The Division 2 - PVP Reboot

The main goal of this “reboot” is to make the PVP great again! How to achieve that? Every weapon should be able to kill the enemy player with the same Time To Kill. It means, that ALL weapons are viable choice and are balanced around Time To Kill in PVP. How was it calculated? I took RPM and DMG, only 2 factors, without mag sizes, actual weapon accuracy and stability. Based on these two factors, different mag sizes were not compensated with damage, they were corrected with accuracy and stability depending on a mag size compared to the rest weapons from an archetype.

It also require some tweaking due to different sustained DPS, because of mag sizes, but that should be also solved by giving weapons with smaller mags more accuracy/stability or reload speed. At the same time, some penalties should also apply, like for example Eagle Bearer, it has the biggest mag out of all Assault Rifles, so in order to balance it out without messing with damage and making it the “go to” weapon, we could just even the play field with lower accuracy and stability.

What is a healthy TTK in PVP? Not the current state for sure, as we are at 0,30-0,60s TTK currently. It’s just Call of Duty at this point, which is not fun for a looter-shooter RPG type of game.

So what can we do? I’ve made a calculator, that is available to everyone for free and it can be used to balance the game around TTK. It has all the required stats, that will help. Don’t get me wrong, it’s still quite primitive one, but should do the job just fine. Actually, I’ve already made a lot of simulations with every weapon in the game (I’ve missed some for sure, please let me know in the comments!) and wanted to achieve 1,0-1,2s TTK, which is still not so long, but it will definitely improve and enhance PVP in The Division by a lot.

All results of few days of collecting data showed me, that weapons have to be nerfed big time. We are talking around 40-80% PVP weapon damage, please keep this in mind, I’m talking about PVP weapon damage, PVE damage is untouched, as I don’t care that much about PVE. That would be it, all weapons were balanced around 1,2s TTK, with tweaks to accuracy/stability when needed. These nerfs numbers are inevitable.

For those interested: PVP weapon damage multipliers

AR 0.55

SMG 0.44

LMG 0.44

Shotguns 0.352

snipe 0.385

rifle 0.462

pistol 0.44

Weapon	RPM		Stability		Accuracy		Reload Speed		TTK		PVP Damage
Weapon	Current	Tweaked	Current	Tweaked	Current	Tweaked	Current	Tweaked	Current	Tweaked	Current	Tweaked
ACR	650		60		50		2000		0.65	1,154	26.620	15.440
F2000	850		50		40		1800		0.6	1,13	21.725	12.820
AUG A3-CQC	680		50	60	50	60	1800		0,55	1,17	28.435	12.395
AK-47	600		50		30	50	2200		0,61	1,138	29.480	16.214
FAL	650		60		40		2000		0.64	1,18	27.940	15.750
FAMAS 2010	900		40		40		1900		0,5	1,144	22.000	9.900
G36	750		50		30	40	2000		0.54	1,19	24.585	13.030
Honey Badger	790		60		50		2100		0,54	1,149	23.815	11.945
M4	850		50		40		2100		0,57	1,141	22.770	11.150
P416	750		50		40	50	2000		0.54	1,145	24.585	12.800
MK16	625		60		50		2000		0.65	1,13	27.170	15.760
TAR21	900		50		40		2100		0,53	1,185	20.955	9.850
Eagle Bearer	750		50	40	40	30	2200		0,55	1,158	26.400	13.400

Weapon	RPM		Stability		Accuracy		Reload Speed		TTK		PVP Damage
Weapon	Current	Tweaked	Current	Tweaked	Current	Tweaked	Current	Tweaked	Current	Tweaked	Current	Tweaked
SMG-9	825		50		30		1700		0.65	1,154	19.668	11.210
MP5	800		50		30	50	1800		0.56	1,19	20.680	10.753
PP-19	700		50	60	30	40	2200		0,55	1,179	20.284	12.780
AUG	725		50		30	50	1800		0,61	1,178	22.748	12.740
Vector SBR .45 ACP	1200		50		30	50	1900		0.49	1.166	15.532	7.750
Vector SBR 9mm	1200		50		30		1900		0.52	1.165	14.476	7.750
Tactical Vector SBR 9mm	1200		50		30	70	1900		0.37	1,167	17.600	7.750
MP7	950		50		30	50	1700		0,5	1,176	16.544	9.600
T821	550		50		30	50	1600		0.54	1,139	25.432	15.770
UMP-45	600		40	60	30	50	2000		0,57	1,164	25.872	15.265
M1928	600		50		30		2000		0,54	1,144	25.872	16.050
P90	900		50		30	50	2500		0.54	1,166	18.612	9.680
MPX	850		50		30		1800		0.65	1,18	19.844	10.915
CMMG Banshe	900		50		30		2100		0.51	1.72	19.668	9.834

Weapon	RPM		Stability		Accuracy		Reload Speed		TTK		PVP Damage
Weapon	Current	Tweaked	Current	Tweaked	Current	Tweaked	Current	Tweaked	Current	Tweaked	Current	Tweaked
MG5	800		50		40		5600		0.55	1,154	19.668	9.090
Stoner LAMG	580		50	30	40	30	4670		0.86	1,19	20.680	12.200
M249	550		50		40		5600		0,85	1,179	20.680	13.440
M60	500		50		40		5500		0,71	1,178	24.816	18.365
RPK	650		50		40		2500		0.79	1.66	21.736	12.825
Custom L86 A2	610		50		40		2500		0.72	1.65	24.200	14.520
Military MK46	550		50		40		5600		0.77	1,167	24.816	14.640
IWI NEGEV	850		50	60	40	50	4400		0,75	1,176	16.148	9.204

Weapon	RPM		Stability		Accuracy		Reload Speed		TTK		PVP Damage
Weapon	Current	Tweaked	Current	Tweaked	Current	Tweaked	Current	Tweaked	Current	Tweaked	Current	Tweaked
ACR SS	420		40		40		2000		0.45	1,123	41.257	15.678
Merciless	400		40		40		2200		0.96	1,146	24.763	20.555
M16A2	400		40		40		2100		0,65	1,107	34.742	21.192
Classic M1A	180		40		40		2500		0,27	1,14	108.616	31.500
M1A CQB	320		40		40		2500		0.4	1.32	65.142	21.497
LVOA-C	380		40		40		2100		0.52	1.153	41.257	20.630
MDR Battle Rifle	360		40		40		2200		0.47	1,067	47.771	22.453
Military MK17	275		40		40		1900		0,23	1,106	60.799	12.768
SIG 716	320		40		40		2100		0.74	1,198	42.365	29.655
USC .45 ACP	420		40		40		2000		0,45	1,134	46.708	15.414
1886	100		40	50	40	50	650		0,54	1,2	130.330	45.615
Diamondback	100		40	50	40	50	650		0,45	1,197	141.187	49.415
UIC15 MOD2	240		40		40		1900		0,79	1,19	40.194	30.547

Weapon	RPM		Stability		Accuracy		Reload Speed		TTK		PVP Damage
Weapon	Current	Tweaked	Current	Tweaked	Current	Tweaked	Current	Tweaked	Current	Tweaked	Current	Tweaked
SOCOM Mk20 SSR	275		40	50	50		1900		0.45	1,117	50.666	25.333
G28	275		40	50	50		2000		0.96	1,117	50.666	25.333
M700 Carbon	54		60		50		1800		1 shot	1 Headshot 5-6*RED BUILD	133.942	69.650
Model 700	54		60		50		900		1 shot	1 Headshot 5-6*RED BUILD	133.942	69.650
SVD	260		40	60	50		2200		0,27	1,13	63.333	25.333
SRS A1	60		60		50		2200		1 shot	1 Headshot 5-6*RED BUILD	111.304	60.105
Classic M44 Carbine	55		60	70	50	70	600		1 shot	1 Headshot 5-6*RED BUILD	144.799	70.952
Hunting M44	55		60	70	50	60	600		1 shot	1 Headshot 5-6*RED BUILD	141.180	70.590
Custom M44	55		60		50		1900		1 shot	1 Headshot 5-6*RED BUILD	133.942	69.650
SR-1	60		60		50		1900		1 shot	1 Headshot 5-6*RED BUILD	126.704	69.687
							1 shot		2.500.000 HS DMG	1.193.396 HS DMG

Weapon	RPM		Stability		Accuracy		Reload Speed		TTK		PVP Damage
Weapon	Current	Tweaked	Current	Tweaked	Current	Tweaked	Current	Tweaked	Current	Tweaked	Current	Tweaked
ACS-12	300		40	30	40	30	2000		0.45	1,1	59.558	26.801
SASG-12	180		40		40		2100		0.56	1.01	105.917	44.485
Super 90	160		40		40		600		0,65	1,019	125.770	50.308
Double Barrel Shotgun	200		40	30	40	30	900		0.17	0.92	218.451	50.243
KSG Shotgun	70		40	30	40	30	650		0,37	0.87	191.946	94.053
SPAS-12	70		40		40		650		0.49	0.98	191.946	94.053
M870	75		40		40		700		0.52	0.97	198.563	94.350

Weapon	RPM		Stability		Accuracy		Reload Speed		TTK		PVP Damage
Weapon	Current	Tweaked	Current	Tweaked	Current	Tweaked	Current	Tweaked	Current	Tweaked	Current	Tweaked
Px4	380		60		50		1700		0.45	1.12	35.156	20.039
X-45	400		60		50		1700		0.46	1.07	33.704	12.470
M9	350		60		50		1900		0,45	1.05	33.088	9.265
D50	150		40		40		1900		0.37	0.97	82.720	14.890
M1911	310		60		50		1700		0,47	1.01	48.004	22.082
93R	1100		40		40		1700		0.3	.99	13.464	3.366
Diceros	180		50		50		1800		0.52	0.98	70.312	33.750
Police 686 Magnum	160		50		50		1800		0.47	1.074	49.632	29.780
Liberty	150		40		40		1900		0,33	0.98	103.444	15.517
Sawed Off	200		40		40		1900		0.24	1.02	273.064	40.960
PF45	370		60		40		1700		!NO DATA	!NO DATA	!NO DATA	!NO DATA

Please help

I’m pretty sure, I’ve missed some weapons, but you can contribute and let me know in the comments or on forum what exactly is missing. Ideally, I would need screenshots with weapon stats, preferably “Base Damage” and your character stats – critical damage, all weapon damage, headshot etc.

All mag size > accuracy / stability dependencies must be tweaked further, I don’t have exact values for each weapon, I did it from my own perception. I need your help here!

Don’t forget you can use DPSC v2 calculator to do all the magic yourself. If you spot a mistake, definitely let me know in the comments or on our forum. I think, if we get together and work together, we can fix PVP in The Division next week. Of course TTK is a subjective topic, so please don’t hesitate, let’s discuss!

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