95% of Div players won't be able to get the claws out holster - they don't extract from the DZ. This sort of thing has killed the Division one small step at a time. They realised their mistake in Div1 and fixed it in patch 1.8 and the game got good. And now they go and make the same mistake again in Div2 but still no correction. Maybe that is the "new" fix coming at the end of this year. If anyone is still around by then...
As mentioned before: you don't need to enter the DZ to get DZ-exclusive Named Items. You can instead farm each GE for stars and purchase Named Item caches. A very valuable source for players not wanting to enter the DZ.Originally Posted by CoOp_Gordon Go to original post
This is how I got more than half of my 'DZ-only' gear. Always buy Named Item Caches.Originally Posted by Noxious81 Go to original post
Pistol or MeleeOriginally Posted by Licher.Rus Go to original post
Gives you an extra 9% Pistol Damage and 500% melee damage [330k/punch]. If you add Lady Death, you can one punch any Red on Hard [660k/punch], which makes the Melee challenges more fun, imo. Hell, I ran Lincoln on hard and melee killed 65 of 66 enemies![]()
And that's the problem. I have >2100 hours and >2500 on the watch, and have never got a "DZ" exclusive from a named cache. Possibly horrible RNG as usual but maybe you first have to unlock them in the DZ.Originally Posted by LateNiteDelight Go to original post
Nope. I've gotten two Orbit, two Gift, two Virginian and a Railsplitter - which I've never had drop in the DZ, let alone extracted. I actually kept hoping I'd get a better Hollowman, Claws Out, and EG so I could improve a few builds - but those never showed.Originally Posted by CoOp_Gordon Go to original post
It's a numbers game, and the only Cache I've ever cared about are Named Item. You can get 12+ per Global Event now that they released the star system. I've easily opened 200+ Named Item Cache since Seasons started - and I've maybe gotten at most two dozen DZ items [mostly Kard Customs - I think have at least 6].
Edit: this was in only a few hundred hours, with an SHD of 1000.. but as noted, Named Item Cache were my priority - it's all I spent my stars on. I made sure to do all the events that could reward them. I'd try to do all the projects that rewarded them.
Don't waste your stars on exotics buy named cashes as I said I got two Claws in the last event and many other DZ named items buying named cashes and yes you get nothing sometimes i spent 88 stars today and got nothing I did not already have. Its always been a big slot machine in this game getting items - most of them the stats are not very good in D1 when they have an event at least you got decent stats on the items.
Exactly, on Hard.Originally Posted by LateNiteDelight Go to original post
For Heroic this is pure Meh item.
9% pistol damage... well, maybe this, but your regular W&H holster will serve at least not worse than this, but WAAAAAAAAY easier to get.
Only for Melee [even then, it will two shot on Heroic]Originally Posted by Licher.Rus Go to original post
It's BIS for an offensively geared Bulwark Build. This works at not only Heroic, but also Legendary.