Those Pyro BA Threshers were so harsh. I had to fight 2 of them in Caustic Caverns and had to cheese them both times as one fire explosion they caused after resurfacing was a massive AoE and took me from full HP and shields to about 10% HP and no shields. Some things in PT2 just do stupid damage.
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Those Pyro BA Threshers were so harsh. I had to fight 2 of them in Caustic Caverns and had to cheese them both times as one fire explosion they caused after resurfacing was a massive AoE and took me from full HP and shields to about 10% HP and no shields. Some things in PT2 just do stupid damage.
Just got my level 50 Conference Call.. thought "meh, stats are a bit naff compared to my current", so gave it a whirl on the last boss. Most overpowered gun in the history of guns, ever 
Can now kill the last boss, at level 52, in about 1.5 seconds. Ran over to Terramorphous or whatever that Thresher is called, killed that in about 12 seconds. So broken!
Can now kill the last boss, at level 52, in about 1.5 seconds. Ran over to Terramorphous or whatever that Thresher is called, killed that in about 12 seconds. So broken!
vending machine guns are always rubbish, dont ever bother looking, they're only any good below level 10, the trouble is this game doesn't drop the loot like the last game, you only see half the guns.
the game is badly balanced, right now it's unplayable, i'm even getting slaughtered by bandits below me, it's driving me crazy, the shield goes down instantly, this 2nd playthrough is simply total Krap, i'm on level 38..... still no Acid sniper.
i'm addicted to this game, but as shooter it's so bad, it's even worst than COD
......i just dont know what's gone wrong here, some areas are ok others a nightmare, i couldn't even kill a midget sewer rat.e.g i hit a bandit with headshots... 50 rounds from a 550 fire assult rifle and he just wouldn't drop!!!!!!!!!!!! i was shouting and swearing, i almost quit the game and deleted it from Steam, i just dont know how this game gets 90%, it's nowhere near as good as Bulletstorm/ crysis 2
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The more I play this the less I'm enjoying it. Needlessly tough enemies, woeful regular loot drops and some of the side missions are harder than the story missions
I'm level 26 and seriously struggling on level 24/25 side quests which just seems ludicrous! Also struggling to find anything decent in the way of machine guns with extended clips - the first game I had an S&S rifle with over 200 clip. Biggest I've seen here is about 112 and that was 20 hours ago
Maybe I've just rolled my Gunzerker badly? Certainly not enjoying it as much as the first game though
yes, i would describe this game as very hard work, exactly as you say, it's not enjoyable at all, and you cant do the 1st playthrough again, because that's gone forever when you start the 2nd
i've found quite good 2000 damage pistols, but they dont do much against badass bosses or bandits that charge you down, you tend to die reloading.... but i have found a 2000 damage cannon rifle that wipes them all out, it fires twice as fast in zoom, the guns that i dont have are fire and acid snipers, only conventional 2600 damage ones and they're useless, it's 2 headshots to kill!
the last game was one shot on target and they didn't just die..... they exploded into bits every time, 1100 detonating cobra x3, 200% damage/ unlimited ammo..... pure heaven in your hands !
the last game was better for weapons, you used to always see Maliwan volcanoes at 600 damage on the ground, i havent seen one in all of this 2nd playthough, not one decent sniper rifle, plus my skill tree at level 38 sucks, i have nothing in his sword/melee skills and only 2/3 of the sniper area, i can only use melee to run past the enemies
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vending machine guns are always rubbish, dont ever bother looking, they're only any good below level 10, the trouble is this game doesn't drop the loot like the last game, you only see half the guns.
the game is badly balanced, right now it's unplayable, i'm even getting slaughtered by bandits below me, it's driving me crazy, the shield goes down instantly, this 2nd playthrough is simply total Krap, i'm on level 38..... still no Acid sniper.
i'm addicted to this game, but as shooter it's so bad, it's even worst than COD
e.g i hit a bandit with headshots... 50 rounds from a 550 fire assult rifle and he just wouldn't drop!!!!!!!!!!!! i was shouting and swearing, i almost quit the game and deleted it from Steam, i just dont know how this game gets 90%, it's nowhere near as good as Bulletstorm/ crysis 2
Bulletstorm was a shockingly poor game IMO, just didn't get the hype surrounding it, this is several levels above it, even with its faults.
Don't know why you are finding it so hard tbh. You could always go grind a couple of levels so you are more combative against the enemies. I've not grinded, but have done all the side quests before main quests, and with that I'm 2-3 lvls ahead so maybe that is helping.
Poor loot drops, yes, it pretty much sucks considering all the hard work, especially when you know a boss should be dropping something and 7 times in a row he doesn't drop it. That's peed me off a little.
I've noticed on those bat slinger things my shots aren't registering up close, which is annoying, I don't know why that is, it's not like it's all the time, but when you blatantly shoot one in the eyes from 2ft away and it doesn't register, well, hmmm....
Anyway made a schoolboy error, sold my trusty sniper rifle, essential as an assassin, as I got a new shiny one with better stats across the board....burst fire when zoomed, ugh. Just not needed on a sniper ffs. Gt rid of it and now with a sniper slower and less powerful than the one I sold last night which isn't available for buy back. Live and learn.
You can't start it again(why would you want to with the same character?) but you can revisit it. Just go to the change character screen.
I think Mal X's problem exists between the keyboard and the chair
Borderlands 2 plays nearly exactly the same as I remember the first, main thing thats different about this one is the better storyline...feels more immersive, other than that its not a whole lot different.
Borderlands 2 plays nearly exactly the same as I remember the first, main thing thats different about this one is the better storyline...feels more immersive, other than that its not a whole lot different.
its weird how some people are having such hard times with the game whilst others are finding it really easy!
it seems pretty balanced to me. some area's are easier and i do time from time to time but i haven't found it impossible!
it seems pretty balanced to me. some area's are easier and i do time from time to time but i haven't found it impossible!
borderlands is worst of all when they charge you at close range, they dart from side to side too quickly, especially if its two armoured psychos, you just cant wipe them out quick enough, it's hard to hold them off at range as well, because you cant kill them as they run towards you even though you're hitting them like crazy.... but you could in the 1st playthrough..
i'm not the only one complaining, there are loads online.
bulletstorm is one of the best shooters ever
... it's just far too linear and totally Redneck/retarded but it's gaming mechanics is excellent, Bulletstorm plays way better than Borderlands, you cant even begin to compare the two
there is something genuinely wrong with this 2nd playthrough, because i'm being slaughtered even by bandits below me, their health is far too high for a shooter, you dont get a warning that your shield is going down, it just goes and you think ``flipping heck he only hit me once and he's run off, i cant get second wind`` and this is all the time, the screen does not go red around the edges first as a warning, all the best games do this or similar, because in BL you just drop; the shield goes from 1500 to nothing instantly.
i'm getting killed like this every 2 mins and in every single melee fight, as soon as i get in close the shield goes, it's just rubbish, i can only win if i use extreme tactics or shoot from cover, i can not survive if i rush forward, i cant even retreat far either, because if so the bandits respawn behind me... yes, the ones i've just killed 5 mins ago, especially in that Blodshot camp, that's the worst of all, or any other undrground camp that looks similar !!!!!!!
those sewer rats are a nightmare too, they dart too much as well, i cant even see where they've gone, it's just a nightmare, i'm probably too old to play this game now, i'm too static at close range, you can only survive by throwing out a decoy to fool them or by running away, using a shot gun
i'm not the only one complaining, there are loads online.
bulletstorm is one of the best shooters ever
... it's just far too linear and totally Redneck/retarded but it's gaming mechanics is excellent, Bulletstorm plays way better than Borderlands, you cant even begin to compare the twothere is something genuinely wrong with this 2nd playthrough, because i'm being slaughtered even by bandits below me, their health is far too high for a shooter, you dont get a warning that your shield is going down, it just goes and you think ``flipping heck he only hit me once and he's run off, i cant get second wind`` and this is all the time, the screen does not go red around the edges first as a warning, all the best games do this or similar, because in BL you just drop; the shield goes from 1500 to nothing instantly.
i'm getting killed like this every 2 mins and in every single melee fight, as soon as i get in close the shield goes, it's just rubbish, i can only win if i use extreme tactics or shoot from cover, i can not survive if i rush forward, i cant even retreat far either, because if so the bandits respawn behind me... yes, the ones i've just killed 5 mins ago, especially in that Blodshot camp, that's the worst of all, or any other undrground camp that looks similar !!!!!!!
those sewer rats are a nightmare too, they dart too much as well, i cant even see where they've gone, it's just a nightmare, i'm probably too old to play this game now, i'm too static at close range, you can only survive by throwing out a decoy to fool them or by running away, using a shot gun
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Its not hard to take them down at all, the armoured psychos dont wear helmets, so aim for the head, i find a fast firing pistol or an smg works best, stand still and they run straight at you and let loose.
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Vortex grenades help to pull all the bad guys away into an area making them easier to control and kill.
he trouble is i'm getting a bit scared of the game, i see them and think ``oh no here we go``, late last night was ok because i found some good SMGs, it's the pistols that are useless... even the really big ones, because you cant get the shots on target once they start darting.
the big torturer ones with the shields are ok, its the ones that are smaller and run at you head on that do all the damage, yes i noticed the grenades seem to work but i only have 5 of them, my new shield also kills them when it depletes away, i only noticed it last night when i tried it out.... you run off turn around to fight back and they've all burned up i'll keep this shield forever, just look for more powerful versions of it
i'm a sniper only, i'm going to have to practice throwing grenades and sending out more decoys, i tend to pick a gun and start firing and continue firing only, i tend to stand my ground and shoot, this doesn't work in BL, you have to duck and dive..
you can not stand still/hide and fire from cover like you can in Crysis or R6 Vegas, or a robot will outflank you, so will a bandit and a Goliath will deffo find you, you can not hide from him in a camp at all if he knows you're already there, plus he jumps far too well, he's not the hardest to kill but he is if he's hunting only you, i dont mind fighting him, it's the small fast ones i hate
the big torturer ones with the shields are ok, its the ones that are smaller and run at you head on that do all the damage, yes i noticed the grenades seem to work but i only have 5 of them, my new shield also kills them when it depletes away, i only noticed it last night when i tried it out.... you run off turn around to fight back and they've all burned up
i'll keep this shield forever, just look for more powerful versions of iti'm a sniper only, i'm going to have to practice throwing grenades and sending out more decoys, i tend to pick a gun and start firing and continue firing only, i tend to stand my ground and shoot, this doesn't work in BL, you have to duck and dive..
you can not stand still/hide and fire from cover like you can in Crysis or R6 Vegas, or a robot will outflank you, so will a bandit and a Goliath will deffo find you, you can not hide from him in a camp at all if he knows you're already there, plus he jumps far too well, he's not the hardest to kill but he is if he's hunting only you, i dont mind fighting him, it's the small fast ones i hate
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he trouble is i'm getting a bit scared of the game, i see them and think ``oh no here we go``, late last night was ok because i found some good SMGs, it's the pistols that are useless... even the really big ones, because you cant get the shots on target once they start darting.
the big torturer ones with the shields are ok, its the ones that are smaller and run at you head on that do all the damage, yes i noticed the grenades seem to work but i only have 5 of them, my new shield also kills them when it depletes away, i only noticed it last night when i tried it out.... you run off turn around to fight back and they've all burned up
i'll keep this shield forever, just look for more powerful versions of it
so you can't hit a moving target?
well we found the problem it's your aim 
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bulletstorm is one of the best shooters ever
Maybe if you've only played like 3 shooters, it doesn't even rank in the top ten of all time.