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Angry Diplomat posted:Eridium is just uncommon enough that it's kinda fun to scramble over and gleefully snatch it up when you see it drop, even if you don't really need it. It's enjoyable to loot things, it's just not very fun to have to loot lovely things or pick through lovely things to loot non-lovely things. Plus the horrific let down of seeing that purple or pink spike sticking up and finding out it's not a new bad rear end purple or e-tech weapon 
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Angry Diplomat posted:Borderlands is described as a "shoot-and-loot" series, so I actually think it's good that actively looting stuff is part of the gameplay; it's a simple, intuitive way to indulge your greed when you're not indulging your homicidal tendencies, just like shooting people until they die is a simple, intuitive way to indulge your homicidal tendencies when you're not indulging your greed. I do think the experience could be streamlined by reducing the amount of time the player spends manually picking up/carefully reticule-hunting between junk items. Is it just me or is there far less loot in this game. I've been playing for close to 7 hours probably and there has been tons of ammo / cash buckets, but gun chests are ultra rare for some reason.
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Marshmallow Blue posted:Is it just me or is there far less loot in this game. I've been playing for close to 7 hours probably and there has been tons of ammo / cash buckets, but gun chests are ultra rare for some reason. I've had no problem finding gun chests however none of the loot is better than what I can get from the shift code/sanctuary chests so I don't really even bother anymore. I do miss being able to buy legendary weapons from Marcus vendor machines. I have yet to see one being sold whereas in BL1 I was able to get at least a Hellfire from one vendor.
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Jul 18, 2013 22:07
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You actually can get legendary items from machines, it's just ludicrously rare. I picked up a Leech from an ammo machine.
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Jul 18, 2013 22:12
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So I've been trying to use an Unforgiven and a Maggie that I got from the Loot Midgets and I really wish Jakobs guns weren't so goddamn terrible in this game. When I first started playing they were my favorite manufacturer because of how badass their revolvers were, but once you get to TVHM and you need a high-damage weapon that hits everything, there's no reason not to use a Torgue or even just any shock weapon. In the time it takes to line up crits you could easily just unleash a torrent of elemental damage and kill everyone in the room twice over. e: which makes me think, who's everyone's favorite manufacturer? I love Hyperion because at any given time it seems like they make the most broken gun in the game (the Conference Call, the Fibber, the Bee), and they make the best Plasma Casters which are pretty much some of the best weapons in the game. Tediore's a close second because their gimmick is hilarious and nothing gets you out of second wind more reliably. I am Reverend fucked around with this message at 22:50 on Jul 18, 2013 |
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Jul 18, 2013 22:44
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I cant think of any other game where i actually like smgs but i have been running an all smg build and loving loving it. I have fast weapon swap and reload. Each encounter starts by unloading slag on everything and then constant swapping to corrosive, shock or fire. Never stop shooting. Is there a common place or chest to get the warfare specialist mod? I have the hazard one and it owns.
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Jul 18, 2013 23:31
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it depends. despite the fact that all my characters are overloaded, this is pretty much what I run on all of them in different element profiles and quantities depending on the mod/relic I have on. Salvador has a sham on 100% of the time cuz he has 20 different launchers and every norfleet with 4.0 reload. variety! sniper: cobra - jakobs smg: florentine - maliwan rocket: topneaa - vladof shotgun: butcher - hyperion pistol: infinity/dpuh - vladof/torgue rifle: shredifier/sawbar - vladof/bandit shield: fofh/antagonist - maliwan grenade: meteor shower/crossfire/quasar - torgue/dahl/hyperion
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Jul 18, 2013 23:39
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I am Reverend posted:So I've been trying to use an Unforgiven and a Maggie that I got from the Loot Midgets and I really wish Jakobs guns weren't so goddamn terrible in this game. When I first started playing they were my favorite manufacturer because of how badass their revolvers were, but once you get to TVHM and you need a high-damage weapon that hits everything, there's no reason not to use a Torgue or even just any shock weapon. In the time it takes to line up crits you could easily just unleash a torrent of elemental damage and kill everyone in the room twice over. Every shot fired from a Torgue gun has a chance to explode. WHAT THE gently caress ELSE DO YOU NEED? 
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Jul 19, 2013 00:04
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I am Reverend posted:e: which makes me think, who's everyone's favorite manufacturer? I love Hyperion because at any given time it seems like they make the most broken gun in the game (the Conference Call, the Fibber, the Bee), and they make the best Plasma Casters which are pretty much some of the best weapons in the game. Tediore's a close second because their gimmick is hilarious and nothing gets you out of second wind more reliably. Torgue has always been my favorite. Specifically, Torgue Shotguns, though Salvador made Torgue Pistols and Assault Rifles fun as well due to his massive fire rate bonuses. What's there to not like about explosions?
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Jul 19, 2013 01:33
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My healing specced Siren just beat Normal mode. Yay me! Now for TVHM or maybe starting a new character I DON'T EVEN KNOW!!!
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Jul 19, 2013 08:00
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Marshmallow Blue posted:Is it just me or is there far less loot in this game. I've been playing for close to 7 hours probably and there has been tons of ammo / cash buckets, but gun chests are ultra rare for some reason.
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Jul 19, 2013 08:12
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Apparently new DLC is being announced tomorrow or something.
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I am Reverend posted:e: which makes me think, who's everyone's favorite manufacturer? I love Hyperion because at any given time it seems like they make the most broken gun in the game (the Conference Call, the Fibber, the Bee), and they make the best Plasma Casters which are pretty much some of the best weapons in the game. Tediore's a close second because their gimmick is hilarious and nothing gets you out of second wind more reliably. I don't like torgue, whilst their design is really well done I don't like how slow the bullets are and being limited to only explosive. I think my favourites are Maiwan due to their sci-fi design and elemental stuff, with Vladof second and tediore third.
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Jul 19, 2013 17:25
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drat nothing but little kids for the last few days it's annoying not finding a decent random room lol (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Jul 19, 2013 20:35
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http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3560756 I finally posted this to SA-Mart.  A bump later is appreciated. Or you could buy something to put all your weed in. 
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So, gist of the PAX AUS conference: Second level cap increase of 11 (max lv 72), $5 Further max ammo and item cap, free New area Digistruct Peak to offer new challenges. Dragon's Keep heads coming via Shift New DLC: T.K. Baha's Bloody Harvest (first of 2 or 3 DLC coming) All of this before Halloween, supposedly.
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Jul 20, 2013 05:39
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ShadowedFlames posted:Dragon's Keep heads coming via Shift That sure is something "different than usual"  . Good thing I just got a save file with all the heads already since I can't be assed to use Shift.
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Jul 20, 2013 06:02
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Is the Bee still ludicrously broken or did they patch it like they did for PC back in like, December or whatever?
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Jul 20, 2013 08:18
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Occupation posted:Is the Bee still ludicrously broken or did they patch it like they did for PC back in like, December or whatever? Patched, I believe.
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Occupation posted:Is the Bee still ludicrously broken or did they patch it like they did for PC back in like, December or whatever? Patched, the amp damage is divided by number if pellets a weapon shoots now, BUT only if the pellets are listed! So the Sand Hawk for instance, which lists a single bullet but shoots 8, gets full amp damage on all 8! Also works with the unkempt Harold and a few others I can't remember. Also, if you equip it before you enter a vehicle you get amp damage on the machine gun!
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Some new SHIFT codes just appeared on the Borderlands Facebook page to celebrate the weekend because that seems like a reasonable enough excuse. PC / Mac: WJ5B3-JW56X-5393T-JTTJJ-T5Z6T Xbox 360: K3WBT-F3FWB-S6STX-5RJBB-66SC3 PlayStation 3: CBWBJ-WFRH5-9HK53-ZTW3J-B9965 Good for 3 golden keys each apparently, valid through July 22.
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Is the Evil Smasher glitch really patched? I wasn't able to do it last night, and the wiki says it's gone. On a completely unrelated note, how the gently caress are you supposed to beat the Orc minibosses on UVHM? The first thing they do when they see you is magic themselves up to level 61 and it took us 15 minutes to move his health bar a couple of pixels.
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haveblue posted:Is the Evil Smasher glitch really patched? I wasn't able to do it last night, and the wiki says it's gone. Yeah it's patched and if you need help with that mini boss I can help you kill him
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Nah, it was last night with a friend. I was 56 and he was 53, and we had just gotten to the Mines of Avarice. Everything else until that point we had been able to grind through without too much frustration, but the torture camp boss quickly made himself impossible to kill and able to one-shot us both and then chased us around for so long the other enemies in the area respawned, so we gave up.
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ShadowedFlames posted:So, gist of the PAX AUS conference: Imagine a level 72 Mania build Krieg. The extent to which people will get styled upon... Insane.
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smashpro1 posted:Imagine a level 72 Mania build Krieg. It'll be like BL 1 all over again when the cap ended up at 69, I turned Lilith into a walking death god due to having pretty much every major talent, it was glorious.
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Sal is going to be even more loving insane on UVHM now, I can't wait. Fill out some of my level 4 skills and put the rest on Incite, CHOO CHOO! MURDERTRAIN COMIN'!
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So the last time I played BL2 only Scarlett's Booty was out; now that I have all the DLC is the recommended way to play through them Playthrough 1 - Scarlett's - Torgue's - Hammerlock's - Tiny Tina's - TVHM? Basically I just finished Playthrough 1 right now and am wondering hwo I should tackle the DLC.
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Yeah that's pretty much the right order.
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I found a nice little spot to power level for my late 40s lvl character with the Tiny Tina expansion. The bridge at the NE end of Immortal Woods, the green basilisks lizards, are super easy to kill and give 500-700xp each. After taking them out I go into the next zone. quit and re-load, and go back into the zone and repeat. Plus it has a ton of containers around to loot.
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There's so much stuff to see and kill in BL2, why would you ever force yourself to hang around one area power-leveling? I got up to level 32 or so in my first playthrough and up to level 50 before hitting the end in TVHM just through normal play.
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A special thank you to the Bordergoons who joined my game today. They took me through the last stretch of my first playthrough, helped me a lot with the final boss, let me have all the loot, and gave me tons of money and items directly from their own pockets. I'm officially spoiled for all my future borderlands groups, because I already had the best one I'll ever get!
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Hi lvl 52 close to 53 gunzerker playing now. Plz add on 360 - j0hn mccaLn
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If anyone needs lvl 61 gear I'll be clearing out the vaults on all my characters I have 4 vaults filled with random legendary's
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I really enjoyed my Siren, but holy poo poo! The Mecromancer is AWESOME!!! Just shotgunning dudes in the face while deathtrap tears it up. One annoying bit is now that I have a shotgun that doesn't fire it's entire clip in one shot, I've been accidently reloading and losing my anarchy stacks when trying to pick stuff up.
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Soonmot posted:I really enjoyed my Siren, but holy poo poo! The Mecromancer is AWESOME!!! Just shotgunning dudes in the face while deathtrap tears it up. One annoying bit is now that I have a shotgun that doesn't fire it's entire clip in one shot, I've been accidently reloading and losing my anarchy stacks when trying to pick stuff up. I felt that way about my Siren until I really started playing my Gunzerker.
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I have a feeling that I'll be making a post like this everytime I pick up a new class. Next payday, I start buying DLC missions.
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Soonmot posted:I have a feeling that I'll be making a post like this everytime I pick up a new class. Next payday, I start buying DLC missions. I can't wait to see you be all excited about Mr. Torgue.
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Soonmot posted:I really enjoyed my Siren, but holy poo poo! The Mecromancer is AWESOME!!! Just shotgunning dudes in the face while deathtrap tears it up. One annoying bit is now that I have a shotgun that doesn't fire it's entire clip in one shot, I've been accidently reloading and losing my anarchy stacks when trying to pick stuff up.
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Dux Supremus posted:I've been working up a Mechromancer and just figured something out the other day: if you accidentally manually reload, you can quickly fire a shot and manually reload again and it'll cancel your Anarchy stacks burning. You'll usually lose about 5 on a quick-reloading gun. This only works if you have Discord. If you don't have Discord you're poo poo out of luck. Therefore if you're an Anarchy Mechro prioritize getting Discord. Also, if you're a Mechro, learn how to "shoot through". If you've finished a firefight and your magazine isn't full, just shoot a loving wall or something until the clip is empty. This accomplishes three things: 1. Makes sure you don't burn Anarchy stacks accidentally reloading. 2. Anarchy works that if you reload in a "combat situation", you get a stack. This effect lingers for several seconds after a battle, so if you're quick or have a high fire rate gun, you'll get an extra stack after a battle. 3. If you're an Anarchy Mechro you should run at least a point in Cooking Up Trouble, since it basically means that you can just sit after every battle and heal up (which you will end up doing because you're an Anarchy Mechro and therefore will be spending a lot of time right next to people shooting them point-blank). Learning to "shoot through" assures that you'll be running a heal passively as you're moving from place to place.
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