Borderlands 2

[NEO|Phyte]

Been working on clearing TVHM on my commando, I'm at level 50 and just finished up Where Angels Fear to Tread. Got a big old pile of sidequests sitting around for when everything scales to my level, though I'm unclear on if I should snag them right away or wait until level 61 to snag the assorted rewards. I've been taking the cash/eridium/customization/green item sidequests because it doesn't particularly matter if those get upscaled.

[Neftren]

My hard drive elected for permanent, early retirement, so I just got a replacement in yesterday. As soon as I figure out how to install Windows, I'll be able to play Borderlands 2 again. So ... Neftren, coming to a theatre near you!

[Tome]

I still have it, but I've never been all that interested in playing it solo.

Of course, if anyone here is still playing on xbox I'd be more than happy to join in if you see me online and send me an invite.

[Bounty Hunter]

Well. This thread died quickly.

No more interest in Borderlands? Has everyone achieved their goals and dreams already?

Nope... just been busy with work, and rebuilding a car.. and trying to get back into D&D.

Who know being a grown up was so rough..

[Triscuitable]

Nope... just been busy with work, and rebuilding a car.. and trying to get back into D&D.

Who know being a grown up was so rough..

I lost interest in the game and went over to other games. Dead Space 3, Planetside 2, League of Legends, etc. Oh, and I went through Tsukihime. That was pretty good.

[Geno9999]

Been working on clearing TVHM on my commando, I'm at level 50 and just finished up Where Angels Fear to Tread. Got a big old pile of sidequests sitting around for when everything scales to my level, though I'm unclear on if I should snag them right away or wait until level 61 to snag the assorted rewards.

Loot and Quests cap at level 50 in TVHM. The only way to get lvl 51+ quest rewards is to do the quests during UVHM.

[The_Final_Stand]

I'm sat at level 50 in TVHM, currently doing Captain Scarlett. Running through all the DLC, rather than just Torgue and Tina (which, by the way, were AWESOME).

[Triscuitable]

I'm sat at level 50 in TVHM, currently doing Captain Scarlett. Running through all the DLC, rather than just Torgue and Tina (which, by the way, were AWESOME).

I... Dislike the other DLC. Torgue I feel is hilarious, but lacking in variety. It feels like a boring, brown world full of clever jokes. Despite that, it's still a boring, brown world. The main game was vibrant and full of color! Scarlett was the same way, and Hammerlock was the biggest offender, in that a lot of areas there cranked up the gamma in the environments, making everything feel a lot more artificial and uninteresting.

Tina, on the other hand, was amazing.

[Seatbelt]

I hit the level cap and stopped caring. I don't see the point in grinding for gear you can't use to do anything meaningful with.

[factotum]

I don't see the point in grinding for gear

I stop at that point, personally. Any sort of grinding is just not fun, and I wish they wouldn't keep putting it in games.

[Seatbelt]

I stop at that point, personally. Any sort of grinding is just not fun, and I wish they wouldn't keep putting it in games.

I mean its whatever. I can see why you'd want to grind a boss. I'll occasionally swing by whatever boss on the way to whatever quest I'm doing. Or start the game and head to some dude's whatsit to see if he drops the thing. But I got to level 61 with only some level of pain. I didn't need the best loot to hit the cap. I certainly don't need to finish the campaign on UVM if ?I can't keep leveling. I've beaten it twice and I've put almost a week of real time in to playing this one character. He's fun, but he's not so much fun that I need to keep playing him for another 10 hours.

But on the flip side I can understand why people would want to redo the same boss over and over so they can get a sweet gun to do something sweet with it. But you don't need that sweet gun to beat Borderlands.

[Logic]

I stopped playing World of Warcraft because there was so MUCH grinding in it. A month and a half in, and that game bored me to tears.

While with Borderlands, even if I am grinding for a weapon that a specific boss drops, I don't feel like I am grinding, because it is only a few attempts (max 6 in my experience) before the boss drops what I am looking for, and then I am on my merry way gleefully putting over-sized holes in heads with my new toy.

There are some tedious parts to the game (Bloodshot Stronghold and Frostburn Canyon come to mind) so I can't say the game is all fun and no grind, but I find those two locations to be the exception to the rule.

[mangosta71]

I can't go into Frostburn Canyon without getting lost. Or rather, I can find the way out, but damned if I can find the path I'm looking for.

[Artanis]

I can't go into Frostburn Canyon without getting lost. Or rather, I can find the way out, but damned if I can find the path I'm looking for.

I hate Frostburn Canyon with a passion that burns like a thousand suns. Even after all the times I've been there, I still can't find my way around the _*()#&%^_*()&@ place.

[Logic]

I hate Frostburn Canyon with a passion that burns like a thousand suns. Even after all the times I've been there, I still can't find my way around the _*()#&%^_*()&@ place.

I managed to memorize it and find my way through there because I spent my first play-through getting lost for close to 5 real world hours (it really sucks to save and quit during "Hunting the Firehawk after getting the first 3 or so Bloodshot Signs, and then trying to find your way to the 4th or 5th with almost no map to help, or better, a lying map because of all the tunnels.

If anyone ever needs help in Frostburn Canyon, I will be your guide.*

*Off valid only to Xbox Live subscribers.

[Reynard]

A Guide to Frostburn Canyon, for those who want to get to the Firehawk:

Follow the right-hand wall from the entrance.

Done.

[Sith_Happens]

I never had any problems finding my way around Frostburn Canyon, but then again I check the map extremely often whenever I'm in a new area.

[Psyren]

A Guide to Frostburn Canyon, for those who want to get to the Firehawk:

Follow the right-hand wall from the entrance.

Done.

This. My second try I realized you have to go into that cave to get to both the highest and lowest points on the map. Pretty much all the side missions are there as well.

[Logic]

This. My second try I realized you have to go into that cave to get to both the highest and lowest points on the map. Pretty much all the side missions are there as well.

I think Killing Scorch is the quest exception. And some of the challenges are exceptions to this as well.

[Psyren]

Well. This thread died quickly.

No more interest in Borderlands? Has everyone achieved their goals and dreams already?

I've moved on to Firefall and other games. There's no need to grind for gear since I can basically drop whatever into my backpack and even make my own. Even the Shift Keys are pointless now. I did a couple of builds with every skill maxed out for kicks and that was it. (It's a credit to Gearbox though that the game can still be challenging in UVHM even when you have every skill maxed out and level 61 guns.)

Though I must say... Salvador is an absolute beast. Nothing like Dual Rocket Launchers during FFYL to make you feel invincible.

I might get back into it for that new DLC though. Bunkers and Badasses, is that it?

[Demolator]

I've moved on to Firefall and other games. There's no need to grind for gear since I can basically drop whatever into my backpack and even make my own. Even the Shift Keys are pointless now. I did a couple of builds with every skill maxed out for kicks and that was it. (It's a credit to Gearbox though that the game can still be challenging in UVHM even when you have every skill maxed out and level 61 guns.)

Though I must say... Salvador is an absolute beast. Nothing like Dual Rocket Launchers during FFYL to make you feel invincible.

I might get back into it for that new DLC though. Bunkers and Badasses, is that it?

That one is definitely a DLC worth getting, the best one by far. It's a good challenge and the story's pretty awesome. Although once I got to level 61, me and my legendaries started blowing everything away just like the other two modes (which I actually thought was VERY refreshing)

[Clyner]

So, anyone else excited for the new borderlands short that's coming later this week? The last one was fun, but it needed more Axton

[BRC]

and it's out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1NQT2AmmRI

[Logic]

The previous short, Meat Bicycle Built for Two actually made me like Krieg. Granted, I've only barely scratched the surface with him (only level 10) but I am starting to like the character now.

The new short was a little underwhelming. I'd like to see a short with Gaige now.

[Forrestfire]

Yeah, I wasn't as much of a fan of this one as I was with Kreig's video. That one made felt extremely well-done, like a little movie in an itself.

This one felt... like a cutscene? Ish?

[Psyren]

So Tina's insanity is contagious? (And makes her a good DM apparently?)

It's nice that they're acknowledging the story events though (Jack and Roland's deaths.) And apparently at least Salvadore surviving the train ride is canon.

[BRC]

So Tina's insanity is contagious? (And makes her a good DM apparently?)

It's nice that they're acknowledging the story events though (Jack and Roland's deaths.) And apparently at least Salvadore surviving the train ride is canon.

Brick was drugged up at the time, which may have made Tina's Magic Feathering more effective.

And Insanity is a key component to good DMing I find.


Also, I think it's Canon that all the Vault hunters survived the train ride (Including Krieg and Gage), just like it's canon that all four Vault Hunters from BL1 got off the bus.


Also, my dream for BL3

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So BL2 showed a bunch of vaults on other planets. BL3 is the Vault Hunters/Crimson Raiders trying to get their hands on those vaults before anybody evil does.

BL3 shuffles the players between three planets, each one with it's own Vault and it's own conflict. Each one would presumably have a different environment or somthing as well.


The first planet is Pandora. When Handsome Jack died, a whole mess of Hyperion troops and equipment were left behind. Jack's crusade had already caused Bandits to start gathering in larger numbers, now the bandits are resurgent.

The Crimson Raiders on Pandora are soldiers: Former Crimson Lance and Hyperion for the most part, led by Axton, Mordecai, and Zer0.They fight alongside the Players against the Bandit hordes.


The second planet is largely urban. A Vault has opened up there, and the Tediore corporation is trying to take control of it. Legions of smiling troops and robots are marching against the Crimson Raiders. On this planet, the Raiders are Bandits, The Slabs plus others, led by Salvador, Brick, and Kreig.

The third planet is a jungle. A hyperion mad scientist escaped with a bunch of iridium and animals from Pandora. He cloned some Pandora beasties and mutated local animals and is using them as a personal army. Here, the Crimson Raider forces consist of an endless wave of Robots designed by the combined minds of Gaige, Tiny Tina, and MISTER TORGUE FLEXINGTON (Former CEO of the Torgue corporation, they fired him).

Maya and Lilith are off searching for information about the Vaults/Serving as reinforcements wherever needed.

[Artanis]

So Tina's insanity is contagious? (And makes her a good DM apparently?)

An excellent DM. I'm probably the only person in the world who actually dislikes Tina, but she was absolutely perfect for that DLC. IMO, she was an even better "host" than Torgue was

[Psyren]

I... don't dislike her, per se, but I find her manner of speech extremely grating. She's a great and surprisingly complex character, I just want to bludgeon her with a rusty pipe wrench whenever she opens her mouth. I began muting the volume while doing her missions after awhile.

[Geno9999]

Now that the most recent patch has added Weapon Zoom on the card, I realized that my current sniper rifle has ridiculous zoom (like, 8.5x zoom or something.)

Also, Ammo and Storage caps have been increased, yaaaaaaaaaaaaaay.