The Division

[Oculate]

On a slightly different note, was really hoping for more fleshed out details regarding 1.2 in teh SotG today.

There was a fair amount said

https://www.reddit.com/r/thedivision/comments/4htt6h/04052016_state_of_the_game/

I'm holding off the hype for now but any improvements to the loot system are a good thing

It's some M1A HE with +150% headshot damage - has a fairly good roll and I think it was 30K base damage - far superior to the Tenebrae (sp?) I used before. The sniper and the Aug melt throw enemies in DZ6. Despite my 82K health and 16K electronics I was one-shot recked in the DZ by a DZ-level99 guy. No idea how this was possible, but I generally find that I take enormous damage against real players in DZ (compared to Level32 NPC).

Take a look at the Custom M44 Blueprint (BoO pxc vendor) if you do want a hard hitting sniper

The only key talent you're after is Brutal (headshot damage)... Balanced is nice, but it'll get toned down in 1.2 to only affect the first shot instead of all the shots currently

In light of how DZ agents melt you, what is your armor mitigation sitting on? Bare in mind that players can frequently OHK you if they get a crit head shot

 

[Acid0]

Was just cruising the DZ last night to get to my level 50 (dont spend too much time there) but I need more gears.
I had striker knee pads and also bought Sentry man did the sentry boost my weapons and stamina credentials nicely.

So I am looking for more Sentry stuff at this point but I see most of the stuff you only get in incursion, you can buy about two to three gear sets a the pxc vendor but that's about it the rest you can only obtain in incursion.

So far every incursion I tried was a failure due to people leaving or just dont have a clue what they actually doing.
This one guy stayed in the top control room firing enemies only to see that he is actually standing behind one of the windows and only shooting the window constantly.

So if any of you doing incursion this weekend on PS4 send an invite please.

 

[Acid0]

Was just cruising the DZ last night to get to my level 50 (dont spend too much time there) but I need more gears.
I had striker knee pads and also bought Sentry man did the sentry boost my weapons and stamina credentials nicely.

So I am looking for more Sentry stuff at this point but I see most of the stuff you only get in incursion, you can buy about two to three gear sets a the pxc vendor but that's about it the rest you can only obtain in incursion.

So far every incursion I tried was a failure due to people leaving or just dont have a clue what they actually doing.
This one guy stayed in the top control room firing enemies only to see that he is actually standing behind one of the windows and only shooting the window constantly.

So if any of you doing incursion this weekend on PS4 send an invite please.

 

[Oculate]

So if any of you doing incursion this weekend on PS4 send an invite please.

I can organize an HM run for you this weekend, where if we get any of X set we can pass them onto you, if you're keen?

We don't take HM seriously any more so there may be stupid wipes ...but we'll all be on chat either in game or in a PS party

 

[PhreeMe]

There was a fair amount said

https://www.reddit.com/r/thedivision/comments/4htt6h/04052016_state_of_the_game/

I'm holding off the hype for now but any improvements to the loot system are a good thing

Not ENOUGH was said. It's great to get everyone's hopes up by saying that PvE will be addressed, but how? If it's more of the same, then that's not actually what I want to hear, and more why some of those points needed more flesh in the answer.

In light of how DZ agents melt you, what is your armor mitigation sitting on? Bare in mind that players can frequently OHK you if they get a crit head shot

Yea you can still fairly easily be one-shotted by someone who has a decently rolled DMR, in a team where someone is running highish Electronics to boost the crit chance and damage of Pulse. I think you needed to have 120k life with 60% mitigation to NOT be one-shotted by such an group.

I am currently at 82k life, 64% mitigation, and am very close to being killed by one shot of a DZR 60 player.

 

[Oculate]

Not ENOUGH was said. It's great to get everyone's hopes up by saying that PvE will be addressed, but how? If it's more of the same, then that's not actually what I want to hear, and more why some of those points needed more flesh in the answer.

Anything > nothing in my opinion

Previously when Bullet King was 'fixed', they kept relatively quiet only saying 'non-DZ bosses something something 1.2'

Now that they've confirmed this via yesterday's SotG

1.2: "The removal of bullet king and "love for PvE" will return in 1.2"

Now we wait for the release date announcement, wait for them to flesh out the PvE updates then decide whether we want to continue playing

Yea you can still fairly easily be one-shotted by someone who has a decently rolled DMR, in a team where someone is running highish Electronics to boost the crit chance and damage of Pulse. I think you needed to have 120k life with 60% mitigation to NOT be one-shotted by such an group.

I am currently at 82k life, 64% mitigation, and am very close to being killed by one shot of a DZR 60 player.

120k hp is a 3500+ stamina requirement...you'd end up butchering your ability to do damage for solo play going this route :erm:

 

[Oculate]

Full breakdown of 04/05/16 SotG covering 1.2

1.2 Updates
These are general bullet-points that have been stated about the 1.2 update, more detailed information about fixes and loot are further down.

No Date on that yet, but it is in the testing phase
There will be a new Daily Mission system that will fix the current problem with the missing dailies
Testing is very important to not repeat the 1.1 problems and that it is rock-solid this time
New Dark Zone 200 Bracket for Gear Score 200 players with higher-level enemies and better loot
Dark Zone 200 Bracket has the best quality loot and good chance to get 204 items and 240 Gear Sets
There will be 3 Dark Zone Brackets: -160 / 160+ / 200+
Dark Zone 200 Bracket will only have High End Division Tech
Dark Zone 200 Bracket will have 32 – 34 NPCs
Open World / PVE will also get an update with more activities (currently unknown)
New Dark Zone Activities (still unknown)

1.2 Confirmed Fixes
Reckless fixed
One is None
Mission Doors not Opening after Matchmaking
Base of Operation Wings not activating

Sometimes bug fixes need a client-side update, and while all fixes that can be done server side are pursued when they are possible, sometimes it just needs a client-side patch. This is why they put so many fixes in the 1.2 update.

1.2 Loot
They made some changes to get people away from crafting but as of now, they are only half-way there
High ends drops are more common now but the quality is still low and it is still difficult to get good quality loot - especially in the Dark Zone
The whole Idea behind 1.2 is to be more generous with loot in terms of quality and quantity
Looting should become the main-source of your equipment and not crafting
There will also be less Gear-Mod drops
Better and more weapons drops (because they can't be recalibrated)
Hard Mode / Challenge Missions and Incursions will drop better loot, so that the activity is more rewarding
All Dark Zone Brackets get better loot, so that you can gear up your char better
More Gear Set drops from the Supply Drops in the Dark Zone

1.2 Balancing
No Nerfs / just buffs
Balance Weapon Talent is broken – It should only give you a buff when you switch from hip-fire to shoulder. Right now you get always the balance buff – but this will be fixed. This way it will be most useful with bolt-action-rifles
more details are unknown at this point.

 

[GreyBush]

Full breakdown of 04/05/16 SotG covering 1.2

Good stuff there, was getting sick of taking a stash full of 163 GS items and de constructing them. How will the 200+ area work will you not be able to match make with someone in that bracket or will you be put into their bracket when entering the DZ?

 

[Acid0]

I can organize an HM run for you this weekend, where if we get any of X set we can pass them onto you, if you're keen?

We don't take HM seriously any more so there may be stupid wipes ...but we'll all be on chat either in game or in a PS party

Cool I will look out for you and we can have a go at it

Thank You

 

[Oculate]

Cool I will look out for you and we can have a go at it

Thank You

Cool man, I'll PSN message you tomorrow evening/Saturday and we can arrange it

 

[MagicDude4Eva]

Take a look at the Custom M44 Blueprint (BoO pxc vendor) if you do want a hard hitting sniper

In light of how DZ agents melt you, what is your armor mitigation sitting on? Bare in mind that players can frequently OHK you if they get a crit head shot

Tks - will have a look at the M44. My current mitigation sits at around 55-60% and HP is 81K. I do attribute most of the issues with lag. There are times when I will need to empty a clip of my Aug (with 250K DPS) into the head of a veteran-lvl32 there are other times where I can take out 2-3 before reloading (mag-size is 49). In daily hardmode I can wipe an endboss with half a clip and in CM mode (i.e. Lincoln) I can wipe him out with a full clip - but even there it varies.

Sometimes it does feel like the game is not attributing as much damage to enemies as it should. Prime example was Incursion HM yesterday where I normally wipe out the drones in the tunnel with two mags on the Aug - yesterday it felt like I was doing almost no damage (and it has nothing to do with running pulse or load-out). I think the game on PS4 is just "erratically" broken.

 

[PhreeMe]

Anything > nothing in my opinion

Previously when Bullet King was 'fixed', they kept relatively quiet only saying 'non-DZ bosses something something 1.2'

Now that they've confirmed this via yesterday's SotG

I'm sure we can all agree on any communication being better than none. However when the fairly explained point about "how crafting shouldn't be your primary source of loot" paired with "better loot" amounted to what we have now, I feel that they OWED us more of an explanation. 1.2 is still only in testing, so I know they have time to flesh out the details, I am just far more wary of their sales pitches

120k hp is a 3500+ stamina requirement...you'd end up butchering your ability to do damage for solo play going this route :erm:

Indeed. Or you'd need well rolled gear and mods with +health on them. It's why we will always be at risk of the one-shot, as until they make tanking a "thing" in the Division, no one will sacrifice the other stats for the sake of HP.

 

[Oculate]

I am just far more wary of their sales pitches

Agreed

Practically everyone is now wary of any pitches after the 1.1 crafting nerf was supposed to be a 'good' thing

I'm not throwing my hands up just yet, since it definitely feels like Massive are taking steps to improve the game slowly but surely

 

[Acid0]

Ps4's hit ratio is a bit wonky.

Sometimes you get elites going down fairly easy, next one shot kills you and you can empty a clip in the guy with no luck.


Where can I buy the AUG blueprint.
BoO or the vendor in DZ 6 in the church dont have it

 

[medicnick83]

Ps4's hit ratio is a bit wonky.

Sometimes you get elites going down fairly easy, next one shot kills you and you can empty a clip in the guy with no luck.


Where can I buy the AUG blueprint.
BoO or the vendor in DZ 6 in the church dont have it

I can't help you with the PS4 version - there is no AUG BP available on PC, the only new BP's that showed up on Friday are the First Wave M1A and a Shotgun which is available at the DZ3 (the safe house opposite the safe house near to the library) and they are 250k +- each.

 

[Acid0]

I can't help you with the PS4 version - there is no AUG BP available on PC, the only new BP's that showed up on Friday are the First Wave M1A and a Shotgun which is available at the DZ3 (the safe house opposite the safe house near to the library) and they are 250k +- each.

I bought one of the custom snipers Saturday nigh at one of the vendors for about 50k was not to bad of a rifle.

There were previously a stock one at the BoO and some people mentioned there was a blueprint also.
But it seems that they have rotated them.

Anybody uses a AUG did you just pick it up as part of your loot?
I got one last night in the DZ (think DZ 5 or 4) but the base damage is about 9.2k with an overall DPS of about 156k(but that is more due to my mods)

What does your base damage looks like?

 

[MagicDude4Eva]

Ps4's hit ratio is a bit wonky.

Sometimes you get elites going down fairly easy, next one shot kills you and you can empty a clip in the guy with no luck.


Where can I buy the AUG blueprint.
BoO or the vendor in DZ 6 in the church dont have it

I have the same issue on PS4. Last week a fairly good roll of the Aug (with 11,7K base damage) was at BoO. I am using that one (GS204) and have 252K DPS - when going into the DZ I will sometimes empty a full clip into the head of a lvl32 and it barely takes the shield off. Some time later I will take down a Level32 with half a mag. At times I can go through 2-3 Lvl32 purples with one mag and other times one is barely enough. This is not a distance or aim issue, I think it is either a bug or lag.

Some enemies are horribly overpowered. In DZ6 (at the entrance with the flame guy) - he will singe you to a crisp from a distance (I have 82K health). Then there is the shot-gun boss who will one-shot drop your health to 1 bar from 8 car-lengths away. I noticed the same in Russian Consulate over the weekend - was a major PITA with shot-gunners taking other players out from a good 15m.

 

[Acid0]

I have the same issue on PS4. Last week a fairly good roll of the Aug (with 11,7K base damage) was at BoO. I am using that one (GS204) and have 252K DPS - when going into the DZ I will sometimes empty a full clip into the head of a lvl32 and it barely takes the shield off. Some time later I will take down a Level32 with half a mag. At times I can go through 2-3 Lvl32 purples with one mag and other times one is barely enough. This is not a distance or aim issue, I think it is either a bug or lag.

Some enemies are horribly overpowered. In DZ6 (at the entrance with the flame guy) - he will singe you to a crisp from a distance (I have 82K health). Then there is the shot-gun boss who will one-shot drop your health to 1 bar from 8 car-lengths away. I noticed the same in Russian Consulate over the weekend - was a major PITA with shot-gunners taking other players out from a good 15m.

So you got the AUG blueprint from the BoO. Will keep looking if I can find it as it is a fun gun, my clip is just a bit small at the moment.

I also saw the Russian mission, the first wave just taking everyone out, does not matter what your level or gear set was

 

[Oculate]

So you got the AUG blueprint from the BoO. Will keep looking if I can find it as it is a fun gun, my clip is just a bit small at the moment.

The AUG everyone talks about was on sale at the BoO PxC vendor a couple resets back - it was not a blueprint, but a 820-850 PxC purchase

 

[Doom5003]

I can't help you with the PS4 version - there is no AUG BP available on PC, the only new BP's that showed up on Friday are the First Wave M1A and a Shotgun which is available at the DZ3 (the safe house opposite the safe house near to the library) and they are 250k +- each.

Bud im sure you bought that First Wave M1A BP so when you making me one