Anyone getting Borderlands?

[debaser]

level 31 now,

Assalt Rifle'in and using my new Jackobs 650 damage pistol and not much else . I've not found any of the weapons to have significant advantages over anything else. Shotgun, SMGs and Pistols require you to be a bit quicker and play more intelligently as you would expect. Rifles are all about your aim. Rocket Launchers have been the most useless so far good for taking down the odd turret and not much else.

My tip, keep yourself a corrosive weapon on hand many of the harder mobs later on are bastards to kill without one.

and I'm with the groke, there hasn't been any level gaps yet, I'm way ahead in fact I've a mass of missions which are about to become "trivial". Theres always been quests to do.

 

[Voley]

Had a go at this over the weekend on the Xbox. Very enjoyable - could be the first game since Fallout 3 to occupy huge chunks of my life. Just gotta wait for my brother to finish it so I can nick it off him.

 

[Sesquipedalian]

Had a go at this over the weekend on the Xbox. Very enjoyable - could be the first game since Fallout 3 to occupy huge chunks of my life. Just gotta wait for my brother to finish it so I can nick it off him.

I'm still wrapped up in Fallout 3,have only had it for about a month,but felt the same way when i had a quick go on this on a friends PS3.
(See my earlier posts.)

Some of the scenery looked liked it was inspired by Fallout 3.
(But i think it is a very different game.)

My opinion is only based on 60 mins co-op play.
I liked it but want to watch thread and get informed opinions.

 

[UnderOpenSky]

and I'm with the groke, there hasn't been any level gaps yet, I'm way ahead in fact I've a mass of missions which are about to become "trivial". Theres always been quests to do.

I was just being a tool and attacking the wrong bandit camp, but did it in the end after much wasted time. Bonus is that now I'm harder then I need to be for my current missions and have loads of cool looking hardware I can't use yet.

I can't believe how fast the last 3 hours have gone! Best game I've played for a while!

 

[Awesome Wells]

I had no problems at all soloing with the Hunter.

Ignored the hawk except for desperate situations and have been merrily sniper/scoped-revolver head-shotting everything in sight.

wait till you meet the guardians who move insanely quickly and are quite hard. Or even the Crimson Lancers who are a lot tougher than the mobs you will have met previously. Even having to take out turrests is a massive chore.

it's perfectly playable as a hunter, it's just the game is optimised for regular ordnance. it's not a particularly difficult game since there's no real penalty for dying as you just respawn and a lose a few bucks. But the last stand mode is just a joke for the hunter (it's not well implemented anyway).

 

[Awesome Wells]

Again - I found exactly the opposite...which is the whole point no?

Increasing your proficiency with different weapons and putting points into the various skill branches obviously gives you measurably different results.

My hunter with the additional critical hits damage, sniper-power, revolver bonuses et al is a sniping machine and my Static Law revolver takes most things my level out in a shot or two.

so was mine, it just wasn't very enjoyable when you get swarmed trying to headshot and using weapons that chamber so few bullets. Having to constantly reload is not fun.

 

[debaser]

Well.. completed and

Spoiler: spoiler

Certainly seems to share fallout 3s disappointingly awful ending as well. You reach the 'vault' for one of the easiest large monster bosses ever, comically so. I just strafed left and right for 5 minutes shooting at a critical hit spot so large and obvious you'd hit it accidentally most of the time anyway. And that's it, you don't go in the vault, the gate closes and the game ends. Or not, Its got the whole Diablo 2 (but without the length) go back and do it all again sort of thing to it except instead of difficulty level you do it with more people to up the challenge.. Won't be replaying it solo at least, might consider buying it for the coop though

A good shock damage weapon is a must 30 plus by the way!

 

[dlx1]

How much game play is there with this, play from start to finish then that it?

seen lots on ebay starting at 3quid.

 

[Voley]

Spoiler: killing bonehead

to kill bone head.... creep up and dont let him see you then climb up the ramp until you a above him , keep creeping all the way around to the back gate , you should then be able to sniper him before his killing spree starts , takes a good 20 odd shots but you get there in the end

hope that helps

Thanks for that. I've been stuck with him for a while too.

 

[UnderOpenSky]

Go visit him again after you've levelled up a bit. So satisfying to kill him in a few shots after the initial battle.

 

[Structaural]

Yeah, that's what I did. Levelled up to 10 and took a nice new shield and incendairy sniper (with a nice 2.4x zoom), was well easy

loving it

 

[Private Storm]

Played this a LOT over the weekend with a friend. Great game, really like the look and feel. Absolute ball ache to set up things so we could play a private co-op game though and there are so many little things that could be improved, but I'm sure a patch will come out soon that will rectify a lot of things.

Can't get over the feeling it is a Mad Max FPS version of four player Warcraft though.

 

[The Groke]

Absolute ball ache to set up things so we could play a private co-op game though

What format are you on? Piece of cake on XBox live...

 

[Private Storm]

What format are you on? Piece of cake on XBox live...

PC. Meant lots of fiddling with routers and ports and flux capacitors etc

Oh, and <insert obligatory"My format is better than your format" comment here>

 

[The Groke]

Heh - the only reason I bought it on Xbox over PC was that my mate here in Dubai only has an Xbox and he was the one I wanted to play with on co-op...

At least you got it working in the end eh.

 

[Private Storm]

Very true, and was worth it in the end. Was sitting there for an hour or so though thinking "Damn computer game makers, shipping damn beta products as finished products".

 

[Voley]

Go visit him again after you've levelled up a bit. So satisfying to kill him in a few shots after the initial battle.

True. I've been back and killed him three times now.

Ace game, this.

 

[Voley]

Just defeated Sledge and am now attacking bandits in a whole new level. Sledge's shotgun is fucking awesome.

 

[UnderOpenSky]

Just defeated Sledge and am now attacking bandits in a whole new level. Sledge's shotgun is fucking awesome.

I've just done that got access to the teleport system.

Wasn't that impressed with Sledges shotgun, needs reloading to often and even if you get point blank it doesn't kill everything. Havn't been impressed with any shotguns or SMGs since I passed L10, which is a shame as they are weapons to use. Rocket Launches are just pants as well, the only use I've found for one so far was to take out a turret on the way to kill sledge.

Still loving it, time just disappears when I'm playing it, which is always the sign of a great game.

 

[Voley]

Yeah you need to use that gun for close combat. It's a good one to have if you need to fight for your life for a second wind. Just picked up a rocket launcher that does 450 damage, too.

Just got into the very Mad Max-y town of Newhaven. Lots of other plotlines forming ...

It's been a godsend for me this game. I've been laid up with a knackered knee all this week so it's taken my mind off it a load. Couldn't have come at a better time, really.

 

[UnderOpenSky]

I expect to have to get to get close with a shotgun, but since it reloads so slowly, if it doesn't kill your target, your a bit fucked. Some of the shotguns earlier in the game where much more fun, getting right close to skags, then running backwards as its mates charged you felt almost doom like.

3 weapons I keep on me are a heavy machine gun for close to mid range, a revolver with sights for mid to long and sniper rifle.

I love the way it introduces characters and a bad guy called Mad Mel...inspired.

 

[Voley]

I go for a shotgun, a machine gun and a rocket launcher equipped at all times. A sniper rifle and whatever else I can carry as back up. Really love this game.

 

[Sunray]

I have 2 snipers, and 4 shot guns and I use them all. One of the shot guns shoots rockets at 210 damage, pretty quick as well.

One thing I picked up at level 13 was a small blue coloured shield that's got a price of $910 yet at level 33 I am still using it. It was 'offer of the day' in a machine. Its the only shield I've seen anywhere that has Quick health regeneration. Not had to pick up any health at any time since level 13. At only 175/35, its some way off the 665/95 shield I am carrying but that health thing gets me back to full health in about 15-20 seconds. Surely that's worth more than $910.

There is something very satisfying about the corrosive and electrocute kills.

 

[Sunray]

I got the DLC Island of Dr Ned the other day, but they have upped the level cap and its a lvl 42 area so I'm having to play the game again and holy crap I died nearly the instant I stepped out of the gate of Fyrestone! Mutha Eletro Alpha Skags all roaming about, take minutes to take down. None of this skag whelp you kick with your boot for 1xp!

The vending machine was offering me a SMG for 1.2 Million!

Hmm, this might take me a while to get close to level 42. The Island looks quite cool though.

 

[yield]

Really looking forward to this. I got this with money my folks gave me for Xmas. Zavvi are doing xbox360/PS3 for £17.95. I imagine they'll do a GOTY soon and there's talk of a sequel.

With more play what's everyones favourite class for initial solo? Any recommendations on builds?

 

[ruffneck23]

i went for siren the first time round , the invisibility its really handy when in a tight spot

 

[Sunray]

Before the new lvl I've was playing it from time to time as Brick the berserker.

The invisibility thing is OK but nothing quite like running round with lvl 4 corrosive fists and punching the shit out of everything that moves.

e2a : finally got to lvl 40 which means IoDN is just doable. I have an amazing rifle that really hammers out the damage. Well it did till I got to the Isle. At lvl 41 its the only thing that can really meat out any damage at all.

ZOMBIES everywhere. Not quite up there with l4d but fuck loads of them. I've taken a break.

e2a: This is actually a better game than the original it was an add-on to.

 

[ruffneck23]

i got the reloaded version of the dlc , done what the .nfo says but i cant seem to find out if its working , there are no clues.....

does it say its there from the menu or is there some sneaky way of adding it ?

please helping me somebody

 

[yield]

Thanks both! Only just started. Hoping to get some proper time to play on my next day off.

No idea about the dlc yet, sorry.

 

[Structaural]

Still haven't finished MW2 play-thru because I can't stop playing this. Can only play now and again, but up to lvl 25 with a wicked Brutal Masher revolver- gives me 54 x7 (but have been getting about 4300 sometimes on headshots -not sure why so high) bit like a shotgun but with range, accuracy and speed, been maxing up my gunslinger and hawk skills instead of sniper skills - seems more useful, though i've put six points in the top of the sniper tree. The exploding shotgun is well useful for bugs though
Some occasional real tough guys are appearing now and I accidently sold my healing shield dammit (it was pretty much like the one Sunray describes above, I got a replacement but it's well slow), I'm getting better at finding cover and actually remembering to send the bird out (I'm pretty pants at FPS but this game is making me much better)...