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Borderlands 2: [BUY A GODDAMN TORGUE GUN]

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  • ElendilElendil Registered User regular
    speak of the devil

    just spotted my fifth orange (across all playthroughs; found two on (19) gaige, two on (28) axton, one on (34) maya, and none on (23) zero)

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  • BountyHunterBountyHunter Registered User regular
    Heatwave wrote: »
    After finding a $50 EBGames voucher in my room, I went and bought BL2 for $19.95AU. And it came with premiere club and creature slaughter dome DLC! Yay! After watching a video of the Mechomancer, I'm soooo playing as her.

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  • The Dude With HerpesThe Dude With Herpes Lehi, UTRegistered User regular
    so what does 'gaige is the new lilith' mean?

    That gaige is overpowered and impossible to get killed?

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  • KandenKanden Registered User regular
    I don't know what you guys are talking about, I've killed the end boss 3 times for the story mission (twice on PT1 and once on PT2) and he only dropped 1 orange out of all those times. I walked back and watched everything blast out of his head after the last shot and no oranges.

  • soryuurengazansoryuurengazan Registered User regular
    Kanden wrote: »
    I don't know what you guys are talking about, I've killed the end boss 3 times for the story mission (twice on PT1 and once on PT2) and he only dropped 1 orange out of all those times. I walked back and watched everything blast out of his head after the last shot and no oranges.
    The lava/warrior picked it up first
    I once saw a Shock Conference call,and a leech(not at the same time) underneath him,i felt so sad that i couldn't reach it
    But that made me find that exploit i mentioned in the last page,so its ok
    Speaking of which,you can save right before you call in the airstrike and farm oranges with a buddy,of course they don't always drop,but they drop frequently enough


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  • BountyHunterBountyHunter Registered User regular
    edited October 2012
    Question, are there any missable rewards when playing through the game? ie, can i miss on a a backpack sdu (if a quest actually rewards it) if i get passed a certain point/quest.

    Also, with the SDU upgrades, are there any in the wild to be found/rewarded or can i spend my eridium on the black market and max out upgrades that way?

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  • chasmchasm Ill-tempered Texan Registered User regular
    If anyone on 360 has a level 50 Bee they're willing to dupe, I'll dupe my Potential Conference Call for them.

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  • chasmchasm Ill-tempered Texan Registered User regular
    @BountyHunter you'll max out your SDU completely before the end of if you do all of the side quests. Then you'll spend all of PT2 hating eridium with a burning passion because it's totally useless.

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  • King RiptorKing Riptor Registered User regular
    I gave no idea why the last boss doesn't dissolve like terramorphus. The bunker boss has that problem too. Its annoying

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  • BountyHunterBountyHunter Registered User regular
    chasm wrote: »
    @BountyHunter you'll max out your SDU completely before the end of if you do all of the side quests. Then you'll spend all of PT2 hating eridium with a burning passion because it's totally useless.


    Thanks for that. So eridium is pointless?? and all the AMMO/Backpack SDUs from the black market can be gotten from quest rewards? well thats kinda stupid.. makes me wish i didnt waste 4 eridium buying the backpack SDU when i got in Sanctuary..

    So none of the sidequests are missable right? i get really paranoid about missed "stuff" when playing these type of games.

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  • curly haired boycurly haired boy Your Friendly Neighborhood Torgue Dealer Registered User regular
    so what does 'gaige is the new lilith' mean?

    That gaige is overpowered and impossible to get killed?

    pretty much

    anarchy DPS increases PLUS a bot that kills everything PLUS a skill that refills your shields to full on-kill (we're not talking "powerful shield regen" we're talking second-wind-style full refills)

    yep, new lilith :P

    and HELLA fun to play!

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  • chasmchasm Ill-tempered Texan Registered User regular
    Nah, you get enough eridium to unlock everything on the black market before the end of PT1. Throughout PT2, eridium is completely useless.

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  • FoomyFoomy Registered User regular
    edited October 2012
    chasm wrote: »
    @BountyHunter you'll max out your SDU completely before the end of if you do all of the side quests. Then you'll spend all of PT2 hating eridium with a burning passion because it's totally useless.


    Thanks for that. So eridium is pointless?? and all the AMMO/Backpack SDUs from the black market can be gotten from quest rewards? well thats kinda stupid.. makes me wish i didnt waste 4 eridium buying the backpack SDU when i got in Sanctuary..

    So none of the sidequests are missable right? i get really paranoid about missed "stuff" when playing these type of games.

    nothing is missable. and even after you beat the end boss you can go back to anywhere to finish up quests.
    And the game will tell you if there is a quest in a zone that you havent picked up yet with a ? On the fast travel stations, Its impossible to not get all the sidequests unless you activley try to do it.

    all the sdu upgrades come from the black market, if you do all the side quests and open most of the boxes/lockers you see you get enough eridium on pt1 to get all the upgrades, so on pt2 it's useless and maxes out at 99.

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  • BountyHunterBountyHunter Registered User regular
    chasm wrote: »
    Nah, you get enough eridium to unlock everything on the black market before the end of PT1. Throughout PT2, eridium is completely useless.

    Ah i see, you dont actually get the SDUs are reward, you get eridium and get enough to unlock everything in PT1.. well at least i wont miss anything.. and ill still probably hoard eridium in hope some DLC will make use of it.. o-wait i heard they use a new currency.. :<

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  • ScosglenScosglen Registered User regular
    You won't have to hoard eridium, you will very soon hit the 99 cap and have absolutely nothing to do with it whether you want to or not.

  • The Dude With HerpesThe Dude With Herpes Lehi, UTRegistered User regular
    maybe a DLC will have some use for it.

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  • chasmchasm Ill-tempered Texan Registered User regular
    Never mind on my earlier request...got The Bee on my seventh try. Anyone want a Mechromancer Slayer of you-know-who mod?

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  • MalReynoldsMalReynolds The Hunter S Thompson of incredibly mild medicines Registered User regular
    So, I started playing this game on release, and within the second day, I don't know how, I got a level 24 Bee Shield. I did not understand the significance of it, or any other Amp shield, at the time. I sold all the other amp shields. But this was one of the few items I had in my inventory when I unlocked Claptrap's Stash, so I just shoved it in there without thinking. It's got 700 shields, +3000 damage.

    After I farmed The Bee from a quest at endgame, I realized it was a higher level of a shield I already had.

    Now Gaige has my Bee. With her bullet reflection, Anarchy stacks, and general ability to just fire a gun at the ground and kill anything at a distance, I'm impressed.

    But I have no idea where The Bee dropped at such a low level. It's by sheer, stupid luck that I stashed it in the first place; there are three white guns in the stash along with The Bee. It's like winning the stupidest lottery.

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  • chrisnlchrisnl Registered User regular
    I found my first orange on my fifth character, a level 7 orange sniper rifle when I was level 8. I was useful up until about level 16, then I got something better. I can't bear to part with my only orange right now, so it's in my bank vault just sitting there looking pretty.

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  • AthenorAthenor Battle Hardened Optimist The Skies of HiigaraRegistered User regular
    Is now when I say that I got the Bee on normal first time attacking the guy, but I didn't get an orange off the warrior?

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  • DrezDrez Registered User regular
    Topia wrote: »
    What types of weapons are you guys using as Anarchy Gaige? Using a shotgun, sometimes I still miss point plank, and my stacks have never even gotten to 100...

    Use a shotgun, and if you're playing anarchy, put 5 points into Close Enough. It gets to a point where your accuracy loss doesn't matter. I'd also suggest a shotgun with a high (greater than 10) pellet count compared to the 6 or 7 pellet count ones.

    @Drez, do you have access to Opportunity just yet? For Mad-town experience without quests, do constructor runs.

    Not yet.

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  • Man in the MistsMan in the Mists Registered User regular
    The first orange I have is the infinity pistol from Dr. Mercy. It made the Hurly Burly challenge laughably easy.

    I got my second from Boom when I was attempting to get the badass points from killing them without getting hit by Big Bertha. That's sitting in my bank right now.

  • King RiptorKing Riptor Registered User regular
    maybe a DLC will have some use for it.

    Not this next one sadly.
    Or at least none of the promotions have mentioned it.

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  • curly haired boycurly haired boy Your Friendly Neighborhood Torgue Dealer Registered User regular
    speaking of oranges, farmed a longbow Bonus Package off of boom bewm. it's a goddamn air strike. i see enemies in the distance, pop zerk, do a double teleport toss, and watch the fireworks.

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  • PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=102786006

    Speaking of nades that are fucking ridiculous. As a middle tree Gaige with boosted shock damage this little sucker is basically "See group of enemies... UNLEASH THE NADEN!" and it homes so I literally can't screw up the throw.

    Death Trap with the on kill extension of his cooldown AND bonus meele damage is ridiculous btw.

    I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.

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  • LanrutconLanrutcon The LabyrinthRegistered User regular
    Preacher wrote: »
    http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=102786006

    Speaking of nades that are fucking ridiculous. As a middle tree Gaige with boosted shock damage this little sucker is basically "See group of enemies... UNLEASH THE NADEN!" and it homes so I literally can't screw up the throw.

    Death Trap with the on kill extension of his cooldown AND bonus meele damage is ridiculous btw.

    I see what you tried there. I just don't think the material is quite there yet :P

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  • BountyHunterBountyHunter Registered User regular
    Preacher wrote: »
    http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=102786006

    Speaking of nades that are fucking ridiculous. As a middle tree Gaige with boosted shock damage this little sucker is basically "See group of enemies... UNLEASH THE NADEN!" and it homes so I literally can't screw up the throw.

    Death Trap with the on kill extension of his cooldown AND bonus meele damage is ridiculous btw.

    I am probably the only one who thinks Gaige makes things a little too easy?

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  • RofflorRofflor Adventurer Registered User regular
    I got my level 28 bee on the third kill of the guy that drops it.
    Also got the sham after farming the bunker for exp on my seventh or so kill.

    Here is to hoping im this "lucky" when I reach 2.5.

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  • DehumanizedDehumanized Registered User regular
    Preacher wrote: »
    http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=102786006

    Speaking of nades that are fucking ridiculous. As a middle tree Gaige with boosted shock damage this little sucker is basically "See group of enemies... UNLEASH THE NADEN!" and it homes so I literally can't screw up the throw.

    Death Trap with the on kill extension of his cooldown AND bonus meele damage is ridiculous btw.

    I am probably the only one who thinks Gaige makes things a little too easy?

    Tentatively agreed. I feel like the game is a little too hard at certain points with the base characters, and a little bit too easy at most points with Gaige. Need a middle ground.

  • RazalgrimRazalgrim Registered User regular
    edited October 2012
    Preacher wrote: »
    http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=102786006

    Speaking of nades that are fucking ridiculous. As a middle tree Gaige with boosted shock damage this little sucker is basically "See group of enemies... UNLEASH THE NADEN!" and it homes so I literally can't screw up the throw.

    Death Trap with the on kill extension of his cooldown AND bonus meele damage is ridiculous btw.

    I am probably the only one who thinks Gaige makes things a little too easy?

    Tentatively agreed. I feel like the game is a little too hard at certain points with the base characters, and a little bit too easy at most points with Gaige. Need a middle ground.

    That's sorta her selling point, though, isn't it? The one thing I don't like about her is how much better her skills are for boosting elemental gun damage than Maya.

    That is to say, she actually gets skills that give bonuses to elemental damage.

    I mean what the hell, fire damage on FFYL is Maya's only straight elemental gun damage boost and it's like three different levels of freaking dumb. Gearbox, why'dju even put that there.

    Edit: Oh, I just got that the theme for that is a phoenix rising from the ashes. Yeah, don't design skills based on cool-sounding themes. They usually end up doing squat in action.

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  • BountyHunterBountyHunter Registered User regular
    Razalgrim wrote: »
    Preacher wrote: »
    http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=102786006

    Speaking of nades that are fucking ridiculous. As a middle tree Gaige with boosted shock damage this little sucker is basically "See group of enemies... UNLEASH THE NADEN!" and it homes so I literally can't screw up the throw.

    Death Trap with the on kill extension of his cooldown AND bonus meele damage is ridiculous btw.

    I am probably the only one who thinks Gaige makes things a little too easy?

    Tentatively agreed. I feel like the game is a little too hard at certain points with the base characters, and a little bit too easy at most points with Gaige. Need a middle ground.

    That's sorta her selling point, though, isn't it? The one thing I don't like about her is how much better her skills are for boosting elemental gun damage than Maya.

    That is to say, she actually gets skills that give bonuses to elemental damage.

    I mean what the hell, fire damage on FFYL is Maya's only straight elemental gun damage boost and it's like three different levels of freaking dumb. Gearbox, why'dju even put that there.

    Edit: Oh, I just got that the theme for that is a phoenix rising from the ashes. Yeah, don't design skills based on cool-sounding themes. They usually end up doing squat in action.

    Personally, She is different enough than the usual Borderlands Main Characters .. that is different enough for me to want to buy her.. but at the moment she is also makes the game stupidly easy.. (like you are in fight for life.? no problem. DT will get you second wind. off he goes to find a mob *somewhere).

    Still, i like her enough that shes my second fav char (at the moment anyway).. maya is still my fav though.

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  • envoy1envoy1 the old continentRegistered User regular
    Yeah I don't know what you're talking about with the warrior. I've defeated him in-story twice and didn't get an orange either time.

  • RazalgrimRazalgrim Registered User regular
    edited October 2012
    Razalgrim wrote: »
    Preacher wrote: »
    http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=102786006

    Speaking of nades that are fucking ridiculous. As a middle tree Gaige with boosted shock damage this little sucker is basically "See group of enemies... UNLEASH THE NADEN!" and it homes so I literally can't screw up the throw.

    Death Trap with the on kill extension of his cooldown AND bonus meele damage is ridiculous btw.

    I am probably the only one who thinks Gaige makes things a little too easy?

    Tentatively agreed. I feel like the game is a little too hard at certain points with the base characters, and a little bit too easy at most points with Gaige. Need a middle ground.

    That's sorta her selling point, though, isn't it? The one thing I don't like about her is how much better her skills are for boosting elemental gun damage than Maya.

    That is to say, she actually gets skills that give bonuses to elemental damage.

    I mean what the hell, fire damage on FFYL is Maya's only straight elemental gun damage boost and it's like three different levels of freaking dumb. Gearbox, why'dju even put that there.

    Edit: Oh, I just got that the theme for that is a phoenix rising from the ashes. Yeah, don't design skills based on cool-sounding themes. They usually end up doing squat in action.

    Personally, She is different enough than the usual Borderlands Main Characters .. that is different enough for me to want to buy her.. but at the moment she is also makes the game stupidly easy.. (like you are in fight for life.? no problem. DT will get you second wind. off he goes to find a mob *somewhere).

    Still, i like her enough that shes my second fav char (at the moment anyway).. maya is still my fav though.

    Yeah, there's definitely unintended power creep in play here even taking her billed "noob-friendly" design into account. Lots of fun single point skills and less fillers than the other four characters. Better design all in all, makes the others look like chumps.

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  • IceBurnerIceBurner It's cold and there are penguins.Registered User regular
    edited October 2012
    For those still wondering about Nomads issuing commands, I've just realized that they frequently tell other bandits to "Throw Grenades!" This means the're part of the reason bandits toss so many grenades at you, with that magical near-flawless grenade-tossing range and accuracy which all bandits have.

    In short, Nomads deserve to die first.

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  • Man in the MistsMan in the Mists Registered User regular
    Fortunately, that's easy if they're Pyros. Such fragile backpacks...

  • BountyHunterBountyHunter Registered User regular
    edited October 2012
    IceBurner wrote: »
    For those still wondering about Nomads issuing commands, I've just realized that they frequently tell other bandits to "Throw Grenades!" This means the're part of the reason bandits toss so many grenades at you, with that magical near-flawless grenade-tossing range and accuracy which all bandits have.

    In short, Nomads deserve to die first.

    Hmm i did notice that superb throwing arm ... wish i can throw like that

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  • Styrofoam SammichStyrofoam Sammich WANT. normal (not weird)Registered User regular
    So Anarchy seems like its more or less a must use, but I just hate it so much.

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  • BountyHunterBountyHunter Registered User regular
    Foomy wrote: »
    chasm wrote: »
    @BountyHunter you'll max out your SDU completely before the end of if you do all of the side quests. Then you'll spend all of PT2 hating eridium with a burning passion because it's totally useless.


    Thanks for that. So eridium is pointless?? and all the AMMO/Backpack SDUs from the black market can be gotten from quest rewards? well thats kinda stupid.. makes me wish i didnt waste 4 eridium buying the backpack SDU when i got in Sanctuary..

    So none of the sidequests are missable right? i get really paranoid about missed "stuff" when playing these type of games.

    nothing is missable. and even after you beat the end boss you can go back to anywhere to finish up quests.
    And the game will tell you if there is a quest in a zone that you havent picked up yet with a ? On the fast travel stations, Its impossible to not get all the sidequests unless you activley try to do it.

    all the sdu upgrades come from the black market, if you do all the side quests and open most of the boxes/lockers you see you get enough eridium on pt1 to get all the upgrades, so on pt2 it's useless and maxes out at 99.

    perfect and concise thank you.

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