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Instruction Manuel
May 15, 2007

Yes, it is what it looks like!

Hakarne posted:

Just lol if they think I'm wearing anything else other than that loving American flag from all those D1 achievements. I put that on the second I was done with the intro and that slot basically doesn't exist beyond that



CJacobs posted:

Yeah but you can have a t-rex

I'm sorry but tiny hippo has my back and I will die for her

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Instruction Manuel
May 15, 2007

Yes, it is what it looks like!

blackguy32 posted:

This loving Keener fight summarizes everything I hate about this game in one battle. Endless spam, bullet sponge enemy that has excellent mobility and just shrugs off damage

Im guessing that I will have to come back and do it with a group, because this bullshit feels impossible to do solo.

after trying to outmaneuver him and dying many times, I I ended up using the minigun and melting him as soon as he came out, lol

Instruction Manuel
May 15, 2007

Yes, it is what it looks like!

BattleMaster posted:

The Boston Dynamics Bad Dogs are scary but the suicide drones have killed me more by knocking me out of cover at bad times. In theory the drones aren't hard to shoot down but I suck and don't always shoot them down before they get in explosion range.

I like exploding the drones so they take out their operator and anyone near. Probably doesn't work on Heroic difficulties though.

Instruction Manuel
May 15, 2007

Yes, it is what it looks like!

Fureil posted:

Go figure, after getting this thing that I didn't really want out of the exotic chest,




nerdz posted:

Don't feel too bad, it's trash even with a god roll

I made the build this guy has in this vid:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUWvhxf7vO4

And while it's not the most optimized, I was able to clear challenging missions which had been a struggle up till now. I haven't tried heroic or DZ stuff yet.

Instruction Manuel
May 15, 2007

Yes, it is what it looks like!

Man, Pestilence with Ongoing Directive 4 piece with Trauma Chest Piece and Wicked Backpack is killer. Running with a Stinger Hive and it's Bleed Proc everywhere. You can use this with the named LMG from the Season track too, the one with Sadist.

Instruction Manuel
May 15, 2007

Yes, it is what it looks like!

Happy Noodle Boy posted:

What loving economy?

I know but what about the game?

Instruction Manuel
May 15, 2007

Yes, it is what it looks like!

Can you two get a room already I'm trying to execute extrajudicial authority here and u r getting in the way

Instruction Manuel
May 15, 2007

Yes, it is what it looks like!

Go into the DZ if you want to see your mask on at all times but be prepared.

RE: balance changes. All I want back is the skill build that gave your crazy Sticky Bomb Damage/Cooldown. You had tissue paper for armor (what's new :haw:) but you could take on Legendary Missions solo if you had the right armor but you were great at deleting anyone in your way with some agents at your side to take some of the heat.

Instruction Manuel
May 15, 2007

Yes, it is what it looks like!

Jusupov posted:

Doing darpa and pentagon on heroic for the manhunt sure is fun.

I just did them on Challenging with a couple of randos that was enough of a butt kicker. The boss with the mortars can shove it.

Instruction Manuel
May 15, 2007

Yes, it is what it looks like!

tgacon posted:

Also, they’re awful missions

Yeah I friggin hate those drat warhounds. I give the game lots of concessions but I don't think they'll ever be fun to fight.

Instruction Manuel
May 15, 2007

Yes, it is what it looks like!

Roman posted:

I finally tried a rifle DPS build and I think I'll be running this for a while. If enemy sponginess is getting on your nerves try one, it's refreshing.

I used the SolidFPS rifle DPS build as a guide, with Coyote's Mask and Chatterbox as a secondary.

Is the Chatterbox a world drop or does it still need to be crafted first?

Instruction Manuel
May 15, 2007

Yes, it is what it looks like!

Jusupov posted:

gently caress that boss in white oak that spams fire seekers, one whiff of flame and you're dead

Id like to extend this to the Cleaner Tanks. Their flame reach is ridiculous and it's messed up they got smart and wrapped a bulletproof vest around one of their fuel canisters. Freaking face extrajudicial justice cowards :argh:

In all seriousness it's good they are an actual if annoying threat now compared to Div 1

Instruction Manuel
May 15, 2007

Yes, it is what it looks like!

Kibayasu posted:

As they walk toward you there is a tank on their back you can just barely see the top of sticking out on their left/your right side. If you shoot this they will pause and remove their head armor. This gets trickier as they get closer or you get more fire-er but if you get it with some distance then they go down as quickly as a red enemy once the helmet is gone.

Ah yeah I discovered that just yesterday. Nice detail how they start hacking and coughing when you blow it up and they angrily throw it away.

Instruction Manuel
May 15, 2007

Yes, it is what it looks like!

Shoren posted:

It can drop randomly, but you're more likely to have better luck by crafting. You just need to open Hyena lockboxes in Downtown East, Federal Triangle, and Judiciary Square to get the parts and if you had the blueprint from level 30 then you won't need to run the Bank mission again to get into the lockbox in the vault. I crafted one and it was a god roll (all three stats were maxed) so I'd say prioritize crafting over farming.

Lol, I had the parts already but never collected the blueprint for the Chatterbox in the vault :doh:

Instruction Manuel
May 15, 2007

Yes, it is what it looks like!

Iymarra posted:

Saw this was on sale for PS4 but nothing for PC - want to play on PC - any kind of offers or discount codes or whatever going around at the moment?

cripes you just missed a huge sale on it on the Uplay store.

Ugly In The Morning posted:

Do you have any other games on UPlay? If you have those achievement coins you can redeem them for a 10 percent off coupon.



This will probably be the best bet if you absolutely have to get it right now.

Instruction Manuel
May 15, 2007

Yes, it is what it looks like!

ZombyDog posted:



I'm am on the hunt for a Claws Out holster so I can finish up a Technician Liberty shield build ( iDentity posted a video a couple of days back and I like the proto version I've been working on ).


I saw that video and I want to work on building that. Any one got a good mortar turret build. I think I've literally never run the Demo specialist and I've run with a couple of randoms that had some huge splash damage on theirs. It looks like it might be fun.

Instruction Manuel
May 15, 2007

Yes, it is what it looks like!

Mr. Carlisle posted:

So the best I can tell weather breaks pretty much everything - at least in the control point I was taking at the time (Demolition Site)

Turrets wouldnt target or fire, NPCs wouldn't fire at me even when they got close and basically stood there while I shot them.. it was during a foggy rainstorm. If that's supposed to be an attempt at realistic weather issues I'd rather weather not be in the game at all because everything felt unresponsive and broken.

I'm not sure I'd like the enemies be able to shoot at me when my own visibility is not more than a few feet.

Instruction Manuel
May 15, 2007

Yes, it is what it looks like!

ZombyDog posted:

Ok so I said some things about solo heroic skill builds being a bit of suck, I've been messing about with an Auto Turret/Gun Drone combo that involves me hunkering down behind cover because I'm wearing Glass Cannon, popping out occasionally to refresh Perfect Spike all the while directing my pretties to kill things for me. I've been soloing CP4s and should probably test it on missions but I'm still farming for that stupid +21% pistol damage Wyvern Holster ( and maybe a better rolled Wyvern Glass Cannon chest I'm wearing ). I've tried 6 piece HE ( consider Tech Supports 25% damage bonus on skill kill ) and Hardwired ( allows for quicker redeploy, I think this would be better for missions ) and I should try out Acosta's Go Bag for Hyper Drone/Turret. Probably utter garbage against Black Tusk, but elites and named enemies do melt awful quick and it dealt with Rogue Agent spawns pretty handily, you just have to be prepared to run if it looks like you're going to get flanked while your turret/drone are down.

I'm looking for that named Wyvern holster too and it will not drop for me. I've had plenty of the other named gear drop but that one eludes me.

I've been trying this healer build and it's something out of the norm and it's been fun:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IAVyrOoXBQ

Mr. Carlisle posted:

My opinion about the weather is that the fog is way overdone and sucks so I guess I'd rather just not have weather at all if it's going to cause very low visibility in the game for me in general. Rain is great, snow is great - fog where you cant even see in front of your character is not.

All it does is cause me to fast travel around until the weather is gone because my other option is sitting there behind cover not doing anything until it goes away because I cant even see any targets. It grinds the gameplay to a halt for me so I'm glad that its not that frequent.

yeah they could stand dialing it back a bit.

Instruction Manuel
May 15, 2007

Yes, it is what it looks like!

Kibayasu posted:

As far as I know the Wyvern holster is a DZ only item so if you aren't looking in there you're not going to find it.

Hmm, I saw a reddit post claiming it dropped from a heroic Grand Washington Hotel boss but the named items list does say DZ only.

Instruction Manuel
May 15, 2007

Yes, it is what it looks like!

Mr. Carlisle posted:

So is The Send Off shotgun just not working? I can't seem to get it's cover talent to proc.

It seems to be working for me. The proc symbol looks like the SHD quadrant symbol. I wish it showed it's cooldown too like some of the other procs

Instruction Manuel
May 15, 2007

Yes, it is what it looks like!

Quill posted:

Shooting the plates off can be really fiddly, even if you stick him in place with Riot Foam. I did it easily with a skill build and the Oxidizer launcher. Corroded everything and all of the armor plates popped off simultaneously. Just make sure to evade and blast him after he has finished his big swing attack. Make sure to gun down all other enemies in the area first. Less hectic that way.

I ran an Oxidizer build and it's great melting the armor off these guys. I answered a backup request with someone still going through the story and completely melted that heavy grenadier at the end of the Air and Space Museum right after he Kool Aid Mans through the wall. I hope the pub was grateful. lol.

Instruction Manuel
May 15, 2007

Yes, it is what it looks like!

fast cars loose anus posted:

ok cool thanks

I have been enjoying the game despite the occasional rage inducing thing like lag making a shot that looked like it hit miss, or accuracy being a stat on guns, or the bullet sponginess of some enemies that I remember well from the first division

I doubt I'll end up doing much endgame but I've already gotten more than my money's worth from it

Accuracy, I believe, is the size of the reticle and how fast it blooms and goes back to normal rather than chance to hit like in any other rpg. Also you'll be surprised at just how much you miss in this game, at least I am :negative:

Instruction Manuel
May 15, 2007

Yes, it is what it looks like!

I use the BTSU gloves on my healer build and they seem to complement the build alot. I remember when they were THE thing to get. What did they do back then?

Instruction Manuel
May 15, 2007

Yes, it is what it looks like!

Happy Noodle Boy posted:

Elemental Gadgetry: Skills that apply status effects gain +50% status effect duration and +50% skill haste.
Energy Infusion: Whenever you apply a status effect, your gloves become infused with that for 60s. While infused, you gain +10% skill damage, +10% skill healing and repair and +10% skill duration for each Utility (yellow battery) on your gear.
Charged Proxies: Whenever you throw a skill, 1.25s after landing, it creates an explosion applying the infused status effect to all enemies within 6m. Enemies affected by the infused status effect take 50% more damage from your skills.

Basically they made explosive seekers mines and stinger hives dish out insane damage, have a ton of skill haste, and you could essentially cycle them endlessly.

Ah drat, no wonder they got nerfed, lol.

UnknownMercenary posted:

Bring pulse jammer. Even at tier 0 it's very effective at damaging, if not outright killing, all of his skills.

I seriously forget that pulse jammer is an option :doh: It just shuts down every device it touches and I also forget EMP grenade because I always forget to THROW grenades, like at all.

Instruction Manuel
May 15, 2007

Yes, it is what it looks like!

Fabricated posted:

DARPA labs loving sucks.

It's pretty brutal. The part where you get ambushed with jammers is rough because there's little cover, the warhounds can flank too easily, AND there's a heavy gunner too.

Instruction Manuel
May 15, 2007

Yes, it is what it looks like!

magiccarpet posted:

EMP Pulse destroying every drone near me is one of the better feels in the game

I need to remember to switch to the jammer whenever going on invaded missions instead of trying to brute force my build through them. That drat room in the DARPA mission though. If your group just zeros in on the skill jammers I bet you could lock the room down afterwards.

Instruction Manuel
May 15, 2007

Yes, it is what it looks like!

I forget which is which because they both are pains in the dicks.

Instruction Manuel
May 15, 2007

Yes, it is what it looks like!

Disgruntled Bovine posted:

The last boss of DARPA labs is loving impossible on solo heroic. I spent 30 minutes beating my head against it before I ran out of time and wasn't going to get any credit for the league anyway and it won't let you call for backup once you start even if you die because you're already in the boss fight area. gently caress this poo poo.

Is it possible to get the exotic chest without beating DARPA labs on heroic? Given how the last time I tried it with pubbies on challenging went there's no loving way it's going to work on heroic.

If you participated in both weeks of the league then you can get all the chests and the trinket. I managed to fill out the rewards without going through that mission. Mostly farmed bounties last week and had some good runs of the other missions.

Instruction Manuel
May 15, 2007

Yes, it is what it looks like!

Deacon91 posted:

Is it actually possible to get high rolls/god rolls when crafting weapons? I've crafted probably close to 150 Savage Wolverines and have not had a single one be decent.

Pray to RNGesus, amen

Instruction Manuel
May 15, 2007

Yes, it is what it looks like!

Mr. Carlisle posted:

Ever have one of those days where you get to the very end of a challenging bounty, have the named enemy alone and down to little health and then accidentally hit yourself in the face with a rocket because you're too close to cover when you fire it and instead of going in a straight line over the cover it does some loopty loop curve poo poo right into the wall killing you instantly?

That's what I get for trying to be flashy instead of just letting my turret finish them off

I did this just yesterday with a seeker mine. Got way too confident and was gonna finish the bounty with a seeker and a concentration of bullets with no regard for what was left of my armor and blew myself up.

Dr. Krieger posted:

If you enjoy the gameplay loop the expansion is worth it, felt I got my moneys worth playing through to 40 and grinding out 4 builds to be good enough for heroic/raid. I've also come to terms with taking extended breaks, I haven't played in a month but I'll pick it back up again after a few patches and they tweak some stuff because its still really fun at its core. The gun play is fantastic but it's still lacking that polish and balance you would expect from a year in and an expansion which is disappointing but seems like they are at least trying to fix it.

The music in the expansion is banger. All the music from Div 1 and 2 is great. I love it.

Instruction Manuel
May 15, 2007

Yes, it is what it looks like!

OgNar posted:

Why in the hell does it take 61 electronics to upgrade my holster?
Is the strap made out of loving capacitors?

Wait till you need Ceramics to reroll a piece of gear or 5.

I was able to farm the DZ last night in relative peace. Managed to grab a Claws out holster and chest and knees of the Yahaal gearset. These changes just mean there will need to be workarounds. I'm not worried.

Instruction Manuel
May 15, 2007

Yes, it is what it looks like!

robotsinmyhead posted:

I was farming Coney Island for the Set Pieces (I finally got my TP set!) and these groups were all seemingly running the same No Minimap+Increased Armor mods on Challenging and it was an absolute slog. I was definitely a weak link in the group, but even the higher SHD guys were sucking wind and dying a lot.

Finally got into a group just running vanilla Challenging and we were done in 20min. I never realized how drastic those modifiers are.

Ugh, I dropped into someone's world map and it they had directives set for the WHOLE thing and it was annoying. I think it was all of them.

Instruction Manuel
May 15, 2007

Yes, it is what it looks like!

I wished the 1886 had more bullets. Lever action rifles 4 lyfe

Instruction Manuel
May 15, 2007

Yes, it is what it looks like!

I can hear the M1A in my sleep so good riddance

Instruction Manuel
May 15, 2007

Yes, it is what it looks like!

Olds posted:

When I play as a status build, I cringe whenever I play with non glass-cannon or focus using DPS because the mission becomes a serious slog. Mind you these are not fresh from hitting level 40 agents but lvl 300+ with gear that's near or at full damage rolls on every piece, yet they still have issues killing mobs I've blinded or foamed before the duration runs out. This is on top of fighting my own skills, especially firefly which seems to have reverted back to its old behavior of self-destructing for...reasons.

I was playing my healer build and joined with 3 randos on a challenging mission and it was a lot harder for us to get through. I tried to keep everyone topped up but it was like trying to herd cats. I don't know. If you jumped into a random mission and saw a ridiculous radius on a Hive, would you stay in it? Also there was a shield player that I guess did not have it optimised properly because he kept getting downed.

Instruction Manuel
May 15, 2007

Yes, it is what it looks like!

Malcolm Excellent posted:

Here is a dumb question... Why not have PVP use entirely different gear with different balance? Like you enter the airlock, and swap out your clean gear for dirty gear only for use in the DZ.

probably, and I'm talking out of my rear end here, it takes more effort and money to come up with a different set of art assets and a different PVP balance team than it does to use the same assets to just adjust the numbers.

Instruction Manuel
May 15, 2007

Yes, it is what it looks like!

Malcolm Excellent posted:

I was thinking more like D1 survival, same assets, they are just in the Dark Zone sandbox, and cannot be used outside of it. I hear what you're saying, even if you were being a sassy butt about it.

I actually wasn't but go on.


PS: NOW I'm being a sassy butt

Instruction Manuel
May 15, 2007

Yes, it is what it looks like!


lol it's fine. I wish that the DZ was a giant area like in Div 1. It was way easier to be a sneaky snake solo player in it. I've only ever run into 1 gank squad in Div 2, however.

Instruction Manuel
May 15, 2007

Yes, it is what it looks like!


Perfect blend of someone in the hospital system that also happens to be a Division player. It's a good read.

In other news, iDentity came up with a shotgun build he believes is viable. Requires a Sweet Dreams and Ninja Bike Kneepads. Also, I never realized there's a SMG called The Apartment which is a follow up to The House exotic from Div 1, lol. The little description is pretty great.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYf2DbKDWh4

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Instruction Manuel
May 15, 2007

Yes, it is what it looks like!

I tried a System Corruption 4 piece last night in the DZ last night and it was fun. Almost wanted to try some Rogue manhunts but it was quiet in DZ east. Like Butter's vid got me intrigued:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-F7vLv6NsHo

From TU 8 but it still applies.

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