#170

I’ve only recently started resetting the BAR challenges (prestieging) as I consider that a slow way to raise the BAR, a fair amount of it is from playing the game through with the characters and concentrating on the Challenges as I play, a lot of it is a method that I have mentioned in this thread and that consists of using/farming throwaway toons whos sole purpose is to complete 3 to 5 quick BAR Challenges and then be deleted and a new one started

#171

it is worth it but is a slow way to raise BAR, the fastest is using throwaway toons.

And as several have stated they put points in all bar perks, my point of this thread is to say that it is better to concentrate on 9 to 12 perks that you really want first instead of wasting points in all the perks,

there are several examples that I have posted in this thread. For example my BAR Gun Damage perk is at 80%, while there are still 3 or 4 perks without a single point in them

#172

If you really want to get your BAR up, then resetting as soon as possible is the way to go. A small number of the challenges do become impossible to complete, though, such as purchasing items with eridium. That’s not a big deal unless you’re also a bit OCD about challenges,

The one thing I’d check before resetting is whether or not you have all the skins associated with hitting tier 4 or 5 of the guns and gear challenges. As a good example, you would NOT want to be most of the way through Crouching Tiger only to reset and start over if you cared about getting the skin!

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#173

@cgjohnst

this is from a link I posted a few weeks back on this thread on how to prestige,

“When you reach 485 challenge levels completed, you can reset your challenge progress, so you can complete them again, to get more badass tokens. This is called Prestige.”

as I mentioned earlier this is a bit slow, but is a good way to also raise the BAR

#174

I have my bar from leveling and prestiging.

#175

A post was merged into an existing topic: LunaticOne 's Powerlevel and Help Thread, TPS & BL2

#176

@seanliamkilgore better off posting here, https://forums.gearboxsoftware.com/c/borderlands-the-handsome-collection/bhc-multiplayer-coop-and-trading-post-xbox-one , maybe a mod will notice and move this to the correct sub-forum

annnd when there look here, LunaticOne 's Powerlevel and Help Thread, TPS & BL2

#177

So I discovered something today: sitting in one of the rear seats of a Bandit Technical counts as crouching. So you can clear one of the vehicle challenges while simultaneously contributing to Crouching Tiger Hidden Assault Rifle. Just park near a bunch of bullymong or something, hop in the back, and fire away!

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#178

good find, I hadn’t paid attention to that, I know of a few others while I worked on that vehicle challenge, most of the Rocket challenges (though the Bar Brawl is best for those), I would think that several of the Grenade challenges as well as elemental ones would work out the back of a vehicle, some of the other gun challenges. Question, would a spike shield work if riding? How about if your a mechro and send Deathtrap on a rampage from the back of a vehicle?

#179

I could be wrong, but doesn’t Deathtrap despawn once you hop in a vehicle?

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#180

he does, if you drive the vehicle, but I haven’t tried lately to confirm the riding? I seem to recall sending him out while riding in the back, may have to try tonight just to confirm, unless someone else beats me to it.

#181

@farsight37
@VaultHunter101

These were the questions,
Question, would a spike shield work if riding? How about if your a mechro and send Deathtrap on a rampage from the back of a vehicle?

answers
Commando = Turrets can be used from the back of a Technical
Siren can phaselock from back of vehicle.
Mechro = Deathtrap can be sent on a rampage from the back of the vehicle

getting in and out of the back of a Technical will not De-spawn anything, However getting into the drivers seat will.

Having a friend drive me around all driveable areas in BL 2 I found there was a lot of BAR Challenges that can be completed from the back of a technical

did not test the spike shield however

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#182

I’ve noticed the 'Bee shield sound when driving & shooting with a Bee on. With spike shield, bet if enemy got close enough it’d spike them!

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#183

The Bee definitely applies to the vehicle gun(s), but I’ve never seen an enemy take spike damage when pounding on the side of the vehicle. I think amp shields in general work because it’s you firing the gun. Anything triggered by melee won’t, because enemies can’t hit you through the vehicle. Which makes me wonder about absorb shields? Obviously, some testing is required; sounds like a job for Commander Shepard!

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#184

Mine has glitched twice in BL2 where it reset my point distribution. I haven’t had the reset glitch in TPS.

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#185

while driving, No because the vehicle takes all damage, as a passenger in back, melee damage I would say no, but what about being shot, we know that they can be shot out of their vehicles, What about us can bullets hit us while we are in the back? sounds like this is a job for Commander Shepard

:laughing:

sorry just couldn’t help myself

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#186

I just reset Maya’s UVHM in order to farm certain areas again. I also had recently prestige. I ended up capturing some footage of me completing a very easy BAR challenge and fairly quickly. I didn’t plan this. I just saw the oportunity and thought you might like this on your thread. :acmaffirmative:

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#187

I just reset Maya’s UVHM in order to farm certain areas again. I also had recently prestige. I ended up capturing some footage of me completing a very easy BAR challenge and fairly quickly. I didn’t plan this.

Cool, another good place (that I always use when the mission is open) is in Liarsburg, “Cleaning Up The Berg” after picking it up and before killing all, go to the ones in the hole, at the top of the slope fire down over their heads to get their attention, they will run to the bottom of the slope and start tossing rocks at you, the bonus is up to 3 will be tossing rocks, so I normally can complete this challenge in less then 4 minutes with an Infinity (one of the many uses for that gun)

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My BL2 Experience
#188

since it has been almost a year since I first published them (april 2016), here are my old BAR stats,
BAR is 573323
Maximum Health 50.0%
Shield Capacity 45.2%
Shield Recharge Rate 31.9%
Shield Recharge Delay 28.7%
Melee Damage 1% (done by accident)
Grenade Damage 34.2%
Gun Accuracy 23.9%
Gun Damage 74.1%
Fire Rate 41.6%
Recoil Reduction 11.5%
Reload Speed 45.6%
Elemental Effect Damage 35.1%
Critical Hit Damage 33.3%

Now my new BAR and Stats to compare to the old stats

BAR is 839,000
Maximum Health 58.9%
Shield Capacity 54.8%
Shield Recharge Rate 39.6%
Shield Recharge Delay 30.4%
Melee Damage 1% (done by accident)
Grenade Damage 44.4%
Gun Accuracy 24.2%
Gun Damage 89.6%
Fire Rate 53.2%
Recoil Reduction 12.2%
Reload Speed 51.2%
Elemental Effect Damage 35.8%
Critical Hit Damage 36.9%

as I said previously, the main purpose of this thread is to explore when and if the BAR stat “Glitch” appears in the game on XB 1. That is when you concentrate on a few stats the lower stats start showing up more often, doubled or even tripled.
As can be seen between the two above stats, I still have only 13 Perks picked, and one is unchanged and several are barley changed.
The “Glitch” has still not shown up.
My goal to test the “Glitch” out is to continue to farm my BAR to at least 1million.

The secondary goal for this is to show New players or players transferring saves to the XB1 for the first time, is that that you don’t have to throw away your points into every perk, at first, but that you can pick out the ones that help your build the most first, then throw in the other ones later.
You do need to pick between 10 to 13 of the perks so that at least one of the perks you want to concentrate first on shows up each time you have a new BAR point to spend.

Third, posts for BL 2, TPS and even the FWG BL2 version (360 and XB 1) can be talked about here. you may post your BAR and perks here if you wish and any strategy (if any) on how your picking the BAR stats.

My thought also is that if I had just went with all stats instead of 13, most all my BAR perks would have been in the 40’s to the upper 50’s at this time and I reach this conclusion by comparing my stats with the ones I had on the 360 (at the time I transferred over, still have 360) when I had threw away points into every stat in BL 2.

Badass Rank or BAR Does anybody use it?
#189

While I can’t answer about questions about spike and absorb shields, here’s something fun: If you’re wearing a Love Thumper (Depleted, of course) and fire barrels from a Barrel Technical, the explosive nova from the LT will proc for some reason! But that’s not even the best part, it can destroy your vehicle x’D So, does that mean that the barrel is counted as a melee attack, and does the explosion from the LT trigger roid shield kills?

Another funny thing about the barrels, if you have a Grog Nozzle equipped (in your hand) sometimes the drunk effect will apply to a vehicle weapon, and this seems to happen periodically rather than randomly, most noticeable with the barrels where you can throw six at once when the drunk effect procs!

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Statistical questions (does certain bonuses stop applying after reaching 100%)