The division

[Moog72]

Weekly gives a guaranteed exotic as I understand it, so if you are chasing those then that’s a good way of getting one

But yeah, ghost town once again. I don’t tend to play in the evening anyhow, but I haven’t seen people on either when I have been on. Another flash in the pan perhaps? Shame, has a lot of potential

[Speckle]

Moog72 said:

Weekly gives a guaranteed exotic as I understand it, so if you are chasing those then that’s a good way of getting one

But yeah, ghost town once again. I don’t tend to play in the evening anyhow, but I haven’t seen people on either when I have been on. Another flash in the pan perhaps? Shame, has a lot of potential

I'd like a ninjabike but, I've got perfectly useful builds without it so, I'll just wait for it to drop whenever it drops.

I don't necessarily think it'll be a flash in the pan. There are only 4 or 5 of us playing regularly anyway and I think there is an element of burnout after the grind of the Global Event where people just fancy a short break.

I'm still really enjoying it and I can be as casual or as hardcore as I want to. I've got 2 lower level characters I still play from time to time (can't wait until one of them reaches level 30....more space to put my excess loot!

[Mattygooner]

So this is where all the reprobates are....

[Moog72]

Mattygooner said:

So this is where all the reprobates are....

Might be

I’ve not done much DZ stuff to be honest because previously it was hateful IMO. Now though, and if we could run as a group of 4, I think it might honestly be a heap of fun with the added advantage of being a great place to drop gear (and being able to extract it too). Solo DZ though is a waste of time unless your build is completely focussed on that aspect. 6 piece Nomad is the way to go apparently, for pure survivability

[Speckle]

Sooo, this is probably old news and largely unimpressive for anyone who didn't take a break from the game but, I managed to finish my first legendary solo mission this morning (Napalm). Took me the best part of an hour to complete and when I went to save the video, inadvertently stopped and started the recording feature instead so, lost the damn thing!

My exotic cache reward for my efforts?......Why, Skull gloves of course!

[lovechild]

fk that. Good job though Speck. Too campy and stingy on rewards to bother putting the effort in for me though.

Been doing a bit of resistance lately as I was 1 piece away from Striker and D3 classifieds. Got the 6th D3, so have been running around with a 2.3 mil shield. I'M INVINCIBLE!!............ Well, until I die that is.

[MissChief]

lovechild said:

fk that. Good job though Speck. Too campy and stingy on rewards to bother putting the effort in for me though.

Been doing a bit of resistance lately as I was 1 piece away from Striker and D3 classifieds. Got the 6th D3, so have been running around with a 2.3 mil shield. I'M INVINCIBLE!!............ Well, until I die that is.

Don't forget your shield bonus performance mods.

Also if anyone HASN'T seen this site: http://rubenalamina.mx/the-division-weekly-vendor-... Vendor resets every Friday night at 1AM. The site is usually updated within the Hour. The Carbon M700 is pretty much a God roll for HS damage. Decent talents too.

[lovechild]

MissChief said:

Don't forget your shield bonus performance mods.

Do you mean gear mods? I've specced for shield damage and resilience, rather than shield health which seems to be the general consensus. Talents are ok I think, although I have equipped one that gives a recoil buff whilst in cover although not sure whether the shield counts or not.

Been running tac build with seekers/BFB for a while now, so shield makes a nice change.

I like my M700 carbon. Snipers in general need a buff though as too many ghost bullets and not enough damage. Was all about vector and M1A last time I played.

[Speckle]

I've reverted to an old 4 striker/2 nomad build and been mucking about trying to solo farm resistance. I might see how I get on with a 4 piece reclaimer. To be honest, it is less about the classified gear than it is about the challenge of doing it. I suspect they are going to re-run the previous Global Events and up the classified drop rate soon anyway.

I've crafted an M4 with ferocious, destructive and predatory which seems to be a nice balance. Had to up my electronics more than I would normally but, it is very useable. Firearms is a bit lower than I'd like at just below 6k but, I still seem to do very decent damage (Striker plus weapon talents I guess)

I've had good runs and bad runs, often getting 2 caches by wave 8 (this is Pier 93 btw). I'm going to have a look at Powerhouse as the boss spawns in the corridor on Pier 93 can be a bit hit and miss.

MissChief said:

Also if anyone HASN'T seen this site: http://rubenalamina.mx/the-division-weekly-vendor-... Vendor resets every Friday night at 1AM. The site is usually updated within the Hour. The Carbon M700 is pretty much a God roll for HS damage. Decent talents too.

Bookmarked

[Speckle]

Powerhouse was not a success! All the videos seem to be made on PC and the aim on console relative to PC doesn't seem good enough, or quick enough to snap to target to make the open area all that beneficial over Pier 93. I'm also not a fan of the Powerhouse data breach locations. You almost have to sit on top of the laptop and visibility of approaching enemies is cr@p. Only got past this wave a couple of times before I gave up and went back to the Pier...

My most successful build so far has been 4 piece reclaimer, 2 piece nomad using an M4 with commanding and determined to spam Tac-link (which seems to be almost always available, it's insane!)

Have now put together a 4 piece Alpha Bridge, 2 piece nomad which gives me Destructive, Ferocious, Commanding and Determined on my Primary, plus around 63% enemy armour damage overall, with predatory on the secondary just in case. Haven't tried it yet but, in theory, it should be a strong build for solo resistance.

Having said that, resistance isn't that important this week as there is a min Global Event this weekend Hopefully, it'll include the Striker set as I've still to find a single classified piece!! A ninja bike from one of the caches would also be very useful!

Edited by Speckle on Wednesday 28th February 09:53