Borderlands the game

[Mussels]

i too have noticed (as lilith) that machine guns tend to suck (3 round burst + 12 round mag = 4 shots per reload )

and shotguns tend to do no damage unless you press the gun up against the enemy

 

[TheLaughingMan]

Ok, I will post some screenshots when I get home. I just hit level 31 and started getting Rare weapons. I tend to find good and random all kinds of stuff and I think it is at least partial based on your weapon proficiency. I noticed when everything was about even, I got a little bit of everything from chests, dead people, etc. Now I have a heavy lean towards SMG's, and Pistols which seems to make nearly every other gun I find a pistol or SMG.

 

[driver66]

High level WOW ........... with Guns?

 

[DanishDevil]

It's not at all like WoW.

 

[1Kurgan1]

The accuracy on the shotgun you're using is rather low. I was using one with I think 46 x 11 w/ x3 explosive damage and it had 60% accuracy. It not only dealt a lot of damage but it could also "reach out and touch somebody." Unfortunately, it was level 22 and I'm at level 43...


You're right about assault rifles. There's always something bad about them be it less than average damage, tiny clip size, or no elemental damage. Assault rifiles are in the same boat as shotguns. I've also been having trouble finding a good pistol and a good rocket launcher.

All the great sniper rifles come from puchasing crates (usually at a huge discount). Good revolvers are also easy to come by.

I've only ran into 4 Eridian weapons so far--three were dropped by enemies (I think all boss characters) and one was purchased from a crate. Separate, they aren't very useful because of their recharge limits but together (switching when one needs a recharge) they are quite effective. I got my proficency up to 7, so far, with them (sniper is at 19).

Yeah it isn't the most accurate, but I usually just Rambo it, run up, toss down the turret, pop the enemy in the face, crouch behind the shield, then pop them again. Or I'm following in Marineborn and another friend, they run up, I don't really care who I hit, with 2 friendlys to heal and 2 - 4 mobs I will most likely hit all of them, enemy's for damage and friendlys for hp, so the accuracy don't both me much. But yeah, it does reach out and touch poor targets, I had numerous crits for over 1k when I was only level 19 with that thing and some of them were even on Skags :O I also need a real hard hitting weapon to heal, so if I have to heal 1 target I can run directly behind Marine and just keep firing into his back, a weak weapon and he will just fall over, heck he still does sometimes :/

Hopefully I will have some luck with shotguns and Assault rifles, if ot Grenadier will be soon and healing with splash damage is much easier, so I will just use grenades/rockets till I find a better shotgun/assault rifle.

It's not at all like WoW.

I don't think he meant it was like WoW, I think he was shocked someone was such a high level. But that still dont make sense with the last part he said. And if he meant it was like WoW still dont make sense as its level cap is 50 and WoW's is 80.

 

[EastCoasthandle]

Borderland: Missing Textures & ATI Video Card, AMD Video Card

If you are missing textures on certain objects or buildings in Borderland simply change Borderland.exe to UT3.exe and the problem should go away.

 

[lemode]

Just got to the Rakk Hive on Lilith with my Brick friend...and got this randomly in a chest.

Pretty nice. I'll be 31 soon enough

 

[1Kurgan1]

It's a helluva thing for sure I just started fighting Rakks myself, I'm 25 though, so must be a ways out from the Hive, sounds like a tough place.

 

[DanishDevil]

Damn looks sweet

 

[Mussels]

It's not at all like WoW.

there are a few WoW joke references.

for example, i just had to go into a cave and mine some crystals... smelled like WoW grinding to me

 

[Soylent Joe]

I did those config changes to get rid of the startup videos and enable vsync, but the next time I ran it it put all my settings back on default (resolution, graphics settings, key bindings) and the startup videos and shearing were still there >.>

 

[1Kurgan1]

there are a few WoW joke references.

for example, i just had to go into a cave and mine some crystals... smelled like WoW grinding to me

Eh, thats mmo grinding in general.

 

[Mussels]

Eh, thats mmo grinding in general.

true... but it takes the piss out of them.

'how do i mine crystals?'

*tosses a grenade in*

 

[TheLaughingMan]

Just got to the Rakk Hive on Lilith with my Brick friend...and got this randomly in a chest.

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

Pretty nice. I'll be 31 soon enough

It's a helluva thing..., Jakobs Unforgiven: Ability = Knocks back target several feet.(quote from the movie Unforgiven)

 

[1Kurgan1]

true... but it takes the piss out of them.

'how do i mine crystals?'

*tosses a grenade in*

Ah yeah I just did that quest, nice extra 4 slots to the inventory from that claptrap down there.

 

[ShiBDiB]

im bored with this already, i was expecting a more free roaming game which is what they promised before they redid everything. The world seems way too dead, more roaming npc's and friendly ones in towns woulda been nice.

 

[TheLaughingMan]

im bored with this already, i was expecting a more free roaming game which is what they promised before they redid everything. The world seems way too dead, more roaming npc's and friendly ones in towns woulda been nice.

I have to agree. I hope this is just a base for future plans. I hope some of the future released expansion add more roaming and agressive NPC's in the open areas as, more people in towns to talk to, and more populated towns. I mean why are their like 10 homes in Fyrestone if only 1 dude lives their? Did the Doc kill them all and dice them up for parts to sell? Cause that is what i believe. It also explains why he used you moving as an excuse to leave.

 

[AphexDreamer]

im bored with this already, i was expecting a more free roaming game which is what they promised before they redid everything. The world seems way too dead, more roaming npc's and friendly ones in towns woulda been nice.

Yeah keeps wanting to remind me of Fallout 3 but it just isn't and after playing Fallout 3 thats all I can think about.

This games just makes me want to go back to it lol. Its ok, but I can't find myself wanting to do or even enjoy the missions they send me on.

Then I go play online a bit to level up and never really have to do anything other then run around and hide.

At first I was like YAY Fallout 3 ONLINE!, but no not really.

 

[1Kurgan1]

You guys got to really play it in MP, just a ton of fun, can't wait for the DLC.

 

[Kursah]

I love this game, it does gameplay right where for me FO3 failed. Improved Shooting mechanics vs. VATS = no contest, for this guy at least. I really enjoy the atmosphere, action, coop, really borderlands is the game I wanted well over a year ago, and FO3 didn't do it for me, and FC2 got me by for a little while. This game can't please everyone, no game will, but if you haven't played FO3 or Borderlands, you're severely missing out on some of the best games of the late first decade in the new millenia imo.

 

[TheLaughingMan]

Yeah keeps wanting to remind me of Fallout 3 but it just isn't and after playing Fallout 3 thats all I can think about.

This games just makes me want to go back to it lol. Its ok, but I can't find myself wanting to do or even enjoy the missions they send me on.

Then I go play online a bit to level up and never really have to do anything other then run around and hide.

At first I was like YAY Fallout 3 ONLINE!, but no not really.

I have to agree here as well. I love Borderlands for its simple, redneck humor and guns with "flair". I love the fact I have a gun that shoots bullets in spirals, but Fallout was much better and pulling you in.

First all the mission briefings should be done via voice acting work. All of them, even the ones posted on the bulletin boards. It helps to get you emotional involved if you think of everything as doing something for a individual instead of your own sick need to kill people and take all their cool guns.

The back story in the game is actually rather deep and well written, but you will never know that playing the game. Plus I think the missions need more variety. Almost every mission is borderlands is go here, make everyone dead, take stuff, come back here. I like missions in games that permanently alter the game world. Like the tower of electricity from me turning the teleportation system back on in Borderlands, or giving Tenpenny Tower to the Ghouls.

Plus there was some stuff cut out at the last minute I think should be added back. For example, there was also a second vehicle called the Salt Racer which was a drag race style vehicle, but it was removed because it "wasn't practical because it only goes really fast..." Did you just say practical in a game with guns that shoot in spirals and X-shaped patterns? And while the Doc's Zombie Island thing sounds like more, I honest don't care. I hate it when games add zombie mods. It is just cliche, boring, and not scary.

Here is a mod idea if you are reading Gearbox. Its called "Hell Hath No Fury". Turns out all opening the vault doesn't give you....whatever the hell that crazy chick is looking to find, it releases dozens of new creature types onto Pandora (let your imagination go crazy). You being the "hero of the land" were tasked with helping to protect the people by getting this mess under control. You do so, for a lot of money, by building a small army that rivaled even the Raider band. You as a sudo mix between the Lance group and the Raiders gets stabbed in the back by your second in command, a Siren named Xena because she is...well a bitch. Now, we the players have to find a way to either regain control of the band or disband them....with bullets.

Players can have fun doing missions for the people to regain their trust (rebuilding communications network, cleaning out creature infestations you missed, dancing like a Hawaiian hula girl to entertain ex-Lance troops so they help you do something else, etc.

 

[1Kurgan1]

Zombie games arent meant to be scary, its just fun to kill zombies. Thats how I have looked at them for a long time, just like most zombie movies are actually comical.

 

[Binge]

alright so I beat the game on Siren... I run into the center of enemies, they attack me and hurt themselves, and the more of them that die the faster my shields regen... She's just too good.

 

[TheLaughingMan]

I just noticed the group minus Brick looks a awful lot like drawn concept art from The Agency.

 

[Mussels]

i just got a pistol with the comment "sometimes i forget to reload"

... its unlimited ammo. doesnt use any, never needs a reload, nothing.

(how is everyone taking screenies?)


from that handy link a few pages back, i have...

http://borderlands.wikia.com/wiki/The_Dove

http://borderlands.wikia.com/wiki/KKA100_Combustion_Hellfire

http://borderlands.wikia.com/wiki/Pestilent_Defiler