I was thinking of a new design for the loading screen.

Crashes to window view and hangs. Nothing reported in Event Viewer and in task manager - not responding.

I would imagine with each crash there is more chance of corrupting files and the situation getting worse.

It's a faulty product!

Unplayable!

Likewise I have been experiencing the slow startup and choppy/low frame-rates. Currently trying to re-run the first two manhunts and the game is unplayable, crashing only a minute or two after play. The last crash, was mid-traveling to the bounty target on the map.

I have removed the shader cache folder and verified game files, but this makes no difference.

The game is bugged. The out of the ordinary low choppy frame rates seem to me to be an indicator of that — not good!

I was prepared to put up with a few bugs here and there, even the occasional crash. However it got to a point where 5-10 minutes in and the game would crash to windowed mode and freeze.

I have tried all the procedures, deleting shader cache, verifying files, shutting down background applications, switching off notifications, installing latest and previous nvidia drivers etc.

I have or had the game running lowest settings, max temps on my laptop were around 65c (getting colder here), 1660 ti gpu in the main hovering around 900mhz and topping out at 1200mhz, so not breaking a sweat.

Nothing has rectified the issue.

You could really do with hiring the services of game testers, preferably remotely and on different spec rigs.

Anyway reluctantly the game is now uninstalled. The game in it's current state really is not fit to be sold.

Killed two rogues on Floor 11 by the skin of my teeth

@V4MPiR1 Thanks for the good advice

So we're just going to remain silent on this, Ubisoft representatives? This update has caused some horrendous issues with players losing expertise levels on everything, items losing attributes, assault rifles losing assault rifle damage, etc... and "Mum's the word"?

I was thinking the same. The famas is often my go to AR. They rarely drop for me and when they do are usually poor rolls, so having a good one that has been optimised and expertise added is a prized possession for me. It also appears that not everyone has been effected, which puts those that have at a distinct disadvantage for PVP.

I have just paid for the season and as @T-H-U-D-D has pointed out, could we please get a response?

@AgentOfDread
> +50% Pulse Resistance from Specialization, +40% Pulse Resistance from 3-Piece System Corruption, and get the rest from Pulse Resistance Mods. Boom, you just removed all of their damage.

According to this video, that doesn't remove stacking with head shots, even with 130% pulse resistance.

Just to confirm, melee works.

Just to add, experiencing the same issues. Dell laptop i7 9750h 1660ti, turbo boost disabled, max temps 70c.

I have tried various things, updated bios, updated drivers, I have tried various nvidia drivers and run various stress tests successfully, have verified files, uninstalled the game completely, downloaded and installed again — I'm still experiencing crashes.

The jeopardy should be can I survive to the end of the mission, not will it crash before I get there!

Used to be absolutely solid, but is now unplayable.

The fact so many here are reporting these issues and over a recent period of time I would say is indicative that it's not a hardware issue.

@v4mpir1 I've been avoiding going back to the summit, couldn't stomach it. The hunters I did on a couple of masks. This really is joyless lol. Will give it a whirl though, thanks for the feedback:)

I tried out the build as well, it's effective. Just testing it out in the firing range.

Kingbreaker lvl 16 expertise

Crit Dmg 142.4
Crit Chance 59.1

Body 568K
Head 744K

If I swap one of the crit chance mods out for crit dmg

Crit Dmg 154.4
Crit Chance 53.1

Body 596K
Head 770K

As an aside I swapped the mask, holster, gloves and knees out for a four piece striker all red. Much lower armour at 1mil, but been having quite a bit of fun with it.

Body 770k
Head 1140K

Can,t play more than 5 mins... I dunno if it is when Im calling for vikings or if Im agains too many enemies or what but im crashing every game since 3 days ago.

I think you maybe in the wrong part of the forum. Though it did make me chuckle the idea of vikings backing me up in the Division

Just to confirm, melee works.

Regularly 

 memento, coyote, scorpio, lady death, busy bee for PVE builds, hunters, strikers etc

Reasonably regularly

 catharsis with hearbreaker

 ongoing direction, vile mask with pestilence or bluescreen

Rarely
  
 backfire

Never

 sawyers, ninja, BTSU, bloody knuckles, liberty, sweetdreams, merciless, dread edict, nemesis

Don't have Raid exclusives (maybe one day)

I am switching and experimenting with builds regularly.

Haven't tried merciless with braced and striker, interesting

I have a low end laptop with a 1660ti. Previously I was playing vsync off, and all the lowest possible settings, my gpu throttled with Afterburner. I was experiencing constant crashing.

A month ago for the hell of it, I switched back to medium settings and turned on vsync (60fps). In addition I make sure to have task manager open on my second screen, so I can terminate processes, and have easyAntiCheat affinity set to core 10 and 11.

It maybe just coincidental, but since then I have had reasonably stable gameplay.

I have to say though the way this situation has been handled or not handled, has for many been a nail in the coffin for this game — Extremely short sighted.

If you check the known issues board, this isn't even on the radar.

https://trello.com/b/F2RU9ia9/the-division-2-known-issues: (https://trello.com/b/F2RU9ia9/the-division-2-known-issues)

Actually had a decent run yesterday, a few hours of un-interrupted gameplay. Now back to 5 mins, crash and goodbye loot.

The positive is I will get back to doing something more productive than playing this game.

Just returned after a month or so and no change. Gameplay for a bit, go to do a bit of inventory and system locked. Couldn't event ctrl-alt-delete out of it.

Might as well bang your head against the wall with this game.

I was prepared to put up with a few bugs here and there, even the occasional crash. However it got to a point where 5-10 minutes in and the game would crash to windowed mode and freeze.

I have tried all the procedures, deleting shader cache, verifying files, shutting down background applications, switching off notifications, installing latest and previous nvidia drivers etc.

I have or had the game running lowest settings, max temps on my laptop were around 65c (getting colder here), 1660 ti gpu in the main hovering around 900mhz and topping out at 1200mhz, so not breaking a sweat.

Nothing has rectified the issue.

You could really do with hiring the services of game testers, preferably remotely and on different spec rigs.

Anyway reluctantly the game is now uninstalled. The game in it's current state really is not fit to be sold.

Glass half empty, but I suspect the original data for that second attribute is long gone.

I don't have any pictures unfortunately.

Playing on pc, what I did have
170k armour, 10% headshot damage (rolled), 12% crit damage

What I have now.
170k armour, 10% headshot damage (rolled), 14% Repair Skills

Obviously given headshot damage is rolled, I am stuck with the repair skills.

Prior to update 16, I had a nice closer chest piece with max armour, max crit damage with a rolled headshot damage.

Now after the fix I have 14% repair skills in place of what was crit damage.

Farming for keepers is a long winded process, so not over the moon with this. Would be nice to be compensated for the time that went into that.

One positive, I am glad to have my famas with assault rifle damage back.

Thanks