LEXINGTON NERF, SMOKE BOMB EXOTIC, & More | Division 2 PTS Patch Notes

[@joshuarkristof80]

So much for them saying they weren’t gonna touch the Lexington.

[@b2b_ww_champs]

There’s nothing worse than getting a skill piece from an exotic drop or opening an exotic chest to find those pos gloves.

[@cb-fy4sk]

Imperial Dynasty, Rugged Gauntlets, Shocker Punch, ....

[@Punisher_the_bot]

I’m happy about the reload speed buff across the board.

[@Nine9005]

not Scorpio and Regulus 🙃

[@Shademastermcc]

I actually like when reloads take a while. It makes you have to plan around them and lets face it, if you've ever tried to reload in real life, it takes a while. Seeing the agents slam mags into the guns in 1 second is kinda weird...then again enemies also take 100 rounds to die so....

[@coolguyinc.1555]

@@ShademastermccGood thing it’s a video game and not real life then.

[@unitoolzee]

Wow…so glad I poured all the resources into expertise 27 for the Lexington. 😂

[@mckrackin5324]

I did it to two of them.

[@Squirllydan]

Very small nerf it looks like …

[@tbw223]

@@Squirllydan The nerf would probably be offset by another expertise level or two anyway.

[@thebeerman1970]

Knew they would do it. I stopped using a week after it came out.

[@Squirllydan]

@@tbw223 right, its about 1.5% weaker now

[@OllieCanham-mr8ts]

Am I the only one excited by the refactor gear set? Skill hybrids are about to go insane

[@HarlinQuinnX]

I'm really happy about the UIC buff as that has been my favorite general-use rifle for years.

[@RogueGold]

It also looks very cool, IMO 😄

[@HarlinQuinnX]

@@RogueGold agreed!

[@DFfan555]

The SMG is interesting. As someone who dislikes skills and only really uses the revive hive, shield, and occasionally the riot foam chem, having a gun that plays into the shield is interesting to me.

[@devinthierault]

Birdies Quick Fix is absolutely gonna be great for some higher end content.

[@RogueGold]

I think so too!

[@Chadswonderfulwalkingtours]

Watching from Mackinac Island Michigan

[@tedbosquez19]

That smg will be interesrting pairing its sheild restoration with technician and foundry will make shields pretty strong for run and gunning playstyles

[@TheTiltblazin]

Ok so it's not THIS bad on the updated nerfs! Slight change but not life-altering! Nice new gears arriving in the game. FYI: Refractor is NOOOOO "Reclaimer!" Just FYI! 😅😅

[@legomocsalex5655]

Thanks for all this info bro.

[@RogueGold]

🫡🫡

[@rogbful]

ATTENTION RG: missed by me with all the excitement today was the fact that DZ South targeted loot today is "Assault Rifles" did you make it in there at all ??

[@RogueGold]

Had to leave the house after ~6 hours spent watching the Dev stream and making the two videos. Don't think I'll make it today 😢

[@ArngrimTV]

Ofc they gotta nerf a non exotic, i refuse to be forced to run shitty looking exotics, stop letting me have fun, Massive.

[@YJSho_Nuff_]

The nerfs aren't that bad. Lexington will still be highly strong. Especially with the reload buff

[@ImBoges]

The nerf they did to it was a slight tickle. Relax homie😂

[@ArngrimTV]

@@ImBoges its not even about the numbers lol chill, just not a fan of Div 2 exotics thats all, so when a non exotic takes a hit its just another blow.

[@ImBoges]

@ fair enough. My b bro I shouldn’t have come off that hostile🤝🏼

[@mine-tantrumgirl]

My exotic looks dope it's a assault rifle that Looks like a sniper rifle an has a leaf gilly suit on it so yeah definitely not shitty looking plus it ain't much of a change chill stop crying

[@TMB100]

My deflector build is just going to be insane.

[@schlobster3929]

Let’s hope these momentum stacks apply for all players engaging an enemy when they die, otherwise it’ll be a kill stealing frustration fest in group play.

[@CarsonFrost]

Never used Lexington, ive been using the Socom Mk16 with 5% fire rate and measured since the inception of time. My heart goes out to those who used this thing and liked it 😂

[@Generation59]

It’s like flicking someone’s forehead it’s still the best AR in the game

[@CarsonFrost]

@Generation59 then you havent used many ar's

[@Generation59]

@ why use any other *obsolete* ARs despite buffs being received

[@CarsonFrost]

@@Generation59 why use a medicore firearm that someone else told you to use without trying anything else

[@Generation59]

@ because *that* mediocre gun performs better any variant of g36/honey badger/pdr/SIG/TBK/m4/Mk16/famas/FAL/F2k/Aks (unnamed but I’ll admit some named guns do power creep up to the Lex)

[@cb-fy4sk]

Exodus gloves would have been amazing if it just converted grenades to smoke bombs. then we could actually move around an encounter or cover to cover without getting our heads shot off.

[@Kassys1ove]

Lexington nerf isn't all that bad. Personally I think they should make it a global drop so returning players can get a hold of it too. It's ridiculous that there is something new or returning players can't get, In my personal opinion.

[@XerroMedia]

The new exotic SMG looks badass, but the name though.... Ox Pecker? Might as well have called it Bisoncock lol

[@joenorman4700]

Ah yes nerfs, what drives more players away from the game every time, even if it's small it doesn't matter. It is endgame PVE!!! Whos complaining about it being OP, the NPCs?! If it's a problem in PVP balance it there, there should be separate balances in place for PVE and PVP, almost like there already is...they just refuse to let this community have fun.

[@rogbful]

They put stuff out there without really knowing how it's going to fit in or be OP or what, then they get the data after we play for a while and adjust accordingly They want to keep all the weapons in a viable space so one gun isnt used by 98% of the players and all the others sit.

[@joenorman4700]

@@rogbful if that's the case Shield Splinter should be the best gun in the game as hard as it is to work for. Half the guns are still useless regardless.

[@michaeldixon3841]

Thanks 🎉

[@judz567]

UIC kicks, It's pinpoint for accuracy but it has a sloooooow ROF though. I not long picked up another that I will change the 3rd attribute to increased ROF. If it gets near the SIG 716 CQB I'll be happy.

[@TyreesLittle]

They need to fix if you have 100+ HZ, the stinger hive still damages you.

[@Miles117-s1y]

Sir what time will you be playing the PTS I must watch and I’m glad they gave us more storage space and once again anything else that we wanted they did not give something tell me the new vanity is going to be the same hoodie with skinny jeans see you tomorrow

[@RogueGold]

8AM Pacific/11AM Eastern!

[@Findingdory-yv4km]

I just came back to division 2 few week ago can I not get the lekington I heard it would be in my special delivery but nothing there? Or am I missing something?

[@devinthierault]

Nice Space Division profile pic. Which subclass? Warlock myself

[@devinthierault]

Also it ended on December 31st I missed it as well brother. But they'll bring it back in sure.

[@T0anto]

The event to get the lexingtion ended in Jan 1 2025

[@Findingdory-yv4km]

@@devinthierault hunter but I do play the other class

[@RogueGold]

@Findingdory-yv4km If you logged on after January 1st, 2025, then unfortunately there's currently no way to get a Lexington. They may add more opportunities in the future though, stay tuned

[@mckrackin5324]

I can't preload the PTS since it's already on my PC. So I'm assuming there will be a last second 17GB update when the PTS opens.

[@brianjamesward2150]

You should be able to use the verify files option in the Ubi launcher to force it to download the new stuff.

[@mckrackin5324]

@@brianjamesward2150 Ah, good idea. Thanks. My internet is fast enough that it doesn't matter much. I just thought I'd mention it.

[@RogueGold]

@mckrackin5324 I had it installed from last time as well, and it automatically updated when I opened Ubi Connect today

[@TheOntos]

Could LWAs be Linked World Activities (co-op, shepherding, etc.)?

[@RogueGold]

Maybe! Not too sure

[@Miles117-s1y]

Good morning question I have a urban MDR which is superior maxed out rifle damage in critical hit damage how can I upgrade the damage it would not let me because it says superior that I cannot upgrade have a good day

[@ChrisGTOTT]

I wish it worked with steam purchased copies too

[@hefeydd_]

I agree but sadly PTS is only via Ubisoft+

[@Elysian-III]

Reload buffs!!! Yes!!!! Me happy

[@littlemouse7066]

I'm glad a couple of rifles got a damage increase I'm using them a lot and the Lexington nerf is minimal so I think it's not relevant and I'm very glad they increased the reload speed apparently of all weapons I hope the reload on the Pestilence will become decent.

[@mustafalang]

I still don't understand why the Lexington nerf. Geeze.

[@MBEast18]

Y6S3 manhunt will only be 5 weeks? There was only 5 scouts listed in livestream?

[@AdenTheWolf]

Probably only the 5 weeks that are available on the pts for The Devs. I'm sure the manhunt will be around 14-16 weeks as always

[@RogueGold]

@MBEast18 They're just not granting access to all of the Scouts on the PTS. Same thing happened with Y6S2's PTS, only 5 or 6 were available

[@casualplayah]

Whatever happened to being able to Re Roll Exotic Attributes?

[@RogueGold]

You can do it on Exotic weapons, but not gear items

[@mckrackin5324]

I wonder if Axel works with instant armor kits. That could be handy.

[@RogueGold]

Hmm, we could probably test now to see if insta kits work with regular Energize? I don't think I have before

[@john-rg6bz]

where will get the new exotic?

[@RogueGold]

2 out of 3 of them will be on the Season Pass at the very least, but we don't yet have exact details

[@AddictedToLoot]

Ubisoft and massive are garbage

[@Cookie-yd4ii]

what happened to the true patriot brand gear set i thot they were going to make some changes to it

[@RogueGold]

Check the Q&A section in this video, Yannick mentions that it didn't make it in time for this Season's balancing pass 👉 kzbin.info/www/bejne/sHTWm5KVhNOhY7ssi=uoE7Vg4pb6DO5cVt

[@TheRama2299]

Still having that 240 fire rate cap for the UIC is insane, the weapon is absolutely useless

[@jonming6676]

Im very curious to see what smoke bombs would look like in PVP

[@RogueGold]

Same! Could be quite good, we'll see

[@sdx3918]

I'm gonna laugh so hard if this plan works with Birdie's Quick-Fix: Run your normal dps build and if someone gets downed, go into your inventory, equip the exotic, revive that downed player and then swap back to your normal dps backpack. You now basically have a free 50% revive speed boost on a dps build. It's elaborate and completely unnecessary but likely possible.

[@gehteuchgarnixan3729]

does noone wonder why in the screenshots the carbine7 has a 497811 dmg at lvl40 ....

[@Johnathankillz]

What about the cooler glitch?

[@RogueGold]

No word yet, may be fixed with 22.3 or TU23. We'll see

[@DustDemonTwilight]

considering lexington was around 1-2% better than FAMAS and f2000, it should be the same now as those 2

[@OverlordGrizzaka]

Drop something cool, everyone likes it, nerf it and don't look back. I didn't realize Ubi was Bungie in disguise.

[@zsg-gaming]

Massive, Ubisoft just owns the ip.....

[@RicPerrott]

That bullshit is why I stopped playing Destiny. Looks like it may be time to walk away from Division as well. I’ll wait to see what the real world effect of the nerf is, but if it’s egregious then I’m out.

[@coolguyinc.1555]

Dude it’s literally like a 1.5% nerf. Chill out.

[@zsg-gaming]

@@RicPerrott patch notes for pts are out if you wanna see for yourself.....

[@otter25702]

This is just for p.c. players and not other platforms??

[@RogueGold]

The full update will launch for all platforms on February 25th. The PTS, or "Public Test Server," is an isolated testing space that they put out on PC before every update to get feedback on new changes/items

[@tatertotwoof]

Wish they buffed the reload speed of the scorpio. They completely ignored shotguns.

[@Rogue_Agent-s4w]

I wonder if Tactical Supremacy + Fortified Shield would give y 200% Shield health or just 100%.

[@RogueGold]

👀 Will be interesting to find out!

[@questionmark05]

I think each season they are trying to gear to a skill and make it much more useable.

[@R34_coming_soon]

im only goin for exotics really but ig ill use new gear set for a status affect build ig but for me to be more gritty and dirty in the game you are asking me to be fucking evil i love it see yall in the dark zone 😉

[@user-of7pj7sx4r]

No surprise Lexington got nerf 😂😂😂😂😂... along with the new exotic.. probably will get nerf too

[@ArtichoJo]

Rocking skills most of the time is ok til you run into rouges or hunters, then they are completely trash and you die.

[@rogbful]

Welll signed in and started the Zoo mission and I havent made it halfway yet and been licked off twice already, sigh XBOX

[@mckrackin5324]

Two expertise 27 Lexingtons is making me sad :(

[@ruckkess]

They know all the mechanics of this game and know damage applied to the percentage point....why give us a weapon that actually works across all builds, then nerf it. Sh!t is so annoying....really....

[@AlexTorres-ox4xu]

Well I Cant Wait To Try Out How The Lexington Is Nerfed it better be good weapon the the LOAV

[@AdenTheWolf]

It's only a Nerf of 1,1% Weapon Damage. It goes from 49,000 damage down to 48,000 Damage so it won't even make a difference

[@jonathanhelman1632]

Devs still coming up short. Either completely rework the dz where you have separate pve and pvp zone, or shut down the dz permanently.

[@MrJay8633]

Why?DZ is fun the way it is. You go to clear your landmarks from NPC, and you might get a surprise pvp fight. It adds a sense of danger. I guess some people's nerves just can't handle the added excitement.

[@jonathanhelman1632]

It's either the above change, or you chose to support when you enter, and you chant change on the fly, therefore no going from shd to rogue by a push of the button

[@jonathanhelman1632]

That way if I'm supporting shd, and you are supporting true sons, Rader picks you up as expected, that is the fix that needs to happen

[@aidenreed680]

Im just gonna say it, all yall in the comments and in the community are being negative for the sake of it and ngl im tired of seeing it, i understand when something is f in the game and the dev aint doing crap but or there not lot of info coming from them but for goodness sake stop being negative 24/7 like its a job, the lex nerf ain't even that bad like shut that negative energy up or do something else cause you're not helping at all

[@freshcity]

Why the nerf.

[@sykoskid]

The more complaints and cry babies really in dark zone the more nerfs coming instead of just shutting up and enjoying game , again making it harder for newbies and oldies from getting ahead. And they wonder why people leave division stop listening to cry babies I really this game stop screwing it up.

[@Johnwick986]

The Lexington is not even strong the reload is shit

[@AdenTheWolf]

That's why it's getting a buff in reloading Speed

[@b2b_ww_champs]

It seems like they’ve been focusing on the skill tier lately. Kinda sick of it

[@rogbful]

So I guess we can now see why the Empress set "Skill efficiency" was nerfed last time. The were using it in the new set, LOL

[@ConsoleFreaked]

Those gloves could be useful in PvP but nop

[@thegamelover21]

Nerf everything and make it boring for players... Jeez

[@Qzzz84]

Those feel.. underwealming

[@againstalladsgames]

Dead game walking. I’m not going to waste one more moment in a game that has no future. Uninstalled as soon as I heard the dlc was delayed again.

[@AdenTheWolf]

Okay and you're because.....yeah I don't See a reason why. What are you doing here if don't Play the Game anymore?

[@WoodyLouster]

It’s a 1% nerf….stop crying….expertise 28

[@liSight_l]

A bunch of really crappy and useless stuff. Thank you Rogue for your update but these guys have absolutely nothing more to deliver. Disappointing stuff once again

[@hefeydd_]

We all saw the Lexington getting nerfed.

[@adriennefyrestorme]

Back to Elmo😂

[@hefeydd_]

@ Indeed, however. It does have a minor flaw as with the Lexington, there is a small window enough for you to get shot or even killed when reloading either the Lexington or the St Elmo’s Engine it can be a little sluggish if you're on a DPS build with no armour. However, it does have a small advantage to the St Elmo’s Engine it shocks them so whilst you are reloading.

[@JJennerUK]

They said by like 1% which makes it still busted lmao

[@hefeydd_]

@ Oh… 🫡

[@abyssphantom6786]

It’s also getting buffed at the same time 😂😂

[@kingnothing5678]

Ofc it got nerfed

[@Arkangel88Mr]

What fresh new punishments for people refusing modifiers?

[@yordmungandd4078]

Lexinton ......

[@unitoolzee]

What if, and just hear me out, people, what if they just made sure that there was actually a couple elite territory controls or one or two supply drops on the map when they give you one of those as a priority objective? Too much work, I guess. Much easier to cut them out of the activity list. 😂

[@pillowpants3039]

Wish the exodus gloves replaced or even added smoke grenades to the grenade inventory and rather than it being on armor break. Hope the consider making the effect a couple seconds longer. The pulse resistance is nice tho for players that don’t run pulse resistance

[@pj3461]

I remember them saying it was not to get nerfed . They just be chattin . All the time . These devs are master freestylers . 😂

[@AdenTheWolf]

They're like Obi-Wan Kenobi. They're Masters of trolling 😅

[@pj3461]

@ 😂😂

[@nonchalantvizualz]

I'm convinced the Division devs are an insufferable group of ppl.

[@kristoffervantatenhove2339]

Am I supposed to be surprised

[@CLXDefault]

MID?

[@John-o8h9f]

Every fucking time you get a gun, you expertise level it up, you waste time then they nerf it ! Me and a lot of others are done with this shit ! Adios

[@TheSamBaggins]

I don’t get the strategy behind this. First they nerf my two most favorite weapons: St Elmo’s and the Scorpion. Those two made it possible to play with others at higher levels when my SHD level was under 1000. Then they give us two Lexington ARs which are reported to be best in slot. Now they are nerf’ing that one. It’s like chasing our tail. 😕

[@RogueGold]

The nerfs to all 3 were pretty minor, in the grand scope. The Lexington will still feel just about as powerful as it did before

[@1murdockdk]

Developers are massive Knobs and have no clue anymore 👆🏻don’t your dare enjoy yourself ..

[@PHREEEEZY21]

These devs honestly have no idea what there doing all these nerfs are just gonna make the real hardcore players wanna leave lol why fuck do I keep investing resources for items that just become useless lol

[@AdenTheWolf]

A Nerf of 1,1% doesn't make the Lexington useless

[@PHREEEEZY21]

@ I agree but at the same time it’s not needed it’s little shit like this that just kills players motivation to play Anna grind I mean with project resolve we got reworks to everything then with the most recent season they reworked shit agin it’s things like that like that kill the motivation to wanna grind bc all I do is legendary and incursions mostly just end game content heroic is to easy and all the time in effort I put into builds was basically for no reason bc with this most recent season the killed my solo legendary build they kinda killed striker and sledge like none of the shit they needed in our current season was needed at all and then now with modifiers they wanna force us to play there way bc these modifiers don’t really allow you to put on any build and have fun you have to play a specific game way now I just don’t like the direction there going

[@AdenTheWolf]

@@PHREEEEZY21 They don't force you to Play with modifiers. You can turn them off you know?

[@MattKaneVA]

​@AdenTheWolf 1.1% base damage. Plus watch levels, expertise and modifiers, that could be way more. Also, if it's "just 1.1%", then why do it? It must impact the use of the weapon enough to justify doing it at all.

[@MattKaneVA]

​@AdenTheWolfnot to mention, extrapolating that out to build stacks and CHD.

[@OOo17o]

Wtf to gave us a good weapon for nerf it after all ? What the purpose ? Don't create it so. Don't want to back in the past by using old weapon .

[@gregschubert3079]

RG Nerf two 27s I'm so glad CC like you guessed it You continue love and blindness--more leaving by the day. Devs clueless but so easy to hate!

[@drakelance7182]

So basically the game is going full Seasonal??? Great turned a great game into fortnite bs.... no thanks game becoming crap

[@jasoncrownover6583]

Not gonna lie it all sounds sh!t to me.

[@stefanidisioannis3359]

Big shit😂😂😂😂

[@laszlobeleznai9148]

Nos akkor eljött az idő a Division 2. törlésére a seriesemröl.Évek óta csak szivat minket az Ubisoft .Uninstall!

[@illyak2039]

How about they nerf cheaters instead? Or at least stop selling the cheats. DZ is unplayable

[@IceWolfRebooted]

Why are they Nerfing the Lexington 🥲Its Already nerfed. Now they are trying to bury it 😭

[@AdenTheWolf]

They try what? The nerf won't Change anything it's only 1,1%

[@IceWolfRebooted]

Still a nightmare lol. thats to much 😂

[@AdenTheWolf]

@@IceWolfRebooted that's nothing. It goes down from 49,000 to 48,000. You won't even notice the difference.

[@IceWolfRebooted]

@ We will see. The smallest change can change the whole thing

[@AdenTheWolf]

@@IceWolfRebooted not really