BORDERLANDS 2

[slipsius]

YES PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Borderlands 2 release date trailer - Doomsday - YouTube

[wasker]

hah, was just about to post this :D looks awesome! Definately pre-ordering it

[Snefer]

that trailer was fucking badass. Really like the art, looks like they managed to step it up quite a bit : D

[ambershee]

I couldn't physically brign myself to watch the trailer for more than around a minute and a half. It's really painful to watch.

I'm still looking forwards to the game however.

[itismario]

Fuck. Yes.

[slipsius]

Maybe i just havent played it in a long time, but the art looks almost the exact same to me. a little more colour, which is welcomed. New units looks awesome though!

Definitely be pre-ordering this one very soon. the first one is actually one of the ONLY FPS games i like. and by like i mean OMGILOVEYOU

[bounchfx]

looks incredible. Can't wait to play, have high hopes for this after the first one.

[Andreas]

That's no moon... :D

Sexy animation and art style, love that guy in the hood. Never played the original and it felt repetitive when watching a friend play it but I'll keep an eye on it.

Dubstep in trailers needs to die though.

[NuZero]

I'm forced to abandon my typical Siren persona and start using the character named Zer0. Not because I have an affinity for swordsman who share that name at all....no...never....

[tyl3r]

Can't wait, love the art, September 18th can't come soon enough!

[MikeF]

looks fantastic. never got around to trying to first, i thnk i'l have to break on this one though

[glynnsmith]

Dubstep in trailers needs to die though.

"Not appropriate for children" - proceeds to play music that only children enjoy.

Once I found the mute button I got very excited. Loved the first game. Can't wait to co-op through this.

[Y_M]

Whats with the super fancy rendered eye at the very end? That's not standard Borderlands style....

Very excited, have been since I heard they were making a sequel.

[Noodle!]

Looks awesome! I like that they (at least I think so?) went even more for the cell shaded look.
Can't wait to play this, the first game was fantastic (despite that lame end boss)

I also don't like dubstep in trailers (I like dubstep, but it's overused), however the ending of the trailer made up for it and makes me think they did it cheek in tounge. Gotta love that little robots dance.

[Geezus]

Super stoked! I loved the first one.

I really hope they give the PC community a bit better support this time around. The whole Gamespy multiplayer component rendered any multiplayer damn near useless. So, here's hoping I don't have to port forward to play a game on the PC in 2012!

Side note: I feel that dubstep is music's way of trolling us.

[Justin Meisse]

Whats with the super fancy rendered eye at the very end? That's not standard Borderlands style....

Very excited, have been since I heard they were making a sequel.

It's live action - much like the mysterious woman giving you instructions in the first one: http://www.co-optimus.com/article/7539/borderlands-2-live-action-lilith-revealed-new-footage-too.html

[stoofoo]

Love the game. love the trailer. Laughed at the wub.

[AlecMoody]

Nice trailer. I did a little freelance on this and I know a bunch of other polycount people have as well.

[Ryswick]

So what lands are we on the borders of this time?

[Bal]

Fun trailer, can't wait to pick up all those guns!

[Snefer]

Nero is as much dubstep as Creed is metal. : )))

[MikeF]

do many people still play the first borderlands on steam?
thinking about picking it up, but the goty edition is 30$ still

[Andreas]

It frequently goes on sale, so I saw wait :)

[moose]

fucking awesome!

[Jeff Parrott]

Cannot wait! Do want!

[Marshal Banana]

I think Handsome Jack is the best villain name ever.

[aesir]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6b_8-wg1zg&feature=player_embedded#!

[keizza]

i'm not a fan of the music in this either....as far as something i'd listen to. but it fits SO well for this trailer...which has me ULTRA excited. and ya, i believe it's totally tongue in cheek. sad lilith's phasewalk will not be there....still rollin maya tho.

[aajohnny]

So awesome ... i'll be playing the hell outta this one too... and I thought the music was awesome in the trailer...

[OniLolz]

It's the SAME F*CKIN music from the Armored Core V launch trailer. Far Cry 3 has the same kind of trailer with a similar dubstep music.
They are trying to take out the personality of the game and put a generic dubstep music because it's popular (and it sells). Oh, the industry.:(

Btw, it's a great game and I cannot wait to play:)

[Justin Meisse]

get off my lawn!

[Isaiah Sherman]

Badass video! I'm stoked!

[Fomori]

Awesome trailer! Love the no nonsense fun and action. Far Cry 3 trailer was lame and way too Hollywood cliche in my opinion.

[Habboi]

I'm not usually bothered about trailer music but compared to the Mass Effect 3 trailer this song sucks assssssssss *AVGN Voice*

No but the first game was quite cool when it came out but I personally felt it got very repetitive quickly and I was sad when the millions of guns were just clones with different stats. I was under the impression there'd be more unique guns with special abilities but there were only a few.

Still I'll be keeping my eye on this. Might wait till it's super cheap.

[slipsius]

ya, the first games millions of guns were ALOT alike. Apparently its the same way in the second, but they have way more unique ones, and a wider variety of stats on them.

There's one manufacture where you cant actually reload them. they are meant to be really crappy guns, rusted and all that, where once you unload the clip, you drop it and pick up a new gun.

Im super excited about all the new gear.

but...

If they have another shitty ending with such a shiiiitttty boss, with shitty loot on the FINAL BOSS of a LOOT BASED GAME.... Im going to be pissed. I dont usually complain about bad endings, but the first one was so bad. Beat the boss, get shitty loot, then go back to the quest giver and get $100,000? I was already maxed out on cash! So disappointing

[Justin Meisse]

There's one manufacture where you cant actually reload them. they are meant to be really crappy guns, rusted and all that, where once you unload the clip, you drop it and pick up a new gun.

You're thinking of Tediore, they aren't beat up and rusted rather they're cheap mass produced guns; like disposable cameras.

"Tediore was founded on the principle that no family should be without the protection that an affordable, lightweight firearm provides"

[Oniram]

i still have the first one but never really played it past about an hour. this one however seems like its going to be much better.. more so ill probably get it when it comes out instead of a year after the fact so i can have people to play co-op with. :D

[Wahlgren]

Whoever designed Axton needs a big fat kiss.

[breakneck]

awesome trailer! can't wait to play -

[Isaiah Sherman]

slipsius: That's kind of the inherent flaw of having bazillions of guns. You have bazillions of worthless guns. I think the mass amounts of loot is actually a bad design choice overall. In D2, high-level players usually use Runewords, not rare items. Then you have all the garbage, low-level set and unique items that have such a low drop rate that you'll never find them for your level due to the fact you can level from 1-30 in about 2 days with proper play (no rushing).

Goes to show that properly designed itemization is FAR more useful than randomized stats.

[ambershee]

^ You can't argue with that. I found HellGate: London to work reasonably well in that regard despite it's myriad flaws; you could upgrade low level items fairly indefinitely, which meant that they weren't strictly junk. It still suffered from the usual junk loot issue however.

[Rion411]

Looks killer.

[ZacD]

I really liked the mix of perks their bazillion guns have, It isn't like Diablo where the only think that matters is the stats, some shot guns feel totaly different that other shotguns, one could be the sniper of guns that allows you to zoom in and blast a group of baddies 150ft away, another could be a rapid fire only good for people 10 ft of way but shoots so fast you could easly clean up a hallway, thats what makes the bazillion fun.

[JasonLavoie]

Love how crisp the art style is, I can't wait to get a hold of this!

[praetus]

is...is Handsome Jack's face...bolted on?

[claydough]

There is a big difference compared to Diablo even tho the weapons are randomized because a good find in Borderlands is actually experienced in a realistic way rather than just resulting in easier kills generally. The weapon isn't enjoyably because it's an easier powerful kill. They are enjoyable because you "experience" the accelerated spray from an smg with exceptional rate of fire. And increased telescopic zoom results in more deaths because you are enabled not just because increased sites == better chance to hit written into the game loop combat system. That immediacy and direct tactile result right down the line of goodies like increased ammo size, wallop or conversely a horrible kick affecting an otherwise powerful gun badly or rate of fire eating through a weapon with small ammo size is a direct result of your good and bad choices. Unlike Hack and slash the weapon were experienced in a very satisfying way.

That such an enjoyable experiece could be immersive in that way and randomized to a possibly unique experience is pretty amazing I think. But then again maybe I am jes easy to please. I wasted a good portion of my life in Diablo ( I have lost weapons in Borderlands from crashing that I have not manage to match in thousands of desperate loot searches. Very maddening )

[ZacD]

Oh man I wish I could find my disc for Borderlands, I should of bought it on steam, been craving to play it recently with all this news of borderlands 2.

[McGreed]

Yeah, when they worked on the first one, the impression you got about the game was that you could make your own guns from parts, so you could put sniper scope on your rocket launcher and so on, so you could make your own combination. Instead it was a guns with random properties, which was a bit disappointing. I love the whole crafting your own guns, instead of the diablo random loot thing.

[mospheric]

Super excited about this game! I have been ever since getting a free voucher from PAX last year :D

....Awesome trailer... though I agree with the music. It was a little much.

[claydough]

Claptrap Loves PC:
http://www.empirestategamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/BL2_Claptrap_LoveLetter_2-620x554.jpg

http://www.borderlands2.com/loveletter?x

multi monitor specific love lobby:
http://widescreengamingforum.com/lobby/lobbying-borderlands-2

[ZacD]

FOV = Happy

[praetus]

http://i.imgur.com/Kg1Op.jpg


Mother of God....

[HitmonInfinity]

How much?

[BlvdNights]

http://i.imgur.com/Yneek.jpg

[praetus]

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2012/05/17/borderlands-2-pre-order-amp-limited-editions-announced.aspx

More info on pre-order bonus as well as the different editions.

[slipsius]

Holy crap..... That will be an AMAZING package. I hope the box is well made. A nice solid plastic or something. Not some cheap crap.

It would go well with the claptrap I just bought.


http://www.figures.com/forums/attachments/news/27094d1335381853-advance-look-necas-borderlands-series-1-1clapuse.jpg

[Andreas]

http://kotaku.com/5911591/now-this-is-some-serious-borderlands-2-loot

You'll be able to fit a small dog inside! Awesome.

[Justin Meisse]

now with 300% more wimoweh

Borderlands 2 - "A Wimoweh, In the Jungle" Trailer - YouTube

[Zipfinator]

#1 trailer. Also just saw that limited package above posted a few months ago. I am disappoint that the art book is one of those baby ones. I quite dislike those.

[XenoKratios]

Hopefully us ATI guys can be a bit more excited now.

http://www.overclock.net/t/591872/how-to-run-physx-in-windows-7-with-ati-cards

[Andreas]

That's cheating :P

To be honest any Borderlands 2 footage I've seen lately is far to busy and noisy, and I put most of that down to the PhysX particle work and goo. It's just too much IMO. Also the texture painting is a bit busy sometimes.

[aajohnny]

I seriously can't wait for this :o

[HitmonInfinity]

That's cheating :P

To be honest any Borderlands 2 footage I've seen lately is far to busy and noisy, and I put most of that down to the PhysX particle work and goo. It's just too much IMO. Also the texture painting is a bit busy sometimes.

Blasphemy.

[reverendK]

Andreas: have you played borderlands? if it's not too much you're doing it wrong. fire and guts and psycho parts and explosions and goo everywhere! blessed chaotic gun-happy fun mixed with jokes about scooter's mom.

[Andreas]

OK I can see I'm in the minority here lol :D I only ever watched a friends watch Borderlands briefly but I intend to give B2 a go when I get it bundled with my new 660ti.

[Ged]

do collision of bullets with characters work better than borderlands 1? thats all I wanna know. Bullets seemed to have very little impact on enemys in borderlands 1, made all the guns/gameplay feel rather lightweight and cheap even though the rest of the game was really nicely made.

[reverendK]

well with 87 Bazillion guns i'm sure one of them will work properly.
...bazillions

[D4V1DC]

While check this out I stumbled upon this like, really late... :(
http://www.geforce.com/landingpage/geforce-skin-it-to-win-it-contest-us
Entries close at 11:59 p.m. GMT on September 6th, 2012.

Awesome Trailer should be #1 of 2012. :)

[baalnazzar]

Borderlands 1 bored me somehow but this looks just great! This will gonna be nice piece of shooting :D

[keizza]

YAY!!!!!

https://twitter.com/Andrew_Reiner/status/244191094852681728

[Weirdboy]

I'm pretty stoked for this release.

[Ged]

well with 87 Bazillion guns i'm sure one of them will work properly.
...bazillions

I dunno if they will, honestly because of its rpg nature the game/guns. The enemies dont seem to display any hurt or injured animations while being shot in any of the videos Ive seen so far. They do display cool death animations and attack animations but shooting them is just like shooting a wall, there is no effect as far as I can see just nice damage points fly out to let you know you actually hit it. The game still looks good but Im not so much a fan just because it doesnt feel like a proper fps game to me if the guns dont have impact, look at RAGE or Crysis etc and you can see what I mean, enemies react to where they are shot and stagger and recover etc.

[Sean VanGorder]

Well, this game is awesome. Soooo much content. I'm gonna have to play through it multiple times since I feel like I missed most of what was going on while trying to figure out the gameplay.

Environments are beauuuuutiful.

[bounchfx]

I have one more copy of the 4 pack I'm looking to sell - 45$, let me know if you're interested!

Great game so far, can't wait to play more tomorrow.

[aajohnny]

Played for 2 hours last night, and so far I can say it's a blast. I stayed up to late though i'm so tired right now :p

[AbKI]

It's not out until Friday in the UK! I'm jealous. :D Preparing for a binge this weekend though...

[glottis8]

Game is so pretty! Went with the gun nut. First time i played i played Soldier, so i dunno how this is gonna go. So far i shoot and things die haha I can't wait to play this with more people. Anyone wanna play?

[Shiniku]

I've got all kinds of work and stuff eating my time, but I got the game (for xbox and PC) and I'm pretty excited to start playing.

Feel free to add me to your friends list if you're looking for someone to play with:
xbox live: Shiniku
steam: lord_shiniku

[perna]

grumble grumble European release date grumble

[VelvetElvis]

Played for 2 hours last night, and so far I can say it's a blast. I stayed up to late though i'm so tired right now :p

Yes, coffee is keeping me alive at work.

After the initial glitch with the .net install loop, the game is pretty damn awesome.

"Handsome Jack is mining this planet to destruction, or maybe your mom just got out of bed. Zing!"

[Di$array]

I've got my fingers crossed for and early preorder release for Thursday here in ye olde British Isles. All the reviews and more inportantly friends opinions are all stellar. So I cannot wait. I think I'll be rolling with Maya for my first playthrough.

Like the original I'll be playing this alot. So feel free to add me for a few games. You'll find my Gamertag in my profile.

[aajohnny]

Yes, coffee is keeping me alive at work.

After the initial glitch with the .net install loop, the game is pretty damn awesome.

"Handsome Jack is mining this planet to destruction, or maybe your mom just got out of bed. Zing!"

Haha yeah my friend got that, I was ready to play at like 12:10 or so and my friend said i'll brb I have to get a monster (energy drink) literally took him 20 minutes, and then he comes back and he gets that loop... in the end we ended up starting to play at 1:00... if we only played earlier I would have gotten at least 1 hr more of sleep! ha. Worth it though, this game is even more awesome with PhysX.

[Torch]

Sooo, so glad you guys with the earlier release date are enjoying it... -_-

[Polygoblin]

Going to lose hours-upon-hours on this one... Goodbye free time.

[glottis8]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ak7Sqs_ituU&feature=player_embedded#!

[VelvetElvis]

Don't believe us that this game is superbly done, Borderlands 2 isn't that good according to the experts at The Wall Street Journal.

http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2012/09/18/game-theory-borderlands-2-fails-to-generate-joy-puke/

[Justin Meisse]

Don't believe us that this game is superbly done, Borderlands 2 isn't that good according to the experts at The Wall Street Journal.

http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2012/09/18/game-theory-borderlands-2-fails-to-generate-joy-puke/

I've heard Better Homes and Gardens has a pretty scathing review ready to drop as well.

[ZacD]

Don't believe us that this game is superbly done, Borderlands 2 isn't that good according to the experts at The Wall Street Journal.

http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2012/09/18/game-theory-borderlands-2-fails-to-generate-joy-puke/

I’d at least counsel waiting to compare it to Black Ops 2, due out in mid-November, or Halo 4, which is slated for a December release.

Borderlands and Black Ops are comparable? They have the same target audience?

[glottis8]

Borderlands and Black Ops are comparable? They have the same target audience?

If its in the internet it must be true.

[VelvetElvis]

If its in the internet it must be true.

And clearly The Wall Street Journal is the place to go to on them interwebs for video game advice.

[perna]

that review is hilarious... he compares it to a NASCAR game, and:


it’s missing several key elements you need to have in a 2012 first-person shooter game – most notably, a rich multiplayer online mode. There’s an extremely limited four-player cooperative mode, and if you have an Xbox Live Gold account, you can team up that way, but this isn’t the type of deeply engrossing FPS game the headset-wearing COD crowds gather to play months and months after release. In comparison, I read on several sites that COD: Black Ops 2 will feature up to six teams, for a total of 18 simultaneous players, in multiplayer mode.


lol... then he goes on to complain that there's too much loot.

,and says the game should be bargain priced because it doesnt have the following:


cutting-edge development, engrossing campaign gameplay, scads of downloadable content, a rich social media/community experience, sharing of loot and gear and online multiplayer modes that keep you and your friends coming back until the next version of the game comes out.


...which sounds suspiciously like am actual description of the game, so maybe it's a joke review?


I played the first game, had fun but quickly got bored and started cheating.

Then quite some time later, after being in RPG and loot-collecting mode for a while, I picked it up again and found a whole new level of enjoyment. If you're into stats/loot/building your character you can have that AND fun gun-based gameplay, which makes me a total fan of these games, and especially the DLC for the first game.

[reverendK]

i've gone through the first game more times than is really necessary. trying each character..trying different builds with each character...chest running...
I played in on Xbox - but i'm moving to my PC for 2. hope the haxors don't mess it up - course it's not that big a deal since you only play with 4 people and i'm sure i won't have a problem finding 3 friends to play with and keep the random toolsacks out.

oh and this:
borderlands DLC's > COD DLC's x 1,000,000. that is all.

[Irreal]

Played it at lunch. It's really fun just like the first one. Looks gorgeous for the most part although there isn't a lot of depth and separation to the environment and characters in place.

Oh, and the interface is absolutely horrible on PC. WTF. It might work better with a controller but with a mouse and keyboard its just awful. :(

[Scruples]

When my friends ask me about this game I am going to tell them, "The game isn’t manga-like enough to be super-hip"lolx1000...oh man, I can't stop laughing. That review has totally entered the so-bad-it-is-good hall of infamy.

[Lamont]

Does anyone know if it is gifted through Steam it will be unlocked? I REALLY want to play when everyone else does...

[Snader]

Oh this is a brilliant reply there.



Greetings mindless minion! It has come to my attention that you have published a less than generous review of my love-child, Borderlands 2! If I sound excited, please note that it is the way my programmers intended me to sound. I am actually quite dismayed!

Unfortunately, I, Claptrap, cannot condone this slander, especially from a mindless minion such as yourself! HAHAHHH!

Please report to the nearest grinding station for immediate dismemberment!

[Xoliul]

...which sounds suspiciously like am actual description of the game, so maybe it's a joke review?


Haha exactly what I was thinking! I don't know how anyone can ever place CoD DLC above Borderlands DLC!

[cptSwing]

I've heard Better Homes and Gardens has a pretty scathing review ready to drop as well.

:poly142:

[AlecMoody]

I played for about 2 hours last night and haven't come across a single sniper rifle, rocket launcher, or smg. Is this normal?

[Habboi]

These grinding type games tend to read your mind and not give you what you want so just picture a shotgun or something when you open a chest and you should get your dream gun arrrr.

[Justin Meisse]

I played for about 2 hours last night and haven't come across a single sniper rifle, rocket launcher, or smg. Is this normal?

If you pre-ordered you should start with the gearbox guns - there is a sniper rifle and smg in that pack. Sir Hammerlock also gives you a quest at the beginning to scalp bullymog's for their fur, the reward is a pretty decent sniper rifle - I got a sweet Jakobs rifle with a big bayonette that increases melee damage.

[Geezus]

Don't believe us that this game is superbly done, Borderlands 2 isn't that good according to the experts at The Wall Street Journal.

http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2012/09/18/game-theory-borderlands-2-fails-to-generate-joy-puke/

I was reminded a couple of times of the desolate feeling you have on the road while playing Skyrim and struck by how long it took to get from one action point to another. Luckily, the developers built quick-travel machines into the game, allowing you short-circuit some of that boring travel time.

http://stickerish.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/AreYouKiddingMeBlackSS.png

[Shogun3d]

hahahahaha

[reverendK]

screw the wall street journal. i've got my own review. I couldn't help it... i played for bout 7 hours... level 12 Zero...was picking it apart all night.

this game is awesome. i've really only got one problem - and that's with the jokes.

The jokes are funny as hell. I was laughing my ass off most of the time I wasn't killing something to death - and sometimes while i was.

oddly enough, though, i feel like they're too many. I'll explain:
(caution - a few punch-line spoilers)

The humor was probably my favorite part of Borderlands. the humor in Borderlands 2, though, isn't quite the same - and is no longer my favorite part. this makes me a little sad. I'll highlight the main differences i've noticed in the writing between the two games:

kind of jokes:
borderlands - mostly dry, subtle, tongue-in-cheek humor - or funny stories.
examples:
the name of nine-toes pet skags (digit and pinky)
tannis' story about her dead bandit friend named leslie.
the Atlas soldiers getting excited about ice-cream day and leaving something incredibly important behind while visiting the world's largest bullet.
these are usually only good for a chuckle, but the chuckle is still there the second or third time. and there's also the potential of missing them the first time so the next playthrough you pick up on more little bits of funny that you didn't catch before.

borderlands 2 - mostly just jokes. a few one liners, a few longer ones. they're funny as hell but they lack any level of subtlety.
examples:
bonerfarts. butt stallions. Zed mentioning his lack of credentials nearly every time he opens his mouth.
They're really, truly funny - they really are. A lot of the time, though, I feel like they're just cramming jokes into every single bit of dialogue and i fear that it might get old and stop being funny - especially on the second playthrough.

purpose of jokes:
borderlands - Most of the humor is mixed in with Lore and character development. Borderlands always lacked a really super strong story - and that was never a problem because the characters were fantastic and the lore of the borderlands universe was fun.
examples:
Tannis' progression from scientist to crazy person as heard through the ECHO recordings.
General Knoxx complaining about the smell of pandora and Nepotism in the leadership of Atlas Corp.
all the jokes about scooter's mom - then finding out who she is and what kind of person she is - and her status on Pandora.
All of the development of these characters and little lore treasures were funny as hell, but usually not one-liner, ROFL funny. They served to build the characters and universe to be fun and endearing in the gore-drenched kind of vulgar way that it is.

borderlands 2 - making the player laugh. laugh a lot and laugh hard. then laugh again. set the mood for the game to "adult humor" mode.
examples:
again. bonerfarts. "my publisher says i can't call them bonerfarts."
"sorry for saying wall-sphincters"
While it's all funny it doesn't really serve the narrative of the actual story much. While I haven't yet seen a joke break a character I HAVE seen a general lack of dialogue or jokes that build one - so there's a lot less character and lore development going on.

While I wouldn't say that the writing or humor in Borderlands 2 is BAD, I would say that I miss the method and purpose of delivery that was so present in the first game. I wish it were a little less slapstick and a little more lore-centric and character building. There's still some - like hammerlock explaining that the lift doesn't work because clap-trap tried to "integrate" with the mechanism for it.

still...i'm only level 12. It's very possible that a lot more of what i hope for will be mixed in moving forward, but I kind of doubt it'll be quite to the level that i'd like.

I find that this is really common in ANY sequel to ANY media that involves a good deal of humor. they think "people liked that funny stuff. put in more funny stuff!" but they kind of miss what really made the funny bits work so well in the first one.


TL;DR: i love this game. I'm going to be playing it A LOT. I think i liked the writing more in the first one though.

also: not enough people in my friends are playing or have free spaces in their games. add me!

steam: reverendFlacid

[Ged]

These grinding type games tend to read your mind and not give you what you want so just picture a shotgun or something when you open a chest and you should get your dream gun arrrr.

so that's how it works...haha

so what are the guns like do they feel meaty to shoot and do the enemys show that they are being damaged when they are hit? if they do I might get it and play with my workmates :)

[BlvdNights]

Picked up in one port o potty an explosive assault rifle and an explosive shotgun last night. This game is the tits!

[aajohnny]

The PhysX in this game is so awesome :o especially when opening Port o Potties :p

[reverendK]

@Ged: yes. there are all kinds of animations and such to give a real solid feeling of impact. I've knocked enemies down, they crawl about a bit before they get back up. I've knocked them back, slowed them down. Of course it all depends on the level of enemies and such..the big beasty tanks don't really budge when you put a shotgun round in their face - but i think you'll be please with the majority of the weapon hit animations and general feel of it. at least once you get past the first little bit of the game and get something besides a damn pistol...

[Andreas]

What's the story with the versions that come with the Nvidia GTX 660ti? Is there a slip of paper boxed or do I input some serial number on the card into a website? I'm buying a 600ti soon but I very much doubt any one I pick up here in Korea will have the code boxed.

[AlecMoody]

Does anyone know if mouse smoothing/acceleration is actually 100% disabled when unchecked in the options? It still feels like there is something non-linear going on.

[slipsius]

Played for about an hour and a half last night. Great freaking game. Love love love it so much already. It's harder, which is AWESOME. I love the bosses (though ive only faught flynt so far). It actually took me a few tries to beat flynt, which i loved. I picked the gunzerker. I think at the start, he feels slow. You cant really run away or anything when firing. I backup and what not. But its hard to dodge anything with him. Dunno if thats what its like with other guys. But I like it. He's definitely the brute type, so taking all the damage. But at the start, with shitty shields and stuff, it can be tough. Ive died a few times. But I don't mind. I rather like that its more difficult than the first. And its not frustratingly hard, which is even better. Just died from time to time. Not every 2 minutes.

One thing I DONT like though... Which they didnt fix from the first game. I wish it would tell you which quest is the main storyline quest. Have a little star beside it on the quest page or something. I didnt do ANY side quests in the first zone because I was working on the main quest and didnt know. Got to the end and it told me to go to the next zone. Didnt want to run all the way back. Small thing, but ya. Wish they did something about that.

Besides that, fantastic game, and 100% better than the first. I love all the new types of weapons. Im impressed already, and i bet i havent even touched the surface. Acts as a grenade when reloading? AWESOME. Though, I have seen a bunch of the same mods on the weapons so far. like... a lot. I wonder if more come in the later game that dont show up in the first part

[AlecMoody]

I have the habit of spamming the reload key when out of combat and I have thrown away a ton of almost full magazines that way. Its bad enough that I don't use those guns anymore.

[glottis8]

Yea... i always reload when i get a chance. But i've noticed that some guns take a long time to reload... leaving me vulnerable. It just comes with the type of gun you are using. It's fun figuring out.

[AlecMoody]

I was referring to the tediore guns that are thrown when you reload. It throws all your loaded ammo out with the gun.

[moose]

Having a ton of fun, this game rules :)

Feel spoiled after playing diablo 3, where all loot is mine - in MP people snatch up everything, don't even let others take a look at it. Got trolled for bringing it up with a few people, so I kicked them :P I'm not on when friends are playing generally, so I've had to do pub games... guess it'd be better with people i know. If anyone wants to play, hit me up on steam (http://steamcommunity.com/id/mmoose/)

[reverendK]

@Slipsius - there should be a spot on each missions description that tags it as Optional or Quest. I'm not exactly sure where on the screen it is right off the top of my head, but yeah - i'm 90% sure it's there. and yes...there are many more gun effects. oh my lord how many there are... D:

edit:
is anybody else using steam's "Big Picture" interface for this? i think i'm diggin it...might even be getting a wireless HDMI adapter so i can sit on the couch...

[moose]

Optional vs Side: The icon next to the quest title shows this, as well as in the quest text window. 2 Gears = Optional, Borderlands Icon = Story

[Snader]

Randy Pitchford, CEO of the Company That Made Borderlands 2, Is Answering Your Questions Right Here
http://kotaku.com/5944891/randy-pitchford-ceo-of-the-company-that-made-borderlands-2-is-answering-your-questions-right-here

[jimmypopali]

I didn't think I would pick this up - I've didn't play the first one, so for now, just watching a co-op Let's Play of it. It looks awesome though... maybe I will get it.

Also Dat intro movie...

[reverendK]

i have a talking shotgun. "why did we stop shooting?" "more ammo! woo!" "kill it! kill it!"

another reason to not not play this game.

[slipsius]

Ah yes, I see where it says side quest and stuff now. missed it before....

However, is anyone else having issues joining friends games? I couldn't connect to a buddy. Kinda disappointing.....

[Shiniku]

This game is so awesome! The first one was in my top 5 easy, and this one seems better in just about every way. So exciting.

Just got to a really ..sad.. moment in the story though. I really wasn't expecting that.

Anyone else feel really bad about what happened with Bloodwing? He was my BFF in the first game.

[slipsius]

Why is it almost all the weapons so far have the consumes 2 ammo per shot mod on it?!?! Seriously. I`d say probably 90% of the guns ive found have that mod. Most of which only shoot 1 shot at a time.

Also.... Sniper rifle > Burst shot while zoomed. That is all!

[DavePhipps]

Rented the game to check it out, but my kids won't stop playing it long enough for me to try it out :(

[perna]

This game is ridiculous amounts of fun. I can't think of another title with such a hug amount of features AND this high level of polish. We keep finding new secrets, features, etc... Ben managed to attach a turret to the back of a goliath...... Coop strongly recommended

[Habboi]

So many easter eggs. There's even a Dark Souls reference. That's pretty cool since I know it sold really well but I still feel like it's played by a small group of people. Praise the sun!

[AlecMoody]

Are there way fewer weapon crates in BL2 or am I just missing them all? I'm level 16 and only find them occasionally. I have been searching ontop of buildings and off the gameplay path to find them.

[perna]

Alec, see if you can get a "rare items" class modifier. For my solo char, I've been overpowered most of the game because I keep running into awesome loot and have been taking out characters 3 lvls higher than me without a sweat. Oh, crates, yeah you get most of your guns from enemies and other containers

[slipsius]

Ya, there are WAAAAY fewer weapons crates, and almost always guarded by badass mobs. Even ran into 1 super badass. lol.

The first major town, in the middle of it, is a weapon crate witha skuill on it, that you need a key. Im VERRRRY curious as to what kind of badass stuff it gives you... So far, ive been pretty disappointed with teh quality of items in weapons crates. Even red ones. Most my good loot is coming from enemies. But with how rare weapon crates are now, it would be nice to see better stuff in them. But im only on my first playthrough, and not very far into it. so hopefully it gets better

[slipsius]

uhhhh, I dunno if I just saw it wrong, but Im pretty damn sure I just saw a mob turn from a badass, into a super badass, into an ultimate badass..... I dunno if thats a bug or not?

[perna]

slipsius: You need a gold key for that (google it) and it gives you leveled purple items. And yep, certain cases can trigger some enemies to morph to more difficult versions :)

[Justin Meisse]

slipsius: if you shoot the helmet off of a Goliath he'll go berserk and start attacking everything in sight. He gains XP per kill and will level up to Badass and beyond.

[Ryswick]

http://puu.sh/17MuM

[Andreas]

No code included with my 660ti, must be an America-only offer. So no Borderlands 2 for me I guess :(

[slipsius]

holy crap!! I just found out you can duel for items! Winner takes all! That is awesome!!!!!!!

[Keg]

No code included with my 660ti, must be an America-only offer. So no Borderlands 2 for me I guess :(

If you checked nvidia's website it was mostly through participating retailers for buying specific nvidia gpu's. It was by nvidia, but handing out the keys and everything is the responsibility of the retailer I believe.

I didn't get one initially with my 660 so I had to go back to the store and get things settled up.

[AlecMoody]

I have a rifle that says +30% damage. Does that stack ontop of the base damage shown in the stats?

[JacqueChoi]

Tiny Tina is one of the best characters ever.


Folks at Gearbox should be super proud if this game!

[Paradan]

@Jacque: agreed, I want to get the sound files for her and do a windows sound theme or something.

[leleuxart]

Tiny Tina is one of the best characters ever.


Folks at Gearbox should be super proud if this game!

I agree. Also, Scooter :D The character phrases and voices are so good.

CATCH A RIIIIIIIIIIIDE

[McGreed]

One thing that isn't that great is (lack) of animation for some characters, such as the weapons guy, he does the same gesture all the time, in a loop. Could at least had a bit of idle animation in between.
Or else I love it so far. :)

[perna]

Finished it at level 28. No, it doesn't mean the game is short, I just had a very powerful siren so I never met any resistance unless fighting enemies 3 lvls above me, so I pretty much only played story missions and saved sidequests for coop.

As much praise as this game is getting, I'd still say it's underestimated. There are so many layers of excellence here. I can't point to any other FPS games that have this kind of dynamic, strategic action. You need to think on your feet and have situational awareness rather than twitch-kill ability.

[Andreas]

If you checked nvidia's website it was mostly through participating retailers for buying specific nvidia gpu's. It was by nvidia, but handing out the keys and everything is the responsibility of the retailer I believe.

I didn't get one initially with my 660 so I had to go back to the store and get things settled up.

Yeah I got mine out of an electronics market rather than a store... don't think that's gonna fly I'm afraid :\ I might ask if I go in there again but I have a feeling the answer is going to be that they didn't get codes... I wonder if theres any point in making a post on the helpdesk on the gearbox forums to see if they'll give up a code?

[slipsius]

The more and more I play this, the more I love it. Im only lvl 19 right now, so no, I havent beat the game yet. But, even though I love it more and more, I will say, the weapons continue to disappoint me, and I think it's because of all the loading screen tips. The main screen says play coop. more people = harder enemies = better loot. and a loading screen tip says badass mobs always give better loot. I've been playing coop with 2 others, and I really dont notice a difference in loot. And to top it off, badass mobs almost never drop anything good. I think ive only ever gotten 1 or 2 greens from them. A lot of them dont drop anything but health. I dont know if its cause im not a high enough level, or because Im only midway through the game (im assuming? I dunno...I just faught the boss at the train wreck ). But ya. It's hard to find a good weapon. I've been using the same guns I found 8 levels ago. And holy hell are the weapons crates disappointing. Ive yet to find anything good in them. And about 80% of the time, they just have pistols in them.

Ive had a lot of connection problems with friends. We've had to resort to using Hamachi. Which fixes it until steam disconnects for a second (like it does ALL THE TIME) and we get booted out. Then even hamachi doesnt work and we have to restart BL2 and steam for it to work.

But ya. Lots and lots of good stuff in this game. It really is better than the first. I just hope later on the gear gets better. I know in the first one, the good gear really was in playthrough 2, so I guess i`ll just wait till then.

[McGreed]

Yeah , we had the same issue with connection, couldn't get all four players to connect at the same time. We finally got it to work when we used Hamachi. I finally got two purple weapons, when I used my golden key...niiiice sniper with fire effect! :)

[Justin Meisse]

I've been getting great loot - 3 friends & I were fighting in the large area of those Bandits who worship the Firehawk (the compound with the big bonfire in the center) and we came across 3 loot Goliaths, I think one of them leveled up to Ultimate Badass and dropped a chest full of nice guns. I find myself swapping out at least one gun every time I play.

[ambershee]

The loot I've been getting has been largely terrible. I've had one purple drop so far, and that actually came out of a Bullymong pile.

[glottis8]

i wish the loot was independent.

I do find lots of guns... some are better... some are ok.... i sell a lot, and keep the same kind of weapons for different circumstances. It's a lot of fun.

That whole thing with the fire worship people was hilarious. I love making those mask guys into senseless beasts that attack everything on sight.

[r_fletch_r]

i wish the loot was independent.

I do find lots of guns... some are better... some are ok.... i sell a lot, and keep the same kind of weapons for different circumstances. It's a lot of fun.

That whole thing with the fire worship people was hilarious. I love making those mask guys into senseless beasts that attack everything on sight.

:D matchstick! I lol'd when he came out of the potty. I'd been trying to open it just a few minutes before.

Also It's worth joining Shift. you get a golden key for the chest in sanctuary. I got 2 awesome pistols from it.

[perna]

Im only lvl 19 right now,[...] the weapons continue to disappoint me, and I think it's because of all the loading screen tips. The main screen says play coop. more people = harder enemies = better loot. and a loading screen tip says badass mobs always give better loot. I've been playing coop with 2 others, and I really dont notice a difference in loot. And to top it off, badass mobs almost never drop anything good. I think ive only ever gotten 1 or 2 greens from them.[...]I just hope later on the gear gets better.

The loot I've been getting has been largely terrible. I've had one purple drop so far, and that actually came out of a Bullymong pile.


There must be a way to figure out what contributes to loot quality. It might be just my imagination, but I seem to get better loot from cool, aggressive kills, like melee'ing a goliath to death. I also tend to fight enemies that are up to 3 levels higher than me, and that might be the main reason for the quality loot. In solo, at least. In coop it's more a matter of distributing the goods (I'm the only siren and SMG wielder)

The image below is my lvl 13 character. I keep finding great loot. More powerful weapons would make the game dull. I'm on the lookout for good class mods though.

In my experience coop improves loot a great deal, especially iridium.

Level 13 char (coop):

http://www.per128.com/pub/crap/per128_lvl13.jpg
My other siren has this beauty for making short work of the end boss:

http://www.per128.com/pub/crap/per128_lvl30_RL01.jpg

[reverendK]

i noticed the lack of gun chests - but then i realized that the same density is there that was in BL1 - but the majority aren't chests any more. they're porta-pottys. I've found some awesome stuff in the john, i tell ye what.
also - i haven't had much problem finding nice stuff and i've been playing mostly solo...true though that i'll be using the same weapon for a lot of levels - but that's just because of how badass it was when i found it and how long it takes the majority of the loot to catch up to that. I think the ratio of average/awesome loot is pretty good - especially since i hate comparing and swapping to new weapons once or twice a level. i get kind of attached to my guns :/

edit* i've been taking screens like mad. some funny stuff and some just admiring the artwork...i'm getting a nice little collection in my previously empty steam screenshot page.

[McGreed]

I find the gun chests a lot of time, but often they are hidden away, like on the roofs. Also there is some alternatives to them, like the backend of a car trunk, which has some nice stuff.

[perna]

Speaking of luck btw. JFletcher and Kimono got like 6 triple-sevens in a row on the slot machines plus kept winning all sorts of rare items on a ridiculous lucky streak... while I spend thousands and got a bomb. That killed me.

unfairs.

(those are all shots of different wins. I only started grabbing the shots after it was clear they were on a winning rampage)
http://www.per128.com/pub/crap/per128_luckyBastards01.jpg

[wasker]

Hmm, when I started up Borderlands 2 today I noticed that the game hadn't successfully saved my character from yesterday and I had lost 9 levels + my equipment and quest progression. To make matters worse, I accidently hit the new game (located right below continue game) and that completely overwrote my old character so now I'm back on square one again :P

[aajohnny]

I have probably spent over 200k on slot machines... and I never regret it for some reason.

[slipsius]

perma, yellow and a bunch of oranges? holy.... Ive found a couple of purples. but nothing that stands out as awesome.

Wait... mobs have "loot" modifiers? Im guessing they drop more loot than normal? I havent seen those yet. awesome!

[glottis8]

Hehe... the only time i played the slots i got a really nice fire handgun that i used to burn to ashes the fire worshippers. I found a better hand gun after that mission haha I should gamble more. I feel like i have lots of munny and nothing i can do with it, except refill my ammo every time i see a dispenser.

[slipsius]

my first spin on the slot machines, I won about 10 eridium, which was nice, cause it was my first time in the town, so i got to upgrade nice and early :) But, I got 3 bombs in a row, and killed my buddy next to me. haha. The first one hurt the hell outta him, the second one got him down to like 1 hp, then the third one killed him. I cant remember the last time i laughed so hard. hahaha. So funny. haha.

[Justin Meisse]

perma, yellow and a bunch of oranges? holy.... Ive found a couple of purples. but nothing that stands out as awesome.

Wait... mobs have "loot" modifiers? Im guessing they drop more loot than normal? I havent seen those yet. awesome!

loot goliaths are giants that have a gun chest strapped to their back

[glottis8]

I've been fighting those guys quite often. I should try to do that. Never really noticed them leveling up. But it sounds like they drop some nice loot then.

[perna]

BTW, set physX to max if you can, it makes a great difference for graphics and immersion.

Since I'm in a screenshot-happy mode:

You can't always trust the little up/down arrows. This shield served me until something like level 24 I think! Yes, it has tiny capacity, but the reload speed is insane. I only needed to get behind cover for a fraction of a second for it to recharge (yes, that may not be entirely consistent with the values, but that's what it felt like anyway. When the delay is so short I'm sure there are all sorts of factors involved)
http://www.per128.com/pub/crap/per128_shield.jpg

And this class-mod doesn't hurt. Ok, that was figurative. I'm sure it hurts a lot to be on the receiving end of my SMGs.

http://www.per128.com/pub/crap/per128_classmod01.jpg

Share some cool stuff you found! And let's trade if you've found classmods like the above or awesome SMGs.

[Justin Meisse]

Per: what relic are you using? I'm still rocking the pre-order rare loot bonus relic, it's kind of hard to give that up.

[reverendK]

i'm still using the 2 guns that Moxxi gave me...I thought i grabbed a screen of the SMG but apparently i did not...

http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/1137414449417403886/047277F8B79F993056E31E74CB09949D3DB2B5FC/

i find that just swapping guns every time you see a green arrow in the damage doesn't suit me. example: i prefer accuracy in a shotgun significantly more than damage...been using this one for at least 5 levels now - and the smg i just got - corrosive :D gonna be on that one for a good long while i think...

[slipsius]

Anyone do the slaughter house arena, btw? Got to the final round last night. Hard stuff right there. But says you should be 20, but we werent yet. Man you take a beating in that place

[reverendK]

i've gotten to round 3 with my solo char...but i died there 2 or three times and gave up til i get some friends there. Way tougher than the circle of slaughters in the first one - where dying just meant you paid up and came back to finish off whichever badguys were left...

[THE 5]

That question of me again:
1 copy = 4 Player LAN ???
(Steam or Retail-Copy required?)

Torchlight 2 recently did just that and realy got my hopes up that Borderlands might feature this aswell. Kudos runic!
I realy miss the old days of Diablo and Warcraft...

http://www.borderlands2.com/loveletter/?x
It says "LAN support (including OFFLINE mode)" at the bottom.
But in the endless interwebs I only find controversal information :/

Anyways, anyone tested it LAN (with one copy) yet?

[AtlusZMH]

Me and a buddy beat it last night. Gonna have to say that the story is a step up from what I was expecting and the last few bosses did not disappoint! Overall, I fucking love this game :P

Excited to go back on True Vault Hunter mode :D

[slipsius]

Anyone gotten the tribute to a vault hunter achievement? Remember that eulogy that claptrap did for the guy who lost the battle to cancer? Gearbox made him an npc that turns up in sanctuary all the time, and all you have to do is find him and talk to him. EVERY TIME you talk to him, he gives you a blue or better item. Every time.... He spawns in like 12 differnet spots.

http://ca.ign.com/videos/2012/09/17/borderlands-2-walkthrough-tribute-to-a-vault-hunter-achievement-trophy

[slipsius]

Also, anyone get the extra bonus by having borderlands 1 save data on your computer?

[Justin Meisse]

I'm a level 22 Siren and these are my current primary & secondary weapons:
http://artbyjustin.com/misc/bl2sniper.jpg
http://artbyjustin.com/misc/bl2shotgun.jpg

[aajohnny]

Hurry and grab um!

PC = KBCJ3-KX9B6-XTBJT-TT33B-C9ZR3

PS3 = 5JKJ3-6TWKS-CSTCT-S3KJJ-FXX3W

360 = 5JKJ3-6TWSJ-BRXBX-K6JJJ-FXXWB

Go to Extras > Shift Code.


These are extra gold keys tweeted by the awesome Randy Pitchford

[slipsius]

is anyone having issues with the cloud not syncing up properly? Im missing a LOT of progress on my guy

[glottis8]

is anyone having issues with the cloud not syncing up properly? Im missing a LOT of progress on my guy

It should give you a warning if you are having a sync issue... did it prompt you?

[slipsius]

Nope. And its set to automatically update. I checked. No idea why im missing all my levels on this comp

[glottis8]

Yesterday it did ask me that i was not on the latest cloud save game... i just asked it to download instead of upload. But i am not sure why it would not give you a prompt, and i am sure that you always exit the game with the save and quit. Right? Was it a lot of content missing? i know i was in the middle of a mission, the one with the fire worshippers, stopped in the middle of it. Saved and exit, and when i came back i had to restart the quest again.

[slipsius]

save and quit? isnt there only the exit borderlands option when you hit escape? Either way, at home, im 21 or 22. This computer im 14... so, ya, a lot is missing. One of the auto saves would have gotten it.

[ambershee]

Anyone gotten the tribute to a vault hunter achievement? Remember that eulogy that claptrap did for the guy who lost the battle to cancer? Gearbox made him an npc that turns up in sanctuary all the time, and all you have to do is find him and talk to him. EVERY TIME you talk to him, he gives you a blue or better item. Every time.... He spawns in like 12 differnet spots.

http://ca.ign.com/videos/2012/09/17/borderlands-2-walkthrough-tribute-to-a-vault-hunter-achievement-trophy

Never seen that guy - but I'll be keepig my eyes peeled now!

[aajohnny]

I looked all over town and haven't found him, I heard there is a glitch on the PC version , idk if its true though.

[ambershee]

In console versions, Michael has a 100% spawn chance before Sanctuary is relocated, after which point his spawn rates returns to the default 10%.
By reports in the Gearbox forums, he appears 100% of the time on the Xbox, and extremely rarely on the PC.

Sounds like a fuckup there :/

I did some reading; apparently it's supposed to happen 10% of the time after Sanctuary relocates. On console there's a bug where he shows up 100% of the time before then. On PC there's a bug where he shows up 1% of the time ever.

[BlvdNights]

While digging through some .ini files, you can alter the amount of keys you have to that special case in town.

[perna]

Blvd: come on now, let's not encourage that. People hacking their inventory ruined coop in the first game

[reverendK]

i ran into Michael in sanctuary on PC a while back - didn't know the story behind him though. it's even more awesome now.

also - blvd - pitchford said that the key exploit was being fixed and people who used it were going to lose all their junk. so it's a bad idea.

[wasker]

Slipsius; same problem I had, lost 10 lvls or so as well as my golden key and reward :/

[BlvdNights]

Blvd: come on now, let's not encourage that. People hacking their inventory ruined coop in the first game

Hey, I just found it amusing it was cause its the same base ini for Unreal. And fairly, I only used it to get 1 key back cause, I'm sure like many, I ran up and saw the chest and didn't notice the key icon pop up next to it. I think getting unlimited keys like that actually would ruin the fun of finding the next big piece of loot to pick up for me in the game.

also - blvd - pitchford said that the key exploit was being fixed and people who used it were going to lose all their junk. so it's a bad idea.

That's good at least. I hope they figure out to put a prompt up for that chest though.

[slipsius]

rev, here's the eulogy that they did. all the buddy did was email them asking, and they did this (just the voice), and then put him in game.

Claptrap Eulogy for Michael John Mamaril - YouTube

[AlecMoody]

On Sunday I looted this sniper rifle that chews through equal leveled (im 23) badass constructors in just a few seconds. Aside from constantly running out of sniper ammo, I am now super overpowered. Critical hits from it 1 shot just about every enemy and it fires off as fast as many of the SMGs...

[keizza]

game is amazing....hands down. but tiny tina...while a cool looking character....is pretty annoying to listen to.

[Jesse Moody]

such an awesome game. Really having a blast. Playing as Zero. Level 19 currently and have found some nice loot so far. A sniper that burns up just about any character with 1 or 2 shots, a pistol that never stops shooting and with bore unlocked on my characters skill tree if it goes through the first guy and hits another the damage is doubled....

It gets really interesting quickly with those combos.

Found Michael in Sanctuary and got the guns from him. Pretty awesome tribute!

Does anyone know if the bug from the first one is still in there where you can toss down all kinds of loot, quit to 360 dashboard without saving and come back into the same game with all of your inventory like you never discarded it?

I used to share guns with my co-op partner this way.

[slipsius]

Jesse, that's called cheating, and I hope to god they fixed it. Also, micheal gives you weapons every time you see him, so keep checking.

[Jesse Moody]

I wouldn't call it cheating. Exploiting perhaps but not cheating. Nothing is modded or tweaked.

[ambershee]

Hey, I just found it amusing it was cause its the same base ini for Unreal. And fairly, I only used it to get 1 key back cause, I'm sure like many, I ran up and saw the chest and didn't notice the key icon pop up next to it.

Blarg, I did exactly that, first time I visited Sanctuary. The weapon I got out of it was also useless :(

[perna]

I wouldn't call it cheating. Exploiting perhaps but not cheating. Nothing is modded or tweaked.

Jesse, as much as I love you, man, item duplication (especially in a game that revolves around loot) is not cheating? :poly124: :poly142:

[Paradan]

so I bought a jakobs skin from the gun dealer, double clicked it in my inventory and then ran to the customizing station, but the skin wasnt there. I was pissed, it cost 11k.

I saw the tribute guy when i returned to sanctuary after the finale, he was hanging out in the gunstore.

[Daven]

so I bought a jakobs skin from the gun dealer, double clicked it in my inventory and then ran to the customizing station, but the skin wasnt there. I was pissed, it cost 11k.

I saw the tribute guy when i returned to sanctuary after the finale, he was hanging out in the gunstore.

Are you sure it wasn't for another class? All skins are class specific and are labeled so.

[BlvdNights]

Just discovered my favorite I've gotten so far last night.

http://i.imgur.com/BXkVT.jpg

[perna]

blvd: e-tech, hell yea. Whenever anyone sees that particular purple color, you need to try the weapon, the description doesn't reveal its effect. They tend to be all-crazy. I have found an e-tech corrosive rocketlauncher that has a huge area of effect and mad visual effects... and a slag shotgun that fires bouncing shots (keeps bouncing around and affecting lots of enemies).. but dang I want an e-tech SMG! What does that one do?

[HitmonInfinity]

game is amazing....hands down. but tiny tina...while a cool looking character....is pretty annoying to listen to.

Have you done the Tea Party quest yet? I thought she was pretty funny.

[MikeF]

i might be grabbing this in a few days, whats the deal for multiplayer? can i join a game randomly with a few others( or steam friends), or am i limited to playing with people in my own skill level?

[McGreed]

LOL, got the pizza delivery quest and I didn't really think much about it until the guy answered me from the comm, and then I jumped down the hole and I was like "wait a minute..."

[slipsius]

there's a quick match feature that sets you up with people on the same main quest / around the same level, or you can just join your friends games.

[THE 5]

Just in case anyone still cares about LAN these days,
4 Player LAN with 1 copy works ;P

You simply need to add the hosts IP to the command-line-parameters in the shorcut.
That way you join the hosts game right when starting up BL2.

Hope the old fashion LAN play makes a little return ;)

[BlvdNights]

blvd: e-tech, hell yea. Whenever anyone sees that particular purple color, you need to try the weapon, the description doesn't reveal its effect. They tend to be all-crazy. I have found an e-tech corrosive rocketlauncher that has a huge area of effect and mad visual effects... and a slag shotgun that fires bouncing shots (keeps bouncing around and affecting lots of enemies).. but dang I want an e-tech SMG! What does that one do?

Tons of sleg and purple beams. Nothing too fancy. My shotgun I have though shoots out two balls of electricity and they create a large AoE field.

[McGreed]

Has anyone else had issues with weapons swapping places when dropping or selling weapons? Plus the whole list moves back up, which is really annoying if you trying to sell/drop stuff in the bottom.

[THE 5]

McGreed:
When scrolling trough the inventory with the mousewheel, oftentimes it highlights a 'random' item and then starts to scroll in the oposite direction of your mousewheel. At least thats what happened to me sometimes.

I kinda got used to scroll with the arrow keys instead. Hitting a arrow-key seems to mostly fix it aswell.

[glottis8]

Yea. i scroll with my arrow keys... it's just easier.

[AbKI]

I'm rolling with Zer0 but finding him really hard to play, you're encouraged to get up close but I just get minced, and when I'm sniping I'm too far away to get in close. Seems like a hard character to play! He needs a blink ability or something instead (or I need to quit being a noob).

Is the soldier the best for solo play still?

[McGreed]

Well, I gotta admit that I luuuuuv my turret, it saved my bacon so many times and can really kick arse now that it got rockets on as well. :) I want it upgraded with shield and get the second one as well.

[Justin Meisse]

I play Zer0 as a sniper, his special ability boosts gun damage as well as melee damage - I'm around level 18 and I've gotten about 1500 damage on a stealthed headshot.

[slipsius]

Soldier is good, but you really have to have good weapons to back him up. I was dying a LOT till recently...

Also, ya, I HAAAATE that when you sell something, the inventory scrolls back up... my biggest pet peeve about the game

[AbKI]

The turret gets rockets!? That's awesome. :D I'm only level 13 so maybe I'll stick with him, probably just need a better rifle!!:)

[McGreed]

The turret gets rockets!? That's awesome. :D I'm only level 13 so maybe I'll stick with him, probably just need a better rifle!!:)

You get it on the left path, and its reeeeally nice. But if you go with the right path, you can get shield dome, which also seem nice. :) But at lvl 44 you can get both and extra turret ;)

Check it out in the skilltree here: http://www.borderlands2.com/us/skilltree/

[JacqueChoi]

I went all out sniper, but they become useless unless you're in a group.

A Lot of enemies are spawned or dropped in at Melee range, and there's not many clear lines of site. Also, they close the gap REALLY quickly, and have too much lateral movement to offset your gun always moving.

Despite the fact I threw all skill points into that sniper tree, I find I'm usually using my rocket and shotgun most of the time.

[McGreed]

Yeah, that's why I like my turret, because the enemies always seem to be distracted and start attacking it instead of me, giving me a chance to escape. Doesn't Zero have some distraction traits to use to escape with and make some distance?

[Gilgamesh]

Love the game but still think the PC version should have a completely different inventory screen than just the same as console with a mouse pointer. It's still very frustrating (not as bad as BL1 though) and could use someone who's actually played a pc game recently to look at it.

As for loot, it seems im getting boned compared to allot of people here, I've not seen anything better than a blue gun with 3 player co-op and im around 24 :/ (apart from the quest guns like the etech test gun ect).

[McGreed]

Yeah, have to agree, the whole thing with not being able to access backpack and your equipment at the same time is annoying. Hopefully some nice modders can do some magic on the interface (and fix some of those other bugs)

[reverendK]

Am i the only one not playing zer0 as a sniper? I've turned him into a melee beast and i'm pretty close to unsinkable. sword and a shotgun anybody?

EDIT
holy crap it's whitings elephant gun!

http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/1136288886043608105/3328F921A002C72C1359401DEBC63BB2FB4705D4/

[Pangahas]

Figured people will be interested on this one, the art of Borderlands 2
Preorder price is at #$34-
http://www.bookdepository.com/Art-Borderlands-2/9780744014372

[Zipfinator]

Figured people will be interested on this one, the art of Borderlands 2
Preorder price is at #$34-
http://www.bookdepository.com/Art-Borderlands-2/9780744014372

I raise you it being on sale for $25 at Amazon!

The Art of Borderlands 2: BradyGames: 9780744014372: Amazon.com: Books

[slipsius]

Shift codes for a golden key. Twitter says they last for another hour and 40 minutes. These ones didnt come with a set number of redemptions, like others. Just a time expiration. 1 per account.

PS3: KT5B3-Z93ZB-FH3KB-STCT3-JWKZX
Win PC: KJ5TB-FKZXH-FB3JJ-TBJB3-6H5BH
X360: KT5B3-Z93WF-BF6JF-KXBT3-JWKXS

[slipsius]

Finally beat the game. Pretty cool end boss, I must say. I died in coop with about 5% health left on the boss, and I was running back. I thought I was locked out, didnt see the opening to jump back in, and so i was scaling a wall so i could snipe, and I ended up getting stuck. Fully stuck. I had to save and quit after the boss died. Luckily the major loot didnt drop till you hit the quest continue thing. But it sucked having to run all the way back there.

Very happy with this game. very very happy. Cant wait to see what kind of loot drops in true vault hunter mode

[willy-wilson]

Im downloading right now if anyone wants to play add me on steam.

Steam ID. Pixelgent

[Sukotto]

Thanks Stefan for those codes! I got some awesome purpley guns. Too bad I got pistols and snipers which I don't use with my Gunzerker :(

On that note, I LOVE my Zerker! I'm level 22 and going for the Rampage tree. I have dual assaults for one slot and then a slag SMG with an awesome fire shotty in my other slot which is really useful for fleshy enemies probably need a corrosive weapon for the damn bots though

[Paradan]

so last night I accidentally threw my +2 grenade, + 15% rocket ammo relic into the grinder, and yes it destroyed it.

been playing true vault hunter mode, and its a constant death-fest. my deaths. I love it, its so bad at some spots I spend all my money to avoid wasting it respawning.

Ive come close to declaring a boss impossible, but persistence and creative problem solving have got me through each time, and grenades, lots of grenades.

[BlvdNights]

Just had steam cloud override all my files from the last 2 days and lost the 2 keys I got and used today. Gentlemen, I know what the devil is and he is a bitch.

[McGreed]

Heh, yeah I was doing a quest for the crazy lady scientist, and didn't think much about anything when I ran to collect the last diary, when that ground dwelling boss monster came up and instantly beat my shield down and my health to 100. Second wind my arse in that case. ;)
Plus its getting quite expensive to die now...actually, anyone know what happens if you die and have no money?

[ambershee]

The cost seems to be proportional the the amount of money you're carrying. I wouldn't worry though, I've never come close to running out of money at all (actually, I'm carrying around half a million right now) - death costs around 40k for me.

An easy way to dodge death is to carry homing transfusion grenades. Mine are really low level, but they work a treat.

[McGreed]

Half a million?? I never have much money, I always end up at the slot machine and wasting all my money on it. :)

[slipsius]

Blvd, you got 2 keys from that code I posted? It seems like everyone did by me. I only got 1. What the F......

[rogueNoodle]

Blvd, you got 2 keys from that code I posted? It seems like everyone did by me. I only got 1. What the F......

I only got one if it makes you feel better :P Thanks for posting them, by the way!

[ambershee]

Half a million?? I never have much money, I always end up at the slot machine and wasting all my money on it. :)

I am level 31 and (I believe) right towards the end of the game. I haven't touched the gambling machines though.

[JacqueChoi]

Finished it last night.

I highly recommend NOT investing heavily into the zEro sniper tree. You're often just thrown into melee range for 90% of your firefights, and most enemies have such great gap control, getting separation is kinda fruitless.


Great game though.

:)

Onto TL2!

[slipsius]

The sniper tree still works when not zoomed though. I use snipers at close range all the time

[perna]

Finished true vault hunter mode at level 44. I did speed through the main story missions, with most enemies at skull-level.

Playthrough 2.5 is relatively easy, I've been lucky with gear.

I won an orange rocket launcher on slot machines which deals enough damage that The Warrior doesn't even get time to get into his attack animations, and makes soloing Terramorphous doable, which lands me plenty of loot.

I've only found orange weapons, no other items. Got a so-so shield. Not being challenged now, will have to wait for DLC.

Keep running into new stuff and entirely new (huge) levels and previously undiscovered level areas even though I've completed the game twice over.. that's pretty mad.

[reverendK]

Keep running into new stuff and entirely new (huge) levels and previously undiscovered level areas even though I've completed the game twice over.. that's pretty mad.

yeah. i can't believe the scale of this game - especially compared to the length of the first one. It's ginormous! I'm level 31 and somewhere somewhat near the end game i'm sure...but then again - i thought that about 6 levels and several hours ago.
haven't even finished the first play through and i'm about 70 hours in. (mind you - a good deal of that is spent idling while i chase my children around and such) either way...this is a game for that "what's the value of games" thread a while back. replay value = forever and hours of entertainment is massive compared to most other 60 dollar investments. i am extremely impressed all in all.

can't wait for terramorphous - i'm avoiding spoilers but crawmerax was a bastard back in the day.

[slipsius]

perma, is playthrough 2.5 a new mode? or just playing through again, kinda thing

btw.... am I the only one who thinks it's weird that the entire series is built around being a "vault hunter".... yet, we have never been in a single vault? Our characters suck.

[glottis8]

http://forums.gearboxsoftware.com/showthread.php?t=151660

Guide from Gearbox to setting up Split screen CO OP action on the pc.

[VelvetElvis]

The only thing I miss from Borderlands 1 is the ability to replay your ECHO recordings. In 1, you could go back and listen to them. Sometimes I'm listening to one and wandering around like a fool, only to kick in another recording and I miss what the first one was actually trying to say.

[Keg]

perma, is playthrough 2.5 a new mode? or just playing through again, kinda thing

btw.... am I the only one who thinks it's weird that the entire series is built around being a "vault hunter".... yet, we have never been in a single vault? Our characters suck.

After you complete the story in true vault hunter mode, all the enemies get scaled up to above level 50. It's recommended leaving side quests alone (not even acquiring them as that'll lock their level to the playthrough 2 level) as all the quests will be leveled up to give lvl 50 loot (the blue weapons and red text weapons tend to be worth it).

Nothing gets reset with playthrough 2.5 just harder enemies.

[perna]

slip: 2.5 is the same as it was in the first game, everything is maxed out, but mission progress isn't reset (it's a continuation of True Vault Hunter mode)

And I'm not sure what you mean by not being in a vault, did you pay attention to the story of the games? :)

reverendK: Yes, it's the kind of game you can pick up and play over a very long period of time. Half an hour here, couple of hours there. If the DLC is anywhere near as good as for the first game, that will add huge amounts of life as well.

VelvetElvis: I've found that the mission objectives tend to update with detailed info after you've received it, so you can check there in case you're unsure what to do next

[slipsius]

Well, the first game, it was all about finding the vault and the treasures inside, if imnot mistaken. the second one is all about stopping the dude from opening the new one and unleashing whatever is inside. I just dont get why we are called vault hunters if we arent actually trying to find the vault ourselves and go into it and find whatever lies inside. Though, the end of this one.... with all those new vaults, I can see them being expansion packs, where we go to them, and its just huge bosses and what not The ending of this game was far better than the last one, but still. I want to go INSIDE a vault. Otherwise dont call me a vault hunter. :P

Also, only 2 levels away from this bad boy!! She`ll look nice on my zerkers right arm ;) (its a gatling gun)

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/14662692/Pictures/gatling.jpg

[VelvetElvis]

I was more talking about the History of Pandora Echos and them getting interrupted by other mission Echos as you enter a new area. You can always re-get them later, but it would be easier if all Echos were archived like in 1.

[perna]

There's really nothing that can mess with me at this point (and I'm sure I can get a much better relic and shield than this)


http://www.per128.com/pub/crap/per128_TerramorphousKiller.jpghttp://www.per128.com/pub/crap/per128_TerramorphousKiller02.jpg

[Justin Meisse]

2 relics? Can you equip 2 and I just haven't noticed?

[reverendK]

2 relics? Can you equip 2 and I just haven't noticed?

i think it's a scam.
and holy crap dat launcher!

[slipsius]

So, in Moxxi's, there is a pizza box on the table. It has a QR code on it. So I used a sniper, zoomed in and scanned it with my phone. It came up with scanned text....

"Wise man say, forgiveness is divine but never pay full price for late pizza. - captain picard"

bahaha best TMNT reference ever!

[BlvdNights]

Blvd, you got 2 keys from that code I posted? It seems like everyone did by me. I only got 1. What the F......

Oh no I got one key for signing up for Shift and for another code from a friend at 2K.

[wasker]

Just had steam cloud override all my files from the last 2 days and lost the 2 keys I got and used today. Gentlemen, I know what the devil is and he is a bitch.

heh yeah, that sucks, had it happen to me twice, lost ~10 hours of progress twice : p

[slipsius]

Just found this badass grenade!

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/14662692/Borderlands%202/grenade.jpg

I dunno how effective it will be later on, but right now (TVHM lvl 36), its pwning stuff. Im a zerk, so I have the skill that throws two grenades for the price of one. just destroys super badasses.

Found it on a Loot goliath. Got him to level up fully (GOD-liath), then killed him. Almost dying a few times. The grenade dropped from his body. His chest had shit all.

Speaking of which, has anyone killed a one armed bandit (guy with a slot machine on his back). I have once, but didnt have any money on me. I hear they have better odds, and better loot in them?

[rogueNoodle]

Speaking of which, has anyone killed a one armed bandit (guy with a slot machine on his back). I have once, but didnt have any money on me. I hear they have better odds, and better loot in them?

I killed one, but he was the first kill in a huge mob so his body laid there for a while. I don't know if it was because I took so long to drop money in it or what, but after paying the $263, it started to spin up and then the machine completely disappeared :|

Ah well, my luck it would have just come up bandits anyhow...

[slipsius]

Starting at 1pm CDT (30 minutes from now), these codes go live and will last 2 hours. redeems 1 golden key per account.

WinPC: KJK33-XFZ6H-F3BBT-3BBJJ-WTXR6
PS3: KTKJT-Z3K9B-FS35T-S35T3-BBKXC
X360: CT5BT-6BCKX-B6F3X-KXTTB-WXHH5

Enjoy!

Also, these are meant for EU prime time. Randy (Gearbox CEO) hinted at another give away for US prime time later tonight. This is where Im getting these codes and info. https://twitter.com/DuvalMagic