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Borderlands |OT| More guns than the population of the Netherlands
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Tokubetsu
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Lord Phol said:As I've gained a bit more knowledge about the games since my last build and I got nothing better to do I reconed I try my hands at the skill tree again.
Lilith - 20/10/15
Focusing less on melee damage and more on using phasewalking as an escape mechanism/survival tool and elemental guns for dmg. Think it will work pretty good for PvP as well. Venom would be fun just to mess around with, but couldn't find anything worth sacrificing for it.
Mordecai - 20/0/25
Also made one for Mordecai as I'm not sure which one I'm gonna try first. Pretty straight forward, focusing on doing LOTS of dmg with sniper rifles and handguns. Probably not the best build for PvP but could always move some points if needed. Will be getting som beefy boosts whenever ending an enemy >: D.
Did we just make almost identical builds? :lol
Majima Everywhere System
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Those are some decent reviews. I am once again decently interested. Plus, that thread "Every game should be like Borderlands" made me think "Hey, every game should be like Borderlands...and I should own borderlands."
Dude Abides
Banned
MidnightRider said:
Heading down to Chinatown in about an hour to pick it up.
Terrordactyl
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SundaySounds
Banned
This is what I'm rolling with so far. (my first build)
Roland 5/15/25
Roland 5/15/25
Nope. Except in arenas or if you purposely duelSundaySounds said:
Split based on your level. I.e. you and a co-op player kill a level 10 mob, if you are level 10 you'll get 100xp (imaginary numbers) your level 20 co-op player will get 10xp. If you are both level 10, you both get 100xp.
Even steven.
I think I recall it being 12 items period (weapons, shields, mods, etc) that is later expandable. You can equip 2 weapons initially, 4 eventually. Inventory system is just a list with headers to split the types.
One person can do just fine. 2 puts the second person as a dedicated turret gunner.
No AI allies
No AI allies
Yes. There are weapon enhancement mods in later levels.
Nope
SundaySounds
Banned
Thanks, garath.
TurtleSnatcher
Member
Getting pretty good reviews all around.
Nice!
Nice!
SundaySounds
Banned
Has anyone been able to find a working video for the first 10 minutes of Borderlands? I've only found a million links for this one video, but the audio/video is horribly out of sync.
Baloonatic
Member
Aww, I was planning on playing it single player
First time I didn't skim a review in a while. More a sign of what little I know than anything. Summary sums up why I'm excited:Terrordactyl said:
Although it seems to take a looong time to get to LV50 =( I want to hit LV50 fast and do some cool post-game content if possible. Then again, why am I playing this instead of WoW. I tried to stay the hell away from WoW only to get into an FPS that behaves like it? XD
When do you guys think Gamespat will get its up? Friday? :lol
You can do it. You won't have to worry about fighting over loot
But if you're interested, check the coop thread: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=18085378#post18085378
Baloonatic said:Aww, I was planning on playing it single player
You can do it. You won't have to worry about fighting over loot
But if you're interested, check the coop thread: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=18085378#post18085378
I am totally leaning toward Lilith but from what I've seen of the higher level players she seems like a difficult class to play.
Most people seem to be using her phasewalk as an escape plan, but the early point spread makes it difficult to get some real damage out of her. I'm planning on a melee focus with fast phasewalk refresh. I'd really like to see someone play that way and see if it's viable but no streams like that so far.
My Lilith build:
http://www.borderlandsthegame.com/skilltree/lilith/#21500550050050000505055
Brick is an alternative but again, I'm unsure of the viability of the melee attack. How much damage does it actually do?
Most people seem to be using her phasewalk as an escape plan, but the early point spread makes it difficult to get some real damage out of her. I'm planning on a melee focus with fast phasewalk refresh. I'd really like to see someone play that way and see if it's viable but no streams like that so far.
My Lilith build:
http://www.borderlandsthegame.com/skilltree/lilith/#21500550050050000505055
Brick is an alternative but again, I'm unsure of the viability of the melee attack. How much damage does it actually do?
SundaySounds
Banned
Also, there's a 'compare' option in the inventory menu for deciding which weapon to use. This pleases me greatly.
"God's Beard!"
Member
MidnightRider said:
You could check out mine: Bet on Soldier!
It's set up to be a kind of "frag and clear" class, for quickly taking down groups from multiple angles. It suffers a little against single enemies like bosses, but not much.
Your build is very similar to mine. We have the same focus, phasewalk + melee with fast refresh. I don't care if she's hard to play. I played Thief/Assassin Maple Story when it was in beta. My friends all made fun of me as I did little to no damage when we were low levelled, and it turned out that in later levels I was the most powerful class in the game =Dgarath said:
TurtleSnatcher
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Destructoid Review
http://www.destructoid.com/review-borderlands-152286.phtml
http://www.destructoid.com/review-borderlands-152286.phtml
SundaySounds
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God's Beard said:
No cauterize? I'm gonna love that skill.
Idk, I'm gonna be more medic than soldier.
"God's Beard!"
Member
If you don't want to focus on turrets, then I'd say the main skills are Stat, Quick Charge, Grenadier, Impact and Metal Storm. Of course, you also want the healing skills since you said you're supporting.RS4- said:
Probably something like this:Field Medic
Baloonatic
Member
Darklord said:
Ok thanks, I've only read the 1UP review so far. I've had this pre-ordered on PC for months, GAME.co.uk still haven't updated the release date though. Still says it's coming out on the 23rd for all platforms.
Firestorm said:
Yeah.. exactly. My thoughts are: take a base 35% increase to melee damage, then slap an 800% bonus onto that for leaving phasewalk, you should be able to one or two shot people (thus lowering your phasewalk refresh) while having your opponents dazed and having damage reduction on yourself. Perfectly viable offensive phasewalk plan. The only difficulty would be if you can't kill the enemies quick enough and you get bogged down in the middle without being able to lower your refresh enough.
edit: I just saw a stream where a level 22 siren was melee'ing some bugs. They have no shields so it's not a perfect example but he was dishing out 776 melee damage with no points in melee. Add 35% to get to 1000 melee damage normal, 8000 damage out of phasewalk.
I think I've reconvinced myself that Lilith is the way to go.
AndyMoogle
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35 hours to get to level 50 is way too short if you ask me.Firestorm said:
I'm really hoping they have good LV50 support. If there's a cap, it should be for a reason. I want something to do at LV50. Although I'm really not a fan of having to pay for things to do at LV50... DLC better be <$5. Guessing the game isn't GFW Live is it? I just bought 8400 Microsoft Points at 50% off >.>; Would rather spend that than real money!AndyMoogle said:
TurtleSnatcher
Member
I think DLC was $10 and they said it would be full new episodes so I'm guessing it will be pretty worth it. It looks ace for sure.
It doesnt use GFWL
It doesnt use GFWL
elrechazado
Banned
ign review mentions "really engaging AI" that keeps fights interesting.
idle thumbs fail
idle thumbs fail
I figured it had probably been answered. I had been wondering whether it would use GFW Live. It would be amazing if it used Steam invites to games instead, but I guess I'll be stuck with a bunch of Steam friends I will have to add on GFW and then use the awkward slidey invite system, or ingame invites?Firestorm said:
Does anyone know (if it's GFW Live) if it supports achievements?
And I'm also not a fan of paying extra after the initial game purchase. For PC DLC is already confirmed to be $10 for the first one alone, and I assume they will have disabled all modding support for custom maps, though some people might be able to reskin things. One of the main things I asked before deciding to buy was whether the single-player and multiplayer gameplay would be good enough to provide replay value without me having to spend $10 each on a bunch of DLC packs that everyone else would be playing (thus leaving me out). Hopefully not.
*edit*
HALLELUJAH no GFW Live. No offense to the people who like it. :lol Achievements are fun but whatever if they don't have them.
About the level cap, I forgot to mention...multiple characters should help that. I always hated in KOTOR how I had to make tough decisions about skills. If this is fun I could see myself playing one character up, and then saying "hey, I'll try a totally different playstyle now" and do a different skilltree.
ChoklitReign
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Destructoid says the ending is even worse than Fallout 3. Please tell me (without details!) he's wrong. I heard the story was pretty good.