Help with Tiny Tina's DLC

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#11

Blackheart…sorry but you are wrong about the Pearls.

There is a set available before UVHM. And they are in the regular loot tables. I know this as the first pearl i ever saw (and only one i saw until a recent midget farm run) was while i was a lvl 42 and the pearl came from a trash pile.

Why are you guys harping on this guy saying he’s a 49 with a few pearls? Stop assuming everyone is lying, and just help them.

Lamar, i’d love to help you through, but alas, i have no 50’s anymore, and going in with a 61 would just be no fun for you.

#12

You appear to overreact quite a bit. Nobody is harping on him as they are all trying to help, they are just confused about it.

I do give you the benefit of doubt. However, you have to consider that world drop Pearls are ridiculously rare even on UVHM. It is assumed that every 10th Legendary is a Pearl and that’s IF it is a gun. Without the drop rate increase the chance of getting a Pearl from a trash pile would be, theoretically, close to 1 in 1 Million.
Why? Trash Piles don’t always drop any gear and if they do they don’t have to be guns either (to be precise, 100 out of 207 “tickets” are gun drops giving them a drop rate of 48.3% or about 1:2.07). The original drop rate of Legendaries was 1:10000. As mentioned earlier, it is assumed that every 10th Legendary is a Pearl because that’s how it is for the original game. White = 9:10, Green = 1:10, Blue = 1:100, Purple and E-Tech = 1:1,000, Legendary = 1:10,000. With that we assume Pearls would be 1:100,000.
Less than half of all trash pile drops are actually gear and slightly less than half of those are guns. Even if we assume every 4th trash pile offers a gun we’d be looking at 1:828,000 (10000042.07) with some rounding down.

So please understand our skepticism here. Do you have any screenshots of the gun in question? No matter how bad the quality is, it would certainly be helpful.

Or maaaaaaybe we are all just confusing Pearlescents for another rarity.

#13

Actually, @BlackHeartV is correct. The first set of Pearlescents requires UVHM Upgrade Pack 1 and the Pearlescents from that will only appear in UVHM from any appropriate Loot Source. You can only get them below level 50, in Normal and TVHM, from the Slot Machines in the Tiny Tina DLC. The second set of Pearlescent weapons requires UVHM Upgrade Pack 2 and will only appear from lvl 61+ Tubby enemies. So, either the OP won them in TVHM from the Slot Machines in the Tiny Tina DLC or the OP is in UVHM and not TVHM. See the Borderlands 2 wiki page for Pearlescent Weapons .

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#14

[quote=“BlackHeartV, post:9, topic:590984”]Although it is better to just ignore them as they are simply not worth the effort.[/quote]That’s crazy talk… I always take those dudes out when I see them. I mean, not that they don’t kill me more often than I like, but I enjoy the fight nonetheless. Is that because they don’t seem to have anything special in their loot pool?

#15

I prefer avoiding unnecessary frustrations, even more so if they caused trouble for others. But yes, them not having anything special in their pools unlike Slog/King of Orcs contributes to that.

#16

Thank you guys, you’re an amazing forum, as well as amazing players for sure.
About the guns, it was my mistake in the first post, which I corrected in the second one: I don’t have pearl guns, just pink and purple. I have some legendaries, but their level is low and now they’re useless. When I wrote the first post I didn’t know that pearl guns were higher than legendaries, sorry for my silly mistake.

About the Warlord Orc, I am level 49, and most the time I meet him he’s level 54. I levelled up to 50 and got some (blue) guns at the same level. I tried to use my last golden key but I didn’t get guns just class ability. :frowning:
Anyway, I was also trying to go in circles and kill him by rapidly turning the other side, but I didn’t have enough patience, and it didn’t look such an epic way to take him down. But at this point I will do anything to kill him. It’s a personal matter now. Thank you for the suggestions, I plan to take him down today.

On a general note. It is in this cases that Maya’s ability is useless, because phaselock or thoughtlock don’t work on this types of enemies. I like toughtlock myself because it distracts the bad guy, but in this particular encounter he spaws just with a few other low level enemies, and once they taken down I’m alone with the beast!

Thanks again!

#17

I still remember the first Warlord Orc that trans’d into a Duke of York that I ever ran into. Kicked my ass into the next dimension and more than a few times. Went broke even trying to beat it. That being said, there is NO shame in not fighting these guys. If running is the best way to stay alive, do it.

Gear wise, since you have the DLC…see if you can trade for a level 50 Blockade shield.

Definitely use the right element for the right enemy and it’s really a good idea to have one of each available. You can get away with not slagging most common enemies at your level, but if you do feel like duking it out with a Duke…slag is your friend and it wants you to be happy.

If you can’t beat him the first 47 times, try at least running past and getting to the mission "The Beard Makes the Man mission from Clappy…and if you didn’t already know this, DON’T TURN IT IN!

The mission weapon it gives you, the Grog Nozzle will save your ever loving bacon. BEST SLAG WEAPON IN THE GAME!
Don’t even worry about the stats on the card or it’s level. You can solo Terra with Maya with that gun. Not kidding ( I do it all the time…on OP8 ). I suggest reading up on it’s uses and functions.

No time for farming? Get a shift account and use Golden Keys for decent purples.

#18

I didn’t know about the Grob Nozzle, thanks for the tip! :slight_smile:

#19

The easiest way to take out the Duke in the orc camp is to stop in the large open area (the same area where you get a side mission to plant a treant sapling). Check your map to see if the Duke has spawned. If he has just stay there. Equip your best sniper rifle and the Bee and go to work- so long as you don’t leave that area the Duke will get stuck behind the fence and you can snipe him with ease. Just be aware that occasionally he WILL jump that fence he’s stuck behind but for the most part this is the easiest way to deal with him…

#20

I just skipped that Warlord Turge. He was fighting trees and so I collected bloodfruits and got out of there before I got him on my ass.

#21

Ah! For future reference, it might be helpful to call them “etech”, not “pink” - save some confusion that way :wink:

#22

Not exactly! They work on the other enemies. So, if you phaselock one of the other enemies instead, it will trigger a few of Maya’s skills. Wreck, Chain Reaction, Sweet Release and Elated. Depending on which ones you have speced in, the benefit will vary. There’s nothing that forces you to shoot the enemy you just PL’d. Shoot Turge instead, and reap the benefits.

I was thinking Seraph guns when I read pink! :smile:

I’d recommend that you go back to Moxxi’s bar in Sanctuary. There’s a tip jar on the counter. Tip her until she gives you the Good Touch. (She’ll give you the Bad Touch first) Both are great guns, and they also heal you a bit. GT is a fire SMG, and BT is a corrosive SMG. They’re easy to get. A little cash is all you need, but that shouldn’t be a problem at level 50. Approx 15 - 30 k for each gun.

#23

[quote=“lamarozzo, post:4, topic:590984”]So I’m in Camp Dwarf Torture inside the Mines of Avarice and I’m facing Warlord Turge.[/quote]Ok, I know where you’re at now. If you don’t kill any of the, what, four Orcs that first spawn at Camp Dwarf Torture (past the cart tracks from the first skirmish with some Orcs and spiders), and I don’t think he’ll even spawn. Dodge them as needed, continue up the map, and they’ll eventually stop following you.

#24

This. Plus, if you are spec’d the right way, phaselock will still slag and shock the target even if it doesn’t hold them. Pretty useful for the specific situation mentioned in this thread as it means not having to switch weapons, or hope you don’t run out of grenades too soon.

#25

Guys, here I am, I just finished Tiny Tina DLC! Thanks to everybody for the suggestions, I followed each one of them!

It feels I killed a thousand skeletons. Also the last fight with Jack was really long, especially since it would take me forever to take down his shield, which he would then regenerate. But eventually I made it. I had crappy guns and was alone, so it feels more of an accomplishement. Thanks!

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#26

this and @BlackHeartV is correct also about the Warlord Orcs, I took my OP 8 commando into TVHM last night and visited the ORC village in the forest and let them beat me around for about 10 minutes, I observed that the Warlord ORC slowly leveled up to Level 55 and that several smaller ORC’s were around 51 - 52

@panhead441 as @BlackHeartV says nobody is harping on the OP. I’ve played BL2 since Day 1 and have seen people that thought they were in UVHM, but were actually in TVHM and vise/versa (though not as often). We ask or question what someone says , so that we are able to help them to the best of our knowledge.

Cool , Congratulations.

#27

Good job, Mate! :blhappy:

#28

First time I did that fight was also solo, and I completely ran out of ammo twice. I also got knocked off the platform more times than I care to remember (although mostly I managed to land on the deck below somewhere.) It was epic, but I was thoroughly exhausted at the end of it. I’ve actually found it easier in level 72 UVHM, because those extra skill points are extremely useful.

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#29

Slag and fire. Farm the second treants off to the left where the mimic chest is. Pretty easy to kill and between the chest and the treants you should get some usable gear. The First blacksmith treant and the dice and mimic chests there can also get you some good gear. The second treant there never drops anything but the mimic chest behind him has pretty good class mods. I have gotten many bees there also. I have only gotten bees off the first blacksmith treant, the orc camp ones, and the bloodfruit pool ones. Try fast travelling to Fabled Woods, backtrack to the back of the orc camp, go through the gap in the fence and then run past the orcs to the blood pool. It can be tricky, but you can learn to pull it off and get to those treants without fighting all those orcs. Of course, you miss out on the two treants in the main orc camp, who can drop the bee…

Good gear can also be had by running past all of Hero’s Pass, transitioning to the Warrior’s Vault, then travelling back to Hero’s Pass. You will be next to that last red chest with no enemies. If you save on the Warrior Vault side, then step back to the Pass before save/quitting, you will respawn literally right next to the red chest. Many etech weapons there, eridium, cash and I’ve even gotten my corrosive Conference Call there.

I too struggled with this DLC when I was stuck with 50-ish gear and I and the enemies were at 52-54. It gets better around the high fifties, and in the latter sixties, it gets easier and funner. I’m loving the game at the level cap, and will take on Digistruct when I feel bored.

Another good easy farming run is Knuckledragger. Keep killing him until you get a twin or floated hornet. this thing is corrosive, but the twin version does massive damage and is all-around useful. Enter Knuckledragger’s arena from the back side, not from Claptrap’s place as it’s an incredibly short run. You can literally kill him dozens of times in an hour. He always drops one pistol. It will usually fly toward the tunnel back to the beginning of the game. It can be hard to see, so watch carefully and look thoroughly each time.

Good luck and keep at it. Let me know if you need some help. I am neveru_mind on Steam. The same enemies you can’t seem to beat, I now dissolve with ease. Don’t get frustrated or give up. It gets way funner. The Duke of Orc is cake for me now, and will be for you.

Another good gun that’s not too hard to get is the Lady Fist from the Uncle Teddy mission in Arid Nexus/Fyrestone. I kept a clean save and repeatedly overrwrote my save file until I got one I liked (redundant/shock). Of course, I then ran back to the Sanctuarly Stash and saved good ones before save/quitting, then restoring from my mission uncompleted save. I have a nice little collection of Lady Fists, but mostly only use the Redundant/shock one. Two rounds per shot, 800% crit damage, accurate and good rate of fire. Very useful gun.

#30

Are you on PS4? JSilvers is my PSN. Hit me up and Ill be happy to go through it with you.