Have been waiting for this as I only need a pair of Hunters Faith classified gloves to complete that set, I love sniping, RNG is being a pain though, I have gotten so far this Global Event:

Backpacks x 5
Holsters x 3
Masks & Kneepads x 2
Vests x 1
Gloves x 0

Have a few days to go so fingers crossed I will get them, I look at it this way the longer I go without getting them the more chance I have to get them, forever the optimist.

I love experimenting with different builds, a PVE one I really enjoy is my Badger Tuff build, it's a tanky build with lots of armor regen but still does plenty of damage. No trouble doing Heroic missions solo, the Safety Distance SMG shoots with laser precision. I'm practically un-killable.

Technician Specialization

Chest : Badger Tuff with Perfectly Unbreakable
Mask : System Corruption
BackPack : Memento
Gloves : Badger Tuff
Holster : Badger Tuff
Kneepads : System Corruption

Weapons:
Safety Distance SMG - Perfect Outsider. After killing an enemy, gain 125% optimal range and 125% accuracy for 10 seconds.
The Mop Shotgun
Alernate weapons: Scorpio or Sweet Dreams Shotguns.

1.7m Armor with over 25% (higher when using The Mop) armor on kill, 60% CHC and 121% CHD, Turret and Striker Drone skills.

@noxious81 I have got exotic gear that I never had before, for example the Chatterbox, I got the pieces of the Chatterbox and crafted it, then opened some of the caches I got prior to doing this and got a Chatterbox. I thought you couldn't get the Chatterbox from a cache until you have crafted one already?

I also opened 4 caches in an area where backpacks were targetted loot, got a Memento, 2 x Acosta's and a Liberty pistol. Didn't have a Memento prior to this.

Not saying this works all the time or its not just luck/coincidence but it worked for me.

The players I despise the most are the ones who complain about other players all the time.

@ellac90 I used to find Heroic too hard, but now it's fairly easy for me to complete Heroic missions solo, just depends on your gear and play style. Now I find Legendary way too hard solo but a lot of people do, it's horses for courses, people complained that Heroic was far too easy so the devs created Legendary, some say that's too easy now. You just can't please everyone.

If I had to rate difficulty on a scale of 1 - 10:

Story = 1
Hard = 2
Challenging = 4
Heroic = 8
Legendary = 16

My son gave me a PS4 a while back and I started playing the Division, and now the Division 2, being a fairly average player, and nearly 70yo, I have experimented with different builds. I came up with this one and don't really know how it works so well but I can literally run through Heroic missions with directives so easily with it, it amazes me how well it works. So if you're an average player and can't even manage Heroic missions without dying and having to restart all the time read on. I have tried ND, HF, and many other builds but this one works the best for me.

Mask = Badger Tuff - Blue
Backpack = Memento
Chest = Badger Tuff with Perfectly Unbreakable and changed to Red.
Gloves = Petrov Defense Contractors Gloves with 8% damage to armor
Holster = Badger Tuff - Blue
Kneepads = Prov Defense

Weapon 1 = The Pestilence - 99k dmg, 38% CHC 103% CHD, 110% HS
Weapon 2 = Classic M1A Rifle with In Sync - 417k dmg, 45% CHC, 118% CHD, 105% HS or The Mop with In Sync

Skill 1 = Striker Drone
Skill 2 = Assault Turret

Technician Specialization, 1.3m Armor, 4 Red, 3 Blue, 2 Yellow

Badger Tuff gives 5% Armor and 10% Armor on Kill, Unbreakable restores all Armor once a minute if needed.

I wish it worked like that in PVE, maybe then I could do Legendary solo.

@moesuvious Either that or his "!" key is stuck down.

Since we have had restricted movements from Covid it's been a good way to pass the time IMO.

@neebanator That does seem to work for some reason, I was doing GWH with backpacks as targetted loot, couldn't get anything to drop until I started changing difficulty levels then got a Memento and an Acosta's on the next two tries.

@rashbak101 Looks like its a slow process.

90% say leave it alone, the tribe has spoken!

@oatiecrumble I followed your link and tried what was suggested on PS4, it works all the time now, thanks.

It's a run and gun set, you have to get up close and personal to make the most of it, you can litterally run through missions with it.

@oatiecrumble You sir are a genius, tried this on PS4 and it works a treat now. Was hit and miss before, and so annoying, now the stacks build up fast when using the ACS 12, then I switch to my M60 both of which have the Technician laser pointer which pulses enemies, I get nearly 1.3 million per head/CHC hit with it now.

The thing about this build is you have to run and gun with it, get up close, might try a shield with the Kingbreaker/ACS 12 next.

I'm on PS4 and it seems to work less than that, can't wait till they fix it.

Another thing I noticed is that if I recalibrate a piece to weapon damage instead of armor, the heartbreaker icon will not appear at all, change back to a piece with armor and it's there again.

I would just like it to work as it should, I can hit enemies time and again using an ACS 12 shotgun equipped with a pulse laser pointer or a Police M4 with the same and get no stacks. Even when getting head shots most of the time it won't stack. Blasted a name boss to death before with the ACS and not one stack. Please fix this ASAP.

And to people who want to nerf everything, not everyone is a Cylon, so why should they cater to the less than 1% who are?

What was it before?

I'm on PS4 and just started using the Heartbreaker build, it's bugged, the stacking is intermittent, sometimes it stacks sometimes it doesn't. And even if I manage get it up to 100% the stacks go down and you can't keep them or get them back up again with head shots, or using the laser pulse. I've watched a few youtube videos and people are using shotguns and the laser pulse, that doesn't work for me. Also saw people using a shield with a shotgun or AR, if I use a shield it won't stack at all. Please make it work like it's supposed too.

What ever the Star Wars game is like it's being reported that it won't come out till 2025 at the earliest.