Watch Alts TU22 - In-Depth Look - How to gear up for and do the DZ method - The Division 2

[@1.11.nothing.to.see.here.]

You can also pick up a level 31 Shield Splinterer and Hunter Killer if you have accuired them on your account. Thanks for the guide Ikia. It's a exellent one as usual.

[@fanaticmd3032]

Hold on, you‘re telling me (returning agent here) that i DON‘T have to run the NY Story again and again and again and again? Feel hugged ❤ thanks for your work and spreadsheets 🙏🏻

[@PrototypeJC]

One thing to mention! Check your Clan Caches, if available. Been getting a lot of good High End loot, including weapons, at level 31 that way.

[@pelesiren4959]

2 things ikea didn't mention: when you get to haven there is the free gift box that grants 2 high end gear items. Its right next to the vendor. Also if your clan has earned any caches you can claim them in the basement next to the haven clan vendor and those items will be high end, at level and well rolled. Bonus: you can buy at level caches from the nsa vendor next to the descent door

[@wkungYT]

Ahh the good ol Bounty Cheesing. We had a bunch of bounties in Downtown West saved up from the 5x XP event, so we ran those groupscaled with two 30's and one 40 level player and leveled from 35 to 40 in short order. Might even be faster than invaded missions, when the 30's play from the beginning with the 40's. If everyone has the right mods turned on, that's also an accelerative factor. Level 30 Festive Delivery backpack can be fun and effective vs spawn trapped ads there too

[@Joseph-d5r7f]

If you're like me and kind of enjoy doing descent from time to time, you can save your nsa credits and use it to purchase exotic caches every few levels

[@pelesiren4959]

Good idea dude! You're so smart and handsome

[@HollaIfYaHemi392]

Love the content

[@doctordurst]

I ran the dz method maybe 2-3 times until I got a lvl 33 pestilence and some decent low lvl gear parts. Nowadays i only run short invaded missions over and over again to make watch alts. The exp are pretty good.

[@ikia]

i would be curious how long that way would take, i imagine it will take much longer to do missions solo, as unless you are doing them in a lvl 40's heroic 5 directive world they are not great xp/time wise, because without doing it with groupscaling i would think dz method will be allot faster and you do not have to care about updating gear beyond just having one set at lvl 30/31, saving some time as well.

[@doctordurst]

@ I only play solo. The missions are my lvl. No directives. They nearly give 1,5x the amount of an hard dz landmark and it’s much easier than dz imo. The 33 pestilence and 3 pc providence carry me all the way through to lvl 40.

[@doctordurst]

@@ikia and you can use the modifiers atm in the lightzone, which speeds up things rapidly imo.

[@ikia]

invaded definitely will give more xp per mission, but a landmarks are significantly faster per cleared landmark, that is why i was asking about how long in total it was for a run.

[@doctordurst]

@@ikia I think it took me about 4 hours last time with Jefferson Trade. Couldn’t really feel a difference in time. But the modifiers made it more fun for me.

[@frannbot]

@1:01:00 you get more xp the higher the lvl you are, it keeps increasing until 40... I made a 2nd accnt just to boost my main accnt, the 2nd one runs the missions and my main is just afk getting the xp haha, it takes me like 1 hour and 45 mins, 2 hrs if the mission is long, 7-8 runs, I have 2 pcs but I heard a virtual machine also works, you need a good pc tho

[@ikia]

yeah, during editing i noticed how much a herpaderp i was with that mission xp going up, in my defence it was pretty late and i was a little sick. but sometimes i can definitely still make myself look like a complete dumbass like there.

[@martinmiller3765]

My 2 build recommendations: -Diamondback from Priority Objectives -3 Walker, 1 Grupo, 1 Overlord (Fox is best), 1 anything (Contractor, Palisade) or 2 Zwia, from crafting or Bridge method. Crit damage and Red core as high as you can get it. -3 CHD mods from vendor -One shot everything, GG Bonus round: For another weapon, put Finisher on your Pistol and you'll only need 30% crit chance. Just switch Overlord to the brand that matches your weapon. -3 Empress, 3 Hana or 2 Hana+1 Wyvern. Skill damage rolls max. -Glass Cannon or Spark for chest, Combined Arms or Vigilance or Unstoppable Force for back -3 PfE (and Survivalist) or Skill Haste mods from vendor -AR/SMG/Shotgun with In Sync -Shield+Striker Drone

[@MechanicMitch]

It’s totally a zen thing taking out that sniper and losing track of time. Sometimes it’s about the journey haha (one for the ALGore Rhythm) Edit: ikia you can’t get or craft set gear at lvl31 eh? Like having red strikers build would be sweet and all

[@ikia]

indeed there are no good gearsets to be crafted nowadays at below lvl 40, as while a few gearsets are available at below 40, basically all the ones available in year1, the crafting bench needs to be upgraded to high end for it to allow crafting gearset pieces, and you do not get that till 40 nowadays. but for instance on my second account i do have negotiators and a few other gearsets available from when one of the characters was a world tier 5 character. but things like strikers, HF, HB, eclipse and other things that were added in seasons after year 1, were mostly not available at lvl 30 even back then.

[@MechanicMitch]

@ I can hear your voice narrating this lol thanks though man appreciate the effort you put into this stuff

[@miguel34778]

Yeah this is how I’ve been farming exotic components for forever now… I hate going into the 40 DZ so I got a level 32 character and I run it in there… it’s funny cause I have a maxed out tank build for it too with 1.8 million armor I got it when the crafting bench was crafting god rolls and I also had all the descent blueprints so I started crafting god rolls and I recalibrated the armor to get it to 170,000… I got crit damage crit chance on the Matador and Everyday Carrier… I got crit chance on the emperor’s guard knees and I got 2 Gila guard with crit chance crit damage… the only one I couldn’t craft was the holster but I got lucky and got one with crit chance maxed out and 6.5 weapon handling… which I settled with it for now… still looking for a god roll one… but yeah I also got my 2nd Lexington on my level 32 character too I thought I would be the only one to do that I guess not lol… and I also got the entire build maxed out 27 expertise lol just for shits and giggles… Nobody is messing with me in the 30 DZ lol oh and I also got the dark winter maxed out too and a maxed out TDI Kard custom too I’m running defender drone and decoy to keep the bots distracted… free exotic components lol I got so many things maxed out 27 expertise all my skills exotic guns and favorite weapons are maxed out I even got the specialization weapons maxed out lol… why do you have to tell people about this farm they might patch it 🤣 it’s too good of a farm… a buddy of mine told me about this months ago and we’ve kept it a secret for forever now… we’ve been maxing out things left and right… but I guess we knew it would get out sooner or later… we knew about this months before the god roll crafting bench thing and he knew about it when apparently their was a double exotic component farm where if two people hit the box and timed it right it would drop 2 components per box it was crazy… I had 999 components ready before this season even started I also had countdown currency ready too! I’m trying to get another 1 or 2k components before this next season/dlc… hopefully they don’t patch it! I’m gonna feel bad killing all the new players that go into my level 30 DZ cause those components are mine! 😅 Neah I don’t usually bother them unless they start shooting me first or start trying to team up on me… I know my build is straight up unfair… but hey that’s why you gotta be quick at thinking about these things! Just like the level 30s Lexington! Alright I’m done I know this is kinda long peace ✌🏼 nice video btw but you’re letting out too many secrets! 😅

[@abyssphantom6786]

Nice setup for your lvl 32 char! Also, this Alt method in the DZ, has been well known by the community for over a year now, and Devs have already rebalanced things for Alt chars, and have made things this way intentionally, so no worry about them “finding out” lol.

[@miguel34778]

@ yeah there’s a better exotic component farm i’m currently doing the ruthless and lullaby farm method it’s much better… but yeah I still have that build and yeah it is kinda nice to have 4% armor regeneration and 1.8 million armor makes farming the the 30s Dz much better… you don’t have to worry about using armor kits or dying for that matter… the other day a team tried to 3v1 me in the 30s Dz and I killed all of them lol it was pretty funny… they sent me a chat invite and where like how do you have that build? I just started laughing… they sent me friend request after I told them… it’s a super unfair build for the 30s Dz so I don’t usually bother people I just farm my exotics and leave but if people wanna start shooting at me I’m not gonna shy away from killing them… but yeah once they patch the ruthless and lullaby farm I’ll more than likely go back to that farm if they patch it cause… the ruthless and lullaby farm is pretty crazy rn I was able to get 800 components in a day farming that way… I’m sure that’ll be patched but yeah I’m not sure if the 30s Dz will eventually get patched or not… I currently have every skill, exotic, and specialization weapon to 27… and I also have every gun I use 27 and I have like 5 builds maxed out 27 it’s kinda crazy… if you haven’t heard about that farm take advantage of it now cause it’s pretty crazy… it’s for sure gonna get patched… cause kamikaze made a video about it and he told the developers so I’m sure it’s only a matter of time before it gets patched

[@tyranttype1984]

Damn kvd lol

[@WEKINBAD]

Ikia what is best way to get st elmo lvl 31 while weakly project is not showing for resources anymore

[@martinmiller3765]

Priority Objective

[@shansen751]

I made a turret, drone build. Also I was able to get a level 31 st Elmo’s from Danny. Then farm DZ landmarks and good to go. Great video. Thanks

[@tyranttype1984]

I´ve tested the broklin method for farming gear, y did try un-alive myself works faster with the oxi chem :)

[@Jaiyrz]

Priority Objectives does not appear on my latest Mule today. Perhaps you can do a pinned post on some changes so if ever you want to do a new video it's easier to track changes. :)

[@doctordurst]

@ikia Fastest watch alts ever this week with winter projects 🎉