I used Moxxi's Heartbreaker for a bit, but after Fink's Slaughterhouse (wave 3), I gave up on shotguns in general.
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A Gunzerker gunzerking with two Banes is the greatest thing ever.
Not the most effective, but definitely the greatest.
I used Moxxi's Heartbreaker for a bit, but after Fink's Slaughterhouse (wave 3), I gave up on shotguns in general.
At maxed out anarchy, shotguns make for fantastic sniper rifles. ;)
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Tip: Instead of using rocket launchers for normal combat, use them when you get into Fight For Your Life. A quick high powered blast to your feet(if you are surrounded) will get you back up.
Finished the main game last night (Shotgun-free), and started the Captain Scarlett DLC. Love this game :)
At the rate I'm going ill be done with this and Torque's in time for Hammerlock's Hunt DLC's release the 15th.
Wheeee. Just got a high damage shotgun. Only one shot before reloading, decent reload speed. Anarchy triggers off kills and reloads, and I rank up anarchy with this thing like crazy! :D
Wheeee. Just got a high damage shotgun. Only one shot before reloading, decent reload speed. Anarchy triggers off kills and reloads, and I rank up anarchy with this thing like crazy! :D
I once found a Lvl 50 Torgue shotgun that did something like 1,234 x 20, consumed 4 ammo per shot, but only had 3 in the clip. Lost it in a duel to a friend though... that thing was a blast (literally) to run around with while I had it.
Wheeee. Just got a high damage shotgun. Only one shot before reloading, decent reload speed. Anarchy triggers off kills and reloads, and I rank up anarchy with this thing like crazy! :DI once found a Lvl 50 Torgue shotgun that did something like 1,234 x 20, consumed 4 ammo per shot, but only had 3 in the clip. Lost it in a duel to a friend though... that thing was a blast (literally) to run around with while I had it.
For Anarchy, I'm a big fan of the Tediore shotguns due to their increased reload speed and the bonus damage with, roughly, every shot.
Just finished the Scarlett DLC, apparently you must play it in True Vault Hunter difficulty for it to scale properly in difficulty and drops. With a Sniper Rifle, I was one shotting most mobs, bosses were down in seconds (last boss took longer), and a lot of drops were low powered (many were level 15 even) with my level 33-35 Mechnomancer. I figured it would scale normally on Normal.
They should have told me this in game before I played through the first DLC. I'll ramp it up for Torgue's.
A fun expansion though, on par with the rest of the game.
Sunderstone, it may be possible that you entered the Scarlett DLC at level 15 which then locks the scale in at level 15 enemies. I just started the DLC with my 35 Axton on Normal and all the guys are level 30 (the level cap for Normal I think).
I played through it first on my Lvl 50 Siren, and I have to tell you, don't do it. My friends and I stopped fighting for a minute and were like "Why are we clearing it all out?" and then just rushed past all the enemies because they no longer did anything for us except consumed valuable ammo.
I didn't buy the DLC till I was done with the game at lvl 33. I just bought the season pass. Some of the white drops were lvl 15 guns, all enemies were one shots at lvl 30.
I just started Torgue's yesterday at lvl 35 on True Vault Hunter difficulty. It's properly scaled. My only gripe is that I can't get to sanctuary to cash in on Eridium as the new difficulty resets the main game to the beginning, and the vendor in Oasis was telling me he wouldn't sell to me unless I killed a Seraph. Not sure what that's all about.
At the menu, when you choose to continue, select normal. Then you can go back to Sanctuary to cash in your Eridium. Then you have to quit, and re-enter on TVH to continue your play-through.
Good to know, will try that tonight. I'm sitting on 85 or so Eridium bars. :)
Worked. I was hesitant because I thought it might want to reset my playthrough of the DLC back down to normal.
Thanks Tels :)
I finished with my Mechromancer, sitting at level 35. I enjoyed the game but I'm not that interested in doing the main story over again to reach 50. Is the DLC worthwhile?
Yes.
If you like the Borderlands setting and crazy humor, yes indeed. The end boss in Scarlett's is a great fight. I'm really enjoying Torgue's ATM too, even a tad more than the Pirates.
Finished the last DLC last night. I cheesed the boss to death ftw. Looking Howard to the next DLC.
I started out with an assassin but right after getting to Sanctuary decided to try a mechromancer instead. Having MUCH more fun with 150 anarchy stacks and a triple-barrel explosive shotgun. This game is loads and LOADS of fun!
I might try the gunzerker next. A few pals of mine are talking about a coop run through 2 nights a week or so. Maybe I'll try a double shotgun type of build if that's possible.
I've got some level 50 epics to trade if any Paizonians want them! I'm looking for a good shock SMG and other stuff to support a L50 mecromancer.
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Here's what I have up for trade:
Damage: 18418
Accuracy: 87.7
Fire Rate: 1.2
Reload Speed: 4.7
Magazine Size: 9
Chance to Slag: 36.0%
-67% Weapon Accuracy
+50% Melee Damage
Slagged Enemies take more damage
Firing increases accuracy
Damage: 4977 x 17
Accuracy: 38.0
Fire Rate: 2.6
Reload Speed: 3.3
Magazine Size: 13
Firing increases accuracy
Damage: 12405
Accuracy: 92.2
Fire Rate: 1.8
Reload Speed: 2.3
Magazine Size: 9
+50% Melee Damage
+8% Critical Hit Damage
Deals bonus explosive damage
Damage: 82034
Accuracy: 81.6
Fire Rate: 2.5
Reload Speed: 6.6
Magazine Size: 8
Chance to Slag: 30.0%
Consumes reduced ammo per shot
Slagged Enemies take more damage
Fire Rate: +26%
+5 Kinetic Reflection Skill
+3 Life Tap Skill
+4 Chain Reaction Skill
Burn Chance: +35%
Burn Damage: +39%
+5 Blight Phoenix Skill
+4 Helios Skill
+4 Reaper Skill
And some Mechromancer mods that don't suit my style:
Assault Rifle Gun Damage: +35%
Assault Rifle Magazine Size: +38%
+5 The Better Half Skill
+3 More Pep Skill
+4 Smaller Lighter Faster Skill
Shield Capacity: +3606
Shield Recharge Rate: +33%
+5 Interspersed Outburst Skill
+4 Strength of 5 Gorillas Skill
+4 Fancy Mathematics Skill
Grenades! I want to get a L50 electrical transfusion, or just a solid transfusion otherwise.
Grenade Damage: 54540
Blast Radius: 770
Fuse Time: 0.5
11268 Burn Damage per sec.
Causes standard explosion
Grenade Damage: 30300
Blast Radius: 700
Fuse Time: 1.4
10277 Electrocute Damage per sec.
Continually damages enemies while they are within the grenade's area of influence.
and an Infinity Vladof Pistol (that one was a B**** to farm!).I got a vladof infinity pistol on my first playthrough with Gaige. Man, that gun lasted well into the 30s before starting to show its' age.
Vladof pistols are fantastic. [/QUOTE
B&@&*&%$! It took me well over 500 saves & quits to farm the infinity pistol, and im not prepared that you got it on your first try as the mechromancer.
B@!@~#$%! It took me well over 500 saves & quits to farm the infinity pistol, and im not prepared that you got it on your first try as the mechromancer.and an Infinity Vladof Pistol (that one was a B**** to farm!).I got a vladof infinity pistol on my first playthrough with Gaige. Man, that gun lasted well into the 30s before starting to show its' age.
Vladof pistols are fantastic.
Not that unbelievable really. I know a couple of guys who got various legendary weapons on their first time through. One guy had a level 11ish Infinity that he was still using at 39 before he got new version.
B%+&~*@&! It took me well over 500 saves & quits to farm the infinity pistol, and im not prepared that you got it on your first try as the mechromancer.and an Infinity Vladof Pistol (that one was a B**** to farm!).I got a vladof infinity pistol on my first playthrough with Gaige. Man, that gun lasted well into the 30s before starting to show its' age.
Vladof pistols are fantastic.
Could have been better! Could have gotten it on my second play-through, instead. :) Über-rare level 8 pistols are kinda pointless, and I don't hate my life enough to start grinding for it on TVHM.
500 tries. Sheesh. I salute your patience, sir.
I am still liking the game, but the siren has lost all its fun. Got the Bee and 3 infinities at 50 now and a good sniper rifle. Everything goes down rather quickly. Really like Zero, but optimizing for Melee is fun till you get to flying opponents and bosses where you can't melee them, then you are useless...
Any tips for my melee zero guys?
Thanks
-Hexen
For melee Zero I recommend sticking to a few melee skills that will work most of the time (Execution is the most important one) but not relying on it. A good mix is to pick a few gun skills from Cunning.
Since all the melee skills multiply each other the most important ones are Counter Strike, Execution and Killing Blow. Strategy is to shoot guys until Deception activates, then run behind someone, wait till the timer runs low, and backstab one. Run away if it does not kill.
Borderlands 2 is one of the best shooters I have played in a long time. Tiny Tina was hilarious. Handsome Jack was a jerk that had you laughing at one point and wanting to snap his neck the next. The humor in the game was top rate and had me laughing every few minutes. Great game.
Scooter has me in stitches almost any time he opens his mouth. "CATCH-A-FAMILIAL-RECONCILATIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON!"
I lol'd and lol'd and lol'd at that =)
Wow. I love this game. Just bought a bunch of DLC for it, and I only got about an hour into the Torgue campaign and I already hurt from laughing so much.
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Finally picked the second game up last week. Totally in love with it so far.
Currently playing Maya. After playing Lilith super-aggresively* in the first game, had to adjust to fighting more carefully here but that's probably for the best considering how much easier it is to get blindsided by bad news now. Torn between trying Salvador or Gaige next.
*Phasewalk and the Double Anarchy SMGs really spoiled me. Mordecai was my first "main" but Lilith was my go-to character for just going nuts.
I missed hearing Scooter, Dr. Zed, and Marcus through the vending machines more than I explected I would.
Gotta admit, they've managed to craft a perfectly funny and hateful lead villain here.
Also, <3 this soundtrack.
I still have yet to reach 50.
BL2 just isn't bringing me back the same way BL1 did. I don't really like most of the new characters except Axton and Gaige. The other guys' action skills just don't do it for me, unfortunately.
Also, the guns...FEEL weird in BL2. I dunno what it is with them but they feel crunchy, for lack of a better word. That and they removed my favorite manufacturer (S&S) kinda sucks a bit of the enjoyment out of the loot as well. =/
And the whole thing with Bloodwing STILL pisses me off.
Gotta admit, they've managed to craft a perfectly funny and hateful lead villain here.
Jack is spot-on perfect.
Gaige and her anarchy tree is a lot of fun. Anarchy not only lets you do ludicrous damage, it also ramps up Deathtrap's damage as well.
Salvador's neat. I played him going up the tank tree up to level 43 or so; then I got a nice mod and split my point between the two other trees (whose names I am blanking on at the moment). So now my Salvador while gunzerking... (1) throws two grenades at once; (2) gets extensions to the duration every time he kills something - I've kept it going for over two minutes before; (3) can continue gunzerking, or start it, while downed; (4) gets an attack power buff whenever gunzerking actually ends; (5) a whole pile more of stuff that I don't remember. It's pretty crazy.
Handsome Jack is a fantastic villain; the DLC adversaries can't really match him, but most villains in most games ever can't match Handsome Jack.
In response to the OP? Definitely MEH.
But then I'm nearly 39 years old and dont really care for first person shooters.
The art is meh, the humor is meh, the voice acting is meh.. Just not my thing I guess.
In response to the OP? Definitely MEH.
But then I'm nearly 39 years old and dont really care for first person shooters.
The art is meh, the humor is meh, the voice acting is meh.. Just not my thing I guess.
I can definitely see why you'd be drawn to a Borderlands 2 discussion. :p
Aaanyway. I've played the new Psychic character all evening and had a hilarious time setting myself on fire. :)
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Wow, I feel terrible about the Perfectly Peaceful mission now. ;_;
One thing that's hurting me right now is the smaller inventory. I just maxed out my slots pre-DLC and I'm still having trouble with my packrat tendencies in games like this.
I keep selling my Torgues as soon as I pick them up though. I'm sure they have their niche, but they're just too slow for my tastes.
Vehicular combat feels much more satisfying now, I think. Sure ramming things is less powerful now, but there's something just so right about sending a giant bug monster flying rather than having it auto-die from getting love-tapped by your buggy moving at 3 mpg.
I have to say that Jack is a great villain, someone that you really love to hate, and although I was really thinking that he was going to get old fast (what with the over the top taunting and boasting in the opening act) I must say that he really grew on me and by the end of the game I couldn't help but hate him on a whole other level. The last Villain that grew on me that much was GLaDOS, and while I don't think he's quite at the evil AI's level of villainy, I do think he's achieved a rare level in computer games. He's a villain that you hate, but you want to hear his dialogue, and you can't help but smile with pride as he comes to hate you on the same level that you hate him.
This sums up my thoughts on Jack as well. His immature and, well, stupid taunting in the beginning of the game is something I'd usually grow very tired of, really fast. But the whole thing just comes together in a way that works.
In response to the OP? Definitely MEH.
But then I'm nearly 39 years old and dont really care for first person shooters.
The art is meh, the humor is meh, the voice acting is meh.. Just not my thing I guess.I can definitely see why you'd be drawn to a Borderlands 2 discussion. :p
Aaanyway. I've played the new Psychic character all evening and had a hilarious time setting myself on fire. :)
I probably wouldnt have showed up in here if the thread were titled 'Borderlands 2: I love it and if you do too join me in the thread so we can jointly spew our multifaceted love of it...
Turns out 'meh' is even in the title of the thread... I also probably wouldnt have posted if I didnt have a very specific feeling about borderlands 2... But I very specifically feel meh about it, having specifically checked it out on the recomendation of one of my buddies at the gaming table...
The fact that it's a steam game probably moves it to a meh minus...
I wont say i've been drawn to the conversation per se... I'm drawn to posting when a thread asks me how I feel, particularly when I have a strong feeling, and that strong feeling is listed in the options on the thread title ^_^
That strong feeling happens to be 'strongly meh'... what can I say.
I wont say i've been drawn to the conversation per se... I'm drawn to posting when a thread asks me how I feel, particularly when I have a strong feeling, and that strong feeling is listed in the options on the thread title ^_^
Well, the topic has moved on from the OP a bit, since October. But welcome aboard!
I still have yet to reach 50.
You make me feel bad... I have a 50 Commando, 50 Siren, 50 Gunzerker, 50 Mechromancer, 25 Assassin, and a 23 Psycho.
Wow, I feel terrible about the Perfectly Peaceful mission now. ;_;
One thing that's hurting me right now is the smaller inventory. I just maxed out my slots pre-DLC and I'm still having trouble with my packrat tendencies in games like this.
I keep selling my Torgues as soon as I pick them up though. I'm sure they have their niche, but they're just too slow for my tastes.
Vehicular combat feels much more satisfying now, I think. Sure ramming things is less powerful now, but there's something just so right about sending a giant bug monster flying rather than having it auto-die from getting love-tapped by your buggy moving at 3 mpg.
I love that Borderlands 2 got a little darker, while still keeping it, more-or-less, light-hearted. Missions like Perfectly Peaceful, Minecart Mischief of Where Angels Fear to Tread really are wonderful additions to the game.
Since you've done Perfectly Peaceful, have you found the Easter Egg at the end of the rail track where the cart for Minecract Mischief is? If not, make sure to explore the rocks around that area.
By the way, how'd you feel about the outcome of the A Train to Catch mission (and installing the power core)?
Torgue weapons really do have a niche. That niche happens to be doing a LOT of damage in as few shots as possible. To that end, Torgue shotguns do it best. If you can find yourself a good one (to see good results, find one that consumes 2 or 3 ammo per shot), then just get close to someone, pull the trigger, and watch the red mist fly. Torgue also makes OK assault rifles, but only at close - medium range. Anything farther and the spread is just too much.
For your packrat tendencies, one thing I suggest is cloning your character. I play on the Xbox, so I can just copy my characters over to a flash drive, then I sell all their inventory, and use them as mules. Keep only the gear you will use a lot in your bank and the gear you're guaranteed to use in your inventory. For instance, I keep only the 4 guns I use all the time in my weapon slots, and a few I may need (such as different elemental SMGs) and I switch between my Anshin Shield (high capacity + Bonus health) and the Bee shield (for damage against bosses/badasses). Other than that, my inventory remains mostly empty.
My only problem with vehicular combat is that there is a challenge to run creatures over with a car, yet the cars do such small amounts of damage it's extremely difficult to actually kill creatures.
In response to the OP? Definitely MEH.
But then I'm nearly 39 years old and dont really care for first person shooters.
The art is meh, the humor is meh, the voice acting is meh.. Just not my thing I guess.
That's unfortunate, but the game isn't for everyone. I know some people who played the original and hated the sequel, and I know people who hated the original but loved the sequel.
I personally love both games. There are some things I dislike about it (mainly the drop rates), but over-all I think it's a great game.
I wont say i've been drawn to the conversation per se... I'm drawn to posting when a thread asks me how I feel, particularly when I have a strong feeling, and that strong feeling is listed in the options on the thread title ^_^Well, the topic has moved on from the OP a bit, since October. But welcome aboard!
The topic has changed more into a "Borderlands: General Discussion" thread, but that doesn't mean people can't make posts on the original topic. I'm interested in finding out as many people's opinions as possible.
The topic has changed more into a "Borderlands: General Discussion" thread, but that doesn't mean people can't make posts on the original topic. I'm interested in finding out as many people's opinions as possible.
I certainly wasn't trying to say that people can't make posts on any borderlands 2 related topic they like.