wesleyshark
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I think the current bracket divide is set so that if you have at least high end gear in every slot than you'll be in the higher tier.
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Items dropped in Supply Drops are unknown to use at this time. They could be rarer or high level drops (30/31 or 30/32 gear). They only said named enemies drop HE items. Have they said they would be dropping 30/32 gear? I doubt it. I'm sure there will be a wealth of armor mods, weapon attachments and other items rated 30/30 and 30/31 in the loot pools and if they indeed drop a 30/32 item it will be a very low %.
Right. I meant more along the lines of if they notice that there is just unchecked brutal slaughter of lower geared players they may up the bracket so that fights are more even.
I would imagine so
They said inventory, not stash. No way they're gonna force alts into the 160+ DZ bracket. As long as you can't access the gear during your DZ session there is no reason to force you into the higher bracket.
Kadin
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Honestly I can't remember and I'm trying to scan through the twitch stream to find it again and I'm not having any luck. I just remember them being very aware of people trying to falsify their gear score by doing what we're alluding to. I would THINK they'd also scan alt inventories but they definitely didn't say that, from what I remember.
edit: and then again Deku Tree brings up a good point above which I didn't think about.
I think it's pretty fair to assume they are mostly talking about the dark zone here.
From the post:
I read that as 30 from 30 enemies, etc.
wesleyshark
Banned
Not a typo. Every named NPC will drop a HE
The gear score line is something they can add additional tiers or raise over time as players grow stronger. With gear sets and new BPs coming in they will have to see how things shake out with the new system
They didn't specify one way or the other, so I'm assuming every named mob level 30+ will be affected.
I hope someone can datamine the loot tables quickly. I understand the desire of the "mystery" of what NPCs drop what, but seems like just delaying the inevitable.
Smokey_Run
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Maybe someone can answer this for me, what's the secret to taking zero damage in the dark zone? I've been bitching about it lately, because I'm running into more and more people who take next to no damage. I've got 170k dps and there are some people I can't even scratch.
The one night I'm pretty sure the group was cheating, they were just standing in an intersection, all of them on a manhunt, and nobody could even touch them. They weren't even fighting back, they were just standing there constantly in a health overcharge.
Am I missing something?
The one night I'm pretty sure the group was cheating, they were just standing in an intersection, all of them on a manhunt, and nobody could even touch them. They weren't even fighting back, they were just standing there constantly in a health overcharge.
Am I missing something?
Read the patch notes. It spells it out a few times. Every named enemy downed now guarantees a high end drop.
wesleyshark
Banned
Simply raising it would create a larger divide in the lower bracket that would lead to more griefing there haha. They'd need to make a middle range bracket, instead.
We'll see how it shakes down, but no matter what they do, bambis shall continue to suffer.
Insane Metal
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Imagine I was in the Destiny OT?
Imagine if every boss in Destiny dropped an exotic every single time you beat them?
Imagine it!
TheLetdown
Member
That change...
It's got to be reactive to the players' reaction to the initial patch notes. It almost seems overkill, but I love the fact that they're listening.
Bring on the Dark Zone madness!
It's got to be reactive to the players' reaction to the initial patch notes. It almost seems overkill, but I love the fact that they're listening.
Bring on the Dark Zone madness!
Ruthless_Barbarian
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I do they hope they fix the exploits and cheating in the DZ as well....
Junior Mint
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As someone who has time to put in maybe 1-1.5 hours per session, this is a good change. Not sure how it'll impact the hardcore players who put in 5 hours daily or whatever.
Kadin
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Okay I found where they talk about how gear score is calculated. At 16:50 in the vid below, they say inventory - not stash.
https://www.twitch.tv/thedivisiongame/v/58418963
https://www.twitch.tv/thedivisiongame/v/58418963
The next burger king is whoever is assigned the M1A to their loot table.
So you would have to put all your HE items into your stash if you want to go into the light zone
Named bosses usually drop 2+ items, so it could help on the other drops. It could still be just as worthless as before though.
Have fun if the part you want only drops from power station
Is there a gun as fun as Destiny's in here somewhere?
In some ways, it almost feels like they're just replacing purples with golds in terms of tiers.
Ha, good point. What do I do with my 199% scavenging set that's been so good to me?
So it's leaving group and going rogue on vestro after a boss kill. Gotcha.
wesleyshark
Banned
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DomsPlaying
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"Increase drop rates of High-End items on named NPCs (100% drop rate, actually)"
Boss hunting now instead of Bambi hunting?
Boss hunting now instead of Bambi hunting?
wesleyshark
Banned
Every Bambi is now a potential mini-boss with a bag full of golds. >"Increase drop rates of High-End items on named NPCs (100% drop rate, actually)"
Boss hunting now instead of Bambi hunting?
"Increase drop rates of High-End items on named NPCs (100% drop rate, actually)"
Boss hunting now instead of Bambi hunting?
Pfft come on son. Boss hunting in the DZ while bambi hunting.
2 birds 1 stone
"Increase drop rates of High-End items on named NPCs (100% drop rate, actually)"
Boss hunting now instead of Bambi hunting?
You let the bambis bring down the boss to 1/3 health, then kill the bambis and the boss.
Drops are controlled server side. None of these changes would require a client side patch.
Well in theory all these changes are server side, so they don't need console certification.
Find someone who hasn't killed him yet and load into their instance. They leave. You kill the BK. HE loot drop. Repeat if needed
You should probably wait until they collect their loot, obviously.
Ruthless_Barbarian
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I can already imagine the chaos in the DZ after the patch....
Although, solo players will be hit hard as they will have a much bigger target on their heads, especially by players in larger groups.
Although, solo players will be hit hard as they will have a much bigger target on their heads, especially by players in larger groups.
Need to optimize DZ level gaining! Also don't DZ bosses drop DZ tech sometimes?
Or you can hit the boss once and you'll still get loot and everyone is happy.
1. Form 3 man team
2. Offer protection service in exchange for 1 HE item per extraction (since you can now trade in group).
3. Profit?
Wouldn't you want to hide from the bambis?
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