I FINALLY GOT LEVEL 20 EXPERTISE IN THE DIVISION 2! THIS IS HOW I GOT THERE & SOME TIPS & TRICKS!

[@NothingButSkillz]

Here is how I got to level 20 Expertise and no cheese was needed. Enjoy

[@michaelbaker2011]

Is 20 the max lvl or what?

[@NothingButSkillz]

@@michaelbaker2011 for now yes

[@DimeloGuey]

Yoo skills what's goodie... I may be wrong or not , but I believe once you reach level 20 it is better to level up your weapons first .. bc on the blue core gear it really doesn't give you 20% protection overall as to main core. If you can explain or give your info towards it I gladly appreciate it

[@Punisher_MrWick]

Punisher_MrWick

[@DREADED-ONE]

Yo skillz how are u can u help me get the eagle bearer please

[@thomass9457]

This update, the expertise system was hands down one of the worst ideas in gaming history.

[@uncxnsoled8622]

fr

[@Dondingdingding]

yep I don't know why everyone is happy about this crap. What's the point? they give you ExPeRtise but they also buffed up the npc yet again to make sure that players will not be overpowered. Like seriously what's the whole point? lmao

[@blakeyork4386]

Yall must be lower then 10k shd expertise gave day one players something to do

[@thomass9457]

@@blakeyork4386 yeah, I have been playing since release but I'm primarily a DZ player since almost 2 years ago. You don't rank up much playing nearly exclusively PVP. I was SHD 4k something. Been almost 2 months since I signed in.

[@doughboyz0]

@@Dondingdingding you probably dont even listen to the benefits of getting max expertise levels...

[@PassariDavid]

I have a TIP. If you spend your SHD points in money, u get 10k for each point. An offensive mod costs around 4500, you can buy two mods with 1 SHD point and when you break, u get 6 printers filament each. So, with 1 SHD u can get 12 printer filament instead of 10 right in the shd watch. May not appear too much but when you spend a thousand points or more, u can get a lot extra filaments 😎

[@bscyi]

How many mods would you have to buy if you want 1000 filaments

[@ChangedCauseYT-HateFoxNames]

@@bscyi around 83ish according to my calculators.

[@bscyi]

@@ChangedCauseYT-HateFoxNames hahaha cheers buddy

[@vascoborozdin2288]

nice one, thx!

[@deezy6eleven]

Great tip - still works as of April 2024. Takes a long time to buy the mods and break them down, but worth the extra 2 filaments per point.

[@d15p4tch6]

I'd recommend farming weapons. There are way more weapons and named weapons, and you can always only put one on at a time. Brand sets you can put multiple on and exponentially raise proficiency. Weapons are also the only thing worth expertising, so you need steel and materials you get from deconstructing weapons.

[@Fiffelito]

6 pieces is where it's at when leveling brands & sets. The additional 2 gives you an incredible boost in brand/set exp. Then you head to non-invaded capitol hill, get to the end, then ignore the SAM/radar system and just pour hell into the door where they spawn. be it aoe skills like chem launcher, hive, flame turret w/e. Make sure you re-roll the core attributes on the brands you plan to get proficient with before heading out there AND bring multiple sets. Also, you can play this on normal, the increased exp from yellows isn't worth the drop in exp/hour since we're running non-optimized, non-calibraded, 6 pieces. It's the way to go after they nerfed the tombs emp exp spot.

[@JohnDoe-nv2op]

this is fixed. The spawn isn't infinite.

[@Lawson0550]

It has probably been answered somewhere in these comments but how do you move past expertise level 1?

[@steffanpinson1290]

Another really fast way to expertise is SHD level dependent, but if you are SHD 2800 or higher, hands down the fastest way to level up is just running new york over and over with new characters to get those shd level points amd dumping them into printer filament and just manually leveling up. This method is best for all those random items you rarely use, so once you're done with all your brand sets and get down to specific items you need, and is unparalleled for leveling skills. Takes about 3.5 hrs to do solo, if you're fast, and you can level up about 5 items from 0 to proficient with your resources.

[@Artyom125]

I wish mine was higher my shade lvl is 1751 which only allows me to max out 3 items.

[@SevenDaysToNoon]

I got EVERY THING in the game to it’s max expertise level. I did this a couple of weeks back. Initially I ran around with some really weird builds on and I bought everything from the venders. I then ran Warlords over and over and over for resources. I then upgraded some of my favourite builds to 20%. And I have to say the improvement is meh! I can safely say I’ve not put this much effort into any game for such an unimpressive reward. 🤨 Oh and it is pointless upgrading the armour on any all red rolled gear. Pointless!!! The extra survivability you get is not even measurable! Oh and improving the Reviver Hive gives you increased area!???? WTAF!!! Ridiculous!

[@NothingButSkillz]

That because you played warlords over and over I did it once. Felt it was hardly a grind. I was pvping alot the last few weeks too added 2000 kills lol

[@SevenDaysToNoon]

@@NothingButSkillz Rerunning Warlords was actually the bit I enjoyed the most. Levelling up in this game is the best. Tho I did cheat a bit by saving some decent stuff at levels 33, 36 & 39. I then used this stuff on every run. I currently have my main character and 3 others at the point where I’ve just shared resources on the watch. But I’ve lost the incentive to continue right now cause the rewards were disappointing.

[@rickwooll1154]

@@SevenDaysToNoon your right i found running warlords was a lot of fun until you have to get the points off the watch keep smashing the button on the controller . it dose help if you have a high shade level 4000 plus

[@SevenDaysToNoon]

@@rickwooll1154 Spot on! The fact that you have to press and hold for a second to allot your points is a real pain in the ass. It takes forever to get it done! Hate that bit!

[@The_Cholosseum]

This game has a lot of lazy people…mashing that button isn’t even remotely the problem. Lmao the darn amount of resource consumption for each upgrade in the beginning is the problem.

[@tubes3500]

I'm on level 15 and it's getting harder and harder to progress without running Warlords over and over again. All my gear and most normal weapons are already proficient. It's now exotic weapons, pre order weapons, skills and specialist left.

[@eriksrandomstuff]

crazy helpful. I didn't know how the proficiency system worked. been stuck at level 2 forever! congrats and thanks for the division 2 content.

[@NothingButSkillz]

Glad it helped!

[@Sol3UK]

Now it's time to grind for those 55 exotic components to upgrade each weapon

[@MisterDemonTC]

so i don't have to actually use the items, i just need to pick them up and donate them?

[@CriticArtist]

Congrats man. I recently came back and my lvl was 400. Im now 600+ and my expertise lvl is 4.. got a long way to go but I am enjoying the game. 👍

[@HowlingFad03]

Skillz, where do I get those kicks?

[@NothingButSkillz]

Was a apparel event

[@christophe3776]

I wouldn't even bother to start with target farming pistols. You're always gonna have one equipped so it will gain XP by default. I focus on the other weapons and either let whatever pistol level up as I farm. Or just purchase them as they cycle thru the vendors.

[@jrt3ll]

Wait… so to increase proficient, you have to farm and collect each handgun? ( as your explained in your example)

[@nohandle8008]

thanks for another great vid. I just started playing D2 again after taking about a year off and it's nice to see they are constantly updating the game. How do you donate weapons to gain proficiency levels?

[@ullischupbach2729]

You can mark the Item for trash go to the station on expertise and push the butten for spend trash.

[@nohandle8008]

@@ullischupbach2729 Thank you!

[@XeroFailGames]

Soooo i run 3 and 3 of fenris and the one set thats like a lawyer business...walker and something is that ok to do?

[@ricovargas9775]

Just play with the gear you have to build proficiency instead of farming for weapons/gear to donate. I've been doing this (on Hardcore) and I've had a lot of fun using weapons and gear that I otherwise have never used and I forced myself to create builds I would never have put together, which can be scary on Hardcore mode.

[@DigicraftSigns]

thank you.. great explanatory video.. i kinda had the idea but this has just solved my issues :) thx again

[@dkgxd7709]

thanks for the tips lad, just came back to the game and i had no idea how to do it efficiently. seemed like a big ass mountain i had to climb, great vid

[@RestaurantManager101]

I’m at level 2.5 lol. Level 20, is next level. That’s a lot of grinding. Nice job dude

[@_The_Black_Cerberus_]

Just do summit select the drop and just go til your inventory is full and just donate everything

[@michaelbaker2011]

Literally easier and faster then upgrading every single piece of gear you have on your main character or in your stash...is expertise lvl maxed out at 20 or what's the max?

[@fantasyfudge1845]

Nice. I got mine yesterday. Got it playing normally. Waiting for the next season an beyond.

[@ramonpeters9608]

I haven't played this game since title update 11. I don't know wtf is going on lol. I gotta look into this expertise thing

[@TAVV00S]

Once you've done all that you might be 70 years old

[@Xtreme_Volatility]

If you upgrade the proficiency on one character does automatically do it on your other character?

[@jrt3ll]

Can this be done in the submit?

[@emilabello1877]

I wanted to ask if I gave a team mate a weapon that I leveled up to my expertise level. Will this weapon perform at my expertise level?

[@MajrPayneNurAss2714]

I wish someone would put out a list of things to do like sell your proficiency gear or weapons to buy the weapons and gear you don't have or make the weapons or gear and how much of each for an efficient point ,or build weapons or gear at the crafting tableor get 4 in a lobby and collect stuff for a couple of hours. Then go the white house and trade amongst ev1 or go to areas like the train by Jefferson plaza or key boxes around the city. No offense bro but when I listen to KZbin content I tend to get bored because, not saying you do but ppl tend to ramble instead of staying on point.

[@themgl8531]

Can you get expertise while using somthing that your already proficient in?

[@dialac1]

My issue is I still haven’t found the assault rifle , smg, lmg crafting bundles to help me optimize my favorite weapons

[@Rodzilla-wi1yu]

Did you know that you can buy the bundles at the crafting vendor?

[@verdoemme]

How did you get diamonds to actually use the proficiency on items?

[@grannde_]

I’ve been using the SIG 556 and it’s literally a eagle bearer without the tenacity talent

[@I-WIN-LOTTERY-JACKPOTS]

why don't you have your lady death on your bleed hunters fury build? what a grind to get expertise

[@nerijus7]

So how much time took to reach E20 lvl?

[@GrimGianni]

Ok school me on this Skillz, what is the point of grinding proficiency levels for gear I don't want or am not interested in ever using? Is there a benefit to this? It would seem like a waste of time and rss to do this, am I missing something here?

[@NothingButSkillz]

the more items that are proficient the higher your expertise level is which mean you can put that expertise level on your gear. So If i'm 20 or 23 expertise i can add that to my weapons and get 20% more weapon dmg or 23

[@vinnyg743]

Great vid Skillz, what happens to the loot on a character if I delete it? Do I have to transfer all the loot to another character before I delete it?

[@josephlaflamme7358]

yes you will lose it.......onto another character or in the stash.

[@josephlaflamme7358]

move it onto another or in the stash

[@vinnyg743]

Will do thank you!

[@jasondukebaird]

There's an SMG that I can't find, the UMP45. It's not in my blueprints, and it never drops, any hints?

[@Reginaldesq]

Is it a console/PC thing or have they changed the requirements. my game (pc) shows 0/200 rather than the 0/140 in this and other videos I have seen.

[@costantin75]

I know it's an old question, but if anyone still wants the answer: to reach lvl 1 to 3 you need 100 points (each). From 4 to 15, 200. 16 to 20, 140. 21 and 22, 90 points. If I have been inaccurate, someone please correct me.

[@peterschick9075]

I just got there too but I can't do anything because of my exotic drop rate,,,

[@blackieforster7018]

Im level 1 and I’ve played every day since day 1 but stopped for one year 2020 , I don’t even bother with it what’s the point none

[@edenarchive4150]

How do you even know what your expertise level is? My scorpio is rank 10 expertise level 3 and I have no idea what any of that means and I've been playing for months. This system doesn't make any sense at all. Is expertise level a global thing or is it specific to a weapon? Where do you see your account expertise level if that's the case? How do I raise it for a weapon. The game just says my expertise level is too low when I try to increase my weapon. So wth am I supposed to do? Watched so many damn videos and I still don't understand.

[@jermainetilmon7793]

Check the expertise leveling now - seems you need more than 2 items per level now

[@wartang]

So what does proficiency do?

[@REALITY_ONLY_PLEASE]

I’m at 7 and I’ve been playing for years. I hope his helps.

[@Punisher_MrWick]

Now the 20 exotic drops will come in hand!

[@Mulberry2000]

Is this hard core level?

[@MonarkMN007]

I just finished season level 100 now and during that process I am able to reach expertise level 3 and that it I am done, because I want to enjoy games I am not here to do a 9 to 5 grind jobs,grinding this much for expertise level which didn't even make ur gears or weapon invincible is totally useless and waste of time. Whoever behind this idea is totally dumb because no one likes to invest that much of time and in the end that reward is not even pleasant.totally disappointed will back to game when the final Target of manhunt will be available in next season.

[@1div2agent74]

I did the same strategy. Within a week I was 15. I only play like 5 hrs a week. I'm currently stuck at 18. It's been a grind after 15

[@christrites4251]

Good video but halfway thru I was exhausted already...seems to be a clever Ubisoft way to get us to grind this game even further. I like the game but not that much!

[@MrsCtryDust]

Congratulations Skillz.

[@NothingButSkillz]

thank you!!!

[@shanky.y]

I got to lvl 20 in like 2 weeks when it came out. But that wasn't good coz I had no reason to keep playing, so I say just play and enjoy, over time ull have it almost max and the exclusive things you just use donations.

[@purdie7895]

So now show us a comparison on the classic M1A 0 vs 20?? And a few other weapons???

[@OMG.DANIEL]

How Can i find the ump45?

[@jmc3971]

You can't it's only available for lvl 30 so just ignore it or donate materials if you want everything completed

[@Whit3hat]

Impressive congrats, im halfway now well almost at 11 ;)

[@SpottiChlorians]

How are you at /140 im level 3 but at /200

[@sleepingwithink]

Does it matter what difficulty you put count down on? What would you recommend?!

[@anthonyescobar3217]

I'm watching this video like every other one..great vids. But I noticed at level 20 you only need to get 140 points to level up...I'm level 7 and from level 4 I had to collect 200 points per level. Is this a bug?

[@NothingButSkillz]

You don’t need to level 3 levels

[@radiologicphysicist1083]

It’s not a bug. 16-20 require 140 points

[@austinbrown924]

The bonus isn't even remotely close to being worth the time involved. Expertise is a good concept but the benefits are minimal compared to effort. I duo Legandary frequently why do I need 1 percent lol

[@iviesdomain6434]

Makes it even worse that the stuff you upgrade is only for that particular item. I think if you upgrade an M4 for instance, all present and future M4's should be upgraded too with it.

[@Rogue.1]

Good job 👏🏻 Im at lvl 18 , 313 proficient, you think i will hit lvl 20 🌚?

[@davestationuk7374]

The end reward in power is not worth the massive grind and resources req Just lvl up as you play and hitting lvl 13 requires nothing but donating junk etc

[@mostafatabeahmadi2736]

nice content bro gg

[@MatthiasPowerbomb]

I just hit 19 today. I'm not sure how I'm going to hit 20 since I don't have several items, such as the raid exotics.

[@sorodisi7909]

Use printer filament to upgrade them to proficient

[@MatthiasPowerbomb]

@@sorodisi7909 I suppose so. It just sucks because printer filaments take SOOO damn long to refill.

[@sorodisi7909]

@@MatthiasPowerbomb yeah true unless you have like watch level 2500+ and can just make a new warlord character and spam your scavenging points

[@moso0258]

Any one maxed skill or weapon till us if it is Worthy?

[@putkins26]

So what do you do if you don't have the EMP pulse?

[@jryde99]

If you mean the banshee Unfortunately I think you’ll have to unlock the gunner specialization but I don’t remember if this was through paid dlc. Then you just level it up and spec your points into it.

[@jryde99]

I just checked and yes the specialization is part of the year one pack and you can still buy it if you do t have it yet.

[@putkins26]

@@jryde99 oopppss I meant the EMP sticky bomb.

[@darren4852]

Donate materials. But you should have the emp sticky bomb unlocked anyways. Just equip it and never use it 😀

[@jmc3971]

@@putkins26 the emp sticky bomb was one of the rewards for a manhunt. If you progressed on the season reward tracker you should have all manhunt unlocked. Think it was Roosevelt so just toggle over mission til it says manhunt. But obviously you can just donate materials to make it proficient

[@Crash_endo]

Man, I love this game to death but it has become such a farm simulator! There's just no way I'm gonna do all of that and waste my time on getting everything. I know I don't have to but still, it's just occupational therapy at this point.

[@thecasualgamer5400]

Agreed. They really need to make it less of a grind to be able to lvl up expertise or even optimize pieces.

[@davidjenkins1376]

Well done brother

[@Adamsgotgame]

Thanks for this skills ❤

[@steadychaosproductions3376]

im at level 6...i just cant imagine how much time you put into this game to get level 20. wow

[@NothingButSkillz]

umm it took like 1 month

[@steadychaosproductions3376]

@@NothingButSkillz how many hours do you have with your character? That's the better gauge.

[@jrt3ll]

Oh ok so you have to collect 20 of everything then donate them?

[@Sagaris380]

So im at 10 now. and all i have left for gear is named pieces. it takes for ever to get them leveled. is just donating my best bet? I just put on as many named pieces as I can and are leveling them up all at once.

[@ValaShen]

Is there something you get at lvl 20 or this just completionist stuff?

[@NothingButSkillz]

it increases your damage by 20% if you level it to 20 expertise and you cna level your skills up by 20% for different things

[@NoGoodLokki]

Yeah bro I seen you in the countdown mad skills lol

[@CliffR]

So you donate the junk instead of break them down for materials to research?

[@NothingButSkillz]

you can do both but weapons only take 20 to level them. once you have that weapon levels break it down

[@ThMostOkGamr]

I feel like I’ve been grinding forever and I’m only at level 11😢

[@NothingButSkillz]

it's a grind

[@ryantorres7133]

What a legend

[@bscyi]

Couldn't you get 20 pieces of 1 gear set or brand set and donate them to make it proficient

[@Js-ld5er]

Need all the guns and skills and the special weapons

[@eXpr3s]

the grind is to heavy, toook me 100.000.000 exp to get 1 just 1 specialization to lvl 10... 40-50 hours nonstop farming for 1

[@MAGNUMTIZED79]

To level my gear up fast I used 3 and 3💯

[@joe1k515]

I hit a wall at level 13 I give up lmao

[@7Im8O66]

I leveled them up to 20. With 32.000 scavenger points. I’m at shd 9000 now. So when I run WONY and end it I get 8000 scavenger points

[@brokenbracket]

I'm watching this vid and I'm sitting here like, dam, Massive should be paying this dude. Like why isn't alllll of this information in the game? They give you 3 little images with a couple of sentences under them to explain Expertise. One of the biggest gripes I've had about Massive, since TD1, not enough tutorials, especially when introducing new methods of leveling.

[@patrickjaysondelatorre1160]

Thanks!

[@ulan19840621]

I've been playing Division 2 since the day it came out. ~3300 shd level. But my expertise level is only 3 🤷🏽‍♂️.. To be honest, I still don't know shit in expertise level 😬🤦

[@NothingButSkillz]

you got to donate all your gear you get and or play with other sets. fastest way to level it go into countdown and put pistols donate all

[@johnsmith-un2mx]

how you doing now?

[@ulan19840621]

@@johnsmith-un2mx doing good now. Before, I used to sell or disassemble all my junk loot. Now, I just donate them all.. Expertise level is 12 now 👌

[@johnsmith-un2mx]

@@ulan19840621 that was my mo also....

[@SkonyD_46]

At 18 almost there

[@trogdor5687]

Countdown is a joke. Just had 5 ppl leave after the first hunter wave.

[@ImposterCookie331]

Will be good if countdown is soloable. Because on solo. At least won't need to worry about people not doing much and just ending up leaving.

[@nonchrissie88]

Lol you never did the tombs?

[@TheGreygoose1980]

Can you explain I just run countdown

[@nonchrissie88]

@@TheGreygoose1980 there was a way in that mission to get every piece of gear proficient very Quick, they nerfed it now though😠

[@NothingButSkillz]

no never

[@TheGreygoose1980]

Welp I missed that one

[@dh1380]

That was just the jammer pulse thing and it was overrated

[@d3press054]

Expertise in summary. Farm for items to farm. Boobisoft doesn't know how to create a usable system. MLG and streamers have created a system of min-maxing that pushes a developers hand to implement dog game systems. Farm for farm to farm. Dog system.

[@FullHackable]

The Expertise System was a good ideia, but the way it works and how you level up completely sucks and ended up being really bad

[@doughboyz0]

I noticed that running a 3-4 piece of any brand/gear set works well to maximize level 10 proficency. Status effect builds also work aswell. If you been saving up on materials, use them on donating towards brand/gear sets/ weapons/ skills that you do not use. It takes a minute, and is expensive.

[@Smile4MyAC130]

Funny how most people wont get proficient at the Eagle Bearer when they cant get it cuz no one plays the Raids. # FreeTheEagleBearer from the Raid.

[@Halimzvx]

Yo bro i got that weapon from some clan u can join clan and talk with leader If u dnt get that weapon some member raid clan will giv u that weapon

[@7Im8O66]

You don’t have to own the Bearer or whatever AR. Just buy printer and maximize it. I do not have the regulus or the ravenous but there full expertised

[@darren4852]

Like any item, you can donate materials. Or maybe stop crying and start raiding.

[@dakidd6112]

I got my EB leveled up to Expertise 14 and my Rav

[@HamletTwin]

Took me 40+ tries farming the Dark Hours raid for the EB to finally drop. Ended up not using the dang thing lol. For all the hype and rarity, it is such a mediocre exotic. This shouldn't discourage you from trying out the raid, its a solid raid and actually pretty fun with a good group. And who knows? You may be one of the lucky few that get it to drop within the first 10 chest opens.

[@jakeremington9332]

I made another character and I use them to farm for brand proficiency levels. Equip a bunch of random proficient level stuff and wear it all till it becomes proficient then do again.

[@zacharybaese9029]

I'll never get to 20 cause I don't play raids to get the exotics or the bighorn in legendary

[@NothingButSkillz]

You don’t have to play raids to get to 20 you can donate materials to level items you don’t have

[@thomass9457]

If you are on Playstation there is a Cronus Zen script that will afk floor 10 summit for you. Let it run for 4 days get your watch level up to and run warlords once or twice. Done.

[@santtosharya]

Hi, thank you for such an informative video. Is it true that you can reach only till level 20 by donating, but can reach level 23 if you organically use the gear/weapon sets? Is this true OR is there no difference whether you donate or level up by grinding gear/weapon sets? PLEASE please reply thnx 🙏👍🙂

[@huggieb2]

I'm stuck on level one

[@stomperr69]

Honestly, do yourself a favor, make space for your inventory. Make 30-40 available space for your countdown RnG gear dropped there and pick up all of them and loot it all as junk and then donate all those crap. Every countdown and if get 30-40 crap and donate it, you gain 10-15 out your expertise goal number. Just keep doing that

[@radiologicphysicist1083]

Two words: Printer Filament

[@DefenestrateLogic]

Damn..Dammit... you play this for a living and are barely ahead of me!? Those last levels take forever though! Congrats!

[@NothingButSkillz]

I’m actually full time active duty I. The coast guard and played conflict for three weeks lol

[@Crazyman-rw7xd]

@@NothingButSkillz Where are you stationed? I was a Tug captain for 20 years and then a Ships captain for 15 years so I have a great appreciation for the people that serve in the Coast Guard.

[@NothingButSkillz]

@@Crazyman-rw7xd Miami beach