Division 2 Thread
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Discovery mode is supposed to be easier (I've not tried it) , in the sense that the NPCs don't hit as hard and are easier to kill. I think the idea was to introduce matchmaking and give people an opportunity to learn the mechanics before attempting normal mode.
I only tried normal mode and, the NPCs hit like trucks and took multiple clips to take down - it wasn't a fun experience and I have zero desire to try again.
I only tried normal mode and, the NPCs hit like trucks and took multiple clips to take down - it wasn't a fun experience and I have zero desire to try again.
Joyrider1 said:
Just watched a video of a clan doing this raid in 12 minutes - unbelievable!
They'll be on PC I suspect, with min/maxed builds and hitting all their headshots easily.I think they got the difficulty level all kinds of wrong with the raid. The only thing locked behind it that I have any interest in is the Eagle Bearer but, I just don't consider it to be worth the effort (especially considering the very, very low droprate).
The only raids I have for comparison are the various Destiny offerings. Much like this raid, we would invariably get destroyed on our first attempt, even at the very first encounter. The big difference though, was you knew the numbered power level of each encounter and what your power level was relative to it. This meant you could go out and make meaningful upgrades to your power level.
Division lacks this. The 'upgrades' to your build are usually so tiny as to make naff all difference so, the tough raid encounters will remain just as tough no matter what you do in the rest of the game whereas in Destiny, the raid incentivised you to go out and get stronger by playing other content so that you could return and have a better chance of progressing.
Just my 2ps worth
Edited by Speckle on Thursday 15th August 10:21
anxious_ant said:
As I'm tired of farming Merciless I decided to try out DZ due to someone suggesting on chat that DZ yields some great gear outside of a normal raid.
Totally regretted that decision as was repeatedly killed but this angry Russian who seem to have infinite health.
There are 2 types of darkzone, occupied and normalised. In the normalised DZ, your damage and damage mitigation are normalised to bring everyone onto a similar level. In the occupied DZ, stats matter. If you have an angry russian with a very good build and your build isn't all that strong, you're not going to have a very good time Totally regretted that decision as was repeatedly killed but this angry Russian who seem to have infinite health.
If I were you, I would only ever go into the ODZ with a group.
Speckle said:
If I were you, I would never go into the DZ or ODZ.
Fixed that for you 
Seriously though, I have almost always found PVP in games attracts the cheaters, griefers and generally people who like to ruin the enjoyment of others. I've watched enough YouTube videos of the DZ in D1 and D2 to have that confirmed
Camelot1971 said:
Fixed that for you
Seriously though, I have almost always found PVP in games attracts the cheaters, griefers and generally people who like to ruin the enjoyment of others. I've watched enough YouTube videos of the DZ in D1 and D2 to have that confirmed
lol - I actually don't disagree with you. I've spent a few hours in there but, only ever under protest and, didn't get killed by anyone luckily. I never liked the DZ in division 1 and that hasn't really changed in D2.Seriously though, I have almost always found PVP in games attracts the cheaters, griefers and generally people who like to ruin the enjoyment of others. I've watched enough YouTube videos of the DZ in D1 and D2 to have that confirmed
PvE is much more my speed
I got this recently after the kids pestered me! So now we run around in a clan of three ripping the piss out of each other I desperately need extended magazines for smg's and assault rifles, I'm world tier 1 and fed up with the lmg, I've checked YT but I can't find how to increase assault rifle to 60, I have one smg at 40, but could do with a bit more. All help appreciated
I desperately need extended magazines for smg's and assault rifles, I'm world tier 1 and fed up with the lmg, I've checked YT but I can't find how to increase assault rifle to 60, I have one smg at 40, but could do with a bit more. All help appreciated Just had an email telling me The Division 2 Standard Edition is on sale for £2.50 
Trying to figure out if there's any catch. I'm not bothered about multiplayer, would just want to play solo campaign as despite the repetitiveness of the single player mode I enjoyed the first game. Would the standard edition cover that, or is there a load of pay-for content which I'd need as well?
Trying to figure out if there's any catch. I'm not bothered about multiplayer, would just want to play solo campaign as despite the repetitiveness of the single player mode I enjoyed the first game. Would the standard edition cover that, or is there a load of pay-for content which I'd need as well?
Zetec-S said:
Just had an email telling me The Division 2 Standard Edition is on sale for £2.50
Trying to figure out if there's any catch. I'm not bothered about multiplayer, would just want to play solo campaign as despite the repetitiveness of the single player mode I enjoyed the first game. Would the standard edition cover that, or is there a load of pay-for content which I'd need as well?
No catch, it includes all the main story content - at the end of this month you'll also get all the "Year 1 Season Pass" stuff. It's perfectly playable solo.Trying to figure out if there's any catch. I'm not bothered about multiplayer, would just want to play solo campaign as despite the repetitiveness of the single player mode I enjoyed the first game. Would the standard edition cover that, or is there a load of pay-for content which I'd need as well?
HRL said:
Best £2.50 I’ve spent in a very long time.
Only scratched the surface at level 9 though.
Good to hear, at some point I'll actually get round to playing my £2.50 copy Only scratched the surface at level 9 though.
Minor rant, it was a 50GB download which took forever on my potato internet, so didn't get round to playing it straight away. Now 2 weeks later I have some spare time, and apparently it needs a 40GB update FFS. I vaguely remember the original required fairly regular mammoth updates, does this as well?
(really need to look into getting fibre internet!)
krunchkin said:
Anyone enjoying the expansion? I think theyve done a great job with the return to New York. Level design on some of the big missions is amazing, and the music is really well done.
Not yet but, I'm hearing good things. I haven't played much the last couple of months but, Division 2 is my new Destiny in that I always find myself drifting back to it. I played the Coney Island mission last night (that final boss area is a bugger to solo!). I really enjoyed it - the atmosphere was great and the AI felt better and was trying to flank me constantly. Felt like a decent fight.Started a fresh character last night and the plan is to run through to lvl 30 before hitting the new content but, if I get bored before that, my main character is waiting in the wings, ready to go.
I need some spend some time sorting out all my gear and saving stuff in the recalibration bank - that is going to take quite a while!!
I completed the Warlords of New York over the weekend and thought it was excellent. The atmosphere in the main missions and locations in general were superb! All the missions had interesting mechanics and, the last mission in particular felt like a real achievement when completed. Admittedly, it took us quite a few tries!
Moving on to the update in general and 'Gear 2.0', I'm really enjoying it so far. All content feels harder. Completing a level 3 checkpoint solo used to be reasonably straight forward. Now it is a proper fight. I like the fact that you can increase the difficulty of the whole world so, even random encounters on the street can be epic gunfights! The scaling is a bit broken though - we were a 4 man team doing a lvl 3 control point with the world difficulty on hard and, by christ we were lucky to get it done! Honestly though, it was still lots of fun.
I quite like being back to square one and having to re-think my builds again. The current manhunt event has already gifted me 3 x Striker gearset pieces, a P416 variant AR with the option of extra stability, and an LMG which seems Godly (these are all standard rewards for just earning XP).
I think I'll be putting a lot more hours back into this now.
Moving on to the update in general and 'Gear 2.0', I'm really enjoying it so far. All content feels harder. Completing a level 3 checkpoint solo used to be reasonably straight forward. Now it is a proper fight. I like the fact that you can increase the difficulty of the whole world so, even random encounters on the street can be epic gunfights! The scaling is a bit broken though - we were a 4 man team doing a lvl 3 control point with the world difficulty on hard and, by christ we were lucky to get it done! Honestly though, it was still lots of fun.
I quite like being back to square one and having to re-think my builds again. The current manhunt event has already gifted me 3 x Striker gearset pieces, a P416 variant AR with the option of extra stability, and an LMG which seems Godly (these are all standard rewards for just earning XP).
I think I'll be putting a lot more hours back into this now.
Zetec-S said:
Good to hear, at some point I'll actually get round to playing my £2.50 copy
Minor rant, it was a 50GB download which took forever on my potato internet, so didn't get round to playing it straight away. Now 2 weeks later I have some spare time, and apparently it needs a 40GB update FFS. I vaguely remember the original required fairly regular mammoth updates, does this as well?
(really need to look into getting fibre internet!)
What Ubisoft seem to do when there’s an update is nuke the whole current install then install the new, patched or updated game rather than just downloading the new bits. It was the same with Wildlands, very frustrating. Minor rant, it was a 50GB download which took forever on my potato internet, so didn't get round to playing it straight away. Now 2 weeks later I have some spare time, and apparently it needs a 40GB update FFS. I vaguely remember the original required fairly regular mammoth updates, does this as well?
(really need to look into getting fibre internet!)
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