#31

No worries. If that’s the case I’d advise not to do It’s Like Christmas just yet because if you hand it in I don’t think you can go back again?! But do the second run, though. The loot gets better with each one (or at least, it did with me) and even in 2.5 minutes you can still get a lot of chests! The quest from Marcus just has you killing x number of enemies so it’s best to just get it and then have it run quietly in the background as you do other quests.

If you are feeling brave then you could always try Crawmerax. But it’s a bit of a chicken and egg thing. If you beat him, you get great loot, but you need great loot to beat him! :smile: He will always drop an Orange or two.

#32

Oh, and finally, if you do the second run I found that the chests behind the forcefields offered the greatest consistent chance of good orange and purple weapons.

Good luck!

#33

Nope. I once had a kill where he dropped zero oranges. Not even an Equalizer

#34

wow, bummer! I’ve definitely been fortunate, then. Although like you say he often does rain Equalizers for some reason, which gets old quick!

He’s usually pretty reliable for good purple Havocs for me, too. And some decent shields

#35

Reminds me that I really need to go and finish a few things with my Lilith. So much Borderlands, so little time!

#36

Not a big equalizer fan, but a Havoc would be a very welcome surprise as it’s been a while.
If I decide to make another attempt I’ll defo go to the armory or Craw before fighting MINAC again as both me and him just keep leveling up and that only makes it harder as my gear doesn’t grow with our levels.

#37

For MINAC, there is a rock you can hide behind where he cannot get you. You still have to be wary of his minions, but you will be safe from MINAC at least.

From memory, when you enter the arena run forward and to your left. Past the little area with the tent thing there’s a group of rocks looking over it. Run up behind that and you’re safe. You can then pop out from cover and take out his turrets with a good Corrosive weapon, and then it’s easier to take out his laser eye. When he shoots just crouch down behind the rock and you will be safe

WATCH OUT FOR HIS MINIONS! They come running at you and self destruct, so you need to get them before they get you. They spawn every so often so keep an eye out.

#38

Yea there’s 4 positions MINAC sits still, but only if he’s in 1 of those 4 positions you can peek out to shoot him. Else he will shoot homing rockets around the rock which cause instadeath if my health isn’t 100%. If I use my Turret and put that right beside the rock he will shoot homing rockets at the Turret and the splash damage is enormous. So using that to heal is counterproductive. It’s also not strong enough to take out ClapTraps.

Considering that 2 claptraps spawn every time he sits still and it takes my weapons 10 seconds to kill those 2, every rotation of 4 positions he assumes I get a maximum of 1 second of spraying his eye.

So yes it’s possible, but it takes at least 10 attemps X 4 postions. And in the 7 minutes or so that takes I can’t make a single mistake or it’s instadeath. With the very rough terrain around the rock it’s nearly impossible for me to not make a single mistake in all that time. Sometimes I get stuck on an ammo crate or just the terrain and I can’t see a kamikaze-claptrap untill I’m too late to kill him and I die. In a game filled with terrain glitches putting 1 safe spot around a very edgy piece of map filled with ammo crates is a bit mean.

So yeah I know the proper technique… It’s just unreasonably hard with my current gear. Especially considering the rest of the game was pretty doable and the main game had different game mechanics. This is the hardest challenge a game has ever set me. Except old arcade machines that were unbeatable of course.

#39

Unless we are talking about a different rock, from my experience his missiles couldn’t get me when I was behind it. The only thing I had to worry about was his minions creeping up on me if I didn’t pay attention. But it has been a while since I did it

But it sounds like your weapons are seriously under-leveled anyway. But to be fair if you got that far - well done! - they should be able to do something.

Found a video which explains the spot better than I could,

Solo MINAC

#40

Thanks

Ah I was talking about ‘D!ck rock’
If claptrap is sitting in 1 of his 4 positions and you’re sitting on the other side, crouching, it looks like a shaft + balls pointing in the air and roughly towards MINAC. But only if you’re looking at it from the right angle. It’s the rock júst in front of the place where you respawn when you die. And it’s surrounded by ammo crates and edge-ground-glitches.

But I’ll definitely give this one a try. He didn’t explain how he kept the ClapTraps from spawning, or from being able to find him tho. He also doesn’t have to kill them when MINAC dies. So that’s odd. But yea I’m gonna have to give this a try. I neeeeeed to finish this game or it will haunt me just like HL2 EP2 ending still haunts me :stuck_out_tongue:

#41

From memory I think it’s just because they make a beeline for you and the rock’s in the way! They’re not that smart to think to go around most of the time :smile:

#42

Ah cool, I thought they’d still be around though if MINAC goes down, but I guess it’s scripted to take down the Claptraps with it. Or it’s because you use the WIRED when it goes down.

#43

I think it’s also because they are constantly self destructing, too!

#44

Ooh, I thought they only do that when they reach between 1-10% health left or when they are close enough to you.

#45

they are close on the other side of the rock, but the blast can’t reach you. But when it’s over and you come out you’ll find loads of ammo :smile:

#46

Sweet. I’ll have to try that tonight. Hopefully they drop a lot of panties and stuff, got that one something-something-party achievement to get for which I need some panties and pizza I think xD

#47

They’re pretty much all the Kamikaze variety, aren’t they? (It’s been a while, but that’s one of the things I have to finish off with Lilith at some point.)

#48

Yep.

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#49

If you’re still having trouble there should be a shack around the north eastern edge of the map opposite of where your enter. You’re still vulnerable to attack but I find it much easier to defend against Clappys than the other usual spots people suggest.
You can also take out some of it’s turrets since it’ll stop right up next to you, just make sure you’re not in the way when it starts moving again >_<

#50

Thanks, I’ll have to try that :smile: