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  • DranythDranyth Surf ColoradoRegistered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Ah, I'm not sure about all games, I just noticed a couple of different games people were saying 10.7s caused problems in. Plants vs. Zombies in fact wasn't able to use graphics acceleration in 10.7, it would just crash. Rolling back to 10.6 fixed it for those people anyway.

    I guess it's randomly a good thing I'm still on the 10.5s then.

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  • AthaedosAthaedos Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Got to the Roid Rage guy for the mine key and ouch. Died a bunch then stopped playing. I kind of just want to play with others rather than go level up so I can beat him =P. Fun game though, not sure if Hunter was the best choice. I like snipers and I want to be able to do massive damage with them! They all seem decent, but turning invisible would be nice.

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  • ZenitramZenitram Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Athaedos wrote: »
    Got to the Roid Rage guy for the mine key and ouch. Died a bunch then stopped playing. I kind of just want to play with others rather than go level up so I can beat him =P. Fun game though, not sure if Hunter was the best choice. I like snipers and I want to be able to do massive damage with them! They all seem decent, but turning invisible would be nice.

    Hunter is a lot of fun, just not solo. Then again I say that for every class (even playing with pubs with no mics is better than solo).

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  • KainyKainy Pimpin' and righteous Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Zenitram wrote: »
    Athaedos wrote: »
    Got to the Roid Rage guy for the mine key and ouch. Died a bunch then stopped playing. I kind of just want to play with others rather than go level up so I can beat him =P. Fun game though, not sure if Hunter was the best choice. I like snipers and I want to be able to do massive damage with them! They all seem decent, but turning invisible would be nice.

    Hunter is a lot of fun, just not solo. Then again I say that for every class (even playing with pubs with no mics is better than solo).

    Hunter is fine solo, you just have to know how to do it.

    As with any character, if you're alone, survivability has to be the first thing you beeline for. Get some health regen as quickly as you can, if you're new to the game.

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  • DranythDranyth Surf ColoradoRegistered User regular
    edited August 2010
    I'm 27 on my Hunter, entirely solo. But it's been a long time since I've played and I don't remember a lot of what I was going with. Some sniper and lots of revolvers I think. Liberal use of Nightwing since it's amazingly badass, though I don't remember what all upgrades I have for it yet.

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  • ZenitramZenitram Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    I started a new Hunter after losing my old save. I don't ever remember being this bottlenecked at the start of the game: I only have one quest I can do (Bone Head's Theft) but I'm a full two levels lower than I should be to try it. In previous games I would do all of TK's quests and the bulletin board and be ready to go fight Bone Head.

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  • CorriganXCorriganX Jacksonville, FLRegistered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Picked up the DLC i was missing while it was on sale. Time to get back into the game. Apparently my gamespy ID was taken.. even though I used it a few months back. D: No more CorriganX now my gamespy ID is HellCyrus. I've got a beginning of P2 siren i'm still working on, if anyone wants to play and gets on late nights. Working evenings sucks. :p

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  • psyck0psyck0 Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Uhhhh I also had to fight Bone Head before anything else, and he was DAMN hard. Wrecked my shit a few times before I finally killed him (during that "you must kill now or you will die" phase, too!)

    First playthrough, mind.

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  • MahnmutMahnmut Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    I still frequently die vs. Nine-Toes. SKAAAAAAAAGS.

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  • ElendilElendil Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Mahnmut wrote: »
    I still frequently die vs. Nine-Toes. SKAAAAAAAAGS.
    the trick is to kill him ASAP and steal his Clipper

    of course once I tried this and he dropped the clipper beneath the stage thing

    that was unpleasant

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  • wwtMaskwwtMask Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Mahnmut wrote: »
    I still frequently die vs. Nine-Toes. SKAAAAAAAAGS.

    He's pretty easy if you just rush at him and use your action skill to drop his shield quickly. Just don't stop moving once the skags are out, but if you get him at point blank range he dies pretty quickly.

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  • DkarrdeDkarrde Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    wwtMask wrote: »
    Mahnmut wrote: »
    I still frequently die vs. Nine-Toes. SKAAAAAAAAGS.

    He's pretty easy if you just rush at him and use your action skill to drop his shield quickly. Just don't stop moving once the skags are out, but if you get him at point blank range he dies pretty quickly.

    That, and it takes the skags a few seconds to pop out and start, um, skagging once you aggro him.

    Keep in mind they have directional damage like alpha skags -- take almost nothing from the front when their mouth isn't open.

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  • darklite_xdarklite_x I'm not an r-tard... Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    I can't remember what I was using the first time I fought nine-toes, but I was playing on my hunter and, I believe, specced pistol with a pretty nice revolver. When I went in there the skags practically dropped in two shots and nine-toes didn't last much longer. Every attempt after that seemed more difficult though and I honestly couldn't say why.

    All I know is that the hunter is one mean pistolero.

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  • OptimusZedOptimusZed Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Dkarrde wrote: »
    wwtMask wrote: »
    Mahnmut wrote: »
    I still frequently die vs. Nine-Toes. SKAAAAAAAAGS.

    He's pretty easy if you just rush at him and use your action skill to drop his shield quickly. Just don't stop moving once the skags are out, but if you get him at point blank range he dies pretty quickly.

    That, and it takes the skags a few seconds to pop out and start, um, skagging once you aggro him.

    Keep in mind they have directional damage like alpha skags -- take almost nothing from the front when their mouth isn't open.
    Anymore it seems like I kill Nine Toes before the skags even show up.

    Then I just take his gun and light them on fire and jump around until they die.

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  • farbekriegfarbekrieg Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    just grabbed this + DLC the other day and have a 24 lilith...

    I tend to shy away from multiplayer as im not particularly skilled in these here fps's, how is it for the aggrevation vs loot? is it something to do end game or are you better off going early and often to be overgeared for the regular game?

    for someone not big on the fps's im loving the style, definitely worth the 20 bucks so far (i liked the zombie expansion, the moxxis underdome chewed me up and spit me out (lvl 21 and got to the boss but he regens... bastard!)

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  • BeastehBeasteh THAT WOULD NOT KILL DRACULARegistered User regular
    edited August 2010
    it is generally better to farm gear solo if you have a patience carved of obsidian from games like diablo ii

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  • MugsleyMugsley DelawareRegistered User regular
    edited August 2010
    So I'm mildly tempted to grab this on Steam just because it's cheap. I've got way too many other games I'd play before it, but the price seems almost unreasonably low.

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  • schussschuss Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    just grabbed the DLC. Have a 29 siren, 36 soldier and 25ish mordecai. In steam as schuss. Or maybe TheSchuss. The avatar is cookie monster.

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  • CatalaseCatalase Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Bah. Australian store price went back up. Was about to pick up Zombie Island. :(

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  • envygreenenvygreen Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    So, any tips/tricks for me or any others who just picked this up on the steam sale? So far I'm digging Mordecai as a gunslinger but looking forward to a Roland or Siren next to see how they look as well.

    The one thing I've run into with my (level 3) Roland is that after Mordecai, it seems like I have to get way too close in order to kill anything. Pistols with scopes and high (85%+) accuracy seem more viable than an assault rifle! Is this just cause I haven't seen good weapons in the types I didn't focus in (sniper and pistol)?

    So far I've only played solo. Wanted to hit the weekend so that I'd have time to actually get into a session before joining the online madness.

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  • JihadJesusJihadJesus Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Until you hit lvl 5 and stqart getting skill points I think they're all exactly the same - the only variations are the weapons. I could be wrong there, but it's the skill sets that really make the difference.

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  • BlackDragon480BlackDragon480 Bluster Kerfuffle Master of Windy ImportRegistered User regular
    edited August 2010
    I'm normally not a big FPS guy, but this game has it's hooks in me.

    Started up a Mordecai, and have him up to lvl. 16 already. Thus far I've been dividing points between rogue and the Sniper skills. Bloodwing is kicking ass and taking names right now.

    Just finshed up getting the mine key in Sledge's safehouse and am preparing to rush the mines.

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  • GccPoseidonGccPoseidon Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    At level three all the characters are going to be very similar since you don't have your action skill yet. Roland is better suited to an up close play style. It's a very different playstyle then Mordecai's snipe & thin the crowd approach. I'd say until you get to level 9 or 10 do whatever works. Keep your eyes open for good shotguns, machine guns and SMGs. I enjoy my Roland character (lvl 45) the most when he's blasting people with his shotgun or just mowing them down with a bullet hose (you can get machine guns with 200+ clip when you add in his skills).

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  • NerdgasmicNerdgasmic __BANNED USERS regular
    edited August 2010
    good combat rifles are a lot rarer than good pistols, too.

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  • envygreenenvygreen Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Well that makes sense. My Mord is 11 or 12 and the others I just made, looked at the skill trees, and ran around a little with. I'll probably play them all to at least 10, just haven't had the time yet.

    I guess the character you choose may end up being a function of your preferred play style, and same for weapons it looks like. I tend to 'tap tap tap' with a semi rather than unload with a firehose, but not exclusively. Thing is, the few shotties and combat rifles and smgs I've come across with my Mordacai just seem... imprecise? I mean, I'm 15 feet away and 30% of my bullets are missing! They're still dying, but it just feels like I've either tried crap guns (couple greens and one blue so far I think) or have no skills with anything except pistol and rifle yet.

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  • NerdgasmicNerdgasmic __BANNED USERS regular
    edited August 2010
    you have to get close until you start the get the high-level shotguns with generally better accuracy.

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  • MahnmutMahnmut Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    The characters have different health totals (I think) and VERY different hitboxes. Pistols will tend to dominate the early levels because of Omnia Vincit Amor and the Clipper; you'll be comparing trash whites to kickass uniques. Shotguns do eventually take off, and you'll find some with extremely small targeting circles. Also, Roland has a skill for that.

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  • JakarrdJakarrd In the belly of OklahomaRegistered User regular
    edited August 2010
    My Roland is up to levl 22 as of last night. Thanks to Scooter, I'll never look at "ruined momma's girly parts" and not out right laugh.

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  • The Dude With HerpesThe Dude With Herpes Lehi, UTRegistered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Man I've done like every quest so many times and I still laugh at the shit scooter and knoxx and Tanis say.

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  • MahnmutMahnmut Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    "Scooter has a little... somethin-somethin he needs done! You should ask him about it!"

    You know, there is one Claptrap I might be able to shoot.

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  • PeewiPeewi Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Mahnmut wrote: »
    "Scooter has a little... somethin-somethin he needs done! You should ask him about it!"

    You know, there is one Claptrap I might be able to shoot.

    Then go talk to Scooter in New Haven and get his quest.

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  • wwtMaskwwtMask Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    It's always fun to see new people get hooked by Borderlands every time there is a sale on the game.

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  • JakarrdJakarrd In the belly of OklahomaRegistered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Yeah my roommate had picked it up awhile back so when I decided to snag it from the sale he jumped back in. May, playing with friends makes games hellabetter.

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  • DracilDracil Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Wow. Got the Mercenary mod yesterday for Lilith and now I see why people love it. My explosive SMG just tears stuff apart now.

    And you need 1 actual skill point for the +skills in mods to take effect right?

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  • EchoEcho ski-bap ba-dapModerator mod
    edited August 2010
    Dracil wrote: »
    Wow. Got the Mercenary mod yesterday for Lilith and now I see why people love it. My explosive SMG just tears stuff apart now.

    And you need 1 actual skill point for the +skills in mods to take effect right?

    Yep, one point minimum to get a bonus.

    And yes, Mercenary mod = bullet hose.

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  • kalkal Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Dracil wrote: »
    Wow. Got the Mercenary mod yesterday for Lilith and now I see why people love it. My explosive SMG just tears stuff apart now.

    And you need 1 actual skill point for the +skills in mods to take effect right?


    That is correct. Double Anarchy + Merc Mod w/ammo regen + specced into Spark,Slayer,Enforcer and High Velocity = up close and personal face melting fun. The Crits pop up like fireworks.

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  • TNTrooperTNTrooper Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Dracil wrote: »
    And you need 1 actual skill point for the +skills in mods to take effect right?

    Yeah.

    Edit: I really need to start checking for when posts are at the bottom of the page.

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  • KendrikKendrik Lewisville, TXRegistered User regular
    edited August 2010
    kal wrote: »
    Dracil wrote: »
    Wow. Got the Mercenary mod yesterday for Lilith and now I see why people love it. My explosive SMG just tears stuff apart now.

    And you need 1 actual skill point for the +skills in mods to take effect right?


    That is correct. Double Anarchy + Merc Mod w/ammo regen + specced into Spark,Slayer,Enforcer and High Velocity = up close and personal face melting fun. The Crits pop up like fireworks.

    Wait, there are Merc Mods that give Ammo Regen? *sigh* Time to go hunting. My biggest problem with Lillith is that her ridiculous fire-rate means I run out of ammo FAST.

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  • kalkal Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Kendrik wrote: »
    kal wrote: »
    Dracil wrote: »
    Wow. Got the Mercenary mod yesterday for Lilith and now I see why people love it. My explosive SMG just tears stuff apart now.

    And you need 1 actual skill point for the +skills in mods to take effect right?


    That is correct. Double Anarchy + Merc Mod w/ammo regen + specced into Spark,Slayer,Enforcer and High Velocity = up close and personal face melting fun. The Crits pop up like fireworks.

    Wait, there are Merc Mods that give Ammo Regen? *sigh* Time to go hunting. My biggest problem with Lillith is that her ridiculous fire-rate means I run out of ammo FAST.

    I didn't run into my first one until maybe in the Old Haven vendor. I just equipped a SMG that had ammo regen for a long time to regen ammo. I think the only other one I saw after that was the Dev chest on the Eridian Promontory. They aren't exactly common as far as I've found at least in PT1 even doing Armory runs.

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  • OlivawOlivaw good name, isn't it? the foot of mt fujiRegistered User regular
    edited August 2010
    So if anyone wants to play this game, I am getting back into it yet again

    Tryin' to get at least one of each class up to level twenty or so, so's I can see how they all play

    Shoot me a message on Steam and we'll shoot things together at the same time!

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