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    Bit of info please :)

    Be much appreciated if I can get some info, as I haven't played this game over a year but was told its a lot better balance these days.. so giving it another go.


    1- what are the highest score gear items now?

    2- what is the highest weapon score?

    3- I heard striker is good what else is good?

    4 - best places to farm? UG, HVTS, for best gear drops and time-saving..?

    5 - best talents for PVP and PVE?

    6 - skills that are good?

    7 - what sort of rolls are aimed for these days? I think the last time I played they had gotten rid of all the armour rolls and made it health...

    8 - firearms/stamina/electronics what works?

    Thanks in advance for any help, ideas
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    Better balance only if you have 1 of 3 sets. Striker is KING by a long shot. Nomad is Queen and just as annoying as most women. (sorry ladies) Predators Mark is the Prince. IF you arent running one of those 3 sets in the DZ, plan on getting wrecked. So if having 3 out of 15 some odd sets is balanced then yes, its balanced.

    DZ still best place to farm bnut that has actually gotten better as you can farm most places for all gear these days.

    Skill builds are relegated to PVE ONLY. DO NOT PVP WITH ANY SKILL BUILD!!

    You need a HOUSE exotic weapon. ITs best on all builds with the exception of some skill builds. Great balance here as well.
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    Thank you Moesuvious

    That's a good start of info to help me out.

    Gear score? is that 283 the highest and Where is the best place to find The house and M4?

    Looks like they have completely change reclaimers! I used to like using them fire bullets for the team and healing ppl
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    Originally Posted by Grouchybeast Go to original post
    Thank you Moesuvious

    That's a good start of info to help me out.

    Gear score? is that 283 the highest and Where is the best place to find The house and M4?

    Looks like they have completely change reclaimers! I used to like using them fire bullets for the team and healing ppl
    Yes, Reclaimer is totally a Healer support build now.

    291 is the highest Gear score i believe. Exotics have a chance to drop from all named bosses in the game so its really just pick your poison on whatever content you like to do the most. Alot of people will play the Resistance mode and farm a cache(many videos out there showing easiest way to farm this mode) within it to up their chances at getting Exotics and classified gear but i find it boring and would rather just run around and hope for the best.

    Getting an M4 will just be luck of the draw but i get them alot, you will just have to find one with good talents to suit whatever build you are working on, you can always check the vendors as well. The best i found for the vendors is here http://rubenalamina.mx/the-division-...-vendor-reset/ its resets every Friday at 6 or 7 p.m and you can find decent mods and weapons to get you back going.
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    Thanks so much.

    Time to farm up from these 283 and below gear sets and weapons then!

    Have fun.
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    According to the link for vendors there is a LWM4 DZ west 39th I think it was. Just over 41k DZ funds though.
    Just seen m700 carbon at the last call. Wonder what GS that is.

    I think moesuvious practically covered it all. Especially regarding gear sets. I have a couple of builds I just use for fun. But my go to sets are nomad and striker. Strictly PvE player though. There are a lot of YouTube video's from a lot of different players on gear sets for both PvP and pve and how to set them up etc. Ultimately, it's how you want it to work but definitely good points of reference.

    Any caches could pretty much drop you a house. I got one a while ago now from a field proficiency cache. I personally haven't seen one in a while though. Seems the showstopper and hungry hog are in my loot pool. Makes a nice change from the Tenebrae though. DZ has been dropping classified pieces for us also, landmarks and street bosses.

    As for weapon scores, I'm not sure about this myself. Mine keep saying fully optimized at 286. Even if they dropped at above 280. So maybe it's 286 cap. Someone more knowledgeable will be able to answer that more accurately though.
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    286 is the highest gear score for weapons
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    Originally Posted by gt2k Go to original post
    286 is the highest gear score for weapons
    Thank you gt2k
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    Gear score can also be a bit of a misleading thing. I could find a GS 285 item that sucks comparatively to a better-skilled GS 280 item (especially when I'm looking for specific talents). Just a word of caution, before you go deleting everything that doesn't have a gear score higher than what you're running.
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    Originally Posted by Sharpandpointy Go to original post
    Gear score can also be a bit of a misleading thing. I could find a GS 285 item that sucks comparatively to a better-skilled GS 280 item (especially when I'm looking for specific talents). Just a word of caution, before you go deleting everything that doesn't have a gear score higher than what you're running.
    Good point for the OP, with the Optimization station, the only relevant thing you need to look at on a weapon is if it has the talents you want, you can optimize it at the station to get all other stats to max level.
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