Maya 2.0 reset UVHM today.
So, first thing to do was to hit-up Knuckledragger for a Hornet. Only took three tries! Not bad, either. Bandit grip, double-shot accessory, Tediore sight (I prefer those on Pistols). Nice drop, that has already served her very well.
So, off to Oasis she went, from Liar’s Berg. Turned in Whoops (shock) and Don’t Copy That Floppy (slag). Also borrowed a couple of Sandhawks from OP3 Axton (corrosive, fire). Left Captain Scarlett hanging there, and headed off to the Badass Crater of Badassitude.
So, fought all the usual suspects there. No Slow Hand from BA Rex this time. Went on to farm Pyro Pete the (not at all) Invincible.
Now, things got interesting with Pete. Just a little. Seems that during my extended absence from BL2 (August last year through a few weeks ago), there was a patch that included a buff for Cloud Kill. It’s been handy even in UVHM, so yeah, MAJOR BUFF. Now, I had THOUGHT that Pete resisted corrosive damage. And his SHIELD indeed does. BUT, I also noticed that it was ticking off 838K per tick against him after his shield dropped (Cloud Kill, that is). So I decided to try swapping to corrosive BotA and Sandy after his shield was down, to see if things changed. Took a little less ammo (80-100 rounds) to take him down, on average. But even better, Cloud Kill now ticked off about 300K MORE against him per tick (1127K or thereabouts, if memory serves). And not once did I see the dreaded word ‘RESIST!’, so we’re on to something here.
Probably something that, if I were to search the forum for 3-5 minutes, I’d see had been thoroughly treated by a COMPETENT player last Fall. Nonetheless, I’m more than a little proud of myself here. I did a thing. FOR SCIENCE!
Anyhow, been farming Pete when I hung it up for the night. OH, and before I reset UVHM, I managed to get a Badaboom off of King Mong. LOVE those things!
Interesting drops? Had a boom bike in Southern Raceway drop an OP2 Moloko Etech (slag–is that Skorry?). Sidebar: I studied Russian language in undergrad, and taught it for a while as a grad student. I know that the Vladof sniper rifle names and prefixes are based on that Clockwork Orange deal, but the language in that film referenced here is in turn based on Russian. Without getting into real linguists’ territory here, it IS Russian. Some Russian words, anyway, and generally not misused in context. Well, not until you get to BL2, where someone calls a sniper rifle ‘Milk’.
Incendiary Fastball in one of Pete’s chests, right after he himself dropped a NE Madhous. Got a nice OP2 Fire Kitten, a couple nice Bandit shotfuns (one each NE 3-barrel and fire single-Hyperion-barrel) and a sweet Torgue Casual Stalker. OH, and tucked out of view in a strange corner in the Forge, where a Scorn throw had opened up a small trash pile, there was a 0.0 fuse longbow fire Bonny! Now THAT’S my kind of world drop!
Oh, hey! Was it always the case that someone in Lynchwood could drop Law? Not sure I remember that, but yesterday either Deputy Winger or one of the Marshals dropped one. I wasn’t sure if that’s always been in the game or not. Held on to it, because it wrecks those crystal skeletons in TTAoDK.
Speaking of which, that’s one of tomorrow’s (taking another day, or at least half-day, off of work) priorities. Maya 2.0 will go finish the Scarlett DLC, at least START the TTAoDK one, and maybe give Hyperius a try. Wanna get Grog Nozzle in-hand first, though. Rubi MIGHT suffice, but that’s a long way off now (got rid of the last one, because it was a low-level piece and I needed the space). MIGHT move on with some of the main story quest, too, at least to get as far as Sanctuary. We’ll see.
(Well, to be fair to the lad he has just completed a pretty intense semester at college).
With Quick Charge, Able, Onslaught, and Metal Storm up basically constantly, Axton killed it. I may do that again on purpose later, but throw on a Ranger COM instead. 
