Thanks for the tips! I'm 72 and two weeks ago, I purchased my first every game system (PlayStation Plus). I purchased Division 2 not realizing I need internet to play. Since I'm not skilled enough to play with others, my sense is I would not need internet. Additionally, I have no sense of where to go to find specific tips, game detains on missions, delivering the most damage to a target, what weapons are best for specific situations, etc. so videos like this are really helpful. Thanks for taking time to make this video and share
How are you finding the game so far? Did you think the learning curve was steep? Do you have ICT or general gamer experience from before? I ask because I find it really inspiring that you liked into this kind of activity, considering plenty of people in their 40s, 50s, or 60s wouldn't or couldn't wrap their head around games of that complexity. (I'm 42 myself.)
@@mikalrain I've found this particular game more challenging and a little frustrating. The frustration comes from being returned to the beginning (settlement or WH) when my agent gets killed. In the two COD (WW2 & MW 2) I am returned to a "check point" which to me seems more logical. Bottom line, I HOOKED!!!!! Very glad I made this purchase. I keep looking for other games to buy.
I personally love demolitionist. It is built to feed off it's self. While, yes, the Artillery Turret is god tier, it also helps increase your grenade ammo very quickly. The meter fills up more when you kill an enemy with an explosive. Combining it with a seeker mine and getting all the upgrades for the Artillery turret makes it a scary class. It is all meant to help feed your grenade launcher ammo. It is also amazing for crowd control and dealing damage very quickly. Plus you never really notice how many combustables there are until you start using it. The amount of times I accidentally caused a chain reaction of combustables is insane. It is meant for causing the most chaos as possible. God getting a demo and firewall into a squad together is scary as all hell. I would suggest taking another look at it. My set up for it is, LMG, Shotgun, Seeker Mine, Artillery Turret. Also, just found this channel, very good. That's a sub from me.
Technician is crucial (for me) with those spammy drone carriers. The emp nades have a greater use and the added damage to drones, from the talent is a plus. I also really like skill builds anyway. Gunner is second for when I want to straight up dps. I love its med kit.. its saved me a few times from burst dmg that would have dropped me for sure. The slow but constant ammo refresh is also a plus, since we are dumping mag upon mag upon mag into enemies now.
To me, Gunner has the best standalone talents (most op relative to other specializations) "regardless of play style" in a way. 1. Armor on Kill, 2. Armor Kit with Bonus (2nd best behind Firewall), 3. Stability, 4. LMG Mag. Those bonuses alone are HUGE. Armor on Kill works great to STACK it with 3pc Badger Tuff & Armor On Kill Mods. Bloodsucker synergizes with this amazingly too. If you are DPS and dropping NPCs quickly, you are stacking TONS of Armor repair PLUS Bonus Armor. "Stabiity while stationary" is SO Helpful for ARs & LMGs to allow you to stack Crit Mods on the weapon for DPS while still hitting so many more shots. So the Stability perk is just like getting straight DPS. Next, the LMG mag is the most OP of all weapon attachments. This does funnel you into a LMG build though. For me I typically use LMG as my secondary for Heavies and stuff like that. You can use a shotgun if you want to take more advantage of the Badger Tuff, but the 3pc is STILL worth it even if you DON"T use shotgun. Personally I have shotgun sidearm that can DROP ELITES with the 1,2 pow pow if you land perfect shots. So I don't feel the Shotgun buff from Badger is wasted. I went through Jefferson Trade Center on "Hard" (only, but barely after reaching Lvl 40) with Ammo Hoarders directive since sidearm is unlimited ammo. Nice advantage too. From there you can build the rest HOWEVER you want, with Gunner just giving tons of survivability from Armor on Kill (+ Bloodsucker), and DPS from Stability and Sunstain DPS from LMG mag.
Technician has a under barrel mod that pulse enemies and work excellent with "Spotter" giving 15% or 20% (if perfect) extra dmg. I used it with Nightwatcher mask before update, now I have a backpack with spotter. The extra tier for skills is also very good for my healing drone.
I don't believe that there is a "perfect" spotter any longer, no named chest piece with that talent, so only the 15 percent. I used it for some time, but it just doesn't compare to the 30 percent from Glass Cannon.
I like running riot foam chem launcher and seeker or drone heal on survivalist. Riot Foam is great additional damage mitigation since the enemies don't fire back, a great emergency button when flanked, holds groups in place for your squad mates AoEs, and it can pull enemies out of cover, sets elites up for deletion. Also softens them up with your status effect damage proc.
This was really helpful! I don't watch videos before playing games and was surprised at all the extra content after completing the main campaign, this quick run through really put things into context and understand which specialization will align with how I ended up playing.
Honestly, give firewall incendiaries, demo the cluster nade and Survivalist the frag grenade. All three of these would compliment their new classes much better.
Imo the technician spec is the most versatile. Emp grenades shut down skill users placed proxies. If you have shield users in your party pop the medkit to keep them in the fight. Free +1 skill tier and you can choose to enhance skill damage or skill heals, doing this you dont need to lose out on armor or dps if you want to have slightly stronger skills. Where it shines though is using the linked laser pointer with spotter. With the new update spotter amplifies weapon damage AND skill damage, and all you have to do is aim at someone. Not only for the damage though, as it pulses the enemies to let your teammates know where they are at all times. Bonus armor while holding a skill can help you a little bit but it's honestly not that great since they took out protected deploy. I'd say get a good spotter chest piece and try it out.
I like this build too. Though I thought they removed the healing bonuses on Skill destruction. Isn't that replaced with just the bonus armor during skill deploy?
With TU8 and the Demo buff being lowered to 10% from 25% theres no reason to use it over technician for a skill build as it also gets a 10% buff to all skill types. You also gain 1 skill tier on tach allowing you to use a red of your primary weapon type gaining up to 25% total weapon damage.
Technician is my prefered because I really enjoy play skill builds. The strong points are, off course, the skill damage, skill level and the grenade... it is awesome against black tusks dogs. Other strong point is the specialization weapon and the laser point. The weapon is very fun and the laser is very good to use with spotted. This is a strong specialization specially when you focused in skill damage.
@@bori1986 Hi Bori, the laser apply the same effect of the pulso but for one target at time. So, you don`t need pulse but has the same effect and the buff.
Depends on the build you're running, lmg dps then its gunner, healer then its survivalist, tank then its firewall for the shield, skill seekers then its demo, etc
@@highcard6155 survivalist is a bit of a hybrid due to its weird nature. There is extra 10 percent damage to status affected enemies so you could create a build based on extra damage to status effected enemies, for example, I’m doing a bleed build where enemies who are bleeding are dealt about 95% EXTRA damage with my main gun with all the extra buffs that I focused towards bleed
Also, dude is sleeping on Firewall's shield. That thing is god-tier and can face tank entire groups or turrets. Plus you can use the signature and rifles/assault rifles or smgs with it.
I'm currently using technician for the +1 skill tier. I'm running a half assed 2 2 2 hybrid build with spark and unstoppable force to supplement damage. Using this while I gear up.
Gunner- armor on kill build Coyote mask 3 badger tuff with bloodsucker and unbreakable/perfect unbreakable 2 corruption that's not chest and backpack This is near 50% armor on EVERY kill. I try to find high armor with RED attributes so I can kill enemies faster. This is a good solo heal build. Running a shield is at least tier 5 so in a group this is a good tank build.
Regarding the Survivalist mag, optimal range increases the distance you can fire with weapons before they experience damage fall off, basically allowing you to do more damage to enemies at ranges where they are already doing less to you. This gets slept on a lot and can be very powerful if played right, basically a free buff for you and debuff for enemies that cant be countered without physically moving or breaking cover. It is a little more niche of a spec that takes playing around it to maximize, but that kinda goes with the specialization.
I would have to go with the Sharpshooter specialization because of what it does for the 2 best weapons in the game (the Baker’s Dozen and Bullet King) . The Bullet King is a laser with the weapon handling and recoil bonuses. The extra 15% headshot damage with the Baker’s Dozen is a gimme, and that’s just naming a few.
I have recently started using Sharpshooter again, basically because of the med kit, an as I'm on console the extra weapon handling helps me land more shots, plus I can give my team extra headshot damage an extra armour, which is useful in this game now, when you spend majority of time in cover, because there is always some sneak of an NPC, who suddenly appears behind you from a building , or in case any other nosey NPCs decide to come behind you just to see what happening, ( Rubber Necks) i tend to use assult drone with this build or sniper turret. lol great video 😊
Before I’d have said Demo conquers all. But recently, since I fully upgraded it, I’ve fallen in love with Firewall. I don’t evenn use the shield. I love turning myself into a rusher with that thing when it’s fully fueled.
I was playing with shotgun and shield for a while it and it was really a lot of fun. you can just pop the shield then run right into the faces of enemies and blast them with the shotty. I might have to try this out now I have the extra builds. I'm only level 22 though, so i don't have specs yet.
Tech is good vs Black Tusk because of the EMP. If you like seekers, demolitionist for the extra explosive damage and artillery turret, gunner if you like shooting automatic weapons, firewall for tank (shield plus fire, plus seekers on reset w/ hardwire).
Thanks for another great and useful video! Thank you again for taking the time to do these! Your past videos have been a terrific help. I am a new player who just hit level 30 and have yet to venture into the Dark Zones as I only play solo. Even at level 30 I am still learning some of the basic game mechanics (mainly, the interaction between the different parts of game), so I do appreciate the videos you produce. Would this review change any if looked at from the point of view of a solo player?
technician, i feels like. its almost synergy with all meta and build right now u can do from pure skill build, full tank, healer, into 1 shot sniper and more coz most any meta build much less still depend on skills whatever for offensive or defensive its like maximize something with less to sacrifice atleast for me :D chilll....
Gunner hands down. Especially now in TU8 where enemies are more spongy and syncs with LMGs very well, which has been proven to be the most effective weapon type for PvE as of now (MG5 and Pestilence).
I agree. The gunner is what you pull out when you are in trouble and need to tank and do damage. The Sniper is a waste when you have a Legendary Sniper that's better anyway. The rest are garbage. The crossbow... come on...
I use Gunner for the many options for my dps build, 4x TP + Zero Fs & Bloodsucker / svd + m1a ... all for weapon damage and just the kneepads i roll max armor just to test the build, and it feels damn good for Challenge missions and CP4 i didnt test it yet on Heroic mission even if CP4 feels easy, just want more hazard or explosition resistence on the gear, than roll the exotic chest + Gila Guard with Bloodsucker
Gunner is a my go-to, as it is perfect for solo players. That Tac50 from the Sharpshooter class is awesome as well, and have saved my life in many situations.
I've always loved the firefly specialization. I became the bullet sponge that distracted the enemies giving my team time to maneuver. If they let me get too close the flamethrower lights them all up. Your never going to be the killer of the group, but you do provide that slight edge.
Exclusively use the tac along with perfect head hunter and a gear set that increases the damage of my tac and regens my tac ammo every minute. Hitting over 40 mil per headshot with my build. And the perfect headhunter goes to my other weapons to. I use a gold ak and the white death sniper
Only one I have maxed leveled is Demolitionist. That was back when it was the best one for lmg users. Which I am. Guess I‘ll start on gunner this week now that I have Keener out of the way.
Be warned , the final task of unlocking that spec is quite difficult. You gotta peel all of the armor off of a tank before dealing the final blow, easier said than done
@@StoneAgedQ Thanks for the warning, I've seen people talking about the best way to do it. I'm going to try the pistol method I was told about, and wipe myself if I fail. I'm on step 4 right now killing Risgeway without using a health pack. Been too busy IRL to go try though, maybe today.
I mean i've been going through the specialisations right now, I'm not entirely sold on the Survivalist, but i think it only starts shining in groups. I really loved the Demo class, the arty turret is very good at taking out enemy armour or shooting down those pesky snipers. Sharpshooter is really great for solo, that signature weapon just packs a massive punch. All i need to do is play the other 3 and unlock firewall (stage 2)
will likely take sharpshooter myself. I play with a sniper and assault rifle and mostly play solo, so seems to make the most sense. I use cluster mines at the minute as well though, and the healing drone, so there might be a better class for supporting those skills.
Technician build for Drone or turret for solo play, and stinger hive for group play with sadist on my weapon. That extra skill+1 allows you to equip some red or blue, i run a coyote mask, and it makes your dps more viable so you arent completely dependent on your skills
I played with the shield and chem launcher during campaign, now there's benefits for both. I roll with an armor/skill build, focusing on haste, skill damage, and status length. My shield rarely goes down, and when it does it's my own fault. The grenade combos perfectly with the chem launcher firestarter, bosses taking 50% more burn damage after getting shot by the firewall sidearm is amazing, this class rewards you for being a mobile incinerator turret. If your positioning is good, you can burn down entire groups of enemies in mere seconds.
Gunner is not only useful for LMG builds I found it useful for the 15% armor on kill for PVP I use a lot even though I am not a tank build I use it because I use other armor on kill that I get my armor back pretty fast.
@@xzygreen8938 but TTK in solo game is much shorter, if you get named enemy with 18M health/armor pool, in team of four you get 50M and on legendary even close to 70. Much different TTK, so much more room to take dmg
I've been playing for about a month now. World tier one at the moment. I chose the Sharpshooter because I've been running with a sniper rifle for the whole game. I love the signature weapon when I HIT with it, but I HATE it when I miss. ;-) I use turrets and seeker mines during missions. Then I switch to that free life hive when facing the final boss of each mission. I also like using Pulse when I am exploring the outdoor areas so that I can feel free to sprint. Fun game, but a steep learning curve. Seems like there's always something new to learn. Something I wish I had known previously. Fun, tho!
Thanks you've made me decide, i'm going to buy gunner. I kill enemies pretty quickly so have that armor regen will be perfect especially since I run head on at enemies and I like lmg's as wel
Me I prefer survivalist why is because you can double heals seeker mine and efficient which I am currently using right now... Nowadays few people using efficient which is the best talent for sustain fights in long run...
The Gunner is my favorite. The Banshee Pulse got a buff too. It is on a 20 second cooldown now. With a perfectly wicked backpack it rocks. I like everything about it except the grenade.
Some talents also makes you weaker. There are 2 (I think, at least there is one) medkit talents that change them to a heal over time. When I have these and I'm close to dying I just die.
These ppl lack the willpower to finishing the tree. I guess they do not see a point in a tiny little boost or perk. The reasoning for this behaviour eludes me as well. I think it is a matter of how ur brain works, in what patterns you think, work, prioritize, ... Personally it would drive me nuts to have holes like this in my specc.
Where I take advantage of the Firewalls bonus armour during cover-to-cover is getting close to enemy ai that like to stay back - throwers and controllers especially. Wait for them to launch a grenade and then cover-to-cover rush them and shoot them point blank from the opposite side of their own cover.
First off, I want say that I appreciate UA-camrs like you, Epic Slay3rs, Nothingbutskillz, LethalvD, Afflicted Gamer, etc. that make quality Division 2 content. I really enjoy your videos and the content you put out. Sorry if this comment is pretty long btw. Lol. If you are making a DPS Skill build, Technician is the way to go. Technician gives you a free Skill Tier which allows you to either go for some extra Armor (which is kind of useless until they fix how Armor works) or like me, some extra Weapon Damage so I'm not completely useless outside of my Skills. Technician synergies really well with the Hard Wired Gear Set 4 Piece w/ the Chest and Backpack. I also run a Fenris Holster with Weapon Damage and Wyvern Kneepads. If we are talking about Healing, I would say Survivalist is the best for a Healing Skill Build with Technician being #2 for a lot of the same reason as the DPS Skill build. For a more tanky build, definitely Firewall and for general DPS, it just depends on if you prefer the Anti-Material Sniper, the Grenade Launcher or the Mini-Gun. I think they all work well and just came down to person taste or preference, but I know for a fact that a Skill Tier 6 Technician build can shred things. Even on Challenging and Heroic, I died the least out of all of my teammates last night and I could melt bosses and enemies. I still need to optimize the individual gear pieces but it's really good. Also for my build, I run dual Shield Splinterers with Perfect Optimist which works really well, however the Chameleon is the best AR for this build, at least in my personal opinion from my experience. I also use the Drone instead of the Turret because the of the Drone's ability to be a mobile damage dealer (reminds me of being a Beastmaster Hunter from WoW). The Turret is a lot stronger but the Drone's horizontal and vertical mobility and versatility make it the better choice to me. The 2nd skill I use really depends on the situation, however in most cases I prefer to use the Explosive Sticky Bomb, but often times I switch to the Seeker Mines because Hard Wired had two bugs right now. First bug is that the backpack talent isn't working at all and the second bug is that it the 4 Piece bonus doesn't work with the Sticky Bomb Skill. If the Devs wanted to prevent the Sticky Bomb's CD from resetting with Hard Wired, they need to make that crystal clear instead of it just not working but it's not working as of this comment. If anyone has suggestions for my build, I'd appreciate that.
My first thought was "WHAT, YOU CAN SCROLL SIDEWAYS FOR MORE SPECS????" (I did not know that, not that it mattered since the two I wanted were gunner and tech_) As for builds, I miss my leveling build with the stacking headshot kill damage buff. Use big marksman rifle, one shot first (red) enemy, second enemy, then oneshot purple enemy, then yellow. Sadly without the reds to get it going it died in a bin on WT4. Quite the jump there.
Only two specilications that I enjoy are tactician and survivalist. Ironically, I use the survivalist for a heavy armor/damage build with a bit of healing. As for the tactician I built it around skill area of denial. Nothing like the shock trap with a hive or sniper turret with the sticky bomb.
Gunner + Backpack with Bloodsucker + Shotgun with +10% armor on kill + chest with +35% weapon damage within 10m when you have bonus armor. Fun as hell.
With the technician the extra skill point is awesome for someone using a shield, because you can have a level 6 shield and have increased weapon damage still.
My favorite is technician but I've been stuck with sharpshooter since I was trying to level it up before the expansion. It's a lot slower to level it up now since you get less points and less bounties has points as well.
In my opinion, i believe that Sharpshooter is good since ammo can drop quite easily for it (if you have base game and none of the year 1 specializations.)
fresh player here... I prefer skillbuilds, so Demolitionist and Technician are my fav... didnt try Sharpshooter and Survivalist yet. Firewall and Gunner are kind of lackluster for my playstyle.... even their special weapons are "meh" shortrange flamethrower, slow Minigun
used to play as a demo but these days i play gunner,gunner just shreds and has alot of nice things like bonus armor on using kits,+fire rate,weapon handling,ammo regen and a minigun that just eats heavies alive,also the riot grenade is amazing for locking down annoying classes (like medics) so you can rip them apart.
Technician would be the most versatile since the underbarrel mod, 10%skill healing and hive mod makes you like a Sniper/medic/engineer archetype on the battlefield
Thanks for the video. In regards to the survival specialization and the bonus damage to status affects, would the stars and stripes set bonuses count as status affects?
Playing missions, completing open world activities like control points etc. Open the map, hover over a mission or activity and it will show you how many specialization points the mission grants. Also, when you gain max XP to move to the next SHD level (if at level 40) you also gain spec points as well.
Why oh why specialization skill mods suck so much now? Used to be +100% dmg for turret, +50% healing for healing seeker mines, now it's just pathetic....
you need to look at how skills work now because the old mods would not have worked with the tier system. mods are just that, mods, they arent supposed to determine the overall effectiveness of your ability. with the said i do think they should be more in line with other level 40 mods you find. the spec mods are just too low when compared to other stuff you can find. Also people need to forget about almost everything they used to know about gear in this game.
I understand they had to change it. But they should have changed it to something people would actually use. Like you said, make it comparable to a maxed lvl 40 mod, maybe slightly stronger or giving some unique function to justify its existence. Thanks for response.
Ive been having fun with technician as dps going full red the under barrel synergize well with spotter tallent And the skill additional skill repair and skilk tier help my repair chem alot
I definitely like paring gunner with true patriot. Bigger mag size and capacity as well as giving ammo to your allies all the while buffing and debuffing enemy's is to good to pass up.
im not sure why but it seems like enemies also take more burn damage per tic when playing firewall from all sources. whether its skyburst seeker or burn sticky or your flame thrower. on other classes enemies burn for like 6k per tic,but around 20k per tic on firewall.
the best one...well gunner kind of, after warlords some of them became outright useless like technician because its only job was to put that laser pointer to pulse people you aim at to get the nightwatcher spotter bonus but now spotter is not really worth it because you there other better damage buffs (I know you can overcharge pulse and get another 15% damage but to get that you have to go all skill points in place of attack points so it comes out to be, +5 skill (because 7 gets you nothing) to get 30% damage on pulsed people OR 90% from stacking 15% damage boosts on armor peaces...HHHHMMMMM I WONDER WITCH SHOULD I PICK?! then fire damage is good but procing it is hard because everything will run out of the way of your stuff, (same goes for skill damage builds, your skill weapons don't do nearly as much damage as guns and not everything can dodge out of the way of the seeker) and now because LMGs damage are tied with assault rifles gunner gives you that sweet ass extra 50 rounds so...gunner.
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SKIP TO THE ONE YOU ARE INTERESTED IN
0:00 - Sharpshooter
3:54 - Survivalist
7:21 - Demolitionist
8:44 - Technician
10:38 - Gunner
13:24 - Firewall
When can you get specializations? it is not there for me yet.
@@Danny_On_Wheels44 end game bro, beat the story
I always use gunner. Why? RATATATATATATTATATATA
Can I get overcharged with the technician's +1 skill tier?
@@paulhawelka285 yes
Thanks for the tips! I'm 72 and two weeks ago, I purchased my first every game system (PlayStation Plus). I purchased Division 2 not realizing I need internet to play. Since I'm not skilled enough to play with others, my sense is I would not need internet. Additionally, I have no sense of where to go to find specific tips, game detains on missions, delivering the most damage to a target, what weapons are best for specific situations, etc. so videos like this are really helpful. Thanks for taking time to make this video and share
runnerpsu God bless you! Hope to see you on the field, agent!
How are you finding the game so far? Did you think the learning curve was steep? Do you have ICT or general gamer experience from before?
I ask because I find it really inspiring that you liked into this kind of activity, considering plenty of people in their 40s, 50s, or 60s wouldn't or couldn't wrap their head around games of that complexity. (I'm 42 myself.)
@@mikalrain I've found this particular game more challenging and a little frustrating. The frustration comes from being returned to the beginning (settlement or WH) when my agent gets killed. In the two COD (WW2 & MW 2) I am returned to a "check point" which to me seems more logical. Bottom line, I HOOKED!!!!! Very glad I made this purchase. I keep looking for other games to buy.
Wow amazing enjoy, this and division 1 are my favorite games with save the world coming in 3rd.... im 40
I hope im playing video games at 72...you seem like a cool grandpa. Thank you sir
the best spec is the one you have fun playing :) !
Judgeofdeth that’s not to good. Cause I like the bow but I catch my self using demolition cuz the characteristics it gives which is the fist.
Judgeofdeth that doesn’t help
Agreed, I enjoy sharpshooter. I’ve always wanted a high caliber sniper rifle so
I personally love demolitionist. It is built to feed off it's self. While, yes, the Artillery Turret is god tier, it also helps increase your grenade ammo very quickly. The meter fills up more when you kill an enemy with an explosive. Combining it with a seeker mine and getting all the upgrades for the Artillery turret makes it a scary class. It is all meant to help feed your grenade launcher ammo. It is also amazing for crowd control and dealing damage very quickly. Plus you never really notice how many combustables there are until you start using it. The amount of times I accidentally caused a chain reaction of combustables is insane. It is meant for causing the most chaos as possible. God getting a demo and firewall into a squad together is scary as all hell. I would suggest taking another look at it. My set up for it is, LMG, Shotgun, Seeker Mine, Artillery Turret. Also, just found this channel, very good. That's a sub from me.
Technician is crucial (for me) with those spammy drone carriers. The emp nades have a greater use and the added damage to drones, from the talent is a plus. I also really like skill builds anyway. Gunner is second for when I want to straight up dps. I love its med kit.. its saved me a few times from burst dmg that would have dropped me for sure. The slow but constant ammo refresh is also a plus, since we are dumping mag upon mag upon mag into enemies now.
To me, Gunner has the best standalone talents (most op relative to other specializations) "regardless of play style" in a way. 1. Armor on Kill, 2. Armor Kit with Bonus (2nd best behind Firewall), 3. Stability, 4. LMG Mag. Those bonuses alone are HUGE. Armor on Kill works great to STACK it with 3pc Badger Tuff & Armor On Kill Mods. Bloodsucker synergizes with this amazingly too. If you are DPS and dropping NPCs quickly, you are stacking TONS of Armor repair PLUS Bonus Armor. "Stabiity while stationary" is SO Helpful for ARs & LMGs to allow you to stack Crit Mods on the weapon for DPS while still hitting so many more shots. So the Stability perk is just like getting straight DPS. Next, the LMG mag is the most OP of all weapon attachments. This does funnel you into a LMG build though. For me I typically use LMG as my secondary for Heavies and stuff like that. You can use a shotgun if you want to take more advantage of the Badger Tuff, but the 3pc is STILL worth it even if you DON"T use shotgun. Personally I have shotgun sidearm that can DROP ELITES with the 1,2 pow pow if you land perfect shots. So I don't feel the Shotgun buff from Badger is wasted. I went through Jefferson Trade Center on "Hard" (only, but barely after reaching Lvl 40) with Ammo Hoarders directive since sidearm is unlimited ammo. Nice advantage too. From there you can build the rest HOWEVER you want, with Gunner just giving tons of survivability from Armor on Kill (+ Bloodsucker), and DPS from Stability and Sunstain DPS from LMG mag.
thats so confusing
Technician has a under barrel mod that pulse enemies and work excellent with "Spotter" giving 15% or 20% (if perfect) extra dmg. I used it with Nightwatcher mask before update, now I have a backpack with spotter. The extra tier for skills is also very good for my healing drone.
I don't believe that there is a "perfect" spotter any longer, no named chest piece with that talent, so only the 15 percent. I used it for some time, but it just doesn't compare to the 30 percent from Glass Cannon.
i am sticking with my survivalist, extra protection against elites and the healing stuff is really nice to have
and i do love the fire grenades
Look into the trauma/perfectly wicked build. So much synergy
I just want to say that I really appreciate the explanation you gave in the introduction!
Well i like the Gunner alot but im Also a guy WHO loved my lonstar build back in the division 1
I like running riot foam chem launcher and seeker or drone heal on survivalist. Riot Foam is great additional damage mitigation since the enemies don't fire back, a great emergency button when flanked, holds groups in place for your squad mates AoEs, and it can pull enemies out of cover, sets elites up for deletion. Also softens them up with your status effect damage proc.
I think the shock traps now replace the riot foam. They are super effective and give a shock damage
been meaning to try the foam.
This was really helpful! I don't watch videos before playing games and was surprised at all the extra content after completing the main campaign, this quick run through really put things into context and understand which specialization will align with how I ended up playing.
They should swap the nades between Firewall and Survivalist
Exactly my thought - I scratched my head when I used survivalist nades for the 1st time and realized I didn’t have firewall spec on atm
yeah just add bleed tot he cluster
Honestly, give firewall incendiaries, demo the cluster nade and Survivalist the frag grenade. All three of these would compliment their new classes much better.
I would like to be able to spec into which nade type i want ultimately... Kind of like we have now with the weapons on the spec tree
I think the snare grenade should have gone to the Survivalist
Honestly I definitely enjoy the gunner class more compared to the other classes due to it's raw damage and armor amount
Imo the technician spec is the most versatile. Emp grenades shut down skill users placed proxies. If you have shield users in your party pop the medkit to keep them in the fight. Free +1 skill tier and you can choose to enhance skill damage or skill heals, doing this you dont need to lose out on armor or dps if you want to have slightly stronger skills. Where it shines though is using the linked laser pointer with spotter. With the new update spotter amplifies weapon damage AND skill damage, and all you have to do is aim at someone. Not only for the damage though, as it pulses the enemies to let your teammates know where they are at all times. Bonus armor while holding a skill can help you a little bit but it's honestly not that great since they took out protected deploy. I'd say get a good spotter chest piece and try it out.
I like this build too. Though I thought they removed the healing bonuses on Skill destruction. Isn't that replaced with just the bonus armor during skill deploy?
@@jamesj8973 you are absolutely right, that was an oversight on my part. Good looking out!
@@jamesj8973 took that out of the comment, thank you!
With TU8 and the Demo buff being lowered to 10% from 25% theres no reason to use it over technician for a skill build as it also gets a 10% buff to all skill types. You also gain 1 skill tier on tach allowing you to use a red of your primary weapon type gaining up to 25% total weapon damage.
Technician is my prefered because I really enjoy play skill builds. The strong points are, off course, the skill damage, skill level and the grenade... it is awesome against black tusks dogs. Other strong point is the specialization weapon and the laser point. The weapon is very fun and the laser is very good to use with spotted. This is a strong specialization specially when you focused in skill damage.
@@bori1986 Hi Bori, the laser apply the same effect of the pulso but for one target at time. So, you don`t need pulse but has the same effect and the buff.
Depends on the build you're running, lmg dps then its gunner, healer then its survivalist, tank then its firewall for the shield, skill seekers then its demo, etc
not really
How about if you’re running a dps ar build??? Or should gunner be the MAIN option for any automatic weapon-dps build?
@@highcard6155 survivalist is a bit of a hybrid due to its weird nature. There is extra 10 percent damage to status affected enemies so you could create a build based on extra damage to status effected enemies, for example, I’m doing a bleed build where enemies who are bleeding are dealt about 95% EXTRA damage with my main gun with all the extra buffs that I focused towards bleed
Also, dude is sleeping on Firewall's shield. That thing is god-tier and can face tank entire groups or turrets. Plus you can use the signature and rifles/assault rifles or smgs with it.
I'm currently using technician for the +1 skill tier. I'm running a half assed 2 2 2 hybrid build with spark and unstoppable force to supplement damage. Using this while I gear up.
Thank you! Very useful. 1 thing i found myself is that technician gives 1 extra skill tier.
Does this mean with right conditions overcharged is always proct?
@@jgvtc559 no but it means you can put 1 red or blue major Stat on one of your gear items instead of a skill tier.
@@DennisvdHorde legit thanks bro
Gunner- armor on kill build
Coyote mask
3 badger tuff with bloodsucker and unbreakable/perfect unbreakable
2 corruption that's not chest and backpack
This is near 50% armor on EVERY kill. I try to find high armor with RED attributes so I can kill enemies faster. This is a good solo heal build. Running a shield is at least tier 5 so in a group this is a good tank build.
Regarding the Survivalist mag, optimal range increases the distance you can fire with weapons before they experience damage fall off, basically allowing you to do more damage to enemies at ranges where they are already doing less to you. This gets slept on a lot and can be very powerful if played right, basically a free buff for you and debuff for enemies that cant be countered without physically moving or breaking cover. It is a little more niche of a spec that takes playing around it to maximize, but that kinda goes with the specialization.
I love sharpshooter! ❤️ It’s so great for me since I always go for the head to make those enemies BLEED
I would have to go with the Sharpshooter specialization because of what it does for the 2 best weapons in the game (the Baker’s Dozen and Bullet King) . The Bullet King is a laser with the weapon handling and recoil bonuses. The extra 15% headshot damage with the Baker’s Dozen is a gimme, and that’s just naming a few.
I have recently started using Sharpshooter again, basically because of the med kit, an as I'm on console the extra weapon handling helps me land more shots, plus I can give my team extra headshot damage an extra armour, which is useful in this game now, when you spend majority of time in cover, because there is always some sneak of an NPC, who suddenly appears behind you from a building , or in case any other nosey NPCs decide to come behind you just to see what happening, ( Rubber Necks) i tend to use assult drone with this build or sniper turret. lol great video 😊
Tip of the spear set is amazing now
Love the firewall as its perfect for tanks and fire is a nice bonus
Before I’d have said Demo conquers all. But recently, since I fully upgraded it, I’ve fallen in love with Firewall. I don’t evenn use the shield. I love turning myself into a rusher with that thing when it’s fully fueled.
I was playing with shotgun and shield for a while it and it was really a lot of fun. you can just pop the shield then run right into the faces of enemies and blast them with the shotty. I might have to try this out now I have the extra builds. I'm only level 22 though, so i don't have specs yet.
You did good bro. I'm still working it out and IV bin playing since day one. All good in different situations.
Tech is good vs Black Tusk because of the EMP. If you like seekers, demolitionist for the extra explosive damage and artillery turret, gunner if you like shooting automatic weapons, firewall for tank (shield plus fire, plus seekers on reset w/ hardwire).
Thanks for another great and useful video! Thank you again for taking the time to do these! Your past videos have been a terrific help. I am a new player who just hit level 30 and have yet to venture into the Dark Zones as I only play solo. Even at level 30 I am still learning some of the basic game mechanics (mainly, the interaction between the different parts of game), so I do appreciate the videos you produce. Would this review change any if looked at from the point of view of a solo player?
Completely new player here, this was very useful.
Great video bud, I am changing back over to Survivalist. I have always liked it, so stick with what you know and like.
I enjoy the demolition skill, I like having the ability to cover the field with motor shells
I have not yet looked into the changes to specialisations since TU7. So this video is a godsend. Thanks GD
technician, i feels like. its almost synergy with all meta and build right now
u can do from pure skill build, full tank, healer, into 1 shot sniper and more
coz most any meta build much less still depend on skills whatever for offensive or defensive
its like maximize something with less to sacrifice
atleast for me :D chilll....
Gunner hands down. Especially now in TU8 where enemies are more spongy and syncs with LMGs very well, which has been proven to be the most effective weapon type for PvE as of now (MG5 and Pestilence).
I agree. The gunner is what you pull out when you are in trouble and need to tank and do damage.
The Sniper is a waste when you have a Legendary Sniper that's better anyway. The rest are garbage. The crossbow... come on...
I use Gunner for the many options for my dps build, 4x TP + Zero Fs & Bloodsucker / svd + m1a ... all for weapon damage and just the kneepads i roll max armor just to test the build, and it feels damn good for Challenge missions and CP4
i didnt test it yet on Heroic mission even if CP4 feels easy, just want more hazard or explosition resistence on the gear, than roll the exotic chest + Gila Guard with Bloodsucker
The sniper is great for a lot it’s high damage takes out big targets at any range
Seeing the Technician skill with zero points invested is an ominous sign! Lol
Topher Doucet it’s on my 2nd toon. Lol
This video was so informative it was perfect to understand and helped make builds. Thank you
Technicians is insane for pulse builds. Firewall is fun, but mainly due to the Crusader shield skill.
Gunner is a my go-to, as it is perfect for solo players.
That Tac50 from the Sharpshooter class is awesome as well, and have saved my life in many situations.
I've always loved the firefly specialization. I became the bullet sponge that distracted the enemies giving my team time to maneuver. If they let me get too close the flamethrower lights them all up. Your never going to be the killer of the group, but you do provide that slight edge.
Exclusively use the tac along with perfect head hunter and a gear set that increases the damage of my tac and regens my tac ammo every minute. Hitting over 40 mil per headshot with my build. And the perfect headhunter goes to my other weapons to. I use a gold ak and the white death sniper
EMP grenade is good for causing disorient effect similar to a Warhound exploding
It's also very good at making Warhounds explode...
I feel like with gear 2.0 we could have got specializations 2.0, make them more purpose driven and uniform.
they should make the sharpshooter boost the marksman rifle, not the rifle
Thank you very much for making this video! Great stuff!
With technician, you have further throw range and larger radius on skills.
Only one I have maxed leveled is Demolitionist. That was back when it was the best one for lmg users. Which I am. Guess I‘ll start on gunner this week now that I have Keener out of the way.
Be warned , the final task of unlocking that spec is quite difficult. You gotta peel all of the armor off of a tank before dealing the final blow, easier said than done
@@StoneAgedQ Thanks for the warning, I've seen people talking about the best way to do it. I'm going to try the pistol method I was told about, and wipe myself if I fail. I'm on step 4 right now killing Risgeway without using a health pack. Been too busy IRL to go try though, maybe today.
I mean i've been going through the specialisations right now, I'm not entirely sold on the Survivalist, but i think it only starts shining in groups. I really loved the Demo class, the arty turret is very good at taking out enemy armour or shooting down those pesky snipers. Sharpshooter is really great for solo, that signature weapon just packs a massive punch. All i need to do is play the other 3 and unlock firewall (stage 2)
will likely take sharpshooter myself. I play with a sniper and assault rifle and mostly play solo, so seems to make the most sense. I use cluster mines at the minute as well though, and the healing drone, so there might be a better class for supporting those skills.
As someone who likes ranged combat my go to right now is the Sharpshooter but I really wanna get the Gunner cause it looks super cool.
Technician build for Drone or turret for solo play, and stinger hive for group play with sadist on my weapon. That extra skill+1 allows you to equip some red or blue, i run a coyote mask, and it makes your dps more viable so you arent completely dependent on your skills
I played with the shield and chem launcher during campaign, now there's benefits for both. I roll with an armor/skill build, focusing on haste, skill damage, and status length. My shield rarely goes down, and when it does it's my own fault. The grenade combos perfectly with the chem launcher firestarter, bosses taking 50% more burn damage after getting shot by the firewall sidearm is amazing, this class rewards you for being a mobile incinerator turret. If your positioning is good, you can burn down entire groups of enemies in mere seconds.
Good video. Well put together, and informative.
Gunner is not only useful for LMG builds I found it useful for the 15% armor on kill for PVP I use a lot even though I am not a tank build I use it because I use other armor on kill that I get my armor back pretty fast.
IMO Gunner definitely especially in wony with us having to take like 5 clips to kill a enemy.......
I how true this is lol
Well with my build i solo heroic and only use 1 mag
@XZY Green that's because you are solo and there is no group scaling. It also depends on what weapon you are using as well 👍
InsaneXynN but it’s harder solo because enemies only focus you but I also shred just as much in a 4 man group scaling doesn’t do much
@@xzygreen8938 but TTK in solo game is much shorter, if you get named enemy with 18M health/armor pool, in team of four you get 50M and on legendary even close to 70. Much different TTK, so much more room to take dmg
I've been playing for about a month now. World tier one at the moment. I chose the Sharpshooter because I've been running with a sniper rifle for the whole game. I love the signature weapon when I HIT with it, but I HATE it when I miss. ;-) I use turrets and seeker mines during missions. Then I switch to that free life hive when facing the final boss of each mission. I also like using Pulse when I am exploring the outdoor areas so that I can feel free to sprint. Fun game, but a steep learning curve. Seems like there's always something new to learn. Something I wish I had known previously. Fun, tho!
I like using survivalist for my glass cannon dps build for the extra healing it gives you. Certainly helps me stay alive
Thanks you've made me decide, i'm going to buy gunner. I kill enemies pretty quickly so have that armor regen will be perfect especially since I run head on at enemies and I like lmg's as wel
you can get them all for 2k if you just buy year 1 pass.
Most of the times i'm playing solo, so to me Sharpshooter is most suitable.
Me I prefer survivalist why is because you can double heals seeker mine and efficient which I am currently using right now... Nowadays few people using efficient which is the best talent for sustain fights in long run...
I've not long got div 2 but I played div 1 a lot, I've been thinking on what build I'd like so this helped me a lot.....I've subscribed too 😎
The Gunner is my favorite. The Banshee Pulse got a buff too. It is on a 20 second cooldown now. With a perfectly wicked backpack it rocks. I like everything about it except the grenade.
Appreciate the breakdown, very helpful. Thanks 🙂
I’ve seen this a lot in the past and I can’t help but ask...why does everyone not spend all their points on the specialization?
Lack of interest in the unclaimed perks I imagine, I see it often as well
Some talents also makes you weaker. There are 2 (I think, at least there is one) medkit talents that change them to a heal over time. When I have these and I'm close to dying I just die.
These ppl lack the willpower to finishing the tree. I guess they do not see a point in a tiny little boost or perk.
The reasoning for this behaviour eludes me as well. I think it is a matter of how ur brain works, in what patterns you think, work, prioritize, ...
Personally it would drive me nuts to have holes like this in my specc.
@Brandix sooo... as I wrote then.
Why do you feel so offended?
Are YOU one to leave holes in your trees? ;-)
Where I take advantage of the Firewalls bonus armour during cover-to-cover is getting close to enemy ai that like to stay back - throwers and controllers especially. Wait for them to launch a grenade and then cover-to-cover rush them and shoot them point blank from the opposite side of their own cover.
First off, I want say that I appreciate UA-camrs like you, Epic Slay3rs, Nothingbutskillz, LethalvD, Afflicted Gamer, etc. that make quality Division 2 content. I really enjoy your videos and the content you put out. Sorry if this comment is pretty long btw. Lol. If you are making a DPS Skill build, Technician is the way to go. Technician gives you a free Skill Tier which allows you to either go for some extra Armor (which is kind of useless until they fix how Armor works) or like me, some extra Weapon Damage so I'm not completely useless outside of my Skills. Technician synergies really well with the Hard Wired Gear Set 4 Piece w/ the Chest and Backpack. I also run a Fenris Holster with Weapon Damage and Wyvern Kneepads. If we are talking about Healing, I would say Survivalist is the best for a Healing Skill Build with Technician being #2 for a lot of the same reason as the DPS Skill build. For a more tanky build, definitely Firewall and for general DPS, it just depends on if you prefer the Anti-Material Sniper, the Grenade Launcher or the Mini-Gun. I think they all work well and just came down to person taste or preference, but I know for a fact that a Skill Tier 6 Technician build can shred things.
Even on Challenging and Heroic, I died the least out of all of my teammates last night and I could melt bosses and enemies. I still need to optimize the individual gear pieces but it's really good. Also for my build, I run dual Shield Splinterers with Perfect Optimist which works really well, however the Chameleon is the best AR for this build, at least in my personal opinion from my experience. I also use the Drone instead of the Turret because the of the Drone's ability to be a mobile damage dealer (reminds me of being a Beastmaster Hunter from WoW). The Turret is a lot stronger but the Drone's horizontal and vertical mobility and versatility make it the better choice to me. The 2nd skill I use really depends on the situation, however in most cases I prefer to use the Explosive Sticky Bomb, but often times I switch to the Seeker Mines because Hard Wired had two bugs right now. First bug is that the backpack talent isn't working at all and the second bug is that it the 4 Piece bonus doesn't work with the Sticky Bomb Skill. If the Devs wanted to prevent the Sticky Bomb's CD from resetting with Hard Wired, they need to make that crystal clear instead of it just not working but it's not working as of this comment. If anyone has suggestions for my build, I'd appreciate that.
My first thought was "WHAT, YOU CAN SCROLL SIDEWAYS FOR MORE SPECS????" (I did not know that, not that it mattered since the two I wanted were gunner and tech_)
As for builds, I miss my leveling build with the stacking headshot kill damage buff. Use big marksman rifle, one shot first (red) enemy, second enemy, then oneshot purple enemy, then yellow. Sadly without the reds to get it going it died in a bin on WT4. Quite the jump there.
Only two specilications that I enjoy are tactician and survivalist. Ironically, I use the survivalist for a heavy armor/damage build with a bit of healing. As for the tactician I built it around skill area of denial. Nothing like the shock trap with a hive or sniper turret with the sticky bomb.
Gunner + Backpack with Bloodsucker + Shotgun with +10% armor on kill + chest with +35% weapon damage within 10m when you have bonus armor. Fun as hell.
With the technician the extra skill point is awesome for someone using a shield, because you can have a level 6 shield and have increased weapon damage still.
Finally ffs, a vid I’ve been looking for!
My favorite is technician but I've been stuck with sharpshooter since I was trying to level it up before the expansion. It's a lot slower to level it up now since you get less points and less bounties has points as well.
David Ford how do we get specialisation points now after the update? Remember when you get 5 for doing invaded missions?
@@Rainsborough1 you get them the same ways but now it's less points. It takes longer to level up your specialization.
Which specialization is good for tanking?
Still helpful. Thanks, man.
In my opinion, i believe that Sharpshooter is good since ammo can drop quite easily for it (if you have base game and none of the year 1 specializations.)
fresh player here... I prefer skillbuilds, so Demolitionist and Technician are my fav... didnt try Sharpshooter and Survivalist yet. Firewall and Gunner are kind of lackluster for my playstyle.... even their special weapons are "meh" shortrange flamethrower, slow Minigun
used to play as a demo but these days i play gunner,gunner just shreds and has alot of nice things like bonus armor on using kits,+fire rate,weapon handling,ammo regen and a minigun that just eats heavies alive,also the riot grenade is amazing for locking down annoying classes (like medics) so you can rip them apart.
Thanks for this video.. I'm a newer player and really was having trouble choosing... subscribed! 🤘🤘
Firewall , because of crowds control , the new exotic and gun to go with it , can i sent you my build with 6 skill tier and 53% weapon damage ?
Depends on your style, but in my opinion it's out of the 4 in the thumbnail, technician with hard wired set was the shit till they nerfed it.
Technician would be the most versatile since the underbarrel mod, 10%skill healing and hive mod makes you like a Sniper/medic/engineer archetype on the battlefield
I love fire wall with the firewall shield. It's good for teammates as well
Demo is mostly use it to inflict the most damage possible to bosses and if theres a crowd enemys that are being annoying, i mostly like explosions to
Never liked crossbows and probably never will but give me bow and arrow and i might start playing again.
I run technician for the skill tier..
Thanks for the video. In regards to the survival specialization and the bonus damage to status affects, would the stars and stripes set bonuses count as status affects?
fabian aparisi I don’t think so. I’m thinking the regulars such as burn, bleed, blind, confuse, shock, ensnare (the foam thing) would count.
How I gain points for specializations? I just unlocked the firewall but only have 3 points to use. Sorry for my “noobness”
Playing missions, completing open world activities like control points etc. Open the map, hover over a mission or activity and it will show you how many specialization points the mission grants. Also, when you gain max XP to move to the next SHD level (if at level 40) you also gain spec points as well.
Why oh why specialization skill mods suck so much now? Used to be +100% dmg for turret, +50% healing for healing seeker mines, now it's just pathetic....
you need to look at how skills work now because the old mods would not have worked with the tier system. mods are just that, mods, they arent supposed to determine the overall effectiveness of your ability. with the said i do think they should be more in line with other level 40 mods you find. the spec mods are just too low when compared to other stuff you can find. Also people need to forget about almost everything they used to know about gear in this game.
I understand they had to change it. But they should have changed it to something people would actually use. Like you said, make it comparable to a maxed lvl 40 mod, maybe slightly stronger or giving some unique function to justify its existence. Thanks for response.
Ive been having fun with technician as dps going full red the under barrel synergize well with spotter tallent
And the skill additional skill repair and skilk tier help my repair chem alot
I use Demolitionist for my seeker build, Sharpshooter for all the rest.
I definitely like paring gunner with true patriot. Bigger mag size and capacity as well as giving ammo to your allies all the while buffing and debuffing enemy's is to good to pass up.
I'm liking the gunner with a normal turret and spark on my chest piece. Also using an lmg.
I use gunner. Ammo refill and +5% fire rate are very helpful.
im not sure why but it seems like enemies also take more burn damage per tic when playing firewall from all sources. whether its skyburst seeker or burn sticky or your flame thrower. on other classes enemies burn for like 6k per tic,but around 20k per tic on firewall.
Brand new boys
the best one...well gunner kind of, after warlords some of them became outright useless like technician because its only job was to put that laser pointer to pulse people you aim at to get the nightwatcher spotter bonus but now spotter is not really worth it because you there other better damage buffs (I know you can overcharge pulse and get another 15% damage but to get that you have to go all skill points in place of attack points so it comes out to be, +5 skill (because 7 gets you nothing) to get 30% damage on pulsed people OR 90% from stacking 15% damage boosts on armor peaces...HHHHMMMMM I WONDER WITCH SHOULD I PICK?! then fire damage is good but procing it is hard because everything will run out of the way of your stuff, (same goes for skill damage builds, your skill weapons don't do nearly as much damage as guns and not everything can dodge out of the way of the seeker) and now because LMGs damage are tied with assault rifles gunner gives you that sweet ass extra 50 rounds so...gunner.
Just a question, are there any points added on specialization before unlocking specialization or is the points are added after?