Borderlands 2, Why you (no)mad, bro? Options

[X-Kalibur]

Why? That's pretty standard fare for Borderlands.

[Tiralee]

Finally got around to playing a Gunzerker (level 30) and I have to say, with the Torgue expansion, Pandora has never been more deadly.

My favourite gunzerking thing (apart from dual-wielding good/bad Moxy SMGs) is to go deep into the Rampage tree and "Double your fun" (you throw 2 grenades for the price of one while gunzerking) with a Bonus Package equipped. A close second is to use Rolling Thunder (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) .

Also, the "So Much Blood" achievement isn't really an achievement, but more of a playstyle. My record has been to gunzerk and kill the first group of bandits at Lair's Berg, and finish the gunzerk at the Lift on Captain Flynt's ship. (This was only able to be done with a fully-juiced up Yippee Ki Yay ability.) Guns and grenades, it doesn't matter as long as you're the one to kill them. Fun!

I'll also mention that I managed to get a hold of a level 28 "Double-Penetrating Unkempt Harold" and it does a stupid amount of damage if you crit with it, it's only ~ 950 or so listed damage, but it just destroys.


Get some!

-Tir.

[Tiralee]

Aw fuck - the recent patch has nerfed the Bee (the "Go-To-And-Slaughter" Sheild) and the Fleshstick xp exploit.

Damn, now I'll just have to level the old-fashioned way:P

-Tir

[Tanegar]

Double-Penetrating Unkempt Harold

Please tell me that is not the name of an NPC. o.O

[_Pax._]

Please tell me that is not the name of an NPC. o.O

No, it's a gun.

[StealthSigma]

Please tell me that is not the name of an NPC. o.O

With a game like Borderlands..... it could be a NPC....

[CanRay]

With a game like Borderlands..... it could be a NPC....

With a game like Borderlands, it could be both an NPC and a firearm.

[ShadowDragon8685]

With a game like Borderlands, it could be both an NPC and a firearm.

You mean it should be, right?

[_Pax._]

With a game like Borderlands, it could be both an NPC and a firearm.

... at the same time. "I like being a gun." Hahaha.

[Tiralee]

What-ho fellow vault hunters, Sir Hammerlock's Safari expansion drops 15th January!

From what industry gossip that's about, and considering that Borderlands 2 is now available on the Mac, and the lengthy period required to push through the damned patches on all platforms, the 15th was the earliest they could do (they were, apparently, looking for a pre-Christmas release, but so it goes.).

And for all you lovers of the swag, you can download Sir Hammerlock's dulcet tones for your phone:)

Other fun drops: (spending some hilarious time online with friends)
WTF (Shield) Level 25 and it's a fast way to kill your entire team (On hit, chance to drop a shield booster...that spews electro-grenades.) Bought from a vending machine at Dr Zeds, of all places.
Transformer (shield) 20 - damn, this is a good shield (Adsorbs hits, converts to ammo) always immune to electricity, apparently. (drops from Bunker)
Deliverance: (Shotgun) Teledore shotgun, good damage, decent reload speed and when tossed, the gun chases down your enemies and shoots them, then explodes....I cannot tell you how much fun this is.
The Hornet (Dahl pistol, always acid) level 2, level 30 and level 50 (!) Drops from Knuckledragger, eats robots. Burstfire is stupidly damaging.
Another 4 (!!!!) Whackadooms - Bandit multi (6-8!) rocket launcher, from level 23 to 49-50. (dropped by King Mong) I had 3 drop in a row, the instant one is stupidly awesome, only 50k damage per rocket, but no travel time - rocketspam like a demon.

Apart from that, this is a game that is designed to be played with friends. Never alone (unless you're levelling alts:) as you need a witness to the sheer awesome that your average player can pull out, by sheer accident, curiosity and "hold my beer, I have an idea"-edness.

-Goodgame
-Tir.

[Critias]

Mrs. Crit and I finally sat down and worked on wrapping up the Torgue -- excuse me, the TORGUE -- expansion, and had a lot of fun throughout. It reinvigorated our laugh-out-loud adoration of Tiny Tina (even though she didn't feature real heavily), and then we spent the better part of a half hour picking and choosing from among our friends, assigning them Borderlands characters to costume as at various conventions. Some of us would need to go as alt-costume bits of various characters (depending on the hair color/outfit chosen, my beard's pretty spot on for Axton's "Roguish Renegade" face), but we got almost everyone accounted for and it would make for an epic costuming group at Dragon*Con or something.

Sadly, of all of us, we're the only two who have played the game! So if we show up at our gaming buddy's house and just bust out with "We want your 13 year old daughter to dress up like this gigglinh psychopath, and you're going to be what's called a Gunzerker," no one else will appreciate our keen eye and superb taste. Because they're gaming buddies, no one will call the cops or anything, but some of the awesomeness is wasted.

The Philistines.

[Tiralee]

Re: Cosplaying

I've seen a Moxxie cosplayer (she's got a twitter linked to the gearbox one now) and she's not bad - I know I'm a shoe-in for Marcus ("No Refunds!") and I play regularly with an old friend of mine that looks like a ginger Salvadore...

Hilariously, he's stopped playing his level 34 Gunzerker because I badgered him into playing a siren (So he could heal his Zero-playing sniper GF, who was a noob to the entire console shooting thing and is now doing HORRIBLE things to people on a regular basis) and now he's reluctant to go back, simply for the joy of healing, and killing.

I'm hopscotching around now, trying to level but not "over level' so I can still play happily with my buddies but not be "that guy".

Recently, the majority of the conversations were along the lines of, "OMG, TELL ME you all saw that!" as we develop into team roles (I'm flexible, also, familiar with all characters so it's cool) and are now power-chomping our way through the opposition...good times.

Funny thing is, it's not easy per se - we still die and almost wipe on a regular basis, even with a good healer, as we're stretching our skills (their level 30's were playing with my level 20 Commando - they were horrified at how easily you could split and separate attacking groups and funnel them into killing zones (Rolling thunder takes a bit of getting used to, but it's good times now) using the turret, grenades and some clever deception skills.

So it's a team-building, fun group game, that's rewarding good players with better players, and good times. Holy crap - who'd a thunk it?

Also, it's stupid fun watching the gunzerker toss multiple MIRVS down a hole full of baddies. Good times, good times...


-Tir.
(Russians LOVE the sniper class - are horrified that as a healer, I can make their jobs easier.)

[Bigity]

Was just gifted this (I was waiting for spring sale, which would be after my bonus), looking forward to more whacky BL action.

[Tanegar]

I bought Borderlands 2 yesterday, when it showed up in Steam's holiday sale for 50% off, so I got the game plus the Season Pass for the regular price of the game itself. Currently playing a gunzerker. Probably going to specialize in the Rampage and Gun Lust trees.

[Tanegar]

One thing that annoys the living fuck out of me is that elemental weapons are no longer hitscan. WTF?

[_Pax._]

... "hitscan" ...? What's that??

Right, educated myself.

I hate to say it, but borderlands has NEVER used "hitscan".

The only change BL1 -> BL2, is that some projectiles in BL2 are significantly slower than the default for BL1, which was often fast enough people thought the game was using hitscan modelling .... but it wasn't. It is and always has been a projectile-modelling game. Every bullet you fire, the game tracks it. Individually. And shotguns fire multiple projectiles at once ... each of which is tracked. Individually.

[Tanegar]

Regardless, every single elemental weapon I have discovered thus far shoots projectiles that are far slower than those fired by similar, non-elemental weapons, and I cannot figure out the reasoning behind this.

[_Pax._]

"Bad luck". Seriously. My various and sundry elemental weapons are no slower by and large, compared to nonelemental weapons of the same ty-

Oh.

OH.

You've been using EXPLOSIVE-element guns, haven't you? That element specifically, yes, is much slower. And also has an AoE at the point of impact. It's part and parcel of that specific elemental type: it's not firing bullets, it's firing GYROJETS ... micro-rockets. Especially, any Torgue-branded gun works like that. The point of explosive guns, is that you don't have to actually hit your target dead-on. "Close counts" and all that. Indeed, it can be easier to aim for the ground at their feet, than trying to aim at a mobile enemy directly.

If you're on PC, we should get together and I can show you the difference, demonstrate a few elemental guns that're just as quick from barrel-to-bandit as normal bullets. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[Tanegar]

So far my only elemental weapons are explosive and incendiary, and they both have slow projectiles. Except the incendiary sniper rifles, now that I think about it. I've got incendiary pistols and SMGs, and they all have slow projectiles.

[_Pax._]

The incndiary might be another type of projectile - HOMING. They, too move slower ... but they'll follow an enemy, and are very hard to actually miss with. But that's not all inendiaries, just some.

I've had plenty of shock, incendiary, caustic, and slag guns that hit pretty much instantly.

Oh, and there's E-tech guns ... energy weapons. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Those're generally slightly FASTER projectiles than normal.

[Tanegar]

No, they're not homing. I oughta know, I miss enough.

Anyway, I was extremely happy to see that Patricia Tannis is alive and well. She was easily my favorite character in Borderlands, and retains her sociopathic charm in the sequel. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/love.gif)

[_Pax._]

Hmm. What system are you playing on? PC? A screenshot might help me narrow down what's going on. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

I agree about Professor Tannis. She remains quite loopy, totally disconnected from the reality around her ... yet still crucial to your success.

[Tanegar]

I'm on a PC, but the point is kind of moot now since I have actually started finding fast-projectile elemental guns.

I think Roland just took gold in the Biggest Understatement Ever contest: "I know Tina can be... odd..." I'm sitting here thinking, "Odd? Girl is the new trope codifier for Ax Crazy."

[CanRay]

TV TROPES WILL RUIN YOUR LIFE!!!

...

And I helped them now. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/frown.gif)

[Halinn]

And I helped them now. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/frown.gif)

Stop enabling them!