The Division |OT| Backups Activated, Systems Rebooted

No real news to report in the state of the game. Just confirmed ambush again for next week, still no xonex patch and they played some community highlight reals.

Divison shouldn't be affected but Monday Ubi are running some kind of maintenance across their services so there is the possibility of some disconnections but nothing severe and highly likely not to effect divison.

So me and my friend group are looking for a new looter/co-op shooter to play, and we're all thinking about buying the gold edition since it's £25 on PSN right now. I've played it before, and while I did enjoy the little I played, there were sone issues that just turned me off it. I can't remember exactly what they were though. Is the game substantially better than before, and would it be a good 'replacement' for Destiny 2?

Wil348 said:

So me and my friend group are looking for a new looter/co-op shooter to play, and we're all thinking about buying the gold edition since it's £25 on PSN right now. I've played it before, and while I did enjoy the little I played, there were sone issues that just turned me off it. I can't remember exactly what they were though. Is the game substantially better than before, and would it be a good 'replacement' for Destiny 2?

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Yes, perfect time to jump back in. Also while they may feel similar, The Division and Destiny are nothing alike.

Division is a proper loot game, like Diablo 3. You play the content for the loot so you can improve your builds and run the content more efficiently. And also have some fun along the way..

The issues you may have had during the first months of the game launch, like glitches, skills not working, crashes, etc have mostly been fixed. The whole game was reworked and now every activity is rewarding in it's own way.

Ugh, I'm so close to getting my first completed classified set. 5/6 Striker, 5/6 Predator, 5/6 Sentry, 5/6 Lone Star and 4/6 on Reclaimer. D: Thank god someone dropped me a Ninjabike Backpack yesterday, because it's awesome to have more options when combining all those different bits and pieces lol.

I finally get an exotic to drop!!

It's a ninja bag!

But I'm in the DZ...

I go to the extraction zone.

Hook It up.

Less than ten seconds to go!

And 4 rogues come kill me and take my bag.

*shakes fist*

So what talents should I try recalibration my big Alejandro for if i'm going for classified lone star?. I currently have 4/6 pieces. It came with competent and deadly. Want to reroll competent for sure.

Are Incursions worth doing I almost never see players mention them.

chanman said:

Are Incursions worth doing I almost never see players mention them.

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They require a well geared team of 4, so you need to be prepared for that. Ideally one healer (or high skillpower user), two damage dealers and one hybrid/tank, depending on the incursion.

They do reward a lot of end game currency (credits and phoenix bucks), and loot. Heroic incursions also drop guaranteed exotic box. But due to the effort, coordination and gear required, they are usually limited to players with end game gear.

You can totally try them on challenging difficulty with a matchmade group and have a decent chance at beating them.

commish said:

I finally get an exotic to drop!!

It's a ninja bag!

But I'm in the DZ...

I go to the extraction zone.

Hook It up.

Less than ten seconds to go!

And 4 rogues come kill me and take my bag.

*shakes fist*

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/salute
/jumpingjacks

chanman said:

Are Incursions worth doing I almost never see players mention them.

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U should definitely do them. Lost Falcon and Dragon's Nest are the easiest one to PUG. Not much coordinations needed except, bombing the APC on the first one and pushing 2 buttons at the same time in the second one. Rest of the time u just try to stay alive while fighting waves of enemies. Incursions also give free exotics from their caches every week.

Global event #4 incoming. Nice.

Considering setting up a 6 piece deadeye build for the new GE - any sniper recommendations? I've never really bothered with them.

Yeah, I've never really bothered with Snipers as the enemies are on you before you know it.

For a sniper build (well, sniper/shotty) I favor Sentry's if you have the classified set.

Yeah sadly I only have a few Sentry pieces - might make a deadeye build and try it with Fire & Heel, see how that pans out.

Ugh, I thought classified set pieces were a different color - didn't realize it was still green, but with the little file thingy next to the name. I wonder how many pieces I scrapped.

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Ugh, I thought classified set pieces were a different color - didn't realize it was still green, but with the little file thingy next to the name. I wonder how many pieces I scrapped.

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Yeah the lack of effort on the classified pieces is comedy.

It's quite frustrating because I've scrapped dozens of green pieces the last few days. Oh well.

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Considering setting up a 6 piece deadeye build for the new GE - any sniper recommendations? I've never really bothered with them.

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For deadeye the SVD class of marksman rifles are the best.

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It's quite frustrating because I've scrapped dozens of green pieces the last few days. Oh well.

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Depending on what you were doing you could scrap 50 and not one be a classified so dont sweat it.

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Ugh, I thought classified set pieces were a different color - didn't realize it was still green, but with the little file thingy next to the name. I wonder how many pieces I scrapped.

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That's news to me too. So basically I'm at square one for getting the six piece bonus.

I wouldn't lose any sleep over it. The vast vast majority of gear set pieces aren't classified, and only a few of the highest-end activities (DZ bosses, Hunters, Resistance) drop classified gear at a semi-regular rate. The likelihood that you accidentally sold/dismantled a bunch of classified gear is pretty low.

Stay tuned for the next global event, that'll be your best shot to get a full set without an obscene grind

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I wouldn't lose any sleep over it. The vast vast majority of gear set pieces aren't classified, and only a few of the highest-end activities (DZ bosses, Hunters, Resistance) drop classified gear at a semi-regular rate. The likelihood that you accidentally sold/dismantled a bunch of classified gear is pretty low.

Stay tuned for the next global event, that'll be your best shot to get a full set without an obscene grind

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All I've done is DZ and UG! :'(

Alas, life will go on. GE coming soon as you said!

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That's news to me too. So basically I'm at square one for getting the six piece bonus.

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6 piece bonuses are really the final endgame thing to obtain they are very powerful and trivialize a lot of content. If you just started its a good thing you arent close to getting a set.

I started playing 10 days ago, after a 9 month break.

Day before, I completed 5 classified sets. Missing one piece each for 3 more, and 2-3 pieces for the rest (10 sets total).

If you group up and farm efficiently, it's not impossible.

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I started playing 10 days ago, after a 9 month break.

Day before, I completed 5 classified sets. Missing one piece each for 3 more, and 2-3 pieces for the rest (10 sets total).

If you group up and farm efficiently, it's not impossible.

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9 months is a long time! How did you accommodate yourself to all the new systems and everything? Just play and you eventually picked everything up?

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9 months is a long time! How did you accommodate yourself to all the new systems and everything? Just play and you eventually picked everything up?

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I was already accommodated to them, from when I had left. The major changes (esp to loot) had already been implemented since then.

I had min maxed builds on my character and they were still viable.

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shit, it was almost a year and a half for me, i thrust myself in balls deep, took about 10 hours to get acclimated again

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Did you start a new character or somehow rebuild with an existing character?

having the DZ to yourself is so good. feel like a kid in wonderland, all the div tech is up for grabs, every chest and cache, all the contamination bosses and supply drops. you can freely extract at any point and area. man, it was so good, went in with 0 div tech came out with 500 (which i have burned through already).

got a god roll house. now i just need a classified nomad backpack

also, the pvp feels a lot better in the Skirmish mode than it does in the DZ.

A wish list that i feel would be relatively easy to patch in

• More legendary missions at least 3 with weekly rewards being Classified Cache instead of Exotic Cache
  
• Legendary difficulty for Underground with worthwhile rewards obviously. Legendary Hunter spawns?
  
• Legendary Survival. With no Red enemies only purples and Elites with increased number of named bosses. Basically a very stealth heavy survival mode. Rewards should be high chance for classified or exotic gear survival cache.
  
• Higher Tier HVTs with stricter time limits that have higher chance for Classified gear.
  
• Classified High End armor (no weapons) with higher % on talents and Higher stat ceiling.
  
• Re-balance exotics, Its clear theres no need to be super creative. Simple ways to do more damage, heal ones self, or build damage resistance. Complicated ways to reset cooldowns i feel are too hard to balance out.

If you're not on the ERA Division discord yet...

Thinking about organising a gear up event during the GE.
Help new and returning players jump tiers, get classified sets and complete endgame activities.

Will require experienced agents to volunteer across various timezones and platforms.
There are many here who are already doing this, but let's make an event out of it and involve a lot more players.

Will open a new channel for the event and whoever is interested in participating, can post there.
Would appreciate any feedback and suggestions about this idea..

GE starts on 23/01
Discord link is in the OP, join and invite your friends.

Just finished my first classified set after a guy in my party dropped the last piece I needed. :D Classified Sentry looks really fun to play. Also had some smooth Resistance runs with those guys, getting enough points for 2 caches at wave 8 lol.

Just joined the Discord!

8 manning it up in the DZ




We had 11 of us in the same server at one point. Whole DZ belonged to us.

That was so ridiculous lol. I bet we could fill a server during the GE.

This will be my 1st GE as left the game just before they came out.

Currently running a 4 piece reclaimer but understand that isn't part of the event?

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This will be my 1st GE as left the game just before they came out.

Currently running a 4 piece reclaimer but understand that isn't part of the event?

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U will get Hunter's Faith, Alphabridge, Firecrest and Tactician pieces out of the GE caches from this GE. Gonna be my first one too and I'm praying hard for a full Tactician set. :D

Just tried Survival for the first time (PVE). That was so awesome, a completely different game. Managed to last over an hour, but died in a DZ safehouse to sickness and not enough material to make the flare gun. :( Barely found any medicine in my run either.

Can you put your antivirals on another player's extraction chopper? There was an extraction alert and I briefly pondered whether to run to it, but chose to head to the nearest safehouse instead. Figured I might find medicine on the way, but alas...

Another great night. Managed to finish my Classy Striker set, woohoo! My Showstopper was waiting for it lol. Got a nice PvE one with Destructive and Responsive.

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Just tried Survival for the first time (PVE). That was so awesome, a completely different game. Managed to last over an hour, but died in a DZ safehouse to sickness and not enough material to make the flare gun. :( Barely found any medicine in my run either.

Can you put your antivirals on another player's extraction chopper? There was an extraction alert and I briefly pondered whether to run to it, but chose to head to the nearest safehouse instead. Figured I might find medicine on the way, but alas...

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Survival is amazing, everyone who owns it should try it..

Ruthless said:

If you're not on the ERA Division discord yet...

Thinking about organising a gear up event during the GE.
Help new and returning players jump tiers, get classified sets and complete endgame activities.

Will require experienced agents to volunteer across various timezones and platforms.
There are many here who are already doing this, but let's make an event out of it and involve a lot more players.

Will open a new channel for the event and whoever is interested in participating, can post there.
Would appreciate any feedback and suggestions about this idea..

GE starts on 23/01
Discord link is in the OP, join and invite your friends.

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Hmm, I guess I gotta jump on this and give some time to the Division this weekend.

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8 manning it up in the DZ

We had 11 of us in the same server at one point. Whole DZ belonged to us.

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Nice! Was that PC?

Reddit has a good guide for the Global Event.

https://www.reddit.com/r/thedivision/comments/7s5rn0/the_missing_manual_global_events/

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Nice! Was that PC?

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Ps4

I am going to farm this GE like there's no tomorrow.

Ran DZ last night and ran into a group that terrorizing me and a few players . :(

isn't Negative Ramos still the best?

Got classified lone star gloves today, only 3 more pieces to go! It's really tempting to keep running endless all night just because it's been so damn generous to me. At the same time, I want to set an alarm and hit up the global event at 4am :p

Can't wait to farm out classified alpha bridge and firecrest, that rotating link thing on the 6 piece AB seems amazing on paper. Firecrest is gonna be a game breaker for my MDR loving buddy. The GE is also a good source for exotics right? Maybe I'll finally get a Showstopper or Hungry Hog.