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Snuffman posted:Build question, I have a skill build I'm quite enjoying but I was looking for thoughts on how I can make it better. the game is in a bad place regarding soloability right now. Hybridizing for damage will probably just make you bad at both skills and gun damage. Like if you don't specialize you'll just end up in a worse spot and no build has all the tools to handle everything right now. I'm not an expert on hardwired but if you're using it you should make the most out of the built in cooldown refresh that comes with it. If you're not using it you're probably better off with a high end skill damage/skill haste build. Do not waste your talents on spark if you're not specced for gun damage. One think you can do as a very slight hybridization is getting yourself one of the weapon bonus pieces like fenris so you get more out of your AR. Since you're running technician you'd still get tier 6.
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wrt to playing the game for the first time the past week during a real pandemic the pandemic parts are less distressing to me but the slow creeping realization that JTF/CERN did a way better job than were currently doing
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Mar 19, 2020 23:11
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I’m all reds and doing fine on challenging for the most part. The only time I die are when the game decides I need to die. This tends to happen in the following ways: - When doing an activity, several other activities will just happen to spawn/wander into where I am and kill me. If I’m doing a control point, then I will absolutely also have to deal with supply convoys and elite patrols. - Also when doing an activity, the additional waves will spawn directly on/behind me because even though most have multiple locations to spawn from, choose the one I’m by means I’ll loving die. - I get caught without ammo because even though my ammo indicator now reads 100, the animation didn’t fully play out and you decided to do literally anything else. guess what idiot turns out you didn’t reload. gently caress you now die. - Hi I’m a black tusk robot dog. I don’t give a fuuuuuuuck about anything I’m going to run around you and shoot you repeatedly.
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Mar 19, 2020 23:25
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Snuffman posted:The big problems I have is if I get caught in a bad place, my survivability isn't great and I have real problems with chain-gun heavies. Heavies are a big problem but you can spam them down with sniper turrets. If there are multiple heavies I kill everything else then blinder/turret until they're dead. Hardwired (if you work around the bugs... I never did the testing or built a set) is great because you can drop all skill haste and still get 10 second resets on seekers. You need half the godrolls but you lose a lot of flexibility in what skills you can use. Running a brand set with China/Hana/WW lets you get Skilled on the chest, either (Perfect) Shock and Awe or Tech Support on the backpack, and then you can swap skills around for whatever is fashionable in a given encounter. Seekers/Sniper is what I'm using 90% of the time but there are so many fights where swapping one out for sticky/blinder/jammer/etc is key. The downside is you need all the godrolls on top of the talents, so enjoy constantly farming crafting mats. Survivability doesn't exist right now. You stay in cover and run backwards when they rush you. I did the entire final encounter of invaded White Oak without actually seeing what I was hitting because I was inside the house. Everything that approached the stairs died horribly and the final sniper lost a battle against my turret.
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Mar 19, 2020 23:30
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Poopsocked hard enough to get the exotic cache. Got probably the worst exotic I could get though...  It's a godroll though, so... I guess it could be a godroll for everybody else's exotic caches too? Otherwise  
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Mar 19, 2020 23:54
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Grats on your tough knees. I looked at the league thing in game, and as soon as I saw it was doing missions on challenging under x time I knew I wasn't going to get a single rank in this league unless it was by accident doing the burn or kill elite parts. Hell, I have a hard time with hard content, let along challenging or giving me a time limit. Clearly this league thing isn't for a bad player like me, unlike the manhunt thing for Neptune, which I was able to do solo without any real problem.
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Mar 20, 2020 00:10
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The Locator posted:Grats on your tough knees. do it anyway, you have two weeks to get it done. Like if you get to rank 30 this week it will reset and you will only need to get to rank 30 again next week. Killing/burning outcasts are 20 points alone, you can definitely scrounge 10 points out of the rest.
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Mar 20, 2020 00:20
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There's also sub ranks to the mission time trials. So you'll see people talking about doing a sub-16 minute DCD center but that's actually only the final, most difficult stage for that challenge. There are 10 stages with tiers at a bunch of different par times. I tried Potomac Event Center solo and still got awarded 8 out of the 10 stages even though I missed the part time by like 3 minutes.
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Mar 20, 2020 00:39
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Snuffman posted:Build question, I have a skill build I'm quite enjoying but I was looking for thoughts on how I can make it better. The Hardwired chest and backpack are currently bugged. You won't get the bonus skill damage from the chest and you won't get the bonus skill cooldown from the backpack. I believe only the right slot works correctly on cooldown reset as well. I've mostly given up on skill builds because unfortunately they are just under powered damage wise compared to red builds, but before I swapped to an all red build I spent a lot of time trying to perfect a skill set. Unless you really want the 20 second cooldown on your seekers I would suggest dropping hardwired. 1 piece china light, 1 piece wyvern wear, 2 piece hanna u is the best mix of damage and skill cooldown you can get. I also like the percussive maintenance backpack for 25% skill damage on skill kill but acostas or a backpack with combined arms isn't bad either. For max damage get skilled on your chest, If you want a bit more survivability you can drop to 5 yellow (since you're technician) and then run a blue/red chest with unbreakable on it which will give you an extra armor bar every 60 seconds. Also look to get spiked or perfect spiked on a gun for even more skill damage. Finally a warning about the drone. Striker drone is great fun until you get to challenging. Once you're on challenging and above enemies will just constantly target it and insta kill it making it unplayable. The turret is a good replacement and tends to last a lot longer, though it requires setup. I really hope Massive takes a look at skills and makes some real adjustments / buffs, but considering how many bugs and broken things are currently in the game I'm not expecting anything any time soon.
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Mar 20, 2020 01:08
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Sure can't wait for the Striker set to become unfucked
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Mar 20, 2020 01:14
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UnknownMercenary posted:Poopsocked hard enough to get the exotic cache. I got a Diamondback in mine  Rifle damage was a few points under max but everything else was max. Not like I'll ever use it when the classic M1A exists.
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Mar 20, 2020 01:27
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SmallpoxJenkins posted:Sure can't wait for the Striker set to become unfucked Same. I have 5/6 pieces god-rolled for damage (including the exotic holy mask of crit) and they all have the right secondary perk too. Too bad Strikers is dogshit right now.
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Mar 20, 2020 02:25
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Would love to see what the new upgrades are but I crash every 3 minutes after loading into the world. Hooray.... Apparently I needed to verify my files. gently caress apatheticman fucked around with this message at 04:22 on Mar 20, 2020 |
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Mar 20, 2020 02:56
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The name changes in DC were amusing to me, especially the specific names they chose to use like renaming the Raegan International Trade Center to the Jefferson Trade Center. The major memorials around the Lincoln like the Vietnam Veterans and Korean War memorials are non-existent and the Black Tusk hovercraft completely bulldozed the MLK and FDR memorials. Can't help but imagine the grounds around the Capitol Building opening up so they can add stages for the Library of Congress and Supreme Court.
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Mar 20, 2020 04:46
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Frustrated posted:The Hardwired chest and backpack are currently bugged. You won't get the bonus skill damage from the chest and you won't get the bonus skill cooldown from the backpack... This is great info, I didn't realize BOTH the chest and backpack for HW were bugged. I've since started seeking out a decent Hana-U chest and the Skilled talent (the only chest talent not in my library). I'm not aiming for challenging, just fun solo-ing for now but thanks for the info on higher difficulty. I must say, as much as I like playing right now, I feel like a big part of that is just figuring out new builds for the "new" specializations (haven't played since...."Gunner"?). The "manhunts" aren't going to be enough to keep me around. I hope Massive has something else planned to keep the seasons fresh (events don't cut it) like new sections of Lower Manhatten being unlocked. I've said it before, and I'll say it again, I was an admitted Central Park truther for the Div1, and that never happened. I'm not hold out a lot of hope.
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Mar 20, 2020 04:52
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Snuffman posted:Hana-U chest and the Skilled talent (the only chest talent not in my library). You don't want Hana for mod slot pieces due to the red slot. You can recal slots, but that means getting an impossible skill+haste+Skilled roll on the chest.
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Mar 20, 2020 05:51
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Are Striker and HW the only gear sets bugged to gently caress right now? Cause those are really the only 2 I use in my loadouts, aside from a 2pc system corruption
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Mar 20, 2020 07:37
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Patriot seems to work, according to the internet, but they actually worked on that one to add the firework effect and would have noticed if it was broken. The others may/may not work because no one uses them.
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Mar 20, 2020 08:01
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This is probably a dumb question, but how do I do non-invaded missions? I just got back into the game after stopping shortly after launch and I want to unlock Gunner, which requires killing Lt. Kelly in the A&S Museum mission. But right now it's Black Tusk everywhere. That aside, how are the different specializations? Is everything fairly balanced these days?
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Mar 20, 2020 08:26
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Mango Polo posted:This is probably a dumb question, but how do I do non-invaded missions? Yeah, the specialisations are all pretty balanced. Pick whichever complements your build. Gunner is good for tanky builds.
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Mar 20, 2020 10:13
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SmallpoxJenkins posted:Are Striker and HW the only gear sets bugged to gently caress right now? I feel like Pestilence doesn't apply a stack with every hit
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Mar 20, 2020 11:56
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Happy Noodle Boy posted:I feel like Pestilence doesn't apply a stack with every hit It's a hit registration bug like sometimes not passing the dot to another enemy if someone else gets the kill. There are still loads of poo poo to fix.
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Mar 20, 2020 12:06
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Guillermus posted:It's a hit registration bug like sometimes not passing the dot to another enemy if someone else gets the kill. There are still loads of poo poo to fix. Oh cool. Well here's the other Pestilence annoyance: a weaker stack of the dot can overwrite a stronger stack instead of combining or just refreshing the stronger stack. The stack also works really loving weird with robots/drones
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Mar 20, 2020 12:15
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Happy Noodle Boy posted:Oh cool. Well here's the other Pestilence annoyance: a weaker stack of the dot can overwrite a stronger stack instead of combining or just refreshing the stronger stack. The stack also works really loving weird with robots/drones You can't apply the stack on robots or drones (intended) but for some reason it can pass from human targets to them (maybe not intended?).
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Mar 20, 2020 13:04
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Guillermus posted:You can't apply the stack on robots or drones (intended) but for some reason it can pass from human targets to them (maybe not intended?). It's less that and more than drones and robots have weird "deaths" in the sense that the stack sometimes doesn't jump from them, or in the case of the sniper drone, it just falls through the ground then explodes making it too far to pass on to anything else.
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Mar 20, 2020 13:09
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SmallpoxJenkins posted:Are Striker and HW the only gear sets bugged to gently caress right now? Striker by itself works but apparently some hits won’t register meaning you’ll miss even when you hit. I’ve had it work just fine against targets like tanks or robodogs.
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Mar 20, 2020 14:22
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SmallpoxJenkins posted:Are Striker and HW the only gear sets bugged to gently caress right now? Negotiators Dilemma appears to only be applying to 2 targets but actually still seems decent. The backpack talent is good but obviously the chest piece isn't working.
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Mar 20, 2020 14:40
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Fuckinc christ, I might as well run without gearsets if things are this loving bad
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Mar 20, 2020 15:42
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Since the WoNY I started getting disconnected when I log in or when I join a team or when someone joins my team in matchmaking. I'll get disconnected about 5-6 times over the next 10 minutes. I put in a support ticket 10 days ago. I finally got a response. "We will assume your issue has been resolved if we do not hear from you within 4 days." So instead of even attempting to help, they'll just go ahead and assume i'm ok.
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Mar 20, 2020 15:48
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SmallpoxJenkins posted:Fuckinc christ, I might as well run without gearsets if things are this loving bad You don't need them at all for melting enemies. Even with them working properly we're far from Division 1 territory were people used classifieds all the time.
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Mar 20, 2020 15:55
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All of my resource/materials are full and I have a bunch of caches that I don't want to open. Is there something I should focus on crafting? Just mods or something? I also only have like half of the blueprints (137/261 but also 0/4 (??) if I look in the crafting bench)
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Mar 20, 2020 16:00
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myron cope posted:All of my resource/materials are full and I have a bunch of caches that I don't want to open. Is there something I should focus on crafting? Just mods or something? I also only have like half of the blueprints (137/261 but also 0/4 (??) if I look in the crafting bench) I usually just roll some of the named weapons like Sleipner or The Send Off to try to get some big attributes. Or armor pieces I need to mildly improve in builds I already have. It almost never happens but what else am I going to do with that stuff.
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myron cope posted:All of my resource/materials are full and I have a bunch of caches that I don't want to open. Is there something I should focus on crafting? Just mods or something? I also only have like half of the blueprints (137/261 but also 0/4 (??) if I look in the crafting bench) You should be recalibrating your stuff to improve your builds. Pretty much all crafting is sorta bad at the moment, but if you need a piece to close out a build, you can at least throw some materials down the drain for that.
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Mar 20, 2020 16:06
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Looks like they're fixing the 'dps' bug asap.
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Mar 20, 2020 17:01
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Kaddish posted:Looks like they're fixing the 'dps' bug asap. I didn’t even know there was a DPS bug?
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Mar 20, 2020 17:08
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Happy Noodle Boy posted:I didn’t even know there was a DPS bug? Yeah some exploit that allowed for insane millions of damage - the top of the league boards were teams using an exploit evidently.
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Mar 20, 2020 17:10
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Kaddish posted:Yeah some exploit that allowed for insane millions of damage - the top of the league boards were teams using an exploit evidently. Found a video that showed it and loving  yeah that was broken as hell, super easy to replicate, and of course THIS is the thing the devs jump on immediately to fix instead of.... everything else.
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Mar 20, 2020 17:12
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So what was the exploit?
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Mar 20, 2020 17:41
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They just did a patch *Fixing an issue causing players to deal unintended amounts of damage. *Fixing several issues causing crashes. This may have fixed my disconnecting problem. First time I have joined a team in weeks and not gotten auto booted.
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Cyrano4747 posted:So what was the exploit? I looked it up and it was again something to do with the Crusader shield. If you equipped the shield, then interacted with a mounted minigun, then got off the minigun (which re-equipped the shield) it would add damage over and over to your weapon. You could do it as long as you wanted. As long as you didn’t log out the damage would stay - fast traveling to anywhere, including the DZ, did not reset the damage. And it did not appear you had to keep the shield out to use the damage.
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