Borderlands the game

[bigtye]

yea i wish there was a demo so i could see how well it runs on my 9600gt 512mb.

My main rig is down so I am playing on an athlon 939x2 with a 9600GT. I run 1680x1050 on medium. I have had no probs with frame rates, I don't know what they are but like I said, no noticeable problems at all. I could probably even tweak a few settings higher without issues.

Tye

 

[lemode]

Just started on Lilith. Post up some skill trees and let me know why you chose the skills that you did. I really don't like any of them TBH.

hit 50 on lilith last night and i am happy i did. she's amazing in the arena and has WAY more survivabilith than others.

without palying her she looks dull on paper. but as the game progreses and you get more stuff better SMGs she becomes amazing.

becaue the arena and pvp is a joke i don't mind sharing all builds...normally i am secretive

Leveling Build

*inner glow is important for healing yourself in pve & pvp so yeah use it
*intuition is a movement speed bonus and xp bonus...i lvld to 50 pretty fast
*phase strike is borked. no way in hell it does 800% melee dmg in pve or pvp. but i couldn't figure out to spend that last 5 points so i just had it there.

PvP test build #1

*this build is also good in PvE
*again i tested phase strike and even wtih elemental artifacts to 6 it still did little dmg i have tested it repeatedly and i have only crit with explosion and that was only the initial phase blast not the melee.

PvP test build #2

*my current and best build i've tested so far.
*here is a video of myself and my friends dueling @50 in the arena (so you can see how fast I mow down Brick @ 50).
*silent resolve is a dmg reduction to 70% for a few seconds aftert coming out of phase blast. it's pretty nice.
*she has a crazy high/fast dmg output with this specific smg i have and i won't show you what one it is!

 

[FordGT90Concept]

I the Thumper SMGs. Not only do they literally "thump" but they are generally high accuracy, high damage, and decent clip size. It's a slow and steady weapon (keep pumping ammo on their critical spots until they fall over ).


I'm surprised the cost to redistrobute points doesn't increase with the amount of cash you have. $10,000 is cheap.

 

[TheLaughingMan]

she has a crazy high/fast dmg output with this specific smg i have and i won't show you what one it is!

I may not know the exact SMG, but I know what class of SMG it is, but I won't say either. I will say if we are on the same wave length it is the gun I call "The Boss" because I only use it to kill bosses. Basically if I can get in point blank range, which is easy with the Phasewalk, you will not survive long enough to know what happened.....which is why my roommates don't fight me anymore.

 

[FordGT90Concept]

Double Anarchy?

 

[TheLaughingMan]

My Build for Lilith is a mix between "Hit & Run" and "Up Close and Personal". With her, the trick is to abuse the fact no one can stop you from getting to point blank range (do not fist fight with Brick). Once there, you are looking for non-explosive weapons (missiles, not the elemental effect) that deal damage really fast. Ignore accuracy stats all together, it doesn't matter at PBR.

Skills: Concentrate on Abiliites related to gun damage and Phasewalk. The keys are Hit & Run, High Velocity, Silent Resolve, Inner Glow, Girl Power, and Radiance. Phase, get in close, wait for Radiance to eat their shields, then Phase blast back in and unload into their face. PvP, that is a enough and almost unfair. If you fail to kill your opponent though, you are at a disadvantage in a standard gun fight because she doesn't have a favorite weapon to use skill points for, so it is all or nothing.

Co-op, do the same thing and drop as many people as you can after the return Phase Blast. With Silent Resolve and Girl Power, you will find it very hard to be killed for those first 7 seconds. When the time runs out, get as far away as quickly as possible and let your friends clean up the mess. This tactic is why Lemode suggests the Intuition as you get a movement bonus for all the killing, making getting out of the way easier.

 

[lemode]

I think I found 1 of the best guns in game

It does every elemental dmg type and has a high rate of fire to boot...what more do you need?!

 

[FordGT90Concept]

It is only x3. High rate of fire on a revolver without fast reload is silly. 6 well aimed shots is better than 3 well aimmed shots, reload, and 3 more well aimmed shots.


These are the best guns I accumulated through my play through:

Spoiler

Lightning/shock weapons are only useful against the guardians/spectres.

 

[Mussels]

http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx349/lemodetpu/best.jpg

It does every elemental dmg type and has a high rate of fire to boot...what more do you need?!

i've been keeping an eye out for that one.

 

[DanishDevil]

Thanks for the info everyone! I'm about level 9 with her right now, and can't wait to keep going on her.

 

[CarneASADA]

just installed the game myself...

 

[DanishDevil]

Carne! What do you think bro?!

 

[lemode]

It is only x3. High rate of fire on a revolver without fast reload is silly. 6 well aimed shots is better than 3 well aimmed shots, reload, and 3 more well aimmed shots.

for whatever sake of balance they had in mind it procs every shot something different...who cares it it's only x3...it's a GREAT revolver...arguing that fact is pointless.

 

[CarneASADA]

Carne! What do you think bro?!

i installed then played some CO.OP....
but, not bad at all...

maybe we could get some CO-OP play...
like we did 'sacred.2' ...

my guy was lame. (probably delet)
but, i was just in it for some quick action...

<<---- my msn. is on the side there

..
i really like the graphics... nice style and effect...

 

[DanishDevil]

I haven't even played Co-Op yet.

 

[1Kurgan1]

I haven't even played Co-Op yet.

Then you havent played the game yet

 

[Binge]

hit 50 on lilith last night and i am happy i did. she's amazing in the arena and has WAY more survivabilith than others.

without palying her she looks dull on paper. but as the game progreses and you get more stuff better SMGs she becomes amazing.

becaue the arena and pvp is a joke i don't mind sharing all builds...normally i am secretive

Leveling Build
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx349/lemodetpu/lvl.jpg
*inner glow is important for healing yourself in pve & pvp so yeah use it
*intuition is a movement speed bonus and xp bonus...i lvld to 50 pretty fast
*phase strike is borked. no way in hell it does 800% melee dmg in pve or pvp. but i couldn't figure out to spend that last 5 points so i just had it there.

PvP test build #1
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx349/lemodetpu/pvptest1.jpg
*this build is also good in PvE
*again i tested phase strike and even wtih elemental artifacts to 6 it still did little dmg i have tested it repeatedly and i have only crit with explosion and that was only the initial phase blast not the melee.

PvP test build #2
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx349/lemodetpu/pvptest2.jpg
*my current and best build i've tested so far.
*here is a video of myself and my friends dueling @50 in the arena (so you can see how fast I mow down Brick @ 50).
*silent resolve is a dmg reduction to 70% for a few seconds aftert coming out of phase blast. it's pretty nice.
*she has a crazy high/fast dmg output with this specific smg i have and i won't show you what one it is!

Lemode... you're taking into account that class mods change skill values and you can't get above a 5 in any skill, right?

 

[Mussels]

Lemode... you're taking into account that class mods change skill values and you can't get above a 5 in any skill, right?

http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showthread.php?t=104683

Class Mods! A Path To A Better You!
Courtesy of Iolo

Eventually you'll find class mods which can be equipped in your inventory (under your shield and grenade mod). Class mods can add points to skills in your skill tree.
You must have at least one point in a skill for the mod to have an effect. This was confirmed by Gearbox employee ennui over on the GB forums.

Skill points + Mod points can exceed 5.

 

[Binge]

Kimpossible. Do the math on the skills that give ammo capacity and you never get over 5.

 

[1Kurgan1]

Kimpossible. Do the math on the skills that give ammo capacity and you never get over 5.

Sure it is, it's just a percentage, percentage can go past 100%, 100% would be double the normal capacity and past that would be working your way to three times as much.

 

[Binge]

Sure it is, it's just a percentage, percentage can go past 100%, 100% would be double the normal capacity and past that would be working your way to three times as much.

Then why do class mods not actually give you better benefits/higher% for adding equip pluses to your lvl 5 skills? Something's wrong?

BTW for the record I never said anything about 100%. I said ammo capacity/regen/health regen/damage doesn't give bonuses with class-mods after lvl 5.

 

[Mussels]

Then why do class mods not actually give you better benefits/higher% for adding equip pluses to your lvl 5 skills? Something's wrong?

BTW for the record I never said anything about 100%. I said ammo capacity/regen/health regen/damage doesn't give bonuses with class-mods after lvl 5.

just because the benefits of one skill can hit a limit, doesn't mean it cant go past 5 total points

 

[DanishDevil]

Well, my Mordecai's bloodwing attack 8 targets because of my +2 to that skill.

It works. Maybe just on certain skills.

It'd be nice for somebody with no life to figure out which skills are upgradable over 5. No way I'm doin' it

Edit: Reading through that link, I just found "Pearl" guns that are superior to Dark Orange/Gold:

This one isn't that incredible stats-wise, but still pretty crazy.

Double Edit:

Don't forget that loot is also Color Coded by rarity. (White=Normal, Green=Less Common, Blue=Rare, Purple=Very Rare, Orange=Incredibly Rare, Pearl=Obscenely Rare. And to top that off, orange comes in three different shades for just how badass the weapon you just found is.)

* Word Of God (and judicious viewing of the game's data files) states that Pearl isn't a real rarity color — Pearl items are all ShoutOuts to people from the forums, beta testers, programmers, family members, etc etc. The really good weapons are supposed to be the Dark Orange ones.

That would be interesting. And I thought there were only two shades of Orange!

 

[lemode]

Edit: Reading through that link, I just found "Pearl" guns that are superior to Dark Orange/Gold:


That would be interesting. And I thought there were only two shades of Orange!

Danish, if you scroll up and look at the revolver I showed you it’s a ‘Pearl’ still classified as orange so it’s among the best you can get. I doubt it’s another shade rather just the best oranges you can find.

That one I posted above fires explosion, corrosive, fire, and shock and takes down all baddies 48-51 with ease a have not seen a better weapon than that one yet.

 

[FordGT90Concept]

That would be interesting. And I thought there were only two shades of Orange!

I've never seen anything above dark orange. In the picture I included a few posts back, the sniper is dark orange (highest I've seen) and the revolver under it is plain orange/gold (second highest).

The Pearl in the picture is dark orange.