Oooh man, last night I got this really killer Purple Sniper Rifle with a 15 load clip and rapid fire and like, 75 damage. I'm only lvl 8 and I fully expect this to break the game for me for awhile... but I didn't get a chance to test it out. I'm itching to go home and shoot some bandit in the face with it.
-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
Borderlands 2 |OT| Opening Pandora's Box (of Guns!)
- Thread starter iNvid02
- Start date
- Status
Dead Prince
Banned
if pc. gmg.
mickcenary
Member
About 5 or so hours in now (just left The Sanctuary)... The game is good; there's no doubt about that. I'm just unsure whether it will maintain my interest. Looting is fun as balls and I'm a sucker for that stuff, but every now and then, the somewhat imprecise aiming controls will rear their ugly head, make me squish my face up and think, "well, that wasn't very good at all".
That being said, a lot of my concern is probably down to my still getting accustomed to the controls and flow of the game. Tightest FPS, this certainly is not, but then again, it doesn't have to be. I shall persevere!
That being said, a lot of my concern is probably down to my still getting accustomed to the controls and flow of the game. Tightest FPS, this certainly is not, but then again, it doesn't have to be. I shall persevere!
GuitarAtomik
Member
So I accidentally opened the golden chest with my one golden key at like level 8 not realizing what it was. Got two purple shields that I didn't want to use since they were a minus to maximum health (turtle shields) :/ I wish they would have warned me a little better lol but oh well.
So I assume you can get more golden keys right?
So I assume you can get more golden keys right?
I think its safe to assume they will eventually sell keys for $1, which I am ok with actually.
Ok, don't know what I was expecting, even this early on I'm already somewhat bored.
Ah ok not too bad then, was afraid I was gonna have to spend tons of time just to finish it.
notsureifserious.gif
GuitarAtomik
Member
Oh weird. Yeah, I don't really have a problem with that either. Just sucks that I used it so early then.
Did you sign up for Shift, you can get a free key for doing that.
I'm assuming there will be many other free ways to get keys in the future.
Baconsammy
Banned
I got something similar around that level. Mine also had digital crosshairs that tracked enemies movements when I zoomed in. The problem was that I ran out of bullets so quickly. Awesome gun though. It didn't break the game, but it sure made fighting the guys with the lootchests on their backs easier.
You can get some really good loot out of the slot machines. Every time I come back to town I allocate X amount of money for the slots. I usually come away with some more eridium, a bunch of weapons to re-sell, character/vehicle skins or sometimes something good to use.
GuitarAtomik
Member
No not yet actually. Will do! Thanks.
So, I'm getting there in the game, I'd say I'm 70% done now. I think overall I would say in comparison to BL1 concerning specific elements of this game:
Overhaul--Story/Characters
Much Better--Gun controls and feel
Much Better--Shields
Better--Atmosphere and location variety
Better--Music
Better--Vehicles
Bit Better--SFX
Bit Better--Grenade Mods
--
Bit Worse--Classmods
Bit Worse--Side Missions
Bit Worse--Skill tree (too many skills added while not compensating for levels)
Worse--Weapon Variety (for certain weapons)
Worse--Loot Chest Ratio
Ruined--UI (user interface aka menu system)
Overhaul--Story/Characters
Much Better--Gun controls and feel
Much Better--Shields
Better--Atmosphere and location variety
Better--Music
Better--Vehicles
Bit Better--SFX
Bit Better--Grenade Mods
--
Bit Worse--Classmods
Bit Worse--Side Missions
Bit Worse--Skill tree (too many skills added while not compensating for levels)
Worse--Weapon Variety (for certain weapons)
Worse--Loot Chest Ratio
Ruined--UI (user interface aka menu system)
Make sure to link your account from in-game. If you sign-up for Shift and link accounts on the site itself before going back to the game, you won't get a key.
Yea that glitch that I mentioned earlier has something to do with playing co-op with two people from the same file. Pretty much don't do it at all. If you do more than likely your skins heads and badass rank will all mess up. I just deleted everything and started fresh. Stayed up all night but got to level 15 in about 6 hours solo. was level 20 but no big deal. Just be careful if you have friends over...
GuitarAtomik
Member
Good to know. I'm actually having some trouble getting past the user agreement on the site so I'll just do it from in game when I get home.
Baconsammy
Banned
Will never agree with those 3.
Meatvillain
Banned
Only early in the game but I'm loving it so far, it's a lot of fun. Really enjoying the Siren's phaselock.
MushroomSamba
Member
How's the Soldier/Turret class this time around? I played Roland in BL1 and was gonna start with the new guy. Is it more of the same? Any interesting tweaks?
Baconsammy
Banned
I haven't put much time in with him, but based on other posts he appears to rank up there with Maya as the best class, with Zero being the worst. He also appears to be an easier class to solo with.
I just had to google this, apparently you need to move the cursor to the right hand side of the gun and the favourite/trash icons should pop up to click.
The PC interface in general is odd. It's like they really took all the complaints about the lack of mouse control in the first game and forgot there is a keyboard as well.
MMBosstones86
Member
what??
this ^. UI in the first one was brutal (from a PC standpoint). i find BL2 to be much improved in this standpoint. having a Minimap is a HUGE help.
my main bitch point is running out of ammo. i have to keep shotty, pistol, smg, assault on hand just because i run through so much ammo during 'larger' battles. its quite annoying.
havnt gotten to the point where i upgrade ammo yet...
I just signed up, but I don't think I got a key. I got a notification saying I have a key, but it's a result of my Premiere Club. Hmm, do keys show in your inventory somewhere?
I'll give this a shot. Thanks!
I don't know about the UI as a whole, but the inventory screen in particular seems pointlessly busy. Really don't care for it at all.
If you linked your Steam account from the website, unlink it, then launch the game and link it from inside BL2. It should give you the key then.
If you linked your Steam account from the website, unlink it, then launch the game and link it from inside BL2. It should give you the key then.
Zero the worst? D:
The inventory UI is awful especially when you bring in the bank/stash. Needlessly complicated. There has to be a better way...
GuitarAtomik
Member
As with any class based game you just need to know how to work your character.
The inventory system gets a bit easier to deal with to the point where I don't have any issues with it anymore. It would be nice if I could scroll with the keyboard, but its so much improved from BL1.
Skill tree is a personal thing, I understand that. I wish they let you level faster so you could get more than 6 full skills a game.
Side missions are just worse. Not sure what you find fun about "Go to the first map of the game, run through all the level 3 enemies and click this switch, now run all the way back." that half of them consist of.
As for the UI, no way is it better. Hoostrax made a great comparison earlier:
The left shot sucks. Such a waste of space. The character is blocking a portion of the screen. Everything takes longer to figure out and scroll through. The right screen is such a better use of space and information.
Well, judging by the theme... I guess it depends on how graphic they're willing to make the cover.
Basileus777
Member
The encounter design in this game is pretty lazy and poor, I'm tired of seeing enemies spawn out of thin air right in front of me. It feels so scripted, let me just encounter enemies, don't have them spawn en mass when I trigger an event or cross a threshold.
rbanke
Member
like it is on the BL2 box, but with one of the player characters arm with their hand making a gun to his head.
or his johnson
Rickenslacker
Banned
I'm fine with the interface in general, but yeah that inventory screen is a mess. It's really clumsy and not very space efficient.
I chose to go the left tree. I did the 25% fire rate on reload, 10% critical hit, and 400% damage for last bullet in clip. I'm thinking or respecing but I'm not sure if anything else is really worth trying for. I played snipers though.
Dreams-Visions
Member
Nope. I got a class mod last night that gave me +2 in a skill I had zero. I went to check and it said that it would only give +2 if I already had at least 1 point in that skill.
Ok. So about last night.
Played till I got to lvl 12 with my Zer0. Loving playing him all melee.
I played till. Played it till amost the end then the lights went out in my buildingthe firehawk mission
It came back later, but it was late so I just went too sleep.
PS - I GAVE IN TO THE MULTIPLES GOLDEN KEY THING. I got like 10 keys. I figured since I did at lvl 10 it wqouldnt really break the game.
And you know what? It wasnt that amazing. OF all the weapons I got there, I only still got 1 (and I almost never use it). The rest I got later at lvl 11-12 just playing the game.
So, Im not gonna use the golden key anymore. Maybe if I hit lvl 50 just to see what I get (and it hasnt been patched yet).
Right now Im using:
- sniper rifle (got in mission)
- shotgun (got with golden key but honestly I almost never use it)
- pistol (got in chest - not golden key one). it has unlimited bullets. NO RELOAD. It`s freaking amazing. damage is kinda low, but it shoots fast and I can waste the bullets, lol.
I also have an SMG I found that is awesome.
So, if you`re thinking about getting more golden keys, I say to just keep playing the game. You will eventually get better just playing. Also, it will feel a lot more satisfying.
pardon, but how the hell do you have 10 keys?
Dead Prince
Banned
pc exploit. Blame it on gearbox.
- Status