my thoughts on coop...

Single player feels good when it comes to difficulty...

Two Player Coop feels perfect though. It seems to balance difficulty with enemies. I have not played 3 player, but 4 player coop seems off. The increased difficulty is not offset by the extra players like in 2 player coop. The nature of this game makes it difficult to coordinate 4 people on the same creature, except for maybe boss fights. As a result, 4 player seems broken a bit.

I understand increasing the difficulty as you get more players, but instead of increasing their damage, I wish they would increase the number of enemies and their health only...oh well, it is not impossible, just frustrating reviving your friends all the time.

i'm still struggling with playthrough 2 and my Zer0. sniper tree is great with 2 people, but solo i just get rocked by anything i can't keep away from me. I'm sure its a gear thing, and thats the problem with the first parts of the level. I just beat back some bonerfarts, so i just need to keep plugging ahead. just so damned frustrating

first review of the DLC: http://kotaku.com/5951515/borderland...-kotaku-review

highlights: 6 hours of the main mission, not including any side missions.

anyone know if the DLC scales to what level you start it at?

i would assume so. wouldn't make much sense for a lvl 40 guy to be fighting lvl 1 guys.

i was hoping they'd raise the level cap on this so we could extend our skill trees, but it doesn't look that way.

fwiw, if you have trouble finding the DLC (like I did), it opens up a travel point called Oasis. use the fast travel to go there, and it initiates the game. took me like 5 minutes to figure it out.

Thanks, I figured there'd be a mission, but I just downloaded it. So thanks!

I remember BL1 raised the cap for free where you didn't even need to download the DLC. Hopefully they do that again.

me and my buddy blew through most of the DLC today. it's fun, but more of the same. which isn't bad. there are some cool new enemies. fucking cursed pirates are a PITA.

BioShock's Big Daddy and Little Sister

http://www.ign.com/wikis/borderlands..._Little_Sister

i was gonna post that, too. pretty cool. i'm not to that point yet (which means it is toward the end).

I haven't been reading through this thread, but have others here noticed that the game looks a little too "zoomed in"? I feel like I'm always looking through a peephole; lacking in peripheral vision compared to other FPS games. Any way to adjust that?

Yeah, I posted something similar when the game first came out. The splitscreen is almost unplayable because of the zoomed in feel. I don't know of any way to fix it. I suppose I just got used to it after awhile, but after the first few days I was getting dizzy.

Think I might get the season pass today. I don't mind supporting these guys since they made a great game, and I definitely want more content.

I also farmed a "Bee" shield last night from Hunter Helquist, and damn...just shredding dudes. For those who don't know, this orange shield is an "amp" shield that adds damage to your shots, only this one doesn't take any of your shield, so EVERY shot is an amp shot, and it also recharges almost instantly.

A level 50 Bee adds 45,000 damage to every shot, so the stats of your gun hardly matter other than the ability to quickly get a lot of shots downrange. SMGs and Vladoffs are great, and if you're using a shotgun, every pellet has the 45,000 add, so it multiplies pretty quick. I smoked both the Warrior and Terramorphous in about one minute combined last night. The only downside is that it's a low capacity shield for a level 50, and that causes some instant deaths.

There are actually different types of "The Bee" shields. Mine gives a +52500 damage buff and also makes me immune to fire damage.

It tied with either two Conference Call shotguns or two SMG's in Gunzerker mode makes for some good times.

I think you can mod that on PC, but there is no way to change it on ps3 or xbox.

The thing with the higher-level kick-ass weapons/shields is that you get them so late in the game, that you end up hardly using them.

Gearbox has also confirmed that The Bee is way more overpowered than they intended, especially when combined with shotguns, and that they will be reducing its power in an update soon. So anyone who wants to use it should enjoy it while they can.

(To throw in my own example, I used the Bee shield plus the Conference Call shotgun, both at level 50, and was able to take down Terramorphous solo within about 5 seconds, multiple times.)

Next DLC title leaked by way of PS3 Trophy list?

Ugh. Sounds like an arena/horde mode.

Just finished the DLC. The last boss was pretty tough.

We did the first "Slaughterhouse" last night with our two Mechromancers....it was total mayhem. I don't think I've seen that much sparks and jolts fly in one game at one time like that. I started out with Maya and she's still at Level 32 but I may end up finishing out with Gaige and her Mech.

In those kind of updates is it possible to opt out or will they force you to before playing? Is the best thing to just disconnect from xbox live if you only do solo?

FWIW, there is another LVL 50 bad guy in the new DLC.

new golden key codes:

WinPC: W3WTT-WT3ZH-RTBJT-3JT3T-RXKTS
PSN: 5BWBT-RX5ZB-FSBKB-SBWJT-CRBZ5
360: 5BWBT-RX5WF-BRFJF-KFTJT-CRBXF