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[BORDERLANDS] You don't need three balls to enjoy it, but it helps.

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  • ImitationImitation Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Think I could get hooked up with a invite to the steam group? Steam ID is Imitation And gamespot ID is Bindatil. Looking forward to shooting some folks up with y'all.

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  • RizziRizzi Sydney, Australia.Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Watching my dad play Borderlands is slightly infuriating. Also a little hilarious.

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  • IceBurnerIceBurner It's cold and there are penguins.Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Nerdgasmic wrote: »
    Apparently Eridian rifles get pretty good if you can manage getting a few levels in Eridian Proficiency. Higher levels of Eridian Proficiency reduce the recharge times.


    I've seen plenty of purple shields, but I've never seen a purple grenade mod. Does anyone know someone who's seen orange shields, mods, and grenade mods?
    I've just discovered that Mothrakk gives shittons of proficiency toward whatever you kill it with. I went from Lv 0 to 3 in Eridian weaponry with just two killings.

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  • DehumanizedDehumanized Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Proficiency increases based on exp gained from what you kill.

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  • tofutofu Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    How did you kill Mothrakk with alien guns? They move so slow!

    tofu on
  • LucascraftLucascraft Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    I've had a really dry spell lately on guns. I got the game Friday with a friend and we played Friday night and a good chunk of today. I got a really good pistol at like level 6. I'm now 14 and that pistol is still the best sidearm I've found. I'm playing Mordekai and going the sniper route, but I like to keep a pistol for when enemies get in close. But at this point I'm in desperate need of a new one.

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  • ShadowfireShadowfire Vermont, in the middle of nowhereRegistered User regular
    edited November 2009
    tofu wrote: »
    How did you kill Mothrakk with alien guns? They move so slow!

    I think I picked up the only fast as hell alien gun... it was a sniper rifle that hit targets instantly with this lightning bolt type shot. It was pretty cool, actually.

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  • nealcmnealcm Alvarian AlvarianRegistered User regular
    edited November 2009
    MrDelish wrote: »
    Halfmex wrote: »
    I actually had no problem with the way the game ended, with one caveat.
    The "reward" they gave you? A little bit of money and experience? Bullshit.
    That's my major beef with it as well. Everyone likes to compare this game most favorably to Diablo, and there are some distinct parallels there, but at least in Diablo/II/LoD
    Diablo/Baal actually dropped great loot. Mr. Vagina Dentata doesn't drop anything worth a shit.

    none of the bosses do

    it is really funny reading the partial conversations since I haven't beaten the game yet so I never open the spoilers.

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  • RizziRizzi Sydney, Australia.Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Shadowfire wrote: »
    tofu wrote: »
    How did you kill Mothrakk with alien guns? They move so slow!

    I think I picked up the only fast as hell alien gun... it was a sniper rifle that hit targets instantly with this lightning bolt type shot. It was pretty cool, actually.

    I picked that one up. Was pretty nice. Took forever to recharge though.

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  • ElementalorElementalor Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Shadowfire wrote: »
    tofu wrote: »
    How did you kill Mothrakk with alien guns? They move so slow!

    I think I picked up the only fast as hell alien gun... it was a sniper rifle that hit targets instantly with this lightning bolt type shot. It was pretty cool, actually.

    Heh, I picked up one of those, but it outclassed pretty quickly with a new drop. I might use it to level up eridian prof since it's the only one I've found(and now that I've learned that the prof reduces the recharge).

    Also, I'm not even done with my first playthrough and I'm psyched for an expansion. Gogo zombies!

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  • durandal4532durandal4532 Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Boss drops sucking is a good thing.

    Who in their right mind enjoyed Baal runs?

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  • ShadowfireShadowfire Vermont, in the middle of nowhereRegistered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Boss drops sucking is a good thing.

    Who in their right mind enjoyed Baal runs?

    Yea, but they should be "decent" rather than "piece of shit."

    Though I admit I used Sledge's Shotgun for a while. For around 10 levels, not much could survive it. I would have kept it for my siren too, but the shotgun she has actually does more damage in one shell than Sledge's does with both. Ultimate weapon for dropping out of phasewalk.

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  • NevaNeva Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Boss drops sucking is a good thing.

    Who in their right mind enjoyed Baal runs?

    It would be better than having the best loot chilling around a town that you can just reload over and over.

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  • IriahIriah Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    I have a revolver-shotgun. I think this alone is making the game deliver, for me.

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  • SpoitSpoit *twitch twitch* Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    I think the moral of this story
    is that there ain't no rest for the wicked
    And money don't grow on trees

    Fixed that for you:mrgreen:

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  • StericaSterica Yes Registered User, Moderator mod
    edited November 2009
    So apparently PC can tweak the files to trick the game into thinking it has extra players which boosts difficulty. Seems like it's not THAT simple, but I wouldn't mind a difficulty boost.

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  • GalielmusGalielmus Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Rorus Raz wrote: »
    So apparently PC can tweak the files to trick the game into thinking it has extra players which boosts difficulty. Seems like it's not THAT simple, but I wouldn't mind a difficulty boost.

    If anyone knows of these secrets, sharing is caring. And I'd give you a shotgun. That shoots death.

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  • StericaSterica Yes Registered User, Moderator mod
    edited November 2009
    Galielmus wrote: »
    Rorus Raz wrote: »
    So apparently PC can tweak the files to trick the game into thinking it has extra players which boosts difficulty. Seems like it's not THAT simple, but I wouldn't mind a difficulty boost.
    If anyone knows of these secrets, sharing is caring. And I'd give you a shotgun. That shoots death.
    http://gbxforums.gearboxsoftware.com/showthread.php?t=81891

    I want to stress that this has a chance to corrupt save files if done wrong. Back your save files and files that will be edited. And it looks like it doesn't even have a 100% success rate.

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  • LawndartLawndart Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    So, upgrading to Windows 7 somehow erased all my Borderlands save files, even though Steam is installed on a different hard drive than the one I installed Win7 on.

    This does not make me happy.

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  • MrDelishMrDelish Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Lawndart wrote: »
    So, upgrading to Windows 7 somehow erased all my Borderlands save files, even though Steam is installed on a different hard drive than the one I installed Win7 on.

    This does not make me happy.

    the gamesaves appear to be in the Documents folder on my Windows 7. It's probably the same as it was on Vista

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  • DehumanizedDehumanized Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Yeah, I'd check to see where your documents folder went. Borderlands save data is stored in your user documents folder/my games/borderlands/

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  • SpoitSpoit *twitch twitch* Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Yeah, there should be a Windows.old folder somewhere where it saved stuff from your previous install

    Spoit on
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  • KiTAKiTA Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    And maybe a users.old.

    edit: Unless you did a clean install / "custom" install. Then you're screwed.

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  • KiTAKiTA Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Um, god.

    10110 Cannon
    L19
    Damage 589
    Accuracy 91.7
    Fire Rate 0.4
    010011110100110101000111

    01...111 means OMG yeah, I know. It just did 30,000 damage to a lava worm's belly.

    OMG.

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  • GarthorGarthor Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    KiTA wrote: »
    Um, god.

    10110 Cannon
    L19
    Damage 589
    Accuracy 91.7
    Fire Rate 0.4
    010011110100110101000111

    01...111 means OMG yeah, I know. It just did 30,000 damage to a lava worm's belly.

    OMG.

    A pittance. Once, I shot one of those worms and did 99,999 damage.

    Seriously.

    Going for the eye on those one-eyed worms produces ORGASMIC amounts of damage.

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  • SorensonSorenson Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Neva wrote: »
    Boss drops sucking is a good thing.

    Who in their right mind enjoyed Baal runs?

    It would be better than having the best loot chilling around a town that you can just reload over and over.
    Same problem, different scope. Frankly I'm rather glad that Gearbox chose to have chests have a good chance of giving out something awesome even if it's not something you'd use instead of copying Blizzard and its bullshit boss drop percentages. The only problem is that we need some actual endgame content, and I'm with the goons in hoping for some kind of Roguelike randomly generated dungeon that just goes on and on and on and skews loot quality and value as well as difficulty the further you go.

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  • ghost_master2000ghost_master2000 Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    God garthor I love that sig. It makes me laugh no matter how many times I read it.


    Anyways, who the hell is the bitch broadcasting to you? Is that tannis or what?
    Sorenson wrote: »
    Neva wrote: »
    Boss drops sucking is a good thing.

    Who in their right mind enjoyed Baal runs?

    It would be better than having the best loot chilling around a town that you can just reload over and over.
    Same problem, different scope. Frankly I'm rather glad that Gearbox chose to have chests have a good chance of giving out something awesome even if it's not something you'd use instead of copying Blizzard and its bullshit boss drop percentages. The only problem is that we need some actual endgame content, and I'm with the goons in hoping for some kind of Roguelike randomly generated dungeon that just goes on and on and on and skews loot quality and value as well as difficulty the further you go.

    Considering they had random dungeon generation in originally I don't see that being a problem.

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  • GarthorGarthor Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Anyways, who the hell is the bitch broadcasting to you? Is that tannis or what?

    A Deus Ex Machina.

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  • SorensonSorenson Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Considering they had random dungeon generation in originally I don't see that being a problem.
    Whether the stuff is still actually in the game in some kind of functional state is anyone's dive into the code, though, since they might've shitcanned it after the testers said it didn't work out too well. That and for all we know it might wind up being like Anarchy Online's random dungeons, bland blocky-ass rushfests.

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  • Houk the NamebringerHouk the Namebringer Nipples The EchidnaRegistered User regular
    edited November 2009
    goddammit man this is fucked, i can login to gamespy just fine on their website, but any attempt in-game is total failure. all ports forwarded, all that shit

    a few people on gamespy forums have the same error, with no apparent resolution. so basically, no multiplayer for me at all...

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  • StericaSterica Yes Registered User, Moderator mod
    edited November 2009
    Houk wrote: »
    goddammit man this is fucked, i can login to gamespy just fine on their website, but any attempt in-game is total failure. all ports forwarded, all that shit

    a few people on gamespy forums have the same error, with no apparent resolution. so basically, no multiplayer for me at all...
    Try Gameranger or Tunngle. Let me dig up the links.

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  • SurikoSuriko AustraliaRegistered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Installed, configured everything just so in the ini file, and having a blast with my hunter. Bloodwing <3

    But one question remains.

    Where the fuck is my antialiasing option, Gearbox? This is 200-fucking-9, I should not have to force AA through my drivers.

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  • tofutofu Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    The Unreal Engine 3 doesn't support AA and HDR using DirectX 9. No UE3 game has the option for antialiasing.

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  • StericaSterica Yes Registered User, Moderator mod
    edited November 2009
    Garthor wrote: »
    Anyways, who the hell is the bitch broadcasting to you? Is that tannis or what?
    A Deus Ex Machina.
    The matron saint of guns.

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  • SurikoSuriko AustraliaRegistered User regular
    edited November 2009
    tofu wrote: »
    The Unreal Engine 3 doesn't support AA and HDR using DirectX 9. No UE3 game has the option for antialiasing.

    Well that's dumb.

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  • ZxerolZxerol for the smaller pieces, my shovel wouldn't do so i took off my boot and used my shoeRegistered User regular
    edited November 2009
    There was talk of DX10 support (which will allow native AA), but I guess that fell through. I mean we shouldn't have to forward ports for p2p multiplayer setup either, since udp hole punching has been around since forever. But you know, you take what you can get, I guess. Just how things work nowadays.

    I've suspended my play until one of my friends has the opportunity to catch up in this game, because running through new areas without him seems criminal. The loot is getting ridiculous now, goddamn.

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  • tofutofu Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Such is the price of performance.

    edit: There's an option in the ini to enable DX10 but as far as I can tell it doesn't do anything

    tofu on
  • FrederickDyversFrederickDyvers Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    I would love to become a part of a world of borderless wangs. Steam ID is FrederickDyvers, as is the Gamespy ID.

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  • Commissar DemosthenesCommissar Demosthenes Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Man, Gamespy sucks.

    Good thing my friends and I use hamachi. Wouldn't work with anything but 1.0.1.5 though

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  • ElKaboomElKaboom Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Uh...the pictures in the OP detailing the New Haven chest loop are borked.

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