Borderlands

[Meow]

You know that gun a random generated base on 4 or more elements is what I herd. I wonder if it's true.

[Phineasfool]

You know that gun a random generated base on 4 or more elements is what I herd. I wonder if it's true.

I haven't got one myself, but have read several people mention they got a gun that randomly shoots each element.

[Bod]

I found 2 orange weapons in here ...

[Mat]

You know those encrypted avatars, like the one someone on this forum has/had? The black and white ones that are heavily pixelated with squares in the corners?
I saw one of those on one of the pamphlets for the false religion. I wonder what it says?

[Orangy Tang]

You know those encrypted avatars, like the one someone on this forum has/had? The black and white ones that are heavily pixelated with squares in the corners?
I saw one of those on one of the pamphlets for the false religion. I wonder what it says?

Was it a QR Code? Not seen them myself but if you can get a pic of it then there are apps that can decode them.

Edit: Actually it looks like it's already been decoded and just takes you to the official site.

http://twitter.com/leegoodbrand/statuses/5153780076

[Mat]

Aww, that's a shame, they could have done something a lot more interesting with it.
Still, quite nifty all the same.

Edit: Oh yeah, and I'm loving the game, although I haven't had any incredibly outrageous weapons yet and I'm near the end.
But playing as a Berserker Brick is just too much fun. It's like being in control of one of Serious Sam's headless bombers

[Orangy Tang]

Well, if you are on your skill tree screen, you can move the cursor onto the "artifact", and click it. Then you will get a menu where you can define which one you want active.

Aye, I've just figured that out, ta. Sounds like you're at the same bit as me - I've also just picked up "The Spy" and it's my favorite vanilla SMG now. Oddly even in co-op the gun that both players get can vary in stats quite a bit. I've got quite a collection of effect-based SMGs (shock, fire, corrosive, explosive) but I've not found any good ones for a while so their damage is way down at the moment. Still, I've got a x2 corrosive which although only 25 damage (vs. Spy's 40) is still pretty good due to the side-effects.

Been finding quite a few class mods too, although I wish it showed them on the skill tree so you could see exactly what you've built.

Those elemental effects are much more important than the base damage.

I'm not too sure about that - it seems to vary depending on the type of weapon (plus whether it's a x1, x2, etc.). For instance my flaming sniper with a base damage of 140 isn't as good as a vanilla sniper with a base of 200 (partly because when you're sniping you want someone to go down right away, not burn out over the next ten seconds).

I suspect that there's at least as many 'hidden' stats for each weapon as there are visible ones, which are only sometimes hinted at in the text description. Similarly for shields, where I've had two with the description "very slow health regen" with wildly different rates when actually used.

[Mat]

They could really have done with adopting the quick-compare system from Diablo II / Torchlight in that respect. It's very fiddly trying to compare the attributes of a weapon, and when some special abilities are hidden behind cryptic text, it's even more annoying.

I just remembered though, I do have one pretty cool sniper rifle, an orange "Volcanic" one, which sets people on fire and makes them dance

[Orangy Tang]

I dunno - I quite like that some of the internal attributes are hidden - having everything visible makes things a little too clinical and removes a certain amount of fun from experimentation. The numbers allow you to do a broad classification, but beyond that you need to take things for a test drive and see how they actually handle in combat.

[Bod]

Bugger! I'm on the very final stage now. I have managed to finish all the other missions along the way (to prolong the enjoyment) and also fix all the little robots too.

I have a nice arsenal of 8 weapons that I keep which covers pretty much everything I need to kill most adversaries with one or two shots.
I found this weapon along my travels ...



... and thought it would be a certain keeper, but it turned out to be pretty crap (surprising for a damage rating of 886!).

I'm looking forward to a bit of multi-player action on my second play-through, and also the chance to try out the other charcters (as I've only tried Lilith so far!).

[Meow]

I think it's because the right stick controls the gun direction as well as the wheels, so one moment the wheels turn and the next they point forwards and the turret's turning instead.

I have no issues. The trick is to look where your going before you move.

It's reversing I'm having trouble with.

Works the same way. Move the camera so you can see the front. if you push the stick to full reverse. It will swing the vehicle to left or right and then all you do is push forwards and you can turn around very quickly.

[PVB]

It's reversing I'm having trouble with.

Works the same way. Move the camera so you can see the front. if you push the stick to full reverse. It will swing the vehicle to left or right and then all you do is push forwards and you can turn around very quickly.

Left or right is no good. I want to choose the direction it reverses, otherwise the vehicle might fall over a ledge (which has happened already).

[Meow]

It's reversing I'm having trouble with.

Works the same way. Move the camera so you can see the front. if you push the stick to full reverse. It will swing the vehicle to left or right and then all you do is push forwards and you can turn around very quickly.

Left or right is no good. I want to choose the direction it reverses, otherwise the vehicle might fall over a ledge (which has happened already).

Then push the stick only half way.

[Bod]

Finished my first play through yesterday, and ended up at level 37. The ending was a little odd though!
I'm gonna have a look at the other character next and see what their special abilities look like, then a bit of mult-player action is needed.

[Mat]

Finished my first play through yesterday, and ended up at level 37. The ending was a little odd though!
I'm gonna have a look at the other character next and see what their special abilities look like, then a bit of mult-player action is needed.

Regarding the ending, this guy on another forum I visit wrote the funniest thing about it:

Wait, I think I finally understand the plot of this game.

Spoiler: show

You spend large amounts of time and effort to open some magical vault full of wonderful treasures. The whole time other men are trying to beat you, and some woman is telling you what to do. When you finally get the vault open, it's treasures are not nearly as nice as promised, and it smells a bit like seafood.

It's a metaphor for sex.