Borderlands 2 / General Borderlands Discussion -- Vault Hunters Wanted! --

[Kal]

The inventory UI is a little ****ty, but otherwise the game is (at least on a technical level) a huge improvement over the first. I'm not far enough to criticize the game on a whole, but gameplay is exciting and fun. The Big Bad is a little lame so far, however.

 

[Deleted member]

I've heard almost entirely good things about this game so far.

Shame I have to wait until Friday to play my copy.

 

[Wave⁂]

If any of you guys aren't aware, the pre-order bonus key that unlocks a chest doesn't give you a warning when you try to open it. On the plus side, you can hack the game to give yourself more keys (and Gearbox says they're not Blizzard), so I'm going to be replacing my lost key once I hit the level cap.

 

[Pluvia]

Wait, they said they'll LET you hack it?

There goes playing this game with anyone but close friends.

 

[The Real Gamer]

I got an extremely bad *** shotgun at level 9 that does over 300 damage in addition to elemental fire damage from the loot chest. I one shot everything.

Anything that doesn't get OHKOed burns to death. <3

 

[Wave⁂]

Wait, they said they'll LET you hack it?

There goes playing this game with anyone but close friends.

What's the problem, exactly? I mean, were you planning on playing with random internet people all day? And were you planning on not kicking anyone who had guns that do five trillion damage?

 

[The Real Gamer]

I dont understand why anyone would want to play with randoms in the first place... I don't want to share loot with some *** hole I dont even know lol.

 

[Pluvia]

What's the problem, exactly? I mean, were you planning on playing with random internet people all day? And were you planning on not kicking anyone who had guns that do five trillion damage?

Though there was also a chance we could play with randoms if we wanted, it's always good to have that possibility. Now the online is gonna be hacked to ****, seeing as though it's actually allowed by the developers, so that possibility is gone.

 

[Cactuar]

It's like you guys didn't even play BL1 lol.

 

[Wave⁂]

Though there was also a chance we could play with randoms if we wanted, it's always good to have that possibility. Now the online is gonna be hacked to ****, seeing as though it's actually allowed by the developers, so that possibility is gone.

Being allowed by the developers doesn't mean people are going to actively hack more. People who were going to hack would do it regardless.

 

[Pluvia]

With no chance of being banned so much more people will hack. Heck, I've hacked ME SP so much because I know I wont get banned for it.

People who were going to hack would do it regardless, but now they'll be everywhere with no fear of getting banned, and with no fear of bad repercussions more people will copy them.

 

[The Real Gamer]

It's like you guys didn't even play BL1 lol.

Online with randoms no I didn't at all. I only play solo or with friends. I refuse to play with randoms in this game because:

1. A lot of people are *** holes when anonymous and will resort to stealing/hoarding loot. I've heard stories about people joining groups online to help raid a boss and then getting kicked from the party as soon as the boss is killed just so the host can grab all of the loot.

2. Modders and hackers were everywhere in BL1. I don't want to deal with that crap. I only enjoy playing a game how its meant to be played (although there are some rare occasions when I will exploit a glitch).

3. I like to play at my own pace. Playing with randoms who want to rush through everything won't allow for that. If I'm playing with other people there needs to be some level of cooperation.

I'm sure there are plenty of people that enjoy hopping online with randoms in this game but I'm just not one of them...

 

[Pluvia]

Well anyway, apparently the gore has been toned down from BL1. Can't pop peoples heads anymore and the corrosive and shock animations aren't as graphic.

That's a shame. You can even pop heads in ME3, don't know why big over-the-top BL2 removed it.

 

[Wave⁂]

With no chance of being banned so much more people will hack. Heck, I've hacked ME SP so much because I know I wont get banned for it.

You say that like it's possible to ban people for this hack.

 

[Pluvia]

You say that like it's possible to ban people for this hack.

No they're not banning remember, hacks are developer approved, that's the entire point about how public matches are effectively pointless now.

 

[Wave⁂]

This hack is completely undetectable by by Gearbox. They have no way to punish offenders without patching the game. They'd have to differentiate between legitimate ways to earn keys (there's at least three different methods that I know of), people opening the big chest for other people, people like me who got pissed off and just made myself one key, and a myriad of other exceptions for varying ban intensities. In addition, there's no way to prevent people from hacking, they can only punish those who do it, which is an incredibly stupid way to police things.

 

[Pluvia]

This hack is completely undetectable by by Gearbox. They have no way to punish offenders without patching the game. They'd have to differentiate between legitimate ways to earn keys (there's at least three different methods that I know of), people opening the big chest for other people, people like me who got pissed off and just made myself one key, and a myriad of other exceptions for varying ban intensities. In addition, there's no way to prevent people from hacking, they can only punish those who do it, which is an incredibly stupid way to police things.

What difference does can or can't detect make if they're not?

 

[Wave⁂]

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[Kira-]

This game actually has (almost) all of the improvements I was hoping for. Very surprised and so worth the buy

 

[Pluvia]

Now that I know heads can't be popped I'm glad I'm not playing as the sniper guy. It'd be too jarring for me I think.

 

[The Real Gamer]

People are really overacting about the head popping ordeal.

I mean sure head popping was loads of fun in BL1 but some people are acting like BL2 is ruined because of it.

 

[Pluvia]

Still the whole game is supposed to be over the top, it's weird that they cut out an aspect of the game that the first one has.

 

[The Real Gamer]

It is weird. I think Gearbox wanted the game to appeal to a more international audience (an audience that doesn't particularly like extremely violence in video games). I'm upset that they had to tone the violence down but I can at least understand why they did it.

Regardless I'm neutral on that whole issue... If Gearbox decides to tone the violence back up a bit then that's great. If they don't then oh well.

 

[Wave⁂]

What do you guys mean by head popping? I'm really liking the siren because phaselock means free headshots with snipers, and people ****ing explode when you headshot them.

 

[Pluvia]

What do you guys mean by head popping? I'm really liking the siren because phaselock means free headshots with snipers, and people ****ing explode when you headshot them.

When you shoot someone point blank with like a shotgun in the face, or in the head with a sniper, their head would explode. Also if you killed someone with an shock weapon sometimes their eyes would bulge and their heads would explode, but they've removed all of this in BL2 because of censorship in Germany and Australia.

Now arms and legs can come off rarely, but most of the time there's just loads of blood and bits of bodies flying away, but the actual body just stays intact.

 

[Wave⁂]

Vladof sniper rifles with low recoil are hella fun.

http://i.minus.com/ibi5NhqeyuYan0.png

Also Moxxie's slow machines are going to be the death of me

 

[Pluvia]

So my copy never arrived today, they sent it yesterday apparently, which I'll have to wait till Monday.

 

[Atlus8]

Add me up on Steam if you're down to get a group going for this! My ID is Atlus8

 

[Deleted member]

After three hours of playtime, I only have two things to note:

One, I like how the in-game brands are more distinct in function this time around. On that note, I found the Tediore brand to be very useful against Captain Flint.

Two, on PC, they somehow managed to make the inventory menu worse. Scrolling and mouse detection are both often broken.

 

[Pluvia]

So anyway I did get the game that day, for some reason it arrived 7 hours after the post normally arrives.

Well anyway so far it's great, the lack of violence and the fact that there's a distinct lack of swearing (so far at least) is actually quite noticeable, but apart from that it's really fun.

It appears that Axton is the best at duels, I just attatched a 221 explosive spike damage shield to me and I win every duel's me and my mates have.

 

[Wave⁂]

Two, on PC, they somehow managed to make the inventory menu worse. Scrolling and mouse detection are both often broken.

That only ever happens to me when I start scrolling and moving the mouse around at the same time, and switching menus fixes it.

 

[Player-3]

http://www.direct2play.com/254-bord...gital-download-multilanguage-region-free.html borderlands 2 $25 sale this weekend, restocks every ~2 hours so if it says out of stock dont worry!


yes it's legit, i'm downloading my copy of the game right now and many people on reddit have also said the same

 

[Pluvia]

Also Moxxie's slow machines are going to be the death of me

I go near those things and it's like I'm under a spell.

 

[The Real Gamer]

*WARNING END GAME BOSS SPOILERS IN THE LINK*

Proof that Salvador is the best DPS character in the game by far: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxUklr_yCaw&feature=youtu.be

 

[TheBuzzSaw]

This game is soooooooooooooooo much better than the first one.

 

[The Real Gamer]

Agreed... How far is everyone so far?

 

[Atlus8]

I'm at level 28 on Data Mining mission! If anyone wants to join me on Steam right now, Atlus8

 

[John2k4]

So I'm late to the Borderlands party and just began playing the first Borderlands yesterday.

So far I really like the graphical style among everything else. Picked the assault/soldier class and have been sniping the heads off of everything that moves.


@Player-3 - That site says that it includes a Steam key; is that what you got when you bought the game there?

 

[The Real Gamer]

Glad to see people are still enjoying the first game. Make sure you pick up the 2nd some time down the road after you beat it (preferably after a price drop as well haha) cause it's pretty much the same game but better in every way.

So far in BL2 I'm level 22 and I'm REALLY digging the side missions this time around. They're just as fun if not more fun than the main missions (a far cry from some of the boring fetch missions in BL1).

 

[John2k4]

Edits: I can confirm that the Direct2Play things gives a valid Steam key.