*CORRECTIONS AND ADDITIONAL INFO BELOW:* This video took a lot of research and planning, and I want to be as accurate as possible, so if you feel there's important additional information to add- please do so! Thanks for watching. *CORRECTION 1:* It has been pointed out to me that the Devs did indeed implement the Summit's Directive ruleset to the wider game later on. So yes, adding Directives to the open world and mission does provide slight boosts to Target Loot drop rates!
@V1rtualzZ That's probably correct, I was just referencing how I don't believe Directives first acted like that when introduced for the open world, etc. back in TU8
I have a question. Let's say you have the Eagle Bearer, is it possible to get the EB in exotic cache from project & countdown/global vendor since it's in your loot pool already?
i think you covered everything. good job. one other thing i recommend for farming exotics is to keep an eye on what is targeted at Lincoln memorial everyday because it has 4 boss drops. Some invaded missions have multiple boss drops as well. Like grand washington hotel this week has 3. Strongholds typically have 3 bosses too but take a lot more time to complete so i don't recommend those.
this video is actually gold. ive just returned after 2 years as a solo player this helps me before i dove into the summit trying to farm the ninja ike messenger exotic. so thank you for this vid you now have a new fan
@@RogueGold i rebought the game on steam with it being on sale in about 40 hours of owning it ive got 26 hours played just been going through your vids i might have missed it but it there one that can explain the donation materials for expertise
@briidgey I break down everything you need to know about Expertise here, including donation materials 👉 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-TTnyZXMwHu4.html
By far the most informative video on Division 2 I have seen. I had the same confusing experience with Division 1 and as I am entering Division 2 world (thanks Ubisoft for denying us to get the game on Steam on day 1) this late entry might be a blessing or a curse. Just hit tier 1 and it bugs the hell out of me to see people cutting through enemies like a hot knife through butter while I struggle with a full crew to do some missions and getting metric ton of useless gear.
I agree, I know I won't be buying their games on that other platform again. Hopefully they don't do this to the division 3 or I'll be waiting awhile lol.
This is the perfect guide for anyone whose stuck! Been spinning my head and scrolling down the search page looking for a non-ego or glitch based video!
Not certain about directives only affecting targeted loot drop rates in Summit. On the Change Global Directive option it reads “Activating Directives will give you extra XP. Each active Directive slightly increases the chance for a targeted loot item to drop alongside a normal loot drop.” So I think this applies to open world/missions as well. Someone can correct me if I’m wrong.
Grrrr you're right. It seems like they added that after the first introduction of the whole Directive system. That annoys me so much 😄 thank you for pointing it out though, I'll update the pinned comment!
Just wanted to add note that the Named Weapons(note I said Weapons) in your DZ exclusive list at 3:15 is not exclusive to the DZ. There is a very slight small chance that Control Point bosses(CP3 or higher) can drop them. The chance is higher with Named Control Point Bosses(CP +4 or Heroic CP's as it were). Also open world Rogue Agents can drop them. I've had every one of those Weapons drop from CP+4 Bosses and/or open world Rogue Agents at one point or another.
I haven’t played this game in months and my favorite thing to do before I stoped playing was countdown mainly because I’m pve player over pvp I think it’s time I start playing countdown again
Happy Easter Rough, thanks for the video. Can you confirm, that if you are playing a second character you need to finish some the Exo-projects before getting them to the general lootpool? And please check your version of division: Your trageted-loot doesn’t show the “Exo”-Option 😉
From some quick searching, I think secondary characters can share the loot pool if you buy the "shared blueprints" thing from Inaya. I don't play any secondary characters, however, so I can't offer and firsthand experience there
Thanks for this very helpful video! When I got the Ninja backpack from Season 11 reward track I re-crafted it once but then I did the unspeakable mistake of deleting it and now I have to wait till season is over. I run solo 99% of the time.
You don't have to wait for the Season to be over! Once you've acquired it via the Season track, it immediately enters your general pool. You can go farm targeted backpack content for a chance to get another one 👍
Uh actually difficulty does affect drop rate, according to the devs and this is how they explained it. Higher difficulty = better quality but less frequent drops. Not sure if it's everywhere or just in places like summit, countdown and missions.
I don't believe that's the case, never experienced or heard anything of the sort. If you have any links or evidence to share on that though I'd be happy to see it!
Dude what a resource! I just got back into Div2 and finished the keener mission so I'm starting the gear grind now. My last 2 play sessions I've been looking at getting strikers pieces for a striker build. You think that's a decent place to start? I am just a solo casual on world tier hard right now. Would love to get gear to move up to challenging at some point though. Thanks again!
Just a small comment on the 'randomness' of exotic drops, I do the Bank mission almost every day and 99 % of the time when an exotic drops , usually from the final boss, its Sawyers Kneepads . Likewise with Lincoln Memorial its almost always Tardigrade. This seems to be irrespective of the targeted loot for that day. So if anyone is looking for those maybe those missions would be a good option. It would be interesting to know if other missions seem to have a higher chance of dropping a particular exotic. What do you think ? Great video as usual.
So, yes, certain Exotics do have "original" drop sources that exist in addition to their general loot pool slots. The Tardigrade from main mission True Sons bosses, for example, hence why you've gotten it from Lincoln. The Lady Death was famously first only available via NYC open world bosses. I contemplated including all of that in the video, but didn't want to make it too bloated for people trying to understand the systems 😄 good catch though!
The best farming guide will be playing and naturally enjoy the game like all us vets did/do. Being 33shd and expecting to have the same power level like a 9k SHD player it's having unrealistic expectations which can only be realistic in time and after time consuming by acknowledge how the game properly work and learning his complex mechanics. The nr.of newbies running lately in heroics with 4-5 directives ON and basically being oblivious how the game works and how the Npc"s scaling work on scaled content it's scary lately. The other day I did Capital building with some randoms in heroics and they had 4 directives ON with 2 if them being under 50 shd ....I gad to revive 14 times and basically carrying the hole mission by myself with 168 kills (basically I killed almost all the Npc's my myself). Whoever says SHD doesn't represen/mean nothing it's a fool and only will be true when those SHD points where made by exploiting rats. I know all this was a little off topic but all this farms tips videos are meaning very few if you don't have knowledge about how stuff truly work in this game. Only respect Gold and this was just my opinion and insight of what this game it's truly about and how few times i consider content creators talk about. You are between fews left who has my respect when It comes about this game, majority are just a bunch of trolls and false watched"creators".✌️
The only DZ exclusive items I'm missing are the Rock N'Roll, Ferocious Calm and Death Grips, everything else I've obtained it through a Named Item cache or the Countdown vendor. I literally never had to step into the DZ to get the exclusive items thankfully
Ive been farmimg summit & anywhere else I can get Marksman rifle from to try & get a decent white death drop for weeks & I havnt had a single one drop & i do 100 sumit floors every week atleast with targeted Marksman Rifles.
Unless it has been changed, in my experience targeted loot in terms of countdown and summit let's you drop only certain parts of specific gearsets, some of the parts will still remain exclusive for the raid they were introduced in.
You forgot to mention that if you’re looking for one specific item, the game can psychically detect that and will not give it to you. 😂 of course I’m kidding, but it does seem like that sometimes
Great video as always. Although I do have to interject with. I've gotten 6 on your list that has dropped in the open world. Low ass drop rate doesn't always mean DZ exclusive. Named cache not included.
Over time they've added select exemptions, like DZ Exclusives dropping from Seasonal Targets, so there's likely a few ways you could've picked them up. But they're *supposed* to only drop in the DZ :)
Just hit that sub and notify button since it seems like you’ve become my go to Div2 content provider. I was wondering if you would be cool sharing the build you’re using in this video. I’ve been looking to add a nice DPS build to my loadout as I mainly play skill but this has that great gun and run style that I usually aim for and the fact that ur using an LMG and making it look fun is a plus for me. Please share the build lol thanks
Hey thank you so much, truly appreciate it! Here's a breakdown I did on that build, hope you like it 👉 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2rFSZajL3Sw.html
I got the nemesis to drop from a bounty without fully completeing the quest. I had 2 pieces and blueprint but still missing the final piece but the sniper dropped for me.
Yo! I know this one is a bit late but I brought a friend to your channel recently and he had some questions with this video. Made me wonder about something. As a full Div 2 veteran, I did notice that some of the faction locked loot boxes do have a bigger chance to drop exotics. Just wanted to see if you agree with me on this experience or not :v Cause I wonder if the different green cases around the missions as well as the locked ones get influenced by this same statistics. Aight, keep it up bro! c:
I know that the Acostas Go-Bag's original drop source was faction crates. Same as how the Lady Death was NYC Open World bosses, Tardigrade chest was True Sons bosses, etc. So I believe Acostas has a higher chance to drop from those
Wonderful video my man, i have but one question. What is that weapon and build you have at the very end where youre tagging people for those insane numbers, and do you have a video covering it?
Jesus, been farming summit on challenging with 6 directives active for a memento backpack. Backpacks as targeted loot and I just can't seem to get it. Ready to pull my hair out or quit playing. What a pain in the ass since most builds rely on memento bsckpack.
I love the first Division and got the 2nd and never really got hooked on to the 2nd like the first I recently re-download it the division two and thought maybe give it another try any suggestions on how I can get to understand the 2nd there is just so many different things to work on from the base and gear and specially weapons etc it’s a lot to try to grasp especially when you work 50 plus hours a week and don’t have much time to spend getting gear etc…. Any suggestions?
Welcome back! I made a new player guide not long ago that goes over all of the core systems of the game, that might be helpful! 👉 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-1BfRduqxX9g.html
Great video. I try to do countdown but the matchmaking takes Ages! Sometimes i wait 15min and get only 2people in my team. Is this game dead or why is this…. The same is for matchmaking in general (missions etc) it just seems completely dead
What platform are you on and what difficulty are you trying to matchmake for? I never wait longer than 15-20 seconds for a Countdown group on Challenging, and maybe a minute tops for Heroic main missions.
@@RogueGold Im on PC and matchmaking for normal and hard, mostly on hard. It takes around 10 minutes... Sometimes faster ofc and sometimes on missions longer
Welcome back! I'll link the build breakdown here. Just note that the "poison" effect isn't from the build, it's from the Reanimated Global Event that was running at the time 👍 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-5ScJSErwiIo.html
@@RogueGold thnk you! i have been following your Juggernaut build and it helped me on heroics and in countdown. but i dont have the EB so i just used the chameleon. still works tho :) ill try to do your heartbreak heroic countdown guide next since the damage you are giving is more than a million :)
The biggest problem I have with the system is that it's too polluted with garbage, for instance I've been trying to replace my 13% protection from elites when update 16.0 stripped it out of my toon, I'll get 9%, 11% and 12% to drop on Heroic with 4 directives, IMO the 9% and 11% have no business even being in the Heroic loot pool, so not only is the 13% competing with the other 97,000 blues it's competing with the reds and yellows and all there million levels, when you advance in world tiers the loot pool should advance with you and not drag along the garbage from previous tiers. Lastly no way purple gear should be dropping in Heroic and Legendary.
@@TheRama2299 I understand that, there is plenty of garbage in the Heroic/Legendary tiers as it is, it shouldn't be bringing garbage from previous tiers, that is what makes the loot pool overly convoluted.
Wow I understand everything you’re saying but it’s making it difficult for the new players it’s gonna be very hard for them to get these exotics enjoy your stream keep up the good work
All this is very true. However, from my experience (and my SHD is 6600), I've noticed that exotics tend to drop a bit more on challenging difficulty in countdown as opposed to heroic difficulty, providing that your targeted loot is an item (mask, holster, etc.) and not a brand.
It's the Operator Shirt! You get it from doing 1 of the 3 DC Strongholds on Legendary. I forget which one specifically, but you can preview their rewards and it'll tell you which piece of the outfit you'll get 👍
No more searching 2-year-old Reddit posts for the farm location of this and that item!! Godsend PS, about named item caches: that explains why i've got so many Manics in my inventory while I've only been in the dark zone for a couple times PPS, directives don't increase targeted loot drops in the open world??!! i've been lied to all these years :o
Happy to help! Reddit is still useful though, I'm not always correct 😄 case in point with the Directives, I was incorrect there. They do appear to have a slight influence on open world/mission drop rates. Making an amendment in the pinned comment
@Procyon-xx5xq Honestly I do not have knowledge about exact percentages on any of this stuff. Wish I did, but again there's so much hidden info out there!
Here is something to note not try to discredit the you bro but I’m only level 30 battle pass and the exotic ar is 90 Got it to drop at a Control point today
Thanks for the info. One thing i did want to know about however was the system corruption gear set, specifically the backpack, ive heard its super rare in a specific area. Do you know any more info on it?
Hey! Yes, the System Corruption gear set (as well as the Yaahl brand set) are exclusive to the DZ. They can pop up in the DZ vendor rotation and have a slim chance from Legacy Season caches, but DZ is your best bet. Someone else pointed those out and I definitely should have included them in the video, so apologies for that!
@RogueGold no need to apologise, its a set that's basically been forgotten about and only just made a comeback. I think they should have legacy caches drom from their respective season manhunt. So Jupiter was season 1 and she should drop season 1 legacy caches to give people a bit of a better chance farming for the loot they want. Just a thought. Anyway thanks for the info!
I think I have ran everything searching for a Ninja Bike BP, and still nothing. I missed it last season and really would like to get it. Any help would be appreciated.
It's in the General Loot Pool, so your best chances for it to drop will be playing targeted Backpack content. It's a rare drop chance, so keep at it! Good luck!
What If you lost more than few seasons rewords, there s no chance you get it as exotic loot? .. Just dropping coyote and vile mask again and again.. But Chatarais???..
Regardless of if you earned it during the Season it was introduced in or not, Seasonal Exotics enter the General Pool as soon as that Season concludes. So yes, you can get the Catharsis by farming 👍
Yo homie not tru about seasonal track u can get gear and weapons drop from season track if u Dnt unlock it long as someone on team have it unlock it will drp for you
If you have a record of that being in any patch notes, or some other proof, that'd be great. To my knowledge and in my experience nobody else you're grouped with has any influence on your own specific loot pool.
@@RogueGold no I am saying if I unlock an gear or weapon item in the rewards track and I’m playing with someone whom haven’t yet unlock that specific gear/weapon it will drop for that player I dnt record my game play but try it for urself next season and see
@reedmosby1035 Global difficulty settings are only available at Level 40, but I couldn't say for sure what CP system they have in place for Level 30. Haven't played it since WONY dropped. They allow you to reset somehow, I'm just not sure if it's the organic takeover system from Year 1 or some hybrid of the newer system.
Countdown is king when it comes to farming I have exery exotic in the game besides the 2 raid exotics from iron horse and I've only been playing 10 days memento was my first exotic and since then I've gotten a out 10 more out of countdown caches. Only weapon I didn't get from countdown is my eagle bearer
As a general rule I prefer to avoid Heroic. Yes it does give the best chances of getting items with high rolls however the time to kill on enemies is such a drastic leap over challenging that it's not worth it unless you're shooting for an exotic and even then you could still argue it's better to have more drops over time. * Also some people like to milk the end of countdown by delaying the extraction to constantly farm the Black Tusk reinforcements but IMO this is a stupid practice that really needs to stop. The Hunters at the end (as well as the chest for winning the main objective) are what will net you the best loot, plus while I can't confirm this I'm relatively certain the sooner you extract the more tags you get for buying caches. And even if that's not true you're still delaying your next run. It's much more efficient to just wipe the Hunters ASAP and then GTFO.
You miss the part that delaying the extraction and killing those enemies has a chance to drop an exotic. I guess you're one of those annoying players that shoots the flare as soon as you get to the extraction. What is your IGN so i can avoid you. Fyi, extracting sooner doesn't earn you more tags/credits, killing all the hunters does.
@@ckeymille Yeah but it's like. 0.01% chance for any enemy to drop an exotic, vs just doing another run and getting more tags to buy chaches. Or you know, just farm the DZ.
@John L. Correct. What I'm saying is that Perfect First Blood isn't too dissimilar from Determined, so swapping our a gun with Determined for the Pinprick, and using a similar Headhunter/Hotshot build, would likely be quite good 👍
@RogueGold Determined is getting a nerf but not this rare MR. Showcase the Pinprick. Might get more people in the DZ if you do it! I'll say it is a one shot kill in Conflict.
Funny i use this rifle in my build for few years. As my secundary is Regulus i wanted something like Mantis. Pinprick is a good sniper rifle...with the new Hotshot set evan better. I always wonder if other players know about this weapon...as i never meet another player with it in his build... Maybe because is DZ exclusive?
@@RogueGold i mosly play with my primary weapon. But the Stats on my secondary does they count? like the 130 % headshot dmg on the white death. Or the 5 % accuarcy from the mods on the gun.
It's not farmable, unfortunately. The weapon was exclusive to pre-ordering Warlords of New York, and as of now there is no other acquisition method. The Tsunami named SASG has the same talent though 👍
RG, wouldn't higher difficulty affect quantity of loot anyway? Not directly of course, but higher difficulty means a higher elite ratio and these guys are the ones that drop the goods more often than not. Targeted loot behaves the same way in the open world as far as I've seen, chance for it to show up when a drop happens. Also, open world activities also give you guaranteed targeted loot upon completion (CPs, Convoys, Propaganda etc.)
I hadn't considered it from that angle. Possibly! I really have no idea how loot drop rates work with different veterancy of NPC's, or anything like that. This video was already pushing the boundaries of my technical knowledge of the game 😂 but that's a great point to bring up!
@@RogueGold Same here, I'm not certain about a lot of the inner workings because the devs have changed stuff a few times. Just sharing my own observations. Happy Easter!
Are there any good tips when it comes to grinding loot for early game? Right now I am only level 15 and I am just wondering what would be a good mission or something to do to get better loot faster. And I can not press a button to show targeted look, have not unlocked it yet as with my such low level
Is there a big reason you feel like you need to farm? I honestly can't think of what to recommend other than continuing to play missions or open world activities. All of that gear will be invalidated later on once you're a higher level, so I wouldn't worry about investing too much time there
@@RogueGold No big reason why I feel like I need to grind, just wanting to make sure I get good gear that is my level so I have enough armor and damage, so I am not stuck with gear that is a few levels lower, as I do like to have some sort of set gear, as I do like utility stuff, and making sure those are leveled right
The items are better, however the difficulty spike between Challenging and Heroic is pretty steep, and it can mean that matchmade teams have lower success rates, equaling the potential for less total efficiency and items over time. If you have a pre-made team for it though, Heroic can be very viable!
I typically swing for heroic and here's the reason why: Those lower rolls just don't interest me and I end up throwing away a lot more junk. Even if you lose the heroic countdown, you still keep all the loot you're getting as you go, so I don't see it as a super negative thing. Now, if you're farming caches as opposed to the targeted loot, the success rate is the most important factor. I usually build my own heroic countdowns (matchmade, but I make sure the team doesn't look too bad by checking everyone before we go in). You can swap people between the two 4-man groups to make both parties more successful. As with anything matchmade though, you are at the mercy of the people who join, so you could have 10 amazing runs one day, then the next not win any due to bad team comps and player skill.
Alright someone point out the obv for me. The damage feed, how do i get it to be organized. When i shoot the numbers are in a burst fashion all over. Most videos i see the damage displays on the hud in a stack. How do I get this to show on my hud like that?
@RogueGold Isnt the dark zone only gear (Česká Výroba) unable to be selected as targeted loot, I'm unsure if it shows up as targeted loot outside the darkzone. S.R.O.
