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iTrust posted:The thing with The Bee, in particular any version that isn't Level 50, is that you trade massive amounts of survivability for extra damage. This isn't so huge with the Level 50 version due to it having such a low recharge delay, and the capability of adding 50k damage to each bullet. Yeah, I'd say the pre-50 Bee is balanced. I used it through the 30s but around 40ish it had to go, giving up that much shield is just too much. It turns everything you do into a bullet hell game. It's outstanding for large bosses that take a lot of hits from a multiple projectile shotgun, but isn't really a big deal for anything else if you keep your guns current. At the cap I've been having fun with it, but I'm guessing it only goes from very good to game breaking in multiplayer or vs the raid bosses? With good purple or legendary guns pretty much all the trash dies in a burst or two without The Bee, bosses/badasses melt pretty quick too. It could use some toning down as the devs have said, but it's nowhere near the "I win" button a few posters like to make it out to be.
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I found a 69,000 HP turtle shield yesterday, which is the highest capacity shield I have found aside from the Fabled Tortoise. Anyone seen a bigger one?
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Oct 28, 2012 21:24
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Does a vladof absorb shield just take the bullets shot at you, or does it actually absorb the damage as well? I'm on the fence as to whether to spend the time farming for a Sham.
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Oct 28, 2012 21:29
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Reveilled posted:Does a vladof absorb shield just take the bullets shot at you, or does it actually absorb the damage as well? I'm on the fence as to whether to spend the time farming for a Sham.
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Oct 28, 2012 21:30
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Reveilled posted:Does a vladof absorb shield just take the bullets shot at you, or does it actually absorb the damage as well? I'm on the fence as to whether to spend the time farming for a Sham. Think of it as farming for a nice Bitch and you'll get a few Shams in the process. It's a fun boss to farm anyways. I love bosses that vomit purples and cash all over the place when they die.
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Oct 28, 2012 21:30
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I'm pretty sure bullets absorbed by an absorb shield do no damage but I'm not 100% on that.
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Oct 28, 2012 21:32
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The Rokstar posted:I'm pretty sure bullets absorbed by an absorb shield do no damage but I'm not 100% on that. Thats how I feel about it too. It's nice because you're basically eliminating a % of damage that you take by using them. Then killing things with their own bullets.
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Oct 28, 2012 21:33
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The Rokstar posted:I'm pretty sure bullets absorbed by an absorb shield do no damage but I'm not 100% on that. That'd definitely make it a lot more worthwhile to get. I've already got a bitch, so I'm not sure if I want to try for a WTF, a Neogenator or a Sham, since the only slot I have left to fill is my non-bee shield for dealing with other enemies, and both sound nice but I'm unsure about the WTF damaging myself, and unsure about the Sham since I don't run out of ammo very often.
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Oct 28, 2012 21:41
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Reveilled posted:That'd definitely make it a lot more worthwhile to get. I've already got a bitch, so I'm not sure if I want to try for a WTF, a Neogenator or a Sham, since the only slot I have left to fill is my non-bee shield for dealing with other enemies, and both sound nice but I'm unsure about the WTF damaging myself, and unsure about the Sham since I don't run out of ammo very often. The WTF is garbage, it does more damage to you than to your enemies. Neogenetor has a tiny capacity, and the Sham is kinda "meh" too.
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Oct 28, 2012 21:47
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Reveilled posted:That'd definitely make it a lot more worthwhile to get. I've already got a bitch, so I'm not sure if I want to try for a WTF, a Neogenator or a Sham, since the only slot I have left to fill is my non-bee shield for dealing with other enemies, and both sound nice but I'm unsure about the WTF damaging myself, and unsure about the Sham since I don't run out of ammo very often. The Sham and other Absorb shields definitely negate the damage you would have taken from the bullet weapon, and adds it to your ammo stock instead. The Sham is utterly fantastic in bandit- or hyperion-heavy areas that involve a lot of gunfire. I recently got a Sham and combined it with the Norfleet; all the splash damage has the same chance to be absorbed by the Sham and add rockets to your total reserve, allowing you to blow everything up and stay rocket-neutral the entire time.
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Oct 28, 2012 21:51
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novaSphere posted:The Sham and other Absorb shields definitely negate the damage you would have taken from the bullet weapon, and adds it to your ammo stock instead. The Sham is utterly fantastic in bandit- or hyperion-heavy areas that involve a lot of gunfire. Hmm, Maybe I should keep the Transformer I found equipped after all... its trait of converting electrical attacks to shield health is pretty situational, (although it's nice to just walk into an ION Loader's shield bubble and have it keep angrily healing you, as well as finally telling Badass Shock Skags to gently caress off) but it's the highest absorb rate shield I have right now. Have to be on the lookout for a better absorb shield.
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I rented this game from redbox for two days. I have played the original as a soldier up to the level cap, played the dlc and really enjoyed it. I don't have a job at the moment, so I couldn't afford to buy it. Also, i only play single player. Anyways, i was kinda disappointed. I mean, as I was playing it I felt like I should be impressed but I just wasn't. I wonder if that is because I played so much of the first one. It's a perfectly competent game, but it's almost exactly like BL1. Flaws and all. Also, who thought bonerfarts was funny? It's just stupid.
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Glug_Glug posted:I rented this game from redbox for two days. I have played the original as a soldier up to the level cap, played the dlc and really enjoyed it. I don't have a job at the moment, so I couldn't afford to buy it. Also, i only play single player. Anyways, i was kinda disappointed. I mean, as I was playing it I felt like I should be impressed but I just wasn't. I wonder if that is because I played so much of the first one. It's a perfectly competent game, but it's almost exactly like BL1. Flaws and all. Also, who thought bonerfarts was funny? It's just stupid. (Shift key is your friend.) How the gently caress did you hit level cap in two days? Did you leave the couch? Are your eyes bleeding?
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RagingBoner posted:(Shift key is your friend.)
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Glug_Glug posted:but it's almost exactly like BL1. Flaws and all. Also, who thought bonerfarts was funny? It's just stupid. Juxtaposition and context makes it funny. 
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Been farming henry for 2 hours trying to get the Raz0r head for Zero, started with 8 eridium and I have like 80 now.
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JackDarko posted:Been farming henry for 2 hours trying to get the Raz0r head for Zero, started with 8 eridium and I have like 80 now. One minor change I wish they'd add is the same auto pickup for Eridium that cash and ammo have. I bought everything I could and maxed out on Eridium by the end of my first play through, now it's just waste distracting from potentially good purples.
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BGrifter posted:One minor change I wish they'd add is the same auto pickup for Eridium that cash and ammo have. I bought everything I could and maxed out on Eridium by the end of my first play through, now it's just waste distracting from potentially good purples. I keep getting drat purple SMG's. I just wish they'd let you set guns of a certain rarity to automatic trash in your inventory.
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The biggest change between 1 and 2 for me (other than fixing many technical problems) is how much more varied and full of personality the weapon manufacturers are.
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Agreed, Samurai Sanders. Each manufacturer has its own actually distinct special flare and weapon design even when they borrow parts from other manufacturers. In BL1, most guns felt the same even with their distinctions. In this game, when I find a Dahl, I know it has burst fire when scoped. When I find a Tediore, I get a gun-shaped handgrenade. When I find a Torgue I know I'm getting MOTHERFUCKING EXPLOSIONS AND SWEET RACE CAR PAINT! I felt the writing was much better in this game as well. There were some funny parts in 1, but poo poo was spot on this time around.
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You know, I just realized something. Roland is a former vault hunter, which means his biometric data is still probably saved in the New-U stations. Why isn't he just reconstructed when he dies? For that matter, why isn't Jack? Maybe I'm just reading too much into the story.
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The Rokstar posted:You know, I just realized something. Roland is a former vault hunter, which means his biometric data is still probably saved in the New-U stations. Why isn't he just reconstructed when he dies? For that matter, why isn't Jack? "So long as you believe in yourself, nothing can TRULY kill you! Except Handsome Jack." Samurai Sanders fucked around with this message at 02:38 on Oct 29, 2012 |
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Oct 29, 2012 02:36
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Oh god. I've started farming for 50 legendaries with specific prefixes. This way madness lies. (to be fair I just want something better than 50% melee damage on everything, but still)
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Pitchford retweeted my pumpkin a couple hours ago. I feel as if my life is complete. Or something. Here's my Borderumpkin! http://t.co/ZUStYYEV
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The Rokstar posted:You know, I just realized something. Roland is a former vault hunter, which means his biometric data is still probably saved in the New-U stations. Why isn't he just reconstructed when he dies? For that matter, why isn't Jack?
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The Rokstar posted:He said he hit the level cap in the original. Yes, sorry if that wasn't clear. I made it to, um, just passed the fortress thing were I'm trying to save Roland. I played as the commando. It really is a great game, and is actually very well written except for some small moments(Bonerfarts). Handsome Jack is a great main villian for a video game. I think everyone hates him and wants him dead, but he is also very funny. Actually reminds me of Archer a bit. The guns seem more interesting then in the first. I got a legendary pistol from Baron Flynt that did electricity damage. I used that thing until I was level 12. I only just found a replacement for it by the time I took the game back to the redbox. I like that each manufacture is actually different and useful for different strategies. I don't like the over abundance of pistols early on, but that seem to lessen the further I got into the game. I can go on forever listing the things I like about the game. They've done everything you can expect and want in a Borderlands sequel yet I can't help but be faintly disappointed. It just feels like Borderlands Again, you know? It's kinda weird, I guess I burnt myself out playing so much of the first. I'm sure a year from now I'll be really excited to play through it, especially with all the dlc that will be out by then. Bonerfarts still isn't funny, though.
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Glug_Glug posted:It really is a great game, and is actually very well written except for some small moments(Bonerfarts). Handsome Jack is a great main villian for a video game. I think everyone hates him and wants him dead, but he is also very funny. Actually reminds me of Archer a bit. Fun fact that somebody mentioned in the previous thread: When Gearbox was coming up with the dialogue for Handsome Jack, they had Jon Benjamin (the voice of Archer) in mind to do it. They went for somebody else though. Considering the Handsome Jack that we got however, I think it was the right decision.
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TheGreatGildersneeze posted:You seem pretty angry over a throwaway joke that lasts for five whole kills before going back to normal. If you never turn the quest in, they remain as Bonerfarts/Bonertoots forever!!! 
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Poala Bear posted:If you never turn the quest in, they remain as Bonerfarts/Bonertoots forever!!! WHAT PL2 can't start soon enough! Speaking of that, I'm kinda wondering when it will, I'm on an all sidequests first play through with Axton and it's taking forever. I feel like I'm hitting a wall, especially on Hyperion areas--I had good corrosive damage from 14-24 off of a Tiny Tina reward and the Octo and now I feel like my gear is just not keeping up with me. Up to my eyeballs in Shock. Is there good gear hunting anywhere or should I just power through?
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Poala Bear posted:If you never turn the quest in, they remain as Bonerfarts/Bonertoots forever!!! Until you kill about 5 of them.
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Captain McStabbin posted:Until you kill about 5 of them. It's worth the effort to fight King Boner and Donkey Boner
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The Rokstar posted:You know, I just realized something. Roland is a former vault hunter, which means his biometric data is still probably saved in the New-U stations. Why isn't he just reconstructed when he dies? For that matter, why isn't Jack? I think the implication is that, after getting what he wanted from them, Jack erased the old Vault Hunters' data from the Hyperion system so he could kill them for good. Unfortunately, they're good, so they lasted 5 years of attempts to kill them.
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Once people are reaching level 50 are they just going around and collecting level 50 versions of all their favorite weapons, or what? edit: I just got Moxxi's Good Touch. Uh...yeah.
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Aaronicon posted:It's worth the effort to fight King Boner and Donkey Boner I was curious about that and didn't accept the quest in TVHM until I had Eridium Blight access. Demong, King Mong, and Donkey Mong don't get name changes but its hilarious to see a "Super Badass Bonerfart" throwing rocks at you. Also, even after I killed 5 bonerfart named Bullymongs they stayed named as bonerfarts even when I killed ones in different zones until I finally returned to Hammerlock and turned it in.
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Haha those stupid Ion Loaders with their stupid shields? Run inside the shield and drop one of those grenades that spawn child grenades and back away expectantly. The shield keeps stuff in!
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http://www.computerandvideogames.com/375086/borderlands-2-under-threat-of-graveyard-virus/ Watch out 360 players, a nasty glitch/exploit/virus is infecting save files which basically prevents you from respawning, effectively making your character unplayable after death.
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Does anyone have any non-elemental Bitches, Conference Calls, or other nice legendaries? I'm playing Axton and I want to make the most of Duty Calls, and I also just flat out don't care for elemental stuff  I have a Sham and a Corrosive Conference Call to trade (both Level 50). GT: a Duttle
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Judge Tesla posted:http://www.computerandvideogames.com/375086/borderlands-2-under-threat-of-graveyard-virus/ If this is actually the remnant of a lost hardcore mode, that'd be pretty cool, but right now it is a serious worry! Gearbox is aware of it and they're pushing a patch through, but who knows how long it'll take to hit. I don't know if it's related or what, but I tried moving a second character to the Cloud and ended up losing the first character stored on there entirely. (No big, just my level 30 Siren that I'd just beaten the game with.  ) I'm still new to this cloud storage thing so it's possible I screwed up something, but the characters were different classes, different levels, and different names, so I don't know what happened. I've got a ticket open with Gearbox, but until then, keep an eye out, I guess? Don't be me.
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