Borderlands 2

[Trippy]

I snipe one or two of the back legs before going in. Makes it easier.

[Fabricated]

It takes like 2-3 seconds to melee them to death really. What's obnoxious is if you get 2-3 together and they start knocking you around.

I think you can cheese them with a good rocket launcher like a Nukem or something though.

[Soulflame]

You totally can.  The first time I saw a mini-boss one, I pulled out a rocket launcher and blew it away instantly.  It was rather anti-climactic.

[Miasma]

I just use a cheat editor to make me twenty levels higher than they are then one shot them with a pistol. (actually you still have to three shot them one for each leg unless using a rocket launcher with multiple warheads).

That underground DAHL toxic waste dump is far and away the worst map in Borderlands 2.

[schild]

If you only get one DLC, get Tiny Tina's.

TRUTH

The Crater of Badassitude or Campaign of Carnage or whatever it's called was far funnier, I thought. But Tina's is the superior DLC in terms of gameplay.

[Soulflame]

If you only get one DLC, get Tiny Tina's.

TRUTH

The Crater of Badassitude or Campaign of Carnage or whatever it's called was far funnier, I thought. But Tina's is the superior DLC in terms of gameplay.

EXPLOOOOOOOOOSIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Pezzle]

You cannot go wrong with either expansion if you enjoy Borderlands.  Since they are 50% off you should get both!

[schild]

I would say that Badassitude has the best dialogue in a game since I was 17 or whatever and playing Deus Ex.

I was VERY upset that Tiny Tina's DLC didn't have REAL BORDERLANDS STARTS NOW as a joke in it.

[Teleku]

I started playing Hamerlocks Big Game Hunt, and the dialog has been pretty hilarious so far as well.

[Soulflame]

I absolutely hate those mobs that level up.  My playstyle is usually to hang back and pick apart the mobs, and that simply doesn't work at all with mobs that will level up far past your current level.

[Mortriden]

I absolutely hate those mobs that level up.  My playstyle is usually to hang back and pick apart the mobs, and that simply doesn't work at all with mobs that will level up far past your current level.

Witch Doctors, fuck those guys.  When our group spots one, the rush is on.  Doesn't matter what else is around, close to point blank range and eliminate it, or chuck grenades like a freak.  I hate those guys as well. 

[Yegolev]

The Crater of Badassitude or Campaign of Carnage or whatever it's called was far funnier, I thought. But Tina's is the superior DLC in terms of gameplay.

Depends on how much you like Uncle Torgue or races.  Dragon Keep was not 100% laughs all the way, but it was better-constructed than many full games.

Your performance in UVH mostly depends on your friends.  I'm of the opinion that soloing it is not an option.

[Jimbo]

Another 2 DLC's are coming out, next up is Mad Moxxie and the Wedding Day Massacre. Comes out Feb 11, 2014. Then in April we get Sir Hammerlock and the Son of Crawmerax. Supposedly that will be it, but Gearbox hasn't done anything with the moon base or hinted on Borderlands 3 yet either.

http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/02/05/borderlands-2-valentines-day-dlc-announced

Oh and this weekend it is free to download and play on steam https://www.facebook.com/borderlandsgame and you can get 50% off again all weekend on all Borderlands and Borderlands 2 (and the DLC's).

[Rendakor]

How are the Headhunter DLCs? I bought them all during the winter sale, but haven't played them.

[proudft]

I've played all three on UVHM.   

Halloween one was a bit of a slog, and then we couldn't actually kill the boss guy, so that was a letdown.  Looking at the head reward versus the number of deaths we were racking up we decided to bail on that one and maybe revisit with some other characters on normal mode.

Thankgiving was ok, has a funny theme going on, and the end fight was really hard, but we managed to actually finish it so that puts it over the Halloween one.

Christmas one was just generally pretty cool.  Good music, had a little story going on, end boss was not as much of a kick in the balls as the other two, and had a bunch of chests o' loot.

They aren't very long, each one is basically an evening of game.

[Rendakor]

Are any of them soloable?

[proudft]

Duoed all of em and I could not say, sorry!

[Jimbo]

Depends on settings I think, plus your build, and I think it is like Diablo where it scales to the amount of people in your party. I did the first two back when they came out on Xbox 360, but I'm not there yet on PC.

[Yegolev]

Heads are not restricted by playthrough, as far as I remember, so just go at it on normal.

[Jimbo]

To dove tail on what Yegolev said, you can solo all the content on the 1st play threw. I'm doing that right now and getting the gear and the skins/heads right now. Bonus for you all...damn I wish I had a level 72 :(

They are re-releasing the Valentine skins and shot gun today.
https://www.facebook.com/borderlandsgame/photos/a.137673624080.103823.104080139080/10152034748189081/?type=1&theater
Would have been nice to have a level 72 version of that gun.

[Yegolev]

I somehow thought that there was just one head style per Headhunter, but turns out they are not identical.  Now I have more work to do.

[proudft]

We played the Valentine's Day thing tonight, on Normal.  It was ok, but I think Christmas is the winner of the bunch.

[Yegolev]

Those snowmen give more XP than you'd think, considering their relative ease.  However, we are now in the look-for-rare-drops phase and have spent A LOT OF TIME throwing things on the altar at Dragon Keep.  We finally got a lv72 Chain Lightning this week from a Ultimate Badass Sorcerer, so that might be the end of that nonsense.  Most of that nonsense is the Crystal Skeleton.