#7

If that’s the case then yeah, I may be able to see it.
Some of the bosses in BL3, even in normal playthrough, can be kinda tough.
–RoA

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#8

BL3 is the easiest BL game.

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#9

That’s not necessarily true for everyone. My personal feeling is that the hardest Borderlands game is the one in a series a person is playing through for the first time ever.

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#10

that’s nice =)

#11

Well I tried a couple more days but cant get past Blood Drive. Thx for replies. With finish I mean play through the story.

#12

Which character are you? I am sure we can help you out with tips.

Also, which quest was Blood Drive again?

#13

Im Zane.
Skull with lasers.
I have one more sidemission I tried now, Just desserts, to try leveling up and get a shield with regeneration or something good, but that mission is glitched as I can only get 11 eggs from the three pods. He-he, not quite lucky with this game…
Tried to restart game but when I start again it say collect 11/12 eggs. Any ideas on this first pls.

#14

The eggs can be a pain, exit the game and come back or go elsewhere and comeback and the pods will respawn allowing you to finish.

#16

Doesn’t Borderlands 3 give you “easy” or “normal” difficulty to play on at the very start? I can’t remember now. And I chose “normal” if so, because I’m used to Borderlands.

#17

I’ll try to make this brief. The reason the game is setup that way is because it follows a certain pattern that’s the core of this genre. Basically you go out on your own and you’re fine, until you get to certain let’s say barricade. Now your options are get people to help or get better gear (solo route). They want you to want better guns for whatever reason. They need you wanting to play more, it’s their job after all. If you flew past easy story missions, what incentive is there to play through medium then hard? Not only that but being in groups give you a chance to see new character builds or alternatives to yours. So in a word ‘‘replayability’’.

#18

It does

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#19

While I think that’s true, there are still differences between the games that make one harder than another. BL2 has some pretty nasty difficulty spikes especially for new players, Captain Flynt for example.

And if we’re talking side missions, there has been much complaint about Killavolt, but remember Dukino’s Mom in Lynchwood? That’s 1000 times harder. So I’ve played BL games a lot and don’t have much trouble with Killavolt, but I still find Dukino’s Mom in normal mode virtually impossible (ironically, she’s much easier in UVHM/OP). Or take the Statuesque mission in Opportunity, that’s brutally hard unless you know exactly what to do. I can’t recall any BL3 mission as hard as that.

#20

Just to add, this is the first BL with group dungeons. We used to have people going through story missions because that’s all we had. Bl3 did a really great separating solo play style and forced grouping. Terramorphus or Gee (biggest butt goblin irritation boss ever) would induce violent facedesk moments.

#21

I also found Agonizer a royal PITA my first time through. Having a really strong corrosive weapon was clutch. I think I used a corrosive Westergun with success and the Ghast Call grenade is also effective. Zane’s clone works well also since it allows you to get behind the boss and hit his big crit area.

Where are you hitting the wall?

#22

You definitely need need either a corrosive or cryo weapon for Agonizer 9000. The key to that fight is you really have to pay attention to the floor, the fire is his worst attack.

I do not play Zane myself, but my friends highly recommend building for his barrier and making it so you can pick it up and have a personal shield. It looked to be decently tanky. I am sure other Zane mains have more tips.

#23

Flynt, Warden (if you didn’t know about constructor weakspots and/or have shock and corrosive gear), Saturn (if you didn’t figure out the cheese spots), TPS had Deadlift and RK-5 then the final battles which could be a real pain. Just look back at the equivalent forums there in the time following release (or after the HC came out) and you’ll see the exact same rage brought on by Killavolt, Traunt, Warden, and Billy. :man_shrugging:

Dukino’s Mom was at least optional. I don’t know how many people even bothered with that story line? Many of those who did probably did it just once for achievement completion.

My point being that every game has always had difficulty spikes in both main story and side quests. But the more of those you’ve experienced and come though, the easier it is to do the same in the next Borderlands game you play.

BL1 first time through I had a heck of a time doing the run to the vault with all those Guardians, especially since I was trying to play as sniper Mordy on my first ever FPS experience. Now I’m like “Pfft I’ll snipe them all” on my melee Brick run. Still haven’t soloed Crawmerax on any difficulty though!

#24

Well Killavolt is optional too. I brought it up because Killavolt is what most people complained about in terms of difficulty. Nobody has to do it, just as nobody has to kill Dukino’s Mom. If we count them, Dukino’s Mom is objectively infinitely harder than Killavolt. If we don’t, we dismiss most complaints that have been made about BL3 difficulty.

Yeah if it is the same, but honestly I don’t think it is. I’ve played BL2 for 1000 hours or so, much more than BL3 so far, yet if I go back, I will still have a much harder time in places than at any time in BL3. Because BL2 just is harder sometimes than BL3 ever is.

#25

One option to finish the game is to just join a random co-op campaign game. Playing with others makes the game much easier and when you go back into your solo game, your progression will be updated.

#26

If you mean the main story from the first playthrough without any modifiers and tvhm and stuff then the game is pretty much easy mode, my aim is terrible but i use my brain to compensate, and bl3 is probably the easiest of the franchise, mostly because of how many broken mechanics and weapons there are already that you can use to become a powerhouse.

#27

It gives you Normal difficulty with an “Easier” mode you can toggle on (whether you’re on Mayhem or TVHM - it’s not it’s own difficulty setting) that doesn’t seem to make a lot of difference.

So far, my only problem is hitting boss walls. I’ll get to a certain boss with a certain character and be unable to beat it. It’s been different bosses for different characters. The only one that’s been a consistent struggle for me is the Agonizer. Sometimes I can go back and do side quests I skipped, gain a couple of levels, maybe even get a bit of upgraded gear, and push past the wall. Other times I enlist help. But I am extremely glad that this game doesn’t twist your arm and force you into higher difficulties to progress.