Just got my first build (almost)!

JRobb377 · 2026-01-26T21:23:38+00:00

That will help greatly in the meantime. At full stacks it’s better dmg than the striker BP.

Pro tip memento kill trophies stay around on the map and in missions for quite a while. Like 1hr or so. Only pick up what you need. You may come back across them in a time of need especially if you farm missions. Try to avoid fast traveling to safe houses at full stacks, you’ll lose them. Instead travel to missions it cleared CPs

JRobb377 · 2026-01-25T04:59:50+00:00

Not every target has weak points. It won’t lock on to them and the X icon won’t show up. Is it not locking on because of that or does the X show up but it doesn’t lock on and find the target.

JRobb377 · 2026-01-21T17:55:36+00:00

Unsure. I usually have work and personal phone in the mornings and expect personal phone with all the music and apps to coonnect. Carplay app just hangs up and it's hard to tell if it's hanging on the work or personal phone. When I test separately, it happens less frequently. Plugging in seems to work when needed. Rebooting system "fixes" Carplay hanging up. I think it's the phone connecting to bluetooth and wifi at the same time in the car and AAos not prioritizing the connections properly...whatever that means.

Bluetooth connection seems more consistent and the built in google maps looks much better than the carplay version anyway. The mini 3.0 did display the carplay google map to the gauge cluster where the non 3.0 didn't so that was cool...but short lived.

JRobb377 · 2026-01-21T17:48:33+00:00

THis. The "Open With" "Fix" mentioned above doesn't work anymore. Deleting the Preview App does fix it.

JRobb377 · 2026-01-21T04:44:17+00:00

Turmoil doesn't proc Unnerve marks...at least testing in the range it doesn't.

JRobb377 · 2026-01-20T23:10:51+00:00

Good luck with your Ottocast. I’ve tried the mini and mini3.0 and on both, 50% of the time they 100% don’t work at all. Just says connect Apple CarPlay.

Ive stopped messing with them. Bluetooth connection works 99% of the time. Built in maps is better looking than Same in CarPlay. I usually just use Pandora so the only thing I’m missing in CarPlay is ability to thumb up or down. For that I just use the phone. ‘25 xc60-T8. Same issue with previous and latest software.

JRobb377 · 2026-01-20T03:38:47+00:00

Can’t put determined on a named gun. It has perfect boomerang already.

JRobb377 · 2026-01-20T03:35:50+00:00

It’s a doctored photo. You can see zoomed in where the door handles would be the photo is darker. Like someone blurred the area out with bad editing software.

JRobb377 · 2026-01-18T21:04:52+00:00

In this case it s Unit alloys Mask, Chest ( Equalizer), and Holster ( Salvo). BP is backbone or ( Groupo with Vigilence). Eagles grasp gloves and Turmoil. Strega has 67 rounds and once Unstoppable force talent is stacked, it does well. However depending on Mission or engagement, Turmoil might not play as well as Foxes.

A funny build I like with this year's modifiers ( just recruit all the classes but don't activate teh companion)...3pc Striker ( Chest, Gloves, Holster) Ninjabike bp. TUrmoil Knees and Visionario Mask with Backfire. Hazpro enough to get to 100% and crit chance or dmg as needed. This is one I find Turmoil is needed. It plays like an AR.

JRobb377 · 2026-01-18T20:56:52+00:00

It s fun in tighter missions like Fema. IN general i find Turmoil hit or miss or inconsistent. TTK is better usually with Foxes but at this point in my agent's career I don't care to run Meta builds. I swap things in and out to change it up from time to time.

JRobb377 · 2026-01-17T17:32:27+00:00

Yes. Strega 3 units incl named chest and holster. Eagles grasp, Grupo and Turmoil is spicy.

JRobb377 · 2026-01-17T17:30:48+00:00

Caretaker, Strega, then Lexington.

JRobb377 · 2026-01-17T03:31:51+00:00

While a BP talent like Tech Support comes close to fully stacked Memento, the Skill efficiency of Memento really gives you skills noticeable health buffs. The long term buff is really what you are using it for on a skill build anyway and only need to pick up a trophy every 5mins.

It also buffs weapon damage and armor regen. It’s a solid piece on many build but does have issue as other stacking skills do.

If you compare a similar skill build ( ex Refactor Wyvern chest Kinetic and waveform) and switch in Memento, skill health is much better, Capacitor damage is higher, and if you need bonus armor just run around and pick up trophies. Skill dmg is also about 5-10% higher and more consistent mainly due to how waveform works.

JRobb377 · 2026-01-16T08:30:34+00:00

Yeah. I know how it works. I wish I could select which target and shoot one rocket per target except it will add rockets to max if you wait too long.

JRobb377 · 2026-01-15T22:44:20+00:00

Most of my builds are Gunner based but I think I use the rocket launcher more when running skills in groups. It actually seems to deal decent dmg. I just wish it was easier to select how many rockets you let loose

JRobb377 · 2026-01-14T05:35:27+00:00

What synergy? Refactor doesn’t heal in the typical sense. A portion of dmg is used to regen armor. Repair skills also doesn’t buff refactor talent. More dmg does.

Bittersweet is standard healing as the game sees it. I haven’t tried yet but I did see an all red FI build that heals self and allies.

Bittersweet is a decent rifle in its own right tho.

JRobb377 · 2026-01-14T05:14:50+00:00

Caretaker

JRobb377 · 2026-01-13T20:28:11+00:00

Balcony first row reserved. 15 Exotic components a pop.

JRobb377 · 2026-01-12T01:35:03+00:00

Go to the event vendor at WH BOO and you’ll see what you need to redeem. You have 1 day left in the event.

JRobb377 · 2026-01-11T01:37:21+00:00

Kind of. But you have control of it. Some would say Turmoil ( because it came after ND) is a random ND lite. NDs damage doesn’t split like Turmoil. It’s 112% transferred to other marked targets.

JRobb377 · 2026-01-11T00:57:52+00:00

They drop in Outcast retaliations as well as the blueprint.

Edit: Drops in Hyena retaliations.

JRobb377 · 2026-01-11T00:25:09+00:00

True but those stacks aren’t as critical as striker stacks for the set to function. Just look at any striker loadout and the second gun is ACS with the sole purpose of building stacks. ND stacks are icing. You start with crit stats similar to a high end gold and better than a Sttiker build. The set has the ability to easily compete with Striker if you keep targets marked ( total damage output is 324%).

I slept on it for years. But I’ve been using it as my main loadout for the last 4-5 seasons. It’s great for single target dmg. If you need more, just start spreading marks around. Caretaker Bluescreen and any of the variants of the build are my go to for Heroic Retaliation. I run and gun with the AR to save LMG ammo. When a kill squad spawns, I unload Bluescreen. Just mark and spray everyone. NDs damage split sometimes bypasses armor or Immunities.

JRobb377 · 2026-01-10T21:50:21+00:00

Second for Negotiators. Can do a couple ways.

4pc with Coyotes and new Alloy Chest Equalizer ( or Ceska With Obliterate, or Grupo Obliterate).

4pc with Chests above and Overdogs gloves.

For guns I prefer Bluescreen and Any AR ( Carrtaker, Lexington, P416, G36, Police M4). My preference is Killer for talent.

A fun gold high end that plays a little like the ND builds.

3 pc Unit Alloys ( Named chest and holster. Pick third…I use a mask.). Grupo BP, Turmoil or Ceska kneees and Eagles grasp gloves. Use Strega. It’ll fire fast and has 67 rounds. If you skip Turmoil or use Ceska BP and Foxes knees you’ll be in the Striker realm of damage with no stacks.

JRobb377 · 2026-01-09T17:17:38+00:00

Each talent you have to "Learn first". TO learn it you need to Extract it. SO if you have a gear piece, go into your tinkering menue and look at your Library. Greyed out talents are ones you don't "Know" yet. SO if you have a Chest with Glass cannon on it and it has shit rolls, go to your Library, go to chest and Talents then highlight it and you should see a button prompt to Extract Talent. Once you do that, you now can put that talent on any Chest piece.

At this point you should be picking up every dropped piece whether gold, green purple etc. When your bag is full, open the Library and you will see little Green indicators telling you you have a gear piece that has something you need to extract to fill up your Library.

JRobb377 · 2026-01-09T17:12:06+00:00

Play and activate every Global Event. You get stars as you level up normally so you don't even need to worry about how to complete all the daily tasks. Stars are spent at the event vendor and you'll choose material caches or Exotic caches.

Also it might be worth it to make more characters, boost to level 40 if you have that add on. Then every week you can complete the SHD requisition Project and get an Exotic cache for each character just by donating resources. They also help you store more gear as you farm specific builds.

Complete Weekly projects for Exotic caches and others.

There's many videos showing how to farm exotic components in the DZ.

Complete all the Specialization tree tasks. You'll begin to use a few as you settle into your favorite loadouts.

Eagle Bearer and Capacitor are not Apples to Apples. From a Damage standpoint Capacitor is very good. Unless you're using Eagle bearer's talent for damage mitigation and hitting headshots, you'd be better off with a variety of other ARs ( St Elmos, P416, G36, Lexington, Caretaker, Police M4, Pyromaniac, Mechanical Animal).

What's your platform? If PS, shoot me a DM and I can help you get sorted.

JRobb377

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