Tom Clancy's The Division 2

DeadlyByDesign

dreamers75 wrote: »

Finding the M1A1 (2.2k)/ M870(6.6k) Coop can be insanely hard with "Coop Augmentation" which I believe translates into "You Are Fcuked and so is your team"

1000x this!

Just about to hit 15 and was hit with a hard stop last night on the Bank mission with "Roach" as the last boss. We kept getting to the boss wave, but our bullets just bounced off him. I am running an AR/LMG combo, which seemed to be effective a from level 5-11 now it does not seem to be cutting it for whatever reason. Maybe because the LMG I have now does not hold the 100 rounds only 30.

Thinking of trialling an AR/Sniper build or SMG/Sniper build.

Stone Deaf 4evr

managed to solo my first bounty boss last night (one of the ones awarded as part of a project), I'm level 20, and it was a pretty tough fight, had to keep backing off to kite the lower level enemies towards me and deal with them first, had a few skin of my teeth moments when a patrol arrived from behind and nearly wiped me out.

The scaling is a little strange, in that I dont feel like I'm getting any more powerful and wiping out the red bar enemies like they're inconsequential, they're still every bit as dangerous as they were at the start, its just that i have a better selection of skills to work with, but they can still kill you in short order if you're not paying attention.

DeadlyByDesign

Stone Deaf 4evr wrote: »

I dont feel like I'm getting any more powerful and wiping out the red bar enemies like they're inconsequential, they're still every bit as dangerous as they were at the start, its just that i have a better selection of skills to work with, but they can still kill you in short order if you're not paying attention.

It's mad isn't it. Like I will still approach them strategically like a boss fight as I know if the get out of hand they will wipe me out. You still have to respect them

ShadowHearth

I am almost 27 with 30h in so far. Loving this game. I really hope open world roaming is still viable. As in games like this usually it's all about grinding some mission etc as it's most efficient.

So far my choice of weapons were AR and semi auto rifle like m14. I did got M60 now and I just love it. The sound it makes just makes me have a stiffy.

mossym

ShadowHearth wrote: »

the sound it makes just makes me have a stiffy.

and with one statement hopes of ever being invited to group up again died immediately......

goon_magee

I've read that grinding conflict is the most efficient way to get you past soft cap in WT4. The weeklies and dailies supposedly don't drop gear past 450 which seems odd, surely you're pinnacle weeklies should be an avenue to the best gear

DaveNoCheese

Stone Deaf 4evr wrote: »

The scaling is a little strange, in that I dont feel like I'm getting any more powerful and wiping out the red bar enemies like they're inconsequential, they're still every bit as dangerous as they were at the start, its just that i have a better selection of skills to work with, but they can still kill you in short order if you're not paying attention.

Yup, too many times I have foolishy died to red bars due to my own fault.

Blackgator

Good tips from Marco. Had to use the one about cover for a few bosses. Feels a bit cheatie but needs must.

Dcully

World tier 4 and 450 gearscore and finally i have found something challenging in the game as its been too easy so far.
Clearing activities connecting to hostile control points increases the threat level of the control point up to threat level 4 which is a great challenge and a the best way to farm blueprints.
This is probably the best activity to do at world tier 4 endgame both in terms of gear,xp and blueprints, no other activity in the game gives all of these ie you are guaranteed a blueprint.

This threat level feature is only for world tier4, nice to know that within world tier 4 we also have activities that also have more tier levels on top.

shootermacg

i'm stuck at 398, because of my ****ty pistol being 250, all my drops are 390 to 400. Is there something I can do to increase the levels of the drops.

Dcully

shootermacg wrote: »

i'm stuck at 398, because of my ****ty pistol being 250, all my drops are 390 to 400. Is there something I can do to increase the levels of the drops.

Move on to the next world tier.
Do missions required to unlock each stronghold then said strongholds until you get to the last one,clear that and you enter WT4.

Wonda-Boy

Just hit DZ level 50 and it very good. The NPCs are mental strong in there and the challenge landmarks are brutal to deal with all that and the threat of other players trying to gank you.

Still the same old problem of 4 man squads ganking solo peeps and actually thinking that they are uber hard, but hopefully wont be as bad as Div 1.

Zero-Cool

Is there any point donating goods to control points pre level 30? I know when resources get low, the guys go out on patrol to refuel bit don't think they lose the control point?

goon_magee

Zero-Cool wrote: »

Is there any point donating goods to control points pre level 30? I know when resources get low, the guys go out on patrol to refuel bit don't think they lose the control point?

Other than meeting project objectives that require you to donate to specific points, I've not come across anything and have largely ignored them once completed.

Glebee

Just unlocked clans on PC, application sent to join

Spear

Glebee wrote: »

Just unlocked clans on PC, application sent to join

I'll accept it in a few minutes.

gimli2112

Zero-Cool wrote: »

Is there any point donating goods to control points pre level 30? I know when resources get low, the guys go out on patrol to refuel bit don't think they lose the control point?

I donated everything I had every chance I got, particularly ranking up. The xp gains really stack up over time. I was going out of my way to pick up supplies. I think the most I got in one go was 20K xp, which is a fair chunk at lower levels.

shootermacg

Spear wrote: »

I'll accept it in a few minutes.

Whats the clan name?

DeadlyByDesign

Wonda-Boy wrote: »

Just hit DZ level 50 and it very good. The NPCs are mental strong in there and the challenge landmarks are brutal to deal with all that and the threat of other players trying to gank you.

Still the same old problem of 4 man squads ganking solo peeps and actually thinking that they are uber hard, but hopefully wont be as bad as Div 1.

Ill be living in the DZ once I get to 30 wonda, can't wait for it

shootermacg

Dcully wrote: »

Move on to the next world tier.
Do missions required to unlock each stronghold then said strongholds until you get to the last one,clear that and you enter WT4.

Isn't T4 just based on your gear score? Or can I manually change it?

Spear

shootermacg wrote: »

Whats the clan name?

"Boards IE" on PC and PS4. And "Irish Agents" on Xbox.

DaveNoCheese

Spear wrote: »

I'll accept it in a few minutes.

Is there an app or website where applications can be sent / accepted other than in game via the clan menu?

SolvableKnave

DaveNoCheese wrote: »

Is there an app or website where applications can be sent / accepted other than in game via the clan menu?

Rossi IRL

Weekly projects are pointless when they are not completable.

Have over 3 days of game time, WT4 and 450 and I have still not found a single holster or gloves with the devastating talent and I need 3 of them for the weekly project.

Spent all my resources crafting them aswell and still haven't got a single one. Haven't been discarding them either as I check after every mission before I discard.

gimli2112

shootermacg wrote: »

Isn't T4 just based on your gear score? Or can I manually change it?

you need to get to 375 and then do the final stronghold

12gauge dave

Just downloading this amd see its 89.869GB wont be tonight ikl be playing so unfortunately with a game that size to download

EoinHef

Pity the contaminated areas are not a little bigger,i enjoy the little puzzle aspect and its a bit of a change from pew pew every now and then.

The collectibles give ye a nice little bit of story in there aswell.

gimli2112

ha, I've wandered into a contaminated area a few times and out again having decided nothing was happening. I'll have to reevaluate

Rob2D

Phew, finally got to WT4 after 50hrs.

Now I can take the weekend off to play Sekiro before I delve into the Dark Zones.

ECO_Mental

Just an FYI there was talk earlier about doing the side missions until later and leave them until you are lv20. Well for the hell of it I did and took note of the added xp.

When I was lv5-6 the earlier side missions were giving about 24000 XP now I'm at lv 21 the same mission is giving around 65,000 XP. Dont know if it worth doing it though as one of the missions unlocks the extended 5.56 mag that makes AR's melt machines. Also I don't know if it really slows you down leveling up.

Dcully

Avoid side missions until level 23 or 24 if possible, reason is they offer exactly one third of your xp bar per mission therefore they are worth more at higher levels than early levels.
That mission you mentiion for the AR extended mag is the only one i did early on for obvious reasons.

EoinMcLovin

ECO_Mental wrote: »

Just an FYI there was talk earlier about doing the side missions until later and leave them until you are lv20. Well for the hell of it I did and took note of the added xp.

When I was lv5-6 the earlier side missions were giving about 24000 XP now I'm at lv 21 the same mission is giving around 65,000 XP. Dont know if it worth doing it though as one of the missions unlocks the extended 5.56 mag that makes AR's melt machines. Also I don't know if it really slows you down leveling up.

Yeah, I've left alot of the side missions for later. Currently level 17 so might leave them until level 20 but might do that side mission to get that extended mag

Stone Deaf 4evr

ECO_Mental wrote: »

Just an FYI there was talk earlier about doing the side missions until later and leave them until you are lv20. Well for the hell of it I did and took note of the added xp.

When I was lv5-6 the earlier side missions were giving about 24000 XP now I'm at lv 21 the same mission is giving around 65,000 XP. Dont know if it worth doing it though as one of the missions unlocks the extended 5.56 mag that makes AR's melt machines. Also I don't know if it really slows you down leveling up.

I only did the one last night for the extended mag! (i'm level 22 now). I think I'll play through a few of them now before I progress the story missions, as I'm finding them fairly difficult, did the potomac event centre last night with a crew of randoms and it was tough going, there was a section or two where mounted machine guns gave us a very hard time, and they were sending those RC cars with the blades on top up to push us out of cover.

Rob2D

I still have to stand firm on just doing them now.

By the time I got to the last story mission I was already earning proficiency caches. And I still had about 4 side missions left at that time. So as I said before, yes you can leave them and get more XP, but it's pointless. You're getting all that XP for what??? What good is XP at the end of the game???? You'll just be getting proficiency caches full of stuff you'll scrap as soon as you hit WT1.

Just keep busy as you go and you won't have to grind at the end.

gimli2112

yeah there's really not much point saving them for the xp buff. I tended to do them in the hope they would drop a decent gun before I do the next story mission. They're quite short and generally fun.

bigphil2

Unlocked clans last night, Fill3rup_ on PS4,i sent a request

Dcully

Rob2D wrote: »

I still have to stand firm on just doing them now.

By the time I got to the last story mission I was already earning proficiency caches. And I still had about 4 side missions left at that time. So as I said before, yes you can leave them and get more XP, but it's pointless. You're getting all that XP for what??? What good is XP at the end of the game???? You'll just be getting proficiency caches full of stuff you'll scrap as soon as you hit WT1.

Just keep busy as you go and you won't have to grind at the end.

Not pointless if you want to get to endgame asap which is what i assumed the guy was asking about.

SolvableKnave

bigphil2 wrote: »

Unlocked clans last night, Fill3rup_ on PS4,i sent a request

We'll get that approved for ya

Noxin

I just did the side missions as I was going... cleared out each zone before moving on and was 30 before the final mission.
That said, I probably did a fair bit of random encounters too.

goon_magee

Rob2D wrote: »

I still have to stand firm on just doing them now.

By the time I got to the last story mission I was already earning proficiency caches. And I still had about 4 side missions left at that time. So as I said before, yes you can leave them and get more XP, but it's pointless. You're getting all that XP for what??? What good is XP at the end of the game???? You'll just be getting proficiency caches full of stuff you'll scrap as soon as you hit WT1.

Just keep busy as you go and you won't have to grind at the end.

Not everyone shares the same playstyle. I got extremely bored of the open world side activities at about level 10 and got was fed up of keeping busy as you put it. so having the side missions now to power through the last few levels is very useful as I couldn't be arsed dragging my heels with open world distractions.

Stand firm all you want, your way worked for you, saving them works for others.

bigphil2

SolvableKnave wrote: »

We'll get that approved for ya

Cheers! Im going to Solo the campaign Level 9 at the mo,but for Dark zone and later Level 20's grinding ill jump in with others (also if anyone wants to do a mission,gimme a shout)

EoinMcLovin

For people sending invites to the Boards IE PS4 clan, please post on this thread with your PSN so we know who is joining. We are sometimes getting requests and have no idea who the person is. We are also hoping to use discord as the clan chat so let us know your discord username so we can send you an invite

Wonda-Boy

Any one else got the dreaded crafting bench bug!!!

I have it and my table is stuck at 300-330 level gear. I am in WT4 and I am 454 GS, luckily enough the mods scale with the player but its a giant pain in the hoop. I have all the parts collected for the chatterbox SMG and cant make the gun as it would only be 300-330 level. I have done all missions and side missions and strongholds multiple times both for myself and clan mates.

Its nothing to do with not having enough materials etc etc.


Really hope they fix this soon, apparently someone posted on reddit that they replayed them again with a player just turning lvl 30 and it fixed it for them. So might try that with one of the lads.

Also can you use the blueprint for the exotics more then once? Or can you buy it back if collected?

gimli2112

you have me worried about that bug Wonda. I googled it. I hadn't realised but you can upgrade the work bench at the station. It's not that is it?

ShadowHearth

Guys. I hit level 30 now, but I still fighting sib 30 enemies and hear that drops is just normal level 30. Do I need to progress further to start getting proper level 30 gear with gearscore?
I did main missions, but still have one zone to go to and do settlement missions and strongholds. Do I need to do all those first?

gimli2112

you have to beat the final stronghold which should put you into World Tier 1

bigphil2

EoinMcLovin wrote: »

For people sending invites to the Boards IE PS4 clan, please post on this thread with your PSN so we know who is joining. We are sometimes getting requests and have no idea who the person is. We are also hoping to use discord as the clan chat so let us know your discord username so we can send you an invite

that's Exactly what I did

EoinMcLovin

bigphil2 wrote: »

that's Exactly what I did

Yeah thanks for that

12gauge dave

Just got it downloaded and just got as far as theatre settlement and met the lady with the prosthetic leg. It looks great and feels crisp looking forward to getting stuck in to it tomorrow properly.

Any beginner tips or wisdom i should know before gettibg stuck in?

ziggyman17

I am on xbox, will try and join xbox clan when I get home early next week

Xbox tag is.... BAZ171075