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OCNewbie

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And I havent been able to solo any of the raid bosses yet. I am trying to get my Salvador over-levelled and go back to normal difficulty and beat some of them in the DLC. Just uses up your eridium too fast if you keep dying against them.

Really fun game though, I agree. I probably have more hours into this game than any other I have played.

Do you have the Torgue DLC? All you need for Salvador to wreck most anything is a Double Penetrating Unkempt Herald for your main hand, and then a slag Rubi for the offhand (and a decent skill layout). The DPUH does insane damage, especially on slagged targets, and with that insane damage, when you're Gunzerking, with Rubi in the offhand, you'll get insane healing.
 

zinfamous

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Jul 12, 2006
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Do you have the Torgue DLC? All you need for Salvador to wreck most anything is a Double Penetrating Unkempt Herald for your main hand, and then a slag Rubi for the offhand (and a decent skill layout). The DPUH does insane damage, especially on slagged targets, and with that insane damage, when you're Gunzerking, with Rubi in the offhand, you'll get insane healing.

does Rubi drop anywhere other than from Moxxi after the rakaholics mission? Seems a bit tough to get a slag version if you have such a limited chance at it.
 

zinfamous

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Different strokes. I'm seriously decoupled from the character as a character or separate entity. Last time I played through Fallout New Vegas I created a female character intending to play a different style, but of course I played the same old style I always play. Couple of times I've caught myself thinking "Damn it, who's that whiny bitch crying out through every fight?" After looking around, I'll realize it's me.

Back when I used to play third person games I've actually caught myself just watching my motionless character, waiting for it to move, or else wondering why that idiot isn't fighting back. I just cannot relate to video game characters; I just react and think tactically without any real awareness of the character. On the other hand, I catch myself giving food and water to followers, even though I know they don't need either. And my wife laughed at me for replaying an hour of gameplay after a glitch caused Dogmeat to get stuck in a room and I refused to just leave him there and create another via the console. "Yes, dear, I do know he's not real. Doesn't mean I'm gonna be a dick and just leave him there alone."

If there's ever a Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Video Game Animals & Followers, I'm there, even though I literally could not care less what other players do with the same characters. Life's too short to be a dick just because there are no consequences.

LoL!

I have a similar issue of playing the same type of character over and over, despite my attempts to try a new style on another playthrough. Fallout games? I don't think I can ever go through one with out better criticals and the various sniper traits.

as for first person--I think I just get claustrophobic. Especially with games like ES where you're trying to swing a sword at something.

There is also the association with how so many FPS stem from Doom/CoD type games and playstyle and that never really appealed to me.
 

OCNewbie

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does Rubi drop anywhere other than from Moxxi after the rakaholics mission? Seems a bit tough to get a slag version if you have such a limited chance at it.

There's a way to cycle the quest repeatedly (by copy protecting your save game, and just reloading the character at the point where you're ready to turn in the quest, then do that over and over). Or you can use a modding program if you just wanna take your existing Rubi and change it into a slag Rubi (if you're ok with that).
 

zinfamous

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There's a way to cycle the quest repeatedly (by copy protecting your save game, and just reloading the character at the point where you're ready to turn in the quest, then do that over and over). Or you can use a modding program if you just wanna take your existing Rubi and change it into a slag Rubi (if you're ok with that).

Ah, figured something like that.

I've been copy protecting when I use the Shift keys every once in a while, as I don't yet have a level 61 and want to save them.
 

Aikouka

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These are limited redemption, so get 'em while they're hot!
 

Carfax83

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Question, but with all of the DLC and the increased level cap, is it possible for Axton to have Double up, Gemini and Longbow on his turrets?

Wouldn't that be insanely powerful?
 

Aikouka

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Question, but with all of the DLC and the increased level cap, is it possible for Axton to have Double up, Gemini and Longbow on his turrets?

Wouldn't that be insanely powerful?

That's pretty much how the original Borderlands ended up when the level cap went from 50 to 69. Talents were nearly meaningless, because you could get almost all of the good talents. I was under the impression that they were going to try and avoid this in Borderlands 2, but that doesn't appear to be the case. Personally, I'd love to see some new, higher-tier talents.
 

zinfamous

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These are limited redemption, so get 'em while they're hot!

Wow--still working ~4 hours later! this never works for me!

thanks man.
 

zinfamous

No Lifer
Jul 12, 2006
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That's pretty much how the original Borderlands ended up when the level cap went from 50 to 69. Talents were nearly meaningless, because you could get almost all of the good talents. I was under the impression that they were going to try and avoid this in Borderlands 2, but that doesn't appear to be the case. Personally, I'd love to see some new, higher-tier talents.

seriously: add some more skills at the end of each tree and buff the master talents a bit instead of creating the god-awful materia-style situation.

but, who am I kidding? it's still fun to murder bandits in various overpowered ways....
 

Carfax83

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That's pretty much how the original Borderlands ended up when the level cap went from 50 to 69. Talents were nearly meaningless, because you could get almost all of the good talents. I was under the impression that they were going to try and avoid this in Borderlands 2, but that doesn't appear to be the case. Personally, I'd love to see some new, higher-tier talents.

So what is the level cap right now anyway, with all the of the DLC of course?
 
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Do you have the Torgue DLC? All you need for Salvador to wreck most anything is a Double Penetrating Unkempt Herald for your main hand, and then a slag Rubi for the offhand (and a decent skill layout). The DPUH does insane damage, especially on slagged targets, and with that insane damage, when you're Gunzerking, with Rubi in the offhand, you'll get insane healing.

Yea, I have the Torgue DLC, but dont have either of those weapons, at least at a level that my Salvador can use. I have a level 50 Maya and Zero, but my Salvador is only in the low 40s.
 

zinfamous

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Yea, I have the Torgue DLC, but dont have either of those weapons, at least at a level that my Salvador can use. I have a level 50 Maya and Zero, but my Salvador is only in the low 40s.

Rubi is obtained in TVHM at around level 40 or 43, I think. That one isn't going to kill stuff, but it will keep you alive.

The mission becomes active right after
You return from Wildlife Exploitation Preserve Story mission
.

It's Rakaholics Anonymous--just give the booze to Moxxi, instead of Mordecai, and she gives you Rubi.
 

Tempered81

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Anyone playing on PC with an AMD Video card who is interested in seeing the full PhysX effects enabled send me a PM & I will help you set it up.

Start by opening:
My Documents\My Games\Borderlands 2\WillowGame\Config\Willowengine.ini

Change these two lines, or add them to the bottom & save the file.

PhysXLevel=2
MaxParticleResize=512

To turn it off, change PhysxLevel 2 to PhysxLevel 0
 

Sable

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Anyone playing on PC with an AMD Video card who is interested in seeing the full PhysX effects enabled send me a PM & I will help you set it up.

Start by opening:
My Documents\My Games\Borderlands 2\WillowGame\Config\Willowengine.ini

Change these two lines, or add them to the bottom & save the file.

PhysXLevel=2
MaxParticleResize=512

To turn it off, change PhysxLevel 2 to PhysxLevel 0
The physx looks rubbish anyway.
 

zinfamous

No Lifer
Jul 12, 2006
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Anyone playing on PC with an AMD Video card who is interested in seeing the full PhysX effects enabled send me a PM & I will help you set it up.

Start by opening:
My Documents\My Games\Borderlands 2\WillowGame\Config\Willowengine.ini

Change these two lines, or add them to the bottom & save the file.

PhysXLevel=2
MaxParticleResize=512

To turn it off, change PhysxLevel 2 to PhysxLevel 0

will this kill my 5850?

:hmm:
 

Aikouka

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Nov 27, 2001
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From what I've seen, most people that force PhysX while using an AMD card still have a NVIDIA card to handle the PhysX. It doesn't take a hefty card to handle PhysX alone, but it requires a little tinkering to make the two things "play nice."

Also, I have MOAR KEYS!
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kingcold9

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Had Physx on with my 6950 for awhile but all of the Physx stuff is handled by your cpu, works alright unless your around any kind of liquid, then its just awful, makes the entire game slow to a crawl.
 

zinfamous

No Lifer
Jul 12, 2006
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From what I've seen, most people that force PhysX while using an AMD card still have a NVIDIA card to handle the PhysX. It doesn't take a hefty card to handle PhysX alone, but it requires a little tinkering to make the two things "play nice."

Also, I have MOAR KEYS!
K3CBT-CRKR6-CB9BT-T3TBJ-595J3 (3 Keys - Source - Active through 8/27)
WB5TT-JFCXX-CBS33-TTTBJ-JJ95B (3 Keys - Source - Active through 8/27)

woot, thanks!

Finally unlocked UVHM and now ready for some DLC, I suppose--yes, I haven't ventured into any of it yet, for fear of locking them into underleveled mobs (or something like that--not sure if it still does this.)

That being said, should I just start them in TVHM, assuming they are all now scaled to level 50 and if so or not, is there a recommended order to do these, kinda like with BL1? (Claptrap first, then Knoxx last). ...I suppose order of release. I'll try to figure out what that order is...

I engaged Terramorphous for about 1 minute. ...I think I'll come back to that later :hmm:
 
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