The Division 2 - March 2019

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Had been considering buying this, but never really get a long with shooter type games. With the free weekend, I've put in 16hrs game play and enjoying it, so think I'll take the plunge and buy it. Only really been playing the story so far, because, well, I'm still shocking at it!
 
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Hi. You can boot me from ocuk 2, think I'm bored now. Its a shame, I put in less than half the play time of the first one and I'm reinstalling the first one again because I think its more fun!
 
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Spent most of the weekend on it and really enjoying it. struggling to finish a project need to find another 2 elite true sons. Keep finding hyenas and outcasts
Just look for a couple of True Sons bounties, the named guys are elites.

when you recalibrate a piece of geat whats the little '+x%' under the score figure with the spanner next to it? Thought it was supposed to increase its actual score???
That changed a little while ago. I think now the percentage is just an indicator of how close your are to maxing out the stat.
 
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Just look for a couple of True Sons bounties, the named guys are elites.


That changed a little while ago. I think now the percentage is just an indicator of how close your are to maxing out the stat.
Cheers. I still don't get it :confused: The videos I have looked at don't mention this and its just too confusing. I only wanted to get up to 490 so could take part in a raid :(
 
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TU4 today, new gunner specialisation and a number of spec changes. Looks like a pretty decent sized update.

Cheers. I still don't get it :confused: The videos I have looked at don't mention this and its just too confusing. I only wanted to get up to 490 so could take part in a raid :(

Recalibration no longer boosts gear score, instead you have a calibration score based on how 'maxed' the item is. Each item has a set 'max' roll across all the different attributes, recalibration score means you can't exceed the absolute max overall attributes of an item.

Example

Gloves
11% Assault Rifle Damage
5% Marksman damage

You could recalibrate Marksman, but only to around 8% instead of 11% because the max attributes of the item is 19% across the two attributes (example figures). This would result in:

11% Assault rifle damage
8% Marksman damage

As well as a recalibration score of 100, because you can't roll any higher.

However, say you recalibrate the same original Gloves with 7% Marksman damage, your recalibration score would be lower than 100, because the item isn't maxed.

Hope that makes sense, probably not :p
 
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TU4 today, new gunner specialisation and a number of spec changes. Looks like a pretty decent sized update.



Recalibration no longer boosts gear score, instead you have a calibration score based on how 'maxed' the item is. Each item has a set 'max' roll across all the different attributes, recalibration score means you can't exceed the absolute max overall attributes of an item.

Example

Gloves
11% Assault Rifle Damage
5% Marksman damage

You could recalibrate Marksman, but only to around 8% instead of 11% because the max attributes of the item is 19% across the two attributes (example figures). This would result in:

11% Assault rifle damage
8% Marksman damage

As well as a recalibration score of 100, because you can't roll any higher.

However, say you recalibrate the same original Gloves with 7% Marksman damage, your recalibration score would be lower than 100, because the item isn't maxed.

Hope that makes sense, probably not :p
Cheers :D If that is correct now it will take for-freaking-ever to get to 490-500+. I thought boosting the gear score was the reason for doing this (so the guides told me)?

Don't know if can bothered playing anymore then :(
 
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Cheers :D If that is correct now it will take for-freaking-ever to get to 490-500+. I thought boosting the gear score was the reason for doing this (so the guides told me)?

Don't know if can bothered playing anymore then :(

Best way to get to 490+ quickly is to play with someone who is already that level, loot drops at a higher level for them, they drop it for you = happy days. If I group with someone and they're < 490 I drop all my loot (obviously only the trash, but lets be honest 99.9% of loot is trash ;) ). A guy I was in a 4 man with the other day was 460, by the end of a challenging daily he was 490 :p

The guides about boosting gear score are outdated sadly, this is no longer possible.
 
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meh what a crap update , the amount you have to do to get that new spec (really boring stuff too) but free to season pass holders . Anyway by most accounts the new spec aint worth it.
 
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meh what a crap update , the amount you have to do to get that new spec (really boring stuff too) but free to season pass holders . Anyway by most accounts the new spec aint worth it.

I was thinking the exact same thing. Its annoying as I was looking forward to being Blain from the first terminator film and getting old painless out :D
 
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I stopped playing a while back. The game is fine in isolation but comparing against Div 1 I just don't feel the changes to gear and loot are for the better. I enjoyed the loot grind in Div 1, I enjoyed grinding for classified sets and I enjoyed the build variety between those sets as well as grinding for perfect rolls and shd to recalibrate. I especially miss skill builds...Personally I feel specialisations and skill mods have detracted from the experience and I feel little compulsion to come back as it stands. I'm hoping they have a rethink and come back like Div 1 did with 1.4 onwards.
 
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Cheers :D If that is correct now it will take for-freaking-ever to get to 490-500+. I thought boosting the gear score was the reason for doing this (so the guides told me)?

Don't know if can bothered playing anymore then :(
Do level 4 control points, the loot container in the supply room guarantees GS 500 items.
 
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You mean Blain from Predator ;)

I'm not impressed with the way they have reset the specialization setup, also was hoping that the GS score would be raised to 550 at least. :(

Isn't the 550 GS coming much later? Tbh I'd find it more annoying if they increased the gear score. After spending hours upon hours grinding for decent gear pieces, for it to then be worthless to standard rolls with higher gear score.
 
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Also people please remember, you have to either post on here that you're applying to join the Clan or in the dicord channel. You won't be authorised otherwise (for obvious reasons). Thanks.
 
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Had a few more games last night whilst I downloaded Titanfall2 to replay the campaign. (yes I said I was done with it:D )

Got loads of really high gear drops and nearly at 500 now :) Even a Merciless dropped and had to google it to find out what it was but still can't figure out how to use it properly.

Just my pistol letting me down now :( It is 488 and can't find a better one for the life of me.
 
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