So I've been playing exclusively solo since earlier this year, and now just passed SHD level 500 and I've tried several different builds... and here's my observation...

I started with an all RED DPS build using a rifle (Artist's Tool) and while it was effective, I can no longer play it... it's just not good.

My most powerful builds that make the game a lot easier are:

The key here is being able to eliminate a lot of enemies very quickly. Is that what you guys find as well?

Is there a build I've overlooked that also feels OP?

Been going on for 2-3 weeks where division 2 has all these problems, to begin with it takes forever to load in game if it loads into the game at all. 80% of the time loading gets stuck between 9 and 46 percent and wont move anymore, the game nor system is not frozen everything still functions it just doesnt process or something. I randomly get stuck and blurry from loading textures issues in game i get stuck in like this invisible box where i cant move out of a certain area at all, enemies are invisible, i cant hear anything in game, menus are invisible and or im in a building then everything becomes see through and im walking on air. Ive done the rebuid option 3 times deleted and reinstalled 6 times checked for any and all updates for both system and game, and i just dont know what to do. This is all on ps4 by the way.

New content, new brand, new perfect variant?

I'm considering joining the club that is attempting to ween themselves off Momento. In it's stead, solo, I like Unstoppable Force - which has no perfect variant.

I was thinking they could add an extra stack [5->6], and add 5s to the timer [15s->20s]?

Add a new Brand set that mashes up the Reds.
(1) 5% Damage to Armor
(2) 15% Headshot
(3) 20% Reload Speed

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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Well this isn't encouraging - hangs seem to occur pretty often since the update.

Nice!

The Division Games need offline already. The Division 1 is so dead anymore that unless you either find players in The Underground hub or wait Eons in matchmaking a team is near impossible to form. The player base doesn't even exist in 2021. The Division 2 is on the decline because of failed promises for new content. Thier a dead and dieing game ex-franchise. They can still have online qualities but need to be redone like Ghost Recon: Breakpoint with AI companions. Ubisoft can't even say it would be a lot of work because all they would need to do is use the same code for the AI just with minor tweaks. Keeping these games Online only is like beating a dead horse and showing just how out of touch Ubisoft is with the gameing community. Most of us don't even play online all the time and actually enjoy being able to play our games in peace without a 6 year old kid or some 20 year old tweaker trying to tell us how to play our game even if they never played before. (Going off topic here in 3...2...1...) Also Ubisoft, stop trying to be SJW you completely ruined your E3 segment and were literally the laughing stock worst than anyone else (watch 90% of your reviews on your E3 on youtube) you bombed out guys....horribly (and no that's not a good thing). Can we please get back the old Ubisoft back before you decided Uplay and online only was actually a good idea when in reality it was just an all around bad idea and before you thought you had to be politically correct in your game creation. (Back on topic) The Division has no place being online only anymore not when the community died a long time ago but for those players that are still faithful to it that doesn't mean shutdown the servers because then you will get one grand prize of gamers backlashing, just give it an offline mode and stop acting like you had a great idea with that online only BS because.....just no....it wasn't it was a....💩 idea.

As the title says, I'm looking for alternate ways to get those named items. I'm the most interested in "The Gift", which I had with bad rolls and destroyed in my earlier days before realizing that it is a DZ-only item.
The options, just two or three:

My question - if I had it before, is there any chance the item will drop in targeted loot LZ missions or CPs? Same for the Summit farming the brand?

Thanks

Is there much use for a grenade build? Like Demolitionist with the mortar turret and Mad Bomber chest talent and maybe Acosta’s bag? Anyone done this? Is it useful? What weapons synergize with this?

Too bad there’s no AR with an M203 attachment.

Does this now become routine in TD2 after they try to fix something specific and end up breaking multiple items instead of fixing one thing. When I last followed TD2 they wanted to fix all of the crying done in the DZ because this meta was making me cry and everyone was using corrosive, etc. Now the newest belly ache for pvp is the naughty shrapnel trap.... I forgot, how many concurrent players are there in TD2? How many of those players actually play in the DZ as opposed to the NORMAL PvE areas? I'm not counting content creators who go into the DZ to create their "I made this team cry or whatever" videos.

Basically what I'm saying is yes, a patch to fix the Shrapnel Trap... Some dev said "I'm looking at you shrapnel trap" has now possibly screwed over a lot more people than the sweatys in the dz. Kudos to the pvp players who just kept playing and didn't cry to their mommy when they got their knee scratched from a bully at school. Imagine enduring the shrapnel trap or losing 4k hours plus of content and more from a lost character.

Hope it gets resolved because I have seen how many people are effected and Ubisoft are completely understaffed and unwilling to properly address TD2. The graphics issue on pc has been MONTHS in the works. No word on fartland either.