In The Division, the 3rd global event is live. It is called “Assault” and brings explosive enemies, new masks, and new secret gear sets.
Today, Tuesday, December 12, the third global event in the history of The Division started at 1 PM. It is named “Assault”.
Global events are time-limited events that bring variety to the open-world activities by introducing modifiers and new loot. Global events have been in place since update 1.7, which went live this summer.
The third event will run from now until December 18 December 20 at 1 PM. You have about a week to enjoy “Assault”.
The Modifiers for Assault
Throughout the open world of The Division, the “global modifier” is in effect:
- Assault: Enemies explode upon death. This is always active.
Additionally, there are two optional modifiers that you can select in certain missions to increase your GE credit rewards:
- Preventive Strike: In addition to the Assault modifier, an explosion is triggered on the agent themselves when too much damage is taken.
- Tactical Assault: In addition to the Preventive Strike modifier, enemies are marked by Assault explosions. When they die, they deal damage to all enemies. Additionally, ally explosion damage is increased.
The optional modifiers can only be selected in the missions Lincoln Tunnel, Lexington, Time Square, Warren Gate, and in the incursion Stolen Signal.
New Items in the Game
The event introduces three new masks, three new weapon skins, and a new outfit. You earn the masks through the commendations for Assault. They look like this: Additionally, there are now four new secret gear sets in the game: Way of the Nomad, D3-FNC, Predator’s Mark, and Banshee.
By playing diligently during the global event, you earn GE credits. These can be exchanged at the terminal with the Global Event vendor for “Superior Assault Containers”. These are likely to contain exotics and secret gear sets.
What the new secret sets have to offer, we will show you now.
Way of the Nomad – Secret Set
- 2-set bonus: +15% health on kill
- 3-set bonus: A constant, minimal healing effect occurs, allowing the user to regenerate all segments of the health bar in combat.
- 4-set bonus: Talent – When you receive a lethal hit, you regain full health. Usable every 4 minutes.
- 5-set bonus: +10% health on kill, you receive more healing from the talent, which now grants you overheal.
- 6-set bonus: There is a 50% chance that the talent has no cooldown. You take 60% less damage for 10 seconds when the talent is triggered.
D3-FNC – Secret Set
- 2-set bonus: +15% protection from elites
- 3-set bonus: +10% ballistic shield damage resistance
- 4-set bonus: Talent – Allows the use of a submachine gun when a ballistic shield is active. Only the mid-tier shield mod is active. The health of the shield is increased by 57% per 3000 stamina.
- 5-set bonus: +15% protection from elites, +5% ballistic shield damage resistance
- 6-set bonus: When the ballistic shield is active, melee attacks are amplified by 2000%. Every overheal benefits the shield as healing. If you receive a certain amount of physical or exotic damage, the shield grants a buff to all agents within 15 meters for 6 seconds. The duration of the buff increases by 2 seconds for every 3000 stamina of the user. The buff states: If you take too much physical damage, armor is increased by 30%. If you take exotic damage, weapon damage is increased by 30%.
Predator’s Mark – Secret Set
- 2-set bonus: +10% reload speed
- 3-set bonus: +8% assault rifle damage and +8% submachine gun damage
- 4-set bonus: Talent – Deal 10 hits to an enemy without switching targets to inflict damage over time (bleeding) on them. This is 50% of the damage dealt.
- 5-set bonus: +10% reload speed, +8% assault rifle damage and +8% submachine gun damage
- 6-set bonus: Deal 10 hits to an enemy without switching targets to inflict bleeding. This bleeding deals 50% of the damage dealt and ignores the bleeding resistance of the target. Damage over time is increased by 15% for every 3000 stamina of the user and can critically hit. If you have over 9000 stamina, the “damage over time” bonus is increased by an additional 120%.
Banshee – Secret Set
- 2-set bonus: +20% looted DZ currency
- 3-set bonus: +10% damage to targets out of cover
- 4-set bonus: Talent – As a rogue ammo is fully replenished every 30 seconds. Damage from non-rogue agents is reduced by 10%. As a non-rogue agent, damage against rogue players is increased by 10%. This bonus is increased to 20% for 10 minutes after killing a rogue agent.
- 5-set bonus: +20% looted DZ currency, +5% damage to targets out of cover
- 6-set bonus: When you are rogue, it takes 5% less time per group member within 10 meters to lose the manhunt status. All actions that cause a rank-up are rewarded doubly. Rewards for removing manhunt status are improved.
While you are not rogue, damage against rogues with manhunt status is increased by 2% for each manhunt level. Rewards for killing enemies with manhunt status are improved.
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