The Official Borderlands 2 Thread

[The_Doc]

Question:

Should I buy and play Borderlands 1 before moving on to Borderlands 2 ?

I'm always a bit late on the uptake for games, but very keen player none the less.

I bought Fallout 3 and played it for about 80 hours the week after Fallout New Vegas was released, then bought FNV after about 6 months

See the pattern?

Anyhow, options..

PS3 btw

[Steve Evil]

The_Doc said:

Question:

Should I buy and play Borderlands 1 before moving on to Borderlands 2 ?

I'm always a bit late on the uptake for games, but very keen player none the less.

I bought Fallout 3 and played it for about 80 hours the week after Fallout New Vegas was released, then bought FNV after about 6 months

See the pattern?

Anyhow, options..

PS3 btw

I jumped straight in with BL2, there are supposed to be quite a few improvements to the Gameplay, but by the sounds of it you might be better getting hold of the first one now it's cheap, playing through that and then getting the second one in a few weeks time once it's dropped in price a bit.

[eztiger]

The second is a slicker overall package and builds on the story from the first.

But that doesn't really matter and it works by itself standalone.

However the first one is a great game - 2 is more of the same with extra polish.

I'd pick up the first cheap and see if you like it. If you do I suspect the prospect of having it and the second to play all the way through will be quite welcome

Maybe if you're planning multiplayer you might be better with 2 to make sure you have lots of people to play it with. No idea what the community for 1 looks like at the moment.

[:J:]

The_Doc said:

Question:

Should I buy and play Borderlands 1 before moving on to Borderlands 2 ?

I'm always a bit late on the uptake for games, but very keen player none the less.

I bought Fallout 3 and played it for about 80 hours the week after Fallout New Vegas was released, then bought FNV after about 6 months

See the pattern?

Anyhow, options..

PS3 btw

IIRC, Borderlands is free on PSN if you are a plus member?

[:J:]

Mastodon2 said:

Level 29 Commando now, just done the 3rd round of Fink's slaughter house. Much easier now, but still a hairy moment here or there when the badass enemy flood the arena on all sides and there is precious little space to hide. I think it might be possible to do the 2 final rounds solo, but if not I've got a friend who is roughly the same level as me who I might be able to team up with.

I did the whole of Finks solo with a level 28 Gunserker, pretty easy tbh.

If you go upstairs, there is a corner you can hide around and pick them off as they come round and let your shields/health recharge. There is a door there where they can spawn from, but they won't all the time you are stood there

[The_Doc]

:J: said:

The_Doc said:

Question:

Should I buy and play Borderlands 1 before moving on to Borderlands ?

Anyhow, options..

PS3 btw

IIRC, Borderlands is free on PSN if you are a plus member?

Nope. but I see Borderlands 1 is now about £15

Hmmm

[:J:]

Not sure if you mean not free or you are not a member?

Here is a link to say it should be free though.....

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2012/08/27/playstat...

Borderlands
Free for PlayStation Plus Members; Add-Ons 50% off
Just in time to get set for the release of Borderlands 2 on September 18th, we’re happy to deliver the original Borderlands free for Plus members! Visit the wasteland planet of Pandora and embark on a quest for the elusive Vault. Featuring extensive co-op integration that seamlessly blends the single-player and multiplayer experiences, Borderlands allows players to freely join or leave each other’s games at any time for collaborative mayhem or the freedom to choose to play in full single-player mode to experience the world on their own. Borderlands also includes a groundbreaking weapon generation system that offers a near infinite variety of weapons to the player. Borderlands combines these features with addictive non-stop action to form a breakthrough experience that challenges the conventions of modern shooters and RPGs. We’re also throwing a sale on all the remarkable Add-Ons for Borderlands as well for 2 weeks. They will be all 50% off, including amazing expansions like Zombie Island and New Revolution. Or grab the Add-On Bundle for 50% off as well.

[JonRB]

If buying the first Borderlands, make sure you get the Game of the Year Edition as it has all 4 DLCs included.

Bizarrely, in one Steam* sale the standard and GotY editions were the same price.

* - yes, I know Steam is PC-only but I was mentioning it by way of example

[Mastodon2]

:J: said:

I did the whole of Finks solo with a level 28 Gunserker, pretty easy tbh.

If you go upstairs, there is a corner you can hide around and pick them off as they come round and let your shields/health recharge. There is a door there where they can spawn from, but they won't all the time you are stood there

Gunzerker is probably the strongest character in terms of pure damage output and health, so the easiest solo it with. For the same reason, all the guides I've seen for defeating Terramorphous the Invincible recommend going in with a level 50 Gunzerker as his offensive capability is insane, coupled with his high hitpoints makes him very hardy in a fight.

I'm fairly confident I can do it with my commando, going to do a few more missions tonight, then right before the final mission I will head back to the circle and do rounds 4 and 5.

[JonRB]

I got a golden key yesterday for creating a SHIFT account and opened the golden chest at L24 and found the following inside:



Feel a little disappointed, although I guess the damage stats are quite high for L24.

[trooperiziz]

JonRB said:

I got a golden key yesterday for creating a SHIFT account and opened the golden chest at L24 and found the following inside:



Feel a little disappointed, although I guess the damage stats are quite high for L24.

The bottom one looks pretty good to me, the Jacobs pistols with a scope are excellent for chucking out the damage, they are only limited by how fast you press the trigger on fire rate, which can be very fast indeed if you put some effort in

[ArsE92]

:J: said:

The_Doc said:

Question:

Should I buy and play Borderlands 1 before moving on to Borderlands 2 ?

I'm always a bit late on the uptake for games, but very keen player none the less.

I bought Fallout 3 and played it for about 80 hours the week after Fallout New Vegas was released, then bought FNV after about 6 months

See the pattern?

Anyhow, options..

PS3 btw

IIRC, Borderlands is free on PSN if you are a plus member?

Sure is. I've just downloaded it.

[The_Doc]

ArsE92 said:

Sure is. I've just downloaded it.

I'm a basic PSN member not plus. Thanks for the tip anyhow. I'll just buy Borderlands 1 new, the Game of the Year version with all the DLC

[ArsE92]

The_Doc said:

ArsE92 said:

Sure is. I've just downloaded it.

I'm a basic PSN member not plus. Thanks for the tip anyhow. I'll just buy Borderlands 1 new, the Game of the Year version with all the DLC

Just played it for an hour and it seems pretty good. Maybe like a cartoon Fallout 3.

[Mastodon2]

JonRB said:

I got a golden key yesterday for creating a SHIFT account and opened the golden chest at L24 and found the following inside:



Feel a little disappointed, although I guess the damage stats are quite high for L24.

The bottom one is good and will probably last you until level 30ish, the top one is ok but will quickly be outclassed. Over the next couple of levels, pistols with those stats will be commonplace.

I'm a bit annoyed with the assault rifles so far, playing as an commando it's supposed to be my main weapon, but I've found the pistols to be much stronger. It seems that the game drops weapons of the type that you are using to make you stronger and stronger while suiting your playstyle.

Unfortunately, I've still not found an amazing rifle. I've got a Ornery rifle weith 500+ dmg, 12 clip size and "as fast and you can pull the trigger", but despite having 90+ accuracy it still seems to wobble a lot while I'm aiming down the sights. Still, up close it works like a super melee weapon, if you get within a couple of feet of an enemy, ADS and spam the trigger as fast as possible, it's able to release a lot of damage quickly, but last night I found a Peacemaker that does 799 dmg with an 8 shot clip and it's rock steady down the sights, so pretty well outclasses the rifle I've got.

I also unlocked a great rifle for doing the "Demon Hunter" side mission that you get towards the end of the game, it's an 8 shot, 2599dmg sniper rifle with no scope on it, but at the moment with my stats it does an unbelievable 22000+ damage per critical, or 25000+ if I get the additional damage bonus when I've got my turret deployed. Awesome!

[Steve Evil]

Unlocked the ability to extend zero's invisibility last night, so each melee kill gives you another couple of seconds to hunt someone else down. The bandit slaughter house is the perfect arena for this as I can one hit kill pretty much everything they send.

[GhostDriver]

Bought this a couple of days ago, and thoroughly enjoying it.

Im on "The Road to Sanctuary", level 10ish.

Anyone fancy hooking up for Co-Op, please add me, with PH in invite.

PSN: CHICKENSGOWOOF

[CommanderJameson]

Just respecced my L27 commando to give my turret rockets (maxed the shots and accuracy to get there, this time).

OMGLOLWUTEVERYTHINGDIES

Almost as much fun as gunzerking with two rocket launchers.

[JonRB]

CommanderJameson said:

Just respecced my L27 commando to give my turret rockets (maxed the shots and accuracy to get there, this time)

Yeah, that's how I have my turret. It rocks doesn't it.

[Silent1]

I really wanted to play with the mechromancer, but there's no way in hell I'm playing the whole game again.
I was sort of hoping you could switch all your points from one character to another, I played as Mordecai in 1 and loved the hawk, so I'm zero this time but mechromancer looks appealing too, sadly i find the first 15 levels or so utterly dull on a second playthrough, I didn't even get to captain Flynt before going back to my main character