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Okay, that's a little harsh. But as someone who rarely comes across technical issues in games, I've already run into two with Borderlands.
Lost all skill points after a co-op session with a pal, and last night I had the bug where my bullets would disappear until I switched and re-switched my weapons back.
I love the game, it's a friggin loot hunt which is really my cup-o-shizz, and the co-op is the 2nd reason I bought it, but having a hunter without a Bloodwing is severely game-crippling.
That said, I hit 50 last night and started a new toon with a pal and didn't run into any issues. #borderlands
11/12/09
Ah, didn't know the console versions had such major issues as well. I did see that they patched the console versions last week, but since I didn't have either I didn't pay too much attention heh. #borderlands
11/12/09
last night I played with a friend who recently copied over his save files because he just re formatted to Windows 7 and didn't want to lose his saved character data. The game marked his account as "cheating" because he tampered with game files, so anyone playing with him now gets afflicted with the eraser bug.
Not knowing this, I joined him last night to find that I couldn't throw my turret out. Then checked my skills to see that my skills points were gone and everything locked. Later I would find that all my acquired artifacts and ALL weapon proficiencies had been reset to zero. My lv26 soldier had been effectively reset, where this is irreversible and I can never get those skill points back, ever.
The kicker? My friend's account that is supposedly "cheating" is still normal, just all accounts that play with him from now on get the eraser bug. Even more kickier? Gearbox has responded to this bug as, "should have backed up your save files :D"
Imagine getting this from a random online person with a lv50 character. I know one that did, he lost all skill points permantently and a lv50 proficiency in shotgun. First bug I've ever run into that is basically a game killer.
I still love this game, but now I'm paranoid and have to backup my remaining saves after I quit. Wish Gearbox was less Gearbroken -_- #borderlands
11/12/09
Gearbox has said it's usually the non-host who's affected. After reading through pages and pages of these issues, I've decided that the main factor is jumping out of your existing game when you get invited by a friend. Make sure you save and exit before accepting the invite; go all the way back to the start screen where you choose your options, THEN accept the invite. I did this last night and had no issues #borderlands
11/12/09
I had been playing with a really powerful SMG on my Siren, 4x explosive. I started using it at about lvl 19. Got my proficiency up to about 36 when I hit 29. This is my third character that I've gotten 36+ in smg proficiency, and when I started firing I noticed that my ammo was regenerating.
Now I went through all my skills and didn't read anything about ammo regen, I was playing with a buddy who was also a Siren, and I asked him to check if he had anything that gave ammo regen to the team, and he didn't. The SMG stat's were +43% reload speed and 1.9x weapon zoom.
I have no idea how I got it or what but it's only for the SMG and it hasn't gone away after several times of shutting my system off and turning it back on. #borderlands
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Yes, this does make it a MMO with a giant instanced world. And I'd buy it. #borderlands
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I think the actual gameplay mechanics are rock solid and wouldn't mind if it was exactly the same in the sequel, honestly, but I'd like to get a better sense of the characters and world I'm protecting/shooting up and actually feel like I'm a part of it. #borderlands
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If they make a sequel that does more for that part of the game, I might be sold. #borderlands
11/11/09
I'm almost done with my first playthrough as an asshole-blood-mage-extraordinaire............ and have been totally hooked into the game's universe.
It's the first RPG I played where I carefully and truly considered every choices I had to make as an PC, but even then couldn't predict many of the consequences that they would have on my story and characters around me.
Ok, well maybe not that hard, cause I've been playing as a sadistic bastard and just take all the cruelest options available, but still, I am absolutely delighted at all the different ways the game lets me be evil.
But back to Borderlands, man if they could infuse that level of depth and storytelling into the game, I would be in geek heaven.
11/11/09
Invariably spending most of my playtime online with 3 other companions actually provides another type of immersion as well that compensates for the lack of story. #borderlands
11/12/09
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I loved Borderlands, but it wasn't without its flaws. The game has a great core to it that can easily be built upon to create an even better game.
I kind of resent that MW2 came out so soon after I picked it up too as I'd really like to get to level 50, but with my limited playtime I have to prioritize my time towards MW2. #borderlands
11/11/09
Its truly a fun game all around, and one of the first games that playing through a 2nd time is as fresh as the first. #borderlands
11/11/09
And give it a real story... #borderlands
11/11/09
Dont mind the story as much, but I agree on taking your time with a sequel. Please make it free of game breaking bugs this time. #borderlands
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I realized that because I was past level 30 and apparently getting a third or fourth piece of some shard for some vault shit. Hell if I know. #borderlands
11/11/09
I absolutely got a kick out of MP, and I consider the game well worth my money--hopefully the new one will bring enough to the table to continue the trend. #borderlands
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And then the Vault would be inside its belly. #borderlands
11/11/09
I swear to god we must have hit a bugged spawn once and fought them for like 20 full minutes, most of which were badasses.
It was actually kind of pleasantly frantic. But maybe that was because of Brick and was beserking every cooldown, followed by flailing around and hitting everything that moved. #borderlands
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I love the fact that its co-op but I have like every fps thats been out on the ps3. Is the co-op split screen experience worth it? #borderlands
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