Question about claptrap

[VaultHunter101 (Flying: throwing yourself at the ground and missing)]

from my personal experience it seems that the rubber ducky action package is more likely to appear when activating your action skill while walking on stairs. am i alone in this

That, or airborne.

To @Piemanlee, Rubber Duck is not actually as bad as most people think it is. You basically have a giant bullet deflector wrapper around you, and you can do endless slams on your enemies without ever running out of O2 on the double-jumps. So remember, if you roll Rubber Duck, spam that slam! Also, if you’re playing co-op, see if you can all get yourselves into a convoy…

(Let’s see who’s old enough to get that last reference - just reply appropriately and I’ll know who you are!)

[Piemanlee (Knows how 3D spaces work)]

I’m not saying its bad I just find it hard to aim when I’m in it. Also as I’ve said im only lvl 7 so I still have a lot to learn

[Adabiviak (Guajiro Pandoreño)]

…this here’s the Rubber Duck and I’m about to put the hammer down.

[VaultHunter101 (Flying: throwing yourself at the ground and missing)]

10-4 big buddy! You wanna put that micra-bus in behind that suicide jockey?

[Piemanlee (Knows how 3D spaces work)]

Unless this is some how a toy story reference than I have no clue

[VaultHunter101 (Flying: throwing yourself at the ground and missing)]

You’re obviously not old enough, or you’d know it! (Hint: It has nothing to do with Sesame Street, but it is a song.)

[Piemanlee (Knows how 3D spaces work)]

Your probable right lol. I’m not to worried about it.

[Gulfwulf (Cast Iron Chef)]

Also, if you’re playing co-op, see if you can all get yourselves into a convoy…

[Piemanlee (Knows how 3D spaces work)]

I’m just gonna change this thread to a general question thread so I don’t have to make more than 1. Can a mod please more it to general discussion.
Edit: moved it myself.

[SpaceDragon]

On that note, as I read the wiki article, it says that Clap-in-the-Box will put Claptrap into Fight For Your Life if another enemy is not injured (as opposed to killed) with the detonation. Is that accurate? I thought you had to kill someone with it to avoid FFYL.

I can confirm that, killed me couple of times when everyone are dead already… But if I just hit a badass (everything lesser generally just dies from it) I dont go to ffyl. Although I dont bother to connect my Xbox to to Internet I have no patches so it might have changed.

[quote=“VaultHunter101, post:28, topic:1267208”]
Rubber Duck is not actually as bad as most people think it is. You basically have a giant bullet deflector wrapper around you, and you can do endless slams on your enemies without ever running out of O2 on the double-jumps. So remember, if you roll Rubber Duck, spam that slam!
[/quote] That is excactly what I always do when I get rubber ducky, nice that someone shares slam-carpetbombing strategies!

[DarkChaosXX]

Sorry if this seems like I’m intruding on this topic, but I have a Claptrap question too. Does Star With a Bang’s Explosive damage get reduced from explosive resistant shields?

[LunaticOne (LunaticOne Borderland's 2 & 3 UnOfficial #1 BadAss)]

Jack (or was it Angel) basically explains how to minimize the chances of getting a lousy action package in the echo devices: equip as high a number of other, useful packages as you can, and bury the lousy ones in the odds. Let’s say you only had two packages available (not possible in the game; this is just an example), one you don’t like and one you do. You should expect to get them both 50% of the time. If you have seven, only one of which is one you don’t like, you should only see it around 14% of the time.

This, I’ve only equipped,
Pirate Ship
Torgue Fiesta
Gun Wizard

I’ve gotten those about 70% of the time
I’ve only got Rubber Duckie twice from playing this game from day one, clap-in-the-box 0 times.
the others come up the other 29% of the time

[quote=“VaultHunter101, post:28, topic:1267208”]
Rubber Duck is not actually as bad as most people think it is
[/quote]the only Bad thing I find about it is if someone activates it and your near a cliff or hole

10-4 big buddy! You wanna put that micra-bus in behind that suicide jockey?

better to put it in the rocking chair, safer

Unless this is some how a toy story reference than I have no clue

An old movie “Smokie and the Bandit”

[Piemanlee (Knows how 3D spaces work)]

Smokie and the Bandit

Oh I’ve seen that move a long time ago.

[Adabiviak (Guajiro Pandoreño)]

[quote=“SpaceDragon, post:37, topic:1267208”]I can confirm that, killed me couple of times when everyone are dead already… But if I just hit a badass (everything lesser generally just dies from it) I dont go to ffyl.[/quote]Oh sweet - I may give that package a spin!

[VaultHunter101 (Flying: throwing yourself at the ground and missing)]

I can confirm that, killed me couple of times when everyone are dead already… But if I just hit a badass (everything lesser generally just dies from it) I dont go to ffyl. Although I dont bother to connect my Xbox to to Internet I have no patches so it might have changed.

Last time I used it, it was still a right royal PITA. Since I got the Clappy achievement, I ditched it. After the patch, I did play with a friend who still had it it specced, and he had the same problem.

[BunBun299]

Clap In The Box is a pretty lousy skill. Use it once to count towards the Achievement, then respec and never touch it again.

Everything else is good at least some of the time. Rubber Duck mode takes a bit of getting used to, but once you do, it helps when it pops up.

My favorites, though, are Torgue Fiesta and Pirate Ship mode.

[VaultHunter101 (Flying: throwing yourself at the ground and missing)]

Torgue Fiesta and Pirate Ship mode.

Whoever thought these up was a genius.

[SpaceDragon]

What means PITA?
I picked it on my 1st co-op session in TPS with friend and just wanted to test it. When we finished NM and swithed characters for another NM playthrough I wanted to test it on solo. It actually is better when you solo IMO. Not really that good though.

[Piemanlee (Knows how 3D spaces work)]

It means pain in the ass. Which isn’t a good thing.

[Piemanlee (Knows how 3D spaces work)]

Ok so I think I’ve settled on a lvl 50 build for clappy

Claptrap Skill Build 22/3/22 - Level 50 Fragtrap » ThePreSequel.com

Seems like a solid build to me. I really like both the left and right trees. Right is my favorite