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The Division 2 developers have finally addressed the ongoing discussion surrounding Determined, and in this video I react to their latest statement and share my thoughts on what it could mean for the talent moving forward.  Determined has become one of the most popular — and controversial — talents in The Division 2, especially when it comes to powerful one-shot sniper builds. With the developers now commenting on it, could changes be coming?  I break down what the devs said, give my reaction, and discuss what I think should happen with Determined.  💬 What do YOU think about the developers’ statement? Should Determined stay as it is, be changed, or be completely reworked? Let me know in the comments!  👍 If you enjoy The Division 2 news, builds, guides and discussions, make sure to LIKE the video and SUBSCRIBE for more!  Developer Notes: https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/game/the-division/the-division-2/news-updates/1bxX2xFH9oRij6ylkyY1yZ  The Division 2 Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzNMBUzEjailUMyaTidCpU0NIkrXO2Ls2  🎮 Other Channels 🔴 GCROCK XTRA: https://www.youtube.com/@GCROCKXTRA 🟣 Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/gcrock6 🟢 Kick: https://kick.com/gcrock6 🟣 Lady Rock Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/ladyrock87  💬 Join the Community Discord: https://discord.gg/gcrock  📱 Follow Me X: https://x.com/gcrock6 Insta: https://www.instagram.com/gcrock6 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@gcrock6  💰Additional Support Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/gcrock/join Ubisoft Creator Code: Use my creator code "GCROCK" at checkout on all your Ubisoft Connect purchases! Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/user/gcrock Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/gcrock  #TheDivision2 #Division2 #Determined

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00:00so we got the red horizon pts developer notes these have come after the pts we've just had

00:06right so the that long it's not gonna be too much of a long one we'll read through it and

00:11we'll react as we normally do determined talent and marksman rifles is the first thing they're

00:16going into there's been a lot of feedback about this you know my views i'll share them again now

00:20as this is what they're gonna say about it determined was one of the most discussed changes

00:24during the pts and the feedback around it was divided some of you supported the change i wanted

00:29to see more options for mmr builds or others asked us to leave it as it is i'm not going

00:33to continue

00:34because i'm going to share my opinion right now on this determined should have been fixed a long time

00:38ago in my opinion it absolutely devalued every other sniper in the game and anybody that enjoyed

00:44sniping it had a negative effect on their experience i'll give you an example of this so i like sniping

00:50i had a nice tip of the spear build i used to always use and i run with squad friends

00:55all the time in a

00:55squad right so when i'm in a squad three people come in with determined on it made impossible for

01:01me i couldn't couldn't snipe i had to throw in a determined build and just shoot things in the body

01:05which if you like sniping that's not determined was never a sniper's talent it was a talent for

01:12people that couldn't snipe and allow them to have the power of sniping so it needed adjusting they

01:16adjusted it once and there's bad feedback so they reverted back and they've adjusted it again

01:22uh but lots of people are unhappy about it but they mix because a lot of people that enjoy sniping

01:27that will be glad of this change and let's see what they say one of the main reasons we wanted

01:33to make this change is the interaction between the current version of determined and headhunter

01:37once determined is active a body shot converted into a headshot can trigger determined again

01:41if it kills the enemy combined with headhunter this allows the chain to continue after the initial

01:46headshot kill uh this also leaves us with less room to improve mmrs exactly it takes out

01:51every other mmr in the game and any related gear because increasing the damage can make

01:56that determined plus headhunter setup even stronger another reason and one that is just as important

02:02is the work we are doing to the end game beyond red horizon we have more additions planned for you

02:07and part of preparing for that means addressing some of the balance issues and meta outliers that

02:13can limit what we can do determined is one of those cases so future plans they're thinking ahead for

02:18something that's coming uh that is why after reviewing the feedback we have decided to move

02:22forward with the change determined doing this now gives us more freedom to add and improve things in

02:27the future everyone i like that they've been all honest and upfront about it

02:32and yeah they're carrying on with it which is good i was worried they were going to do that

02:36uh with the final version the terminal function like perfect determined meaning converted headshot kill

02:41will no longer re-trigger the talent but the current chaining functionality is not disappearing

02:46completely is moving to the iron will exotic chest this is the this is the beauty of it that's still

02:51giving you determined you throw that exotic chest on you have what determined does now it's just that you

02:56can't mix it with chain killer which obviously made it powerful but that that is giving you an

03:02alternative uh this frees up the weapon talent slot so you can use it with exotic mmrs high-end mmrs

03:09and

03:09different talents and pistols like regoliths and the harvest we also heard the feedback from those who rely

03:14determined because mmrs can feel difficult to use without it that's a bit where you just got to

03:19practice like being a sniper is something like you don't just pick up a sniper and start hitting heads

03:25you don't you got to practice you don't just pick up any game and start demolishing stuff like

03:32sniper is like an art in a way you've got to learn enemy movement you'll learn how enemy reacts and

03:37when

03:37you start learning their movement and how different enemies will move and then the tracking of enemies it's

03:42so fun and that's what snipers do that's why snipers enjoy it's the challenge of learning it so if

03:47you're struggling with it it's because you're not doing that it's not that people can't snipe it's

03:50that they don't want to go through that learning phase uh this is something we want to address as

03:55well though we are looking into a handling pass for marksman rifles and rifles to make them feel better

04:00to use although we do not have the timeline to share that with you okay the upcoming red horizon

04:05season will also include buffs to mmr related gear sets and brands including hot shot and aces and

04:11eights as well as increases to mmr damage bonuses as brand sets we want to give marksman rifle builds

04:16more options rather than having so much of their strength tighter talent combination

04:22this was one of the harder decisions coming out of the pts and we know not everyone will agree with

04:26it after reviewing the feedback and looking at where we want to take the game next we believe

04:30this is the right decision to make 100 we will still want to thank everyone who took the time to

04:35explain what determined means to their builds and how they use it obviously i fully back all of that

04:43we are allowed to have different opinions that is fine but personally i fully awesome new gear

04:49weapons talents a lot of feedback around gear and weapons focus on some of the new options

04:53not feeling strong enough in practice here are the changes we've made based on what we saw during the

04:58test so boiling point weapon talent standard the portion of the magazine with minus 100% chance has

05:04been reduced from 80 to 53 that's better i read 25 originally and i thought oh my god it's gonna

05:09be

05:10amazing then seeing it was 80 in the pts it's like what so 53 now am i okay perfect version

05:17to 48

05:17uh ember engine gear set spontaneous combustion burn application chances increased to 40 flashpoint

05:23chest bonus increased to 60. fafner exotic shotgun dragons breath chance to apply burn increased to 40

05:30from 10 weapon damage scaling from your status effect bonus increased to 50. iron will exotic chest pv

05:36cooldowns increased from one to two pvp cooldown increased from two to three incinerator turret base

05:43cooldown reduced from 60 to 30. arodi holdens brand set pv two-piece headshot damage increased from 13 to 26

05:49they've doubled it well that's good gruppo three-piece headshot damage increased from 13 to 39

05:55they've tripled that mukami industries we have reverted the brand set changes tested during the

06:01pts a two-piece bonus reverted to 35 percent repair skills and three piece 18 skill damage

06:07modifiers a lot of feedback during the test was about the pressure gauge and how quickly it decayed

06:11compared to how long it could take to build we also saw that keeping the gauge up could feel harder

06:16in group play based on the feedback we made the following changes i didn't play the pts i couldn't get

06:21on

06:21it so i have no opinion here i don't will read it uh pressure gauge decay has been made less

06:27aggressive and will now start later some actions about pressure have been buffed a new group kill

06:31action has been added you'll now gain one percent pressure when another player in your group gets a

06:36kill that's cool uh hostile modifiers achilles heel pressure gauge lost from breaking an armor piece

06:43or weak point has been reduced from 10 to 5 uh draining presence radius reduced from seven to five meters

06:51remember that setting an affected enemy on fire will remove the hostile modifier effects and permanently

06:56disable them for that enemy active modifiers we have heard that the active modifiers themselves

07:00need more impact so all three have received buffs very order armor region is now percentage based

07:06ranging from 0.5 to 1.5 armor per second at level 5 damage resistance while sprinting can now reach

07:12100 percent uh burn duration has been increased at level 5 armor regen per unique enemy burned has

07:18increased to 15 percent vicarious combustion the range of the headshot effect has been doubled

07:22the burn damage penalty has been reduced from 50 to 25 50 to 10 burn duration has been slightly

07:28reduced the cooldown of its level 5 effect has been reduced side shield delivered uh shield health and

07:33shield active region have been increased dark zones and pvp so the blackout doctor this is what i

07:38really want to try i'm quite excited by this they look like the blackout dark zone is going to be

07:43very

07:43rewarding uh you told us blackout enemies were going down a little too easily they've taken the feedback

07:47personally i will be tougher in the season release i like that prototype gear and weapon drop rates

07:53have also been adjusted normal enemies 0.2 chance for prototype drop mid stat rolls 0.5 mid stat rolls

07:590.2 chance for prototype drop and a boss enemy some one percent chance for prototype drop mid stat rolls

08:04to send chance for prototype drop high oh like a two percent for a high drop on a boss we

08:12also added

08:13otter's uh otter's caduceus and nurse's knee pads to a special loophole for pvp dark zones pvp balance

08:19after reviewing your feedback about the pvp balance pass we made some adjustments to skills talents gear and

08:25brand set bonuses we saw that tier 6 firebase skill builds could become too strong in pvp when combined

08:30with ember engine so we've made some pvp specific adjustments to the set spontaneous combustion chance

08:35to apply burn is eight percent with eight percent burn damage if the status effect initially applied

08:40was burn flashpoint increases spontaneous combustion's burn application chance to 12

08:44white heart increases duration of spontaneous combustion's burn damage debuff by 12

08:49we also heard concerns around the strength of several bonus armor talents blood suck out and break up

08:54or protected reload and adrenaline rush have all received some adjustments for the full breakdown check the pvp

09:00set bonus and talents rebalance of pvp skill rebalance sheets uh they've not linked it though so i will

09:07at this regard as a video we'll link this in the video as always but there's no link to those

09:10sheets

09:11pvp stat display some of you also reported that pvp stats were not always displayed clearly while

09:17checking your build starting with red horizon your inventory will show your pvp weapon damage directly

09:22below the pv value and your displayed stats will automatically switch to their pvp values when you enter any pvp

09:29environment you'll also be able to check your pvp normalization stats and pvp balance overrides in the

09:35shooting range by activating the pvp switches as part of these changes the inventory normalization bottom

09:40will temporarily removed while we update the ui and that's it again never tested the pts i'm glad i

09:48didn't get on it so nothing really to react to or say about all of that but that for me

09:55big win well

09:56done stick to your guns needs doing good job

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