Ajemsuhgao
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macfoshizzle said:
Creatures get harder with each additional player.
And, what classes are you all playing?
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Creatures get harder with each additional player.
And, what classes are you all playing?
I am really trying to get into this game and I just can't do it. I understand that it is trying to be more of a Shooter/RPG hybrid ala Fallout 3 but the game is extremely last generation in nature with relatively non interactive environments and objects with an average combat physics model. Even the cell shading looks more comparable to Red Steel 2 than say Team Fortress 2. It almost plays like a extremely toned down version of Dues Ex and even that game had more environment and object interaction than Borderlands.
Ajemsuhgao
Member
Shaheed79 said:
The cel-shading in the game looks more like *game A that isn't cel-shaded* than *game B that isn't cel-shaded*?
Wat.
EDIT: Oh, Red Steel 2. Nevermind. But still, TF2 isn't cel-shaded.
BravoSuperStar
Member
Shaheed79 said:
This is not meant to be a single player RPG type experience. It's way more diablo than it is fallout. The game is at it's best when you're playing co-op and just blasting the hell out of a camp of bandits for whatever bullshit reason a NPC gave you.
macfoshizzle
Member
Ajemsuhgao said:
there are 3 of us. im playing the hunter and two of my friends are both playing siren :lol i think if one of em was to play as the soldier class, we would last longer. those scags with armor is a real pain.. and dont get me started on teh fire one. i found out real quick ammo mods to expand ur ammo is a must in this game.
Ajemsuhgao
Member
macfoshizzle said:
Yeah...
A friend and I had a tough time with them as well, when I was Hunter, and he was Siren. I really don't know how to help you there :\
macfoshizzle
Member
Ajemsuhgao said:
any tips on building he hunter character? what skills are really useful?
Ajemsuhgao
Member
macfoshizzle said:
I ended up switching to Soldier, just because that bird seemed completely useless to me.:lol
dreamer3kx
Member
SuperEnemyCrab said:
this is pretty much how im playing but the problem is can you miss out on the better weapons from playing coop?
just burn the skags
im playing 4 player co-op with friends and we make light work of the big bosses its when we get outnumbered by like 10-15 enemies we have trouble. The berserker makes like so easy as he pummels enemies while the others can take em out while they are distracted
im playing 4 player co-op with friends and we make light work of the big bosses its when we get outnumbered by like 10-15 enemies we have trouble. The berserker makes like so easy as he pummels enemies while the others can take em out while they are distracted
BrettWeir
Member
If I have one complaint about the game, it is loot scaling. I am level 42 on my 2nd playthrough with my Siren. I am still using a white SMG I found at level 34 on the first playthrough. Not even the purples I am finding can touch it. Almost to Mad Mel, and my loot crave meter is pinging.
TurtleSnatcher
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Ain't No Rest for the Wicked by Cage the Elephant is now number 57 on iTunes. Holy crap. The game most definetley propelled them.
TurtleSnatcher said:
It was awesomely weird hearing good licensed music coming out of a FPS, not to mention something that actually fits the setting. As soon as it started I thought of goddamn Halo 2. Like Breaking Benjamin or no, the second that song came on you rolled your eyes.
Ajemsuhgao
Member
Hugbot said:
True.
But at least the Incubus bits fit sorta. Follow playing during the Banshee heretic area was pretty cool.
NullPointer
Member
nilay said:
Very true, and useful on all skags except the crazy fire ones. Alpha skags have tons of armor in the front, so don't take them on head-on. Shoot them in their hindquarters or in the mouth if you ever get an opportunity. The spitter skags are also weak against melee for what its worth.
Knowing the right elemental weaknesses of your foes is key to laying waste to bad guys in this game. And just in case it isn't commonly known, the likelihood of an elemental effect happening with each bullet is determined by the text "High, Higher, Very High elemental chance, and *not* the multiplier. IF an elemental effect applies to your shot, it'll do whatever damage your shots usually do X the multiplier. So be on the lookout, some x1 elemental weapons can still be very useful if their base damage is good and they have a high elemental chance.
funkmastergeneral
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Firestorm said:
Stand outside the arena and snipe him
BravoSuperStar
Member
Razorskin said:
I also played through as a solider and found the "support" tree the best. The turret cooldown reduction and supply crate are awesome. I also put some points to increase the damage of the turret, and also aid station so it heals you. Overload is another great skill that increase the clip size of all guns, very useful.
Razorskin said:
If you're playing solo, survivability trumps DPS. The damage will come regardless, and my best advice is to b-line through the medic tree starting with Aid Station, then Fitness, Overload, and Stat.
If you're playing co-op, as you should be, it's more of a matter of what you want to be doing most of the time. Figure out whether you want to be support or dishing out damage and go from there. Just remember it's impossible to become useless because you messed anything up and even if you do it's cheap to respec at any New-U.
Yeah but I love games like Diablo and Hellgate London but even on that level it is disappointing. If I could do some split-screen co-op I may change my mind but I was expecting a more polished experience than the one we got. There is literally nothing so far about this game that I feel couldn't have been done on the original Xbox.SuperEnemyCrab said:
Perhaps that's your first mistake. Beyond the superficial similarities in setting, I can't think of two games that have played so differently yet been compared so often.Shaheed79 said:
Ajemsuhgao said:
Actually Borderlands isn't cel-shaded either. :lol
dreamer3kx said:
You can miss out on the better weapons from NOT playing coop.
Shaheed79 said:
You are a bad person.
elrechazado
Banned
Kintaro said:
You really think it won't come out? PC version of the game was delayed. Are you really shocked that the DLC might be as well?
Ajemsuhgao
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Hawkian said:
But it's meant to look like it is. Team Fortress 2 is not.
elrechazado
Banned
Kintaro said:
It's nice to want things.
Ollie Pooch
In a perfect world, we'd all be homersexual
i play co-op with a mate as hunter and her as siren with no probs, just wait for the skags to stop and roar, and shoot them in the mouth to get a critical hit. takes them down no problems. you can often get them mid-air too when they leap at you.macfoshizzle said:
i started focusing on the sniper skill tree but since moved over to the middle one (birdy). now he charges up super fast, deals out massive damage and also gets enemies to drop loot + health.macfoshizzle said:
TurtleSnatcher
Member
It took you 45 mins to do a mission and you somehow miracously didn't pass one of the restore auto save waypoints?
I mean.. I pass by 5 of those on missions w/o even realizing.
I finally started playing again.. Had to settle into my new apartment. Just killed the boss that sits on the turret.. I forget his name.
Holy hell was he a pain.. Hard to get up that canyon area.. Thankfully I found a place a little below and was able to just pelt him to death slowly with my machine gun that never runs out of ammo.
Got 2 levels tonight.. The game is long.
I mean.. I pass by 5 of those on missions w/o even realizing.
I finally started playing again.. Had to settle into my new apartment. Just killed the boss that sits on the turret.. I forget his name.
Holy hell was he a pain.. Hard to get up that canyon area.. Thankfully I found a place a little below and was able to just pelt him to death slowly with my machine gun that never runs out of ammo.
Got 2 levels tonight.. The game is long.
kyo_daikun
Member
Krom can be a nightmare, he gunned me down a few times, reached level 46 yesterday and i've done enough missions to hit 47, hopefully get to 50 tonight with my soldier.
funkmastergeneral
Banned
kyo_daikun said:
Probably the easiest fight in the game for me. Jump out from behind cover, snipe 3 times, jump back. Rinse and repeat.
kyo_daikun
Member
I was shooting him with a sniper rifle from afar but it didn't have very good zoom, my shots would hit the turret and that regenerates health pretty much instantly so I gave up and tried to run and gun it (failed miserably)
Ollie Pooch
In a perfect world, we'd all be homersexual
_bluemoon said:
the krom fight was so easy that i thought after we blew up the turret, he was gonna meet us when we got up there. when he didn't appear we realised we'd already killed him :lol bit of an anti climax...
kyo_daikun
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Firestorm said:
They are definetly helpful in keeping you close/ above the enemies level.