The Division

BTW - this is what happens to me at least once a day (never in the DZ though, but mostly when I take cover)

If I notice I'm starting to sink I quickly roll out of the cover I'm using and try again at the next section of cover (looking at you Lincoln railing outside above Roy :mad:)
 
If I notice I'm starting to sink I quickly roll out of the cover I'm using and try again at the next section of cover (looking at you Lincoln railing outside above Roy :mad:)

Fortunately I have not experienced this. But there are some weird bugs floating around recently.
- Glitch to become invulnerable by rolling through stairs in the contaminated zone right by DZ01 entrance
- Glitching out of the DZ up by the jeep in DZ02(3?)
- Mobile cover glitch that allows you to "teleport" (albeit horizontally in one direction) across the map

All of those can be used by rogues to escape their timers - and work on the PS4. Hopefully with the /report function coming, hackers/cheaters will start getting their comeuppance :p
 
All of those can be used by rogues to escape their timers - and work on the PS4. Hopefully with the /report function coming, hackers/cheaters will start getting their comeuppance :p

No report function on PS4. I got feedback from Massive that although this is considered, they do not have an ETA (was feedback from a support ticket from last week). AFAIK, the reporting is only on PC.

I managed to do another 2 quick Lincoln missions (with one group we did it in under 20min). My initial strategy of rushing past enemies to the tunnel entrance is not ideal. I found that it is faster to clear out the first 2 set of enemies at the start (this gets rid of those pesky snipers which would catch up with you at the tunnel entrance and sometimes they will "get stuck" behind the end-boss and give you a "nice surprise" when you think you are done) and then at the tunnel just do the usual.

Got close to 500 PcX and most blueprints. The one guy yesterday told me that he managed to craft a level 31 chest piece with 3 mod-slots - this almost got me to waste my PcX to try the same. Incursion is out to day and I might try hard-mode to just get a feel for it.

I will avoid the DZ (not sure if that perm-healing bug has been fixed, but I noticed yesterday more and more PS4 players using it). I also had one rogue respawn on me (apparently there is some glitch if you kill yourself/get killed in a certain way and then rezzed you have a "double-life" - that is super enjoying - like the Sunsinger Warlock in Destiny doing a self-rezz in PVP).
 
Thanks for the help Oculate, it was fun, should do it again soon.

I got a sweet ACP 45 last nigh as a blue print, so will try to craft a few to see if any stats changed.

Got my DPS up to 102k for the primary and my health is up to 90k now.
So we are making progress.
 
So the update seems to be in the ballpark of 4 - 4.7gb today and the servers will be down for about three hours
 
No report function on PS4. I got feedback from Massive that although this is considered, they do not have an ETA (was feedback from a support ticket from last week). AFAIK, the reporting is only on PC.

I managed to do another 2 quick Lincoln missions (with one group we did it in under 20min). My initial strategy of rushing past enemies to the tunnel entrance is not ideal. I found that it is faster to clear out the first 2 set of enemies at the start (this gets rid of those pesky snipers which would catch up with you at the tunnel entrance and sometimes they will "get stuck" behind the end-boss and give you a "nice surprise" when you think you are done) and then at the tunnel just do the usual.

Got close to 500 PcX and most blueprints. The one guy yesterday told me that he managed to craft a level 31 chest piece with 3 mod-slots - this almost got me to waste my PcX to try the same. Incursion is out to day and I might try hard-mode to just get a feel for it.

I will avoid the DZ (not sure if that perm-healing bug has been fixed, but I noticed yesterday more and more PS4 players using it). I also had one rogue respawn on me (apparently there is some glitch if you kill yourself/get killed in a certain way and then rezzed you have a "double-life" - that is super enjoying - like the Sunsinger Warlock in Destiny doing a self-rezz in PVP).


incursions only have two modes, hard and challenging. the dev's recommend that your team doesn't try the challenge mode till they have full sets of gear from hard mode.
 
Got close to 500 PcX and most blueprints. The one guy yesterday told me that he managed to craft a level 31 chest piece with 3 mod-slots - this almost got me to waste my PcX to try the same. Incursion is out to day and I might try hard-mode to just get a feel for it.

Max I have is 2 mod slots. Bare in mind you lose stats like +Dmg to Elites/+Protection from Elites/Armor when aiming for mod slots.

It's a 5gb update, I'll be starting it at 4pm... I hope I can run at least one Incursion attempt this evening!
 
Max I have is 2 mod slots. Bare in mind you lose stats like +Dmg to Elites/+Protection from Elites/Armor when aiming for mod slots.

It's a 5gb update, I'll be starting it at 4pm... I hope I can run at least one Incursion attempt this evening!

The kid already confirmed that the update is down (PS4) and he just said that he tried incursions and gave up.

I have not focused much on mods as even my base gear has such a horrible stat-roll. I must have wasted a good 700-800 PcX before in crafting specific pieces and never got what I wanted. I find that running Lincoln Tunnel over and over again has a higher chance of dropping the right HE than crafting.

From the new sets I think Striker, Nomad or Tacticians are the ones I would pursue (preference on Striker). It would be great if they could introduce "preset gear/equipment sets" (i.e. you can quickly flick into your "marksman" config (including mods, gear, weapons). Would save a ton of time when re-gearing for specific situations.

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The kid already confirmed that the update is down (PS4) and he just said that he tried incursions and gave up.

I have not focused much on mods as even my base gear has such a horrible stat-roll. I must have wasted a good 700-800 PcX before in crafting specific pieces and never got what I wanted. I find that running Lincoln Tunnel over and over again has a higher chance of dropping the right HE than crafting.

From the new sets I think Striker, Nomad or Tacticians are the ones I would pursue (preference on Striker). It would be great if they could introduce "preset gear/equipment sets" (i.e. you can quickly flick into your "marksman" config (including mods, gear, weapons). Would save a ton of time when re-gearing for specific situations.

That would be an awesome idea.
 
From the new sets I think Striker, Nomad or Tacticians are the ones I would pursue (preference on Striker). It would be great if they could introduce "preset gear/equipment sets" (i.e. you can quickly flick into your "marksman" config (including mods, gear, weapons). Would save a ton of time when re-gearing for specific situations.

Striker/Sentry for me

The Tactician's set bonuses are so lackluster its depressing, I won't bother playing with it until I get all 4 pieces and am bored enough to try it out :p

4k Skillpower as a 2 set bonus compared to 30% Headshot Damage or 20% Armor Damage... Let me roll 5.7k SP on my backpack :whistle: If I was able to roll 20% Enemy Armor Damage on a single piece of gear, I'd say the same thing with Striker but I can't... this should be a % value instead of a flat value

20% Skill Haste (reduces cooldowns)... High SP already does this to the point where it hard caps the skill cooldown (Pulse maxes at 20sec cooldown) or you could exploit Triage and really not bother with any CDR
 
or you could exploit Triage and really not bother with any CDR

I have been running triage for a couple of days and this works really well. The whole overhaul of crafting and the HE- and hourly supply drops in the DZ (coupled with the poor loot-tables and stat-rolls) will make DZ a pure PITA with the latest patch. More so than it currently is: I wander into the DZ to fight a number of high-level NPCs, avoid being slaughtered by rogues, descend into The Pit or subway to open loot chests (which require DZ keys to open) to then only find some crappy purple mod or some low-level armor/weapon (which I then still need to extract - again, let's avoid getting slaughtered and if you do, try not to cry too much about losing 3K DZ exp and all your loot... and then rinse & repeat).

The worst part about the loot drops and the stat rolls are the boosts to some talent I will never ever use (I hate the turret and will probably never use the ballistic shield) which will then leave me with the option to either shred it for matts or re-roll the turret stat, hoping that I get something else (and then it is either choice of turret, ballistic shield or some other arb stat which has no merit). I must have run Lincoln Tunnel about 30 times from Friday (at 30 min it's fairly quick and not as sweaty as doing DZ with at least a guaranteed outcome of a HE) and have not received a single HE which has a good enough stat-roll (at least I could salvage for HE matt).

Since I am an ex-Destiny player, I am used to the idiot RNG (I played Destiny since the beta and only got Gjallarhorn one week before TTK - now that sucked) and I just hope that Massive is not going down the same road as Bungie (who here was part of the forever-29 club or the nowadays forever 319-club). I must say that I enjoy the Division match-making (I hated the whole Destiny LFG part even for simple Nightfall strikes) and I just hope that those new missions can be done with pugs (although I would guess that the chances of getting kicked off an incursion by some retard will be substantially higher now).
 
Heard from the kid that the DZ after the patch has turned into a major GTA Online free-for-all slaughter fest. Rogues everywhere and supply drops are full of rogues. People camping out at high-end bosses waiting for other teams to pick up HE gear only to then sticky-bomb/wipe everyone. He also said that gear is now a few hundred PcX (it does sound those are gear sets - I didn't ask for more detail, as it really drags out the work-day right now).
 
I dont mind the now and then Rogue but if it will become a camping fest to pray on the wounded after a heated battle with NPC's, that in it self is just low.
But then again that is the nature of the beast I guess.
Dont wander in the DZ alone anymore I guess
 
I dont mind the now and then Rogue but if it will become a camping fest to pray on the wounded after a heated battle with NPC's, that in it self is just low.
But then again that is the nature of the beast I guess.
Dont wander in the DZ alone anymore I guess

I rate that it will be like this for a day or two, cause the concept of all these golds dropping is still new to everyone. After time I am sure it will die off.

Personally I don't mind the fact that they there will be an increase in PvP. Bring a new dynamic to the game. Kind of like Dayz did when I first started playing.
 
I dont mind the now and then Rogue but if it will become a camping fest to pray on the wounded after a heated battle with NPC's, that in it self is just low.
But then again that is the nature of the beast I guess.
Dont wander in the DZ alone anymore I guess

Ha! I did that.

Wasn't a pleasant experience at all :o
 
Ntn, I have sent you a request..... I hope it was you as there is a few Newton777's do you have a account in the states?

apologies, been away at the coast for the weekend :)

I did accept a few requests, and yes, it is newton777
 
Can a PC player explain - http://imgur.com/8XRKaFW

Thats Lexington... and the group member looted a Set item???

Full disclosure, console players don't have a chat window/loot notification window showing what party members loot :o
 
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