Cobra scrounging query

Borderlands 2 Loot and Weapons
#33

OK, I assumed this was well-known. You might already know this one, but maybe doubt it’s effectiveness. It is effective - the spawn is certain, although the process is long and boring.

Here it is:

You need to farm the savages before the Dexi fight. So, plant all the rid, then light the torches, kill the first wave of lesser savages/witch doctors until you get 2 UBA witch doctors and 3 BA savages.

You need to be in a vehicle, and you’re going to farm for OOO by despawning the tribe. So, once you have this group - 2 UBAWDs and 3 BASs - you need to strafe in a circle around the torch area. Don’t just drive, strafe - so that you’re always or mostly facing the center. You want to see where the enemies are, because you don’t want to injure any of them. Doing this will ■■■■■■ the evolution cycle.

With 2 WDs, the evolutionary process is twice as fast. Strafe around them while the WDs cycle through their animations. The leveling/healing animation will follow their tornado animation. When the savages have leveled to Ultimates, strafe for one more animation cycle. The WDs leveling spell will either level a UBAS to OOO or it will heal them, which you can recognize by the healing animation over their heads.

If all 3 UBASs heal, as opposed to one of them leveling to OOO, you need to despawn the group. You do this by driving to the lagoon past the lodge toward the entrance to Candlerakks Crag. You need to go just far enough into the water to trigger the save game symbol in the upper right corner of your screen. Now you have despawned the tribe. When you return to the torch area, the group will respawn as 2 UBAWDs and 3 BA savages, and you start the evolutionary process again.

Despawn by driving to the save point, return to the torch area to respawn, level up the BAs, rinse and repeat until you get OOO, or the Twister. It might take 15 minutes, it might take hours, if you’re unlucky. But he absolutely will spawn in any mode. It’s very boring. If you just can’t stand the boredom, pause the game. I’m on PC, so I pause and minimize to the tray when I’ve had enough.

Also, if you haven’t done this before, here are a few helpful tips:

  • Don’t injure or kill any of that group.

  • When you spawn OOO, you’ll want to isolate OOO from the WDs. You don’t want to kill them yet. Kill only OOO, don’t kill the WDs or the other UBASs. So, drive away from the torch area, toward where you first spawn in the DLC. then get out of your vehicle and get OOO’s attention by shooting him, drawing him toward you. Don’t kil the other UBAs. They’ll follow him, but don’t kill them. If OOO doesn’t drop the twister, or you want a better twister, you can despawn the group again. They will respawn with the dead OOO replaced by a new BA savage, and you can continue the process. This group is not the last wave, so you can kill and replace OOO with a new savage 3 times, if you don’t kill the other UBA savages.

  • If you touch a tornado at OP8 . . . don’t touch a tornado at OP8.

  • If any creatures spawn in the area, you need to kill them, otherwise the tribe will fight the creature and won’t despawn.

  • If the WDs cycles are too closely synced, the second WDs leveling/healing spell won’t count. For example, if you have 3 Supers, and the WDs are both in their tornado animations at the same time, the first will level the SBAs to UBAs, but the second spell, if performed too soon after the first, will result in the UBAs going into their leveling posture, but you will see no healing animation over their heads. When this happens, you need to strafe through one more cycle, because If you don’t see the healing animation over the UBA’s heads, the spell didn’t register.

So, that’s how you do it. It’s really boring, but OOO is a certain spawn, how long it takes depends on RNGs mood. Usually, it takes less than an hour, but it has taken longer. Not only is an OOO spawn certain, but you can spawn OOO 5 times from one torch lighting.

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#34

Hattie’s on PC.

#35

That’s why I think its broken. Do remember there are 3 platforms, and various issues from one to the other. You only have to trawl the Twister threads going back in time to see how many people have had problems. There are only 2 real ways to do it and neither work - Dex Method or Scylla’s Grove. I did actually start a thread on this a while ago, and believe me since starting a fresh on the PS4 I have put countless hours into both methods. But I have no interest anymore…

Back on topic - I reckon it would be cool if the Badass Enforcers in The Bar Room Brawl dropped the Cobra.

@JoeKGBX - [quote=“Gulfwulf, post:25, topic:1546712”]
Bl 2 needs another Loot Hunt.
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What you think Joe, another Loot hunt without prizes to make it easy to setup and everyone happy???

#PLEASE JOE :heart_eyes:

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#36

We’d do anything… I’ll even say I support Battleborn microtransactions :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes:

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#37

Yes. @LunaticOne confirmed this in his Power leveling thread. :acmaffirmative:

Sorry, late to the party as usual. :balloon:

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#38

Just the Burners and I was wondering that myself (if people in the Bar can drop it). Someone on here said no a while ago, but I guess Lunatic got one to drop.

I’ve had two drop, one in the Beatdown and one in Southern Raceway.

#39

Nope, not that thread, just checked, don’t remember which thread it was, just remember that that discussion centered around only getting them in the Beatdown, not the Bar, because Burners didn’t spawn in the BAR, and I said I had seen Burners in the Bar (I will say they are rare though, only 1 or 2 per 3 or 4 rounds(or more) and that I would start watching the drops a little more closely when possible and post if I found one.

#40

I just went digging around myself. Couldn’t locate it. Not sure where that came up. I remember you saying you were powerleveling someone and they ran around picking up the loot from the floor of Pete’s Bar when you said the random mentioned picking up a Cobra off the floor. You said you were going to ask the random for a screenshot or something to that affect. I remember putting that mystery to bed after seeing your post.

#41

did get his screenshot of it, but it was so fuzzy you could hardly tell what it was. I did see it on the floor and it is in my backpack as being level 50, the random didn’t need any OP 8 Gear yet

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#42

It’s surprising how difficult it is to get such a crappy sniper rifle.

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#43

Stop spoiling our lives hacker

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#44

What? I got one during the Loot Hunt and quickly sold it after I saw how terrible it was. :stuck_out_tongue:

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#45

I’ve seen a YT video that “proves” the opposite (unless the video is fake of course), but since he’s using outside software to force it to drop I don’t think I’m allowed to post the link here unfortunately, though I’ll gladly send it to you in a PM if you want to.

#46

Lol, so if that myth is true about 10x more UVHM Borderlands players have been struck by lightning than have found a Cobra…

#47

Yeah, that’s what makes me really not believe in it. I am curious what the new chance for the Cobra is and if the mechanics have changed a bit although GBX likely won’t tell us for a long time, if at all.

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#48

I’ve got 4 new VH who have yet to do any dlc beyond Marcus Saves Mercenary Day- feel like diving thru mounds of statistical data that I might accrue to make a database? :grinning:

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#49

The absolute madman. If you’re willing to sacrifice your sanity for the greater good, sure :3

Ok, I am seriously exaggerating here but I really am interested in what you can find.

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#50

Sounds like a deal :grin: I have a few more open quests to finish for the new Sal, Zero and Maya but my new Axton has finished everything except Hyperion and Creature Slaughter domes- he could use a new DPUH…

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#51

You are a true soldier of Pandora! When the forum revolution is complete you shall be rewarded :stuck_out_tongue:

What exactly are you going to do?

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#52

Me too. :acmlol:

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