Annoying things in Borderlands 2 (Discussion)

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#34

I think I posted before reading actually reading some of the other posts, but the OP was spot on. Bullet deflection. Words alone can not describe how much I hate it. There are only 2 instances in the game where bullet deflection is actually OK.

Semi-spoiler alert ahead

Jack, when he summons his surveyor. It makes the boss fight just a little more interesting, the surveyor is weak, and since it’s tethered to Jack it’s pretty easy to find and take out. There are also plenty of enemies nearby for second winds if you or someone else keeps trying to shoot the shield.

Believe it or, the second example of when it’s OK is Hyperius. Because it’s the basis of the entire of the fight that requires tactics other than just toss bullets at it until it dies.

PWR and BUL loaders make use of bullet deflection, but at least in their case it’s just a mild inconvenience and can easily be worked around (get in close so it tries to melee you, blow at least 1 arm off, aim for the right arm)

Cases where it’s not OK: Incinerator and the Badass T-Rex. So, while Incinerator does his little AOE attack, you just sit back and do…nothing. Sure, you can try and shoot the other dragons but it’s not going to do much. And it really just gives the other dragons and chance to shower you in pain.

The freakin Badass T-Rex. “That One Boss” of the DLC. Yeah, I know you’re supposed to aim for the cannisters to disable some of his attacks, but sometimes, they are hard to hit, and you’re going to miss once or twice. And that bullet is coming right back for your face, and there aren’t a whole lot of ways to get second winds here. Which means if you’re playing solo, have fun starting over. If you’re playing with a team, if someone tries to save you they’re probably getting nuked in the process too.

And of course there’s no real alternative to not use gun in the gun game. Melee? Puh-lease…

#35

The bullet deflection thing annoys the hell out of me sometimes, usually when I’m gunzerking with a DPUH and can’t see what the hell I’m shooting at and end up getting downed by my own reflected bullets, lol.

The worst thing for me at the moment though is when you’re gunzerking but not holding down the triggers and one or both of your guns decide they don’t want to auto reload when the magazine is empty, and because, as with the previous point, a lot of the time you can’t see what the hell’s going on due to all the explosions and don’t realise you haven’t reloaded. I’ve almost died on many occasions because of that.

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#36

^This. @kritchie2023- I nearly downed myself with Sal trying to take out Badassasarous- even switched to using sniper rifles against him. That- along with an Evolution and using caustic grenades- helped me take him down but yea, overall bullet deflection sucks- but I’m not opposed to the enemy using shields for a limited time…

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#37

I just “cheat” when fighting him. Fight fire with fire. Any character other than Sal, I initiate the fight then start running for the entrance. Equip the Bee, equip the DPUH, hide behind the cement wall, shoot, crouch, shoot, crouch…

If it’s Sal I’ll just say screw it and use the Ahab and Pimpernel.

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#38

I just move a lot when I fight the BAS Rex and it works. Jump while you fire, sprint, go wild.
I like to fight him because it is kinda frenetic

#39

l let these kids in, they say to level up the real reason is to steal when l fighting in 0p4 l don’t have time to look around and l see some thing that drop and when l came back it was gone and l ask the kids and one said the other pick it up l ask him and he leaves this happen alot it was a orange never got to see it the one kid said it was the quake all my gun boxes are gone l feel sorry for them no one to play now l’m hating it l dont have time to watch them and fight at the same time they should put age with age. the kids are around ten years

#40

Rather late, but…

…I thought that was one of Jack’s lines.

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#42

Players that:

  • do their own thing; forgivable if it’s relevant to any quest(s), but not otherwise.
  • ignore a Dying teammate, especially if they can help them; forgivable if the Dying player is gonna die long before they can be reached.
  • grab/complete quests without the host’s approval, especially if the host was planning to farm them.
  • go inert while in-menu, preventing all inter-map travel.
  • display bad mic etiquette, from breathing into the mic to being too loud/excessive, or BG noise (like music) that not everyone might appreciate. Hell, someone was even rapping (badly) in a Tekken lobby, much to the annoyance of everyone present.
  • two people arguing over the mic in a full session. One guy [=Mic] thought my (really good purple) Vladof Anarchist was an Infinity and told me to drop it; he was slightly disappointed, but still wanted it – problem was, another player [Text] also saw/wanted it. They start arguing about it…and Tex says something offensive to Mic, who then loses it. And you know the rest.
  • constantly get in your face and try to trade or duel.
  • try to offload gear that is lower-level and useless to you, or high(er)-level and (obviously) hacked.
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#43

There’s a few mechanics that bugged me, but I am getting a bit annoyed that some of the in-game storyline is starting to get a bit preachy for my liking. At first the Overlook shield quest was amusing (effectively Thou Shalt Not be an Ass), but I recently ran through the Wedding Day Massacre DLC while tying up loose ends before Battleborn came out. I found the end of the storyline to be quite irritating. Essentially it boils down to a robot, Innuendobot becoming a nuisance and Mad Moxxi condemning it’s behaviour and telling the player to kill it.

There are two problems I had with this. Firstly, Innuendobot’s personality is a result of Moxxi reprogramming it in the first place. Secondly, it’s Mad Moxxi trying to preach how to behave to the Vault Hunter, and through this the player.

Let me just link to the character introduction to Mad Moxxi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pO6EDSsFsy4

This is a character that pays hardened mercenaries to kill other people for entertainment, and they picked her to get on her high horse. Don’t get me wrong, Moxxi is a fun character, but she is not the best role model. Besides, this is a game set on Pandora. There’s not many people of outstanding moral character on Pandora, and they are most likely the first one the bandits string up. It just felt clumsy rather than funny to me. After playing through Tales of the Borderlands I feel they did a better job of the moral grey area in Borderlands and still intertwine it with humour. I hope a leaf is taken from their books in BL3.

As for parts of the game itself, the weapon menu still glitches out on the pc version and the bug wasn’t even fixed in the Pre-Sequel.

Then there is the feeling that Ultimate Vault Hunter mode seems to narrow the diversity of weapon choice and character builds. I really enjoyed going almost entirely Little Big Trouble tree for Gaige in the first and second run through the campaign, but I felt like I was being forced into the Anarchy tree in higher difficulty and there weren’t enough enemies vulnerable to shock damage to make the boosts to electric damage worthwhile. I actually think Gaige would have fared better in the pre-sequel since there were a lot more shield-heavy foes there.

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#44

When in uvhm lvl 62 killing a main boss down to 1/8 health when a lvl 72 enters the game and scales all enemies to his lvl. I die. He leaves. Now im stuck with high lvl enemies i cant kill. Save/exit.

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#45

@Cg3 Level-spiking… :expressionless:

#46

Yeah, I was just finishing Dragon Keep with some strangers, and some dude drops like 30 purple rarity Bees.

#47

[quote=“MeTheAlmighty, post:46, topic:375367”]
Yeah, I was just finishing Dragon Keep with some strangers, and some dude drops like 30 purple rarity Bees.[/quote]It’s one reason I say that I’m quite alright on gear – and I usually am. Dropping me legit stuff is alright, but you start dropping me things like blue-grade Legendary COMs…

And I’m not sure why some folks refuse to take the hint when someone drops a trade the instant a hacked item is put up, or even identified as a problem. Like seriously, square peg in a round hole much?

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#48

Of course, I instantly kicked him.

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#49

I dislike how the catch-a-ride interface has a separate selection for “Vehicle Family,” as it makes the actual menu slower. I would have greatly preferred the Technical to be selectable from the regular menu, so that if I felt like using an Outrunner, the game wouldn’t make it inconvenient to do so.

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#50

When you go into last stand and the enemy’s just run away from you, preventing you from getting your 2nd wind.

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#51

Currently?

  • 4 player glitch fixed. Makes farming Vermi and OOO impossible for solo.

  • minor annoyance. Had a pixie clip into me. Making me stand there like an idiot while the other pixie killed me…

#52

People who use the Shock storm front.

#53

They are all shock.

Why?

#54

The prefix “shock” stormfront.