Insane Metal
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This. Plus DZ02 or 03 where you can have the high ground and easily take out the Hunters.
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This. Plus DZ02 or 03 where you can have the high ground and easily take out the Hunters.
Leyasu
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Ruthless_Barbarian
Member
You got your ass kicked by a Hunter.
Welcome to Survival initiation
Hunters are like jacked up AI agents: they move fast, use skills and hit hard. They don't have any armor but they can heal, disrupt, hack turrets, and one shot you if you get too close.
You can craft High-end weapons and armor in the DZ safe-houses.
Moose Biscuits
It would be extreamly painful...
Might as well ask here. Is it worth picking up the Underground expansion nowadays?
Me and my friend play the division on an irregular basis, but we're getting a bit tired of just running HVTs and daily missions. Neither of us have the season pass, and have no interest in PVP. Is it worth picking up Underground for a new PVE experience?
Me and my friend play the division on an irregular basis, but we're getting a bit tired of just running HVTs and daily missions. Neither of us have the season pass, and have no interest in PVP. Is it worth picking up Underground for a new PVE experience?
Ruthless_Barbarian
Member
Absolutely not. Underground a soulless and bland game mode, and paying for it is a crime.
Rather get the Survival DLC for a fresh game mode that offers a unique experience.
In any case, with the 1.6 update you should be able to play the "new" pve content that is legendary missions as they are a part of the free update and don't require any dlc or season pass.
Moose Biscuits
It would be extreamly painful...
Huh, okay. Can survival be played cooperatively? I was under the impression that it was a one person or pvp experience.
Legendary missions don't hold that much appeal; we're a two man group so we don't do Challenging missions or Incursions on our own, they're way too frustrating.
Ruthless_Barbarian
Member
Survival can be played solo or with up to 4 players. You can either play it in PVE mode or PVP mode.
Challenging and Legendary missions scale to the number of players, so I don't see why that should be a problem. If you're doing the weekly high risk target HVT's, then Challenging missions would offer you the same kind of difficulty.
Incursions are scaled to 4-players by default so you would struggle without a full team.
What platform do you play on?
Moose Biscuits
It would be extreamly painful...
PS4.
We do the dailies and easier weeklies, we avoid the hard ones. Neither of us are amazingly competent; I for example run an M60 modded like a sniper rifle, and use unscoped wooden rifles because they look cooler. If we fail at a mission more than a couple of times we usually give up.
Ruthless_Barbarian
Member
There's a few off us on the PS4 who group up from time to time, so if you want you can add me on PSN: ruthlesbarbarian
I'm not really playing Division atm but will play some when I finish Horizon.
I'm not really playing Division atm but will play some when I finish Horizon.
Moose Biscuits
It would be extreamly painful...
Oh, sorry if I gave the wrong impression, I'm not looking for playing partners right now. I just wanted to know if Underground would be a decent enough change of scenery that's not too much of a uptick in difficulty. I'm happy playing with my friend or alone.
Moose Biscuits
It would be extreamly painful...
Nein, the expansions aren't required content. There's actually a fair bit more to do outside the dark zone than before depending on when you last played.
Insane Metal
Member
Managed to get God rolls AUG and LVOA-C, I'm doing some damage in LS lol
MythicReclaimer
Member
The Underground Ops offers another PvE option with randomly generated encounters, a ranking/progression system, and a good amount of customization (unlocks, number of phases, modifiers, and difficulty). Regarding the latter you can tune the difficulty to how easy or hard you want it to be. The more difficult the more rewards but what World Tier you play in still decides what gear score level of rewards you'll get.
For me as a mostly PvE player I found it to be easily the best expansion of the three especially considering you can use your regular/current builds in the mode (no stripping you of your gear or normalizing it).
Moose Biscuits
It would be extreamly painful...
Speaking of difficulty, me and my friend just tried our first Legendary mission.
Yeah, those missions can fuck off into the Sun.
Want a mission that's basically a mini incursion with fuck you levels of cheapness? Then legendary missions are for you!
Yeah, those missions can fuck off into the Sun.
Want a mission that's basically a mini incursion with fuck you levels of cheapness? Then legendary missions are for you!
MythicReclaimer
Member
If it was just the two of you I wouldn't recommend that, not yet anyways. You should have two Reclaimers in the group with the other two being whatever but preferably DPS oriented although you still want a decent amount of Toughness as well. Lots of focus fire is required while constantly watching your flanks.
Florida_Man_5000
Member
Last Stand is the worst multiplayer in recent history. I was hoping for a Ghost Recon fix till 9th, but this is horrid mess.
Way too much lag in the equation, nothing seems fair.
Way too much lag in the equation, nothing seems fair.
Snakethesniper
Member
I was thinking about buying the game on PC, is it worth it? I continue to read different opinions
There's a demo on UPlay I believe - and all progress transfers over to the game if you buy it. I think that's a pretty low-risk way to see if you'll enjoy it.
Snakethesniper
Member
didn't know that, thanks!
Only the highest ones?
ODDI
Member
Yes I've tried the very last one had to deal with 4 bosses got 1 drop
Also just tried the 2nd to last HVT Fallon I believe didn't get anything.
PackAPunchedMick
Member
Just had my first experience of last stand.
The laggiest shit I've seen since rainbow six 3: black arrow.
"Poor connection to host" in every single match.
GG ubisoft.
The laggiest shit I've seen since rainbow six 3: black arrow.
"Poor connection to host" in every single match.
GG ubisoft.
Moose Biscuits
It would be extreamly painful...
God, I wish I could make hunting rifle + double barrel work for me. I just don't have the aiming ability to do it properly, and the Cassidy doesn't give me enough damage.
It's not just Last Stand. Every matchmaking for me is like that.
Insane Metal
Member
Yup, me too. Fortunately though I haven't had trouble with lag. Actually I've benefitted from it a few times lol
Jest Chillin
Member
Lol an hour before Bungie's stream. I wonder if that's intentional or just coincedence.
Ruthless_Barbarian
Member
Unlikely, probably just some stats thrown around and talk about fixing the dlc/patch that was supposed to fix the patch that was supposed to fix the patch that was supposed to fix the game.
I don't think they'll have a special stream just for that since sotg would be a day later anyways
EL CUCO
Member
Definitely intentional, and definitely getting a year 2 teaser.
Interested to see what's happening but it needs big changes for me to buy in. Haven't played 1.6 at all as the PTS did nothing for me and I didn't agree with the way they went with it. Need to see action now rather than the generic 'we're looking into it' when day one bugs are still apparent a year later.
Jest Chillin
Member
Had my first couple of games with boosters in LS. They were on the opposing team though. Still sucks as it's zero fun.
Luckily they've said there's a fix coming asap.
Luckily they've said there's a fix coming asap.
Insane Metal
Member
Lol. It can only be year 2 content with those words.
Let's see.
Let's see.
EL CUCO
Member
Thereitis.gif
There's your story missions with UG directives lol
xclaw
Member
Ugh, I still can't even find a full group for UG anymore on PS4.
Stings because I still want the outfit @ lvl 40 but have no interest in grinding it solo.
Ruthless_Barbarian
Member
smh
Can't wait to play incursions and missions backwards.
I did it solo but was already at around 25 when I went for it. 2 phase hard mode with acouple of directives is one of the most efficient ways for xp to level up, literally a level+more xp per run until you hit the 30's and even then acouple of runs levels you up.
When the D3FNC set was decent before its nerf I could solo challenging without any hiccups. Unsure how effective that would be now since the set got nerfed and breaks down quicker compared to 1.5.
Also don't pass up on the Intel if you haven't got them all as that adds up to levelling as well.
Its the guys who grinded to 40 pre 1.4 I feel for, it literally took 15 to 20 runs per level to rank up once when you hit the high 20's, was crazy. They rescaled the levelling system in 1.4 to make it much quicker.
For real. Where the fuck is my conclusion that you cliffhangered on, Massive?
If you preorder the year 2 pass you get a week early access to the new incursion that continues the hunt of Aaron Keener.
Ruthless_Barbarian
Member
Special report is up
https://www.twitch.tv/thedivisiongame
edit:
They said the Last Stand boosting will be fixed tomorrow
Free celebration emote and 200 premium credits for those who login between 9-16th march
9-11 march double HVT rewards
9-15 march double proficiency caches
No y2 season pass
Every update will be free
Same time on all platforms
Seasons like Diablo 3:
Missions with modifiers (like underground / nightfalls in destiny)
New vanity slot for seasons
Season modifiers example: close and personal - more damage up close, less from a distance (pve)
Season will be timed and the rewards can't be obtained outside of seasons
No area expansions, no level cap increase
2nd free dlc in y2 will have story/narrative missions
Jacket badges for FEATS
ex: 1000 weak points, 3 legendary missions, etc
LOADOUTS: 6 slots, will save skills and talents as well
https://www.twitch.tv/thedivisiongame
edit:
They said the Last Stand boosting will be fixed tomorrow
Free celebration emote and 200 premium credits for those who login between 9-16th march
9-11 march double HVT rewards
9-15 march double proficiency caches
No y2 season pass
Every update will be free
Same time on all platforms
Seasons like Diablo 3:
Missions with modifiers (like underground / nightfalls in destiny)
New vanity slot for seasons
Season modifiers example: close and personal - more damage up close, less from a distance (pve)
Season will be timed and the rewards can't be obtained outside of seasons
No area expansions, no level cap increase
2nd free dlc in y2 will have story/narrative missions
Jacket badges for FEATS
ex: 1000 weak points, 3 legendary missions, etc
LOADOUTS: 6 slots, will save skills and talents as well
Jest Chillin
Member
Loadouts is probably the best thing in the first update. The second update having narrative stuff is good too.
The vanity stuff is normally something I'd be into but the character is so small and the details on the stuff we've seen so far isn't incredibly noticable imo (backpack skins are awful with how little they actually change) that it's pretty much a meh thing for me at the moment. Maybe it's just because I'm console though.
The vanity stuff is normally something I'd be into but the character is so small and the details on the stuff we've seen so far isn't incredibly noticable imo (backpack skins are awful with how little they actually change) that it's pretty much a meh thing for me at the moment. Maybe it's just because I'm console though.