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Tom Clancy's The Division |OT 3| Crafted From 150 OT 2s
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So I've been playing bit more and have gotten some gear from missions and have managed to get to 203 GS. However I have been unable to complete even a single incursion, not even at hard. Every single matchmade group I've been in either sucks or breaks up if/when we wipe further into it. Is this normal? Should I just not bother?
Outside of missions I haven't done anything so far, not HVT, no DZ, obviously no incursions, since the friends that used to play with me no longer play.
Outside of missions I haven't done anything so far, not HVT, no DZ, obviously no incursions, since the friends that used to play with me no longer play.
Insane Metal
Member
Where can I get the G36?
Edit: I do have the level 32 Stamina and Firearms bps... aren't these enough?
Audioboxer
Member
The Falcon Lost incursion needs good teamwork. I've completed it twice out of quite a few attempts. Most randoms don't know what to do.
Just recently I got a party that carried me a bit due to low GS. The tactic used was to stay underground at the vents and pick things off. Worked well but took a while.
Most random parties either try and stay in the tower at the beginning or all run in different directions inside and everyone wipes.
I'm not playing just now but add me on PS4 if that is what you are on and I'll try help. PSN is Audioboxer. My GS is only 210 though. Been finding it hard trying to grind out better stuff last 2 days. Trying to play with the DZ but dying a lot and struggling to find a group to help. Having DZ 1~2 basically just drop purple shit is depressing when you're solo as it is all useless and going it alone DZ5/6 is near impossible. At least it is for me at GS 210, but maybe my stats are shit.
G36 is a random drop. I got one on heroic lexington but ALL 3 talents were crap
Since you can only re-roll one it's a waste of space for me.Ruthless_Barbarian
Member
Surprisingly good DZ session today. Lots of sentry, striker and tactician drops. Quiet server perfect for farming, got 15+ supply drops....and 6 G36 drops
Depends on your aim. Body shotters go for responsive, headshotters go for brutal
Depends on your aim. Body shotters go for responsive, headshotters go for brutal
Insane Metal
Member
Surprisingly good DZ session today. Lots of sentry, striker and tactician drops. Quiet server perfect for farming, got 15+ supply drops....and 6 G36 drops
Depends on your aim. Body shotters go for responsive, headshotters go for brutal
What?? Lol you guys are so lucky. I only get pistols and mods lately :|
Audioboxer
Member
Aw man I did DZ matchmaking and a group didn't kick me. Transferred to their 231+ DZ. Pretty much dying instantly so they kicked me after a few deaths.
I run back in to try and pick up the little loot I got and the one yellow drop was a named weapon called hungry hog lol.
Not sure how rare it is but I'm sitting in DZ06 231+ at GS 210, alone, and I need to find a way to extract this lmao.
Edit: Just noticed I can transfer back to my own DZ level. Still, going to be a bitch extracting this.
I run back in to try and pick up the little loot I got and the one yellow drop was a named weapon called hungry hog lol.
Not sure how rare it is but I'm sitting in DZ06 231+ at GS 210, alone, and I need to find a way to extract this lmao.
Edit: Just noticed I can transfer back to my own DZ level. Still, going to be a bitch extracting this.
Insane Metal
Member
That weapon is a pos lol
Audioboxer
Member
I got it out lol.
The lone star hungry hog build seems cool! Never stop firing haha.
It's not.
Sell it. Named weapons sell for 50k credits. That's about the only thing they are good for.
Insane Metal
Member
Damn I always deconstruct them! Never again... lol
Btw I got a REALLY good L86 yesterday... only 58 shots in the magazine but it's damn stable, almost as stable as my AUG!
Audioboxer
Member
Damn I always deconstruct them! Never again... lol
Btw I got a REALLY good L86 yesterday... only 58 shots in the magazine but it's damn stable, almost as stable as my AUG!
Eeek. I really need some help then with build.
What is wise to aim for then for a solo player? What armour and weapons? Cheers
Insane Metal
Member
Damn dude... lately it's almost impossible to play solo... for me anyway...
For armour you'd need a total of 5358 to get the 75% mitigation. After you reach that you can focus on other aspects of your build. As for weapons, the best bet currently is the G36 for primary and X-45 for sidearm.
Just stop playing if you only play solo. You can't get anywhere with your gear and it's not fun either.
Audioboxer
Member
Cheers. Not permanently solo, I just mean I don't have dedicated friends and will often team with randoms.
Insane Metal
Member
Add gaffers
Look for the DivisionGaf group on PS4 (if that's your platform) and add players from there
Oh man I haven't done missions in a loooong ass time.
shawnoftheshred
Member
Yeah you just wanna craft those to have + skill power as the secondary attribute.
Ruthless_Barbarian
Member
Never need to play solo, if you see me online hit me up. Will add you to your deadvision ps4 support group on psn as well, we use it for gaf matchmaking.
Ruthless_Barbarian
Member
After a fruitful run of the DZ earlier, and spending almost all my PC and over 3 million credits (I had 11 million lol), I was able to optimize my build really well.
This is the result after an hour of min-maxing:
Base stats...
With 4 tactician and smart cover bonus (100% upkeep on both in a team)...
Just missing two things:
+4 firearms to activate some talents (2260), which I can easily get from a better rolled firearms mod or better holster.
+ skill power on a Stamina Final Measure backpack. I have extra armor over the cap, which is a waste; and with the correct backpack I'll be able to get my skill power even higher without sacrificing anything.
Have 2 perfectly rolled G36's - one for my support tank and another for dps tank.
Once the dlc comes out on PS4, will look to build 2 FM + 4 Reclaimer around the same stats. Apart from a 5-piece sentry + savage/reckless/vigorous combo, I really don't see any other gear sets holding up to comparison for team play.
Tried a 4-piece alpha bridge and got bored super fast. Great for solo players though.
PS: my FW X-45 sidearm has more sheet dps than my M1A sniper...lol
This is the result after an hour of min-maxing:
Base stats...
With 4 tactician and smart cover bonus (100% upkeep on both in a team)...
Just missing two things:
+4 firearms to activate some talents (2260), which I can easily get from a better rolled firearms mod or better holster.
+ skill power on a Stamina Final Measure backpack. I have extra armor over the cap, which is a waste; and with the correct backpack I'll be able to get my skill power even higher without sacrificing anything.
Have 2 perfectly rolled G36's - one for my support tank and another for dps tank.
Once the dlc comes out on PS4, will look to build 2 FM + 4 Reclaimer around the same stats. Apart from a 5-piece sentry + savage/reckless/vigorous combo, I really don't see any other gear sets holding up to comparison for team play.
Tried a 4-piece alpha bridge and got bored super fast. Great for solo players though.
PS: my FW X-45 sidearm has more sheet dps than my M1A sniper...lol
Burglekutt
Member
So i followed GAF a lot when the game first came out, and I didn't get approved until very recently, but I just wanted to float out an idea for the next OT. Tom Clancy's The Division IOT 4I Bullet Sponge Worthy.
Please add me as well (SilvardCT on PSN). I've only been able to play solo and on matchmade things and I haven't gotten anywhere. So please count me in for all DivisionGAF activities and groups.
MythicReclaimer
Member
I am Rank 31 on one character and Rank 20 on the my other one in the Underground and literally did not see a new area since the day of release up until tonight on my first Operation. So I guess there are more play-spaces.
Burglekutt
Member
So I had the game since launch and got to level 24 or so and then took a break. I fainally got max level and go to the darkzone and there appears to be groups with high level gear killing everyone else in sight(including me). Is this normal or did i show up on a bad night?
Ruthless_Barbarian
Member
The best way to beat RNG in this game is to play with a full team and trade drops. If Massive would just make the weekly rewards, supply drop loot and dz chest drops tradeable, it would take away a lot of RNG bullshit.
So i followed GAF a lot when the game first came out, and I didn't get approved until very recently, but I just wanted to float out an idea for the next OT. Tom Clancy's The Division IOT 4I Bullet Sponge Worthy.
OT4? We won't even make it to 4 before the Division 2 comes out...
Will do.
Both. Massive has failed to address the 4+ groups of players in the Dark Zone, something that has been there since launch. While it can be fun to get a bigger group and quickly farm mobs in harder zones, some jerks like to prey on solo and weaker players. You'll find them in the lower dark zone rolling around killing other players. Best thing is to make a run for the higher zones where they won't usually follow cause the AI will wreck them.
this is normal, this is what my group usually do when we encounter solo players in higher DZ, we don't go below DZ05
Ruthless_Barbarian
Member
Why? Just leave them alone. It's hard for solo players as it is.
We've had many solo players run along with us, just happy to get shots in on the boss so they get a drop. I've even let solo players extract with us and revived them plenty of times. You have a choice, you don't have to be a jerk.
ChubbleDucks
Member
Round 9 of FL heroic and smart cover dissappears just as 2 shotgunners are right amongst us.
Audioboxer
Member
Ruthless_Barbarian
Member
40+ heroic missions cleared, no Showstopper
Audioboxer
Member
40+ heroic missions cleared, no Showstopper
Is it even any good?
I recently got a military m870 from larae and it's pretty sweet.
Ruthless_Barbarian
Member
It's good now because the accuracy is broken and it procs sentry's call.
It will be shit next week when they nerf it.
It will be shit next week when they nerf it.
MythicReclaimer
Member
Massive should take a page from Bungie's book (Nightfalls) but make it much more rewarding as they should put the six Heroic story missions in a weekly rotation, add all the Directives (difficulty modifiers from the Underground Operations), and upon completion one time per week you get a 229 weapon, a 268 armor piece, and a Vanity item. The rewards should come from the game's loot pool in it's entirety and not limited to certain sets or weapons.
...and while I'm at it, add 268 High-end armor pieces with unique talents giving the players more ( and needed) options concerning character building.
...and while I'm at it, add 268 High-end armor pieces with unique talents giving the players more ( and needed) options concerning character building.
Audioboxer
Member
Yeah I'm struggling to get above 212 GS. Need more set armour. Running Lexington over and over = brain dead.
The DZ is just hell of a risky/hard for what the reward is worth. Having to stick to DZ1~3 and the drops are meh.
they already said DZ is the end game
Such a mistake, at least in its current iteration.
Dave1988
Member
shawnoftheshred
Member
If you're trying to get GS items why are you farming Lexington?
Weekly HVTs, Dark Zone, incursions (any difficulty level) and underground level up caches are all good sources of GS items. Once you're only looking for 268s the activities get more narrow but at this stage there doesn't seem to be a reason to limit yourself to mindless faming?
Northern_Manny
Member
Yay, finally got a 229 G36!! Shame it had a garbage roll (commanding, intense and focused).
shawnoftheshred
Member
Not ideal but if the base danage is decent, and if you re-roll focused, chances are you can still end up with a worthwhile melter...
MythicReclaimer
Member
I'm not sure exactly what you're getting at but if it's the level of obtainable gear and in what game modes can it be acquired you can get 229/268 weapons and gear in multiple ways running Operations as well as the Dark Zone.
I'm just suggesting another means and game activity (in this case a weekly one) in order to obtain such gear without restrictions while offering game longevity. I would also suggest level 34 enemies in this mode as they should be anyways in all Heroic missions.
Since the Underground insists on giving me BLIND gear I figured what the hell, may as well put it on for a few runs to break up the grind.
Oh my... what a shitty set. Like there's nothing fun about it, at all. Shame 99% of the set pieces that drop in Underground are either BLIND or Firecrest (which also seems like shit).
Worst part so far is that I was already full 240 gear and even running challenging Underground with a few directives drops lower level gear.
And best I can tell there's absolutely nothing to spend Phoenix credits on anymore? I'm not Underground Lvl 40 yet and seems like everything else is low level. (and I already have like 20 weapon kits just from random drops)
Oh my... what a shitty set. Like there's nothing fun about it, at all. Shame 99% of the set pieces that drop in Underground are either BLIND or Firecrest (which also seems like shit).
Worst part so far is that I was already full 240 gear and even running challenging Underground with a few directives drops lower level gear.
And best I can tell there's absolutely nothing to spend Phoenix credits on anymore? I'm not Underground Lvl 40 yet and seems like everything else is low level. (and I already have like 20 weapon kits just from random drops)
I just mean DZ is the most efficient way to get the best gear
Insane Metal
Member
Yay I finally got a G36!
... 204 ¬¬
... 204 ¬¬
MythicReclaimer
Member
Re-rolling weapon talents, my friend.
Firecrest three set bonus (+100% reload speed is amazing) cures my biggest complaint from 1.2 which was how long it took to reload weapons. I must look at this game differently as I look at gear based on the rolls and go from there in re-rolling and building a character while keeping weapon talents active. Attributes/stats I look for are +Health on Kill, +Skill Power, +Armor, +Ammo to name a some.
I'd rather put together a well-balanced character in regards to abled-mobility, ammo counts, and survivability rather than being stuck behind a smart cover 100% of the time. I say this as enjoying the cover mechanics but I also want to move around a bit as well (as soon as a lot more folks experience Operations they'll realize that it will be necessary with Directives enabled).
Regarding sets, outside of maybe the Reclaimer set there isn't much in the way that makes any set a must have for the four piece bonus. I'd just as well mix and match for some two or three set bonuses in addition to a HE Reckless or Savage piece and I'd much rather just go back to scaled HE gear with individual unique talents for an entire build.
I got a 165 with higher DPS than my 229 Aug lol.
Insane Metal
Member
Hahaha. I didn't see the stats, had to log off... will check it later. But the talents were all shit. :|
shawnoftheshred
Member
Arguably the heroic incursions are more efficient if you're looking for something specific, though.
MythicReclaimer
Member
Don't worry you'll definitely get them (229s) from Underground Rank-up caches. Well, one with a little less base damage probably.