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[bguile]

You know what's funny? I meleed a few of them to death by smacking their legs!

One thing I find really odd is just how much damage their legs can take before finally breaking apart. I pretty much have to use my DAHL burst-fire sniper rifle.

Playing as Salvador that's all I do with them. Not even worth bullets. Smack them three times and they go down. And drop some money in appreciation of my badassery!

Though honestly I read somewhere that they are weak to melee and that works the best for me. I am overleveled to the area, plus I have some points in a meleee skill so I am sure that is helping alot. Haven't tried it with Maya or Axton.

Did you find the minecraft level in the caustic caverns yet?

 

[Aikouka]

Nope, I haven't seen a Minecraft level. Is that up on top of the stupid broken rail? That thing is the biggest pain to get up to, because the bubbles never appear where you need them. I ended up getting the badass achievement by getting onto the middle section, which was pretty much useless.

Oh, and here's one of these oddly priced assault rifles:
http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/558702233794291914/12B9A6E6CE9BC8E5B8D30049B241150BBAAA16F9/

EDIT:

They have some crazy combinations for grenades in this game! I found a Corrosive MIRV Longbow Transfusion.

http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/558702233794363853/22ED33423F1FE9E5399131D73A8724C79280AFC5/

 

[ViRGE]

Playing as Salvador that's all I do with them. Not even worth bullets. Smack them three times and they go down. And drop some money in appreciation of my badassery!

Though honestly I read somewhere that they are weak to melee and that works the best for me. I am overleveled to the area, plus I have some points in a meleee skill so I am sure that is helping alot. Haven't tried it with Maya or Axton.

Did you find the minecraft level in the caustic caverns yet?

I'm also playing as Salvadore and I've found the same thing. Melee works extremely well against them, which makes sense since they're so large and easy to hit. If ever there was a mob designed to be punched, it's those things.

 

[Aikouka]

Yay, I got a Fatal God-liath earlier. What's the most disappointing is that he was 3 levels over me, but he was still a complete cakewalk once I phaselocked him. He did drop some good loots though.

 

[Aikouka]

Out of curiosity, does anyone know if the bonus "High Elemental Effect Chance" is some unknown bonus in addition to the effect chance listed on the card? I've got this pistol, and I was just firing it against a wall to get a feel for it. Well, it seemed that the fire effect proc'd almost every time (you get that little burst of flame).

If only it was a SMG... I'd have my Hellfire back! :awe:

 

[bguile]

Nope, I haven't seen a Minecraft level. Is that up on top of the stupid broken rail? That thing is the biggest pain to get up to, because the bubbles never appear where you need them. I ended up getting the badass achievement by getting onto the middle section, which was pretty much useless.

No its not on top of the rail, its over by the eriadian ruins area.

I haven't been able to get the bubble jump challenge yet. I tried it for about 10 minutes and came close one time, then gave up. Also, I can't get all the vault symbols in Sanctuary either, b/c I can't make a certain jump. Those two have been the hardest so far.

 

[gorcorps]

Out of curiosity, does anyone know if the bonus "High Elemental Effect Chance" is some unknown bonus in addition to the effect chance listed on the card? I've got this pistol, and I was just firing it against a wall to get a feel for it. Well, it seemed that the fire effect proc'd almost every time (you get that little burst of flame).

If only it was a SMG... I'd have my Hellfire back! :awe:

I think that's just the animation for the elemental round. I don't think it does anything other than when people burst into flames.

 

[Aikouka]

I think that's just the animation for the elemental round. I don't think it does anything other than when people burst into flames.

Hmm I wasn't sure since I didn't see the effect when I was using an incendiary SMG. I tried the pistol out during the Bandit Arena, but it wasn't dealing enough damage compared to my other guns.

Speaking of the Bandit Arena, it's fun making a bunch of Goliaths fight each other! :twisted:

I haven't been able to get the bubble jump challenge yet. I tried it for about 10 minutes and came close one time, then gave up. Also, I can't get all the vault symbols in Sanctuary either, b/c I can't make a certain jump. Those two have been the hardest so far.

It's a pretty bad achievement, and especially worse given how the bubbles just stop appearing. Fortunately, you just have to make it onto one of the three broken rails, and it doesn't have to be the inner one that leads to the treasure.

 

[KaOTiK]

Oh baby, killed a lvl'd up goliath and he dropped a purple SMG with 2200 dmg
Sweet baby jesus this thing shreds

People playing as Maya, what class mod have you been using? I'm just using one that increases SMG dmg by like 81% and reduces reload time by like 32%

What artifact are you using? I use to use one I have that increased SMG's and Sniper Rifle ammo by 41% for awhile, but switched over to a 18% SMG dmg one once ammo wasn't such an issue anymore.

There haven't been many options imo for those above 2 pieces of equipment so far for me.

 

[Aikouka]

Oh baby, killed a lvl'd up goliath and he dropped a purple SMG with 2200 dmg
Sweet baby jesus this thing shreds

How dare you not provide a sexy picture! D:

 

[KaOTiK]

How dare you not provide a sexy picture! D:

Just for you logged in real quick and took a pic of it, also a pic of my sniper rifle I had just gotten and forgot about too.
http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/576716632301758237/D2E8CB24ADE3812E600F710FF5AEDF75B6FDD3FB/
http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/576716632301757449/A8B8A720EFB3E9BA4AA27BCA67DC561F20E2C6A6/

I was off on the dmg amount oops

 

[Soundmanred]

I could swear that there is what looks like bullets flying off of them when I am point blank unloading an SMG on them I think its possible that they may have some sort of reflect on them?

Yup, they do. I used a plasma weapon and some of the shots were definitely bouncing off.
I used a shotgun to shoot the crystals off of their legs (2 shots each) and they went down easy.

 

[cytoSiN]

Just for you logged in real quick and took a pic of it, also a pic of my sniper rifle I had just gotten and forgot about too.
http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/576716632301758237/D2E8CB24ADE3812E600F710FF5AEDF75B6FDD3FB/
http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/576716632301757449/A8B8A720EFB3E9BA4AA27BCA67DC561F20E2C6A6/

I was off on the dmg amount oops

Was that sniper a random drop? With Zer0's crit bonuses, at that level, you'd be doing close to 100k per headshot...

 

[Aikouka]

Just for you logged in real quick and took a pic of it, also a pic of my sniper rifle I had just gotten and forgot about too.
http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/576716632301758237/D2E8CB24ADE3812E600F710FF5AEDF75B6FDD3FB/
http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/576716632301757449/A8B8A720EFB3E9BA4AA27BCA67DC561F20E2C6A6/

I was off on the dmg amount oops

Hmm I think the only negative thing is that it has burst fire while zoomed. I've had a few that do that, and it's a bummer since it's fully automatic while not zoomed.

You know what I do find odd about sniper rifles in this game? The +crit stat is significantly more rare than in Borderlands 1. I have a few sniper rifles that have it, but most don't.

 

[PhatoseAlpha]

Depending on the circumstance, that sniper should break 120k - possibly much higher on tough enemies with critical ascension.

Does

Spoiler

Bunker

have a very odd weak spot, or is it bugged? Occasionally, the thing will just die instantly. It's a heck of a farming boss for Zero - lots of weak points means crazy high crit ascension bonuses, but it just sometimes dies out of nowhere some times.

 

[darkewaffle]

We did the sidequest for "The Bane" last night, god that gun is awesome lol.

 

[KaOTiK]

Was that sniper a random drop? With Zer0's crit bonuses, at that level, you'd be doing close to 100k per headshot...

I don't remember if I got it from a chest or from killing something. When I went to a machine to sell stuff in my inventory as I was doing a mission I saw it in there. I don't pay much attention when looting and just run around spamming E as fast as possible and check out the loot later when selling normally. Every once in awhile I notice an item before picking it up (like the SMG for instance).

 

[KaOTiK]

Hmm I think the only negative thing is that it has burst fire while zoomed. I've had a few that do that, and it's a bummer since it's fully automatic while not zoomed.

You know what I do find odd about sniper rifles in this game? The +crit stat is significantly more rare than in Borderlands 1. I have a few sniper rifles that have it, but most don't.

Normally, I'm not a fan of the burst while zoomed either. But with this gun, one burst kills most things, 4-5 kills everything else so it isn't a big deal. My only complaint is no elemental effect, but hey, when you have damage that high you can't complain really imo lol

 

[KaOTiK]

The damage on guns starts to climb insanely very quickly near the end. Have an SMG that does a lil over 4k now that I got off a pyre thresher.

 

[frozentundra123456]

Oh baby, killed a lvl'd up goliath and he dropped a purple SMG with 2200 dmg
Sweet baby jesus this thing shreds

People playing as Maya, what class mod have you been using? I'm just using one that increases SMG dmg by like 81% and reduces reload time by like 32%

What artifact are you using? I use to use one I have that increased SMG's and Sniper Rifle ammo by 41% for awhile, but switched over to a 18% SMG dmg one once ammo wasn't such an issue anymore.

There haven't been many options imo for those above 2 pieces of equipment so far for me.

I am using a health regen one because I was taking a lot of damage and when you get second wind, that allows you to eventually get full health if you run away, which I do often.

I do have a +50% smg damage mod that I am thinking of switching to. If I could find a good SMG I would switch to it, but I am only level 13 and cant seem to find any good SMGs.
Wish I had some of the ones I had in the first game back.

By the way, where are the corrosive weapons? The game seems kind of cheap in that early on most of the good elemental weapons are fire weapons, which a lot of enemies are resistant to.

 

[cytoSiN]

I am using a health regen one because I was taking a lot of damage and when you get second wind, that allows you to eventually get full health if you run away, which I do often.

I do have a +50% smg damage mod that I am thinking of switching to. If I could find a good SMG I would switch to it, but I am only level 13 and cant seem to find any good SMGs.
Wish I had some of the ones I had in the first game back.

By the way, where are the corrosive weapons? The game seems kind of cheap in that early on most of the good elemental weapons are fire weapons, which a lot of enemies are resistant to.

Corrosive weapons don't come in until around level 15, which is when you start fighting armored robots, so it makes sense.

 

[Corporate Thug]

Corrosive weapons don't come in until around level 15, which is when you start fighting armored robots, so it makes sense.

I'm lvl 20 commando and I don't think i've seen anything beyond a corrosive handgun. A sniper rifle shot to the red eye of the robot does the trick though.

 

[Ferzerp]

I'm lvl 20 commando and I don't think i've seen anything beyond a corrosive handgun. A sniper rifle shot to the red eye of the robot does the trick though.

For the robots, all the joints are weak spots (and cause a loss of limb).

 

[BoberFett]

Like the first game, fire is the first elemental damage you will find, followed by explosive, shock, then corrosive.

 

[PhatoseAlpha]

Well, beat it twice over now, so the entire game world is level 50, and bosses are 52.

Spoiler

BNK-3R

is certainly the best boss for farming for sniper zero. Has a tendency to linger in one spot, letting you crit over and over again. Between a 26k damage sniper rifle and critical ascension, I was doing 660k damage per shot.

Got some cool stuff. A torgue shotgun that fires 13 rockets for 7000 damage each. A rifle that fires 3 rounds at once for every trigger pull. A shield, that while it's only 20k protection, has a delay of 1.2 seconds and recharges to full in under a second.

Not a bad haul at all.