Borderlands 2 release date and preorder

[OCNewbie]

Oh, and I realized that with the Mechromancer's skill Blood Soak Shield maxed, you can make GREAT use out of amp damage shields + sniper rifles. Since you get full shields back after each kill, you essentially get the amp shield on every sniper rifle shot, if you're getting one-hit kills.

 

[Aikouka]

Yeah, I found where to go:

http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/558703525415793681/320927709A50D0318CE0929D986BF8DFF964DA64/

I kept seeing that location, and I remember thinking, "Hmm don't think I've been there yet... I'll go check it out later!"

EDIT:

To give a bit more explanation, as you enter the first cave area and get into the fire large room with huts and stuff, there's an ice passage on your left with Spiderants in it... take that. It's the same way you have to take to kill Scorch.

One thing that I hate about anarchy? It's really hard to shoot off a Goliath's helmet.

 

[Borealis7]

i'm a level 30 sniper nearing the end of PT1

Spoiler

(just got back from the bunker to sanctuary)

i'm wondering if i'd need better items to survive PT2 (i'm not at home so i can't post pics of my stuffz)

i'm running: (all from memory so slight differnces are possible)

sniper rifles: Fire sniper 1022dmg (the gun that taunts you when reloading lol ) or corrosion sniper 680dmg, but shoots really fast (plus other backup weapons with acid/explosions)
shields: 1700 + 500amp dmg (drains 400) or 2000+500HP
relic: +8% sniper dmg
grenade: longbow acid cloud 600dmg
class mod: +21% sniper dmg + 23% sniper crit dmg -200 shields +3 basic critical skill +2 one sh0t skill

i find electricity and slag useless but i keep 2 sniper rifles around 700dmg with those effects.

that corrosion sniper really eats through robots. i had so much fun in Opportunity!

 

[WiseUp216]

i'm a level 30 sniper nearing the end of PT1

Spoiler

(just got back from the bunker to sanctuary)

i'm wondering if i'd need better items to survive PT2 (i'm not at home so i can't post pics of my stuffz)

i'm running: (all from memory so slight differnces are possible)

sniper rifles: Fire sniper 1022dmg (the gun that taunts you when reloading lol ) or corrosion sniper 680dmg, but shoots really fast (plus other backup weapons with acid/explosions)
shields: 1700 + 500amp dmg (drains 400) or 2000+500HP
relic: +8% sniper dmg
grenade: longbow acid cloud 600dmg
class mod: +21% sniper dmg + 23% sniper crit dmg -200 shields +3 basic critical skill +2 one sh0t skill

i find electricity and slag useless but i keep 2 sniper rifles around 700dmg with those effects.

that corrosion sniper really eats through robots. i had so much fun in Opportunity!

You'll get much better loot when you start the second playthrough. By the time you get to Sanctuary, most of your inventory will be replaced.

 

[Borealis7]

really? hot damn!

 

[The_Golden_Man]

You'll get much better loot when you start the second playthrough. By the time you get to Sanctuary, most of your inventory will be replaced.

Cool!

 

[The_Golden_Man]

I cannot seem to get adaptive Vsync to function in this game. Using 306.97 drivers from Nvidia... I've disabled Vsync and FPS cap in-game and are trying to force Adaptive Vsync from Nvidia's Borderlands 2 profile. It does not work, game is still running over 60FPS.

Others tried this?

 

[YBS1]

i'm a level 30 sniper nearing the end of PT1

Spoiler

(just got back from the bunker to sanctuary)

i'm wondering if i'd need better items to survive PT2 (i'm not at home so i can't post pics of my stuffz)

i'm running: (all from memory so slight differnces are possible)

sniper rifles: Fire sniper 1022dmg (the gun that taunts you when reloading lol ) or corrosion sniper 680dmg, but shoots really fast (plus other backup weapons with acid/explosions)
shields: 1700 + 500amp dmg (drains 400) or 2000+500HP
relic: +8% sniper dmg
grenade: longbow acid cloud 600dmg
class mod: +21% sniper dmg + 23% sniper crit dmg -200 shields +3 basic critical skill +2 one sh0t skill

i find electricity and slag useless but i keep 2 sniper rifles around 700dmg with those effects.

that corrosion sniper really eats through robots. i had so much fun in Opportunity!

LOL....You'd get raped in PT2 with that gear. Don't worry though, the gear gets exponentially better as you go, with it getting particularly good at about level ~47. To give you an idea, I don't even give a sniper rifle a second glance if it does less than ~15,000 damage at this point. The "weakest" shield I'm currently carrying is "The Bee" and I think it's about ~16-17k, if I get hit pretty much at all while wearing it, it's completely depleted and probably eating into my health. Typical shields are anywhere from 22-40K. The garbage whites being dropped at the beginning of PT2 will almost certainly be better than anything you have in inventory right now.

Electricity is good for those invisible stalker things, and becomes more useful (though not really required) as enemy shields get much better. Slag is best in co-op or while using a gunzerker. Explosive elementals are junk in BL2 for me, I've yet to find a particularly good use for them and they were among my favorite in BL1. My favorite gun considering it's/my level at the time was the Teapot I got in PT1, I probably used that thing for 8 or 9 levels before it became obsolete. The one I received in PT2 wasn't quite as good IMO. Best gun in the game for me now has to be the Infinity pistol used with the right skill tree and mod/relic.

 

[The_Golden_Man]

Anyone else thinks this game is just as good, if not better in singleplayer VS co-op?

I actually have enjoyed singleplayer more than co-op.

 

[YBS1]

Anyone else thinks this game is just as good, if not better in singleplayer VS co-op?

I actually have enjoyed singleplayer more than co-op.

Just like BL1 IMO. I enjoy the game itself more in single player while actually doing missions and stuff. I enjoy co-op more for boss raiding and general carnage.

 

[darkewaffle]

Not really, multiplayer playthrough 1 was way more fun than solo PT2 for me at least; jokes are just more fun with friends.

A lot of the encounters are way better as well (though certain bosses do die much faster), the Angel fight in single player was a letdown after doing it with four people because it lost so much of the intensity and chaos. Really the only thing you get out of doing it singleplayer is you can go at your own pace hunting ECHOs and ranks and you never miss any dialogue, which I'm still enjoying, but it feels like a bit of an endurance test at times.

 

[Tim]

Just wanted to post and say that I'm really enjoying this game. I loved BL1 also. I'm currently just doing single player, lvl. 21 siren on playthrough 1. I'm just working through most of the side missions right now (the ones directly after Sanctuary takes off)

I actually ran into some kind of glitch yesterday. I was running through the missions in the Caustic Caverns, and I noticed that none of my weapons were using up ammunition. I could literally fire rocket after rocket, or just hold down on the SMG with no reload or ammo usage. At first, I was hoping that I'd managed that through some type of weapon/gear build, but alas, it was only a glitch. When I reloaded the game, it was gone.

 

[SunnyD]

Phaselock does ridiculous amounts of damage to threshers. That is all.

 

[Aikouka]

Explosive elementals are junk in BL2 for me, I've yet to find a particularly good use for them and they were among my favorite in BL1.

I like them against targets with armor such as Badass/Taskmaster Nomads or the Knight Spiderants. Corrosive has just never seemed that effective against them compared to how easily I can take them out with an explosive weapon.

 

[SunnyD]

Explosive is nice for quicker moving mobs too as the explosion seems to knocked them back/off balance more.

 

[Ferzerp]

Explosive is nice for quicker moving mobs too as the explosion seems to knocked them back/off balance more.

Except to offset it, explosive weapons have the slowest bullet speed of any weapon, making them a poor choice for fast enemies.

 

[Aikouka]

Except to offset it, explosive weapons have the slowest bullet speed of any weapon, making them a poor choice for fast enemies.

Imagine an explosive E-Tech weapon... you could probably fire the gun and run faster than the bullet!

 

[KevinCU]

I like them against targets with armor such as Badass/Taskmaster Nomads or the Knight Spiderants. Corrosive has just never seemed that effective against them compared to how easily I can take them out with an explosive weapon.

Corrosive SMG really shines here. The idea is to shoot many bullets and stack the corrosive effect on armored enemies. This works as well with shotguns with multiple pellets. The stacking effect will destroy armored enemies.

 

[Rakewell]

I'm really enjoying BL2 as well... Finished both run-throughs, and am really excited about tomorrow's pirate DLC.

Anyone know if they're gonna raise the level cap at all for the first expansion? Prolly not huh.

 

[SunnyD]

Speaking of weapons... I really have not found ANY combat rifle worth a crap in the game yet. They all have pretty much lackluster stats for what they are, or ridiculously small clips with huge reload times for the damage they do. Pretty much pistol, shotgun and SMG is all that's needed, then flip between sniper and rocket depending on the situation.

 

[KevinCU]

Speaking of weapons... I really have not found ANY combat rifle worth a crap in the game yet. They all have pretty much lackluster stats for what they are, or ridiculously small clips with huge reload times for the damage they do. Pretty much pistol, shotgun and SMG is all that's needed, then flip between sniper and rocket depending on the situation.

This is what I thought too until I found a nice Vladof rifle with fire damage and 8800ish damage per shot. It absolutely destroys fleshy targets.

 

[Aikouka]

Speaking of weapons... I really have not found ANY combat rifle worth a crap in the game yet. They all have pretty much lackluster stats for what they are, or ridiculously small clips with huge reload times for the damage they do. Pretty much pistol, shotgun and SMG is all that's needed, then flip between sniper and rocket depending on the situation.

I still love my legendary Jakobs assault rifle that I found!

 

[Phynaz]

Does BL2 have multiple save slots? I quit playing BL1 when I accidentally sold my good armor and couldn't revert to an older save.

 

[Aikouka]

Does BL2 have multiple save slots? I quit playing BL1 when I accidentally sold my good armor and couldn't revert to an older save.

I don't believe so. I believe it saves by creating a base Borderlands 2 profile for your Steam account and then creating a new save file for each character.

 

[darkewaffle]

You can just backup the saves manually by making a copy of the folder if you wish, but there's no automated/integrated process for it. You could do it with a batch file or something though.