Borderlands 2 [PS3, X360]

anybody else playing this dlc? it is hysterical and awesome, but it would be more fun with some co-op

Im only like level 37, so I keep getting my ass handed to me but its still pretty fun. Join me if you see me online
 
I played a bit of BL2 yesterday, and I forgot how much I hate timed missions. Stupid, stupid game design.
 
I played a bit of BL2 yesterday, and I forgot how much I hate timed missions. Stupid, stupid game design.

IIRC, there's a two or three timed missions in the main game, and a three in one of the expansion packs, but they are all optional. A couple of them are "race around the map" type, and the others are "kill enemies in a certain amount of time". You can skip them without any problems.

I really dislike timed missions myself, but I give 'em a go and drop them as soon as I get bored of repeating the same thing over again. There's plenty of other missions to play.
 
This particular one was in Mr. Torgue's DLC, where you need to shoot down Buzzards and collect stuff they drop before you can fight Fly Boy. I believe it's a story mission, so I doubt it's optional. The damn enemies just fly away while the time runs out. I hate that f*cking mission.
 
This particular one was in Mr. Torgue's DLC, where you need to shoot down Buzzards and collect stuff they drop before you can fight Fly Boy. I believe it's a story mission, so I doubt it's optional. The damn enemies just fly away while the time runs out. I hate that f*cking mission.

You're right, that one is a story mission.

Shoot the boxes, rather than the buzzards. They fall off much more easily than shooting down the buzzards themselves.
 
Do I also need to kill the escort Buzzards? Killing all of them is one of the check box items, so I assume it is mandatory. If not, it will be much easier.

On an unrelated note, I wanted to go back and farm the Bee shield. But Arid Nexus (where Hunter Helghast is) no longer shows up on my Fast Travel station. Is it still possible to farm this item, or did Gearbox nerf that?
 
Do I also need to kill the escort Buzzards? Killing all of them is one of the check box items, so I assume it is mandatory. If not, it will be much easier.

IIRC, I don't think so. I think that's an optional part of the mission for more XP. Just concentrate on the boxes and just go for extra buzzards if you have time.

On an unrelated note, I wanted to go back and farm the Bee shield. But Arid Nexus (where Hunter Helghast is) no longer shows up on my Fast Travel station. Is it still possible to farm this item, or did Gearbox nerf that?

It should be there, but farming it is a bit pointless as the Bee shield itself was nerfed. It was apparently a bug that it was so powerful in the first place, and Gearbox have now fixed that.
 
Thanks, BZB.

I saw a YouTube video where a guy was demonstrating the Bee. I thought he said it was post-nerf footage, but I could be wrong. The ease with which he tore through bosses made me want some of that. Is it really no longer worthwhile?
 
Thanks, BZB.

I saw a YouTube video where a guy was demonstrating the Bee. I thought he said it was post-nerf footage, but I could be wrong. The ease with which he tore through bosses made me want some of that. Is it really no longer worthwhile?

The Bee is no longer as good as it was, but it's still pretty great. Nothing bad about adding 40K damage to ever shot at level 50.

I've had the same problem with not being able to fast travel to spaces, only that was to Opportunity. If you can't fast travel to Arid Nexus, you can still enter it from the Eridium Blight. If you save and quit you'll be returned to the place where you entered the map if you reload. So you can still farm just as easily.
 
Is the new DLC worth it? I mean its pretty cheap on the psn and I haven't played BL2 in a while now.
But I haven't finished the story yet :-/ , can I play this without finishing the story? Which DLC is most fun anyway?
 
Is the new DLC worth it? I mean its pretty cheap on the psn and I haven't played BL2 in a while now.
But I haven't finished the story yet :-/ , can I play this without finishing the story? Which DLC is most fun anyway?

You need to finish the game once to be able to play the new DLC. That's also true for Hammerlock's DLC. The other two DLC's can be played during the first play through.
 
I was about to ask the same thing as I just finished the main story late last night. Not sure if I should delete the game or try out one of the dlc's.

So far the most fun I've had with the DLC is the newest Tiny Tina's one. It's a bit like the Zeds Undead Island one from BL1. It's pretty wacky and because of that it's pretty refreshing.

It also manages to indulge my fantasy about being a weapons laden killing machine that is transported into a medieval\fantasy setting and kicks orc bottom.
 
So far the most fun I've had with the DLC is the newest Tiny Tina's one. It's a bit like the Zeds Undead Island one from BL1. It's pretty wacky and because of that it's pretty refreshing.

It also manages to indulge my fantasy about being a weapons laden killing machine that is transported into a medieval\fantasy setting and kicks orc bottom.

Well describing it like that does make it appealing, I'll check it out :)
 
I've yet to try Tiny Tina's DLC, but the other DLCs have been pretty "meh" in my opinion. Nothing at all approaching the awesomeness of that Halloween-themed zombie romp in BL1.
 
I've yet to try Tiny Tina's DLC, but the other DLCs have been pretty "meh" in my opinion. Nothing at all approaching the awesomeness of that Halloween-themed zombie romp in BL1.

I loved the Dr. Zed's Island DLC, it was by far my favorite part of BL1. Tiny Tina's comes really close, if not even better. You're essentially playing as a D&D character of one of the original vault hunters, rather than a character yourself.

It has some neat little bits, like if you find a special weapons crate, you get the opportunity to roll 1D20 to determine the quality of the loot inside the chest or you can spend eridium to roll 2D20 to get an even better chance at better loot.

So far, it also seems more balanced. The main BL2 game seemed that the enemies were resistant to almost every single kind of elemental damage. So far, in Tiny Tina's, the enemies will be resistant to one kind but not more than one. Of course, I'm still early on in the game so maybe eventually they'll get stupid resistant as well.

But I will agree with Bonobo that it returns you to the feeling that if you've got the right weapons equipped, you feel like an over powered superstar. While the main BL2 campaign and the other DLC's all really took that feeling of awesomeness away for some reason.

It's also really cool that they didn't just re-name and slighlty re-jigger the normal enemies from the game. In that respect, it also really mimics Dr. Zed's, where you were battling enemies you didn't encounter in other areas of Pandora.

I highly recommend it, it's made BL2 fun again. I'm glad I bought the season package, it was worth it just for this DLC and if I hadn't bought the season package after playing the others, I probably wouldn't have paid for this one and I would have missed out.
 
Hm, sounds good. Have all dlc's so far...not impressed. But this sounds fun...maybe, but Randy is such an ass!

This one so far is really fun. It's almost like playing BL1 again. I mean, I actually found different weapons that are great and useful and get to choose what weapon I want to use based upon situation and how much fun I want to have.

As opposed to just using the same weapon the entire time for different enemies and situations.

It's really a blast. Brought back my love for Borderlands that was pretty much killed after getting to level 36 or so playing through the normal game and the various DLCs. (I didn't finish any of the other DLCs because they were boring after 30 minutes or so.)
 
This one so far is really fun. It's almost like playing BL1 again. I mean, I actually found different weapons that are great and useful and get to choose what weapon I want to use based upon situation and how much fun I want to have.

As opposed to just using the same weapon the entire time for different enemies and situations.

It's really a blast. Brought back my love for Borderlands that was pretty much killed after getting to level 36 or so playing through the normal game and the various DLCs. (I didn't finish any of the other DLCs because they were boring after 30 minutes or so.)

Thanks for the impressions. Do you know which level this DLC should be played? I have a level 50 character...which difficulty should I choose/do you play??
 
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