DZ not all bad news, some good agents going around,great farming runs.
I have been running solo in the DZ trying to boost my levels and find some good gear and weapons to better my build and equip it. It has been great in the DZ and I have been loving it, but you know the possibility of running into rogue agents exists, so make hay while the sun shines.
Survival has had a positive impact because I have just not seen the same level of rogue activity and when there have been rogues generally they are content to fight each other.
Last few times in the DZ has seen some surprising events, I was battling it out with the yellow gang near DZ East, not doing much good, got pinged by the chick with the smg, when I noticed an agent approaching closely behind, thought crap, not looking out I'm toast, but....no, he popped me a heal and kept motoring through, I was stunned but very appreciative, don't know who it was but thanks.
I have seen multiple groups of 4 agents and they did not hunt me down, single agents just motor past, not bothering anyone, so the DZ currently is having a renaissance.
Today cruising DZ 1 having a good time, needing to extract, the West area came up as extraction arriving, crept in, a solo agent was there so we set to clean up, I was surprised by a cleaner crew appearing, purple 34 guys, hard pressed to clear them when the agent calling the extraction chimes in and he drops a couple, that gave me time for my adrenaline to time in, finish cleaning up, looking around, when the notification came up, an agent is down, the agent calling the extraction had been dropped by a purple 34 rioter with the SMG and his mad mate the LMG guy, managed to drop the rioter, drop in behind cover and heal the friendly agent, we then finished the LMG guy, both extracted our DZ finds and went our own ways.
The DZ has some surprises still, not every one is out to get you, but it is safer as a solo agent to live as if they are, it was good to have a what goes around comes around moment, to return a favour in a short time as the bad times in the DZ are never far away.
The DZ farming has been very profitable, a number of keeper armour items and some really good weapons. The stand out was a drop from a Rikers guy, a police Mk 17 rifle with 455,000 DPS which has plummeted now to 339,000 DPS, originally pumped out to 650,000 with mods but now just 537,000 DPS, how is this possible?. Even still at the current figures it is still an amazing weapon and it drops red 34 with a single head shot or 2 sometimes 3 body shots.
Other weapons I have kept and are using is a G 36 AR, LVOA C, Lightweight M4 AR and a 155K M870 shot gun.
I do have rants where I can the rogues but still find the DZ rocks for its balance, never ending NPC's to fight and the delivery of great returns on armour, weapons and mods.