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  1. #101
    Originally Posted by Sircowdog1 Go to original post
    Don't get me wrong, I understand the desire to chase down the perfect gear. But effectively I don't know that perfect gear would make much of a difference in performance. Or not enough of a difference to be noticeable.
    I'm gonna share my experiences with you.

    If I wanna go for a full red build, with my RNG, I'm gonna miss at least 5% WD/item, 2% CHC/item, 5% CHD/item. Now do the math & decide if missing that much damage output on a full red build is ok with you. Also, please take into consideration that they (all 3) NEVER drop that generous on a single item for me. They only drop with generous values in a rainbow mix or with the other 2 attributes of the same color that have no single use to me.

    Don't even get me started on the chances of a useful talent!

    I could make a full yellow build, but I'm really not that much into a skill build. I don't like them & wouldn't see myself doing them. I do respect & appreciate all the XXX wizards out there that start creating havoc on the screen with sparkly effects that can hold a flank on their own. I could consider myself doing a hybrid build, but with the way Massive screws over the AI with each patch I can't risk on having skills auto-targeted & instantly destroyed by out-of-balanced-NPC's or (like the current state of the game) skills not working properly altogether OR having skill gearsets broken as intended.

    This way I'm actually forced to rely on a above decent DPS build with some survivability thrown in there.

    Tank?! I guess I could start reliving the D3FNC adventures I had in the incursion with the hostages & minigun, but this one falls into the same category as the full red build. The attributes FAIL to drop accordingly or with decent % values. It's the same as the experience trying to make a full red build.

    I know, I could just play with what I have & can. But why not throwing a bone here & there for the players?!

    What, do I need more time to play this?
    Ok. I've played it since release, almost each day, at least 4h/day.

    Wrong difficulty?
    I do this in the hardest difficulty.

    Not qualified?
    Commendation tier 13 & engage in every activity each session. Not repeating the same thing all over for 4h.

    So I'm pushing all the buttons available at my disposal. Why isn't the game rewarding stuff with above decent/mediocre values or specific with the brand? Something tells me it is more broken than anything else I could think of.

    Except if this is actually intentional...
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  2. #102
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    The main part of the game is to find better equipment whats so hard to understand about that.Goes all the way back to Division one. Its one of the goals in the game. I have an all yellow build and the stats make a big difference. But mine are all God roles I searched and fought for them and it was worth it
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  3. #103
    Its killing me, I would LOVE to make a new build but only my pre TU10 pieces are any good. Other then the new gearset I literally have trashed all the other loot I have gotten running heroic
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  4. #104
    Originally Posted by rampantsquirrel Go to original post
    Its killing me, I would LOVE to make a new build but only my pre TU10 pieces are any good. Other then the new gearset I literally have trashed all the other loot I have gotten running heroic
    same here, except all my tu9 pieces were trash as well...

    I took a break from the game, and came back a week before WONY. about a week or so after WONY, when i was level 40 was when I collected the majority of the gear I currently use.. there are one or two new pieces, but certainly none from after tu10 except the new gear set ones. even the new talents just got stripped and recalled onto older items in my stash.
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  5. #105
    They may read but they dont care. To be honest to best way is to not buy anything from Ubisoft. Turn on Watchdogs and it looks pretty much like division 2. I hope they fix all problems coz the concept of the game is great and a good counterpart too Destiny 2
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  6. #106
    Originally Posted by Sircowdog1 Go to original post
    What I'm curious about is what perfect god-rolled is needed for.

    Don't get me wrong, I understand the desire to chase down the perfect gear. But effectively I don't know that perfect gear would make much of a difference in performance. Or not enough of a difference to be noticeable.

    It's more of a perception of getting the "best" gear than anything else. Which I totally agree should be obtainable. I don't agree with the devs setting the drop percent so low. But I also don't think it's as big a deal as people are making it out to be.

    Having said that, recalibration should allow 1 core and 1 secondary on chests and backpacks.
    Not that I wouldn't love to see the return of the optimization station, but It's not just about finding the perfect/maxed out gear. Just wanting to try different builds is a pain, because you can't get gear pieces anywhere near decent for the build you have in mind, no matter how silly the build is.

    I used to play The Secret World (the original, not that aberration Legends) and make all sorts of weird builds just to see what happened, and once in a while I ran into builds that, while not maxed out, were extremely good for certain situations. At one point, I had 70-some builds saved. A buddy of mine had over 120. Sure, it took a bit of time to get the pieces to make the build you wanted, but there was a clear path to obtaining said pieces, and upgrading said pieces, to yield an effective build.

    Now, I obviously don't expect to have that many builds in TD, or the builds to be as diverse as TSW (try DPS heal tank using AR/fighting claws for size ) , but it'd be nice to have a clear path to obtaining/upgrading/recalibrating/crafting the gear you want. And no, targeted loot isn't it, not with the way RNG works.
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  7. #107
    The crafting station should only spit out gear rolled with the max %'s in you recalibration library. All I do now is update my station and sell everything else. My build is done I don't think it would be any fun if I made it better.
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    Originally Posted by Sircowdog1 Go to original post
    Don't get me wrong, I understand the desire to chase down the perfect gear. But effectively I don't know that perfect gear would make much of a difference in performance. Or not enough of a difference to be noticeable.
    The chase is the whole point. Once your build is stable, you either go and try something else, or try and maximize it.

    At the moment both options seem to be quite out of the window, unless you're one of the lucky few who somehow get all the gear they want without any difficulty.
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    Originally Posted by desrocchi Go to original post
    The chase is the whole point. Once your build is stable, you either go and try something else, or try and maximize it.

    At the moment both options seem to be quite out of the window, unless you're one of the lucky few who somehow get all the gear they want without any difficulty.
    This 100%.....even if your gear is almost maxed out and you do get an upgrade that maybe just adds a extra 1% CHC that will not even have any impact on the game it's still a nice feeling.

    It's always a good feeling to be rewarded even if it comes in minuscules amount.
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  10. #110
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    Rainbow loot is monarch mind control used by our evil overlords to spread eugenicist ideologies. Also noticed it's used in schools now to brainwash our kids about CovertOpsVaccineID AI.


    Nah joked aside, somebody really hates us at massive IMO. Rainbow loot is not OK kids.
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