I wish remnants of the LMB would replace the poorly trained, and equipped “civilian militia”. I also wish we got better hunter outfits. Also, love your videos NGN, and your voice, keep up the good work!

1:53 literally the entire player base during this entire manhunt.

I would like to think the hunters exist to wipe out division agents because of the rogues. Being homeland does not know who’s defective and who’s not they just kill indiscriminately. A elite clean up crew to start new again from the chaos

“That hunter is working for homeland? WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON…” I love this guy lol

I just thought of something. What if the Hunter’s aren’t the 3rd Wave, but the clean up crew sent to erase all evidence of the Division? Like a black ops squad sent to destroy any and all knowledge of certain things…

Your dedication to the lore of this game is admirable in every way possible. I am loving this please continue 🤘

I've noticed hunters have the watches of rogue agents as well as normal agents, some hunters seem to have orange AND red watches. I'd seemingly believe they're a hard wave, designed to wipe out the first & second waves, and set the division anew.

I love the hunters, the lack of a whole lot of lore around them makes them so interesting

It seems to me that the hunters are the homeland's contingency plan for if/when the division fails or won't fall in line

“What the fuck is going on?” Is the most accurate line concerning the hunters

"I took from those who watched, hunted, and collected, until only their shadows remained. Now my watch has ended, so yours may begin." Descriptions of the Exotic Bag Memento. Hunters are the watchers of 2nd Wave, which means us. They are the contigency if the contigency plan fails.

Hunters could not have been the third wave agents. With the Resistance update in TD1, audio collectibles confirmed that they have been around since the first wave activation (or maybe even earlier than that, there is a theory about their involvement with April Kelleher's husband murder) DZ Supply drops introduced from the Underground update have been suspected to be SHD resupplying them (Faye Lau even mentioning how those supplies were enough to arm a small army) Other theories believe that they were secret bodyguards of Rick Valassi, allowing him to move around NY freely and spread misinfo. A woman investigating Valassi were kidnapped by unknown assailant after she apparently discovered something. Speaking of which, I'm getting a vibe that what McManus doing is similar to Tom Reeds from SC: Conviction, his own splinter cells (Hunters in this case) handling all the wetwork and eliminating opposition (the agents). While Black Tusk serves a cover for their operation.

I always get excited when the hunters get involved. They’ve always been a mystery. And you’re making these into podcasts! Let’s go!

How on earth you havent got a job at Ubisoft Massive is beyond belief. Another top shelf video from NGN. Thank you Agent.

Man it’s good to see this. I always followed your Division stuff. God it’s been a long time. Since the first game (since the Underground really) the Hunters have been the most fascinating part of The Division. It really took off with the first 12 Hunter masks in the Div 2. Still one of my all time favorite secrets\lore\quests in any game. I was so hooked on all the possibilities that could stem from the Hunters. It’s just hard to stay invested for such a long term payoff. Destiny 2 really suffered with this same thing for years. Bungie is just now kinda putting bows on all the big cliffhangers that never got a proper payoff. So I say that to say this. Massive can most definitely do some very cool stuff with these guys still. The Division 2 is primed to co exist and dominate with games like Destiny 2, Borderlands, and Outriders. The potential is staggering. The Div is such a great game. Really wanna see it take off again. We’ll see how Heartlands goes, and hopefully will hear more on the Div soon. Thanks man. Awesome video !

Something about the hunters in D2 that has always peaked my interest is the reason behind the complicated ways they are each summoned. I know as a game mechanic they are meant to be puzzles to solve and switch up the pacing. But lore-wise, perhaps each hunter has their own way of being contacted by the other hunters and when it turns out to be the division that has completed the "contact sequence" the hunter is surprised and fights more in self-defense as NGN put it. Just a side comment, I'm still very new to all the lore.

At this point ive only continued to play the game because of my dedication to the lore. Love these videos

See there's one theory that I've always had that wasn't mentioned much if at all I feel like the hunters are former US military special forces such as delta and green berets and Rangers because of the superior tech and tactics plus it was a little more inforced when a leader said the hunters either had relations close to the US military or used to be apart of the military

I chortled when I saw Secretary of Bicycle Balancing! Enjoyed the video and DEFINITELY interested to know more about Vikram Malik...

Another great update. Thanks for getting this out. Very interested to see what we learn about the Hunters in the future. The likelihood of them being the Third Wave seems more and more possible the more we learn. Especially them being from elite military units that already had access to better technology than regular Division agents. What I appreciate most about what you put together is the thought that goes into it. And how you weave the pieces together. Thank you for continuing to do that!

@4:40 I'm sure the Presidential Dog, Pillow fluffer and Secretary of Super Fabulous White House Lawns are the seat of power behind Black Tusk

Thankfully we did get more info on them. From what I could tell with the latest release and end of this manhunt, we see the events unfold where we fight through Black Tusk forces and take down an enemy named Jack Bonney. We've actually seen Bonney as one of Schaeffer's special squad members such as at the echo where Black Tusk is scouting the White House for a Division agent. During the final manhunt raid, we see a hunter out of reach but just in sight and he never attacks us. Telling from both the comm chatter AND the audio files that were decrypted, we can speculate that Calvin McManus has his own project of Hunters that he has specially trained and command over, after one of his hunters was made KIA by us, he asked to borrow some of Sokolov's troops to become the previous Hunter's replacement. Sokolov names some of her special troops that she could offer him and he chooses Jack Bonney. The final manhunt raid was all just a test setup to see if Jack Bonney could make the cut and become a new hunter while an already official hunter was spectating Bonney's events to see if he was worth making the cut. Fortunately, we kill Bonney and the Hunter makes his leave likely to report back to McManus that Bonney was KIA and they still need a replacement. It seems as though the Hunters have also been on the True Son's backs for a while now as well.

We really learn something new when you cover it, things are really starting to make sense now, another great informative video mate

Podcasts are a great move. I'll definitely be listening to these there whenever I don't have time to watch a full video

A other great video which shows how deep the division story and lore go's. NGN keep it up the good work.

Barden Schaefer being a potential ally I won’t mind that!!! 👀

Omg this makes so much sense now with the tattoos... Im... speechless. Great video once again you absolute legend🙏🏽🔥✨

Gold pure gold my friend, I feel as if I am getting a intelligent briefing when you speak.

man I'm with alot of the other comments, NGN your lore videos for this series are awesome!! loving listening to them. and it saves me the time digging through all the files myself. lore of this franchise is decent. hope a division 3 gets made some day

Love your work and would be down to see you uploading all of your old work to Spotify as well!

Wow this lore is crazy, love your vids. Great video

@11:00: In Wildlands or Breakpoint not sure which there was mention of the Division in one mission so a crossover is not completely crazy.

Glad someone's been trying to keep up with the storyline as for me it's one of the few things about these games that still has that Tom Clancy feel to it.

NGN, Another first class video, you really are an excellent content creator 👌🏻! I was just thinking about the Hunters while I was at work. Do you remember the Survival trailer that had the giant Hunter in it? I have been waiting to see him ever since. The 3rd wave is a great concept. We might know more by the end of the week. Keep up your great work!

Great stuff, as always - love the content

Been excited for your vids on the new Intel drops!

Great videos keep up the great work 👍🏾

So my thoughts are correct, Hunters and Agents were trained in the same place, when the first wave went Rogue the Hunters enter in action, killing every SHD operator Loyal or Rogue.

Another amazing video thanks for this amazing content

Oh boy you know we've all been waiting for this one

I’ve been having trouble this game lately with that dang glitch that kept me from getting Faye’s decryption key 2 and the game just constantly crashing. But seeing these videos keeps me going because I love the lore behind this game, no matter how shitty it is right now.

Finally love your vids NGN🔥

Bruh I'm so lost and I don't play the games enough but dammit division lore is awesome. You do the lords work man, love the content👊

When it comes to Division Lore. Your the only one I listen too🤙

I bet that the Hunters were former Tier 1 Special Forces like Seal Team 6 or Deltas and that's why they can kill Division Agents so casually. They got more combat experience in the military doing secret operations around the world, better training and better tech.

Wooo new NGN upload love this time of night

Any video about Hunters, are the best videos! Instant "like"! 👍❤

I just started a new character from the beginning. He wears the full covert Hunter outfit. My head cannon for this is that during the seven months between Division one and two he specialized in tracking down agents who went missing or went rogue. The watches on his armor are there to commemorate his fellow agents who either died in the line of duty or lost their way. His mask however is a trophy that he took off a Hunter he killed in revenge for them killing another agent. After his encounter with this Hunter he now keeps an eye out for them, and will relentlessly pursue them to show them that they aren’t the apex predators they think they are.

I just realised the presidential Dog is in the line of succession, if the Presidential Dog was in charge during the outbreak Im pretty sure we wouldnt have a division 1 or 2

not a bad vid. I dont play D2 anymore ever since the first few months. But i have always been intrigued with the Hunters

Great video Keep up great work

I stopped playing after my account got rerolled way back when, but man this video made me want to start again

Great stories as always man Gg

I would suggest to bundle your manhunt podcasts into a single one for each hunt

Looks like my theory might have been mostly right. initially I was thinking that Mcmanus was head or atleast highly up in SHD maybe overseeing there version of the internal affairs and the Hunters were a highly specialized unit under him to combat any agents that might have gotten out of hand. But having them possibly as another clandestine organization that reports directly to the Secretary of Homeland.

Yes yes The Hunters ❤️‍🔥. Love the speculations. They are what keep me coming back for more. 🔥🔥

Ooooo I've got theories on Malack.... I think for a story this season is gonna be so, so, so good!!

About those military tatoes. I also found them on True Sons so i think they are an apart of character models. So I don’t think yet Megan anything because that means they are on the True Sons, Black Tusk and the hunters.

Honestly I think the hunters are apart of the Homeland security. Like it's pretty crazy how much we don't know about them but how they have alot of lore

All your videos just won’t allow me to leave the Division for good! Every time I see your vids, I have to start playing again! I’ve been gone from the game for months! I gotta reactivate my Agent lol

Also the fact that the presidential dog is high up on that list is hilarious to me

Also this makes sense because they only collect division watches and not any hyena, outcast, true son or btsu trophies. So agents are their menu. Rolling with Bardon or division high value targets sets them up to kill agents who arrive.

I think Edward's has something to do with SGT Daniels. Before the fight she said "1st, DC then Edward. This got personal" I think they knew each other before his death and the hunter stopped him before anything else.

Good call, don't rush yourself too hard or you'll burn out. Health before content 👍 take a few extra days to breathe, we'll still be here

yay, ive been awaiting this one

Love your videos bro I really think we need to find these hidden bunkers and find missing or dead agents as some side missing to be honest that would be cool and epic plus learn on old and new bad guys

Love how you slipped in the President's dog and the secretary of bicycle balance in the Order of Succession

This quest bugged out on me the first week. It wouldn’t and still wont allow me to turn in the intel lol glad I can hear part of the lore this way.

@4:31. Woow the trolling is over 9000 LOL

Thank You Agent for this video...

There was two things I've always for D2 right 1st I wanted the civilian milita to have the same troop type as other factions with heavy, support and all that other crap 2nd I liked the intro for DC where we had to fight off and taking hyena party from the white house and I thought to myself that would make a kinda of badass weekly event just like a holdout kind of mission

I've never understood why after killing them they just magically reappear on rooftops in certian areas only to vanish almost as fast as you spotted them (your HUD will flicker if ones in range, and look for the cloud of smoke when they vanish....) This games lore is being messed with waaay to much 😓 And I'm amazed you could finish the manhunt NGN, alot of ppl are having serious problems with crashes on chang and then kelo isn't there in Whitehouse for 3rd key (if this happens log out & back in as it sorted it for me) Shocking how bad the game is right now 😓 Keep up the excellent lore vids 😎

6:05 "anyways this would lead to this interaction" *video cuts to an add for arby's* lmfaooooo

Learning english by playing online games was the highest achievement in my life. I started without without knowing single word and learned it all by myself back during wow vanilla. Stumbling upon channels like this one,makes me happy that i never gave up.

Would be cool if they bring a Hunter Manhunt/Season imo. And I like your intro

4:36 huh?.. for real?.. secretary of pres pillow fluffing?.. lol

1:50 "WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON?" I feel you brother

I thought I knew enough to conclude the Hunter in Coney was strange. Now he’s a lot stranger…

The jammers are actually a pulse skill you can unlock in the White House or Haven

it's simply wild that the presidential dog ranks higher than Department of Veteran's Affairs in terms of succession to office.

"Who watches the Watchmen?" - That idea has merit.

Imagine if we play as a hunter in the next division game. If there will be one, that is, but still that would be really cool :)

Can we talk about the voice acting for these characters, how well they fit their roles is ridiculous.

Something I realized is that hunters In countdown and the summit have the same masks from some of the hunter, when I faced one one the summit the had the make from a hunter I killed.i think there is a lot of hunters just some of them can't fight due to doing something

Podcast, nice!

thx for made this again bruh

Older video. But i cant help but wonder where the hell all these odd guns keep coming from in Division. I got thinking..what if Jackals been suppliying everyone? Perfect time for him to shine.

Been a while, but it makes sense. It should be a clean house on those who seek power.

Are we gonna talk about how division agents wave 1 had obsolete gear to begin with and so did second wave compared to the hunters. The hunters are a clean up crew to make sure no more go roage

Love the content as always! I feel the way the devs. treated the hunters throughout most of Div 2 was a mistake. They're festooned with SHD tech taken from their prey, but now they're not hunting us? I guess if they have some other mission entirely that's under Cal's orders, then so be it. While story-wise that makes sense... it's not exciting or fun and that's why I say it's a mistake. Hunters should be OUT THERE WAITING FOR YOU, in other words, HUNTING you. No warning, you're just on your way to a control point or landmark or event and suddenly your HUD starts to glitch and you realize you are in serious danger. IMO that's how it should be.

I would think they're part of the directive: SOCOM automatically gets put under command of the Secretary of Homeland Security when the directive is activated. Maybe the directive assumed that the Secretary would work with the President, or something

Pretty sure some of those secretaries listed are cabinet-level posts..... 😁

I've been speculating about hunters for so long

i'd love to see a manhunt introduce rogue ghost recon and 3rdechelon agents. They could have a 'good guy' from each agency help us hunt them down for story/audio logs. Be cool to know what they're up to in the division universe. Our clan lore is essentially "the division has been compromised. You are to rendezvous with other splinter cell agents in D.C. and infiltrate the division to access the situation. The fifth freedom is in effect"

That's a very good theory and Direction the Story can go and if there are from the most elite units in the US military. That's a ridiculous amount of power to have Direction and give command to

Was just going to bed but first I must watch this

I wonder if you will make a video with the hunters vs the LMB and the hunters black tusk.

Although it makes no sense, I think itd be awesome if the hunters are ghosts who survived the collapse and assuming the division has gone rogue, decided to put their old training to use and hunt down division agents

Probably my favorite enemies in the division that or the cleaners because of lore

I think the hunters were made as a back up plan in case the division went Rouge with specific order to observe and kill if need be