Borderlands 2 release date and preorder

[MetalMat]

The assault rifle just feels like a wannabe cross between the smg and the sniper rifle. It does not have enough accuracy,too much recoil & too little damage to be a good long range option. It does not have the rate of fire to be great at medium-short range like the smg.

 

[KevinCU]

What Assault Rifles did you like in the original? I thought very few were even worthwhile to use.

Of the top of my head I had an Ogre and a Raven that served me very well. If the explosive rounds in BL2 were like that of the Ogre (same velocity as normal rounds with instant explosion) then I'd probably just use an explosive AR in BL2 but unfortunately that is not the case. I'll try to start BL1 up later and look at my specific AR stats.

 

[Aikouka]

Of the top of my head I had an Ogre and a Raven that served me very well. If the explosive rounds in BL2 were like that of the Ogre (same velocity as normal rounds with instant explosion) then I'd probably just use an explosive AR in BL2 but unfortunately that is not the case. I'll try to start BL1 up later and look at my specific AR stats.

Have you tried using the explosive Assault Rifles against targets that don't move much? I find their damage to be great against armored targets like Nomads (shielded especially), Goliaths or Badass Varkid. I still use it against smaller bandits, but they jump around a lot, which makes it significantly harder. Sometimes, I treat the AR a lot like my Double Anarchy in Borderlands 1, which probably isn't a good idea (it works though ). The AR takes awhile to spool up, and doesn't reload nearly as fast as the Anarchy gun did.

I actually need to find a new Sniper Rifle. I have a DAHL one that fires in burst while zoomed in (i.e. almost all the time). It doesn't matter in most cases, but it's terrible in arena fights. I simply waste too much ammo, and I'm way too restricted to be able to easily get more. However, that SR can be deadly against those stupid Crystalisks. Those things can really deal a lot of damage, but are taken down fast by sniper bullets to their legs.

 

[cmdrdredd]

Here's a few weapons I have so far.

 

[Qbah]

I found this AR just when I hit 21

It sounds like a blaster, looks really cool too. Shoots what looks like homing light bulbs? Kinda like a plasma gun... Just red. And boy, does it rip stuff to pieces :awe:

 

[Aikouka]

Here's the Assault Rifle that I've been using a bunch. It's nothing special, but it gets the job done!

http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/558702082860203783/DE46C2AA366AD144438F8E75518FE8C5FA6C637F/

 

[yours truly]

Randy Pitchford is handing out free golden keys on twitter.

KBCJ3 KX9B6 XTBJT TT33B C9ZR3

First 10,000 get it. There probably will be more later.

Just sign up to Shift. From the title menu and then extra.

edit: they've been up for 4-5 hours so you need to be quick

 

[orbster556]

Thanks for the heads up; was able to get one

 

[gorcorps]

Randy Pitchford is handing out free golden keys on twitter.

KBCJ3 KX9B6 XTBJT TT33B C9ZR3

First 10,000 get it. There probably will be more later.

Just sign up to Shift. From the title menu and then extra.

edit: they've been up for 4-5 hours so you need to be quick

FYI for the PC folks. The game doesn't let you paste these codes like this with the spaces. You have to take out the spaces then copy & paste:

KBCJ3KX9B6XTBJTTT33BC9ZR3

Might also work with dashes instead of spaces

And thanks for the code! His posts might make me actually join twitter

 

[gorcorps]

Just saw this tweet:

Randy Pitchford ‏@DuvalMagic
@gustavrsh Season pass = 4 premium campaign DLC's for a discount. Non premium campaign DLC's are a separate thing. Just the way it is.

In response to:

@DuvalMagic I like DLCs as expansion packs, but microtransactions for minor DLCs sucks! I bought the Season Pass, which should mean ALL DLCs

That's kind of a bummer. Sounds like they're going to nickle and dime more stuff that isn't even included in the season pass. It might be non-story related stuff but that's still a poor move IMO.

 

[Aikouka]

It will be things like extra classes (if they do more after the Mechromancer) and things like the Creature Slaughter Dome.

 

[nyker96]

finally made it to slaughter house round 4, this game is tough, I tried like 3 times getting pass round 3, then had to do some weapon, shield upgrades before coming back to round 4. Did the lost medicine quest that gives you a shield at the end, and it really helped a ton.

Anyone here got through the slaughter house all the way to round 5?

 

[OCNewbie]

Is there a way to redo failed missions? I know I was able to do that once, but maybe that was for a story quest. I tried a timed quest that I had to deliver, or retrieve (not sure which) 4 or 5 arms for Ned from various mailboxes, and I wasn't really even close to making it. It said failed, but I didn't see how I could redo it.

 

[TheKub]

Are you sure the slower firing gun wasn't firing 2 bullets per shot or something?

If it did it never listed it in the card and each shot only used one round out of the clip.

I have a DAHL one that fires in burst while zoomed in (i.e. almost all the time). It doesn't matter in most cases, but it's terrible in arena fights. I simply waste too much ammo...

I hated burst sniper rifles for this reason but I found out that if you quickly let go of zoom its possible to fire a single shot when needed.

 

[nyker96]

Is there a way to redo failed missions? I know I was able to do that once, but maybe that was for a story quest. I tried a timed quest that I had to deliver, or retrieve (not sure which) 4 or 5 arms for Ned from various mailboxes, and I wasn't really even close to making it. It said failed, but I didn't see how I could redo it.

ya u can redo as many times as u want. I did one in a earlier quest delivery mail within 90seconds. I just gone to the area first w/o triggering the quest, kill the baddies, clear the place then trigger quest and return to the place. A little tedious, but almost guranteed success w/o badies.

 

[gorcorps]

In case anybody else missed it like I did, your badass rank and all the stats you're boosting with your tokens carry over to any character you make.

 

[KaOTiK]

The ending was pretty cool, but the fight was yawn, I didn't break a sweat on any boss fights. I have a feeling the final boss fight is really cool, but since I have an insane rocket launcher that does like 23k damage, he died pretty quick.

Is there any use for eridium after getting all the upgrades and the unlock that giant thresher boss? I have nearly 60 eridium now with nothing to do with it. Gonna start a NG+ soon as finish rank 5 on the ore arena, otherwise besides that and the impossible (at this level) thresher boss I did everything in the game. Spent like 54 hours total and enjoyed it a lot.

 

[Aikouka]

Has anyone else seen that some assault rifles have disproportionately high sell values? Most of my guns are between $100 and $500... except this green AR that sells for $1500. I've had a blue sell for over $3000 in the past as well.

EDIT:

Hmm I'm finding it harder to choose which shield I like. I kind of like the Amp shields as a Siren. They work really well when you're fighting a lot of guys with things like Kinetic Reflection + Inertia as it keeps your shields up during combat, which lets you use the Amp Shot more often. Although, I find myself gravitating back to the high capacity shields that reduce your health.

 

[OCNewbie]

How long does an unmodified (no skills extending it) Phaselock last? If you just cast it on an enemy and wait for it to wear off?

 

[Aikouka]

How long does an unmodified (no skills extending it) Phaselock last? If you just cast it on an enemy and wait for it to wear off?

I tested it out on a random mob and I got 7.5 seconds with +2 seconds from talents. So, 5.5 seconds unmodified. That seems oddly nonuniform, so let me try it a few more times.

EDIT:

That's not correct. I was not timing it properly as I was starting it as soon as I hit F which added some extra time. It appears to be 7 seconds or 5 seconds unmodified. However, there also appears to be reduced durations. I recorded numerous times where I only had a 5 second duration, so I spent a little more time looking at that. There appears to be diminishing returns on casting Phaselock on the same enemy in tandem. I'm not sure what the cooldown period is in between to return to full duration, but I saw my duration drop to 4 seconds modified when phaselocking the same Bullymong two times in a row.

 

[acx]

Has anyone else seen that some assault rifles have disproportionately high sell values? Most of my guns are between $100 and $500... except this green AR that sells for $1500. I've had a blue sell for over $3000 in the past as well.

EDIT:

Hmm I'm finding it harder to choose which shield I like. I kind of like the Amp shields as a Siren. They work really well when you're fighting a lot of guys with things like Kinetic Reflection + Inertia as it keeps your shields up during combat, which lets you use the Amp Shot more often. Although, I find myself gravitating back to the high capacity shields that reduce your health.

There are several types of assault rifles. The highest selling ones are grenadier versions. These are actually grenade launchers that use rifle ammo for grenades.

So far the types of guns that use rifle ammo are:
1. Grenadier (grenade launcher, travels in an arc)
2. Rocketeer (shoots mini rockets, travels slow and straight)
3. 3x bullet (fires 3 bullets at a time)
4. 2x bullet (fires 2 bullets at a time)
5. single shot (not semi auto need to press trigger to fire each time)
6. single shot (full auto)

 

[Aikouka]

There are several types of assault rifles. The highest selling ones are grenadier versions. These are actually grenade launchers that use rifle ammo for grenades.

Hmm unfortunately, I already sold the assault rifle so I can't look it up. I do recall that it was a Jakobs gun and I believe most of the assault rifles with high resale values were also Jakobs brand.

 

[Demo24]

Anyone have any info on when a patch might come out? I have the do no harm bug so if can't complete the quest and it annoys me.

I know there's a fix coming, just wondering when.

 

[cytoSiN]

Anyone have any info on when a patch might come out? I have the do no harm bug so if can't complete the quest and it annoys me.

I know there's a fix coming, just wondering when.

"Soon." Keep an eye on this thread, in particular post #38, over at the Gearbox forums for details.

 

[Daverino]

Here's the Assault Rifle that I've been using a bunch. It's nothing special, but it gets the job done!

http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/558702082860203783/DE46C2AA366AD144438F8E75518FE8C5FA6C637F/

That's very similar to the gun I use and love. The Torgue gatling rifles are amazing in close and have good accuracy at a distance. Explosive bonus damage is great. I love the gun so much I switched my soldier to the Torgue company uniform.

In case everyone didn't know, the guns that have that triple barrel will shoot fully auto at an accelerating rate. You can single fire easily, but if you hold down the trigger it will shoot faster and faster. It will vaporize anything up close.