Borderlands 2 release date and preorder

[Demo24]

Are you guys editing your settings while in game or through the launcher? I was able to run physx with a 7970, which obviously due to it being run in my CPU left less desirable performance. Option is always there default is low.

 

[TheUnk]

Didn't BL1 only show Angel's eyes? I don't get why we are seeing the whole face now. Sometimes it switches to just the eyes, almost seems like a bug.

 

[cytoSiN]

Didn't BL1 only show Angel's eyes? I don't get why we are seeing the whole face now. Sometimes it switches to just the eyes, almost seems like a bug.

Finish the game if you haven't and it might make more sense.

 

[darkewaffle]

It's just storytelling device, BL1 was just the eyes because she was simply an enigma. BL2 you see more because you eventually 'get to know' her.

 

[Rakewell]

Has anyone gotten an orange weapon from the slots?

Are the slots just arbitrary, or are there any theories about how to get the machine to dispense?

I have yet to find a single orange weapon in this game lol

 

[darkewaffle]

First and only orange weapon my group got was from beating The Warrior. It might be possible from the slots but I would bet it could only come from getting three Vault symbols (if it's possible at all) and I've still never seen that happen after having four people playing the slots multiple nights during our playthrough, probably went through the better part of a thousand spins at least.

Moxxi Legs get you a blue weapon and Marcus heads get you a purple weapon, or that's what we saw at least.

 

[bguile]

So the next DLC is called Captain Scarletts and Pirate Booty. Supposed to be out in less than a week. October 16th.

 

[Soundmanred]

Captain Scarlett and her Pirate's Booty

 

[Borealis7]

So the next DLC is called Captain Scarletts and Pirate Booty. Supposed to be out in less than a week. October 16th.

w00t?? i haven't even finished the first playthrough! guess it's a good thing since i can get that, play it on PT1 and then play it again on PT2 but i'll probably be over-leveled for it.

i'm a level 26 Assassin, now headed for Opportunity, enjoying every minute of it.

BTW what are some recommended loot runs for PT1? i'm doing the Dust (3 easy chests in 5 minutes) and Wildlife Exploitation Preserve (more chests but takes longer and is tougher)

 

[Aikouka]

So the next DLC is called Captain Scarletts and Pirate Booty. Supposed to be out in less than a week. October 16th.

Hmm I heard about the name, the new currency (looks like a pink variant of the Crystalisk orange crystals) and the new weapon rarity (pink in color), but I never heard about it coming out next week.

I don't doubt it too much, because I assume that the teams that work on characters (i.e. the Mechromancer) are most likely somewhat separate (or completely separate) from the teams that do things like level design and story. Of course, we'll probably get some new NPC or enemy models and such, which means there's some overlap.

In other words, I'm saying that it's possible since some of the team would have been idle otherwise. Although, the time between Borderlands' Mad Moxxi DLC and General Knoxx DLC was two months.

 

[darkewaffle]

Well BL also never had so much attention as BL2 does right now. If they put out more fresh content right away you can guarantee you'll have a lot more buyers now since the 'honeymoon' stage of the game isn't over yet for most people. It makes sense to take advantage of it now and cash in.

 

[Demo24]

Thankfully the do no harm bug has been repaired, finally able to complete that 20 lvls later.

Got an orange drop from the hyperion slaughter rounds last night, only decent thing to come out of that so far.

 

[KaOTiK]

I remembering reading an interview with Randy a few weeks back where he said the first season pass DLC was just about done, the second was pretty far along, the third was in design, and the last was in concept still.

So not surprised it is coming out now, I'm glad it is, I want to see some pirate booty

 

[OCNewbie]

I haven't played since the new Mechro patch came out. A lot of people on the official forums are saying they're noticing an increased drop rate of rares (blues, purples, and oranges). Is anybody else noticing this?

 

[clok1966]

heck i cant get the Mecro to even show on my character screen (yes i have preorder so it should show).. see the update was applied,go and pick her.. goes to the background, but no charccater on screen and no options to select anything, esc take you back to last character and options.. I really wanted to check her out..

 

[Aikouka]

So not surprised it is coming out now, I'm glad it is, I want to see some pirate booty

I get enough of that with Maya! :wub:

EDIT:

Gearbox officially announced that the first DLC is coming next week.

 

[Corporate Thug]

I haven't played since the new Mechro patch came out. A lot of people on the official forums are saying they're noticing an increased drop rate of rares (blues, purples, and oranges). Is anybody else noticing this?

I've played 45+ hours (level 39 now) almost about 40% done w/ Vault Hunter Mode and I've gotten exactly 1 orange (boss to end game in original walk through). I did notice more blues than usual in yesterday's game though.

 

[gorcorps]

heck i cant get the Mecro to even show on my character screen (yes i have preorder so it should show).. see the update was applied,go and pick her.. goes to the background, but no charccater on screen and no options to select anything, esc take you back to last character and options.. I really wanted to check her out..

Is it automatic? It's a separate dlc on steam so you might have to download it separate. If you preordered it should say "you already own this" so it'll be free.

 

[Aikouka]

Is it automatic? It's a separate dlc on steam so you might have to download it separate. If you preordered it should say "you already own this" so it'll be free.

He should have received it. There needs to be a compatibility patch so regardless of whether you own the Mechromancer, you can play with people that do. So, as long as Steam was set to auto-update Borderlands 2, he should have automatically downloaded the ~550MB patch.

 

[Worthington]

might want to try re-verifying the game cache. I got the download completed but the new class wasn't an option. Re-verified and BAM, all was well.

 

[DaveSimmons]

I haven't played since the new Mechro patch came out. A lot of people on the official forums are saying they're noticing an increased drop rate of rares (blues, purples, and oranges). Is anybody else noticing this?

I've gotten better loot with Gaige playing levels 1-9 then I did with the other 4 classes, including an orange grenade from Beaum Bewm. I wonder if the odds are increased for her since she's intended to be the easiest to play.

Deathtrap is way overpowered at these low levels, but that might not last.

 

[SunnyD]

Out of curiosity, are the mission reward items "random" as well?

Everybody keeps saying they've gotten mostly sucky loot, but on my siren somewhere along the line (around level 10 or something) I got an orange shield belt that simply kicked ass for the longest time. Pretty sure it was a mission reward. All I know is that it had a higher capacity than anything else at the time, plus it chain cast fire nova that did insane damage when it was depleted. Basically the perfect "Oh Sh*t" button.

 

[Aikouka]

Out of curiosity, are the mission reward items "random" as well?

Partially. Rewards are usually a specific base item, but certain aspects (parts) on them might be randomized. If you look at the Borderlands Weapon Generator, you'll see that some specific guns have their own specific body part.

Everybody keeps saying they've gotten mostly sucky loot, but on my siren somewhere along the line (around level 10 or something) I got an orange shield belt that simply kicked ass for the longest time. Pretty sure it was a mission reward. All I know is that it had a higher capacity than anything else at the time, plus it chain cast fire nova that did insane damage when it was depleted. Basically the perfect "Oh Sh*t" button.

Yeah, you get that one for doing the Firehawk quest line.

EDIT:

Although, mine wasn't nearly as good as yours though (random stat-wise... mine was legendary too). I mostly used Turtle shields (high max capacity with reduced health) that had decent regen times.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Orange seems to be random, I've only gotten the orange grenade once time out of 5 for Beaum Beaum, I think it was greens or blues the other times.

I've only done the Firehawk quest once since I parked the other 4 after they reached Sanctuary but I think I only got a green or blue not an orange.

The weapon reward specs are randomized -- I think only 1 of the 5 fire elemental guns I've gotten from Flynt has a scope, and the damage , accuracy and mag size varies.

 

[bguile]

I've played 45+ hours (level 39 now) almost about 40% done w/ Vault Hunter Mode and I've gotten exactly 1 orange (boss to end game in original walk through). I did notice more blues than usual in yesterday's game though.

I have not noticed anymore orange drops than usual. Which is pissing me off since everyone else is. Before the mechromancer I had found 4 orange weapons. Slegdes shotgun, babymaker, tortise sheild, and hellfire/inferno smg. 2 were self found 2 were in multiplayer. All are low to mid-level items. One of my (minor) gripes about the game is the low drop rate of legendaries. It seems they drop from bosses now instead of chests which I dislike.