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Rival11 02-28-10 09:57 PM

Re: Borderlands
 
Wow, decided to watch some hi-res videos of this game....it looks really cool and seems like it plays well - might just pick this one up.

K&AJones 03-01-10 07:12 AM

Re: Borderlands
 
Two of us have been playing the new DLC most of the way and had a friend jump in for the last part. What a difference three people make. Pace is quicker, more action via enemies, more goodies and a just a better experience. I think the key is how everyone has their character "MOD" set. One had his for unlimited ammo and I had mine set for 30% Chance of Elemental while the third used his gun torrent for health regeneration. I cannot imagine with four people.

chess 03-01-10 11:34 AM

Re: Borderlands
 

Originally Posted by Chew (Post 10023767)
Level 50 + Hellfire SMGs = little challenge. We probably should've hit the Ned DLC earlier.

Oh well, I'm sure there will be plenty of getting our asses kicked in Knoxx. :lol:

Up for Monday night?

Did we miss the Brains mission???? If so, we need to find it.

Yep, up for tonight! You should host since I leveled up to 54 yesterday.

I was pleased to see that "The Descent" is still very much farmable (4 red boxes and a silver)! I got yet another variation of the Volcano Sniper and a slightly more powerful Hellfire (but without the scope, slower rate of fire and a smaller clip, so I still prefer the current one). I also got a class mod for you with both ammo regeneration AND low level health regeneration...or at least I think that was the case.

Chew 03-01-10 11:50 AM

Re: Borderlands
 
Ooooh, Soldier class mod with health regen? Nice!

See you at 7!

pinata242 03-01-10 11:52 AM

Re: Borderlands
 
Brains Quests:

Spoiler:
You have to find Zombie T.K. down in his house in the SW section of... Hallow's End? I can't remember, but it's the first place you travel to outside of Jakob's Cove. It's just south of where you fought Pumpkinhead.


Be prepared to be farming a lot of headshots for those.

Michael Corvin 03-01-10 12:32 PM

Re: Borderlands
 

Originally Posted by pinata242 (Post 10024720)
Brains Quests:

Spoiler:
You have to find Zombie T.K. down in his house in the SW section of... Hallow's End? I can't remember, but it's the first place you travel to outside of Jakob's Cove. It's just south of where you fought Pumpkinhead.


Be prepared to be farming a lot of headshots for those.

After we played I found that Repeaters work amazing on zombie heads.

pinata242 03-01-10 12:34 PM

Re: Borderlands
 
With level 50 on my SMG skills, +16 SMG ammo regen, and a reload speed like you wouldn't believe, I just go for quantity of bullets hoping something sticks :)

Chew 03-01-10 12:38 PM

Re: Borderlands
 

Originally Posted by pinata242 (Post 10024720)
Brains Quests:

Spoiler:
You have to find Zombie T.K. down in his house in the SW section of... Hallow's End? I can't remember, but it's the first place you travel to outside of Jakob's Cove. It's just south of where you fought Pumpkinhead.


Be prepared to be farming a lot of headshots for those.

250?!?! :gah:

:lol:

Michael Corvin 03-01-10 12:48 PM

Re: Borderlands
 
Nope. Not just 250, that's just the last mission. It's more like:

10
25
50
100
250


Originally Posted by pinata242 (Post 10024794)
With level 50 on my SMG skills, +16 SMG ammo regen, and a reload speed like you wouldn't believe, I just go for quantity of bullets hoping something sticks :)

I was going for accuracy though to speed things along. It seemed like the repeater produced a brain nearly 100% of the time.

pinata242 03-01-10 12:52 PM

Re: Borderlands
 
I redid my skill tree this morning. I kind of got sick of the Phoenix wings and I know it was annoying to everyone that played with me to just have this massive fireball running all over the battlefield :lol:

Yeah, the brains quests suck. Especially if you don't start them immediately and do it as you play through the rest of the DLC.

jdpatri 03-01-10 12:52 PM

Re: Borderlands
 

Originally Posted by Chew (Post 10024801)
250?!?! :gah:

:lol:

This is why I said leave the brains on the ground until you get the mission. I collected something like a billion brains beforehand thinking I could just complete the mission when I showed up with my brains.

FWIW, I preferred the shotgun right to the noggin for all my brains. Even if you miss a little bit, you still the brain.

Chew 03-01-10 12:52 PM

Re: Borderlands
 
>400?

:fart:

slop101 03-01-10 01:01 PM

Re: Borderlands
 
Man, before the update the weapons crates had some decent stuff at around my level, now after the update, pretty much all the weapons in those same crates are 5 to 10 levels below my character - even the weapon-drops and weapons for sale seem to be weaker weapons than the ones found before the update. What gives?

pinata242 03-01-10 01:02 PM

Re: Borderlands
 
Are you playing in areas meant for you level? I believe they rebalanced that stuff so you can't go back to somewhere earlier and get level-comparable loot.

Dorsalphin 03-01-10 01:08 PM

Re: Borderlands
 

Originally Posted by jdpatri (Post 10024843)
This is why I said leave the brains on the ground until you get the mission. I collected something like a billion brains beforehand thinking I could just complete the mission when I showed up with my brains.

FWIW, I preferred the shotgun right to the noggin for all my brains. Even if you miss a little bit, you still the brain.

Doh! I've been picking up brains left and right thinking I could turn them in all at once. :( I did think it was odd that I couldn't find anything that indicated just how many brains I had accumulated. I should have known better!

jdpatri 03-01-10 01:16 PM

Re: Borderlands
 

Originally Posted by Dorsalphin (Post 10024874)
Doh! I've been picking up brains left and right thinking I could turn them in all at once. :( I did think it was odd that I couldn't find anything that indicated just how many brains I had accumulated. I should have known better!

I am sorry to be the bearer of said news. By the time I realized what was going on, I'd gone through all of the quests in the DLC then just figured I'd go turn in some brains and be done with it. Negative. Very frustrating... but, like you said, I should have realized sooner.

For anyone that has yet to complete the Zombie DLC... LEAVE THE BRAINS ON THE GROUND until you get the Brains! mission. They'll stay there until you collect them.

chess 03-01-10 01:27 PM

Re: Borderlands
 
That's a lot of brains!

Chew....yup....7 CST.

If donuts or anybody else wants to join us, feel free. We're both just a smidge above 50 and starting Knoxx.

Chew 03-01-10 01:32 PM


Originally Posted by chess (Post 10024911)
If donuts or anybody else on a Slim PS3 wants to join us, feel free. We're both just a smidge above 50 and starting Knoxx.

Fixed ;)

pinata242 03-01-10 01:35 PM

Re: Borderlands
 
Fatist :mad:

Chew 03-01-10 01:36 PM

Re: Borderlands
 
:lol:

slop101 03-01-10 01:43 PM

Re: Borderlands
 

Originally Posted by pinata242 (Post 10024861)
Are you playing in areas meant for you level? I believe they rebalanced that stuff so you can't go back to somewhere earlier and get level-comparable loot.

Yeah, comparable areas coinciding with my level contain lower-leveled loot than before - the earlier areas' loot is even lower. For example, a crate that would have level 15 guns, now has level 10 guns. I understand not wanting people to exploit the game and over-farm guns, but why not leave the crates empty for longer rather than just downgrading everything? Seems like a lazy "fix" for something that was never even a problem to begin with.

chess 03-01-10 01:49 PM

Re: Borderlands
 

Originally Posted by slop101 (Post 10024947)
Yeah, comparable areas coinciding with my level contain lower-leveled loot than before - the earlier areas' loot is even lower. For example, a crate that would have level 15 guns, now has level 10 guns. I understand not wanting people to exploit the game and over-farm guns, but why not leave the crates empty for longer rather than just downgrading everything? Seems like a lazy "fix" for something that was never even a problem to begin with.

I was pretty bummed about the New Haven boxes all going to silver, but I haven't noticed the level-change described here.

At any rate, as I said above, The Descent still works. I was consistently getting level 48-49 guns and the combat gives pretty good XP there as well. 4 red boxes and a silver.

I don't see the problem with farming anyway, especially since the game is coop only. I sort of do it as a "game within the game".

chess 03-01-10 01:50 PM

Re: Borderlands
 

Originally Posted by Chew (Post 10024924)
Fixed ;)

See...now you're just gloating.

You should totally get me a present. ;)

Michael Corvin 03-01-10 01:53 PM

Re: Borderlands
 

Originally Posted by chess (Post 10024958)
I don't see the problem with farming anyway, especially since the game is coop only. I sort of do it as a "game within the game".

I don't quite understand that either. Co-op or not, it's still just a 'campaign' type game.

pinata242 03-01-10 01:56 PM

Re: Borderlands
 
I didn't understand the point of modding equipment in a co-op game either. Users - You can't trust 'em.


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