In The Division 2 there is an absurd situation: Players in strong clans sometimes lack access to top items, as the clan vendor’s offerings vary. In the past two weeks, the vendors for weaker clans have had the better items available. Some agents leave their clans just to go shopping.
That is the problem: Last week, the clan vendor in The Division 2 had a strong chest armor available. It provided “30%” bonus armor.
The problem is: To access the vest, one had to be in a clan around level 14. So relatively low.
If one’s clan level is too high, they could not purchase the vest. Their own clan vendor in The Division 2 simply did not offer it.
Players do not even see such items; most do not even realize what they are missing out on, even if they diligently check all vendors.
This has happened again this week. The clan vendor has a decent vest available after the vendor reset from Friday night to Saturday, but only for players in clans around level 25 – those significantly above or below that level do not see it.
Most frequent players are now around clans level 30.
The shopping hunt for the “good roll”
What are “strong items” in The Division 2? Vendor offers revolve around purchasing items with the highest possible “rolls” on individual stats. Because that one good stat can be pulled to your own items by “recalibrating”.
The stats are within fixed parameters and players look for items that are at the top end of the scale. This is referred to as “God rolls.”
Otherwise, clan level does not have significant effects on the actual stats; the item score scales with the player level, not with the clan.
Here’s how players cope: In the video about the “God Roll” armor, the YouTuber suggests that people should leave their clans and specifically look for an open low-level clan just to get this chest armor.
“This is bullshit”
This is how players react: Players on Reddit are upset about this mechanic. They say: “Many people have helped build the clan here, I don’t want to leave it just for one item.”
They demand that there should only be one palette of items for all clans.
Many refuse to leave their clan for something like this. That’s bullshit.
One more point to add to the agenda of the developers of The Division 2, Massive.
