so, everything has mitigation right? status builds have haz pro, skill builds have jammer, but what about weapon builds? well the only thing I can think of is skill builds. skill builds are the mitigation for weapon builds and that's the real reason most PVPers complain about them. Look at the Shrapnel trap for example, it directly combats the way weapon build players rush in at you, and they absolutely hate it because of that. skill builds force a more tactical and cover-based play-style. The meta weapon builds are the exact opposite, all they do is put up their shield and shoot. Then they complain when skill builds put them down and claim skill builds are OP. when in reality, it's weapon builds that are OP. Weapon builds can have tons of armor plus a shield and still melt people no prob, skill builds at the max can have 913k armor, excluding things like the kard and the memento. technically you could put more armor on a skill build but since skill tiers are more than just damage you basically need skill tier 6. skill builds can be mitigated with jammer or by destroying their skills. weapon builds can only be mitigated with distance and maybe riot foam or a blinder. but if someone with more than 1 mil armor goes rogue and pulls out a shield right by you and you're a skill build there's basically nothing you can do.

So now that I am farming the DZ a lot I've noticed a trend: guys that hide and do nothing while you clear Heroic landmarks, then when you're killing the named boss at the end and are at your most vulnerable (and most distracted) they turn rogue and shoot you in the back, then finish what little is left of the boss.

OK, the kill I don't care about, but what steams me is that after all that "work" you lose all of the rewarded mats, and he gets them for doing next to nothing (but being cowardly).

I realize this is barking at the moon and will change nothing, but whomever made the decision: this is a really, really stupid idea. What were you thinking?

Rather than follow the normal meta builds, I kinda pieced this one together on my own, thinking about my particular play style.

All three green pieces are HF, rolled for max 170k armor and max 12% CHD for the attribute. All gear mods are CHD mods between 11-12% or the one CHC at 6% in the chest.

You can see the chest, backpack and holster stats below, and my build stats at bottom. With the Cold Relations I am running almost 54% CHC and 148% CHD, and with the Scorpio 43% and 138%, respectively.

All pieces (including weapons) are fully optimized with the sole exception of the backpack, which is a recent addition (and I ran out of optimization mats). Once it's done I'll have another 1.4% CHC on all weapons and 2M armor.

I am not certain about the Opportunistic talent. It works on shotgun-only kills but the 5 seconds is nearly half over by the time I swap to another weapon. Still, it slays for up-close kills.

I also have fully optimized Lady Death and The Mop to swap out on the two primary weapons. I go back and forth trying to decide which I like better.

Oh, skills are Defender drone and shield, of course. With 0 skill tier both are incredibly weak though...

Now, I know that Striker's Battlegear (SB) is not very popular in TD2 in general and stands in great contrast with what it was in TD1.
But, I have a bunch of god-rolled pieces and I wanted to give it a go.
The build is pretty basic (see below). It's made for automatic weapons, but can be used with Rifles or Shotguns (not sure is very good for MMRs).
This configuration is best for ARs and SMGs. Goes well with Carbine 7 modded for CHC, or any other AR with reasonable accuracy. SMGs for CQB... Dark Winter is a beast.
I would keep only 3 SB pieces for LMGs (accuracy is not great and you lose lots of SB stacks) and add Contractor's Gloves for that scenario. Imagine Bullet King with +15% handling and ROF, it's fun!
Speaking of which, this is not meant to be "the best" of anything, just a fun build.
Let me know what you think.

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Okay, so, I Know that Kenly College is a event that is limited, but, to me, it seems like, the reward is minimal.

If the one rifle is all you get, that's kind of petty for having to do all the work to earn all golds on the Mastery's with exception to having bragging rights ( which is effectively zilch in gaming terms )

Kenly needs to be opened up 100% instead of the small time frames that it is.

i see there is no way to get a photo mode shot with your character holding or even sighting their weapon, can we get this please? id like to take some shots while sighting and holding my weapons, not just standing there arms bulged out.

Anyone noticed that the enemies that shoot rockets have become heatseeking rockets?

If i remember correctly that once you see the symbol of the rocket from the enemy being charged that it will hit the spot you are in where the charge begun.....seems not so now.

I thought i was imagining things but it seems even when you move from that spot it follows you.....i.e direct hit even though i moved completly away from the area.

I do have a video but i'm waiting for it to upload, this seems to happen a lot more often, before i could avoid getting hit by it but now it feels like a 75% chance of being hit by his rocket no matter what.

They feel like a seeker mine seeking me out 😆

Do you think stealth could play a role in future Division games?

For example, using a suppressed weapon to stealthily eliminate enemies at a Control Point (until someone witnessed a kill or found a body). Or stealthily dropping a few enemies at any location before things go loud?

Imagine you’ve got a few enemies standing around a radio broadcast and suddenly one of them drops from a sniper round… the rest of them run for cover but aren’t sure where the shooter is. 🙂

It could also be cool if you clear a room stealthily (without the enemies getting a shot off) and that means there’s no need to deal with subsequent waves of enemy reinforcements spawning in. In most cases, this would probably only be possible with a full coop team all using suppressed weapons.

I think it would require that unalerted enemies without helmets go down with one head shot.

Thoughts?

OK, gang, I need your help.
I'm trying to put together an Healer / DPS build.

Here's my first attempt:

THE BUILD
Specialization: Technician (for the extra Skill Tier)

Mask: Ceska (for the CHC)
Backpack: Hana-U
Chest: Fenris (for the AR Damage)
Gloves: Wyvern (for the Skill Damage)
Holster: Alps Summit (for the Repair Skills)
Kneepads: Fox's Prayer

Talents: Combined Arms + Spotter

Primary Weapon: Carbine 7 + Reformaion
Secondary Weapon: M1A CQB + Reformation

Skills: Assaut Turret + Restorer Hive

THE STATS
Skill Tier: 6
CHC (Carbine 7): 58,4%
CHD (Carbine 7): 105%
Repair Skill (on mods and attributes): 100%

I am an avid user of the oxidizer chem launcher so this is a real problem for me. accidentally killing my self with my own skills is just the worst. And it's not even consistent, you can stand in front of your turret no problem and friendlies are completely unaffected. I shouldn't be able to melt myself faster than i can melt a normal red enemy on heroic. It does nothing but hurt the experience and makes the player not want to use certain skills in fear of accidentally killing them self.

I say only in PVE because spamming oxi in PVP would be kinda nuts.

So anyone get this goofy thing where as soon as you step out of the checkpoint it instantly reloads and puts you back in? Step out again and it does the same? Sometimes over and over?

I get it when you first FT to a checkpoint it'll sometimes reload to move you to a busier server, but I've had this happen where it seems to get "stuck" in this cycle and I can't get out unless I FT to a different checkpoint. One time it cycled 12 times...

Not sure if this is a bug or what's causing it.