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    Some parting thoughts.

    I've decided to take a break from this game. I'll hang around the forums as it is more entertaining than the game. You honestly couldn't make a lot of this stuff up, but I have just given up on the game.

    I spent my last day doing a lot of different things and using quite a few different gearsets. I know I'm known for being negative (I believe with good reason) but I'm trying to make this non-judgmental and simply factual, based upon what happened in a normal day of game play.

    I realized overall what a drag the grind had become and simply how unpleasant I found the grind to get Div Tech to finish off a build I was working on. It made the whole completion anti-climatic because I was drained and really just wanted to get off. I realized how little Rogue 2.0 had done to stop checkpoint camping and the DZ marathon and how comical the whole exercise really was.

    I became frustrated with how sets that were centered around a core skill or gear piece like sniping or the ballistic shield were rendered useless by broken game mechanics that made all the work putting the builds together pointless. Initial sniper shots never register. I didn't miss, the shot simply didn't register. It alerted all of the NPCs who took off like scalded cats running for cover and diving like dolphins making any further sniping pointless. In front of me the Benny Hill Show unfolded as NPCs ran back and forth faster than I could track them in my sights, staggering me with blindfire whilst headshots did nothing to stop their rate of fire. Eventually I changed gloves and started using an AR.

    Later I changed to a shield build which was mildly fun until the game decided for some strange reason not to allow me to deploy my shield. An entire build centered around one piece of equipment I could not deploy. Frustratedly I pressed the button over and over until my toon nonchalantly threw the shield aside and left me unprotected as 'Chains' descended upon me. I ran for cover but never made it as the shotgunner hot on my heels could run much faster than me. I turned to face him and would have prevailed had I not needed to reload, something that NPCs apparently never have to do.

    I decided to spend my last remaining cipher keys and see what new vanity items I might obtain. I spent at least 10 minutes opening boxes to find one blue piece of clothing that I didn't already own. The rest of my purchases rewarded me with duplicates for which I was awarded key fragments that accumulated into keys that rewarded me with more duplicates and more key fragments in a never ending cycle.

    I sold everything I had accumulated in hours of gameplay having obtained nothing of any use and spent my last 50 Div Tech upgrading a holster on a gearset that I realized I would probably never get around to fully optimizing, just like a dozen others.

    I looked through every gearset I own and realized that the vast majority were no longer viable at all whilst others were only viable in PvE. I wandered around the BOO contemplating where all the players had gone that used to keep me company at the recalibration bench and vendors.

    I ran one final round of the open world bosses and realized half way through that I hardly had the enthusiasm to finish this never mind consider completing a weekly or anything else.

    But most of all, I realized I missed my friends. Sure there are people I still play with but there are others long gone who I miss dearly and were as much a part of this game to me as were LAU, Rhodes and Benitez.

    I felt quite sad as I switched off, not because I felt I was going to miss the game but because I know I won't, something I would have never have believed a short while ago. And I felt anger, real anger at the people who let this happen through their incompetence, stubbornness, lack of accountability and pure indifference. I feel sorry that Tom Clancy's legacy has come to this, driven into the ground by a group of individuals more intent upon pursuing pseudo internet fame than actually doing their job.
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    "I felt quite sad as I switched off, not because I felt I was going to miss the game but because I know I won't,"

    That is the saddest thing in the post and I feel for you. I truly do.
    It's getting hard for me too.

    I remember when commendations launched and I was pissed that I had to kill 40,000 NPCs all over again. Now,I'm 1,400 from being finished. I logged on while ago to knock it out and quit after 44 kills. I just....couldn't.
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    Enjoy your other games. I suggest Prey, Deus Ex, Ark and Warframe. The latter is free.
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    I totally understand, I uninstalled the game two weeks ago and haven't really missed it.

    Whatever they say in an inevitable Year 3 stream will determine whether or not I reinstall the game. If you've been in the The Light Zone thread, you know my and pretty much everyone elses feelings on the state of the game. And this may sound selfish but, if Y3 doesn't allude to that thread, there will be no hesitation of me removing The Division from my Favorites in the Steam client.
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    I also suggest Warframe, their Dev Team is everything Massive isn't, very communicative, interactive with players, every 2 weeks they have a 1 hour Devstream on Twitch, which is nothing like the stupid joke that is State of the Game, DE always shows news of the game, do Q&As, Plat Giveaways(Game shop Currency) among others, but the big part of it is always them showing what they have planned for the game, future content, etc, unlike here where we get nickles on the SotG...

    You will rarely be disappointed with Digital Extremes.
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    I completely Understand the feeling. I've been playing some other RPGs and RTSs.
    I'd recommend Warframe to anyone look for a replacement.

    Almost all my friends left after the GE, I have all the Classified sets I want so nothing to look for, and what's left is playing the same content repeatedly when there isn't a point in doing so.
    Then the thought comes to mind "what's the point?".
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    The game does make you think you’re chasing your tail at times. And, I think everyone could benefit with some time away when it becomes a tedious grind. I played everyday when I started, not anymore, even though I’ve barely scratched the surface of this game. Unless, you have nothing else you wish to accomplish, take a week or two off then come back try again. Happy vacation dude.😎
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    Here.

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    I'm in a similar situation.

    My frustration with 1.8 has led me to deconstruct every single classified gear and exotic weapon I own (with the exception of 6 pieces of Sentry, 1 M700 and 1 MDR).

    I had six-pieces of every classified set (nearly all of them min-maxed with div tech) and an almost unbelievable amount of "god roll" weapons. But I decided to erase them all because I think Classified Gear has had a very negative effect on the game (both pvp and pve).

    I haven't been in West Side Piers for several months; Skirmish is so dominated by Striker as to be comical; and Resistance has become the new 1.3 Dragon's Nest where four agents turtle down in one spot for thirty minutes in return for maybe a half-decent piece of gear.

    In other words: not fun.
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    Yeah i can understand mate yesterday i have played with bunch of agents in darkzone they are cool especially the leader the cool guy always striking that cool dance pose guiding us to Sealed caches and farming classifieds for us thanks to him i got two nomad pieces i needed and grinded 300 div tech. Yes you have reason mate this game is enjoyable only with team / friends as soon as they left all i got is crap HE gear WTF.

    Odd though never encountered even a single rogue or MAN HUNT in my server for the first time. Being solo PVE player 100% of the time i truly enjoyed being part of a team with a cool leader.

    Yes presently enjoyable only with friends or else it will be a useless grinding for solo players like us. Bought Monster Hunter World Yesterday enjoying it awesome game may be you should try it too.
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