Exploding enemies week in The Division. Who's up for it? I expect to be on this Saturday, but not the next one, which is the final global event in this series.
We had good runs on Saturday, except for trying to off stupid Clydesdale, who despite his name and description in the high value target list, is very much not a horse. Tried a bunch of times only to have a horde of yellow bars rush us in the final phase. And silly me with only medium to long range weapons in my load-out.
I'm out Saturday too. Will be tumbling down mountains with the family.
This week is the Ambush modifier. You do more damage when stationary. And in some activities, you take continuous damage when moving or near your allies! Sounds different and interesting. Sorry to miss it.
You guys missed a fun time this weekend. I'm not exactly sure what the modifier was, but it made bad guys just melt away if you were in cover. Purples and yellows dropped like flies (almost felt like a normal video game :) ) I got all the bounties taken care of and the good event box on the first go.
You guys missed a fun time this weekend. I'm not exactly sure what the modifier was, but it made bad guys just melt away if you were in cover. Purples and yellows dropped like flies (almost felt like a normal video game :) ) I got all the bounties taken care of and the good event box on the first go.
That does sound fun! I saw you on Sat night, but got caught up helping my son design a science project. I was able to run around around some in Assasin's Creed, but only in bits and pieces throughout the night.
What's up next for The Division? Do they have any new plans or events on the way? I'm out next weekend too.
It's been a while since I've lurked here. Saw this thread and had to pop my head up. I'm longing to play some co-op. I've been grinding for classified gear by myself for a long time.
Zikan wrote:
You guys missed a fun time this weekend. I'm not exactly sure what the modifier was, but it made bad guys just melt away if you were in cover. Purples and yellows dropped like flies (almost felt like a normal video game :) ) I got all the bounties taken care of and the good event box on the first go.
This is called Ambush. I used it to solo the Legendary missions with a Tactician build.
They are running through all the global events this week, two days each I think. Outbreak (nasty exploding heads) was yesterday. I forget what starts today.
Yes, it was called Ambush, but I wasn't sure what it actually did other than give you extra damage when you were in cover. It turned out to be fun. I'll probably be on again on Saturday from 8:45 until whenever for those that want to do group stuff.
Saturday night is Prom night, I may have to babysit the wife the whole evening. We'll see if I can get on...
UPDATE 1.8.1 - PATCH NOTES
04.12.2018 12:00PM
Global Event 5 – Blackout
Blackout
Always active: Agents are equipped with Shock Ammo that stuns enemies. Shooting or running builds your Charge meter - the more Charge, the more damage you inflict.
Extreme Blackout
Blackout behavior, plus you can instantly kill enemies with Overcharged melee attacks, but if you miss you will stun yourself and your allies.
Total Blackout
Extreme Blackout behavior, plus your Charge meter will cool down faster when close to other group members.
Global Event 6 – Onslaught
Onslaught
Always active; Deal Burn, Bleed, and Gas effects to enemies in addition to normal damage. Reload to change the effect.
Savage Onslaught
Onslaught behavior, enemies are vulnerable to one effect type and resistant to others. Agents take increased damage from resistant enemies.
Brutal Onslaught
Savage Onslaught behavior, plus when two or more group members kill a vulnerable enemy within two seconds, each member can reload to gain a damage bonus for a single clip.
New Commendations
Over 40 new Commendations unlockable in the new Global Events.
New Legendary Difficulty Missions
Amherst’s Apartment.
Grand Central Station.
Xbox One X Enhancement Patch
4K rendering
Higher anisotropy
Improved reflections
Improved object detail
Improved screen-space shadows
Game Changes
Division Tech increases
Daily Combat, Crafting, Survival and Dark Zone Quests now reward the player with 25 Div Tech each.
Weekly Open World and Weekly Underground Assignments reward the player with 100 Div Tech each.
Season Pass Supply Drops now award 100 Division Tech.
Vendor Changes
Added a Classified Gear cache to the Special Vendor that guarantees 1 Classified Gear piece from the entire pool.
Global Events Vendor
Removed the basic cache from the vendor.
Each Global Event will now have individual caches per Classified Gear set for that Global Event. This allows the player to purchase, for example, a Fire Crest cache that guarantees one item from that set.
Bosses in the Resistance game mode now award 100 Global Event tokens.
Exotic Loot drops
Removed Premium Vendor Exotics from Open World loot pool and Exotic Caches
All Exotics added to the Open World Bosses.
Classified Gear Drop Rates
Classified Drop Rates chances have been increased in all locations.
Legendary Missions now have a 20% chance to give Classified Gear as a reward at the completion of the mission
Season Pass Supply Drops now have a 10% chance to drop Classified Gear.
Survival Caches now has a roughly 10% chance to drop Classified Gear.
Classified Gear
Classified Firecrest 6 piece talent now makes the player immune to the fiery explosion caused by the burning targets.
Bug Fixes
Skills
Fixed an issue where the Mobile Cover Blast Shield mod explosion had no effect.
Fixed an issue where the Sticky Bomb Disruptor mod and the base Seeker Mine would affect neutral players in the Dark Zone.
Fixed an issue where the UI indicated that certain Support Station mods were affecting neutral players.
Global Events
Players are no longer able to kill Joe Ferro using explosives from the Strike Global Event while he is still in the spawning room.
Dark Zone
Fixed an issue where a player dying during the Manhunt Interact caused the sound to loop.
The "Group gone Rogue" message no longer appears when a player with Rogue status enters the game while not in a group.
Fixed an issue where the UI for the Rogue timers would flash between different times.
Fixed various locations in the Dark Zone where the player could get stuck.
Underground
Certain Named NPCs tended to disappear from the Underground. We forced them back.
Fixed issues related to a confused JTF officer.
Fixed a weird door.
Survival
Fixed the display of the Survival weekly assignment for players under maximum level.
Missions
Fixed an issue where players would only receive one cache instead of three when completing the secret mission.
Commendations
"Marathon" Commendation now requires players to access the Camp Clinton safe house in order to unlock.
The “Facetime“ Commendation now tracks requirements appropriately.
Fixed the activity modifier requirement for some Global Event commendations.
"Search and Destroy" Commendation now tracks for missions completed.
"Flawless Underground" Commendation has been fixed to be awarded when all conditions are met.
"Directive Executive" Commendation now awards when the proper conditions are met.
Commendations for the Global Event: Assault will no longer appear if the Global Event is not active.
Gear
Fixed an issue where the area of effect of the Firecrest fire was larger than the visuals indicated.
World
Fixed an issue where players were getting stuck on a concrete block in West Side Pier.
Fixed an instance in West Side Pier where players could get stuck outside playable area.
Somehow located and removed an invisible ladder.
There was a wall in Pier 93 that didn’t look right. It looks right now. We also fixed a weird ramp in there.
There was a corrupted texture outside of the Carrier. It has been rehabilitated.
Agents can no longer see outside of the game world in certain locations of Last Stand.
Fixed evil trash bin and bags.
Console
Players will now be disconnected from the game servers when logging out of their PlayStation accounts.
Fixed an issue where the player would get stuck on the loading screen when accepting a console game invite while on the loading screen.
Misc
Fixed various technical issues that would make the game crash on PC.
"Time Played" now appears on the Agent Selection screen instead of "Last Played".
Premium Store
There were tabs in the store that appeared empty. We filled them.
Players can no longer see secondary weapons when previewing backpack skins.
Yesterday was my first completion of a "challenging" (max difficulty) mission since I hit the top world tier. I made it extra challenging by running the wrong way and aggroing a massive group of red bar mobs who promptly flanked the rest of the team, who were already pinned down fighting some nasty shielded bullet-sponge elites. That should have been enough to doom the effort right there, but somehow we kept at least one guy alive the entire time, and eventually came back to finish the mission. It was pretty epic. Thanks to Zikan for all the help and patience!
Yesterday was my first completion of a "challenging" (max difficulty) mission since I hit the top world tier. I made it extra challenging by running the wrong way and aggroing a massive group of red bar mobs who promptly flanked the rest of the team, who were already pinned down fighting some nasty shielded bullet-sponge elites. That should have been enough to doom the effort right there, but somehow we kept at least one guy alive the entire time, and eventually came back to finish the mission. It was pretty epic. Thanks to Zikan for all the help and patience!
Well I did have to reboot in the middle of that mission, so you had to be patient too :)
The Blackout global event is on! Your shock meter builds when you shoot and run. More shock means more damage. In harder modes, shock can let you kill targets with melee, but you and your team can also shock yourselves if you over-charge, so be careful out there. Rewards include classified Striker gear, currently my fave set, among others.
The Division 2 has been announced. Did not expect to hear anything so soon. Great news! https://news.ubisoft.com/article/an-announcement-from-massive-entertainm...
See you guys tonight around 8!
I'll be there!
Exploding enemies week in The Division. Who's up for it? I expect to be on this Saturday, but not the next one, which is the final global event in this series.
Exploding enemies? What's not to like!?! I'll try to have a working mic by Saturday.
I'm still alive...sort of...but hopefully I'll be up for some exploding enemies!
We had good runs on Saturday, except for trying to off stupid Clydesdale, who despite his name and description in the high value target list, is very much not a horse. Tried a bunch of times only to have a horde of yellow bars rush us in the final phase. And silly me with only medium to long range weapons in my load-out.
I will not be available this coming Saturday. Best of luck to all!
I'm out Saturday too. Will be tumbling down mountains with the family.
This week is the Ambush modifier. You do more damage when stationary. And in some activities, you take continuous damage when moving or near your allies! Sounds different and interesting. Sorry to miss it.
I'll most likely be on and killin' stuff.
You guys missed a fun time this weekend. I'm not exactly sure what the modifier was, but it made bad guys just melt away if you were in cover. Purples and yellows dropped like flies (almost felt like a normal video game :) ) I got all the bounties taken care of and the good event box on the first go.
That does sound fun! I saw you on Sat night, but got caught up helping my son design a science project. I was able to run around around some in Assasin's Creed, but only in bits and pieces throughout the night.
What's up next for The Division? Do they have any new plans or events on the way? I'm out next weekend too.
It's been a while since I've lurked here. Saw this thread and had to pop my head up. I'm longing to play some co-op. I've been grinding for classified gear by myself for a long time.
This is called Ambush. I used it to solo the Legendary missions with a Tactician build.
They are running through all the global events this week, two days each I think. Outbreak (nasty exploding heads) was yesterday. I forget what starts today.
Yes, it was called Ambush, but I wasn't sure what it actually did other than give you extra damage when you were in cover. It turned out to be fun. I'll probably be on again on Saturday from 8:45 until whenever for those that want to do group stuff.
4k, better rendering, global events in April and May....what's not to like? See you Saturday!
Well there's the waiting until April 12th part ... but other than that it sound good.
From: https://tomclancy-thedivision.ubisoft.com/game/en-us/news/152-321569-16/update-181-patch-notes
Saturday night is Prom night, I may have to babysit the wife the whole evening. We'll see if I can get on...
Zikan, I thought of you when I saw this one:
That did leave a smile on my face for a while ....
Yesterday was my first completion of a "challenging" (max difficulty) mission since I hit the top world tier. I made it extra challenging by running the wrong way and aggroing a massive group of red bar mobs who promptly flanked the rest of the team, who were already pinned down fighting some nasty shielded bullet-sponge elites. That should have been enough to doom the effort right there, but somehow we kept at least one guy alive the entire time, and eventually came back to finish the mission. It was pretty epic. Thanks to Zikan for all the help and patience!
Well I did have to reboot in the middle of that mission, so you had to be patient too :)
Here's a little The Division for everyone: movie on the way. Speaking of which, the live action shorts they used to promote the game are pretty good as well. http://variety.com/2018/film/news/david-leitch-the-division-jessica-chas...
The Blackout global event is on! Your shock meter builds when you shoot and run. More shock means more damage. In harder modes, shock can let you kill targets with melee, but you and your team can also shock yourselves if you over-charge, so be careful out there. Rewards include classified Striker gear, currently my fave set, among others.
New Global Event start today. Anyone up for some farming/missions this week to get some of that sweet classified loot?
Wow, just my luck that it would have to be this week. I'll definitely be on, but no idea how much.
They're having an E3 sale for The Division. $10 for the base game, $8 for the expansion.