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    Latest up grade.

    As a player for almost 4 months I have enjoyed the game greatly. I have reached the upper average gear rating ( 288) and competed well in Legendary missions. However, since the latest changes my guns and gear have been nerfed to the point where they are nearly useless. Since legendary missions are the best way to get enough points, cash and tech to reach higher equipment and talent levels. This change greatly favors the long time players who earn theirs during easier versions. I知 sure that was hard enough. Many of the newer players, that I know are no longer playing because they feel like they have no chance of competing with the experienced players and getting killed at the drop of a hat. The game is now no fun to play. If it was your purpose to make the nearly impossible for the newer players then congrats. However I知 afraid that you will soon have few newer players.
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    Welcome to the game. If you are in the 256+ gear score bracket, you can go no higher. The gear you get now does not get better by unlocking anything. It's all completely random luck now what you find between 256 and higher. If you want to raise the strength of your gear you can optimize it at the Optimization Station in the Terminal. It will cost Division Tech credits.

    Secondly, they did not nerf any guns in the last update. They only nerfed the way the Striker set performs in PvP. It sounds like you're running PvE missions so nothing in the last update should have affected you. Please be aware that there are other factors that may affect the strength of your gear:
    - World Tier level (1-5)
    - Global Event modifiers (There may have been a GE going on when you played previously)
    - The size of your team (Enemy numbers and damage resistance scale to the size of the team)
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    Originally Posted by grapple145 Go to original post
    As a player for almost 4 months I have enjoyed the game greatly. I have reached the upper average gear rating ( 288) and competed well in Legendary missions. However, since the latest changes my guns and gear have been nerfed to the point where they are nearly useless. Since legendary missions are the best way to get enough points, cash and tech to reach higher equipment and talent levels. This change greatly favors the long time players who earn theirs during easier versions. I知 sure that was hard enough. Many of the newer players, that I know are no longer playing because they feel like they have no chance of competing with the experienced players and getting killed at the drop of a hat. The game is now no fun to play. If it was your purpose to make the nearly impossible for the newer players then congrats. However I知 afraid that you will soon have few newer players.
    What do you mean easier versions? When hard or challenging mode was the highest diffuculty it was as hard as the current legendarys, infact probably harder bacause no cheesy classifieds back then. So no us long time players did not have it easier. You new players have it easier than anyone before.
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    The patch, apart from the healing box blow-up change, was limited to Striker in PVP. What do you mean with weapon nerf`? With 288., you are almost at max (291) there is almost no difference between you and long-time players in case of the gear score. You need to find your favourite build for the legendaries. Do you use Tactician? This is considered as best PVE set by most of the players.
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    Originally Posted by grapple145 Go to original post
    As a player for almost 4 months I have enjoyed the game greatly. I have reached the upper average gear rating ( 288) and competed well in Legendary missions. However, since the latest changes my guns and gear have been nerfed to the point where they are nearly useless. Since legendary missions are the best way to get enough points, cash and tech to reach higher equipment and talent levels. This change greatly favors the long time players who earn theirs during easier versions. I’m sure that was hard enough. Many of the newer players, that I know are no longer playing because they feel like they have no chance of competing with the experienced players and getting killed at the drop of a hat. The game is now no fun to play. If it was your purpose to make the nearly impossible for the newer players then congrats. However I’m afraid that you will soon have few newer players.
    Hey grapple145, there shouldn't have been anything major in the last patches to nerf your gear so hard... Is it possible you've put on an off-set weapon or piece of gear and it has had a cascading effect on the rest of your build? I only offer up this possibility because it happened to me for a full hour before I noticed.

    My only other thought would be outadted or missing mods but if you were already able to do Legendary missions I highly doubt that's the problem. I guess the only real advice I can offer is try to squad up for the DZ or missions and get yourself back to where you ought to be.
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    Originally Posted by Sangersss Go to original post
    They only nerfed the way the Striker set performs in PvP. It sounds like you're running PvE missions so nothing in the last update should have affected you.
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    Striker set has been universally nerfed, both for PVP AND PVE.
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    Originally Posted by Mr__Gru Go to original post
    Striker set has been universally nerfed, both for PVP AND PVE.
    and....how was it nerfed for pve?
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    if you are talking about the DZ well the DZ is not a PVE zone, it is mainly based on PVP.
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