[2020] Returning to the game and feeling pretty lost.

So I played The Division 2 when it came out, put 150 hours in, maxed all vanilla specializations, had a blast. And then I moved onto other games and... didn't come back. That is until a few days ago.

I had a look on what's going on with Ubisoft, saw many games/dlcs on sale, bought a few of them including Warlords of NY, and here we go again.

A lot of things have changed in the game, though I am taking it slowly trying to get back on track when it comes to gameplay, inventory management, builds, new systems (particularly skill points) and so on. Yet the game keeps telling me to rush to NY asap, it seems. So, should I just go to NY asap, or not? Is there a way to return to DC afterwards?

Another thing that overwhelms quite a lot are the 3 new specializations, and boy, what a grind it is to unlock them. Also it seems that the whole process of unlocking them takes places exclusively in DC. I actually looked for the so called "pass" which apparently gives direct access to them, but that thing expired, or so it seems.

And lastly, the game seems to be somewhat dead. At least roaming in DC playing vanilla missions, I hardly ever come across any one (I play on PC from Europe btw).

So yeah, lots of grind to do in DC (particularly because I want the specializations), lots of things to do in NY as well. So, where do I start from?