u/Just_Some_Guy73

Missed out on the brotherhood quest. Kinda want it now.

I know how shitty of a deal this is for me, but I really need it. I also have the Chally the Moo Moo outfit, Clean astronaut full outfit and Flower Suit. I also want the large ultracite shard plan, but im not willing to give the elders mark for it, only the apparrel.

Have a spare rad scorpion agitator laying around you cant seem to find a use for? Turn it into a support for a building that looks otherwise unstable!

I know how shitty of a deal this is for me, but I really need it. I also have the Chally the Moo Moo outfit, Clean astronaut full outfit and Flower Suit. I also want the large ultracite shard plan, but im not willing to give the elders mark for it, only the apparrel.

If you have the fasnascht mask display you can use the robot mask as a makeshift security camera!

Basically the title. Every time I sit down to write, if I catch myself writing something under 3 minutes long I feel like I'm somehow cheating or being lazy. In my heart i know some songs are just meant to be that way, but damn does it still feel weird.

Priority objectives give you laughable amounts of seasonal xp and projects are giving you 1000xp down from 2000xp.

I've made my way around the Dark Zones for years now, I know the vast majority of the spawns. However as of yesterday it seems like there are several new spawn doors opening at a time. The enemies seem to spawn all around you, which is not ideal considering our nerfed stats+debuffs. I have died several times a session this far, which is usually a rare occurrence for me.

New Talent: "Cripple"

• When shooting gain 1 stack per bullet fired up to a cap of 50. For each stack gain +1% Weak point damage and headshot damage. Destroying a weak point or killing an enemy removes all stacks. Hitting a weak point or a headshot builds 2 stacks.

A few exotic tweaks/reworks I think could improve the game.

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OXPECKER: I have 2 potential ideas here.

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Option A. Oxpecker can be used with the Bulwark shield, but it does 30% less total damage if so.

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Option B. Oxpecker increases holstered shield repair by 300% when they are sheathed. Does not apply to the Bulwark Shield. 5 second delay if shield is broken.

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OVERLORD: Complete Rework. New "Capitulate" Talent: Landing all pellets in a shot on the same enemy will apply a stack. At 3 stacks the target will be Ensnared for 5 seconds and recieve 15% amplified damage from all sources. 30 Second cooldown. I figured this would make for a much better support talent than the version we have now.

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DREAD EDICT: 15%WH Mod --> 25%WH Mod.

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BITTERSWEET: Give this gun a scope and it will be perfect.

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NEMESIS: Fix the Scope in bug that doesnt allow you to see how much you have charged your shot.

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MERCILESS: 7 Stacks --> 6 Stacks to Proc Binary Trigger. (Tweak as nessecary)

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SACRUM IMPERIUM: 1 Second Proc Time --> 0 Second Proc Time. Consumes Rifle Ammo instead of MMR Ammo. 20% Stability Mod --> 35% Stability Mod. This gun needs all the help it can get and I still am not sure I gave it enough.

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BUSY LITTLE BEE: Revert the magazine size nerf. This thing used to have 30 bullets a mag. Freaking 30! And now we're stuck with a measly 10 bullets. Almost nobody was using this thing as a full blown damage dealing secondary, so what was the point in nerfing it by almost 70%?

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NINJA BIKE MESSENGER BAG: You may equip a second piece of exotic gear in addition to this item. (Added talent) I dont really think it will shake up the meta any, but it would be fun to see what people come up with.

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SAWYERS KNEEPADS: 1 Stack per Second --> 2 Stacks per Second. All Stacks will be lost immediately after moving. This exotic doesn't have a whole lot going for it. It comes with an armor core so you lose out on potential DPS and you also lose access to important attributes on your build. This is my solution to try to make it better while also keeping it balanced.

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GUNSLINGER HOLSTER: The first shot that hits an enemy will consume the buff instead of being able to miss. At full Stacks the next bullet you land from your sidearm will be a guaranteed headshot. Very niche exotic that has had very few used over the years. I assume these changes would allow for more gun hybrid builds.

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SHOCKER PUNCH: 100% Melee Damage Increase --> 500% Melee Damage Increase. 5m Stun Radius --> 8m Stun Radius. I just want to see this thing used😭

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BlOODY KNUCKLES: 100% Melee Damage Increase --> 500% Melee Damage Increase. Melee Applies Bleed.

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ACOSTA'S KNEEPADS: Movement Speed bonuses from other sources are allowed, but halved.

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RIDGEWAY'S PRIDE: 15m Proc Range --> 20m Proc Range. Grenades Now apply bleed to any enemies hit by enemies caught in the explosion radius (including clusters). C'mon doesnt this sound fun?

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IMPERIAL DYNASTY: Complete Rework: Fire status effects are replaced with the Purple Flame status effect. Purple Flame status effected enemies take 15% amplified damage to armor, 30% amplified damage to armor plates and increase Chem Launcher skill efficiency by 5% per skill tier.

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CONCLUSION: I tried to make this list as balanced as possible without changing what doesnt need to be. I would love to hear other ideas down below!

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I know in my last few posts I have made it seem like there was no hope for the game, so I figured I should type out a list of all of the good changes I could think of.

1.) Project Renew. I know it took a while, but this fixed A LOT of the game's bugs. Night and day difference.

2.) Recent PVP balance changes. These changes make it so PVP can be more enjoyable for quite a lot of players.

3.) Having seasonal seasonal exotics roll with CHC and CHD 90% of the time. I want to say they started doing this back when the Exodus Gloves came out. Great change.

4.) Proficiency caches change.

5.) For the most part (aside from this season) the manhunt missions have been very good.

6.) The Brooklyn Expansion as a whole was Incredible.

7.) Manhunt progression changes. Instead of having to wait 2 weeks to progress, now its week to week with significantly better rewards. (Just take out the RNG stuff 🙏)

8.) Descent Comms changes.

9.) SHD level reward changes. (Significantly more respectful to our time and effort.)

10.) Being able to skip to brooklyn on new characters.

Leave any I may be missing in the comments.

I was told I should post this here, so here we are. We are tired. Not all of us have been playing for years, but several of us have. Do you know how special a game has to be to someone to stay invested for over 8 years? Hour after hour of sheer dedication to the mechanics you made?

We're beginning to think you don't. And we are starting to lose our patience. I myself have been playing on and off since WONY came out and I have never felt so unmotivated to play as I am right now.

Usually its because there's nothing left to do/waiting for a new season to drop, but this time thats not it. No, this time its how you made escalations work. I'm not going to sit here and explain to you just how poorly those have been implemented, as im sure you already know, you just dont care.

Not only do you not care, you actively doubled down on fucking all of us over next season with a 50% increase cost to prototype upgrades and a 100% increased cost for the prototype caches. Caches paid for with a currency that is EVEN HARDER to get now. We are forced into matchmaking with players with terrible builds that dont contribute and the kick button is bugged most of the time.

The PVP balancing for the PVE DZ has got to go. The RNG Extraction too. You guys had a slam dunk handed to you on a silver platter that season when you announced the PVE DZ, but at the rate this is going, you are going to do irreparable damage to your franchise. None of us want that. We want the game that we loved so much to come back to us. It doesnt even feel like the division anymore. With all of the absolutely pointless levels of grind and gambling that has been added, I almost feel like I'm playing Overwatch or an EA title opening lootboxes.

When it comes down to it we dont hate you, we know the potential of the team that works behind the scenes, but we are frustrated when you keep making these absolutely horrid decisions that completely blindside us abd waste our time. We are not even being hyperbolic when we say we think you might actually hate us.

In conclusion there is still time for you to fix your game. Just fix the exotic economy (Adding components as a completion for escalations was a great start, but not enough.), let us pay for prototype caches with prototype components, fix escalation (targeted loot, functioning matchmaking, token economy), and let us optimize and recalibrate prototypes. As a little side suggestion, maybe give us another tree for spending SHD points. Say every 5th level we can spend an additional point on a rarer resource like Exotic components or Prototype cores.

Please just listen to us or you may not have anyone to listen at all.

We are tired. Not all of us have been playing for years, but several of us have. Do you know how special a game has to be to someone to stay invested for over 8 years? Hour after hour of sheer dedication to the mechanics you made?

We're beginning to think you don't. And we are starting to lose our patience. I myself have been playing on and off since WONY came out and I have never felt so unmotivated to play as I am right now.

Usually its because there's nothing left to do/waiting for a new season to drop, but this time thats not it. No, this time its how you made escalations work. I'm not going to sit here and explain to you just how poorly those have been implemented, as im sure you already know, you just dont care.

Not only do you not care, you actively doubled down on fucking all of us over next season with a 50% increase cost to prototype upgrades and a 100% increased cost for the prototype caches. Caches paid for with a currency that is EVEN HARDER to get now. We are forced into matchmaking with players with terrible builds that dont contribute and the kick button is bugged most of the time.

The PVP balancing for the PVE DZ has got to go. The RNG Extraction too. You guys had a slam dunk handed to you on a silver platter that season when you announced the PVE DZ, but at the rate this is going, you are going to do irreparable damage to your franchise. None of us want that. We want the game that we loved so much to come back to us. It doesnt even feel like the division anymore. With all of the absolutely pointless levels of grind and gambling that has been added, I almost feel like I'm playing Overwatch or an EA title opening lootboxes.

When it comes down to it we dont hate you, we know the potential of the team that works behind the scenes, but we are frustrated when you keep making these absolutely horrid decisions that completely blindside us abd waste our time. We are not even being hyperbolic when we say we think you might actually hate us.

In conclusion there is still time for you to fix your game. Just fix the exotic economy (Adding components as a completion for escalations was a great start, but not enough.), let us pay for prototype caches with prototype components, fix escalation (targeted loot, functioning matchmaking, token economy), and let us optimize and recalibrate prototypes. As a little side suggestion, maybe give us another tree for spending SHD points. Say every 5th level we can spend an additional point on a rarer resource like Exotic components or Prototype cores.

Please just listen to us or you may not have anyone to listen at all.