iKia

iKia

Hi, I'm iKia,
and i trying my hand at making some division 2 videos, as i have been playing this game for a very long time at this point and know my way around it, so i am hoping to share my knowledge and maybe pick up a little knowledge about making videos for myself along the way.

i am also a maker of several tools and sources for builds and calculating dmg, and all my links can be found over in a steam guide i made long ago over at : steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2917143334

also recently i have started streaming over at : www.twitch.tv/ikia87
so come hangout over there with me as well.

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  • @ImposterCookie331
    @ImposterCookie331Күн бұрын

    I'm to point out some wierds things about ortiz. 2nd and 3rd set bonuses seems multiplicative stat increases. I might be wrong but I done some tests and I get unusual numbers.

  • @jennyxj-9296
    @jennyxj-92963 күн бұрын

    I'm a returner who's not played much over the past many years, videos like these are such a treasure trove resource for me and I wanted to thank you for making it and ask a question. You say all weapons have 60% DTA in the chart, and I am assuming that it means damage to armour in this context. How is 60% DTA achieved under normal conditions with a striker build? That seems exceptionally high, or perhaps there's something about what the DTA "rate" is that I don't get.

  • @ikia
    @ikia2 сағат бұрын

    overall the 60% dta to 40% dth on average is just a number by guestimates and consensus, the real %-tage varies allot by content, difficulty and groupsize. as it can be very low for solo against blacktusk where it might to around 20% and as high as 95% for incursion, and still around 75% for countdown overall. it is in part based on experience with the game, as you have to keep in mind the health to armour ratios that the enemies have, and that one elite can make up for 2 reds, and purples are 55 armour - 45 health. and a named can push it either way depending on if its a heavy or not, with non-heavy nameds making up for 5-6 reds. and the way that the game does groupscaling, where it will spawn more and more purples and elites as groupsize goes up. it is also a value that can be altered if you want to mess around with it, by copying the sheet over to your own google drive and trying different values, there is no hard true value for it. but the 60% is just my pick for general play that i experience, which is some solo and some groupplay, and going into all the modes like summit, countdown and incursions/raids.

  • @itzJuztThomas
    @itzJuztThomas4 күн бұрын

    I got the platinum trophy for it, anything after that is gravy. The worst thing for me is the community is completey infiltrated by bored Destiny 2 players. The worst community in gaming. It won't end well.

  • @RCMizK3w1
    @RCMizK3w16 күн бұрын

    Yep, the character design is an immediate turnoff/no-go for me. Shame because the world really seems super interesting as does some of the gameplay. The grounded character design in Div is probably one of the things I respect the most about the series.

  • @itzJuztThomas
    @itzJuztThomas4 күн бұрын

    The characters in div 2 look awful. They are all bow legged lol

  • @stevo6ix
    @stevo6ix7 күн бұрын

    The grind has started making me sleepy lol. I was getting tired just watching you grind

  • @Sued3y
    @Sued3y7 күн бұрын

    lol yeah after getting mr 12 i couldn't take anymore. Haven't even beat the "story" yet

  • @Dylan-zm3ht
    @Dylan-zm3ht7 күн бұрын

    Came to your channel looking for this exact video. Excited to hear your thoughts. I put 70 hours in as well and put it down. To me the grind just isn’t fun at all. Farm this to unlock this so you can farm this so you can craft this so you can enhance your gear. And then repeat 20 times.

  • @Dylan-zm3ht
    @Dylan-zm3ht7 күн бұрын

    That’s funny. The energy activators is what got me to quit too.

  • @Akiwak
    @Akiwak6 күн бұрын

    Fr though

  • @manhaltdiefresse
    @manhaltdiefresse9 күн бұрын

    I have been following your Guides for a while now - i have Always detested these "INSANE dps BEST build" Videos and i just wanted to say thank you for creating down to earth content. Bonus points for crunching numbers

  • @hnoru
    @hnoru11 күн бұрын

    By super unicorns they are extremely rare to drop or craft from your bench. I've crafted over 150+ chests and backpacks, and have heard that it can easily take over 300+ attempts.

  • @tubenkaes
    @tubenkaes11 күн бұрын

    Why is PfE under 70% worthless?

  • @ikia
    @ikia11 күн бұрын

    it is not that it is worthless, the way i said it is that it isn't not worth it, the reason is that if you go too low with pfe, you are giving up too much without gaining enough. as i said in the video, around 60 is the minimum i would even consider, at 70 it is ok and at 80 it is good. that is because it is a percentage reduction to incoming damage, like most other games do resistances, you need to have a decent amount of it for it to actually give benefits that offset the costs. at 50% and below you give up dmg without it really helping you survive enough.

  • @tubenkaes
    @tubenkaes11 күн бұрын

    @@ikia Thanks

  • @tubenkaes
    @tubenkaes11 күн бұрын

    My favourite PfE team build (especially for rogue agents and Countdown) is Firewall shield, perfect Opportunistic/Scorpio, Cartharsis mask, Obliterate for a bit damage, Belstone and some regen, 5 blues and improvised for 72% PfE. It's more a tank build (it's hard to kill me and i always try not to protect the enemy) so it pulls aggro and gives buffs for the team with the shield and Opportunistic. Would you change something in the build?

  • @ikia
    @ikia11 күн бұрын

    the reason i mostly go adren/intimidate for my shotgun pfe builds, is that there arent many chest talents that work well for shotguns, for instance obliterate as you have there will need 25 shots with a crit in it to stack to full, making it not usefull, it is not per pellet like strikers and hb, but per shot for obli. so while opportunistic is nice, just to have that intimidate i go with something to trigger that. as if you want to keep that setup you will be better off with even something like vanguard as a group/self support over it.

  • @tubenkaes
    @tubenkaes11 күн бұрын

    @@ikia Thank you I'll try adren/intimidate

  • @DynamiteBlues
    @DynamiteBlues11 күн бұрын

    You put alot of time into characters I admire you dedication to the division. But you deserve a break.

  • @ikia
    @ikia11 күн бұрын

    i am curious as to what you mean with that i deserve a break?

  • @DynamiteBlues
    @DynamiteBlues11 күн бұрын

    @ikia I mean a break form the game you did well on the battlefield soldier. If you want to play more go ahead and have.

  • @dbrdn8115
    @dbrdn811512 күн бұрын

    Good vid, thank you.

  • @hnoru
    @hnoru12 күн бұрын

    iKia explains in his overall build guide that if you are running countdown with this build and you see 2 coyote masks from other players, then you will benefit more from a grupo mask by roughly 8% more weapon damage.

  • @gustavogaleano5937
    @gustavogaleano593712 күн бұрын

    I was in the stream while this video was made 😊

  • @ikia
    @ikia12 күн бұрын

    what a coincidence, i was there too

  • @Silversmith70
    @Silversmith7012 күн бұрын

    I have had the best luck running 7 red Strikers and one Cavalier with Lavoisier and Pointman. Highest completion rate with those for me anyway. =)

  • @rain972
    @rain97212 күн бұрын

    havent watched but i know its gonna be a great vid

  • @nephilimsoul9622
    @nephilimsoul962213 күн бұрын

    thank u cuz it's my first time doing the event ,your explanations are PERFECT !

  • @dbrdn8115
    @dbrdn811517 күн бұрын

    Another great video. 👌

  • @bigjay52
    @bigjay5217 күн бұрын

    🫡

  • @coldfries8976
    @coldfries897617 күн бұрын

    Nice!! I was hoping for an in-game demonstration!

  • @Enoch-md3gw
    @Enoch-md3gw17 күн бұрын

  • @basedx.
    @basedx.17 күн бұрын

    🇸🇪🙏🏻

  • @Scooby_VI
    @Scooby_VI19 күн бұрын

    Magic the Gathering has “reading the card explains the card.” In the Division, we have “reading the talent, then checking out iKia’s content, explains the talent”

  • @viciousKev
    @viciousKev20 күн бұрын

    "Negative, Ramos."

  • @coldfries8976
    @coldfries897620 күн бұрын

    Immaculate video as always Kia! Just yesterday i found myself playing quiete a lot of Countdown just for the enjoyment of doing so. But i'm far from experienced with it, so your guide was very educating, i appreciate your work! 😎👍🏽

  • @erinmorales5097
    @erinmorales509720 күн бұрын

    REBALANCE WHAT???? YOU KZreadR'S KILL ME WITH CALLING FOR NERFS. NERFS HAVE RUINED THIS GAME. WE WANT TO HAVE FUN USING OUR GEAR. HE'S GOT TO BE ONE OF THOSE SKILL USER'S THAT HATE DPS BECAUSE YOU CANT SHOOT

  • @ikia
    @ikia20 күн бұрын

    WHY ARE YOU YELLING? also gtfo with your dumb infantile takes. just because you can't handle a challenge, doesn't mean the rest of us can't. And also where did i call for nerfs? good job talking about a vid you did not watch. so the real question is why are you butting into a discussion you obviously know nothing about.

  • @erinmorales5097
    @erinmorales509720 күн бұрын

    I'm just gonna play my main character, SCREW the story

  • @ikia
    @ikia20 күн бұрын

    you went from a normal take like this to the other unhinged one, may want to check that anger issue there. also it is fine if you want to sit it out, no need to tell anyone.

  • @D4RT-one
    @D4RT-one20 күн бұрын

    Hello, iKia! Can I translate your guides to post on my discord channel? With mentions and links of course

  • @ikia
    @ikia20 күн бұрын

    yeah, feel free to translate it, i am definitely on board for that. if you are ok with also putting it somewhere shared online, i can link to it in that guide somewhere as a translated version for others aswell.

  • @marcusdelanoeast
    @marcusdelanoeast20 күн бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @ikia
    @ikia20 күн бұрын

    thank you so much for the support, much appreciated.

  • @marcusdelanoeast
    @marcusdelanoeast20 күн бұрын

    Excellent work, sir - thanks! 😎

  • @deliman7203
    @deliman720320 күн бұрын

    This game mode has been around for close to two years now and it still boggles my mind that players don't understand the importance of 'Linking up' at the start. The obvious advantage is that all 8 players will get the 4 hunter loot drops and 8 players vs a Hunter is far better than 4 vs a Hunter. Now when the squads spawn at 'East' and 'West' there is still a path to link up but it will also require a bit of back tracking to get all 4 Hunters. Again 8 vs 1 is a much better odds and will only add a fraction of time when squads spawn at these two points. The other issue I've come to accept, altho unwillingly is the low level hacks playing Heoric. By low level Hack I mean under SHD 1000, which means your watch hasn't been filled out. And by hack I mean a player wearing the Ninja Back pack and 4 striker pieces... ugg..lmfao. Now I haven't been playing this mode for awhile due to previously metioned issues, but also the constant disconnect from servers. It's absolute BS when you play Heroic and you're down to 5 or 6 players due to server disconnects. Plus because of these issues I found the rewards for Heoric over Challenging wasn't worth the hassle. Now for a positive.. I played recently and out of 6 missions, Exotic dropped 5 times but I got two Exotics on one mission. So I don't know if this is a bug or a change but I'll surely be trying this more often.

  • @ikia
    @ikia20 күн бұрын

    trying to link east and west can be more hassle than it is worth i feel. we just end up doing it normal if we land west and east, it is doable with a coordinated on comms team, but outside of that it is too common to get spread out in matchmade, and even in coordinated teams, you still have the issue of having to deal with two hunters till the west team gets there for the east team, which is fine on challenging, but can cause issues on heroic. and it is indeed sometimes a thing to go on a exo streak during countdowns, had it myself a few times aswell, but it is just rng doing rng things.

  • @deliman7203
    @deliman720320 күн бұрын

    @@ikia The real issue is players NEED to learn that linking up at the beginning is beneficial. 99% of the players don't even realize that it's possible to do so. Yes the East/West spawn is questionable but doable, but not doing it means sacrificing hunter keys. Yeah Heoric is an easy pass unless you're taking a group with you. Otherwise Heoric with random is a lost cause, you don't get substantially more credits to make it worthwhile, due to issues I mentioned before.

  • @Enoch-md3gw
    @Enoch-md3gw20 күн бұрын

    Outstanding!

  • @dbrdn8115
    @dbrdn811520 күн бұрын

    Agreed!

  • @paulocarvalho1982
    @paulocarvalho198222 күн бұрын

    I've been playing since TD1 Open Beta, and I hate the seasonal characters because I'm mostly bored about the game, and only really care about playing the Manhunts for the (little) story progression we get. Like I said, I'm very bored, and I absolutely CAN'T play this thing from scratch again, and worse, have to do it every 4 months! If we were still playing the TD1 map, I would have no big issue with that, but in this boring setting, I simply can't. And with the way I feel, the seasonal characters made me even loose interest in the DLC, the only thing that was keeping me interested in the game...

  • @ikia
    @ikia21 күн бұрын

    if you are bored with the game, would a shake up maybe be worth it? and they have already said that it will be a shorter progression to endgame, doing the campaign parts will likely take 10 hours for any experienced player. but what it sound like is that you are done with the game, and they don't need to cater to people that are, the rest of us that actually like and enjoy the game, and the setting of div2, there is the hope that it will be a good addition. because we like playing the game, and this is more of the game.

  • @paulocarvalho1982
    @paulocarvalho198221 күн бұрын

    @@ikia I don't think I'm done with the game, but I understand that the change is for the people that still enjoys, and gets excited by playing the game, not really for me. But what I feel/"see" is that there's A LOT more people that are in a similar situation to mine, and this change will push us away from the game, and that's not good, for the game, or for the people that will stay and enjoy that change. Less people in the game means less people to match make, lower numbers on player engagement "trackers" (bad reputation for the game), less people buying cosmetics and season passes, and with all that, possibly less investment from Ubi. Maybe I'm wrong, and we are the minority, and this will be good for the game, but I doubt. By the way, I'm someone who believes that the game is WAY to easy and way to "casual/noob friendly", which makes the game worse, but I understand, and accept, that the game being like that keeps bringing new players in, which is positive for the game. So, the point I'm making about seasonal characters is not just because that will be bad for me, but because I think this change will actually be bad for the game...

  • @ikia
    @ikia21 күн бұрын

    i don't think there will be less people in the game. the a lot of people you see and are joining in with are just the loud ones, the actual majority will not even know about the change as the biggest part of the playerbase doesn't even keep up with news about the game, that is just a normal thing with games, the people playing casually will just play, and as long as they enjoy it stick around and then move on. and the loud parts of the community have made sure that the people that are on the fence or even looking forward to it will not speak up, because they will be drowned out. I am not going to stand here and promise that it will be better with these changes, but i will also not stand and just repeat the rhetoric going around that is at the very least uninformed for now. and a core idea they expressed for the seasonal characters in the initial video, is that they want to limit our power and challenge us with the seasonal characters, so if they actually do that, you might have the difficulty that you and i both like.

  • @DeathDealer-DD
    @DeathDealer-DD23 күн бұрын

    instead of the shotgun with insync, i'd pick a rifle with perpetuation talent: Headshots grant +50% status effect damage and duration to the next status effect you apply. frying last longer until npcs are crispy :D. cool vid

  • @ikia
    @ikia21 күн бұрын

    those two aren't really interchangeable, first off i will say that i nowadays just take a lefty for sledge. but in the case that a refire is needed, a insync weapon can quickly just hit an enemy, and you follow that up with a new full duration stronger fire overwriting the old fire. trying to do the same with perp usually doesn't work out as it will get eaten by a random spread, and trying to apply it before a fight will scatter everything where you could have just started a fire instead. but if you set it up right then perp can offcourse outdamage insync in the situations that it works well for. both insync and perp are good talents to have on hand, i usually have both those 2 and future perfect on a few pistols at the ready, and swap as the situation demands.

  • @SaltandPepperX
    @SaltandPepperX23 күн бұрын

    Totally agree i have 4 accounts and do like starting again with library, specializations, etc it's enjoyable for sure.

  • @spooky_zombie_graveyard
    @spooky_zombie_graveyard24 күн бұрын

    New friend showing support 💯

  • @spooky_zombie_graveyard
    @spooky_zombie_graveyard24 күн бұрын

    Amazing video 💯

  • @user-ui8zi8vb1g
    @user-ui8zi8vb1g24 күн бұрын

    Hi iKia, thanks for your level-headed opinion/side to the current state of the game we all love (otherwise we would not be playing it or even looking at content creator videos). I wish some of your philosophy would spoil over to other Content creators who are at times hard to watch as they are so Negative. I applaud you....

  • @CHEF2077
    @CHEF207726 күн бұрын

    I feel like many dont understand the difference between criticism and just shittalking something. To me (a big fan who bought this game 5 times on 2 different platforms) things like Fragile Armor directive being bugged for years now is absolutely unnacceptable. If they cant fix it, then at least admit it to us and then move on. But leaving us fans in the dark is simply not fair. Additionally, this game was not designed for seasonal content. To me it feels like the have to go out of their way so much, that these resources could've been spent in a significant better way. It feels to me, they announced it purposefully very late, so it cant be rolled back. With the gear revamp, the devs showed us, they have no clue what they're doing. Critique to this has to be expressed! But saying the game is absolute dogshit and shittalking it permanently, then still playing it, is just double standards. The biggest problem is lack of competition. I dont have any faith in the devs anymore and I personally will have the worst expectations for Div3. So I dont get disappointed if it turns out to be good.

  • @ikia
    @ikia25 күн бұрын

    well, there is in your text also for instance is the presumption that gear 2.0, while just as badly received by some, was actually universally thought to be bad by all, i would disagree, to me, with gear 2.0 they showed that they had actual game designers, gear 1.0 was a mess that would have never been able to be polished up to this degree. gear 2.0 was actually what was the catalyst for the current build diversity. nor do i agree that fragile armour bug is unacceptable, mostly because i just accept it and play around it, either having it on and dealing with it when it breaks, or just keeping it off. just from the time it has been in the game we can just say it is here to stay, as it isn't easy to even replicate when we try, it is one of the most inconsistent things. but for the rest of it i agree, if you think there is something to criticize then doing so is fine, its more the vitriolic parts that i have issues with that people go with, kinda like your "the devs showed us, they have no clue what they're doing.". also if they really want to pounce us with this, 4 months ahead of time isnt really "late", if anything it is early.

  • @crisscrosscruz2034
    @crisscrosscruz203426 күн бұрын

    I played so much in the season the incursion released, did everything in it with randoms even flawless, got a decent time on it aswell and in this past season after getting to lvl 100 in the pass, I felt burned out completely so I took a break till basically the end of the season, to finish off the manhunt

  • @crisscrosscruz2034
    @crisscrosscruz203426 күн бұрын

    Alot of people in this community just live in an echo chamber of negativity, that's why they choose to make countless posts on any platform about how they think the game is dead /dying because they need to see other people share their same opinion, it makes them feel validated

  • @crisscrosscruz2034
    @crisscrosscruz203426 күн бұрын

    The same people that say they won't play the game anymore because of seasonal characters (obviously some stay true to their word) are the same ones that 3/4 months from now will be engaging in social spaces and talking about div 2 If you stopped playing the game, why are you still talking about said game.

  • @PrototypeJC
    @PrototypeJC26 күн бұрын

    People always fail to realize that reddit and discord gaming communities are fringe minorities of the total player population. Couldn't agree with you more on all points.

  • @simontaylor9362
    @simontaylor936226 күн бұрын

    I personally don't mind the idea of seasonal characters, tbh It's something to do . For me its the gear and exotics that are way off the .ark and with nothing to grind for i don't see the point. Its a shame for me because I've really come to enjoy alot of the content creators that have kept me interested over the years. Possibly end of an era 😂 great vid