In The Division 2 you can get the exotic LMG Pestilence. Where to find it and what the Exotic can do, you can find out here in overview.
What is Pestilence? Since the “Tidal Basin” update it is the first exotic LMG in the game. This one is called Pestilence. The light machine gun specializes in PvP due to its special talents, where it spreads a “plague of the Outcasts”.
Location of Pestilence
How to find Pestilence: Since it is primarily a PvP weapon, you must march into an area that involves PvP to obtain Pestilence. Specifically, into the Dark Zone.
- Pestilence is a random drop in one of the three Dark Zones. Which Dark Zone you go to is up to you.
- Kill named enemies with yellow health bars. You have a chance to obtain the Exotic from them.
- You can quickly find these enemies at (challenging) landmarks.
- Pestilence is an Outcast weapon; however, it should not matter which named boss you kill. It does not have to be an Outcast boss. True Son bosses have also been confirmed as a source by users.
- Pestilence should be able to drop in “normal” and occupied Dark Zones. In occupied Dark Zones, you can get to it more efficiently (occupied Dark Zones have been confirmed more frequently as locations).
- The Pestilence can be a contaminated drop. This means you should exfil it as soon as you get it, so it safely belongs to you. In other words: You can also get to Pestilence by killing other players who have obtained a Pestilence but have not exfiltrated it yet.
The Talents of Pestilence – What the Exotic can do
This is Pestilence: It is an exotic light machine gun with a fire rate of 550 and a magazine size of 100. Pestilence is based on an M249; however, the base damage is quite low. This is compensated by the talents.
The Talents of Pestilence:
- The Plague of the Outcasts: After hitting the same enemy 20 times, they become afflicted with the plague of the Outcasts. When a contaminated enemy is killed, they leave a poison cloud for 10 seconds, adding 200% weapon damage and “Pestilence” to anyone caught within it per second.
- Pestilence: This debuff reduces healing received by 50% for 10 seconds. If an enemy affected by the Pestilence debuff is incapacitated, they die instantly. An enemy can remove Pestilence if they fully restore their armor.
The Pestilence talent is purely a PvP talent. If an enemy goes down, they die instantly – this effect is ineffective against PvE enemies, as they die immediately anyway.
- Outcast Resilience: This is the third talent. As long as the weapon is in the holster, you gain a 20% bonus armor for 5 seconds if you are blinded, on fire, or have a bleeding wound. This talent is practical in both PvP and PvE.
Is the weapon worth it? According to initial user opinions, the weapon is not worth it at all in PvE. The base damage is simply too low and the talents are too focused on PvP.
In PvP, Pestilence is also not recommended. The strong talents require 20 hits to activate at all. With a normal M249, you can easily kill enemies with 20 hits without needing the talents.
If you like to play with LMGs and occasionally hang out in PvP, you can definitely try the weapon. Because there are also user opinions that Pestilence is pretty cool in PvP.
Have you played Pestilence yet? What do you think of it?
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