The talent of this Exotic Shotgun is "Melee attacks Instantly Kills non Elite enemies" where it have a damage cap of i think around 100m but the issue in escalation in higher tiers is that NPC have way more health and armor than this where its talent fail to eliminate them. Even the non elite NPC's who have the damage reduction only takes around just 20% damage to their armor or health.

This thing needs to get fixed as its clearly making the talent not working properly in this game mode which is clearly unintended.

If Dev can fix the unintended loot dropping from box as Priority, this also needs to be fixed ASAP in next update as priority.

Posting the daily targeted loot of escalation here to help anyone who is away from their home or get to know if there is anything good to farm at that day.

Also Posting the brand set bonuses & Gear set Bonus to help new players what they do.

Stranded Tanker - 5.11 Tactical (Brand set) {CLEANERS NPC}

Viewpoint Museum - Measured Assembly (Gear Set) {TRUE SONS NPC}

Jefferson Trade Center - Negotiator's Dilemma (Gear set) {HYENA'S NPC}

Bank Headquarters - Foundry Bulwark (Gear set) {HYENA'S NPC}

DCD Headquarters - Ongoing Directive (Gear Set) {OUTCAST NPC}

INFO -

5.11 Tactical

• 1-piece bonus: +30% Health
• 2-piece bonus: +30% Incoming Repairs
• 3-piece bonus: +30% Hazard Protection

Measured Assembly

• 2-piece bonus: +15% Skill Haste
• 3-piece bonus: +60% Repair Skills & 40% Explosive Resistance
• 4-piece bonus: Huddle
  • Receive +1 Skill Tier for each ally Agent that is within range of your Hive. While at Skill Tier 6, having at least one ally Agent in the range of your Hive or Smart Cover for 4s will grant Overcharge for 15s. Cooldown: 40s.
  • Mortars and enemy Skills that enter the range of your Hive or Smart Cover will be destroyed. Cooldown 10s. The cooldown is 20% faster for each ally Agent within the range of your Hive or Smart Cover.
• Backpack talent: Smart Cooperation - Decrease the cooldown for destroying Mortars or enemy Skills from 10 to 1.
• Chest talent: Hivemind - Decrease the Overcharge cooldown from 40 to 25.

Negotiator's Dilemma

• 2-piece bonus: +15% Critical Hit Chance
• 3-piece bonus: +20% Critical Hit Damage
• 4-piece bonus: Hostile Negotiations - Critical hits mark enemies for 20 seconds, up to 3 marks total. When you critically hit a marked enemy, all other marked enemies take 60% of the damage dealt. Whenever a marked enemy dies, gain +2% critical hit damage, stacking up to 20 times, until combat ends.
• Backpack talent: Critical Measures - Increases Hostile Negotiations damage to additional marked enemies from 60% to 100%.
• Chest talent: Target Rich Environment - Increases Hostile Negotiations mark count from 3 to 5.

Foundry Bulwark

• 2-piece bonus: +10% Total Armor
• 3-piece bonus: +1% Armor Regen & +50% Shield health
• 4-piece bonus: Makeshift Repairs - Whenever you or your shield take damage, 25% of that amount is repaired to both over 10s.
• Backpack talent: Process Refinery - Increases Makeshift Repairs speed from 10 seconds to 5 seconds.
• Chest talent: Improved Materials - Increases Makeshift Repairs from 25% to 35%.

Ongoing Directive

• 2-piece bonus: +15% Status Effects
• 3-piece bonus: +30% Reload Speed
• 4-piece bonus: Rules of Engagement - Shooting a status affected enemy will apply a mark. Killing a marked enemy grants a full clip of Hollow-Point Ammo for your active weapon, and half a clip of the agent's active weapon to the rest of the party. Mark lasts for 10 seconds. Hollow-Point Ammo amplifies weapon damage by 20% and applies bleed on hit.
• Backpack talent: Trauma Specialist - Increases the duration of your bleed status effects by 50% and all bleed damage done by 100%.
• Chest talent: Parabellum Rounds - Increases Hollow-Point Ammo weapon damage amplification to 35%. This bonus does not apply to party members.

Posting the daily targeted loot of escalation here to help anyone who is away from their home or get to know if there is anything good to farm at that day.

Also Posting the brand set bonuses & Gear set Bonus to help new players what they do.

Stranded Tanker - Umbra Initiative (Gear set) {CLEANERS NPC}

Viewpoint Museum - Legatus S.p.A. (Brand Set) {TRUE SONS NPC}

Jefferson Trade Center - Habsburg Guard (Brand set) {HYENA'S NPC}

Bank Headquarters - Refactor (Gear set) {HYENA'S NPC}

DCD Headquarters - Unit Alloys (Brand Set) {OUTCAST NPC}

INFO -

Umbra Initiative

• 2-piece bonus: +15% Critical Hit Chance
• 3-piece bonus: +30% Reload Speed
• 4-piece bonus:
  • From the Shadows - While in cover, gain 10 Stacks per second up to 50. Each stack will give 1% Critical damage increase and 0.3% RPM. Buff does not apply while shooting from cover. While out of cover Agents lose 2 stacks per second at normal speed and 1 stack per second if sprinting.
  • Into the Light - While out of cover and in combat, gain 10 Stacks per second up to 50. Each stack will give 0.8% Armor regen when it is consumed. Stacks consume, 10 stacks per second, only in cover.
• Backpack talent: Into the Light - Increases max stacks for "Into the Light" from 50 to 100, stack gain from 10 to 20 and stack consumption from 10 to 20.
• Chest talent: From the Shadows - Increases max stacks for "From the Shadows" from 50 to 100 and stack gain from 10 to 20.

Legatus

• 1-piece bonus: +30% Swap Speed
• 2-piece bonus: +70% Optimal Range
• 3-piece bonus: +15% Weapon Damage

Habsburg Guard

• 1-piece bonus: +13% Headshot Damage
• 2-piece bonus: +20% MMR Damage
• 3-piece bonus: +25% Status Effects

Refactor

• 2-piece bonus: +15% Status Effects
• 3-piece bonus: +25% Skill Damage
• 4-piece bonus: Return to Sender
  • Receive repairs of 10% of the damage dealt by your Skills. Your allies receive repairs of 20% of the damage dealt by your Skills.
• Backpack talent: Over-engineered - While at full Armor, repairs received from Return to Sender will provide Bonus Armor, up to 80% of your Total Armor. Does not apply to allies.
• Chest talent: Increased Interest - Increase the repairs received from Return to Sender from 10% to 25% and from 20% to 35%.

Unit Alloys

• 1-piece bonus: +5% Rate of Fire
• 2-piece bonus: +20% Assault Rifle Damage
• 3-piece bonus: +50% Magazine Size

Posting the daily targeted loot of escalation here to help anyone who is away from their home or get to know if there is anything good to farm at that day.

Also Posting the brand set bonuses & Gear set Bonus to help new players what they do.

Stranded Tanker - Negotiator's Dilemma (Gear set) {CLEANERS NPC}

Viewpoint Museum - Light Machine Gun (LMG) (Weapon) {TRUE SONS NPC}

Jefferson Trade Center - Sokolov Concern (Brand set) {HYENA'S NPC}

Bank Headquarters - Umbra Initiative (Gear set) {HYENA'S NPC}

DCD Headquarters - Hana-U Corporation (Brand Set) {OUTCAST NPC}

INFO -

Negotiator's Dilemma

• 2-piece bonus: +15% Critical Hit Chance
• 3-piece bonus: +20% Critical Hit Damage
• 4-piece bonus: Hostile Negotiations - Critical hits mark enemies for 20 seconds, up to 3 marks total. When you critically hit a marked enemy, all other marked enemies take 60% of the damage dealt. Whenever a marked enemy dies, gain +2% critical hit damage, stacking up to 20 times, until combat ends.
• Backpack talent: Critical Measures - Increases Hostile Negotiations damage to additional marked enemies from 60% to 100%.
• Chest talent: Target Rich Environment - Increases Hostile Negotiations mark count from 3 to 5.

Light Machine Gun (LMG)

Any Random Non Exotic LMG can Drop as Prototype Version

Sokolov Concern

• 1-piece bonus: +10% SMG Damage
• 2-piece bonus: +13% Critical Hit Damage
• 3-piece bonus: +8% Critical Hit Chance

Umbra Initiative

• 2-piece bonus: +15% Critical Hit Chance
• 3-piece bonus: +30% Reload Speed
• 4-piece bonus:
  • From the Shadows - While in cover, gain 10 Stacks per second up to 50. Each stack will give 1% Critical damage increase and 0.3% RPM. Buff does not apply while shooting from cover. While out of cover Agents lose 2 stacks per second at normal speed and 1 stack per second if sprinting.
  • Into the Light - While out of cover and in combat, gain 10 Stacks per second up to 50. Each stack will give 0.8% Armor regen when it is consumed. Stacks consume, 10 stacks per second, only in cover.
• Backpack talent: Into the Light - Increases max stacks for "Into the Light" from 50 to 100, stack gain from 10 to 20 and stack consumption from 10 to 20.
• Chest talent: From the Shadows - Increases max stacks for "From the Shadows" from 50 to 100 and stack gain from 10 to 20.

Hana-U

• 1-piece bonus: +10% Skill Haste
• 2-piece bonus: +10% Skill Damage
• 3-piece bonus: +15% Weapon Damage

Posting the daily targeted loot of escalation here to help anyone who is away from their home or get to know if there is anything good to farm at that day.

Also Posting the brand set bonuses & Gear set Bonus to help new players what they do.

Stranded Tanker - Ortiz: Exuro (Gear set) {CLEANERS NPC}

Viewpoint Museum - Rigger (Gear set) {TRUE SONS NPC}

Jefferson Trade Center- Palisade Steelworks (Brand set) {HYENA'S NPC}

Bank Headquarters - Ceska Vyroba (Brand set) {HYENA'S NPC}

DCD Headquarters - Gear System Mods (Mod Slots for Gear) {OUTCAST NPC}

INFO -

Ortiz: Exuro

• 2-piece bonus: +20% Increased Burn Duration & +15% Skill Health
• 3-piece bonus: +40% Burn Damage
• 4-piece bonus: Ortiz Incinerator Turret Prototype - The Incinerator Turret spins 360. You are immune to your own Incinerator Turret's fire. The Incinerator Turret explodes when disabled.
• Backpack talent: Heatstroke - +25% Weapon Damage to enemies set on fire by the Ortiz Incinerator Turret Prototype & +25% Ortiz Incinerator Turret Prototype Range.
• Chest talent: Chain Combustion - Enemies set on fire by the Ortiz Incinerator Turret Prototype ignite other enemies within 2m.

Rigger

• 2-piece bonus: +15% Skill Haste
• 3-piece bonus: +15% Skill Duration
• 4-piece bonus: Tend and Befriend - Interacting with your deployed skills grants the skill 25% skill damage for 10s. This buff cannot be refreshed. Interactions include:
  • Using / Deploying the Skill
  • Changing the skill's target
  • Healing the skill
• Backpack talent: Complete Uptime - Cancelling your skills will reset their cooldown
• Chest talent: Best Buds - Increase the damage buff from 25% to 50%

Palisade Steelworks

• 1-piece bonus: +10% Armor on Kill
• 2-piece bonus: +60% Health
• 3-piece bonus: +1 Skill Tier

Ceska Vyroba

• 1-piece bonus: +8% Critical Hit Chance
• 2-piece bonus: +20% Hazard Protection
• 3-piece bonus: +90% Health

Gear System Mods are not included in prototype version, so their will be no drops related to this in the mission,random type of weapon or gear can still drops here.

Go and play agents as servers are live now !!

The token system in escalation mode is very poorly implemented in this game.

I am making this post because devs have recently removed the proto gear dropping from cache which should be not a priority in the currentstate of escalation, now they did it now, they need to focus there vision on improving this mode rather than nerfing the non prioritiy things first.

First of all the token system in an online game does not make sense in the the current state but as you know it is still implementated poorly.

Why because once you used your tokens, they are gone and only way to get them back is completing the mission.

If the server fails like recently happened where everyone was not able to login or got kicked out of mid game, the tokens were lost.

If the mission bugs out or any npc got stuck in any unaccessible area, there is no way to complete them and only way is wiping out.

I witnessed this 2 times recently in pentagon where the mission bugged and there was no npc spawn, no objective and our group was stuck there, we had wipe out by using grenades to restart it.

It was just complete blank and we cant do anything there, you can't even leave the mission or interact with social menu in current state

My all tokens invested at that time were lost.

Also the return we get after investing is also very low.

For tier 5, you invest 20 token and get 24 after completing, means only 4 profit for you n completion, group will get 7.

On tier 10, 87 tokens and you get 94 in return makes it to only 7 profit for you but 25 for group profit.

I will really not take any risk of spending 87 tokens just to get the server kick us out of game or getting a delta in mid mission.

As you take the risk of investing token, you still didn't get a good profit value

If anything goes wrong where it is not your mistake like delta disconnection or mission bugged out, you are guaranteed to lose the 87 tokens at that time if playing on tier 10.

To earn that 87 tokens, i have to play the escalation mode 22 time on tier 5 or 13 times on tier 10 to fulfill the lose which i think is a pretty bad idea.

In this all issues you have rogue agents with mutators abilities where fighting them and defeating them is only possible if you are lucky at that time, most of the time it will be a wipe as they will rush you and their overpowered skills will kill you easily on higher tier.

You will lose the tokens here if you wipe out, no return here.

So here the key points for some of the changes that need to be improved with the token system too

1. Reduce the token costs when playing higher tier like tier 5+
2. The profit to host of spending tokens should be doubled (invest 25 = 50 profit)

3.Remove the rogue agents from escalation, you know they should not belong here.

Like i said above, You have changed the loot boxes dropping proto type gear which should not be a priority in current state of escalation but still you did it ignoring all the other issue here in this mode, if you can change this, you can do these changes too devs.

4. The social menu can't be interacted right now in escalation, this should be on a priority to get fixed.

5. Build diversity is non existence in escalation, only striker/tipping scales or full dps wuth a healer & birdies exotic backpack is viable, the mutator thing is also implemented poorly which killed the build diversity in this mode.

You cant use CC build as npc are immune to status effect.

You cant use a tank build because someone though having a modifier where npc regenerate health & armor based on your armor will be a challenge.

You cant use any skill build as turret is useless on higher tier, npc can destroy it in seconds by their bullets .Skills like striker drone, seeker mine, mortar turret will be get destroyed instantly because they have an emp modifier arround them.

Sniper is also useless because npc have so much armor and health that you can't finish them with headshot.

Protection from elites feels like a squashy & useless in higher tiers too.

Either rework the mutators abilites to make more build diverties works here

6. Hotfoot modifier in cover based game make no sense, if there is shock only, it can be counter by using hazard protection or tactician skill ability making you immune to shock and emp where you within a range of deployed skill.

The damage is what badly implementated here which need to be removed, you know the bar still does not function properly giving you shock and damage.

Most of the players does not even bother to go tier 6+ because if this modifier.

Moving inside a cover does not lower it down many times causing the shock and damage to you.

Either make this modifers or mutators optional for having increase chance of getting prototype drops which will makes this game play more attractive to players who doesn't want to play with these modifiers or remove the damage.

7. Remove the tokens system for entry if possible, make it to currency and give us an exlusive vendor like countdown where players can by escalation exclusive stuff like protype gear or prototype core cache.

Imagine countdown having token system like this, how badly it will get a that time

A lot of players still play this mode because there is no token system and you get currency in reward to buy items from its vendor

every thing above regarding tokens will be not valid if this applied here.

8. The drop rate is improved as compared to previous update but that was viable as players were getting it drop from loot boxes too.

I played the zoo mission on tier 5, for first time i got 15 prototype gear because of loot boxes

Second run, only 2 prototype

Third run only 4 prototype dropped from npc.

The drops i got were trash too, not a single piece was usable, most of them have rainbow rolls or bad roll like health, status effect on an offensive brand or gear set

I farmed 82 prototype gear in 10 hours yesterday and only 1 piece was viable to use, 81 was literally so badly rolled i deconstructed them

Fix it devs before you wipe the playerbase of this game again, this game needs to be good, not frustrating.

What are your opinion on this and what you thing should be adjusted.

Edit - One more thing to mention is removal of timer from escalation or increase it with current tier.

you have the same 60 minute time on tier 0 & tier 10.

for example, missions like zoo and art museum, its literally impossible to do this under 1 hour on a 4 man group on tier 10 because of the length of mission and npc spawns.

Posting the daily targeted loot of escalation here to help anyone who is away from their home or get to know if there is anything good to farm at that day.

Also Posting the brand set bonuses & Gear set Bonus to help new players what they do.

The Art Museum - Belstone Armory (Brand set) {RIKERS NPC}

Manning National Zoo - Zwiadowka Sp. Z o.o (Brand set) {OUTCAST NPC}

Camp White Oak - Airaldi Holdings (Brand set) {BLACK TUSK NPC}

The Pentagon - Sub Machine Gun (SMG Weapon) {BLACK TUSK NPC}

DARPA Research Lab - China Light Industries Corporations (Brand set) {BLACK TUSK NPC}

INFO -

Belstone Armory

• 1-piece bonus: +1% Armor Regen
• 2-piece bonus: +10% Armor on Kill
• 3-piece bonus: +45% Incoming Repairs

Zwiadowka

• 1-piece bonus: +15% Mag Size
• 2-piece bonus: +20% Rifle Damage
• 3-piece bonus: +30 Weapon Handling

Airaldi Holdings

• 1-piece bonus: +10% Marksman Rifle Damage
• 2-piece bonus: +13% Headshot Damage
• 3-piece bonus: +5% Damage to Armor

SMG

Any Random SMG can Drop

China Light

• 1-piece bonus: +15% Explosive Damage
• 2-piece bonus: +20% Skill Haste
• 3-piece bonus: +25% Status Effects