The Division 2 TU16 Phase 2 PTS Patch Notes Listed

The Division 2 Title Update 17 PTS Patch Notes

Just two weeks ago, Ubisoft Massive revealed some of the changes incoming to The Division 2’s Title Update 16 (TU16) by releasing the PTS patch notes for phase 1. Now, the studio has revealed The Division 2 TU16 phase 2 patch notes that sees gear changes, weapon adjustments and more.

The pre-load starts today, September 1, and the client will go live tomorrow, September 2 at 13:00 CET/4 am PDT/7 pm EDT/7 am HKT.

The Division 2 TU16 Phase 2 PTS Patch Notes:

GEAR  

Brazos de Arcabuz  – Gear Brand Set 

  • Gear Brand Set name changed from Arcabuz Brazos to Brazos de Arcabuz 
  • Changed 3 Pieces Set bonus reward from 20% Ammo Capacity to 20% Magazine Size 
  • Talent name changed from Perfected Overclock to Perfect Overclock 
  • Buffed Perfect Overclock Talent 
    • Allies within 15 meters radius of player’s deployed skills gain +30% reload speed and reduce their active cooldowns by 0.6s each second 
  • Added new brand logo 
  • Picaros Holster:  
    • Removed the 20% Weapon Damage bonus from the Attributes. Instead, Picaros Holster will now provide a 20% Weapon Damage Perfect CORE Attribute and roll normally 2 random Attributes. 

Umbra Initiative – Gear Set 

From the Shadow Talent 
Based on our tests and player feedback, we concluded that the offensive bonus provided with the Umbra Initiative Gear Set wears out too fast for it to feel meaningful. To address this, we have decided to reduce the stacks attribution 

  • While out of cover agent loses 2 stacks instead of 4 per second at normal speed and 1 stack instead of 2 if sprinting. 

Into the Light Talent 
We decided to boost the healing bonus provided with the Umbra Initiative Gear Set while in cover 

  • Increased Armor regeneration from 0.5% to 0.8% when consumed 
  • Added in-game models for Umbra Initiative Gear Set on female body types 

 Gear Rebalance: 

Ongoing Directive 

  • Fixed an issue where Hollow-point ammo would not give bonus damage to party members 

Striker’s Battlegear
With the addition of the Heartbreaker Gear Set in Season 9, Striker has lost its place as the pure offensive beast that it was designed to be. Additionally, the fix to make Heartbreaker stacks additive instead of multiplicative also needed to be applied to Striker for both sets to behave consistently. We have taken this change into account in our rebalancing to make sure it doesn’t result in a reduction of its damage bonus. 

  • Changed damage modifier from multiplicative to additive. 
  • Striker’s Gamble: Weapon hits increase total weapon damage by 0.65%, stacking up to 100 times. 2 stacks lost per second between 0 to 50 stacks; 3 stacks lost per second between 50 and 100 stacks. 
  • Press the Advantage: Increases max stacks for Striker’s Gamble from 100 to 200. 4 stacks lost per second between 100 and 150 stacks: 5 stacks lost per second between 150 and 200 stacks. 
  • Risk Management: Increases total weapon damage gained per stack of Striker’s Gamble from 0.65% to 1%. 

WEAPONS 

 EXOTIC WEAPONS: 

Doctor Home – exotic variation of the M1A QCB Rifle 
We’re happy with the fantasy and Exotic mechanic of this weapon, but we agree that it needs a bit of a kick to become a truly valuable alternative to other weapons TD2 has to offer 

  • Increased RPM from 200 to 350 
  • Fixed an issue with the armor kit dropping from unmarked targets 

 Busy Little Bee – exotic pistol inspired by Lightning Rod 
We decided to simplify the mechanics of the Busy Little Bee and refocus on a simpler fantasy. Use the pistol to build a stack, swap weapon to consume the buff. 

  • Talent Busy Little Bee: Each shot to a different target will give 1 stack – up to 10 max, with each stack giving 20% Weapon Damage increase. Stacks will activate once the weapon is switched and will last for 10 seconds. Changing weapon again during the said 10 seconds will cancel the buff. 

NAMED WEAPONS: 

Lefty – ACS-12 shotgun 

  • Changed the damage values from The Mop Named shotgun to ACS-12 shotgun (yes, it was too powerful…) 
  • Changed the RPM and magazine size to match ACS-12 shotgun 
    • RPM 300 
    • MAG 20 

QUALITY OF LIFE CHANGES 

  • Added an option to hide Signature Weapon in the weapon options in the Signature Weapons inventory screen 
  • Adjusted SHD Watch: players can add/assign multiple points at once 
  • Added an option to sell from Stash at each vendor players can sell stuff to 
  • Starting from World Tier 5 and above, Exotic components will now have a chance to drop from Control Points Chests starting from Alert level 3 and DZ chests  
  • Starting from World Tier 5 and above, Exotic items will now have a small chance to drop from any NPC in the entire game, starting from Challenging difficulty  
    • The chance increases with higher difficulties 
  • Drastically reduced the logoff timer for hardcore characters from 30 to 2 seconds in order to reduce instances of players finding their hardcore characters dead after a crash or disconnect 
Note that not everything listed here will be 100% make it into TU16’s final retail patch release. Things are being tested, and this is why it’s made available to PTS players first.

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