Borderlands 2 release date and preorder

[DaveSimmons]

My sad loot moment last night was in Sanctuary - I run into Michael Mamaril in my Krieg playthrough 1 and he hands me a purple corrosive SMG (woohoo!) that's one level above the Moxxi Bad Touch I'm carrying (d'oh!).

 

[Aikouka]

3 Keys: KJKJT-HB6SR-SFC5J-3JJJ3-TKKW6

EDIT:

Uhh I think something is wrong. I suddenly only have 10 keys where I should have over 200. Don't tell me they used a byte to store the number of keys so I ended up crossing over the threshold (i.e. 255 + 1 = 0). :\

 

[AlexAL]

3 Keys: KJKJT-HB6SR-SFC5J-3JJJ3-TKKW6

EDIT:

Uhh I think something is wrong. I suddenly only have 10 keys where I should have over 200. Don't tell me they used a byte to store the number of keys so I ended up crossing over the threshold (i.e. 255 + 1 = 0). :\

use it or lose it thing?

 

[zinfamous]

3 Keys: KJKJT-HB6SR-SFC5J-3JJJ3-TKKW6

EDIT:

Uhh I think something is wrong. I suddenly only have 10 keys where I should have over 200. Don't tell me they used a byte to store the number of keys so I ended up crossing over the threshold (i.e. 255 + 1 = 0). :\

that sucks...I'm at 133 I think,

 

[zinfamous]

My sad loot moment last night was in Sanctuary - I run into Michael Mamaril in my Krieg playthrough 1 and he hands me a purple corrosive SMG (woohoo!) that's one level above the Moxxi Bad Touch I'm carrying (d'oh!).

my recent wtf loot moment was running into a Tubby skag in WEP (woo!), he drops an OP 8 Legendary Cat mod (double woo!)....and it is significantly worse than my level 65 legendary Cat mod

lvl 65: 134% SMG damage; -31% accuracy
OP 8: 101% dmg; -37% accuracy


:|

 

[Aikouka]

use it or lose it thing?

I don't think so -- Borderlands has been out for a year now, and I've been accumulating keys as we go along. If each one has an expiration, I would assume that they would gradually disappear. As a programmer, the byte thing (sort of) makes sense, but that's a really silly move to restrict the maximum to 255 in a game about (loot) hoarding.

 

[frowertr]

Im up to about level 28 or so with Axion and I gotta say, I'm bored. I feel like it is almost work to play this game. Snipe mobs, drop a turret, rinse and repeat.

I'll probably finish the game but won't go into TVHM. Guess I don't see what all the hubbub is about.

 

[KidNiki1]

3 Keys: KJKJT-HB6SR-SFC5J-3JJJ3-TKKW6

EDIT:

Uhh I think something is wrong. I suddenly only have 10 keys where I should have over 200. Don't tell me they used a byte to store the number of keys so I ended up crossing over the threshold (i.e. 255 + 1 = 0). :\

thanks for the keys.

and that sucks about losing keys. not that i am not kind of hording a bunch ( i have like 172) but why arent you using them?

 

[DaveSimmons]

Im up to about level 28 or so with Axion and I gotta say, I'm bored. I feel like it is almost work to play this game. Snipe mobs, drop a turret, rinse and repeat.

I'll probably finish the game but won't go into TVHM. Guess I don't see what all the hubbub is about.

Axton <-- there's your problem, he's the most vanilla character.

Try a different class, siren or gunzerker or psycho.

 

[HitAnyKey]

Im up to about level 28 or so with Axion and I gotta say, I'm bored. I feel like it is almost work to play this game. Snipe mobs, drop a turret, rinse and repeat.

I'll probably finish the game but won't go into TVHM. Guess I don't see what all the hubbub is about.

Just started playing (got the game today) and feeling the same way about Axion. Mind you I seemed to enjoy sniping more in the first game. Probably try a brawler next.

 

[futurefields]

man this game is on sale for 10 bucks and it has 140 dollars worth of dlc

i cant get on board with that kind of business model, not gonna support it i know the game is good because i played the first one, but this business model has got to go

ill wait for a goty edition with dlc included for like 20 bucks

 

[zinfamous]

man this game is on sale for 10 bucks and it has 140 dollars worth of dlc

i cant get on board with that kind of business model, not gonna support it i know the game is good because i played the first one, but this business model has got to go

ill wait for a goty edition with dlc included for like 20 bucks

that has already happened, like twice recently. Meaning, the "Season Pass" = all DLC (except Digistruct Peak, which is the most recent "upgrade pack 2"). Both have been 10 bucks each a few times over the summer.

If you know the first one, then you know the main game is actually solid at full price, and the copious amount of DLC is nearly a half campaign, each, and quite the bargain.

but yeah, I normally hate the DLC model as well; but Borderlands, I think, is the only franchise that does it right. Considering the games tend to go on sale early and often, it's almost always a steal.

My gripe for the day: While the main game is on sale for 10 bucks today, the Psycho pack is not on sale? so...for the same price of the full game, I can unlock Krieg? wtf is that? yeah yeah, cheap I know, but this is why I am patient for these things, and then they don't deliver.

 

[zinfamous]

Just started playing (got the game today) and feeling the same way about Axion. Mind you I seemed to enjoy sniping more in the first game. Probably try a brawler next.

I haven't played my Axton much--I think he is at level 7--but bear in mind that it takes at least 10 or more levels to get a feel for these classes. Of course, they are all the same until you hit level 5, then you need to get into the 2nd tier of a tree to start having fun with them.

Of course, depending on how you build them, just about any class can eventually feel stale, as you get into a routine of playing into your build over and over.

One of the ways the game varies itself through the mobs--their different behaviors and such.

I've really enjoyed one playthrough with Zer0 and nearly one with Gunzerker, but the Siren is still my favorite (max level and all DLC/UVHM now). Mainly because a tricked out phaselock against a big mob is incredibly fun, and the dialogue you hear from mobs, as a Siren, is absolutely hilarious. Also, you will play Nomads very differently with any character other than a Siren, which can quickly expose and dispatch them (I remain frustrated on any other character...but there is always that "G" button, which triggers some more hilarious dialogue from Nomads)

Once you start taking out Goliath heads and sit back and watch them level up on their own allies, start listening to emo Nomads complain about everything and the ramblings of psychos that don't know you are there, the game offers enough detail to keep you going. For me, anyway.

....plus, it's truly about the loot. You have to really be into the loot mechanic to get into Borderlands games.

 

[Qbah]

https://www.borderlands2loothunt.com/

Lots of cool things will be happening Prizes and money for US people only, but in-game stuff for everyone

 

[Hopeless]

Been going on UVH with Sal and made it Flynt over the weekend. That fool was hard to kill. He killed me a few times. After trying a few different gun combos, finally got him after going with dual RL.

After making it to Sanctuary decided to pull the Bee out of storage and try it. Went on a Bullymong killing spree, for Hammerlocks mission. Dual welding Infinity + Bee and everything was dying like I'd went back to TVH.

 

[OCNewbie]

If you can get a DPUH (Double Penetrating Unkempt Harold) at or very near your level (actually, even within ~5 levels it still owns) for primary, and a slag Rubi for offhand you'll be golden. This is for a Gunzerking Salvador.

 

[Hinda65]

Yesterday we took an epic trip to farm the Bitch from Bnk3r....hit 4 legendary loot midges on the way up.....farmed bunker probably 40 times....got nothing real hot out of all that but, on our second to last try we scored an infinity pistol out of that red chest...I love this game.

 

[Hopeless]

Got a slag Rubi and have been using it offhand with infinity as primary. No luck on the DP, but the one I do have is an Explict one IIRC. Haven't gotten around to trying it out much yet.

 

[OCNewbie]

Got a slag Rubi and have been using it offhand with infinity as primary. No luck on the DP, but the one I do have is an Explict one IIRC. Haven't gotten around to trying it out much yet.

Do you have the Torgue DLC? DPUH is reasonably easy to get if you do. Just farm tokens (Bar Brawl is quickest/easiest IMO), then keep loading/reloading a game near a Torgue vending machine til a DPUH shows up.

 

[frowertr]

So I did some reading and youtubing about learning how to play with Axton better and I am having a bit more fun. I respec'ed him to a few of the more popular builds (before I just put talent points into anything that looked good).

I'm only level 30 so I'm still on first play through but it seems a bit more enjoyable. So I may actually go into TVHM once I beat the game here soon. My big problem with games like this is I don't enjoy the grind. I'd rather just get to end game content as that is where the real game begins. But that is the nature of the beast I guess.

 

[Hopeless]

Do you have the Torgue DLC? DPUH is reasonably easy to get if you do. Just farm tokens (Bar Brawl is quickest/easiest IMO), then keep loading/reloading a game near a Torgue vending machine til a DPUH shows up.

Only DLC I have is UVH, which I'll probably get UVH 2 at some point.

The only other one that I'd really like to get is the tiny tina one, but missed the xbox sale on it the other week. From what little I've read the others aren't really all that great.

 

[you2]

they are not bad; i picked up all four + uvh (season pass) during one of the sales for $10 I think; don't regret it.

 

[OCNewbie]

I think the one that is least praised is Sir Hammerlock's. The other ones are pretty good, though Tiny Tina's is definitely the best IMO. Torgue was fairly fun, and Captain Scarlett's wasn't bad either (some great items/weapons in Scarlett's).

 

[Hopeless]

So I did some reading and youtubing about learning how to play with Axton better and I am having a bit more fun. I respec'ed him to a few of the more popular builds (before I just put talent points into anything that looked good).

I'm only level 30 so I'm still on first play through but it seems a bit more enjoyable. So I may actually go into TVHM once I beat the game here soon. My big problem with games like this is I don't enjoy the grind. I'd rather just get to end game content as that is where the real game begins. But that is the nature of the beast I guess.

With Axton I tried a few different builds, although haven't looked to see what the popular ones are. First I tried going for Gemini, but just didn't work for me. After going with Double up and Longbow, I liked him alot better. With both dlc level cap raises you can get those and Gemini which I'd like to see.

 

[zinfamous]

Yesterday we took an epic trip to farm the Bitch from Bnk3r....hit 4 legendary loot midges on the way up.....farmed bunker probably 40 times....got nothing real hot out of all that but, on our second to last try we scored an infinity pistol out of that red chest...I love this game.

I've killed bunker up to 50 times now, not one Bitch. super annoying. But I just set the game to normal to make that run to the gate (it's fun watching constructors die with one phaselock) then set it back to UVHM +OP whatever to kill Bunker...still stupid easy at any level.

The drop rate on him is terrible.

For loot midgets, I do the Doctor's Orders farming in WEP. so many relics...