Funnily enough, I managed to get 3 double crit Lengmo pieces before a single Backbone dropped with anything but rainbows'.

[rapid jetty]

is the named chest piece Henri on targeted loot? or is the spreadsheet right and i have to do the off white cache thing

[wispy merlin]

off white cache gives hunter killer, not henri

henri is farmable with electrique TL

[rapid jetty]

oh oops yeah i misread the chest piece

need the hunter killer, yeah, so white cache it is

[craggy belfry]

thats what i am doing atm but had to make sure if there is a blueprint or not

[wispy merlin]

yeah, it's there. just in them caches

[fair vigil]

Do you know you can craft reconstructed caches with broken shd watches?

The blueprints that drop during a Retaliation and at the completion screen are from Exotics...

[craggy belfry]

ye ik i convert the mats for broken watch then craft the cach and ty for telling about blueprint a little bit and i would gone insane from the lack of info on reddit etc 😂

[rugged stratus]

Skill mods. Its same amount of pf, but skill mods will autodecon if you have that setting active. Time savings means more efficient farming

[fervent citrus]

The game disconnected me mid retaliation and I don't get put back in it?

[rare tulip]

Is Striker still the DPS meta for solo clears short of Prototype gear?

[rare tulip]

Sadly timed based instances you can't travel to like Retaliations are lost.

[wispy merlin]

for what content?

for high tier escalation it's currently striker. for others it depends but for legendary for example it's either negotiator or headhunter's fury

[civic junco]

Yay!! Another glitch!!! This game is near unplayable this last month

Gotta restart because the 50 stash space is gone, crashes left and right. Whatever the heck this is where the UI just disappears. . . more desyncs than usual where you just do no DMG

[timber wagon]

I've been here for nearly 10 minutes and no enemy has spawned, I've pulsed, thrown nades down each tunnel and shot and can't get anything to happen

Am I screwed?

[left ravine]

Use a scanner pulse and see if there is a NPC stuck somewhere

[timber wagon]

I tried and it popped up nothing

[left ravine]

Then you're f'd

[timber wagon]

Even overcharged it too

[left ravine]

Oh wait

You defeated the boss, talked to Maya and interacted with the lever?

[timber wagon]

I killed the boss and then the ads that are supposed to spawn after or during the fight just never showed up

[left ravine]

Yeah then my guess is it's bugged

[timber wagon]

I saw someone online say to shoot the armor off the boss to get them to spawn but his body had already despawned by then 😭

I guess I'll wait until the last 10 minutes and see if I can find any solution

[left ravine]

The only bug I encounter in that mission sometimes is that you can't shoot a sprinkler in the burning room encounter

I've not had your issue

[timber wagon]

I've only seen it posted about online maybe 3 times while looking it up, I just got super unlucky 😭

[glossy drum]

Check every tunnel; very very rarely an NPC can be standing in one of the tunnels, as they have lost agro. Switch to pulse and ping and it'll highlight the stuck NPC.

[left ravine]

#ask-td2-community message

[timber wagon]

they hate me

this is the other side of the room

[glossy drum]

The NPCs that get stuck are not in a hostile state, so they may not show up. I am assuming here that you've blasted the first few waves and then the boss has simply not appeared?

If so, run back through the map as far as you can, it'll potentially allow the cell to reset if you then run back.

[timber wagon]

I killed the first waves, killed the boss, and then the last enemies just never spawned

[timber wagon]

locked out

[left ravine]

Once the door closes it remains closed

[glossy drum]

once the boss is dead (big chungus in the central room who hops out to give everyone a hug) no more enemies will spawn, so if you've mopped up everyone, then only step left is to talk to maya.

[timber wagon]

The objective would change to "talk to maya" or something similar but it just never did I guess

[left ravine]

There is a wave of NPCs that spawns with or shortly after you kill the boss, depending how long you take

[glossy drum]

There is a hostile somewhere, though.

[timber wagon]

That's what I've always found too

[left ravine]

I mean before you give you up can try to throw grenades into one of each of the tunnels and see if anything happens, but I doubt

[timber wagon]

I've done it twice now 😭

[left ravine]

Yeah then RIP

[timber wagon]

My tokens..... 💔

[glossy drum]

My guess one of the hostiles that usually is above the mission has aggro'd.

[left ravine]

Don't worry, you're one of many who won't get their tokens refunded due to silly bugs

[glossy drum]

See if you can get someone to join via /invite maybe to see if that resets the state? Otherwise, yeah, looks bugged. That's unfortunate. Check the bug tracker for an existing ticket for this, and if there is one, add to it, otherwise raise it as a bug. I do not know if fast travelling to the mission would let you run back through; if it lets you get all the way to the boss room, it may reset the state.

[timber wagon]

Thank you for trying to help, I'll just have to scrap the run and tank the hit to my piggy bank

💔

[glossy drum]

*plays TAPS*

Hopefully you at least got a prototype or two on the way through.

[amber snow]

is there a way to set it to invite only? so people cant /join me?

[glossy drum]

depends on what you're doing. You can set whether it's freinds or randos for matchmaking and that should limit who can invite themselves to the party. Social menu, as below yeah.

[left ravine]

Social menu

[civic junco]

Go to social and change it

[civic junco]

Ok, so brand new one. Ubisoft Connect just restarted and crashed me out.

[full hedge]

I’m new to the game, why am I not able to pick up these items?

[limpid sequoia]

you have the max you can hold

[spare girder]

Are the servers going down today?

[pseudo tundra]

No maintnance announced

[fair vigil]

i think is gonna be thursday, due to the Brooklyn event

[ionic dome]

Any news about cross play?

[slim elk]

the same thing

[ionic dome]

Rip so its this year

[snow cargo]

Both #division-tweets #patch-notes

Are good to folllow

[ionic dome]

i hope its not dec 31 aight tnx for the info

[sinful finch]

crossplay probably drop same time as new dlc come out

[simple field]

Hey Ubisoft/massive any chance that we could implement a way to use shade watch points to purchase exotic components? If not that then maybe a way to trade in prototype cores for components at the token station. At an agreeable Fair rate of course.. I would even go so far as to suggest a weekly limit on the components that you could get, for a single piece of armor weapon it takes around 40 or so to fully Max to 30 so make a weekly limit of 15 or 20 components that you could get in exchange for prototype cores that will keep people engaged with escalations while at the same time easing the struggle to obtain exotic components. Anyway appreciate everything you guys do and just wanted to throw some suggestions and ideas out there. 👍