#18

Haha I got that killavolt bug. When he energise the floor everything lit up. I was hopping around like a jumping bean. :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes:
Somehow but some strange luck I survived and managed to kill him.

#19

Yeah I don’t play public anymore but I always hated that when I did. Super annoying.

I think there are also a lot of people who are just genuinely not good at the game. And by no means do I think I’m some elite gamer, but it’s true.

I’ve been playing a little with one of my IRL friends, he played a bit of BL1 and 2 but he just doesn’t really know what he’s doing. I’ve tried explaining gear, matching elements, etc but he still struggles with a lot of stuff.

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#20

It’s funny i used to think those Marcus Weapon Demo sidequest were pointless and meant nothing. But in BL3 it seems 1/4 people have absolutely no clue how apply elements. I’ll even admit I’m not too sure exactly when the right time is to use Radiation, but the way i’ve seen it Radiation doesnt seem to be a weakness at all its whole gimmick is the person you effect becomes walking splash damage for you. Maybe if they had marcus take some of these newbies to the shooting range to test out his guns after you put out the fires it would help people who are struggling a bit more.

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#21

My son is into World of Warships. Judging by his outbursts while playing I get the impression that “being not good at the game” is a pretty widespread phenomenon.

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#22

Not to be poking fun at people and their families but anytime I hear someone mention their kids playing games I think of some 8 year old, and I remember at that age I was playing DOOM on a 1994 computer and I was pretty bad on any mode outside of Hey not to rough, or Im too young to die!! lol.

Borderlands is definitely not a kids game, besides the obvious adult content the gameplay takes a takes some brainpower and strategy most kids under the age of 10 dont have. I’m all for kids playing Mature rated games, but I got no sympathy for any of their struggles haha.

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#23

Definitely, I’ve tried explaining to him but in my friends case, he tries to just Rambo his way through using whatever, whenever. And I’ve told him that doesn’t really work in this. lol

Same. As far as I know, I don’t think anything is specifically weak to it the way shock and shields, corrosive and armor, fire and flesh work. I could be wrong and would love to know if I am. I’ve been doing my challenges and had almost no radiation kills when I first started. :laughing:

Yeah and with so many people playing, there was bound to be some backlash. I’ll even admit, I love BL to death but there have been some s*** bossfights and mechanics in the past. I personally don’t think these are too bad in this, but others obviously feel different.

#24

Understood. But in this case he’s 25 and I’m… a bit older than that!

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#25

Little late on this but @DangerousRival you don’t even know how much I agree and support your points.You can’t even imagine how bad it feels when you mow down almost every boss on your first attempt and come and read these stuff.Was especially intense the first couple of days after release.

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#26

Were any of the normal story bosses in BL2 a struggle? no. only Terramorphous was. and he can be cheese with the correct weapons.

#27

The especially bad interaction comes because you can’t tell people to learn or have patience because thats like telling them to get good.And they treat that as something offensive.And the threads lead to nowhere.

PS.Thats partly because its internet interaction and people don’t take it well compared to a calm toned voice in real life that explains how things work.

#28

a good chunk of them were a challenge on the first run. Wilhelm and Bloodwing are the only two i think i found to be pushovers. Then rest required a good chunk of time and effort and it wasnt till you blatantly overpowered them I’d think alot of them were easy. In BL3 most bosses you dont even need to find cover, you just walk either hard left or hard right and you’ll avoid of the threat.

#29

really? Katagwa ball was hard the first time I fought him. his dumb tracking rockets nearly one shot you.

#30

katagawa ball is the only i think u NEED to fire from when fighting. The rest is either watching floor panels and strafing or his tanking the hits and applying damage and when/if you go down they toss some minions at you to recover. There’s no one life to live kinda situations were being in a team really gives any advantage.

#31

Having fought Saturn so many times, I didn’t find Katagawa Ball that hard. Sure, the rockets got me at first, but once I knew about them I knew what to do.

And that pretty much sums up all the bosses - if you don’t know what to expect you may get caught out. Once you know their moves and what types of gear are going to help out most, you can get past them.

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#32

I got wrecked by Katagawa ball and Agonizer, mostly because I didn’t have good corrosive stuff. And agonizer kept killing the second winds with the spinning blade move.

But I got through them after a few tries, never felt truly unfair or like anything needed nerfs.

#33

My issues with the bosses in BL3 is that I didn’t have the correct equipment to take them on. In my first play through I had no corrosive weapons for Katawanga Ball, so that fight took forever. Then it was the Agonizer 9000, only this time my corrosive weapon was woefully under leveled. In TVHM my biggest issue was with Troy (those purple ball attacks immediately followed by his charge destroyed me).

At no point have I wished the bosses to be nerfed, more like I just needed a co-op buddy so the boss didn’t get back to full health upon respawn. Like a few others have posted, there were several BL2 bosses that caused more pain (Saturn absolutely sucked the first time) but not nearly as much frustration as was doled by the Agonizer 9000/Troy.

I did pick up a lvl 50 SMG that just melts Agonizer 9000, drops from Katawanga Ball and with my Siren build it procs three different elements (shock, corrosive, incendiary). It made the TVHM battle much, much easier.

#34

The only change that made me scratch my head a little was Gigamind’s. I mean, really… Gigamind? But the others I’m ok with. Plus, as they said, more tweaks can come in the future. These various tweaks are nothing new to the BL franchise so I’m not all that concerned.

#35

Most of the bosses are a matter of just moving around and reading their attack patterns. Billy kicked my ass because my gear was crap, and I accidentally fought the OP version of Troy (he’s a little too weak now tbh). As a whole I think all the bosses were generally fair.

None of the bosses have truly undodgeable attacks and give fair warning to attentive players. Don’t think there’s a boss who annoyed off to the level of BA Rex yet.

#36

Yeah, I knew his patterns, and I tried to hide behind cover, but one rocket always hits me.
Im a BL2 veteran as well. Saturns rockets sucked. Its always just those rockets that get me. everything else I can shoot him in the face.

#37

Yeah i just beat Troy with my Operative and I dont think my shield went below 75% once or twice. His only dangerous attack is the Charge at you and if you hit him with a crit he snaps right out of it. The energy balls need to move faster and he needs to summons more meteors when he uses that skill. It’s really not to hard to deal with him and if you have an atlas weapon you dont even need to aim you just hit him with a tracker and just fire until he is immune and stay mid range.

I really hope the Agonizer 9000 never gets any nerfs, it’s easily my favorite fight. It can be a little lengthy but thats the fun out of it. You just dont fire non-stop and every once in awhile sprint/dodge/slide/jump accordingly.

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