The gap between Hard, Heroic and Challenging is a joke. And the recommended gear is the biggest bullshit in this game.

@MarkusMaximus

8 жыл бұрын

yea recommended gear score just doesn't reflect the actual difficulty

@jldiezjimenez

8 жыл бұрын

I think between normal and hard is fine, but then challenging is a different story... and not to mention heroic

@MarkusMaximus

8 жыл бұрын

+José Luis Diez heroic and challenge mode NPC's have way to much health

@MarkusMaximus

8 жыл бұрын

+José Luis Diez and also cause way to much damage

@jldiezjimenez

8 жыл бұрын

+Markus Maximus i agree, I have been playing the game from the start. The problem was that in underground missy people thought that you could play solo and progress and challenging is stupid difficult.

really impressed that u actually went through all that for first-hand experience content... respect my friend

@inebriatedgaming6227

6 жыл бұрын

AlfDaBritButler he deff just reached boss level

@xornedge8204

5 жыл бұрын

Zie je later

@xornedge8204

3 жыл бұрын

I still think he should've used the DZ. Most if not everyone used it to gear up

@nikolaipersad4098

Жыл бұрын

THIS!

I completed the entire campaign on console with NO GROUPS and NO DARK ZONE. My advice, complete all of the side missions in each area before moving on to the next. Extensively sweep each area before moving on, and you should dunk on all of the enemies.

@brettwilliams522

7 жыл бұрын

I am pretty much doing the same expect I visited the dark zone once (for the discovery xp) and I managed to extract 5 items which I kindof found just on the ground and four out of the five I immeditely sold and I kept one but it was a simple blue with just slightly higher stats that I managed to replace in little time

@essteeeye1932

6 жыл бұрын

That's what I'm doing

@mikenaugz88

6 жыл бұрын

Black Templar yea thats what most people do...

@bodyguard406

6 жыл бұрын

and if u wait on picking up field data till u reach lvl.30 tear 1 or 2 u get lots of good gear easy

@aidanhaughney5714

6 жыл бұрын

Black Templar literally exactly what I’ve done on my second character, except for DZ

I know this video is old but as for the "rules" I would have said you can go to the DZ if you wanted but only solo, so you can experience all the ass hats that decide just to go around ganking "Because I can". That is the only thing that killed the DZ.

@ericbrown4761

6 жыл бұрын

Banhammer72 I love to go in the DZ, find a group that is taking down a landmark, and land a single shot on the boss. They'll probably kill you but just go back and pick up your loot. Pisses them off Big Time

all that for the content, cool video and idea once again, keep it up :D

@widdz

8 жыл бұрын

***** When are we gonna play some DZ? need a healer for my tank build! Getting sniped by your crew daily xD

@widdz

8 жыл бұрын

***** nah a few times, but I geuss its because of they playerbase :P sounds good

@widdz

8 жыл бұрын

you need to create a insanely new thinking amainzg build so people comes back ;)

@Triv_2

8 жыл бұрын

+MarcoStyle hey that's my idea. Jk I was joking with my friend about making a solo 4 nomad 2 fm tank with decent firearms and lots of health on kill, or even guns with sustained, predatory, or self-preserved. I don't know why but I want to make it and see what happens

@calebmclean9448

8 жыл бұрын

+MarcoStyle I thought you and widdz were the same person

"I almost felt bad for reporting him" lmao. Great video, really enjoying your content.

I love seeing this in 2021. I pre-ordered this game and went through much of this game without teaming up and it took forever. I finally purchased headphones with a mic, and actually teamed up with a good group that carried me through missions, incursions, and lastly dark zone, and my score went up 100 points in a single day of playing. I was a total noob to the Division and had no real idea about "gear building" and they walked me through it. If it wasnt for those 3 guys(which Im still friends with today), who knows how long it would have taken me.

@M1CH34L48

4 ай бұрын

teach me 😭

@Ahsoka501st

4 ай бұрын

@@M1CH34L48 What's ur username name? I'll add you and maybe I can help you out.

I've played the division from start to finish solo. Gear score is 240. There is no issue playing alone. I've never matchmaked or played in the dark zone.

@scarysunburns7733

6 жыл бұрын

TheHaywireRogue mostly the same for me. I’ve done some matchmaking but with ragtag groups the game threw together so they weren’t super hardcore. Haven’t had many issues gearing up. Didn’t even have much problems playing the dark zone solo. Ran into a few teams ganking solos like me but I just came back at a different time and they weren’t around so I could go about looting and killing NPCs for gear

@TPWC-eo5ui

6 жыл бұрын

TheHaywireRogue I actually played the entire game from level one to gear score 230 solo. After I ran dz and helped some new players level throw the game.

@Aleksandar6ix

6 жыл бұрын

Excatly what I 'm doing now!

@jamescastello2061

5 жыл бұрын

I'm late to this game but I want to go into the darkzone. Is it game over for solo players or do you have to register as a rogue agent for other players to hurt you?

@PROJEKT_R3D

5 жыл бұрын

I played the game for 3 days solo and got 263 gear score meh

Great video Marco.

@ItzKamo

7 жыл бұрын

Skill Up 🙂

@Hangman1

6 жыл бұрын

Skill Up i like to buy this account if You still got it

@unknowngaming1527

6 жыл бұрын

Paw Zyl skill up doesn’t own the account, Marco does

@Hangman1

6 жыл бұрын

Unknown Gaming Yeah this is not first time when this guy make review of the game without playing :p

@unknowngaming1527

6 жыл бұрын

Paw Zyl skill up has played the game and make a review, Marco has played the game and has made a review

So you can't use a mic & you cant go into the DZ. These nerds are reaching lol

@wiiddakidd2517

6 жыл бұрын

Daryus P lol sup dp

@amonica1091

6 жыл бұрын

Daryus P i

@theghostanihalater9391

5 жыл бұрын

I go and play dz

@leonardopineda6185

5 жыл бұрын

I got in entire classified set on solo they need to stfu.

@leitobrown3871

2 жыл бұрын

Holy shit your channel is fucking dead

I play REAL solo because I don't have a gold membership on my xbox.

@nazmulhaqnion806

5 жыл бұрын

🙁🙁🙁

@melontalks9294

5 жыл бұрын

I play solo because I legit have no friends

@LeonardJackson

5 жыл бұрын

@@melontalks9294 Are you getting the division 2? Cause I have no friends also lol

@rsajay6256

5 жыл бұрын

@@LeonardJackson You get in on the Division 2 private beta? They say a change is as good as a holiday. "They" were right. It was nice, same same but different. I liked that UBI have split 5.56 and 7.62, 9mm and .45 Having LMG, SMG, AR, Rifle(marksman), and Sniper class weapons makes it more fun as well. I actually got caught out once, didn't notice at first that there's a 9mm AUG SMG, and a 5.56mm AUG AR :) Can't wait to see if there are gonna be new mods for and more bigger caliber sniper rifles, seeing a 7.62 SRS A1 was a bit odd TBH, they're always win mag or Lapua in games. But it was more, and new and different. Still a few bugs in the beta, some cover mechanics don't work, upped some footage to youtube for bug reports, sure they'll sort it out before release. Gonna be a cool game tho

@thisguymanfred7502

5 жыл бұрын

@@LeonardJackson @gaming melon let us be friends. What is your gamertag

Much respect for going through that detailed explanation. I have been playing the division for only 9 months, 12 days of play time. I’m a solo player. Can’t find any group to link up with so I stay to myself for the most part. The part you explained about collecting all the gear and it being useless. I find myself deconstructing a lot of gear because it’s useless. Again, thanks for the confirmation with your breakdown!

As a PS4 player, i can guarantee you that doing this would have absolutely not been possible You get kicked even at gs219 from Falcon Lost... on Hard setting... Finding groups for Heroic missions is a serious endeavour at times, even at peak hours. You get kicked no matter your gear score 7/10 times and the 3 times you don't, there's a 70% chance of a bad team

@sebleonard8273

8 жыл бұрын

Anyhow, i barely play any more. It's just gotten too out of hand in my opinion mobs are just insane at the moment, they fuked up quite a lot and the game is pretty boring and stale now

@sebleonard8273

8 жыл бұрын

luckily i have my main character to transfer gear and shit to my 2nd char

@awayracketeer6918

8 жыл бұрын

+Seb Leonard Dude I stopped playing the game when I reached level 17. I keep watching these videos hoping that Ubisoft would fix the game and what not but it seems like they won't.

@sebleonard8273

8 жыл бұрын

+AwayRacketeer69 agree with you maybe in like 3-6 months, like Destiny, i guess. Took them like a year or until like Taken King if i'm not mistaking, to fix it. from what i read from Destiny players... hahaha

@noobs4lyfe

8 жыл бұрын

So do you believe Marco's test on solo'ing is unfair? Just wondering

Much respect for the time and effort spent on this. No way I would ever start over from scratch!

To be 100% honest you find some very nice people on the game especially when you are doing hard missions, because they understand how difficult it is to get started. So Good on the people who helped!

Just started playing this game 6 years after this video was uploaded haha, definitely a lot harder to find players to team up with. Didn’t realize how old the game is

And here for are on 1.8 and solo from start to 290 is actually possible and fun. Still slower but with groups its always going to be better. The dedication you put in. 20+ hours to make a solid video. That’s why we have mad respect for you Marco. I remember 1.1 all the way to 1.4. I was solo but only grouped when the patches dropped so I could get my GS all the way up. Solo was impossible before 1.4.

@osmancardona3613

6 жыл бұрын

Austin Spraggins So whats the solo experience like now for this game, content wise and all??

Tons of respect for going through all of that Marco, great points for solo

just a heads up from Dec 2017. It is way easier to gear up now from what I see. Playing solo. Just got the game, gone through story completing all events on the way. Next step that I took was collecting phones, echoes and stuff. You have cache containing high score gear every 400k exp, you get 110k for each collectible. I've reached 270 gearscore in 5 days of casual play.

Dude I have mad respect for Marco he uses his day and hours to do one video to help out the community not only that he also bought a brand new account wow.

went through 21 hours of grinding just for your subs? thats what i cal determination and dedication, keep it up!

I dont know about the early game much, but even back in 1.5 days it was pretty easy to get from GS 00 to GS 256, all you need is a patience and time for it. Finishing ordinary missions in hard mode alone will get you there eventually. I even leveled up a character all the way to level 30 without leaving Brooklyn, but that place is bugged for any end game, because you can not change the world tier and mission reward as well as named enemy drops are both just a single green GS 38 items, which is useless for the end game character.

bought the game 3 days ago, started watching your vids 2 days ago, found out that your videos are awesome yesterday and to add it up, i noticed today that i was right about thinking your are dutch! ik subscribe zonder twijfel en hoop nog veel motivatie voor the division uit je videos te halen!

As a solo player in most grind games a lot of the problems I face is mainly getting kicked other than that not much of problems. Grinding is just redoing the same thing over and over again only takes longer compared to groups. Thanks for the effort you made man.

Yeah, spend hours in maktchmakings hoping that someone will eventually carry you through the endgame. Playing solo sounds super fun.

I don't want to be carried... I want to play to contribute... feel like I am doing something useful which makes it fun... I carried some of my friends 2nd characters.. they hated it... BUT!! Thanks for the content. You awesome.

Nice video as always!! I had a different experience weeks ago: 2 friends of mine had the game but never played it. So I delete one of my characters and start to play with them, but not carrying them. I let them carry the game, decide stuff by themselves. This is the true fun on it. They never played it because they thought it was boring and this because people were carrying them. Like me they are married and we had like ~2 hours every other day to play it. We were not in a rush. The hole campaing was really fun and the whole progress was great to help them to understand how to set up their character and what each number stats means (stats everywhere!!!). After level 30 we keep doing the side missions to clear the map and help with the gear. I was always telling them: after level 30 it will become another game! And it is true. Now we are doing some incursions, intel, underground, etc... they feel like there is SO much content to play and we barely went to darkzone. Not at level 30. And it is fun to max out together like this. This is what games are about, right? Having fun with your friends. Having fun by yourself is called masturbation... just kidding. But it is like you said: it is really hard to progress to 256 just by yourself. But it is like WoW I guess. Bigger challenges need more man power. Cheers .. oh, and they are loving the game! :)

LOLOLOLOLOL, this is awesome, MarcoStyle had to use Blue and green gear! This is exactly how I geared up when I reached the endgame. There were lots of Level 268 agents that didn't kick me and now I pay it forward every time I get an invite.

Fuck man I just hit 30 and your telling me I need to get carried to advance? Massive need to fucking fix that shit.

@mduckyxvi

7 жыл бұрын

tehf00n I don't want lvl you are now but I played 3days on my character and I did it solo I'm 256 but not a great build

@lueboytheman9508

6 жыл бұрын

I play solo. I drive truck for a living so I don't get to play often but i get my daily, weekly, and survival challenges done. I get underground challenges done if I have time. If you understand how to engage npcs and the skills on your gear you'll be fine. Are you on ps4?

@81gamer81

6 жыл бұрын

Or just play the game

Y'all it's all in the world tier. All you have to do is go around to the free room bosses all over the map they drop two pieces. Once you've done that and you've got good enough to up your world tier. Eventually you get to world tier 5 which is very easy to get to by the way you just go around and keep killing his bosses until you are 256. There are plenty of videos to show you good routes to kill these bosses. I did this as a solo player. It's pretty easy.

@MuadDiiib

6 жыл бұрын

This is an older patch

@is0latedplays453

3 жыл бұрын

@Y2NG.R6 Where did you kill the bosses homie? Im gear score 277 and need some exotic items to complete my nomad and striker builds.

@is0latedplays453

3 жыл бұрын

@Y2NG.R6 Alright man i will check it out today. See what i can find. Thank you!!

There are some fine points, that you brought up here, in your video. I have been a bit of a distant follower, and so I only recently subscribed, last year, sometime. This is not, however, the first 'like' I have given to your vids, which are insightful and quite contemplative, lending me an effective mirror with which to view my errors, and successes. Respectfully, Hans Hamundr, Minnesota, U.S.A.

Great vid man ! I am a solo player, and play only PVE since im not a PVP guy. Im now on level 26 in the game, however I find it very challenging as a solo player. I really like the division but I dont like the bullet spungenes of the game even after all of the latest patches. I play on PC by the way. Keep up the good vids =)

this is so true... this is my character at the moment to a tee. everything I do is useless and I can't run challenging or heroic on my own and I have to hope I get carried. keep up the vids man, great job!

@TheMichalkorejtko

8 жыл бұрын

:D

@TELEthruVOXx

8 жыл бұрын

Same here.

@DevilDriverMGO

8 жыл бұрын

Haha what platform are you on? If it's ps4 I can totally help you out :)

@Alicebleh

8 жыл бұрын

This is exactly why I stopped playing months ago

@TheMichalkorejtko

8 жыл бұрын

TheHenie22 ye because u suck

Solo players generally do not like matchmaking, or having other players carry you. I generally do not want to play content with others until I feel I can contribute. I do not find it fun waiting around for matchmaking, or playing with randoms. It is a waste of time. Macro, you are looking for groups that will play with you, which is what solo players do not want to do.

@DeathWish92

5 жыл бұрын

But it's what people do so this comment is not only old, but irrelevant

@virusjerry

5 жыл бұрын

Even though, you don't need to wait for people to start a mission, they can show up even at the middle of it. I don't see the issue there, unless it was like that a year ago.

Good video marco love it... im just playing this (what a noob) and im falling for it... im watch a lot of your video for guide cause i didt have friends that playing division... the division community really help me alot in mission (and of cause losing a ton of DZ due to poor playing like me) thx for the video marco

I really hope we can play because I’ve been watching you for a decent amount of time and you really enspired me to fully play thru and have fun with the game

Wow dude that video was amazing

I run reclaimer and a buddy I duo most content with runs tactican. We can run most content duo without too many issues at all so don't kick people from our matchmaking for low gear scores. We also drop gear that's really on useful to us as credits (to buy boxes to earn more Bird bucks) since we've min maxed and have crafting mat caps. If I'm on solo I'll shift over to one of my more dps orientated builds and take low gear score players on a quick 256 boss run, using my mic to let them know where we're fast traveling to next and dropping anything I pick up to them. Seems there's few enough people playing these days (On PS4) that helping others to gear up so we can run other things together only benefits the community. We talked about the gear progress issues you pointed out in this vid and decided that since we didn't have much else to do in game (we don't bother with DZ) helping new players was a worthwhile use of our time. I don't have any ideas on fixing the issue and don't think about it to much anymore. Division is getting a bit tedious, we're not even sure we'll bother min-maxing for 1.7. Might just drop the Div altogether. We would like more narrative content, map expansion for NYC or even more underground areas in the open world that are extensive like the UG expansion. I want a reason to play other than just better gear, and unfortunately Div isn't giving us that.

@cassolmedia

5 жыл бұрын

that's pretty cool... I started TD at the end of 2017 when they did the free weekend and I definitely got carried a few times by folks like you. After a while I got to carry some other folks which was pretty cool... I feel like that's the way to play, really. Plus it's more of a challenge when you're carrying someone who's not incompetent, but just less experienced than you... I never went to the DZ, because I'm not a huge fan of pvp. As a card carrying solo player though, I really enjoyed the match-making in this game.

I just want to say thanks for all your help, I've only been playing for about 2 weeks, without your help I'd be completely lost (still am a bit)

i like how you took every argument and had a way to come back at them. making a whole new account and everything. shows that you dedicated yourself to proving those people wrong.

I find people's whining about solo playing rather disturbing. I did the entire game and all end game like this. All my friends refuse to play this game because it's too buggy and too repetitive. So I play alone or matchmake. I bought the game about 6 weeks ago and I've achieved a gear score of 228. Do people REALLY think its that hard???

@VizardDLim

8 жыл бұрын

quite apparently they do :P , its funny since you'll find alot of them posting and raging about it, The good side about it, competitive players are now more now compared to whiny adult babies.

@calebtaylor6942

7 жыл бұрын

Cory Smart The problem is, for me at least, is that I love the thrill and intensity of the dark zone. However, almost everyone on the servers are rogues now, which was never the case. I remember back when it came out entire servers would chase a rogue but it's completely the other way round now and it's impossible to have fun in the Dz. getting one shot because I'm in some wanker rogues bracket is not fair.

I bought Division 1 about a month ago and got to a very high level under these rules not knowing any better. You just have to complete all the encounter, side missions and main missions and loot as much as possible.

That's why I'm finding it difficult to get the best gear I'm a solo player and trying to work through the game and feel there needs a Chang great video! ☺

July 2022 and I'm watching D1 content. Damn I wish this game could make a comeback

The Underground isn't meant for solo players the tips in the loading screen even say that the Underground is best experienced with veteran players in a group. Its best for players who don't like the dark zone. I don't like the dark zone either but finding a good team for challenging mode is hard because people don't stick together, activate directives when the mission is hard enough already, and don't help out their teammates. I know that it sounds like I'm just complaining but this is my experience with the Underground. I still like it though.

@TheMichalkorejtko

8 жыл бұрын

it is scaled.. confirmed from hamish and yannick

@TheMichalkorejtko

8 жыл бұрын

not sure if they can do it.. but i can(both chall and heroic)

@doncamillo1258

8 жыл бұрын

+Michal Korejtko solo? That's a lie or really impressive.

@jeromeklaiber7365

8 жыл бұрын

+Michal Korejtko it is scaled but only in terms of how many enemies you have to fight...and let 34 elites are not possible to kill solo with 200 gear score...lvl 34 is completely insane...lvl 32 would be appropriate, like in the challenge incursion and missions...massive logic xD

@TheMichalkorejtko

8 жыл бұрын

Don Camillo oh ye.. ofc not with 200 gearscore

I'm a new player I hope this still doesn't exist with the new 1.8 patch I don't like bothering people so I tend to play solo

@kavenkocke3653

6 жыл бұрын

It's not at all lol from what I've seen. I do farm dz safely tho

@raymonekennedy3420

6 жыл бұрын

Dated video, dated comment, sorry. Bought the game in December?? Basically, 1.8 is when I started. And I can tell you, IT IS NOT AT ALL DIFFICULT TO REACH MAX GEAR SCORE by yourself. Minus Incursions of course. Even the DZ can be done easily solo. You'll have those shit days (the DZ isn't supposed to be friendly), but I got my first house in the DZ (palace landmark). Literally took 20 minutes to extract it, LOL. But you get the jist. 100% with SKILL and dedication, you can max out a character BY YOURSELF.

@raymonekennedy3420

6 жыл бұрын

pro tip: when you're calling in the extraction, dip out. Go about 2 blocks away from the zone and chill around there. I usually headed back towards the EZ with around 45 seconds or so. Make sure to throw your bag (healing station) near the rope, and be ready to pop your ultimate (you should be running the green, or blue if you're solo). I think it takes them 4 seconds to cut the rope? But you literally have until the last possible millisecond to start placing your gear (the chopper doesn't immediately take off when that clock strikes zero, if someone is interacting with the rope.), so if you HAVE to, wait until there is 4 seconds left before you decide to make your move on the rope. If you die in the process? So what? As long as your gear is locked in, you're chillin

@sgtkillgore

6 жыл бұрын

Raymone Kennedy thanks bruh, was just using your tip, i died but at least my gears are safe 😂😂

@chrisoakesdesire

6 жыл бұрын

The resistance mode has sort of filled the gap Marco was on about I've played mostly solo and got 4 d3 peices this has allowed me to farm pier 93 to get at least 2 classified or exotics per 20 mins I normally get destroyed on level 10 which is a shame as if I could finish that level I would be getting 3-4 drops.. The global event is out now and I'm rocking 5 out of 6 classified d3 so its only a matter of time before I drop on the 6th an I will be able to farm 4 items on pier 93 easy

As someone who's against leet speak gamer tags. (No idea why just feels like a 90s thing to me) got a good laugh out of the name. Watching and subscribing

Iv'e been playing about a week, am crap, and find all the stats/gearing up ect heavy going, but am really enjoying it. I know i'll get there eventually, and your vid's help clear the fog a bit. I don't know why i chose to bypass this game over the years, but realise i have the advantage of reaping the benefits of updates/content and improved game play. One happy bullet magnet.

@rsajay6256

5 жыл бұрын

It is a bit heavy up to level 10, you're made of paper in the beginning. Once you start getting purple stuff it starts speeding up. Most RPGs are like that in the beginning. The game has changed a lot since this video came out. For one thing, after completing the story and hitting level 30, the West Side Piers are accessible. It's like the dark zone in there, but solo/co-op only and no extractions. At higher world levels (After finishing and hitting 30 you can adjust the game's base difficulty making free roam more challenging, up to level 32 or 34 for basic NPC targets). Playing West Side at world level 4 or 5 the PVE opponents all drop gold and turquoise/set items a lot. No white green blue or purple at all. I got my 272 Big Alejandro exotic LMG from a named elite on West side, think it was Johnson the cleaner elite, and my 264 Ninja bike bag exotic from a Miller spawn. You can make 2mil sales from 30 minutes of just running around shooting at random spawns. And your "level bar" fills fast, each time it fills up you get a field proficiency lewt box with some random stuff often turquouse/set items, and Phoenix credits. You can also buy basic cache lewt boxes for 400 000 regular credits, they often have set items as well as Phoenix credits. 2500 Phoenix credits buys you a classified gear lewt box... Makes the game less grindy for me just running around fighting for my life against the toughest random. The underground expansion is also fun after level 30. The addition of the Hunter NPCs from Survival was a nice touch in Underground. Got a classified predator item from one of them a few weeks ago

The only time I've ever felt that I absolutely need a group is when doing missions on legendary

@Jellygoober

3 жыл бұрын

Yea true

@irritatingtruth9121

3 жыл бұрын

Shoot I did “Challenge”, at the consulate... they just stood there... four in a row, on the other side of the metal detector.. NOT ONCE reloading... I would pop the corner, shoot one, get lit (of course), to see if they would move... NOPE! Are it and continued on. It was a literal wall of bullets. I used my drone, nades, even shot their smart nades too. Did EVERYTHING to make them move, so I could use cover. But man! It was a bitch. I went back down to hard... which sucks because I melted them. Like Marco said, no middle ground. I still enjoy the game, but disappointed for sure.

solo is the best way to be a good player

@JsphCrrll

6 жыл бұрын

sadly though, most solo players leave because of boredom

@demonleder4

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah the games boring as shit the farming sucks the dz is full of metas and toxic ass cunts and the skirmish is too easy no ones on survival underground is lame the game blows I've played since beta and ive quit 3 weeks ago it's hard letting go of a game you used to enjoy and spent over 6000hrs on

@xzygreen8938

5 жыл бұрын

Nyquil _ get gud

man yt should start recommend marcos newer videos.top tier content

Great video. All new players, like myself, need to see this.

"I almost felt bad for reporting him after that" jesus

I can say that you CAN gear up and level up to max gear score (with 1.4/1.5) solo. I've gotten to 256 without a 4 man doing everything solo (hard and annoying trying solo but possible). Abuse the hell out of the world tier.

Great Video and I think you are absolutely right. Min-maxing items, that are actually obsolete as soon as you go one level of difficulty up, is just an unnecessary pain in the butt and probably was just put in place, to hide the fact, that there is actually very little end-game content that is not PvP-based. And this is a shame for a game that has a huge PvE-map that is based on large portions of Manhatten.

Great video! Using your tips and tricks but definitely the best video so far for us antisocial people. Been playing over 300 hours to get to the max level gear and weapons. Thing is if I didn't enjoy the game I wouldn't have kept going. Wish there was some way to get some of the 268 gear and max weapons solo. Have tried all incursions for hours and get waxed every time. Also, can't PVP in the dark zone worth a crap! Have to sneak around early on the weekends to avoid the smack down. Hey, can you do a vid on exotics? Most of them aren't worth the time except for the NinjaBike Bag.

Got to 256 in 2 hours (after reaching 30) w/o the expansions...course I used the dark zone and got lucky in some cases but still people are willing to help you out... except those dam rouges they can rot in hell lol

@deuceswild6350

7 жыл бұрын

Jacob Adams I have problems with them too. They kill way to fast and these dudes are super pros. Make the game not worth playing.

@fascistswan3470

6 жыл бұрын

Took me a week to get 280 after 30 in the darkzone

@robertgvandagriffsr9869

5 жыл бұрын

exactly because of them a lot of people do not play dark zone, a holes dude, specially for screwing with little to no gear scores and solo players in there to just have fun and play with out the hacks.

I've been a solo player since release, very rarely have a group. I've had my issues, but I am currently sitting on a fully optimized striker and nomad build, level 30, max DZ rank, and 4k commendation score. solo. lmao, this shits not hard, but it has its issues

I have followed all these rules since the beta and I've not had a problem. I never kick and always share spare kit. Great video

Thanks for the video. I'm interested in getting into the world of Division, solo.

Gear score is bullshit i got 224 gs and i easy kill people with 245+ gs

@TheEquilibrum007

8 жыл бұрын

Its because your gear might be min max-ing better than them.

@drakesanos4097

8 жыл бұрын

true gearscore says nothing i see so many noobs in the underground with 255 Gearscore and rekt all the time

@AyZeD

8 жыл бұрын

Yeah I got GS 246 and usually get raped by rogues in the dark zone. it's bullshit

Playing it solo is more difficult but definitely possible. I’m seeing so many people complaining about farming the dz solo but that is also doable. It’s all about timing in the dz. It’s so easy to extract and stay hidden....you just gotta know the when and where to keep the “ganking” at a minimum. But I honestly stopped playing since the game died off and also because most players in the dz now are modded clowns who hang out at west 42nd all day 😂

That was great that you did that. I started a new one too and this motivates me.

I was just starting the underground the other day, and was invited to a party from a maxed out player. It was fun, from the first mission after the initial starting mission I was maxed out. But I didn't get carried. Which led to us and another continuing with bigger phase operations. It was very fun finding a player nice enough to disregard my gear score!

Everything you said is true. And this is why this amazing game is dying. Such a shame.

The game has gone to shit since they added gear score

@MarkusMaximus

8 жыл бұрын

id also like to see an inspect feature, like destiny has. so you can see what people are running.

@cmpowell1

8 жыл бұрын

why so you can decide who to kick easier and if you didn't it is what it would end up getting used for mostly.

@rjarpa

8 жыл бұрын

completely agree, Gear Score no makes sense today in game, GS must be a range + 201 +231 no more like this

@MarkusMaximus

8 жыл бұрын

cmpowell1 i don't kick people, im not a cock. if there a low level i try and help

@Astonvman007

8 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad I'm not the only one who thinks that. It's pointless to have such a thing that only dictates the DZ bracket and difficulty of Incursions. For the DZ they should just divide it by rank. each bracket should be a division of 20 ranks, that way you have 5 total brackets (20, 40, 60, 80, 90+).

Come back to D2, we need your guidance Marco. Its had some ok updates, love watching your content.

Tx for the vid man.. I sit with all the mic, platform and other issues

I'm only level 26 and have played solo the whole time. I feel like I've yet to experience the pain this game will unleash on me. I've gotten my ass kicked numerous times. Went to dz once just to see it, got some items with no issues. Don't feel like being a dick to other players there, just get in, loot and leave.

@fu6817

4 жыл бұрын

I soloed fine until hard mode missions. I just couldn't solo them. I didn't have a build, i mostly used best items i've found and heals as the skills. Maybe i should try again with a real build. My problem was getting ganked in the start of missions when i didn't have room to retreat, maybe a real build won't take that problem away though..

could als be called "the discovery of poor game design" well man video. keep it up.

I didn’t know anything about the game when I started and no knowing anything about the end game it was exciting to go through the story and work my way through as intended. What’s the rush to the finish all about? Enjoy the process and all the victories and defeats. I still get slammed dunked in the dark zone and can barely make it out with anything on my own but it’s a process and learning curve to get there. I really enjoy this game and just did my first global event and it was a blast. Got all the masks and all but one piece of a nomad Classified Set. My team spent 5 hours trying to get through Stolen Signal but no one gave up and we did it. The cheers that went up was intense when we realized it was finally over. In my mind that makes a great game. If the gear came to easy the challenge would be lost. In my opinion this is the best game out there and I preordered Division 2 Dark Zone edition. I hope it’s just as good or better. Thanks for all your videos, I just crafted a kickass M4 based on your recommendation and it’s a great Gun when rolled right. Still haven’t come across the House but this and my MP7 at around 900 rpm each is doing the job!

Downloaded this game cause I played the second one first it was very good. I’m excited to play another round and take my time in this one like I did 2. Thank you for the content

it may just be on ps4 but my experience with trying to find ppl to carry me in challenging incursions is hell, like i can't grind to get the best 214 gear to be able to do challenging and the thing is, i made a sentry build to be able to be some use for my team but the problem isn't even specifically me, sometimes its the team. (btw i have to inflate my gs because having a 205 gs doesn't get me a spot on the challenging incursion team)and finding a group for the dz is worse since i keep getting matched up with ppl in the 231+ bracket 😢

@innocuous373

8 жыл бұрын

Just do Underground on Hard I was max gear score on day 2 on xbox

@pepitoblue8761

8 жыл бұрын

+Royal Zith Gaming don't u only get 182 weapons and gear tho? and does it even drop 214 gear sets? btw i don't have the dlc

@innocuous373

8 жыл бұрын

+dat fatguy mason No you can get any gear set and and gearset gear score

@pepitoblue8761

8 жыл бұрын

+Royal Zith Gaming so wats the point of playing challenging mode?

@PoetiqToxinDotHD

8 жыл бұрын

Add me IDaddyI I'll help you later on today bro. Just send a message with the add so I know who it is

Watched this video for the second time in a while and kind of forgot the fact that there are no hackers on console. But whatever.

@edenflora19

3 жыл бұрын

3 years later here I am to tell you he’s playing on pc with a controller lmao

that's why have stoped playing for awhile! great info, keep it moving. peace.

I know I'm late to this but this is what I like to do. Clear an area before moving to the next and I never once went into the dark zone and I got pretty good classified gear. Now I'm starting again as I was doing things completely wrong for my first run.. Awesome game

6:30 pretending to help out by shooting enemies at an distance... hahaha This game was and still is hard to progress after end game. It is not harder now, it was hard and still is hard. Remember all the hours? I created an alternate two weeks ago and past end game there are two choices. Grind again like we all did, or get geared up immediately from shared inventory. Creating the 2nd character was easy because I was metagaming with a couple hundred hours of experience. But for a total new player starting with low GS doesn't know much about the missions expect to get kicked A LOT. I mean, I get removed just by wearing police backpack and 2 piece lonestar ready myself for the waste not want not directive. I also realized immediately right after underground came out there are lots of people with high GS score, poor build, poor gaming skills, and can't play through incursions' "hard" mode.

@junaiusstewart8274

8 жыл бұрын

That's why using the mic helps. There's tons of people who are willing to help out if they know u aren't gonna be a reckless idiot who's gonna get everyone killed. If u can talk to them before the mission starts u can let them know you're cool and they are much less likely to kick u. I don't mind carrying a noob who's willing to follow the gameplan. I won't carry an idiot Rambo who can't do team play to save his life

@golferchin76

8 жыл бұрын

I would say 1 in 3-4 players uses mic in pc, and I get what you mean. Last night, in Underground's Challenge mode 2 phase with 3 directives (FOW, WNWN, special force). matchmake there were two players 197 and 211 GS. Normally they get removed immediately but the lead didn't do that. The lead and I have mic we could communicate the where about of shotgunners and enemies flanking. First encounter I knew these are smart and experienced players. They stayed in cover ready themselves not firing the first shot. When I saw this I knew this matchmake team can do it. Although they downed a lot but they were always down in cover and not far away so revive was easy. They also helped each other, and revived me smartly, like not rush to help and get shot dead when I downed at the front. I am a tactician so It is nice to see when I move my smart cover forward players use them. it took like 45 min to get through the mission but it was fun to game with players who use covers, their skills smartly. We spent a long time but it was ok because we complete missions without much trouble. Then of course there are players with 245+ GS run and gun and die immediately by the first wave of shotgunners.

@bobbyjoe8119

8 жыл бұрын

You're the type of guy I would really enjoy playing with. Although I can make my gear score go up to 245, my real gear score is 190-192 and because I'm mostly a solo player I grinded the hell out the game to get the best possible gear at my gear score. I have 450k toughness, 35k skill power and enough fireams to unlock brutal, deadly, destructive on 182 gear score weapons (because brutal is in third slot and deadly/destructive require less firearms to unlock) not to mention skilled wich is godlike in pve to spam survivor link. Then I play with 245-255 gear score assholes who think they're the best in the world and disrespect me and think I'm shit because they judge me by my gear score while I litteraly carry the whole fucking team through Lexington on heroic.

@golferchin76

8 жыл бұрын

Bobby Joe Yes gear score really misleads. You know this, imagine a person slaps on different 268 pcs he can get with 229 gs weapons suddenly he is 252 or more. But he is not optimized or without full suit skill. So he could be 125k, 300k, 24k, doesn't unlock a thing, and his weapons are far from the perfect drop. It was a pain last night in underground. 30% of players just keep going to the front and die there. We battled slowly forward and revived these players they did it all over again. I mean, what is the point of being dead most of the time and not playing? For a moment I thought.... are they trolling (but it can't be real right?). If you have 450k tough and 35k skill that is a lot of investment in SP. Are you a tactitician? I am at 137k 515k 31k tac. I went to grind the 4 horseman at the new incursion. There's a tutorial about that. It drops a lot of good things. I tried Sentry, Reclaimer build, nice but I don't feel secure because my SP was 24k. My game tag is R.O.G.U.E.001 I game on PC. We should play. You definitely can up your gs with good armor drops. I mean my stash is like full because of suits.

@MhnFive

8 жыл бұрын

Just wear your bullshit high level armor and switch midgame. no one looks at the gs after the game starts

like 24 hours in I'm lvl 15 lmao

@jacobpatterson1091

5 жыл бұрын

TheJoePro I feel ya

@DEEZ_N4T

4 жыл бұрын

24 hours in and I’m level 18 dying a lot in Lexington Center

@cousinnikola1130

4 жыл бұрын

2 days im 30

crazy how much this game has changed for the better since this video!

hahaha loved the video mate .

The only flaw in this video is that he isn't new to the game. because you have all of this knowledge about the game and where to go after each mission to gain the maximum amount of xp.

@lucaxb1651

7 жыл бұрын

Thats why he is making the video Idiot, for the players who are new and are struggling, STFU Bish

I find this funny for some reason. Basically the challenge is "So, people say that i's hard in the division to be just a lone wolf, antisocial guy that never talks or interacts with human beings online, despite the fact that you're meant to interact with players. I understand that people are dicks(and I have a lot of that experience in this game), but you have to also understand that players are your best allies on this game, because they're practically your only allies. Sure you'll get shot down in the dark zone, kicked for being a slightly low gear score, or having a teammate leave because they were too stupid to run out and get killed where they couldn't be revived. But people in this game will also carry you, they'll help you kill a boss in the dark zone, they'll run with you and hunt down rogue players, or rush out into the fray to revive you, even if they're the last man alive. I know this from experience, because not everyone is a walking tumor that excretes radiation to give others cancer. It does take time to find good people in this game where literally the mechanics are to be a dick and shoot a fellow in the back of the neck for a pair of pants, but this game does still have good people. Though in my experience that's .5% of the population, and the other 99.5% are the guys ganking me in the DZ, because I'm under geared and dumb enough to run that place solo. This was long, and idk why I wrote this but fuck it. And nice vid, Marco. I can't think of anyone else spending money to test something so random.

@sentient02970

7 жыл бұрын

Mr. Phantom Good points. But I was shocked that my early try at DZ at level 15 actually turned up getting pulled into a team of 3 others and got me to DZ level 9 first group run out. Sure, my first checkpoint entrance was a death by rogue. Also, our team never managed to extract our gear but being able to gain some xp and run into players who didn't want to kill me was a huge surprise to me having read all about how DZ is one big gank fest.

@aidanhaughney5714

6 жыл бұрын

Mr. Abbandonato some of my most epic memories in The Division has been firefights with friends against NPCs, Rogues and all that

@denniswilson9227

6 жыл бұрын

Much of what you say is true but sometimes you just want to go it alone. You just want to play the game and enjoy taking on npc's and collecting loot. You get a greater sense of accomplishment when you make it on your own. Don't get me wrong, the incursion's were meant for team play "I get that". West side pier was only put in to pacify players not for any real meaning. It's like wanting Burger King, but going to an alternative burger joint. I've even been on teams where the guys turned on me while waiting for the chopper in the DZ, these are the things that make you say screw it I'll go it alone.

@83uzis

6 жыл бұрын

Mr. Abbandonato stfu

@cloaker94

6 жыл бұрын

(You wrote a whole essay I reply with) k :3

I've been playing The Division Solo since launch. The only things I haven't done solo are incursions and legendary missions. As a solo player who found it hard to find a good group through matchmaking (note that I am playing on Xbox) I was thrilled when the HVTs came around. Just doing the daily HVTs filled my inventory with gold items and gear set items. Even some exotics. As someone who had taken a break for the game for a while, but came back right after the patch with the HVTs and so forth, I went from world tier 3 to world tier 5 just by doing the daily HVTs for like 3 days. I solo dark zone, and it's not hard to. You just gotta know your way around the dark zone and have a good route. I also solo missions on challenging difficulty. The only things I can honestly say isn't for solo players (at least not experienced solo players) are missions above hard difficulty, incursions and resistance. Once you get more experience and learn how to make a proper build that fits the situation, you'll be blasting through missions on challenging and incursions like you were born to do it.

I just got the division today can't wait to play it

This game is such a grind, Im going to finish out the achievements and then delete it. (got it a month or two ago)

hey i do want to buy that account. No joking

@ericli7925

8 жыл бұрын

+MarcoStyle i messaged u

@ericli7925

8 жыл бұрын

+MarcoStyle 792347549li

@Epic_Ninjaa-zc5oq

8 жыл бұрын

Damn, I was going to ask if i could have it lmao :p

Master manipulator :-DDD Also some of those shits people said to you you cannot do were freakin ridiculous xDD Also I really enjoyed this vid! Coming back to the Division as I heard there will be all the content released to date for free to all :) So it will be again populated I hope. Also I hope its already solved for Solo player thats playing COOP only with a matchmaking :)

People say that it's hard to gear up solo?? Like I've been solo since the game came out. I only get a team for Incursions and maybe the DZ every once in a while. Now I'm in a clan and I still go solo more often than being with my clan mates. Keep up the amazing vids Marco!

I'm not trolling when i say: People still play this game?

@MAZEY22

8 жыл бұрын

yeah some poor saps still think its a good game... which it is but the developers have pretty much killed it off

@trapbum3788

8 жыл бұрын

ffs ikr

@FireCrack83

8 жыл бұрын

And some watch Division Videos to complain about a game they are not playing....must be a sad life

@DragonHuman00

8 жыл бұрын

Iris _. I opened the video, immediately paused it, wrote my comment and went back to my subscription feed. Literally didnt watch 2 seconds of the video.

@DragonHuman00

8 жыл бұрын

Iris _. What the fuck does this one comment on this one youtube video have to do with my life??? So judgmental.

who needs a team when you have a shotgun😜

@eXoticXGAMINGCAST

8 жыл бұрын

Haha shotguns are hell in the division

@raudyrodriguez313

8 жыл бұрын

Shotgun soooo fun getting one shot 600k toughness u got to love them

@omegaxtrigun

8 жыл бұрын

+MP USMC SRT Maybe because they were substantially buffed not too long ago lol.

@Florian.Hubold

8 жыл бұрын

Yup, the added stagger is worth gold for stopping rushers, and damage is also pretty decent.

You present a very strong argument about the problem of early tier stuff being useless because it gets replaced in no time, so they skip it if they can, and your solution is a good one. I hope the developers see this.

Trying to solo the game now from the start is pretty tough with not being able to find anyone in matchmaking

So let me get this straight. Solo players are arguing that you can't get end game gear by soloing. And your answer is to solo....except when matchmaking. Dude, all those other conditions go right out the window because you just made your experiment worthless by engaging in matchmaking. Matchmaking is NOT solo. So unless you can get the end game gear and mods WITHOUT matchmaking, then you are not proving anyone wrong.

@swilto_8749

6 жыл бұрын

Ikr, i did half of the game solo cuz i lost my xbox live code, wasnt hard tbh just do side missions with high exp

@ogcipher4967

5 жыл бұрын

@@cornvuscornax4719 I don't think you know the definition of the word solo.

@DeathWish92

5 жыл бұрын

@@ogcipher4967 so how many solo players do you Know that solo content meant for a team....dont worry I'll wait

@ogcipher4967

5 жыл бұрын

@@DeathWish92 that's not the point m8. The issue that some solo players have with the game is that you're required to team up to gear up, while they would like to play alone, it's mainly an experience thingie. I understand the need for group content ofc as the majority probably prefers to play the game in a group, but there should be way for the person, who don't want other people running around and ruining their game experience, to progress.

@DeathWish92

5 жыл бұрын

@@ogcipher4967 I get that because I am that person. I completed the game got to Max gear Score got all the sets blah blah blah....all that person has to do is not use a mic like I did and it's like having an npc team with you only Better. I don't see why this an issue but hey that's just me. Enjoy your day/night

OMFG! All of these conditions! So there are solo players who don't want to matchmake, group chat, own a microphone, make friends or go into the DZ at all but yet still complain? No wonder they're not getting any gear. At some point, you just have to put the f'n game down. It's a squad based game. It wasn't intended for extremely anti-social gamers. It's just not for you!

@yojimbe1980

8 жыл бұрын

exactly. how can you not own a mic of any kind but can afford a PS4?

@MAZEY22

8 жыл бұрын

solo gameplay was fine before the developers fucked everything up by nerfing everything

@Toofuegooo

8 жыл бұрын

This guys preaching and its not even Sunday

@doncamillo1258

8 жыл бұрын

Really hard to find legit players on PS4 and I had over 30 people in the buddy list and nobody is playing it anymore and since it's really broken buy ton loads of bugs on the ps4 I really can understand them. I just hope they can save this game like they did with destiny. That's the only reason I still play it.

@junaiusstewart8274

8 жыл бұрын

+Don Camillo Gamefaqsdotcom. and google dzpd. You'll never want for people who play the game again

Great video hope devs see it and hope Division II is done right. I used to play this game all the time

Hi marco, I chanced upon your video on solo Division. I just recently started playing The Divsion after the game went on sale, and after playing for 22h on pre-lv30 and 78h of endgame (total 100h), I managed to reach GS256. I just wanted to share with you some of my experience on my Division play: 1) I did Dark Zone becoz I wanted to find out if DZ lv50 will unlock blueprints at Dark Zone vendors. (It does not, so sad...) The entire Dark Zone is empty. With so many people not online, I had the entire world of enemies and loot to myself (and about 10+ people in all entirety), so the farming is hilariously easy as long as I can do well against PVE. 2) I had prior planning on what gear set I wanted to run (i.e. Solo Striker as coined as Buzz Litebeer and Disturbed Gaming: 4 striker 2 nomad), and my focus is to just build the gear set, regardless of stats. 3) Most of my gear are surprisingly, from field proficiency caches. I realized that I get 110k exp from every intel I picked up, so I spent 5 days solely running thru the entire country picking up intel and keeping that field proficiency caches coming. With 2 items in every cache, I got so much stuff which is where I picked up all my weapons and gear, which pushed me extremely far to GS 256. Also, I am playing at the time when there is World Tier. So my first focus was to rush to Tier 5, because effectively all my gear is shit until I get to the max Tier 5. 4) The most important thing to me is that I did not min-max my character. My focus went down to whether I could get the gear set up, with no apparent focus on whether I had god rolls. So I didn't need to spend too much effort for this part. 5) Finally, I had not done a single incursion. I ran solo like 90% of the time, and I didnt read any guide on what to do in Incursions.

so wait you make a video for a new character that you only play solo with all these stipulations, but then you let a hacker carry you. lmfao what a joke of a video.

@Patek.01

8 жыл бұрын

Not like he knew the hacker

@junaiusstewart8274

8 жыл бұрын

Lol yeah cuz nobody has ever been carried in this game.

@Stryder.

8 жыл бұрын

Lmao, hypocrite. Everyone gets carried once or a couple times no matter who. Pretty sure you've been carried countless times.

@wingsofracism8882

8 жыл бұрын

Stryder not by a hacker in an otherwise virtually impossible battle. tbh i dont even play this game. I just saw the title and was interested. It's just fucking stupid that somebody would go through all the trouble of adding a bunch of stipulations(some of them stupid), just to be lazy by letting a hacker carry you.

@lllJozzAngelll

8 жыл бұрын

+Fred Lavar Steenerson Stevens Herbert He could've been an ass and not put the part when he got carried by a hacker...

sorry mate. I stopped at around 8:09. you have failed to understand the dilemma of the people arguing with you. 1. you have another account and are trying to prove something. so keep spamming groups until they don't kick you would work for you cos your goal is to prove others wrong. New players don't think like that at all. They basically get kicked 4 or 4 times in a row and basically they get very discouraged. you are miss understanding they way people approach the game when they are not trying to prove something like you and are just trying to enjoy themselves. Do you think getting kicked constantly is fun. your goal is to get loot but a player wants to contribute cos contributing is fun. I mean your just in a different mentality than new players. you are aware some people won't kick you whereas new players lose hope a lot quicker, you know your good and have built confidence in the game where as new players have not. This video proves nothing.

@Bloodhoven

6 жыл бұрын

@Mrkva The Epic WHEN did you play the game entirely solo? neraly 18 months ago, when this video here was released? or in the last few weeks? back in 2016 the gear grinding was a whole different experience compared to the game now... now you can easily farm solo up to 280/290+. i got to lvl 30 last week and after a few hours of playing my character is now at a GS of 260...

@zerchariahalighieri8288

6 жыл бұрын

Look keep telling NEW players who don't know the game and can't get past the first few parts simply cos it's too hard for them. Tell them to get good like a legendary player like you. Let's see how long the game you took so much time to get good at (and probably spent alot of time and money on) lasts >;)

@Bloodhoven

6 жыл бұрын

@Dante Pulse I hope you aren't talking to me. I AM a new player! I bought the gold edition, when it was on steam for a 66% reduced price last December (thats less than 2 months ago).

@zerchariahalighieri8288

6 жыл бұрын

It's fine i don't care the game is dying.

@Bloodhoven

6 жыл бұрын

ah, so you basically wanted to rant... k den

Dude, no matter what you do, someone will always tell you you are wrong and do it like this or that. I am mainly a solo player and all my 256 Tier 5 gear is done via random boss killing in the world, the UG and running Challenge modes with randoms and even some of the Incursions. Good vid :)

I just got this game and I only play solo. At first it seemed really hard but after unlocking the healing ability it is now a fun and enjoyable challenge