Conciliator
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Got a level 8 Siren on PC, interested in playing this afternoon/evening...hit me up, Concierge on Steam.
EDIT: woooooooooooo borderlands 2
EDIT: woooooooooooo borderlands 2
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Borderlands 2 |OT| Opening Pandora's Box (of Guns!)
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These are great points. I can't see any explanation as to why the current loot system would be preferrable to the D3 system. Perhaps they could offer it as an option for coop? So you can search and join games which have the D3 style loot system?
They got rid of weapon proficiency? People would avoid weapons in BL1 because the characters didn't get anything from using them. Stupid to take that out.
gutterboy44
Member
Shared loot isn't all cons. If you have friends who you can be civil with it is fun all admiring and awesome drop before dividing it up. You also become more aware of what your friends weapons and capabilities are when you all see the same loot being spread out. It also seems to inspire hand me downs more than instanced loot. Instanced loot would be take everything, pic the one thing better for you and sell all the rest. For us, if we got a purple, someone would take it and pass on what ever weapon that displaced.
All of that being said, I would have preferred instanced loot to simply keep the game moving and make it viable to play with strangers.
All of that being said, I would have preferred instanced loot to simply keep the game moving and make it viable to play with strangers.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
Isn't there 1 already coming in mid October or am I mistaking that for something smaller? Curious since I will hold off until a 25% coupon if that's the case.
Dead Prince
Banned
The only thing i know in october is the Mechromancer class which isn't part of the season pass.
nicoga3000
Saint Nic
Just give us a /players4 like D2 so we can solo farm and play co-op without caring as much about loot, haha.
JetBlackPanda
Member
is the golden key account bound? you only get 1? or 1 for each character?
BobTheFork
Member
I'm ok with this.
Maybe 2-3 hours in (in the second area) and I'm having fun!
Gunzerker and I'm specting as much damage and bonus to the zerk as possible; Just DPS full out.
I love the dual shooting more than I thought I would, especially if you have any explosives. I like to team it up with a fire or acid small arms and it's very effective.
I already had to roll my eyes at the story a few times. Handsome Jack really does just comes out of nowhere and the beginning that sets it off seems a bit silly. I also didn't care for
Maybe I just want something out of the story for these games I'm just not going to get. I did like some of the returning characters and new one quite a bit.
I'm not sure when I should hit co-op. I feel like when you play with people, it's just rush rush rush and no one reads dialog or takes time. I felt like I'll miss things I may want to see, but I don't know if I want to wait until the second play to team up.
Maybe 2-3 hours in (in the second area) and I'm having fun!
Gunzerker and I'm specting as much damage and bonus to the zerk as possible; Just DPS full out.
I love the dual shooting more than I thought I would, especially if you have any explosives. I like to team it up with a fire or acid small arms and it's very effective.
I already had to roll my eyes at the story a few times. Handsome Jack really does just comes out of nowhere and the beginning that sets it off seems a bit silly. I also didn't care for
The angel AI saying that the characters from the first game 'changed the planet forever' but uh...we need a new hero..YOU!'.
I'm not sure when I should hit co-op. I feel like when you play with people, it's just rush rush rush and no one reads dialog or takes time. I felt like I'll miss things I may want to see, but I don't know if I want to wait until the second play to team up.
MagicWithEarvin
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So, I'm screen capping all of those character intros in 1920 x 1080. They could make for some great wall papers. Let me know if you guys are interested - I'm only up to chapter 6 I believe, but I've screen capped every character/boss so far.
Yep, just dumping.
You can get multiple keys but they can only be used once, regardless of character
Story wise, BL1 is pretty lacking. I personally think there would just be a few references you may not get but otherwise I think BL2 can stand pretty well on its own.
The Dutch Slayer
Member
Go buy BL2 right, you will not mis a thing about BL1.
BL2 is the better game far far far better, and that is from someone how played the first game for over 150 hours.
You do not need the story of BL1 just know that their was a vault that opened at the end and shit got fucked up on a planet called Pandora.
You are a new vault hunter on Pandora and off you go
Kacho
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Borderlands is all about the gameplay. Shoot stuff, level up, assign points, collection guns. Don't worry about the story stuff. I'd skip it all if I could.
No much seriously happened in 1. If you just want a quick spoiler recap:
4 vault hunters appear (Lilith, Roland, Mordecai, and Brick). A 'voice' with the face of a woman only they can hear guides them through various unimportant challenges to get to the vault. They get there and open it. It isn't money, loot, or weapons. It's a big tentacle creature. You all kill it. You discover that the voice guiding you was actually an AI of a Hyperion satellite orbiting Pandora. The end.
Steam screenshots I know, and hopefully its nothing considered spoilers, but I really like what they've done with the environments. So much more interesting than the first game vanilla. Also Claptrap is still crazy as ever.
Hey Adam, this whole thing with the getting infinite golden keys things - is it bannable?
I used mine but I honestly would like to do it a couple more times (just because the first time gave me only shields, no weapon)
But i wouldnt do it if it screwed me later on.
Thanks in advance for the reply.
There are legit ways to get multiple keys though. Well at least 2 keys anyway.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
Tekno, you should add some SMAA to that. It looks rough.
Ultimadrago
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I swear I keep going back to old habits from Borderlands 1 like "Press E over money and ammo."
Have to catch myself!
Ultimadrago
Member
I always saw this part as Gearbox poking fun at itself for the quest types in Borderlands 1. It's probably not the case, but I get a chuckle out of it anyways.
Dead Prince
Banned
did you know you have tokens to use for your badass rank system?
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
A couple of SMAA shots on ULTRA.
Same, still mashing square on the controller over everything on the ground.
Luckily, I've been keeping up with that one
Really, really wish they had set it so that locked items wouldn't swap out if you held X. Equipping a white trash item while looting garbage is still the absolute worst
That and uninstanced loot.
Otherwise aces so far!
I can't wait to hear a story of someone playing with randoms, having a full inventory, holding x and their best gun flying out where a random takes it.
RebornYeti
Member
Dude I have the same problem. They all look the same too. :/
EDIT: I just remembered a glitch I experienced yesterday. I was doing the quest for Marcus where you have to shoot the targets with different elemental weapons. When I got to the slag part, he changed my pistol that did corrosive damage into a pistol that did slag damage. When I finished the quest, my pistol disappeared. Couldn't recover it or anything.
I use cover a lot so usually after firing I'll go into cover and reload...happened to do that with my Tediore Rocket launcher and killed myself. What's sad is that I've done this multiple times. I'll learn eventually!
SparksterMeta0
Member
I think I'm Level 11 Commando, and I am in LOVE with the turret. I'ma call her Broodwing.
I kid. I kid. But seriously, it's a real life saver.
I wonder if I should invest a missile or nuke feature...
Also, I found some worthwhile weapons, including an awesome fire sniper rifle. I'm so glad we have easier ways to save/get space for our backpacks. I was able to upgrade my backpack twice from eridium and finally access
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I kid. I kid. But seriously, it's a real life saver.
I wonder if I should invest a missile or nuke feature...
Also, I found some worthwhile weapons, including an awesome fire sniper rifle. I'm so glad we have easier ways to save/get space for our backpacks. I was able to upgrade my backpack twice from eridium and finally access
Roland's safe
DyslexicAlucard
Member
Is anyone on the PC version just reaching Sanctuary and not talked to the Dr. there yet? I got a bug shortly after meeting him, and I need to join someone's game so I can continue the quest line for both him and his contact. Please, someone PM me your Steam info if you are!
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
This is odd. I know I put the code in two days ago for the premier club (360), way before I installed the game. I just realized now (level 10) that I never got my gold guns or my relic hunter artifact.
Wtf is with that?
Wtf is with that?
It would seem that they have softened up some things and took a little more care with textures.
fluffydelusions
Member
++ <3 the turret. About to start pumping skill points into it.
Krappadizzle
Member
This is how I use my Zero too. Snipe and Melee Spec. That 500% melee damage on weakened enemies becomes a godsend on Badasses.
Yeah, I killed myself a coule of times too. This game will probably take that bad habit away.
Another thing that I really like about this game is that now I'm using my full arsenal all the time, switching weapons back and forth and even using sniper rifles. In Borderlands 1, once I got to a decent SMG I never used any other weapon, there was no need to. Maybe it's because I'm early in the story or I dunno, Borderlands 2 feel harder than the first one for me (which is a great thing).
Alex
Member
I hated being forced down one path in BL1 when I didn't even like the weapon they decided to saddle the class with. New method is much more flexible and better
I got an orange quality repeater from the slot machine in moxxis at level 7! They started turning up more common though. Seemed to come in with the new type commonly every few levels. Fire, elec, acid, slag
nicoga3000
Saint Nic
Any good explanation on the badass token system? I've been holding onto mine...
Tediore weapons are the god damned devil. It's a neat idea in theory, but having your reload held hostage to accidental gun grenade throwing just doesn't work well in practice.
Ignoring years of counterstrike inspired autoreloading, training yourself to NOT reload and then reload in the open to throw a mediocre grenade AND waste a shitload of ammo is just bad gameplay.
Maybe they get way stronger later with maxed ammo capacity and class perks to boost ammo, but right now I ignore or sell tediore weapons.
Raijin_Cain
Member
Dont. Use it. Redeem all the points.
It gives you small boosts on a bunch of stuff.
Use it!
Damn this game is even harder then the first solo...Flyn took me 4 tries(I was the same level as the quest,6) and I beat him because I glitched out of the zone and just shot him on the walkway before before jumping back in the enclosed area lol...looks like solo you need to be 2 or 3 levels higher then the quest/area to not die a lot...
Really? some of the voice are a little annoying. like I don't think the person doing Scooter is the same as in Borderlands 1. I don't like it. The game suffers from to much VO I want some quiet for a little bit. It reminds me of Portal 2 I recognize it's funny stuff the yare saying I just don't want to hear it all the time.
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