The second half of the game is way better, although there is nothing to do end-game. Gonna wait for the story DLC I guess.
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Borderlands the Pre-Sequel! |OT| GENDER EQUALITY!
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The second half of the game is way better, although there is nothing to do end-game. Gonna wait for the story DLC I guess.
matrixman92
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im going to assume it will be as fun as the Moxxi arena thing in the first game, or the creature slaughterdome in 2....which were not enjoyable in the slightest
Only for 9.99! ...I'm really hoping it's not crap and just an arena with the Eridian/Dahl enemies to accompany the pre-order DLC scav arena.
yep lol they're also adding some new weapons.
http://www.gearboxsoftware.com/comm...upgrade-pack-the-holodome-onslaught-announced
JeffSK, the Gearbox community manager also posted this a few days ago.
http://forums.gearboxsoftware.com/showthread.php?t=398832
UVHM current changes...
http://www.gearboxsoftware.com/comm...s-the-pre-sequel-s-ultimate-vault-hunter-mode
I'm struggling to progress through TVHM because I get bored after doing a mission (will take forever to finish it this way), but damn I'll go back to play the Holodome just because there's Gaige blabbering during it.
There's still no easy way to skip story quests quests via gibbed, aye? Still have to do one at each time and such?
There's still no easy way to skip story quests quests via gibbed, aye? Still have to do one at each time and such?
Holodome is shit for 10 bucks. Arena is enormous, few enemies spawn, and those that do constantly hide. Spent around 20 minutes and only got half through the first quest before I quit out of boredom. Hunting down the last enemy in a wave because they're hiding in a side room on the other side of the map isn't fun at all.
So far I kinda have to agree. From just a few minutes of playing, I felt that the arena was too large and so far the enemies are basically either dahl or eridians. Overall, it's ok and I like having more things to do in the game but I honestly I had more fun with the $5 I spent on Tales of the Borderlands. My opinion might slightly change a bit once I play with it more people.
A. Bahroo, an avid Borderlands player, also gave a pretty objective, imo, review detailing some of the issues regarding the content.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g93mT60Ymgs
Edit: playing online with some randoms makes it a bit more intense if that helps lol
A. Bahroo, an avid Borderlands player, also gave a pretty objective, imo, review detailing some of the issues regarding the content.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g93mT60Ymgs
Edit: playing online with some randoms makes it a bit more intense if that helps lol
Basically...there still isn't much to do so it's hard to justify the xtra levels as of now. I personally had a bit more fun with it online but it's still doesn't add much to the end game.
Morrigan Stark
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Yay got this game for Xmas. Just got to Concordia, I'm assuming that's this game's Sanctuary?
I picked Athena (duh xD). Enjoying it a lot so far. But I was hoping they wouldn't do the whole, "give you side-quests in the area you just cleared (oh and respawn bosses while we're at it)" thing. I really disliked that in the first two games. :\
I picked Athena (duh xD). Enjoying it a lot so far. But I was hoping they wouldn't do the whole, "give you side-quests in the area you just cleared (oh and respawn bosses while we're at it)" thing. I really disliked that in the first two games. :\
Concordia is this games sanctuary more or less. There are side missions like that just the same as the other 2 games the way it has already been. But you don't have to redo any of the story bosses.
Morrigan Stark
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Yeah I speed ran past him, but it's annoying that they'd keep this design flaw. Oh well...
How's it a design flaw to have respawning bosses?
Hah, having bosses and certain enemies respawn is a great convenient design choice because bosses are usually tied to a certain rare weapon/head drop. If bosses didn't respawn, you would only have one chance at getting a unique Weapon each play through. It's more of an endgame issue though.
Morrigan Stark
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The respawning bosses is not the flaw. Throwing side-quests for an area you just cleared is, especially when the enemies and bosses respawn so damn fast. They should just give the side-quests before you visit the area.
Usually people enjoy end game content.
That wouldn't really work with some of the side quests as it would break the flow of the story a fair bit, along with it not providing much end game content and preventing a player from gaining higher level unique equipment by locking it to the level they entered the area at.
I don't know what's wrong with having all the enemies respawn either otherwise it's not really much fun and you're not gaining any experience from them not being present.
I think it's fine, it gives you a reason to further explore the area after completing the main story mission. Imo, the problem stems from the lack of Fast Travel Stations early on which would allow easier backtracking. Luckily, it gets a bit better as the game progresses.
Morrigan Stark
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What are you all talking about? I'm talking about side-quests that make you revisit an area you just cleared. Right now, the example I have in mind is very early in the game, before you even reach
For example, Janey Springs gives you a nova shield and a side-quest in Regolith Range (which, at that point, you have only just cleared). There's no story reason why you couldn't have access to this side-quest before killing the first boss, and it's a level 4 side-quest. I hate when they do that, and I can't imagine anyone finds it fun to revisit the area they just cleared right away (and waiting to come back there later to avoid redundancy isn't a real option because the loot will be level 4 anyway).
The quest reward itself is level locked to the level you accept the quest and start it not when it was available to you first, which is what I mentioned earlier would be a negative for locking it to the level you enter the area. I was also talking about side quests that are later on into the story which wouldn't work if introduced when you first enter the area like with some of Pickle's side quest.
So how is this game? I've platinumed the first game, haven't finished the 2nd yet, although I'm apparently very close. Playing Tales from the Borderlands got me excited for the universe again. The sale on PSN isn't hurting either. Have they only put out one DLC pack so far? Thank you for the help.
Kinda more of the same as Borderlands 2. Hardly any end-game content, but the second half of the campaign and the last boss is great imo. So far they released the Doppelganger class and the Holodome + 10 extra levels as DLC. Some new mechanics as boosting in the air and the new Cryo element are awesome, but the quests are kind of boring.
Thank you. Seeing as its a Pre-Sequel, sadly that means no sequel to Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon's keep. I loved that DLC.
Probably going to be start the game soon. I finished the other 2 games but there was just too much stuff coming out when pre-sequel dropped.
I'm gonna go with Nisha since I mostly play solo. What a good build for her? Any type of gun I should go for? Or any tips in general?
Oh, and I've heard the game isn't as long as the other two.
I'm gonna go with Nisha since I mostly play solo. What a good build for her? Any type of gun I should go for? Or any tips in general?
Oh, and I've heard the game isn't as long as the other two.
Nisha is better with non elemental weapons mainly pistols, shotguns, and rifles specially the Jacob's stuff which she gets quite a lot out of. This one is a fair bit shorter than the other two.
I mean it technically could happen and make sense story wise but i wouldn't bet on it right now. I hope we do get a dlc like that for TPS though. Would be awesome.
I havent used Nisha much but she is ridiculously good. Her middle tree is by far my favorite . And make sure you have a good shock weapon for the first boss.
Sokka
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They've said that they want to try and make a DLC with the same size of the Tiny Tina DLC.
I remember prerelease PR as well. After the overall quality of TPS and the Holodome, I really, really, really doubt 2K AUS' ability to put out anything that great. Would love to be proven wrong but even Hammerlock's had things like cutscenes and new music.
Good deal, thanks for the tips fellas.
It's not as good as BL2 but it's still fun. My issue and why I'm posting is because I put in 3 purple class mods into the grinder, and get this rather cool new purple classmod I've never seen. "Whoa" but why is it redded out? Oh, requires the holodome DLC
Fuck. You.
Don't do that shit, its' scummy as fuck. Having shit pop up in the machine or even in chests that I can't use is just on the edge of acceptable since there's so many items given at a time, so it's not the end of the world if one is a dud. however, wasting 3 of my items to have it become a "LOL pay real money to use this" bullshit item? That's over the line. Especially since I kinda liked one of those older classmods, but I decided it was worth the risk for the one I wanted. But nope, fuck you, pay us.
They aren't getting shit from me now.
Fuck. You.
Don't do that shit, its' scummy as fuck. Having shit pop up in the machine or even in chests that I can't use is just on the edge of acceptable since there's so many items given at a time, so it's not the end of the world if one is a dud. however, wasting 3 of my items to have it become a "LOL pay real money to use this" bullshit item? That's over the line. Especially since I kinda liked one of those older classmods, but I decided it was worth the risk for the one I wanted. But nope, fuck you, pay us.
They aren't getting shit from me now.
Morrigan Stark
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What the hell? That's disgusting. >:\
Not gonna buy any DLC either, that's for sure. Urgh. But I really don't get this. You got a class mod that fits your own class, right? So why the hell would DLC be required to use it? Is it above the level cap? :S
That's the way the DLC content in the series works you can get the newer items but you cannot use them until you have the dlc itself. The dlc is a key basically more or less.
Yea i remember seeing the same thing for BL2 but having it tied to the grinder pool sucks. I can understand the fustration.
Got up to the first town. The low gravity jumping is fun and the o2 deal isnt as bad as I thought it would be. Nisha's gunslinger skill is pretty damn cool, it's about time I was a cowboy in the Borderlands universe. Pretty sure I heard her say, "Fill your hands!" when it activated one time. Twas pretty cool.
It's still Borderlands, and it feels like a direct to home movie right now but that ain't so bad. Nisha is pretty funny with her masochistic deal going on but I wish I could hear the banter between teammates (alas, I always play Borderlands solo).
I wish I remembered who these characters were. Athena mentioned something about General Knox and Wilhelm seems familiar. Ah, I suppose I'll find out more as I progress.
Oh, and one other thing, I started Tales From the Borderlands tonight too and this feels like its going to be an awesome combo. TOB seems really well done in the 30 minutes I put into it. Dialogue joke spoiler,
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It's still Borderlands, and it feels like a direct to home movie right now but that ain't so bad. Nisha is pretty funny with her masochistic deal going on but I wish I could hear the banter between teammates (alas, I always play Borderlands solo).
I wish I remembered who these characters were. Athena mentioned something about General Knox and Wilhelm seems familiar. Ah, I suppose I'll find out more as I progress.
Oh, and one other thing, I started Tales From the Borderlands tonight too and this feels like its going to be an awesome combo. TOB seems really well done in the 30 minutes I put into it. Dialogue joke spoiler,
FATALITY
Yep Tales of the Borderlands turned out to be a pleasant surprise. I hope we'll get some more info on the next episode.
I finally reached level 60 with my Athena. All by mostly jumping into random games but becuase of a bug my skill points would reset everything now and then.
I finally reached level 60 with my Athena. All by mostly jumping into random games but becuase of a bug my skill points would reset everything now and then.
Serpens007
Member
I liked quite enough this game. Finally beat The Pre-Sequel yesterday (and I have it since launch day, didn't have much time), and it was a very good ending,
What happened to me in the last section was... my shield never depleted, and if I got hit by a bullet, the shield restored inmediatly lol that made everything much easier, it was probably a glitch.
can't wait for BL3 to know which "war" is starting
What happened to me in the last section was... my shield never depleted, and if I got hit by a bullet, the shield restored inmediatly lol that made everything much easier, it was probably a glitch.
Phineous_2
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Just downloaded the update released today, and game wil not run. The XMB says "Registration of the trophy information could not be completed. The game will quit." There is no option but to click "OK."
Anyone else run into this? Ps3 Digital Deluxe edition (I think is what it was called, came with season pass), in case that might be relevant.
EDIT: Synching trophies seems to have fixed it.
Further EDIT: Synching only allowed me to play once. Trophies now will not sync and many games refuse to load because of this trophy error. UGH
Anyone else run into this? Ps3 Digital Deluxe edition (I think is what it was called, came with season pass), in case that might be relevant.
EDIT: Synching trophies seems to have fixed it.
Further EDIT: Synching only allowed me to play once. Trophies now will not sync and many games refuse to load because of this trophy error. UGH
I'm patiently waiting for the final dlc also. If the Handsome Collection does in fact come with all the DLC for this game, I don't see why we won't be getting it before then.
Yea they seem to be having some issues with this update. I also saw this on the forums.
http://forums.gearboxsoftware.com/showthread.php?t=407299
Anyone get to try Lady Hammerlock yet? I've watched some of Bahroo's playthrough and she looks interesting but not $10 interesting as of now.
Yea they seem to be having some issues with this update. I also saw this on the forums.
http://forums.gearboxsoftware.com/showthread.php?t=407299
Anyone get to try Lady Hammerlock yet? I've watched some of Bahroo's playthrough and she looks interesting but not $10 interesting as of now.
Same glitch happened to me. Made it very easy but it was still fun.
Morrigan Stark
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Finished it tonight. Fun game but seriously lacking in some aspects vs BL2. Quest design is terrible and the humour is much weaker at least in the side-quests (and way more tryhard, the Star Wars parody for instance was absolutely cringeworthy). Like when I checked out that infection in the Veins, and after turning in to Tassiter back in Jack's office, he gives me TWO more side-quests in that same area? An area where there is no fast-travel? Just... why would you do that. devs? Fuck you. I'm a bit of a side-quest completist but I completely skipped those ones. Also, not putting the stores near the final boss was kinda crappy. I spent all my rockets but then we died and respawned outside the boss, 0 rockets and I wasn't gonna do the trek back to buy some (I saw we could just jump down to the stores but we'd have to do the whole trek back, probably with respawning enemies too). I just did the last boss without them but meh, that's just a dick move.
On a more positive side, I love the low gravity jumping and verticality, butt-slamming (tee hee), laser weapons (pew pew! sorry Mr. Torgue xD) and freezing mechanic. And Athena is the best. <3
On a more positive side, I love the low gravity jumping and verticality, butt-slamming (tee hee), laser weapons (pew pew! sorry Mr. Torgue xD) and freezing mechanic. And Athena is the best. <3
IntelliHeath
As in "Heathcliff"
I just bought the game today so I'm going to speculate something.
I heard that there are few overpowered weapons and shields so I presumed that they got hit by nerf stick.
Is there any overpowered weapon and shield that are still alive right now?
I heard that there are few overpowered weapons and shields so I presumed that they got hit by nerf stick.
Is there any overpowered weapon and shield that are still alive right now?
Once you open the final ramp to the boss, all the ramps lower so you don't have to trudge around the entire ring again.
I agree with everything else you wrote. I really like the whole Helios area, but getting to the Veins level is just a pain. There are too few fast travel stations in the game.
Morrigan Stark
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Ah, I didn't notice that. Good to know.
Yeah I really like the Veins of Helios, lots of cool verticality and those jumps are fun, but the lack of fast travel station to get there and the way they dicked you around with the side-quests kinda soured the experience for me.
There isn't really after the Shooting star and Big thumprr got nerfed least not too that level. Stuff like the 88 Fragnum, Longnail, Miss Moxxi's probe, and Miss Moxxi's vibra pluse aren't overpowered to the same level as the Shooring star and Big thumprr but they have their moments.
I'm up to the part where Jack
on Helios. How far am i into the story? Let's say i do all sidequests too, how much do i have left?
I like the game, but vastly prefer BL2. The humor outside of Jack is pretty low and not that funny(not enough Torque for me
, i like how he dealt with that laser weapon earlier), zones aren't quite as interesting as BL2. Not enough fast travels or memorable characters either. Don't think i'll be playing the other classes once i beat it(playing as Nisha)
It feels too much like a BL2 expansion rather than a proper "(pre-)sequel". Good thing i bought it during the Steam winter sales when it was at 50%.
kills the scientists
I like the game, but vastly prefer BL2. The humor outside of Jack is pretty low and not that funny(not enough Torque for me
, i like how he dealt with that laser weapon earlier), zones aren't quite as interesting as BL2. Not enough fast travels or memorable characters either. Don't think i'll be playing the other classes once i beat it(playing as Nisha)It feels too much like a BL2 expansion rather than a proper "(pre-)sequel". Good thing i bought it during the Steam winter sales when it was at 50%.