The Division - Post-Exploits, Gear Score is Now a Serious Issue

Following many exploits to heighten gear score, The Division now has a serious issue with player gear and the balance between the community.

[maybelovehate]

From what I can tell, Gear Score has no effect on your actual power as a player. And there are no events currently that require very high Gear Score levels. The Gear Set Perks do make a huge difference but you can unlock those perks with Gear Collected from the Hard Mode at 214 or from the Dark Zone or Daily Challenge modes if you are lucky.

[andibandit]

Yeah it dosn't seem all that important right now.....until you get steamrolled in the DZ

[maybelovehate]

I don't see how that gear at 240 would have any advantage over 214 gear in the Dark Zone? I have done multiple tests and it doesn't seem to matter as far as DPS or Armor. It is just the perk stats that matter. And you can unlock those perks with 214 gear.

[rdgneoz3]

"I don't see how that gear at 240 would have any advantage over 214 gear in the Dark Zone?"

If 1 person had full 214 gear (minus the weapons, as there are no 240 weapons right now) and another had full 240 gear (minus the weapons), the difference is the stats on the gear. The perks might be the same across levels, but you're going to have less health, power, and just plain raw damage compared to the 240 player if you're in 214. The higher the ilvl of your item, the higher it's stats (firearms/stamina/electronics and crit/crit damage/etc) can go.

And if you think 240 had 0 advantage, why not roll out in the DZ in a nice 191 set? Surely you won't get raped...

[maybelovehate]

@rdneoz: Ah, I see you are right. It can have higher percentage stats etc. I didn't realize that. It isn't that much higher but it would be a difference.

As for the 191, I go lower than that often because my Yellows have scavenging haha "not sure it actually works". I am not an aggressive player though so it hasn't been an issue.

[dirkdady]

In reality it's a wash truthfully. I play 3-4 hrs DZ every night and I only rock a sentry 4 piece set and my gears score is around 190s and my primary is 250k DPS and i steamroll everyone.

[fatneal]

what does 240 gear have to do with 214 gear? when you enter the dz you arent paired with players on your level...once you reach level 30 the dz gear score brackett is like 0-160...that means a solo gear score 38 might run into a group of 4 gear score 120....this is just the tip of the iceberg...i love the division but ubisoft has a lot to learn and correct before they inevitably release a sequel

[rdgneoz3]

If you're level 30 and your gear score is 38, that's sad... You can get full purples from doing General Assembly (and I think 3 HE items since 1.1) and have a gear score of 131+. If you're not actually trying before you step foot it, you deserve the ganking. The real pain is them not separating the people who are gs 210+ (or 200 with the fun way of lowering your gs) from the rest.

[fatneal]

@rdgneoz3 that was an example obviously....my gear score is 154 and iv barely touched the dark zone...the issue i have is finding a decent team to level grind with

[dkp23]

It does impact matchmaking. People with 160-170 scores constantly get booted.

[whitesoxfalife1976]

yes cuz i boots them myself if you aint rockn at least 190 for incursion.

[TeamLeaptrade]

Here's hoping Ubisoft fixes this game. I've been wanting to play it, but with all of the reports about glitches and other problems, I've been hesitant to jump in.

[dkp23]

Since they "fixed" the incursion glitch. It will be difficult to get the 240 gear without actually playing the challenge incursion legit which is pretty difficult. So the gap between players shouldn't widen too much of at all.

It isn't difficult to get 214 fear and under at this point. The only farming place I know now is police academy but it didn't give out great gear.

Only thing that sucks is he crafting is too expensive.

[MRoONEPINCHx]

i didnt think the incursion was that hard. just time consuming. i was GS level 177 with 3 others between 170-190.

crafting is very expensive lol i try and play most nights but with a little 8 month old my usual gaming time has been cut massively. so i cant spend all weekend playing,

hopefully more DZ brackets are added to separate glitches and cheaters at highest GS possible already away from legit players who simply want to play the game how its supposed to be played without being mowed down constantly by rogues with max gear.

with all the problems put aside i honestly have a blast everytime with this game. its not unplayable like people make out but then again its probably alot worse on PC for cheating. me and my friends play on xb1

[daBUSHwhaka]

Broken, plain and simple.Shame..

[fatneal]

heres my issues with the divison....im a nintendo guy and so is my social circle...i own a ps4 but i dont have any friends that own a ps4 so when i play games like the division im mostly solo...the divison isnt a solo game...theres no way the average person is beating missions on challenge mode solo or roaming dz successfully solo...pairing with random people to level grind is a nightmare....truth be told if i knew you have to be onine to play the division i wouldnt even have bought it

[kneon]

I played solo except for maybe 45 minutes in random groups in the DZ. I made it to level 48 in the DZ before I stopped playing. There was no point continuing anymore after they were forcing me into the 161+ DZ when I was sitting there with a GS of 155.

The DZ is unbalanced enough as it is, forcing me to play along with players that can so easily one shot kill me is pointless.

But it really doesn't matter, Uncharted 4 is almost here so The Division would have been done for me regardless.

[fatneal]

bro unless you have gear that can destroy elite enemies with a couple mags theres no way you beat all missions and incursion on challenge mode....i totally agree about the flaws of the dark zone tho

[zerocarnage]

I think they're on the rite path with the brackets, they just needs to add more of them and tighten up the brackets more. Like 1-24, 25-49, 50-74,75-99, you get the picture. If they actually made more brackets then a lot more people would be facing gear score closer to them.

[MRMagoo123]

but the problem with that is there would probably not be enough people in each bracket

[zerocarnage]

Yeah there would there's loads still playing the game. Yeah you get 24 players in the rd but that would be 24 players who would be 1-24 or 25-49 or 50-74. It's easy enough to make happen they just need to realise that if they add more brackets it would sort out some of the mess.

[Bolts]

You gotta be an idiot to play this game and not cheat or glitch. Ubisoft does absolutely nothing while creating new content based on the gear score of the players who have glitched and hacked their way to top. There are so many glitchers and hackers with God like gear or 1000 crafting mats that even if they issues are fixed the damage has already been done. Legit players with average or normal gear scores simply can't compete. It's over. The game is too toxic to ever turn back unless they wipe and roll back everyone.

[Seafort]

This game is one instance where there needs to be a complete wipe and reboot of player stats but only after they've fixed most if not all the exploits and glitches in the game.

These devs won't have to balls to do that though so for me The Division is a dead game till they sort their shit out.

[Aghashie]

The Division is broken, but fun and "tolerable" if u play in a team made of friends.

However, in its current state game is not worth investing in DLC and other stuff. Ubisoft won't see another single penny from my wallet until they fix the game.

Sad. Because game concept is really fun and has a lot of potential.