The Division 2 | THE ULTIMATE EXPERTISE GUIDE | LEVEL UP QUICKLY AND EFFICIENTLY! | Tips and Tricks

[@tomweinmann1901]

Didn't notice if you mentioned this, but weapon donations give a full half level (44000) vs. 8800 for gear pieces. So 20 weapons donated gets you to proficient vs. 100 pieces of gear. If you got the cash, hitting up the vendors for weapons is a good way to go, like you said, especially for weapons you never plan on using.

[@zeroch1ll150]

Do you get anything for getting weapons proficient that you do not use?

[@tomweinmann1901]

@@zeroch1ll150 Any proficiency gained adds to your expertise level, which dictates how much you can upgrade your gear. You pretty much have to get proficient with some junk/lesser used gear to get your expertise up or you'll plateau pretty quick, so kind of a trade-off.

[@bigwizzle45]

I just jumped back into Division yesterday after a 10 month hiatus and was lost. This really helped. I'll be viewing your other vids to get up to speed.

[@bb4hking134]

I appreciate this video. It makes me feel like I'm not alone in the aspect of playing the game to get expertise because so many videos are people using cheese to get their levels up. I use these methods and they do work . The fastest I found is putting your gear choice on countdown to a gun type AR, Shotgun etc and it's beneficial because you get awesome guns and it only takes 20 guns to proficient a gun compared to 100 for gear items. While in count down wear all your builds until all parts are proficient. Ultimately when I've got higher lvls on everything I'll do countdown mods to get perfect mods and printer filament to max out the remaining. That's my plan

[@Ibsmokin]

Good guide, I’ve just been targeting weapons, started with ARs as I was trying to get kingbreaker. It’s working pretty well. Edit: I also concluded that printer filament was best for material donation upgrade.

[@IzThatit]

@@Dead_Pool_Rising it is because it's the easiest material to get by a long shot. Despite being "rare" you can goto a area with mods as the target loot and basically farm filament. Common materials should be easy but it cost a lot of those just upgrade your proficient weapons and gear. I'm expertise 5, but I've been struggling to get enough Steel & Reciever Components to get my Pestilence there despite those things roughly coming from the same place. Brand sets & Gear sets are easy. All these content creators are telling everyone's the basics. No one is really explaining the nuances of the expertise system. It's gonna be hell once it comes to leveling Skills & Specializations Weapons. Proficiency is based on Kill experience and it is not effected by difficulty, directives or awards. The only thing that effects it are the rank of enemy from common to elite (named). I have a whole right up I've been trying to share with the community but my people keep deferring to the community but they're ultimately going to hit a roadblock when it comes to Specializations & Skills because they don't actually understand how it all works because they're depending on donating materials from their watch or buying dupes from the shop.

[@kickemindafacestyleson6986]

Thanks for the post and breakdown of all the info. Was wondering why I wasn’t increasing my expertise lvl. 👍🏿👊🏿

[@shawnshanks1851]

Thank you for making this video. I just returned to the game and this was all new, I had no clue what to do.

[@smidcy1]

Please also keep in mind that once you start ranking up your Expertise after Proficiency on a set of items it won't transfer across to other characters you have which also have that item, i.e Character 1 has a Capacitor. You rank it up 3 times with Expertise, the same gun on Character 2 won't be changed. Only the Proficiency rank stays. This needs to be addressed asap.

[@smidcy1]

This is so frustrating as I have 2 of every exotic in the game... How am I going to rank up each exotic with expertise twice... For those who have multiple characters, imagine how long that's going to take...

[@Supadrumma441]

@@smidcy1 System works as designed. Its all for grind, grind, grind to keep people playing.

[@ezeziel1498]

Working as intended. Getting proficient is account wide but each item is unique and therefor you’ll have to level up every weapon/gear on each character. Makes you have to both grind and be smart about what you upgrade.

[@MILLERGAMIN1YT]

I forgot to say if you tell viewers to mark items as favorite they will not be able to donate by accident unless they unmark it sort of a safety clause

[@NoblessObligee]

Golan gear chest piece counts towards The Pointman named chest piece. And both are currently in the shop today.

[@novanps4]

Many now use the Main Mission "The tombs" to rankup proficiency in a very fast and easy way.. just use 1 build to defeat enemy in NORMAL mode, and fill the backpack with 6 pieces of armor with the same brand that needs to be upgrade (proficiency level).. just before entering last area, where we'll face many Theo Parnell's decoys in the open field, change your build to that 6 pieces of the same brand armor.. and also equip "EMP pulse" and "sticky bomb".. after jumping the fence and running to the center of the field, use EMP pulse to destroy at least 4 of the decoys (or 6 decoys if you can) by holding the button just before passing the car on the left while running to the center. and after we destroy the decoys, we'll see the EXP from it. the just shoot the sticky bomb next to your feet and detonate.. press the Respawn and we're back to behind the fence and ready to repeat the process.. 1 cycle of this will take around 20 seconds (including loading time for respawn).. and the prociency level up speed we got from this... yummy, very delicious.. 😋

[@lukthaman]

haven't tried it yet but thanks for the tip !

[@lukthaman]

okay this doesn't work at least not anymore. but you get a decent amount of xp to level up your watch and season pass

[@lilbookarina89]

How about after lvl 14 ? Iam hitting a brick wall actually doing the skills anyway to get that done quicker

[@MILLERGAMIN1YT]

Just dropped a like and say I like your content it's very informative especially when your trying to level up for the dark zone 💯

[@_Super_Dad_]

Thank you very much,im returning player.. and cud not find how to upgrade,when you proficient... it simply will not let you.. coz expertise level:) Now its time to put on different gear sets:) !

[@Sentryk]

many thx youve described about up rank progress via Junk Sets. it sounds much easier than to up rank with recources ))

[@techlord5573]

I did not know this existed

[@salvarsaani]

IMO using the items is the best way. Not too many Chatter Boxes float around the world. I have almost twenty days (about 456,5 hrs) in and I have had two Chatter Boxes, but I have been on rank 10 for days. RNG keeps dropping me Chamelon's and Kingbreaker's, but I hardly use them. Builds also increase the rank fast + plus it's more fun to roam and play the content than just grind the material for donations.

[@kthup]

Thx will check this out when im home

[@cakelordgaming596]

What does the dial in the top left corner mean, is it a kill count?

[@orphncriplr]

Outstanding guide. 👍

[@jithinmanohar1094]

thanks Pat. Just wanted to get your view on which weapon is the best one to focus on increasing the expertise level?

[@lordjavier9785]

Hi how are you? Thanks for the guide, it is very useful. What clothes do you wear to see you like this? (Like a soldier/navy seal)

[@GrimGianni]

Please help me understand why I would level up items I never use and am not interested in using ever? Am I missing some benefit to this? Seems like a waste, please help me understand this.

[@Daeys2411]

It’s another way from the devs too make you farm more ! You never gone feel stronger in this game because they make the npc’s stronger (tested that ) and you feel it ! I played this game for 4000 hours and I know the difference.

[@Havoch117]

truth ... dont get why we grind

[@Stacks50]

Okay so for all of us that was using the donate all button will we be compensated or we're assess out as usual?

[@philippegelhof]

Thx for the tipps✌️✌️

[@jorgkrause6478]

Jamming the Razor Drones works pretty good

[@sekedargaming9622]

What about for solo player, I love play it in solo?

[@ryanabrajano1193]

How do I get to the recalibration table?

[@chuckutz1969]

Very helpful, thank you!

[@badcompany3704]

Thanks wolf going to try some of this out

[@PeaceDeliverer]

Please explain, I'm new in game, But what proficiency actually get you? On weapons I can see damage increase but what about armor where does it shows?

[@Cuddlez]

Just got back to division 2 again but had to start all over cuz I played it on the ps4, now I'm on the pc. Sad they don't cross save, but its ok

[@Joseph-kj1ok]

At least it's something to work towards Is it an infinite increase? Or is there a cap on how much you can increase the stat? Awesome and informative video dude thanks.

[@PatrickWolfChannel]

Cap is around 20

[@Joseph-kj1ok]

@@PatrickWolfChannel Oh ok thanks

[@Mannerdm]

@@Joseph-kj1ok 30

[@tomweinmann1901]

In the SMG section of the expertise bench towards the bottom there's a UMP45. Not UMP-45 or any variant, just UMP45, white text, nothing special. I've run dozens of countdowns, some with SMG targeted, and have been donating everything. I'm at 0 proficiency on the UMP45. Does this gun exist?

[@traynice9633]

Would it be east to hunt for mods and then break them down?

[@ShaneMcGrath.]

8 month old video, But I just started playing The Division 2 a week ago, I take it the donate all junk button math has been patched by now?

[@lytershade23]

Would you say upgrading your armor is worth it? When you upgrade something like ridgeway pride does it only increase armor value of the piece or does it also increase regen and bleed?

[@PatrickWolfChannel]

Only increases that items armor value. Weapons are better to do first as weapon damage scales better

[@lytershade23]

@@PatrickWolfChannel thank you

[@JamesSmith-lv2lq]

I did your trick by finishing NY on my other character for the shd tech. I got 700+, but had to get off after finishing. Now when I go to my main character the shd tech is no longer there but it is on my side character. Any idea what to do?

[@jxck2612]

The countdown method wouldn’t help me because it takes me about 40 mins to find a squad

[@TERMINATOR1988ful]

Crafting corresponding items and donating is also effective. One question, can we get eagle bearer from general AR loot once we already have it?

[@randolphcarter8283]

no, only drop in dh raid

[@onionrangerduck7024]

I usually just do countdown if I want any expertise or specific gear, it's just way too convenient and easy.

[@martinharrod1282]

What the best way to get resources for the upgrade. I'm on expertise 2 but lacking in the materials to use with my proficient weapon. I can't remember what is needed, think it's steel, ceramics maybe

[@bertrasta]

Go to your inventory and look at your resources.there you can see wich faction drops wich materials.

[@ericanderson8432]

I just buy a bunch of gear and weapons from venders, mark them as junk, then I donate them all to expertise

[@marmaloot6350]

So when you upgrade for example my Kingbreaker, is it only that one Kingbreaker or is it all my Kingbreakers that get that upgrade?

[@jmhuzzdoesgaming]

From when I tried it, only the one weapon. I got two famas, I upgraded one and the other was still upgraded. I could be wrong but so far just the one item upgrades

[@jitsux8841]

how do u unlock that scuba outfit?

[@mikemike5004]

The expertise system just made my maxed gear weaker. Why?

[@flash215makesense7]

I been playing this game EXTREMELY WRONG 😂 thanks fr th lesson

[@chankoksoon]

Hi Patrick, are you saying that donating Name items will increase the Brand Set and the Name item proficiency as well? That's only workable for gear and brand set, however not going to work for weapons I guess?

[@PatrickWolfChannel]

Named works for that named item. Not the brand .named are separate to brands. Same with weapons the burnout and famas are the same type but level up separate as one is named.

[@downrightcarnage]

Have the devs fixed the “donate all junk” button yet?

[@leftlanehiphop6259]

I didnt know you got materials for breaking down mods? Is it only certain mods? I always sold them...

[@leftlanehiphop6259]

I feel like a idiot. I been playing this game for a year plus. I did not know that...

[@eliotslater2371]

thanks for this vid, it's pretty clear, i use to donate all the junk, too lazy to check each one hahaha did you take time to check the actual upgrade on your items? are they really 1%? I upgraded my kingbreaker Original weapon damage = 126.3K Upgraded 1% Now weapon damage is 126.9K 1% should be 12.6 I basically got 0.5% upgrade there thank you

[@PatrickWolfChannel]

I found that it’s a percent of the item not your total so like total armor is from that actual piece not whole armor.

[@eliotslater2371]

@@PatrickWolfChannel yes, i checked only on the weapon upgraded, didn't check the overall weapon damage. But i feel like it's not way less than 1%

[@captainamer71]

It is off base weapon damage and base armor of each piece it doesn’t take into account if it’s a blue armor core of 170,000 So upgrading gear is worthless Weapons and skills are worth it on the ones you love to use

[@randyb5067]

I don't quite understand using resources to level up gear or guns that I'm not going to use?

[@PatrickWolfChannel]

To upgrade your favourite gun fully(grade) you need to level up proficiency of other items even if you don’t use them. This increases expertise level your grade can only be increased as high as your expertise level.

[@randyb5067]

@@PatrickWolfChannel I get it now, ,ty sir

[@wwboratww3827]

I’ve gotten to expertise level 5 and upgraded my armor on 4 pieces of heartbreaker and there is absolutely no change to armor stats either base armor of the piece or total armor so I’m not sure what that’s doing for me. With weapons I can see it goes up once I do it. Please explain. Thanks!!

[@wwboratww3827]

Anyone have this issue where do I look to see the change?

[@PatrickWolfChannel]

It increases that pieces armor so it’s not that noticeable.go to stats and check the increase

[@LS2GTO60]

When do you get the extra 1% armor for gear pieces? I upgraded a few to say 1% but I don't get the extra armor... Do you have to hit expertise level 10 first or something?

[@PatrickWolfChannel]

It’s 1 percent of that items armor not your total armor so you won’t really notice yet. I would rather do weapon damage first however it’s up to you. Go to your armor value in stats and it would have increased. If not take piece off and put it back on.

[@smidcy1]

You need to get the item to rank 10 - Then it's Proficient. After that you can use Expertise to push the armor/damage up on items. The cost goes up each time so keep an eye on your resources. For viewing an increased armor value, look at the base armor (ie. mask 80k) it will go up by 1 each time you rank it up with Expertise.

[@wwboratww3827]

Mine did’t budge

[@daykon6843]

@@PatrickWolfChannel I upgraded my lmg after it went proficient but I can’t upgrade anymore even though I’m only 1% increase damage

[@ronniejones3910]

I hate that this forces players to use specific weapons (even if you hate running them)... at least if you dont want to fall behind on upgrading your expertise levels. Wish donating materials was just as good as simply wearing the respective items.

[@onersenol82]

Thx bro 👍

[@dnhofer]

At the end of tombs when I pulse a decoy I get about +2500... is that going towards the 8800?.. if so then this method seems even better than wony.

[@Supadrumma441]

People have hit 30 using this method yes.

[@dnhofer]

@@Supadrumma441 I think it's about +2500 per decoy.and I guess I meant 88000.

[@Its_Franso11]

hey, I'm wandering if you could do an updated DZ pvp build, :)

[@PatrickWolfChannel]

Working on that bro heartbreaker needs to be fixed first

[@Its_Franso11]

@@PatrickWolfChannel awesome, I forgot to say, keep up the good work man, i love ur content alot. :)

[@PatrickWolfChannel]

@@Its_Franso11 thanks man appreciate that

[@tomandrejacobsen6585]

I'm proficient with 21/344 and expertice level 3. You are proficient with less than me, but you expertice level 4?? How does that work?

[@brellnob]

Good info

[@ERTHL]

".. all tips and tricks, I'm sure you all write them down in the comments." - Truly ultimate!

[@monwellchassion923]

Great method.

[@isaiasizquierdo3369]

I have several million in my 3 characters. My years of hoarding will pay off, finally.

[@mmichael2383]

Man they just need to open up a school just simply teaching ppl about "The Division" I've never played a game where u need to read every items u pick up 😅

[@vv-o-l-f9155]

DONT FORGET , USING THE PRINTER FILAMENT METHOD WILL EVENTUALLY SLOW DOWN AND U WILL NEED TO BE MOPRE PATIENT !!

[@MauriceG85]

Care to elaborate? Is it the same with donating all your stuff from countdown?(so not using the gear but donating)

[@vv-o-l-f9155]

@@MauriceG85 basically donated printer filaments will slow down the higher your gear gets . Example: when you start this method , buying a mod at the White House and then deconstruction of it gives you 600 printer filaments, as you keep doing this it will Lessing the amount of filaments you can get. The best and smarter way is to make all your gear proficient by equipping a six piece set of whatever brand that you need proficient and go to countdown until it and run count down until it gets proficient. Do this with each and every skill as well as gear pieces keep it equipped until you have the proficient star next to it once you do this then create another character run through warlords of New York by getting someone to speed run you and then you’ll have all of the E credits to buy all the filaments you need to make them higher in proficiency

[@MauriceG85]

@@vv-o-l-f9155 im kinda forced to do this because I'm only shade level 1290 and exp level 8 .(As far as I am aware I should do the mule at level 1800ish) I used most gearsets and fav guns in countdown, but I noticed its gonna take a whole lot of countdowns to get max proficiency with (signature) skills. Now I want to use mats, but I don't have them(enough) and I don't want to do endless mat runs on solar farm(boring) So now im kinda stuck. Doing a lot of countdowns with weapons as targeted loot to get them max proficient

[@vv-o-l-f9155]

@@MauriceG85 yep .. I feel ya . WONY has a lot of materials if that would be better for you.

[@MauriceG85]

@@vv-o-l-f9155 well, a lot has changed in 24hours. The Stage Left saved me from a lot of grinding lol. Got the skills I use(need) to max prof so now the upgrading begins. Still need a lot of mats though. Maybe I'll go to WONY, but haven't been there a lot. Don't the right places to farm for mats. DZ south and west seems to work as well. But people there can be quite annoying...

[@josephschmidt70]

I'm no subscriber but you can just donate gear and weapons from world drops that are not proficient it's the fastest way to level up expertise or craft weapons and gear and donate them but gotta mark them as junk first.

[@hbsong9964]

we can now hold 100 exotic components as opposed to the measly 20...

[@randolphcarter8283]

yeah, because high expertise level require exotic comp to upgrade, a lot... so dont donate your exotics

[@BlKdavincii]

Donate it wear?

[@bradallenfisher]

The only thing about this game that annoys me is that it sort of takes the fun out of playing it when you have to hack and cheese and Spam and do all this weird stuff

[@CubeEarthTheory]

I know you can raise expertise on items only up to your overall expertise level, but nobody ever explains how to raise your overall expertise level. Neither do you. How is the overall agent expertise level increased?

[@PatrickWolfChannel]

It’s called proficiency ranks and yes obviously I cover that here. Listen.

[@pedrocornejo6744]

No more PTS, for you … “ good job “ 😂😂😂😂

[@editsgaming8347]

Yo wolf the clan vendor is selling pulse resistance mods 😉

[@PatrickWolfChannel]

Thanks Man I have a few already

[@monkyspnk777]

All that work for a 4%… + 0.04 bump

[@vondremcdonald6122]

I can't get this to work anymore for me... My expertise level is 4. 102/200. That number has not changed since last yr. My proficiency 46/367. I'm tired of trying. Seen so many videos.. no progress. My watch level is 548.. the highest gun damage I have is 933.4k. My second weapon is at 995.6k. I see other players watch score over 3000 and there weapon damage is much lower but there All weapons damage bonus is just a few points higher than mine. I just don't get this game. Loosing interest in trying.. not that fun anymore. Bored

[@ayurome8683]

bro, I normally like ur vids but: time stamps and to the core please. I will like it anyways and I'm already subscribed, not all have the time to hear/ see the whole vid so please....

[@edenarchive4150]

This is kinda pointless for skill builds isn't it? Armor means nothing and the miniscule amount of armor you'd gain at max expertise is irrelevant. This seems to only be good for a little bit of weapon damage.

[@fireblade6756]

Lol all this more grinding just 2 keep us playing an old old dead game the deres r having a laugh at us suckered who still play this tired game, me I'm bored with all this update nonsense, what we need is a Div3 a completely new game ASAP, probably not till 2025 !!! Thanks Patrick .

[@joseppy]

Which 3rd person shooter do you play instead of division two? Is it better?

[@deejaydark07]

You complain but keep playing 🤔 weird

[@vincentanzelone8705]

I zoned out after about 2 minutes. This is BUNGIE levels of over-complication and grinding. Holy cow. LOL. Pass.

[@PatrickWolfChannel]

👍🏻

[@HFS_Tradecraft]

jeeezzzz, this game is ridiculously stupid, who designed that system 🤦🏻‍♂️ Massive should change their name to Grind

[@waynemawston7806]

Ultimate guide Haha ok whatever.

[@veng1974]

The whole point of this expertise nonsense is idiotic. We shouldn't be forced to play with weapons, gear and skills we dont want to play with in order to make our main build better. It should just come through playing with our main builds, weapons ect.... through experience points. Whoever thought of this ridiculous system should never work in gaming again

[@jakeremington9332]

Only 6 minutes in and it's forced me to watch 3 fucking adds already