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Originally Posted by Goo-Goo-Man
Skill power does not affect skill base damage at all. It only determines whether you can apply mods to your skills or not. The mods applied will raise your base damage, amongst other things.

That is correct. Mods, talents, and Sets are the primary way of increasing the effectiveness of your skills. How do skills feel to use and improve with the post-update system?

Is this issue persisting after having all available missions and side missions completed?

Thanks for all the answers everyone!

Hey TK, could you please elaborate on what you mean by being stuck at GS 200? This is the first I'm seeing talk about this issue. Are you enable to progress World Tiers or is it a matter of gear not dropping above a certain point?

Interesting feedback. Thanks for taking the time to write out all your thoughts and observations, by the way! How might having a civilian militia that's as well equipped as you are, sans the skills, impact your experience with the game?

Originally Posted by Alanwsl
This game is lacking compelling reasons in doing stuff, we are just killing procedure generated enemies for procedure generated loot, the loot is super random, all values are random, brand, stats, type of stats, type of gear, type of mods, and i cant believe im citing diablo here but...as random as it was diablo loot and had the billion generated random loot, you could aspire to get that one NAMED legendary, we where after, there was a specific thing to go after for a build, i knew what i was after, just about getting the best roll on the gear simple, from all my play time, at least 60% is looking at gear trying to figure out a build, checking values, moving up and down, wishing i could remove a stats or trade...it would be amazing to have a NAMED item...

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To those who already have - thank you - to those who have not, if you are not seeing Specialization ammo drop whatsoever, please post your Specialization Class and World Tier here. Thank you, everyone!

Now, I wanna jump in here before this turns into an intense back and fort about long-time players being pushed out of the Dark Zone back in The Division and just not returning.

That adrenaline-fueled blood-pumping anxiety you described regarding the old DZ is hard to force and even harder to artificially replicate. It was natural. And depending on who you ask, it was wonderful.

If you're noticing a stark lack of players in The Dark Zone, what do you feel might entice them to come back, without diminishing the core experience that already exists in PvE?

A lot of good advice in here. Just keep in mind that dismissing someone looking for help or tips with a "get good" doesn't help them or add anything productive to the conversation.

Originally Posted by Kean_1
I thought it was just me. I was a little shocked last night as I didn't expect that kind of behavior. ......yeah, maybe when outclassed but not from opponents a level less than me, etc.

I had to quickly adjust but I got through it. .....just surprising is all.

It certainly made for an interesting surprise doing the Invaded Capitol Hill Stronghold to see the big minigun man hot on my tail.

Originally Posted by Can_able
No one seams to be talking about the 60% skill power nurf. They lowered the skill power cap on all itams. Pre patch had 9.3k sp. After patch same gear at 3.3 k skill power. But i had no armour or dps. It was nice knowing only pure skill builds could use really cool mods. Its took me a week to get back to 3.3 sp on chem launcher but now as alot less radios. I wanted to do a dps skill build but cant see the point anymore.

This was more of an across the board readjustment of the floor and ceiling/curve. The strongest mods at the time also had their requirements significantly lowered in tandem with the skill power. The best analogy for illustrating this I've... Read more

Originally Posted by F.i.x.e.r
No you cannot replay missions as invaded, you have story, normal, hard etc. There is no other option unless it is different on console, because I am on PC.

Hey F.i.x.e.r have you reached WT5 yet and are not seeing the Invaded Difficulty modifier?

Originally Posted by Vylna
On PC running sharpshooter specialization and special ammo still not dropping .....
i give up for now and ill take a break until A PROPER patch or fix gets into this game, it has killed me the enjoyment of playing rifle builds ( in this case ) since they nerfed the damage / headshot damage in overall in my opinion, i can understand they were strong as hell on previous WT4 but thats what made the PvE mode more enjoyable back then ( on my opinion ) but now on WT5, feels like we cant even build a crit build with high crit hit damage and get those high numbers again ....
Im not a pro in this game but the amount of hours i dedicated into the game and repeating challenge missions for the fun or farming the exotic weapons on WT4 was actually fun and ...

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I know that for me DPS comes second to how solidly the weapon handles. Damage only means so much if every third shot is missing. What weapons does everyone use if not the P416?

Originally Posted by eckLub
That is unbelievably stupid....yet fits in line with how there are so many little tricks and gimmicks in this game that we're having to learn through trial and error rather than them just telling us them

I'm glad you brought this up. Which kind of systems and mechanics do you feel should be left for discovery with some secrets on the side vs. explicitly explained up front?

R4vtec, could you elaborate a bit more on the symbols for those unfamiliar?

Hey everyone. As a reminder, the forums are meant for constructive and respectful discussion about the game. This is not the place for mockery, insults, slander, or any other disparaging comments towards other players. There are ways to communicate and share your ideas about the game and its future without putting down others.

I don't want to have to lock this thread for toxicity because there is an interesting discussion going on, but if it continues to devolve into a heated argument more than a conversation then the thread will be closed. Thank you.

How might playing in the DZ be more encouraged without forcing it's way into becoming a mandatory/necessary part of the PvE experience?

What do you guys hypothetically feel a reward for the Hunter puzzles should have entailed?

Originally Posted by SakariFoxx
Which is it? :

• We appreciate the feedback on the green gear sets, but we want to give everyone more time to play with their rolls and discuss build opportunities.
• If the trend towards not using them continues, we can make changes to them.

Or is it:

• We do like the idea of gear-set-less builds to allow more build variety

Because these are two conflicting statements. Either you want gear sets to work, or you dont and you are deliberately sabotaging them because you want gear sets less build variety? Because nobody is forcing you to use gear sets, but you have them. You cant deliberately make them trash in order to encourage set less builds.

I dont s...

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