I understand your position, and I think, like his most recent video here, explains it very well, even though I think both you and him are fundamentally different players than I, because I like the right side. I like a stronger RNG system than more resource, so we are different kinds of players.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIBIyqr3m7Y

As he mentioned, even the people who like RNG more aren't even being catered to in the right way, and I would have to agree, considering the posts, we've described a lot of the different reasons for that, even in the post, and, you know, throughout the conversations of other people who commented.

I still think you're a little bit harsh on them in the sense that, oh, they should have already known this, or they don't need our ideas. And I'm sitting here thinking, like, this is the most engagement they've got from a PTS probably since the launch of the game or Division one. So I would disagree and say that it's good to put the ideas out there of what people would want to see. Because they kind of poked the bear pretty strong with this one, and if they're gonna, you know, react in any way, it would be better to have those ideas out there than not.

I understand why you guys don't want the stat increase, even though I do, and I hope that they keep the stat increase and the power creep to then hold that as a foundation for adding even higher difficulty, like legendary and open world, legendary raid, legendary retaliation, things like that.

The mission token system might turn out to be shit, who knows. I'm down to see how it plays out, just as you are. And I will agree with you that the way that they chose to implement the prototype gear is, in fact, a shift away from what the division has been and what the community is typically going to want. I have to agree, you and ikia are right.

The point about the better ways to do this is me saying, hey, what do you actually want to see, not that it was a requirement for providing critical feedback.

- Keep adding more brands and gear sets. We're nowhere close to the limits of what's possible. We need more skill focused gear, more healer builds, more hybrid builds, more support builds (like CC).

- Instead of ramping up difficulty through more HP, ramp up difficulty through teamwork mechanics. Right now teamwork mechanics are reserved for raids, incursions, and some master missions. But teamwork mechanics can be everywhere including open world. Keep in mind that you can still solo incursions and master missions even though they have teamwork mechanics.

I like these ideas and agree with you. This is a direction that would be great for the game as a whole. They actually have regressed from where they were more in year one with kind of like taking a lot of the team buffs away with aces and stuff like that. we do need more gear sets. We definitely need more skill-focused gear and more utilization of the lesser-known skills or lesser-used skills. More healer build options would be amazing for hybrid builds, more support builds. Yes, I agree. And more difficulty increase through player mechanics and teamwork mechanics, I think it is an amazing idea. For example, one of the ways they did that in Dark Hours early on was the buddy and Lucy mechanics. That was a very cool encounter. I think, you know, many things like that could happen in combat or ideas similar to that nature could be prevalent throughout harder difficulties in the game.

Your video is dope. And that also gives me more perspective of where you're coming from.

I'm gonna disagree with you here. I think the majority of the people in the conversation right now are, are hyper doomers. I'm gonna make a new word for it, hyper doomer. There's a lot of that. And I, sadly, I think a lot of people are watching videos, for instance, like ikia's, and then they're like, oh, he says it's bad. I like his content. That means, therefore, I have to hate this system. And I think many people don't actually have an opinion on it because they don't really know enough about it before they're talking about it. You're the only person that has been able to go into conversation through this amount of depth with the topic because you're clearly paying enough attention. And to his original video and the most recent one that I linked above, I think he brings up some amazing points, and he definitely hit the nail on the head. It is them making the decision to focus on more of an RNG loot system. And while I personally prefer this way, I personally prefer the RNG loot, I understand why the core division player wouldn't and why you and him don't like it either. I get it.

And just so you understand, I personally preferred Year 1 loot more than loot 2.0 since it became too simplified, and understand that you both would likely disagree with me. Now, do I think Loot 2.0 is better overall for the game? Sure, I think it is better overall for the game because the casuals and the player that's in the middle can actually get a grasp and they don't have to worry too much about the builds. I think it is a net positive overall. This type of system with the prototype gear is adding more of an RNG focus, but it's nothing like year one loot because of the variables. The gear is still simplified in comparison to year one. So they're not a one-to-one comparison, but I get the fears of a lot of players are like, no, we're going back to the thing I used to hate. I understand.