Borderlands 2

[Fabricated]

Individual loot would be nice now that it's sorta the standard but I only play with friends so if anyone picks up anything really awesome they usually offer it up to everyone. I have no idea how to link items however, or if it's even possible. That much would be nice.

As for travel notifications buy some fucking glasses grampa.

[Quinton]

I didn't realize that ammo and money was shared (if you pick it up everyone in the party gets it).  That removes the main pain point for me (I'm also only playing multiplayer with friends, so not terribly worried about horrible ninja looters or whatnot).

Things I haven't figured out how to do:
- take a screenshot
- mark inventory as trash or favorite (there's a loading screen tip that you can do this)

[Malakili]

You can always take a screenshot with f12 (I think, it might be f11) in anything that uses Steam.

[Megrim]

Is it wrong that I want to stand in the bar, and watch Moxxi saunter around for hours?

[Mrbloodworth]

For those of you with Nvidia cards. Bump up the PhysX Simulation. Seems to be set low by default.

[Lantyssa]

The game was acting wonky this morning.  Having trouble loading, jaggies, and other indicators of a vid card going out.  But the temperature was fine, so I don't know what's going on.  Kind of annoying.

Is it wrong that I want to stand in the bar, and watch Moxxi saunter around for hours?

No, it's not.  She even changed into purple for me.

Things I haven't figured out how to do:
- take a screenshot
- mark inventory as trash or favorite (there's a loading screen tip that you can do this)

If you mouse over the right side of an item a star appears.  Clicking on it keeps it around.  This has no effect other than making it easier to see when you're at a vendor (which is still highly useful).  I didn't know about the trash icon, but it's probably the same.

[kildorn]

I didn't realize that ammo and money was shared (if you pick it up everyone in the party gets it).  That removes the main pain point for me (I'm also only playing multiplayer with friends, so not terribly worried about horrible ninja looters or whatnot).

Things I haven't figured out how to do:
- take a screenshot
- mark inventory as trash or favorite (there's a loading screen tip that you can do this)

Favorite/Trash: mouse over the right hand side of the item, a star or red X will appear on the border. That's favorite/trash. It's also completely pointless beyond being a visual notifier as far as I can see (favorite items still show up for vendoring, etc)

edit: and PhysX is 99% awesome crap all over the battlefield. 1% "Seriously? A dude's head explodes in the same pool of goo that a barrel full of actual goo does? That's just stupid looking."

and bonus spoiler-y contextless quote!

[Mrbloodworth]

Not sure I understand your PhysX comment.

[kildorn]

Most of the physX stuff is awesome. Rocks flying around, goo spinning whenever phaselock is used, etc.

It's stupid when you headshot someone and seven gallons of red blood starts water-effecting all over the place. They just put way too much blood out of headshots and use the same modeling as the acid barrel goo.

[Ratman_tf]

Borderlands 1 seemed really sparse. Not many NPC, lots of walking around an empty wasteland, etc.
How's BL2 on that angle?

NPCs will get up and walk around and interact with you and other things, and all the areas seem relatively dense with content, from what i've seen so far.

Seems a lot better in that respect.

Well good. :) I'll probably give it a spin after playing through Torchlight 2.

[Kitsune]

I dunno about you guys, but I'm having a hellishly slow texture streaming issue where I'll open a box and be presented with three identical grey blurs until I wait for at least a second for the blurs to turn into ammo.  I found a possible fix here on the Gearbox forum that I haven't had the chance to try yet as I'm at work, but throwing it up here in case it's helpful for others.

[Mrbloodworth]

I think that's intentional, or at least, not a bug.

The objects are not there until you open the box, once placed, then they grid in like any other object. You just normally see other objects well before noticing the initial grid in. Ammo in boxes and such have been created right in your face in most cases.

[kildorn]

I dunno about you guys, but I'm having a hellishly slow texture streaming issue where I'll open a box and be presented with three identical grey blurs until I wait for at least a second for the blurs to turn into ammo.  I found a possible fix here on the Gearbox forum that I haven't had the chance to try yet as I'm at work, but throwing it up here in case it's helpful for others.

I have the usual UE3 issue with the textures being low res for a second, but that's been around forever and a day. I'll try the fix tonight though, I'm pretty sure the UE3 performance hacks are just routine now.

[Yegolev]

No complaints here.  I haven't found anything in #2 that is worse than #1.

I'm not ready to complain about individual loot since that's pretty new, and it's not really "in the Pandora spirit" to not have an argument over something.  Like how I managed to get a second wind off of a loot midget, and before I could get up my pal came running in like his ass was on fire to grab everything except one white pistol.  Which is fine because he will end up next to an elemental barrel soon enough, hopefully during a firefight.  And since he's playing Salvador, I have to revive him all the time.

What I do have is a complaint about my pre-order stuff, particularly where it is and how do I get it.  Amazon is being interrogated.

Accuracy, I have to talk about that.  It is MUCH more prominent in this game than the first.  I pretty much can't snipe with anything less than 85 accuracy, but boosts will bring that up and so I'm happy with a functioning statistic.  In the first one I could more or less ignore it if it was north of 75.

[Pezzle]

What I do have is a complaint about my pre-order stuff, particularly where it is and how do I get it.  Amazon is being interrogated.

Are you talking about the DLC mecronancer thing?  (whatever it is called?)   That is not released yet.
If you are talking about the starting perks like guns and skins, you can get those by editing your .ini 

Good luck with Amazon.  I have been frustrated a few times now dealing with missing preorder perks.  They usually tell me it was not available in the version I bought, even if it says so right in the item information.   

[kildorn]

Manufacturer seems to matter a lot with accuracy. Hyperion _____ is useless without a huge clip due to how they work. Jacobs anything will hit out to a pretty huge range. Torgue weapons are odd, and you have to lead heavily (and they miss shots that should totally hit, christ)

I'm absolutely loving Handsome Jack's voice actor. That dude absolutely sells that twisted role.

[Rendakor]

What I do have is a complaint about my pre-order stuff, particularly where it is and how do I get it.  Amazon is being interrogated.

If you redeemed your pre-order codes, you should see them in the DLC option from the main menu. If they're showing up there, then any bonuses will be given to you in game automatically. The Mecromancer class isn't available until next month I think, but the golden key and such should be given to you now.

[Nonentity]

PhysX accelerated poop.

That's gotta be a first, right? Physics-simualted poop?

At least in a triple A title.

Also, there is a quest where you get the option to put an AI inside of a gun. It then screams "DIE DIE DIE" in its robot voice when you fire it.

[kildorn]

PhysX accelerated poop.

That's gotta be a first, right? Physics-simualted poop?

At least in a triple A title.

Also, there is a quest where you get the option to put an AI inside of a gun. It then screams "DIE DIE DIE" in its robot voice when you fire it.

As a shield he says things like "Acid! I laugh at acid!" and such. I was sad to replace him.

[Trippy]

Fucking Suicide Psychos.

[Yegolev]

Are you talking about the DLC mecronancer thing?

No.

If you are talking about the starting perks like guns and skins, you can get those by editing your .ini

Also no.

Good luck with Amazon.

Customer service was very responsive, all is right with the world.

If you redeemed your pre-order codes, you should see them in the DLC option from the main menu.

The code is what was missing from my life.  See above for resolution.

[Yegolev]

Manufacturer seems to matter a lot with accuracy. Hyperion _____ is useless without a huge clip due to how they work. Jacobs anything will hit out to a pretty huge range. Torgue weapons are odd, and you have to lead heavily (and they miss shots that should totally hit, christ)

My good deed for today is to tell everyone to never buy a Hyperion sniper rifle.

[Ookii]

I didn't realize that ammo and money was shared (if you pick it up everyone in the party gets it).  That removes the main pain point for me (I'm also only playing multiplayer with friends, so not terribly worried about horrible ninja looters or whatnot).

Things I haven't figured out how to do:
- take a screenshot
- mark inventory as trash or favorite (there's a loading screen tip that you can do this)

Favorite/Trash: mouse over the right hand side of the item, a star or red X will appear on the border. That's favorite/trash. It's also completely pointless beyond being a visual notifier as far as I can see (favorite items still show up for vendoring, etc)

For me the marks go away as soon as I scroll my mouse, which makes it mostly useless. By far my biggest complaint with this game are the shitty console-centric menus. I have more than enough pixels, show me weapon stats without me having to hover over them.

Also, you can sell everything marked as trash at the same time by right clicking in the sell mode of a vendor machine. Now they just need to make the goddamn marks stay on the items in the first place.

[Bunk]

Set all your junk as trash, then from the BUY page in the vendors, hit "Delete" to sell all your trash. It's ass backwards, but handy.

Found a level 10 machine pistol with infinite ammo. It doesn't recharge like the old ones from one - it just plain doesn't use ammo. Never have to reload.
It's more than slightly awesome. 60 damage and 8 rounds/sec, I clean all the generic guys out without wasting a round. Then I pullout the fire smg or explodey minigun rifle for the tough stuff.

Sticky grenades are a really fun combo for the Siren's phaselock.

[Rendakor]

If you've set everything as trash, you can right click and an option to sell trash shows up. Found my first orange today, dropped from the final boss of the Cult of the Firehawk questline (no quest spoilers, just a gun screenshot):

[Nonentity]

Manufacturer seems to matter a lot with accuracy. Hyperion _____ is useless without a huge clip due to how they work. Jacobs anything will hit out to a pretty huge range. Torgue weapons are odd, and you have to lead heavily (and they miss shots that should totally hit, christ)

My good deed for today is to tell everyone to never buy a Hyperion sniper rifle.

I had a Hyperion sniper rifle that was VERY good. You just have to accept the fact that landing the first shot is harder, but every shot after that gets WAY easier. It seemed like a decent enough tradeoff, considering how powerful the gun was.

It's no substitute for a great Jacobs sniper, though.

[Signe]

I don't have it yet but... is anyone playing on a PC with a game controller?  If so, should I?  Or should I just get the PS3 one, which some people warned me off of.  Am I making sense?

[Lantyssa]

For me the marks go away as soon as I scroll my mouse, which makes it mostly useless. By far my biggest complaint with this game are the shitty console-centric menus. I have more than enough pixels, show me weapon stats without me having to hover over them.

Are you clicking them after they highlight?  They don't stay unless you do.

[MisterNoisy]

I don't have it yet but... is anyone playing on a PC with a game controller?  If so, should I?  Or should I just get the PS3 one, which some people warned me off of.  Am I making sense?

My brother is using a 360 pad on PC, and he's having fun - it's basically just like playing it on a 360 with much better visuals at that point.

[MrHat]

Best tea party ever!

 

[Malakili]

Zero is fun as hell.

[Ice Cream Emperor]

This game's interface is so fucking awful, wow. Managing my inventory is like poking myself in the eye with a sharp stick.

Other than that, fun so far.

[Yegolev]

I don't have it yet but... is anyone playing on a PC with a game controller?  If so, should I?  Or should I just get the PS3 one, which some people warned me off of.  Am I making sense?

I have it on 360.  Not meant to be, I suppose.  I'll let you know if I get it on PC but the rabble might not stick to this long enough.

[Ruvaldt]

I'll be picking it up on the PS3.  I'm on a console kick lately.  I'm not sure if I'll be buying it soon or not though, I have one hell of a backlog.

[Ingmar]

I'll be picking it up on the PS3.  I'm on a console kick lately.  I'm not sure if I'll be buying it soon or not though, I have one hell of a backlog.

A backlog of BB matches am I rite