So, you announced last week you scaled back the NPC’s & named bosses with patch 8.2.......it was almost a level playing field for about a week. Bang, maintenance on 31 March & you dial it back up to. Hard & Challenge are right back to where it was. We’re out gunned and under powered. NPC’s, even the yellow guys, are near impossible to bring down after 60-100 hits, mostly headshots. You’ve scaled us back to the point it’s not fun. There was a time it was fun & challenging. The playing field is no longer level. No more. I’ve had it with this game.
If it's taking you 60 - 100 bullets to down an elite in challenge mod, maybe look at your build instead of blaming the game. Was running Heroics last night, and I actually thought the mobs were easier to kill, and that they had delayed the NPC balancing by a week.
It's easy to just chuck comments saying mobs are hard to kill, the game MUST be broken.
Maybe look at your gear, build etc. and ask questions from the community, people are out there to help.
What is your build and watch lvlOriginally Posted by CWO4USN Go to original post
This game is a full fledge cake walk atm.Originally Posted by CWO4USN Go to original post
Everyone here is right. It is easier now than it was . . . until it's not. The game is in such bad shape right now that it is unplayable for any length of time before it gets irritating. At some point, the B.S. A.I. (that's bullet sponge AI) decides to stroll up and kill you. You may go through a bunch of missions/activities first, but it will eventually happen. Even in the face of a fully spun up mini-gun, they walk right at you and run you over. TTK is far longer than TTD. Have you seen the 5 tanks in solo mode in the Stranded Tanker mission? How is that fun?
I have 1300+ hours on the game (2K+ on Division1) and a SHD level of 140+. Can I grind on the NPCs? Sure, but why would I want to? I have a job. I don't need to play a game that feels like work too. They've taken everything that was fun about the game out and amped up everything that was annoying. Galloping robot dogs with mini-guns?
That just sounds stupid when you say it out loud. Even the civilians don't have to cower behind cover for fear of getting dropped in 2 seconds or less. Have you noticed how your high trained Division agent is now the weakest character in the game? That's just ridiculous.
I've tried to keep playing the game. I've tried to convince myself that it is not that bad. But I'm not going to spend my time grinding away for crap loot drops. Maybe if I was a streamer they would care. But, sadly, it is time to take a break until they have a chance to fix things properly. I'm not going to uninstall the game or demand my money back (which was full price pre-order if you're curious), I'm just going to stop playing.
Sad day.
WT & mission difficulty in Challenging seems to be fun at the moment. Did a few missions & CP3 last night & the game seems more fun now. Even tried DUA on heroic & it was a blast.
But sometimes the AI goes nuts & seems to deal a lot more damage than I'm used to. Even when Unbreakable procs the 2nd stack of armor seems to go down WAAAY more faster. I'm not sure what triggers this behavior, but it definitely gets insane if your group wipes (it's like damage increase, buff to armor & rush tactics are activated if you wipe in a mission).
All activities done were solo, except Heroic (full group). On PC.