The Division 2: Is Descent Too Hard? Here is How You Can Make it Easier!
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- The Division 2: I discuss the new Descent mode on The Division 2 and my thoughts on the difficulty. I offer tips to make it easier.
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The Division 2 Descent is a brand new mode that came in season 1 of year 5. It is a rogue lite game mode that has agents enter it without any of their gear that they would usually run. You must advance through the game mode by making choices on what upgrades to choose as you go. These upgrades will enhance your abilities as you become stronger and the goal is to face your Nemesis and defeat it. Agents that can beat their Nemesis will then have the opportunity to keep playing and to see how high a loop that they can get to!
Players have been complaining that Descent is too difficult and adjustments are needed. In this video I explain my thoughts on this and offer tips to the mode for new players.
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Sometimes skipping Talent choices and even weapon/skill choices can be a smart move, as you are rewarded 250 Credits (as long as you select 'Skip Choices' and don't just simply back out) and this has come in clutch for me a few times when I've needed to resupply ammo/medkits or even when buying extra ammo capacity and talent slots.
Bro you play videogames for a living of course it's not too hard for you .
I don’t find it too hard but i do find it boring as hell
So you’ve done Nemesis boss on console in a team?
Very boring
I think because we are all level 40, we forget we don't have any level 40 gear, so we are rushing a game mode as if its on easy. But when you start the story from scratch you know you have to take your time, sort of.
In those early rooms/loops where you only have to deal with a single wave on enemies, your Pistol is your best friend as its quite OP. It has a good RPM and damage, it will save you essential ammo on your primary weapons which in turn will save you resources/credits. I've never used the pistol before this, and I was genuinely surprised by how strong it was and how clutch it became during my progression towards higher levels.
The black tusk rooms need dog and Wally limits for solo players
Agreed👌🏻💯
Game mode is not hard by any means. What's hard is weapons not reloading skills not working grenades not blowing up enemies glitching through walls and exiting through non glowing red doors. And other players not understanding the game mode
I know it's ment to be Challenging, but the Devs could of added Levels , Hard, Challenging and Heroic.
What bugs me the most is when someone drops out or Disconnects or game (On XboxSX) does not carry on it just stops leaving no alternative but to quit and restart.
Yes it does need rebalancing especially on consoles because we dont have the benefit of click and shoot headshots all day.
Yes it's ment to be Challenging but it is also ment to be a fun experience, especially for Groups in an Online Multiplayer Game.
I wouldn't say it is tool difficult, it all depends on the RNG which is where I think it needs a change. If you haven't been lucky to get certain 'meta' talents by the end of your first few loops it can be tough. And there seems to be no set path to get multiple exotic talents before facing Nemesis. On one run I was given 3 exotic talents before the Nemesis encounter, on other runs I've only been able to get one.
Enemy types are also strange, and against Cleaner & Black Tusk drone spam it's like trying to sray alive on Legendary🙄 I've had to face Black Tusk during a pre-Nemesis loop with very few talents and poor quality weapons and they spammed 'nades and drones until I died. Wasnt even able to peak because of a sniper dog🙄
Its a great mode with loads of fun but obly IF your RNG is good when it comes to talent choices and weapons.
Preservation talent stacked is a great help with survivability, and if you're lucky enough to get a Defender Drone then stacking Companion talent is another smart move.
Depending on what loadout I've managed to acquire, if it's looking bad by the time I reach Loop 3 then I'll simply restart the mode. Gotta know when to hold'em and fold'em I suppose.
Also, I would advise everyone to stay away from the XP/SHD glitch that is possible to do with this new mode as it's a guaranteed ban.
If they were to help in any way with the mode, some adjustments to the RNG is where they should focus. Maybe have guarenteed loops where exotic talents are offered and things like that.
@@GCROCK Agreed. Also, the rewards need some clarification as to what you get for what progression. I've had three different sets of rewards after beating the Nemesis. I received the Exotic Cache for heating the Nemesis on all 3 times I've beaten him, on my 17 Loop run I was awarded 3 Simulation Caches and some crafting caches. On my second run beating the Nemesis and dying on the next room I received the Exotic Cache, a Simulation Cache and crafting caches but also a Reconstructed Cache which gave me a Matador so I am guessing that those specific caches include DZ exclusives. I never received one on the 17 Loop run though, so it's quite confusing. The 3rd successful run where again I died within 2 rooms after beating the Nemesis I only received the Exotic Cache, crafting caches and multiple Simulation caches???
There are also collectible Comms you receive after defeating Nemesis, but I couldn't for sure say of they were linked to the Weekly Descent Project or are guaranteed everytime you defeat the Nemesis.
Great post
I don’t think it’s too difficult, I think it’s a challenge! Which is exactly what the game needs. If it was too easy, people would complete it and just discard it. I’ve managed to get to the nemesis a few times now, but still haven’t completed it but that’s driving me to play it more.
You'll get it 💪 And 100% It has to remain a challenge. Good luck
Okay I see your point but players should be a little more powerful then we are now when we reach nemesis.
Had 4 primed players with all reds and complementary talents procked and we focused on one rogue and we didn’t even scratch him. Levels are fine Nemesis after 2-3 hours and not even a hope that you can kill a rogue in a team = WOFTAM. Too hard, won’t go back unless scaling for the Nemesis is nerfed or they give you a Hard, Heroic and Legendary option with badges to show which one you have done.
@@scottpalmer053I finally made it to the nemesis on solo yesterday. And because I had so much headshot damage I got one shot through full armor. I think the nemesis needs to stop copying us or not have their abilities amplified beyond ours. Also getting tired of our skills always being hacked.
I think what can make it difficult is if you choose an improper build.
2 hours of grind with 4 players then one team mate goes down with one shot from across the room. Then they threw grenades on us and then skills behind us from across the room and it was Goodnight for us in 2 minutes. Scaling for 4 people is a nightmare when the Nemesis x 4 have God aim
Don’t run skills because on Nemesis round the bloody rogues jam everything every second. We also had an Arena mode where it spawned twice. It got pretty tense
Damn Descent. Did another 3 hour run smashing hard levels to maximise talents, etc… no problems and then our team of three with all red builds fight the Nemesis and focus on one Rogue, with everything procked and shock ammo and we didn’t even scratch the rogue. Then his mates swung behind us and game over. Scaling is right for the levels but stupidly too high for Nemesis.
Just choose red talents and play only easy then medium levels if no easy available and only play in a team of one or two players and go left of the Whitehouse on the raised area and then smash one as they come to you and that’s it. Don’t play hard levels or groups of three or more. Too hard then.
BTW - don’t pick talents that only proc when you get a kill. These talents are nigh on useless in the Nemesis battle. Also, don’t use skills that you don’t want the Nemesis to have against you. For example, if you use a flamethrower, the rogue will have one and throw it inch perfect behind you and your cover is then blown.
Not hard now. Just go to the platform to the left of the Whitehouse on Nemesis level. Let them come to you one by one and smash them in a group.
I've been reading advice for this mode and this one's pretty good. Thank you for giving us ideas and creativity, without saying, "THIS IS HOW YOU DO IT."
Casual players, it is too hard for us/them.
Streamers and SHD 1000+, it is too easy or just difficult enough for a challenge...
My problem with it is not only I am a casual player but the mode doesn't support builds that favor my play style. The mode favors aggressive play styles, knowing the best positions within 8 second of entering the room and the luck of the draw on talents/skills.
People will always complain about something, my opinion, they probably expecting this mode to be similar to one of the main missions in the open world. Ask they same people if its difficult after they played it in a week or so, they would be going through it quick fast.
I'm just constantly stuck on loop 2. After ages of playing I finally unlocked 2 skills from doing the loop 1 arena over and over. Solo is hard though and the RNG is busted.
I wrecked Nemesis like nobody's business on my first encounter since I had Plague of The Outcasts going simultanously.
I don't find the game play too hard but what I struggled with was understanding the actual progression through the game, like how to equip different weapons, skills , what to buy, the NSA upgrades etc etc. The thing is whether this mode has long term re-playability or will it become a bit boring like the Summit has ( for me at least). Time will tell. Great video full of useful info.
I definitely believe it needs to be scaled down a tad for groups of 3 and 4 bcuz I made it to the nemesis twice (once in a grp of 3, once in a grp of 4) and we were all MELTED WITHIN 5 SECONDS.
What I'd like to know tho, is whether or not nemesis names makes a difference bcuz I noticed urs was named Echo and u could use skills. However, the 2 times I encountered the nemesis they were named Delta and they spawned like hunters nullifying my skills from the get go with that puff of smoke interaction when they spawn. Would love to hear your thoughts on this. Love the content 🤜🏾💥🤛🏾
I do think that for endless game mode they need to make it a bit easier, then from loop 10 ans 20 and so on to make them harder. What's the point of having it endless when 90% of players can't even pass nemesis? And the things is, they have blueprints behind this mode, and most players are casual, and this mode is to hard.
couple tips that I have. If you play in a group, have only 1 person with Overwatch. If more than one person has Overwatch then when either person jumps out of cover that buff goes on cooldown for everybody. Also if you get Plague of Outcasts exotic talent switch to a hard hitting weapon once you stack up the DOT on and enemy. Then watch the tick damage hit harder. Breath Free exotic talent you can get stacks when moving cover to cover or even moving back and forth while in cover. Its great if you use semi auto weapons.
Every time I get exotic talents or a skill I prefer I always seem to get picked off compared to when I have a skill I don’t generally use I seem to get further
The nemesis will hack turrets drone n hives
Can you get multiple exotic talents for your character
Based on what I’ve seen on your stream G I feel this is what we’ve needed! It’s a challenge that we are not able to just “blow” through and then wait for the next thing. Once they fix the crashing it will be perfect! Plus once you beat the nemesis you’ll get that feeling of accomplishment. I can’t wait to beat it myself and keep doing what you do sir!!! I enjoy your content and your community it the BEST!
Great and informative video!!! Going to play this some more this weekend… just trying to put down battlefield 2042 season 5 long enough 😂😂😂
It’s easy to go from kicking ass with a great build to being overwhelmed and unable to get out of a bad situation. Several times me and a friend have made it to the last boss before nemisis only to get killed. Not sure it does a huge amount but I’d recomend specing into hazpro with NSA funds because the fire drones and clouds can be a real bitch.
Casual players don't have the time to sit for hours trying to get the patches.
Surely, once the nemesis has been beaten, saves could be added, much like Summit, to assist the the casual player to reach higher levels.
I haven't failed to defeat the Nemesis once reached but I don't have 6, 8, 10+ hours to sit and play to reach levels 20 or 30 or 40 etc.
what stats did u invest in ? dmg% till like 30 or 50 and then armour
I invest mainly in damage. I use bloodsucker, preservation and entrench for my survivability
You said would I have been realizing this week trying this mode. The difficulty is more like raid difficulty but unlike the raids even pugs can play through a few loops. They just don’t stand a chance against the nemesis fight.
Yeah I got as far as 50% 3 or 4 times and that’s enough me, not rewarding enough for my time invested.
True, the rewards are terrible and some are even random as to whether you get them at all.
I agree.... rewards aren't special... I can farm the exact same gear/weapons in the open world on Hard Mode
I fail every time once the Black Tusk robots rush me. I just can't with those. If only I'd get an emp or something. So nice to die from that one sniper robot back there, once the grenadiers have stun locked me.
I was able to kill Nemesis, without any NSA upgrades. Just needs good RNG. It is pretty good.
Do a Solo run lets see if its where it needs to be?
Ok yes i agree how to play is what im havi g trouble with how to equip everything pretty much. If i didnt watch videos like this i should say when i didnt tried it i didnt know i could stack talets i was getting demolished lol but ys finally beat it days later. These video really do help tho shows you how to play lol
if get a weapon like the m4 u cant get a better version until u switch it then u can get it in rotation
"Pick defensive" all tank but still died by shots.
By the time I get to loop four I get sick of playing and leave
Its only too difficult in groups imo. And don't forget you can stack talents - other than exotic talents. I just had 50% damage from cover from stacking composure.
I love that it is hard, i play a lot solo and i have not killed the nemesis yet, but i think that anyting els in the game is not difficult enough, like control points on heroic with 5 directives on is easy. We need something that is hard.
I've been playing the division for six years now, I have my good days and my bad days, but yes the decent mode is too hard on console they shouldn't have nerfed all the talents.
Completely agree with you. Finally got lucky by not having a delta error and made it to the nemesis and he one-shot me and I’m thinking the average player can not play this mode. If we could use our own gear I might feel differently but being at the mercy of RNG the black tusk and nemesis is ridiculously overpowered over us.
I agree.. this game mode is challenging and that’s just brilliant.. been hearing to hard a lot but for me it’s what keeps me going back.. honing my skills and having fun with different talents than I usually run
Everything is easier when in a group and someone can be there to revive you if you go down. i'm not saying the difficulty needs to be changed but it's always a different metric when solo.
True but in a group of 3 or more is a nightmare on the Nemesis round. Takes all of you to scratch one rogue whilst the rest one shot you from across the room or in the back.
I disagree. If you face nemesis with striker drone, he will use mainly. if you use fixer drone, he will hijack your fixer done. Here is what I run solo/group 100% successfully. 1. No LMG/AR. use rifle or shotgun until nemesis. That if Nemesis use LMG/AR, its hard to aim sometimes. 2. No damaging skills or remote skill devices. use riot form/decoy/blind fly etc. 3. go mostly easy one. some times you have no choice. then go to easiest one. keep saving money and spend for talent slots mostly. => you will face nemesis in Loop# 6 or 7. For Nemesis, Take cover the starting area and move opposite clock wise (some times other direction depending on their respawn location) after defeat them, use weapons or skills whatever you want because you won't see nemesis again.
i'll try this, can't get past the nemesis coz I suck and stick to damage skills and ar😂
@@jensenperalta7927 Also note that difficulties are also automatically rebalanced by number of players and accumulated talents on your layouts. I don't too much stack talents until nemesis.
Correction: To Make it easier I simply will stick to my Heroic/Legendary Missions
A bit RnG based. I have two full loops with no red talents rooms. Have gotten all three Exotic talents by loop 4. That was the only run I beat the Nemesis in . Reroll talents twice and they don't change . Most everyone agrees that it much harder than it was PST . I enjoy it for the most part but the RnG is bugged
Choosing all blues for 5 loops and still getting one shotted is not right. Once he insta killed me because I was stupid enough to have a chem launcher with corrosion. Dude..
Grey items suck if they arnt meta or outlier picks like that M1A. Grey rifles are just bad and are out DPSed, burst and sustained, by the starting pistol.
No it is just right the fact that you can't always get to far is good it's how it should be
No its fantastic as it is just got to loop 11 the nemesis fight was epic. Got killed but rogue agents. Happy to finally beat the nemesis though !!
Decent is not jard, nemesis in 4 group is godlike, it is to hard
Its not to hard, but it needs checkpoints if you dc or dont have 6h to play that day
It’s not the difficulty that needs to be nerfed. The RNG needs to be improved. They nerfed it after the 2nd PTS. How is unbreakable and some other regular talents considered an exotic talent? They just watered the exotic pool down.
Unbreakable is in Descent?!? I've played it dozens of times, and have never even seen it lol...Guess I have horrible rng in that game mode.
@@Saintsfanalways sorry, I meant bloodsucker.
I hate that the skills are based so much on sticky, chem launcher and pulse. it is so hard to get turret, drone or shield. it is kind of ridicules
It isn't hard it just isn't worth the time. The rewards is just blueprints and a exotic cashe.
The bad thing about this is that you only get one try at a blueprint cashe, once defeating the nemesis. There no other way to get on on any other loop.
Explosive stickey is the best skill.
Play solo or 2 playets.... its simple then. 4 players is insanely rough for randoms (only way I'm able to play).
No rewards kills the mode... easy fix would be just make some quick gear skins... we have skins that are 2 or 3 colors but depending on which side of the circle it's on makes a difference... so just mix up the colors and toss them out. That's Something FFS
The rng is so bad i keep getting the same talent and weapon over an over
I do not find it too hard, it's if you get good sh!t or not is the problem.
I got one shotted from the Nemeis
Nope, not very hard. Especially when you can upgrade the stats to be stronger. My issue is freezing , getting disconnected or returning to the title screen randomly. I wouldn't mind going in a group but Im fine doing it solo too. I just wish the uniforms werent to expensive. I wanna get at least 2 of them.
I have had it now with the decent , After palying just about every day and killing the Nemisis at least a dozen times I find the games is more than 90% luck. I thought the Nemisis was supposed to be somewhat of a clone to you ? Well how come he can just about 1 shot you throw a stinger hive at you from about 1 klm away and your dead before you fire a a shot ? Not to mention pulling multi skills out of his arse witch by the way you never used during the whole game . Now what am I going to do with the 6000 plus NSA credits I have when there is nnothing you can use them for ?
Buying some armour regen would be a good idea as here is just about none available . Such a shame I hope they do something to balace it a bit better as it takes about 1 hr to get to the Nemisis and then you either get your arse handed to you straight away or run out of ammo trying to kill the bastard 😪
Don’t really like it what’s the point of it
Fun
Not a fan either, I don't find it fun, it is too long, and for the investment of time the rewards are just not worth it.
@@FinalGirlHorror Yep, the rewards are not great at all, you get caches of gear, which you can find in other missions and areas of the maps.
its a bit to hard to play even on easy
at least for me, its a boring game mode. Could play survival for a whole day... this, 20 mins and the game play feels repetitive for much that you wanna try other perks, at the end there is no surprise or the feeling of a new finding.
Ya I font get I to it other but I have to say if you don't watch these informative videos and play the game there's alot your just not gonna know. Stacking talents for instance I'd isn't k ow you could do it lol. Still best it but took way way to long I mean wow. It's fun once maybe twice but idk cool vid
Is it hard? Of course not... What you need is a team🤨
Truth is we all left to play Diablo 4.
I find the early game way too slow
It’s not too difficult it’s too boring
How do we make it easier??? How do you make us care about Descent? It's a waste of time.
No. It's not hard at all. What it is is It's TOO DAMN BORING!!! I've never been so bored in a game in my life!
Decent will be another Summit without the target loot part . You make it to the top , kill the hunters , get the rewards , done . Same story different location .
the going back to fricken dc needs to stop
Its not hard its useless for some of us veterans
Not worth the grind. Shitty rewards and the time you invest in it, is just a total waste. I've got disconnected multiple times when over level 30, I can't tell you how frustrating it is. It doesn't even reconnect you back into the same session when you come back online. This game has core issues which are still not being addressed. Makes me just want to delete it
Not so much the difficulty as the pointlessness
Its just boring. No build diversity, skills are useless just stack dps and go burrr. 4 person scale is just dumb
It’s not hard. It’s boring. Too slow. No objective. No story. No rewards.
Division is boring need new missions commerdations something to play for .same old pointless videos
The nemesis is hard
It's not too hard. But, it's boring.