#107

Sounds like RDJ’s character in Tropic Thunder, i.e. a stereotype/caricature. First character voice that actually does not work for me.

I’d really have liked it if he had his same inflection and diction as currently, but the pitch was upsampled so he sounded like Tobes. In short, a hard-arsed Drill Sergeant who happens to be a one-meter-tall bird.

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#108

Oh, that bridge is pretty much crossed for me. Not that I don’t love the world of Borderlands any more, but Battleborn is a gem.

What I really wonder is if GBX will be willing to look at a sequel (not any time soon!).

#109

I still like BL2 more, but Battleborn calls to my addictive tendancies more, without making me feel dirty like mmo’s do these days.

After WoW, I swore never again.

I only broke that once, by going to a WoW private server, which totes doenst count to me.

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#110

Agreed. Alani’s voice kinda bothers me too. I’ve gotten used to it a lot, but she looks so much more mature than her inane adolescent ramblings sound.

Pendles voice surprised me, but I think it suits him perfectly. I don’t think I’ll ever get used to Ernest. Shame because he’s fun to play, but that brings him down for me.

#111

I kind of get what they were going for. I wish Scatman Crothers were still around. Or Keith David voicing a squatty bird would have been fun.

#112

@misguided

Keith David playing himself in Saint’s Row 4 is brilliant.

#113

I was fully expecting someone doing their best R. Lee Ermey impression.

“Let me see your Battleborn face!”

#114

Got my hands on his Legendary, expected a little more BOOOOM, but should be useful somehow
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#115

I REALLY didn’t want Ernest to squawk. I’m fine with his voice.

My own hope, and let me lay this out as to how I got here, was that he would have a silky-smooth Baritone crooner voice and inflection, a la Sinatra, Dean Martin, or Bing Crosby.

When we first saw the bright colored plumage, some assumed he was a she. Then it was pointed out that in songbird species, males are brightly colored and females are drab colored. So I followed that Ernest’s avian species could be descended from songbirds, like Benedict from hawks or Toby from penguins.

So for a male songbird, I thought it would be cool to have that crooner sound. I’d even have loved it if his patter/dialogue involved little musical phrases or Rat Pack-esque banter: “Ring-a-ding-ding, I just blew you up, baby!”

As the details of his Drill Sergeant background came more to the forefront, I considered this interpretation to be less likely.

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#116

He seams well balanced, he maybe deals a bit too much damage.

Something bad about him is that he can cheese the first sentry on Echelon. You can hit the sentry with a grenade bounce in the stairs. Your team just have to stay in defense upstairs and you take the sentry without any problem. And the defend team can’t do anything if yout attackers doesn’ aven engage and wait for the sentry to die. But it’s a problem about Echelon.

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#117

I love Ernest… A lot. He is slightly OP, only his grenade damage though. Other than that, he is fine.
I’ll show you just how much I love Playing Ernest:
http://m.imgur.com/PqfI5AU

#118

Some of the kool peeps in the forum and I have been wrecking the Spotlight HC maps today with Ernest.
He is so awesome, so much fun.

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#119

I put it in really weird places, where it’s not exposed but the aoe gets ya.

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#120

I switch back and forth. Typically I’ll chuck it in the back of team fights or for a 1v1 and use it to Dash around them while I shoot them. I’ve pretty much mastered his mines (wave clear, last hitting for kills on unsuspecting prey from a cross the map), but I’ve yet to truly master defense mode. I use the reload speed so the slow doesn’t benefit me.

#121

You can use him as a burst assassin. Smith to attack mode, quick melee, mine, ult behind them, use defense mode to slow, then switch back and as they run shoot mines.

#122

I’ve been using every mine buff and attack speed buff to abuse it, I hit 150 per full length match, still with good kd and assists and minions. It’s very strong. I think Rotten Egg and the cooldown reduction on that needs a small nerf. Otherwise he may be fine. He may have a lot of health and deal a lot of damage, but caught out of place and he’s essentially done.

#123

It’s a fantastic idea for him.

#124

Idk, is anyone taking a one second Wound at Rank 5 over 2 seconds off Explosive Charge?

#125

Actually, a number of people seem to like the mutation at 5, but that surprises me. The 5R helix is about 4x stronger than it should be.

#126

It would only be useful against 2 or more healers and only if you are good at getting direct hits. It’s really situational.