A staircase glitch is causing a stir in The Division 2, where a square without texture prevents players and NPCs from using a specific staircase. This bug can even decide life and death.

This is what the glitch is about: A staircase located at the Ivy Tunnel checkpoint is currently impassable. Players are increasingly reporting in the Subreddit of The Division 2 that a flat square is blocking the way.

Not even NPCs can use this staircase without problems. This causes curious situations that can cost both agents and NPCs their lives.

The rectangle both takes and saves lives

This is what the glitch looks like: Players are sharing several screenshots of the glitch via Reddit. It appears that a texture is not loading properly, resulting in a strange square floating in the air.

This square prevents access to the staircase. At least when trying to go up. However, clever players have discovered that one can at least roll down.

This is how the community reacts: Most players find the bug amusing or harmless, as there are several places where one can bypass this staircase.

Some, like User reclaimer130, are reminded of the “weird doors.” Weird doors, or the “weird doors” are a kind of running gag and are likely known to veterans of the first game. There were countless glitched doors that caused various problems.

Therefore, fixes for “weird doors” were included in all patch notes. Even when there were no more significant door bugs known, there was always a fix for another strange door. Now there would be “weird stairs” as well.

However, the bug can decide life and death, as these two examples show.

The user mfathrowawaya reports: “This square saved me during my first encounter with the Sledgehammer guy. He couldn’t get through either.” Another one reports that this spot cost him his life when he wanted to retreat.

In a way, this staircase can decide over life and death, both for players and for NPCs. Not every fan is thrilled about this. Most hope for a quick fix to the bug.

This is what the developer says: Massive is already aware of the problem and is working on a quick solution. The fix may come with the next patch, which is to be released soon.

Have you also encountered this strange staircase?

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This is why Merciless is so merciless in The Division 2 – Here’s how to get the exotic

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In The Division 2, you can hunt for the rifle Merciless. This is how you obtain the exotic weapon.

In The Division 2, you obtain Exotics by

• searching for various components and a blueprint to craft the Exotic at the crafting station – like the Snitch
• getting it as a random drop

The Merciless is one of those random drop Exotics. It is an exotic rifle that is said to be quite merciless according to the translation into German.

Location of Merciless

This is how you obtain the exotic weapon: The Merciless is not a guaranteed drop. You need luck to get the weapon. According to user reports, you can do the following to force luck:

• Since the Merciless is a Hyena weapon, you need to play missions where Hyena bosses are waiting for you. These bosses can drop the weapon. Allegedly, not only mission bosses but also bounty targets can make the weapon drop.
• Confirmed and reliable missions are Jefferson Trade Center and the Bank Headquarters.
• Users report that at Jefferson Trade Center, you can get the weapon relatively quickly (for example, after the 3rd run).
• You must have reached endgame (be level 30).
• Ideally, play the missions on Hard or Challenging difficulty, as the chance is said to be higher.

With a bit of luck, the weapon will then lie in front of you on the ground:

The perks make Merciless so merciless

This is Merciless: It is an exotic rifle. This means that the weapon is not fired automatically; you have to press the fire button for each shot – with the Merciless having a particular feature.

The rate of fire is 260, and the magazine size is 30.

These are the talents of the weapon: The talents allow you an exciting, “merciless” playstyle:

• Binary Trigger: The weapon fires one bullet each time you press the fire button and when you release it. The Merciless has a special shooting mechanic that allows you to fire bullets quite quickly.
• Guerilla Warfare: When you press the fire button, a “primer bullet” is fired that sticks in the target. When you release the fire button, the second bullet is a “detonator bullet” that makes all primer bullets in the target explode.

Each primer bullet in the target increases the damage per primer bullet by +75% when the primers explode. In other words, the more primers you sink into the target before you let them explode, the more Boom!

Only one enemy can accumulate primers. The maximum is 5 primers on the enemy.

You should use this talent best against tough boss enemies. Shoot the primer bullet into the boss and when you release the fire button, shoot the detonator bullet into the empty space or at another enemy. Stack 5 primers in the boss and then blow him up.

According to users, a damage of over 1 million is possible during the explosion if you skill accordingly. You can see the talent effect here in the video from Willis Gaming (starting at minute 3:00), where he manages over 644,000 damage (for comparison: an exploding primer inflicts 47,000 damage):

This is how you can fill the bosses with primers and then let them explode joyfully. Thus, the Merciless acts mercilessly against well-armed enemies.

• Brutality: This is the third talent. It causes each shot to have a 5% chance to deal +20% damage as explosive damage – but only when the Merciless is holstered.

This means that if you put the Merciless away and take out your secondary weapon, it has a 5% chance of additional explosive damage. The Merciless thus enhances your other equipped weapons.

What do you think of this “merciless weapon”? An exotic that you will definitely try out?

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The 5 best weapons in The Division 2 that will take you to the next level in PvP

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In The Division 2 you can create this solo build that allows you to be well-equipped as a solo player, especially in PvE.

The Division 2 is a shared-world shooter primarily aimed at players who enjoy defeating enemies together in co-op, grabbing loot, and optimizing their builds in cooperation with each other.

However, The Division 2 also offers a lot for single players. To ensure you are well-equipped as lone wolves against all dangers in Washington D.C., we present you with a build that excels in PvE.

Who is the creator of the solo build? This is the best solo build that YouTuber MarcoStyle uses when playing alone. Theoretically, the build is also effective in PvP, but usually the 1-shot sniper build is the best choice there.

Here you can see the solo build in the video:

How to create the top build for single players

The advantages of the build: As a solo player, you must find the balance between

• dealing a lot of damage (so the enemies die)
• sustaining enough damage (so you don’t die constantly)
• and keeping yourself alive (since you have no teammates to help you)

This build aims to provide you with a good combination of these three factors.

You will need the following gear (all high-end): Gear from 6 different brands is used. Only the first bonus of each brand set is active:

• Mask from Sokolov Concern (+10% SMG damage) with a bonus for damage against elites
• Backpack from Gila Guard (+5% armor) with bonuses for health points, weapon damage, and armor; 1st talent “Safeguard” causes that killing an enemy grants 150% bonus to repair and healing effects for 20 seconds; 2nd talent grants +10% armor
• Chest piece from Fenris Group AB (+10% assault rifle damage) with bonuses for critical hit chance, armor, and weapon damage; talent “Berserker” means that for every 10% less armor you deal 10% more damage
• Gloves from Alps Summit Armament (+10% shortened cooldown) with a bonus for assault rifle damage; talent “Clutch” means critical hits repair 15% health points and 2% armor
• Holster from Wyvern Wear (+7% critical hit damage) with a bonus for shortened cooldown
• Knees from Murakami Industries (+8% health points) with a bonus for armor; talent means that after 3 seconds in cover, your armor repairs by 5% per second

When it comes to the talents of the gear, you should pay attention to 2 things:

• Increase damage against elites (talent “Hard Hitting” for +15% damage against elites, MarcoStyle has this talent on the chest piece, holster, and mask)
• Increase your chances of survival (the 1st talent on the backpack called “Safeguard” is particularly crucial, as it allows you to stay alive longer; even the Chem launcher significantly repairs your armor. And the bonuses of the other talents are also increased by 150%!). The talents on the gloves and knees are also top, as Safeguard greatly enhances their effects

In total, the build achieves 72% damage against elites, allowing you to bring down enemies with yellow health bars extremely quickly.

This is what makes the build so strong: You can deal a lot of damage but have several very good passive healing talents active, so your armor is constantly topped off.

You don’t need to invest heavily in skill strength. The skill mods require too much skill strength to unlock, making them not worth it, and with Safeguard, your Chem launcher is strong enough anyway.

You will need the following weapons (all high-end):

• Vector SBR 45 SCP (submachine gun) with the talents “Preservation”, which repairs 5% of armor per kill over 3 seconds – headshot kills improve the repair, “Strained”, which means that for every 5% less armor, you deal +10% more critical hit damage, and “Allegro”, which increases the fire rate by 10%. For the mods, it’s worth increasing critical hit chance – so you can reach the critical hit chance cap of 61%.

This high critical hit chance works excellently with the “Clutch” talent on the gloves.

• G36 C (assault rifle) with the key talent “Preservation”, which repairs 5% of armor per kill over 3 seconds – headshot kills improve the repair

You will need the following skills:

• Amplifier Chem Launcher: Releases a gas cloud that repairs and enhances your armor
• Reviver Drone: Sends out small drones that revive you when you die. You shouldn’t die often with this build, but if it happens, this skill saves you and you don’t have to start over

The specialization is the demolitionist. With that you get:

• a grenade launcher as a unique weapon
• a special armor kit that repairs your armor by 70% and improves weapon handling by 100% for 15 seconds. After 15 seconds, the remaining 30% of armor is repaired. Keep in mind that these effects are also increased by Safeguard by 150%.
• +15% submachine gun damage

In total, you have a build that allows for a lot of damage and keeps you alive. You deal many critical hits that also heal you.

Even though this build is specifically designed for solo players – you will also perform well in a group.

What do you think of the build? Do you have any suggestions for improvement?

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