BORDERLANDS 2 THREAD

[demi]

Class mods do add some proficiency

[Stoney Mason]

Talking to the Michael Mamaril NPC in Sanctuary will get you a free gun everytime you go there.

[Philip Cardgage]

Where is he?

[demi]

He's just hanging out somewhere.

[Cerveza mas fina]

GOTY

this game is hard on awesome

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

Bought this game today on disc at Best Buy.  Installation worked flawlessly through Steam.

Let's do this shit!

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

Wow, this game is great.

[AdmiralViscen]

Yeah they seem to have gotten away with weapon specifics. They even got rid of Proficiency.

I'm fine with this, but it's weird to stick a pistol upgrade In the zerker tech tree. Especially for pistols and not shotguns

[Eel O'Brian]

Viz and I hit another bugged quest yesterday, had to quit out of the game to get it to reset. Treesong and I played for a while, didn't hit any bugs.

I am gonna make a new character and take it through the opening bits, then reserve it, if anyone else wants to start fresh and play through the whole game co-op (not at once, just keep a character on reserve for that purpose) let me know.

[Great Rumbler]

I am gonna make a new character and take it through the opening bits, then reserve it, if anyone else wants to start fresh and play through the whole game co-op (not at once, just keep a character on reserve for that purpose) let me know.

I wouldn't mind doing that, I was already thinking of starting a new playthrough with Zero.

[fistfulofmetal]

my game crashes a lot. next time i need to take a screenie of the crash dump. happens at least once a session :\

[Great Rumbler]

my game crashes a lot. next time i need to take a screenie of the crash dump. happens at least once a session :\

Bummer, man. I've played over 23 hours and haven't hit a single crash. What kind of set up do you have?

[Eel O'Brian]

I am gonna make a new character and take it through the opening bits, then reserve it, if anyone else wants to start fresh and play through the whole game co-op (not at once, just keep a character on reserve for that purpose) let me know.

I wouldn't mind doing that, I was already thinking of starting a new playthrough with Zero.

When do the powers kick in? Level 5?  That's where I'll stop and put a hold on my character. Guess I will go for the Commando this time.

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

I have this game up at full settings for everything and it hasn't skipped a beat in performance nor have I come across any buggy quests.  I do imagine that the further I progress, I will come across some issues.

[fistfulofmetal]

my game crashes a lot. next time i need to take a screenie of the crash dump. happens at least once a session :\

Bummer, man. I've played over 23 hours and haven't hit a single crash. What kind of set up do you have?

i think i fixed it by validating the steam data integrity. hasn't happened since.

[Great Rumbler]

my game crashes a lot. next time i need to take a screenie of the crash dump. happens at least once a session :\

Bummer, man. I've played over 23 hours and haven't hit a single crash. What kind of set up do you have?

i think i fixed it by validating the steam data integrity. hasn't happened since.

Ah, yeah sometimes you can get a corrupted file or something and that messes everything up. Good to here you've got it fixed, nothing sucks more than constant crashes.

[fistfulofmetal]

SMAA injector and texture pop-in fix applied. game looks godly

[Joe Molotov]

Haha, I opened this cardboard box and Handsome Jack was like "What's in the boooox?" and I found a pistol that was called "Gwen's Head". Too bad it sucks, but REFERENCES!

[Joe Molotov]

You wanna hear this new dubstep song I wrote? Wub wub wub wub wub wub wub wub wub wub wub wub DROP! wub wub wub wub wub

[Eric P]

I am gonna make a new character and take it through the opening bits, then reserve it, if anyone else wants to start fresh and play through the whole game co-op (not at once, just keep a character on reserve for that purpose) let me know.

I wouldn't mind doing that, I was already thinking of starting a new playthrough with Zero.

I'd be down for that as well.  I was having fun with Zero backing up Eel when we played.

[fistfulofmetal]

lynchwood just drained like half of my money 

don't go there until you're round lvl 24

2 hours later i come out tougher and stronger.

[Tucah]

Stumbled upon the (easter egg spoiler)

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Minecraft section today.

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This game fucking rocks.

[Cerveza mas fina]

The humour is pretty cool, unlike everything companies like Blizzard try to pass for humour nowadays.

[Eel O'Brian]

man, don't fucking tell me a mission is "normal" and then throw a fucking quartet of badass nomads and taskmasters at me, shitheads

[Stoney Mason]

Game is really good. A big improvement over the first which dragged a lot more.

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

Has anyone beaten the game yet?  I know some of you people have been putting in some heavy hours according to the Steam timeclock.  If so, how long did it take you?

[Great Rumbler]

A friend of mine said it took him about 32 hours to beat, so maybe a little bit longer than the first game.

[Eel O'Brian]

besides my main gunzerker, i have a commando sitting in reserve at level 8 right now, if anyone wants to co-op around that level ping me on steam and i will switch over to join you

[Cindi Mayweather]

Does this game have actual variety unlike the first game?

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

Oh man, I had to quit.  I was Level 11 going up against a Level 14 Mad Mike who would launch fire and kill me instantly.  The amount of money I had was cut in half from trying to fight him.

 

[Eel O'Brian]

Does this game have actual variety unlike the first game?

yeah, it's more varied in both settings and enemies

[Stoney Mason]

I've played all 4 classes for varying amounts of time now.

I think the Siren is the most fun. Followed up by the commando guy although Zero is pretty close and neat in his own ways. My least favorite is the gun zerker. The dual wielding thing is probably fun if you have two really bad ass weapons but overall I find that character kind of boring. 

On a general note the game is funnier than I expected. I know they made a big deal of Anthony Burch writing most of it but I find Hey Ash watcha playing over-rated so I was skeptical coming into this. But there are some legit funny moments. I say this after not thinking a single thing in the original Borderlands was funny.

[demi]

Siren is a fun class from the get-go due to Phaselock.

Gunzerker and Zero are classes that pay off in the later game when the skill tree is more fleshed out. Early on it's kinda... wut?

Commando is kind of the missionary boring class, imo. Turrets... man

[drew]

watched someone play borderlands ps3 on a 70" sharp tv, couldn't tell if it was the ps3, the blown up res or what but shit looked washed out and depressing, i was begging him to just get borderlands 2

[Eel O'Brian]

sometimes this game just isn't very much fun, like when you work your way to the top of a mountain, die, then respawn halfway across the map and have to slog all the way back - and they charge you $400+ dollars on top of it

[Shaka Khan]

I haven't jumped in yet, but can everyone cite which platform they're playing this on? If it's a console how good is the port and if it's the PC version how demanding are the reqs? Kthxbye

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

sometimes this game just isn't very much fun, like when you work your way to the top of a mountain, die, then respawn halfway across the map and have to slog all the way back - and they charge you $400+ dollars on top of it

This game is brutal.  It seems like you need to be at least a couple levels higher than the recommended level as "normal."  I got a lot of lucky second winds thanks to guns that deal elemental damage that take out an enemy in the nick of time.  Also, being good at sniping gives you a false impression that you're making great progress when you should really hang back a bit and grind for a while.

[Groogrux]

Also, being good at sniping gives you a false impression that you're making great progress when you should really hang back a bit and grind for a while.

No freaking doubt.  There have been so many times where I've said to myself, "They must all be dead now!" and run in only to get killed by a fucking nomad...

[Philip Cardgage]

While the game has been tough, its no harder than the first. You just have to play smart and not rush in.

Live this game so far. Took me a few levels to adjust but im back in the groove.

[Eel O'Brian]

the problem with not rushing in is that i'm playing a gunzerker, and his abilities are built around rushing in

[maxy]

I haven't jumped in yet, but can everyone cite which platform they're playing this on? If it's a console how good is the port and if it's the PC version how demanding are the reqs? Kthxbye

Read
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-borderlands-2-face-off

[Joe Molotov]

I haven't jumped in yet, but can everyone cite which platform they're playing this on? If it's a console how good is the port and if it's the PC version how demanding are the reqs? Kthxbye

It's UE3, so the PC version doesn't take a lot of horsepower.

[Philip Cardgage]

Just watched the PhysX stuff. Pretty sweet.

So I did that rogue AI mission and chose the gun.

So glad I did.

[benjipwns]

Yeah, PC is mostly the same as the first game, it's just the extra fancy stuff on top.

[demi]

This game is brutal.  It seems like you need to be at least a couple levels higher than the recommended level as "normal."  I got a lot of lucky second winds thanks to guns that deal elemental damage that take out an enemy in the nick of time.  Also, being good at sniping gives you a false impression that you're making great progress when you should really hang back a bit and grind for a while.

No, being good at sniping means enemies die in one shot, and you laugh from afar. Headshots = Critical

You can also take chunks of boss health this way.

Assassin

[Stoney Mason]

the problem with not rushing in is that i'm playing a gunzerker, and his abilities are built around rushing in

The gunzerker doesn't have an easy bailout get out of danger card to play like the other classes.

Lock, turret, and stealth are all a way to retreat if used correctly by comparison.

I'll be honest and say in general I don't see how people play this game singleplayer. Even in comparison to the other loot games, this one seems like it begs for co-op. So many mechanics are built into it that encourage it. I would recommend everybody really play it that way if at all possible.

[benjipwns]

I'll be honest and say in general I don't see how people play this game singleplayer.

I played the first one multiple times solo because everyone I know is shitty in co-op. (L4D, Saints Row, this, etc. they're terrible!)

And to be fair I kinda like solo. I loved in the first game when it sometimes offered "isolation" and that I was alone in this hostile world.

[Eel O'Brian]

just got a ridiculously overpowered corrosive sniper, bitch-slapping increased by 100%

[Philip Cardgage]

just got a ridiculously overpowered corrosive sniper, bitch-slapping increased by 100%

Lol.

[Eel O'Brian]

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luring flesh stick back to tina is the most annoying goddamned mission yet, i want to slap someone at gearbox for making it

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[Brehvolution]

I started a new game with Zer0 and I like him a lot more than Axton. I love the pistols that buff the melee. Anything stupid enough to run at you loses its head with one swipe. It's also pretty gratifying meleeing a boss to its death using the deception power. One thing I learned from watching one of the dev diaries about the assassin is that the first shot/melee attack in deception deals the most damage.
I used the Bad Hair day quest to get a nice sniper rifle. It's almost twice as good as the one you start with.

I had fun playing with you mojo.

[Joe Molotov]

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luring flesh stick back to tina is the most annoying goddamned mission yet, i want to slap someone at gearbox for making it

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How was that mission hard? Just kill everyone but him and then run back to cave, and if he starts to fall behind shoot at him a few times.

[Great Rumbler]

I messed that up the first time because I accidentally killed Flesh-Stick right away, but when I went back to do the mission again, it was just him there and no one else. After that, it's simple as can be to get him back to the cave.

[Eel O'Brian]

he takes damage too easily and all i had were weapons that killed him in a couple of shots, i ended up crippling him and just letting him hit me to keep him focused

[Great Rumbler]

You don't actually have to shoot him to keep his attention, just shoot TOWARDS him.

[Eel O'Brian]

i know that now

[Philip Cardgage]

I started a new game with Zer0 and I like him a lot more than Axton. I love the pistols that buff the melee. Anything stupid enough to run at you loses its head with one swipe. It's also pretty gratifying meleeing a boss to its death using the deception power. One thing I learned from watching one of the dev diaries about the assassin is that the first shot/melee attack in deception deals the most damage.
I used the Bad Hair day quest to get a nice sniper rifle. It's almost twice as good as the one you start with.

I had fun playing with you mojo.

Yeah bud, we gotta sync up again.

[fistfulofmetal]

this isn't the best gun i have but it's definitely the coolest looking gun i have

[Brehvolution]

I got my first purple last night. It's an AR with a 250 round clip.

[fistfulofmetal]

There's a story twist that occurs late in the game that i found pretty good and well done:

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You find out Angel isn't an AI, but Jack's daughter and she's also a Siren. You kill her and Jack kidnaps Lilith. Then you start seeing super high-res IRL videos of Lilith instead of Angel.

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