Borderlands 2 release date and preorder

[Hinda65]

That's sucks...But it doesn't sound like its completely ruled out....just shelved for now?

"When you think of what Borderlands 3 should be, it should be massive," Pitchford said. "It should be bigger and better than Borderlands 2. It should carry forward the story. ... We don't know what [Borderlands 3] is yet. We can imagine what it must achieve, but we don't know what it is yet."

That sounds like there is a chance, but I hoping they would already be half way done with it....: /

anyways...more DLC for BL2 it sounds like??....I didn't know that was in the works

 

[bguile]

NO BORDERLANDS 3!!!!!!!!!!! >:-(

WORST. NEWS. EVAR.

http://www.polygon.com/2014/2/14/5411514/borderlands-3-homeworld-new-gearbox-software-games

Yes I'm looking forward to the Telltale borderlands game but to flat out say no B3 is pretty disappointing.

Says he's doesn;t want to take the piss like Valve with H3 but there's a better way to do that. JUST MAKE THE DAMN GAME!

Rubbish.

Not really.

If they were working on 3, it'd not be a game I'd buy on day 1 at this point.

While Borderlands 2 is a great game, and I still play it regularly (1400+ hours about now), they need to rethink alot of things in order to give 3 the justice it deserves.

Matchmaking sucks, the healthgate mechanic needs to be re-examined and redone, the way they do dlc's and tie them into the game is confusing, some of the skill trees are either down right broken from the start, or quickly become useless in the higher difficulties, they need to do instanced loot, as well as rethink drops/loot in general since everyone seems to cheat after awhile, guns are not as interesting as 1, too many damn currencies, etc.


Better if they learn the capabilities of the new consoles with their IP's that are under development and then apply that for borderlands 3.

 

[bguile]

That's sucks...But it doesn't sound like its completely ruled out....just shelved for now?

"When you think of what Borderlands 3 should be, it should be massive," Pitchford said. "It should be bigger and better than Borderlands 2. It should carry forward the story. ... We don't know what [Borderlands 3] is yet. We can imagine what it must achieve, but we don't know what it is yet."

That sounds like there is a chance, but I hoping they would already be half way done with it....: /

anyways...more DLC for BL2 it sounds like??....I didn't know that was in the works

They said there would be no more DLC for BL2 after the last head hunter packs. Something about approaching limits on how much more they can add. Something to do with the older consoles memory limitations I think.

Or they could be lying.

 

[Hinda65]

They said there would be no more DLC for BL2 after the last head hunter packs. Something about approaching limits on how much more they can add. Something to do with the older consoles memory limitations I think.

Or they could be lying.

Ya...looks like one more w/raid boss...according to IGN

http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/02/13/final-borderlands-2-dlc-announced

 

[Hinda65]

Oh, is this the patch that finally fixes Cataclysm tree for Siren?

haha! yeah, that was a joke.

but they did patch the "Deal with the Devil" : o

 

[frozentundra123456]

NO BORDERLANDS 3!!!!!!!!!!! >:-(

WORST. NEWS. EVAR.

http://www.polygon.com/2014/2/14/5411514/borderlands-3-homeworld-new-gearbox-software-games

Yes I'm looking forward to the Telltale borderlands game but to flat out say no B3 is pretty disappointing.

Says he's doesn;t want to take the piss like Valve with H3 but there's a better way to do that. JUST MAKE THE DAMN GAME!

Rubbish.

That is *extremely* disappointing news. BL3 is one of the few sequels that I would look forward to, much more so than another COD or BF game. Even the end of BL2 when all the vaults open up seems like they were setting up for a third game. I love the Telltale Episodic Sam and Max games, but otherwise they have not appealed to me. It is an easy way to bilk money out of you a bit at a time I guess, without having to really craft a full scale game. As for more DLC, in general I have been disappointed in the DLC except for Tina Tina's.

 

[zinfamous]

but they did patch the "Deal with the Devil" : o

yeah, assholes.

they also fixed the digistruct glitch that allowed you to jump straight to OMGWTF and farm him all you wanted.

I mean, yeah, that was pretty terrible glitch, but it allowed us solo players to farm endlessly without the pain of an entire, nearly impossible OP 8 run each time we wanted to kill that dude. :\

 

[KeithP]

Shift codes, 5 keys each from Twitter:
CJKBB-ZS366-WTSJ3-JJ33J-FTFFF
CT53T-3BK6F-5TSB3-BJTBT-ZB36K
53WTB-CTKXF-K3S33-3BT3T-BWWK9

-KeithP

 

[Qbah]

After this latest patch, Krieg's RtB doesn't always trigger properly... I have the warning indicator flashing next to my HP meter, I use the action skill and he changes into the regular psycho... no HP regen, no skill cooldown after it ends. It happened multiple times to me, within one area - VERY annoying on UVHM! Died a few times because of that D:

 

[zinfamous]

After this latest patch, Krieg's RtB doesn't always trigger properly... I have the warning indicator flashing next to my HP meter, I use the action skill and he changes into the regular psycho... no HP regen, no skill cooldown after it ends. It happened multiple times to me, within one area - VERY annoying on UVHM! Died a few times because of that D:

worry not! It will be fixed...never.

 

[Rezident]

NO BORDERLANDS 3!!!!!!!!!!! >:-(

WORST. NEWS. EVAR.

http://www.polygon.com/2014/2/14/5411514/borderlands-3-homeworld-new-gearbox-software-games

Yes I'm looking forward to the Telltale borderlands game but to flat out say no B3 is pretty disappointing.

Says he's doesn;t want to take the piss like Valve with H3 but there's a better way to do that. JUST MAKE THE DAMN GAME!

Rubbish.

Very surprising but I hope they will take their time and do it properly. BL2 definitely merits a sequel. It has some of the best DLC I've come across so far

 

[KeithP]

Another code from Twitter, 3 keys good through 2/24:

C3WBB-W3BRR-5J6WB-3JJJJ-35ZKZ

-KeithP

 

[KidNiki1]

more facebook keys:

KTK3J-JWT6X-KB65T-3JJ3J-WHBRT

good for three keys through 2/24

 

[Skott]

Sounds like they plan to do BL3 later on when they finish other stuff. I'm okay with that. I love the series but can wait until they figure out what and how the game should be. At least they are upfront about it unlike Valve.

 

[Rezident]

Cheers for the key codes guys.

 

[frozentundra123456]

So this question just hit me the other day after many, many hours of play. Do the increased health mods really help, or is the damage from the really tough enemies a percent of you health, so that if you have a lot of health, you just get damaged more?

I have a big health bonus from the badass points, and also usually use a health increasing relic. Would I be better off with some relic other than the one that gives you a health bonus?

 

[OCNewbie]

So this question just hit me the other day after many, many hours of play. Do the increased health mods really help, or is the damage from the really tough enemies a percent of you health, so that if you have a lot of health, you just get damaged more?

I have a big health bonus from the badass points, and also usually use a health increasing relic. Would I be better off with some relic other than the one that gives you a health bonus?

Do you know about health gating? Sometimes it doesn't matter if you have 50k hitpoints or 50 hitpoints, you'll never be able to be one-shotted if you're over 50% health.

 

[frozentundra123456]

Do you know about health gating? Sometimes it doesn't matter if you have 50k hitpoints or 50 hitpoints, you'll never be able to be one-shotted if you're over 50% health.

Yea, I have heard it is part of the game, but I dont really understand how it works exactly. That is why I asked the question about if increasing your hitpoints really matters that much.

 

[Gonad the Barbarian]

I think it helps, especially if you have any health regen based on total health like Axton's Able skill or can recover large amounts quickly from Moxxi weapons. Health gating keeps you from being one-shotted if you're over 50% health, but the higher your health the more hits you can take and stay above that point. Health gating really comes into play when you use a turtle shield to get very (very) low health and use some regen to keep ticking up over that 50% point after every hit.

Edit: To your original question, offense is generally better than defense (killing things faster is also damage mitigation) in this game so trades of health for damage are generally worth it.

 

[zinfamous]

Yea, I have heard it is part of the game, but I dont really understand how it works exactly. That is why I asked the question about if increasing your hitpoints really matters that much.

some will try to keep their health as low as possible, due to the health gating strategy.

in UVHM, total health really doesn't matter all that much, as 2 shots will kill often you, regardless. And the lower the health, the quicker the healing you get from Rubi. ...eh, IIRC, that is.

 

[Gonad the Barbarian]

All Moxxi weapons heal a % of damage dealt so it's not affected by total health.

A Rubi plus 4x Magic Missile or other grenade is a good way to get a whole bunch of health back. Think of a lot of hitpoints as a big jar to put it all in. At least that's how I approach my Axton for UVHM. But he still gets an explosive relic over one that adds even more hitpoints. Because the sooner something is dead the sooner it stops damaging you.

Outside of certain scenarios when you can get your total HP low enough and your HP regen high enough that you're back above the 50% where the second hit that would've killed you now won't I wouldn't look at healthgating as a proper substitute for more hitpoints. Most likely it just delays your death by one hit.

 

[zinfamous]

All Moxxi weapons heal a % of damage dealt so it's not affected by total health.

A Rubi plus 4x Magic Missile or other grenade is a good way to get a whole bunch of health back. Think of a lot of hitpoints as a big jar to put it all in. At least that's how I approach my Axton for UVHM. But he still gets an explosive relic over one that adds even more hitpoints. Because the sooner something is dead the sooner it stops damaging you.

Outside of certain scenarios when you can get your total HP low enough and your HP regen high enough that you're back above the 50% where the second hit that would've killed you now won't I wouldn't look at healthgating as a proper substitute for more hitpoints. Most likely it just delays your death by one hit.

right, but if your total HP pool is lower, getting above 50% will still be quicker than with a higher health pool, right? It's not tied to the gun effects, but it still makes the gun more efficient.

say you are doing 10k damage, with Rubi giving you 1.2k healing per damage. If your health pool is 20k instead of 25k, then getting to a 10k vs 12.5k healthgate is more efficient, no?

granted, I think a lot of that is rather arbitrary and probably only useful with giant gaps in HP. Just tossing a nice Tesla grenade into a mob is going to restore pretty much any health pool in seconds.

 

[Gonad the Barbarian]

Ah yes, you're right about it getting to 50% faster. I'm just not convinced relying on lower health for health gating vs higher overall health is a profitable strategy outside of maybe melee Zero and specific farm builds.

 

[MetalMat]

So I got a bunch of the DLC (head hunters, psycho class, etc...) and what not on a super sale and jumped back into this game after a year hiatus. I gotta say it is still awesome. The Psycho class is very fun to play and I really enjoyed the Tiny Tina DLC as well as the head hunter ones ( The Halloween one was bland). Glad to see I can still find games online to jump into. For a 1.5 year old game it is still solid.

 

[Hinda65]

Ya....and there is one more DLC still to come in April w/ raid boss....I skipped all those holiday ones as I heard they were kinda blah.