*** The Division Thread 2.0 ***

neil_g said:
Ubisoft Twitter says they're having ongoing issues with services.
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Since Uplay is made and maintained by the same people that got dte reversed and left it broken for weeks, I am not surprised ;p massive... - all banter, all good ;) expected to be fixed in a <48 hr time frame (9 December listed as the date they're hoping it's fixed). Tomorrow's SOTG renamed to state of the shame :p
 
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If he is talking about division, I assume he means EAD? And if it does, it bares no relevance as Uplay isn't maintained by massive, and EAD was in the PTS so doesn't count. :D :D
 
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You're assuming it's a uplay issue. Ubi have only said it's an issue effecting services. Could be network or hardware.

Becides which bits of uplay did massive work on exactly? Front end?
 
TheF34RChannel said:
Quote: Developing and maintaining such a platform (Uplay) is a very diverse task and affects millions of users globally every day. The technology has to be solid and available around the clock.

http://www.massive.se/Portfolio/uplay-pc/

Also, the dte mess up was in 1.1 where the elites did 7% DMG to us players instead ;)

Fear out :D
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wow that seems like a long time ago now! Forgot about that mistake and I don't even think I heard of it until it got fixed. Quite low key compared to the some of the issues that followed however

The outage map is still showing the same as it was ages ago but we got into survival as a 4 man group the quickest we ever have done. Very strange.

@Neil - probably yeah. Considering this seemed a global issue I doubt its housed at massive. And they would probably focus on the division specific bits unless they are expanding (which I think they are atm quite majorly!!)
 
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Mikey C said:
After my last non Division comment I thought I'd better get back on track so here's a build question for you guys.

Currently I run a solo build on my main as follows..AB/Nomad gear, Marksman/AR guns, Pulse, Flame Turret & Tactical Link.

I've levelled up another character but at the moment I'm using pretty much the same build as I'm not sure what else to try.

Can you guys please give me some recommendations for other builds to try that are good for solo PvE content.

Thanks.
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I like 3 preds/3 strikers with the shop bought famas that was in last week if you got it, the stability on strikers counters the loss of mods on the famas, & more EAD is always good :), 4 piece preds isnt worth it, mobs usually dead before bleed ticks.

A lot of people seems to be going frontline lately (aka D3-FNC), not had the right parts to try that yet tho.

Firecrest seems underwhelming compared to my ab & preds setups.

Quite like my sentry, but need to try some other combos outside of HF yet.
 
+1 for 3/3 striker/press - solid build due to the ead. Or even 4 strikers, savage gloves and spec backpack with an ar or lmg. Very strong now.

Or what about an all high end build? I want to do one of them as well :)
 
1.5 has been absolute **** for me in terms of loot and re-rolling.

This sums up my 1.5 experience and Survival can only be fun for so long.

The grind is only good if it rewards you with something decent but compared to 1.3 there is more chance that I will see Pigs flying.

- 130 million spent and I only get 1220 Armour on a Chest
- 70 million and I only get 1241 max Stamina Roll on a Kneepad that isn't even the best.
....and that Barrett's Chest can **** right off, I'm not doing that stupid grind anymore. I'm going to make a support build instead but then again why do I even bother with end game being DZ Multi Groups :rolleyes:

Watch now, the game knows I need Reclaimer pieces and I won't get a single ****ing one.

The Division powered by Mystic Speg

:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes: <---- I threw these in for good measure lol
 
Mikey C said:
After my last non Division comment I thought I'd better get back on track so here's a build question for you guys.

Currently I run a solo build on my main as follows..AB/Nomad gear, Marksman/AR guns, Pulse, Flame Turret & Tactical Link.

I've levelled up another character but at the moment I'm using pretty much the same build as I'm not sure what else to try.

Can you guys please give me some recommendations for other builds to try that are good for solo PvE content.

Thanks.
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As an almost exclusively solo PVE player I have experimented with a number of builds and I have 2 that I am happy with.

My main build is an all HE build:

Chest: Robust, 10% more armour in cover, stamina roll
Mask: Enduring, health continually heals when in last segment, stamina roll
Knees: Accomplished because Prosperous and Perceptive are useless and you do get experience faster, stamina roll
Backpack: Relentless, 5% of damage provided by skills is returned as health, stamina roll
Gloves: Savage, 7% crit chance out of cover, firearms roll
Holster: Nimble, 2% of health is recovered for each metre during a cover to cover move

DPS 215k/Toughness 495k with 53% armour mitigation (I need better armour rolls)/Skillpower 90k with 1 x Electronics mod rolled with armour

G36 (Predatory, Accurate, Destructive)
M60 (Destructive, Predatory, Brutal)

Skills: Tactical Scanner Turret, Airburst Seeker Mine, Recovery Link

Talents: Strike Back, Evasive Action, Chain Reaction, Tech Support

Rationale:

This is a cover-based build that suits my playstyle. Note that it does not use a healing skill, instead I rely on my weapons (through Predatory) and gear (Enduring, Relentless and Nimble) to provide Health and Health Regen.

Predatory is a must, it is the basis of the build as it will provide the bulk of the healing. After all, the game is about killing things and staying alive, and this is what Predatory is all about.

Nimble is great too, I was surprised at how much health regens with Nimble, and linking it with Evasive Action and Robust, I am almost impregnable during a cover to cover move (something that is easy to do and I do a lot).

When it all goes wrong and I’m in that last health segment, Enduring keeps me in play and Strike Back speeds up my skill cooldowns (and thus the speed at which I can get more health). Getting health from offensive skills is great – with Tech Support I can keep my turret up through most encounters and the seekers come back pretty quickly. The turret puts back an almost constant stream of health while the seekers give me a big one-time boost. Synergising Chain Reaction with Relentless, I get 5% of the extra 40% damage back as health…that’s quite a bonus.

Tactical Advance could be substituted for Evasive Action if you wanted a little more stopping power (+2% damage increase for each metre covered during cover to cover), but I wanted more protection rather than offence so went with Evasive Action.

This could be improved with some of the named HE, and if RNGesus is kind and drops something like that, great. I don’t go out of my way to farm a particular event over and over for a drop, just do the content and see what happens. I also need better armour rolls, most of it is in the average or below range…just gives me something else to aim for. With this build I can solo the challenging dailies, HVT’s, LZ Boss farm etc.

The other build is a 3 x Predator, 2 x Striker with a Nimble Holster. Pulse and Airburst Seeker. Similar talents but I do run Tac Advance with this one rather than EA. About 330k DPS/400k toughness/90k skillpower.

Cheers,
 
Much saltiness over a random number generator.

I guess that's what happens when you want one specific outcome over many thousands of possibilities.

Personally I'd rather see what the drops give me and try and factor them into my build than farm a ridiculous amount of attempts for one item. I was teamed with one guy who farmed lex for 5 hours straight yesterday (even the community development hamish is up to 25 lex runs with no barret drop) , that is not fun if you ask me.
 
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That's what I've gone for...quite like it. I'd be interested in your opinion of the build.

Cheers
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Just read over your build and it sounds absolutely amazing :) i particularly like the fact you have built around not needing a healing skill.

Considering you are using nimble for the cover to cover healing have you considered trying to slot in the talent "tactical advance"? It would proc when you are healing cover to cover for the additional damage increase per 1m.
 
Pretty happy with this now. Barretts / Specialized / AB. Need a new M4 so I can get Brutal back, but uncomplicated, unforgiving, destructive, competent and responsive still deals quite a lot of damage especially if the first skill I pop is booster shot. Would like more armour on the chest (and ammo cap) but sod grinding for that damn thing again - I'm happy to wait to see if field caches give me an upgrade. Armour is 12819/53.62% mit - Again, a better chest would let me break 13k but it's not the end of the world and not worth the grind (will change my mind next week I'm sure :D). 55.5% EAD.

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Now going to try this D3-FNC lark.
 
Twirlywoos said:
1.5 has been absolute **** for me in terms of loot and re-rolling.

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+1

Bored of the game now (again)

RNG is just ****ing awful.

I rather them go back to having high end/gear set drop rarely but having better rolls than the **** I get, either:

- electronics AND low armour

OR/and

- utterly **** attributes

Either that or they allow you to re-roll more than 1 thing i.e. able to re-roll the main stat followed by one of the attributes.

Most of the people I play with have stopped again due to the crap drops and like most DLC, it gets boring after a week :(

Steam figures are on the drop again:

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I dont feel bored yet but then Im not farming like mad for anything. I have done about 20 lexi runs overall, but not that many in quick succession and am just going through each of the activities and if something better drops, happy days, if it doesnt, ah well :D lol

My builds arent min maxxed but they are all 55% armour with good stats and I am able to replace 1 bit every day which is good.

For named pieces, I havent had many but im not bothered, they arent the be all and end all of gear.

Its no wonder people are getting bored though, farming the same **** over and over again, and also the same easy **** over and over without challenging themselves.

I would rather work on efficiently and quickly doing incursions, survival PVE, UG with directives and also...survival PVP which I havent completed yet!!
 
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