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Phew. Saved that one.
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I uh...fuck..
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11/16/09
You should see this amazing incendiary SMG I got, actually. Made most of the last bits of the game very easy indeed. #borderlands
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Fix the broken achievements.
Seriously, I've killed like a billion fucking guys with Corrosive weapons and no Facemelter. I haven't rushed through this game at all but come on it's been out for awhile and I would've thought there'd be a fix by now.
11/16/09
(on quest screen you should be able to switch to a sub-tab showing all achieves. - at-least you can on the PC) #borderlands
11/16/09
Oh and my current Mordy build but I might reset a few point to the Sniper tree. It's not a definitive build- just one to help others survive.
[www.borderlandsthegame.com] #borderlands
11/15/09
Do a check on how long it takes between going gold and a game actually selling on shelves.
Compare that to how long it takes to get DLC out when it's finished.
Just because DLC comes out a week or two after a game launches, doesn't mean the DLC was magically finished in time for the game to go to print and they excluded it because they were evil.
But honestly, the same people would probably bitch and moan if it took them a month to launch DLC because it should have been out sooner.
The game had plenty of content at launch. Them adding more later doesn't mean they subtracted before. Grow up. #borderlands
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Then again, we know that Stone Prisoner was designed specifically as a used-copy-purchase prevention measure, and it looks like Warden's Keep was just designed to give them enough content for a collector's edition or something.
I get it when people talk about Capcom, when apparently the material is on the disc, but if something's developed separately and actually downloaded, I think peoples' complaints are unwarranted. #borderlands
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As for Dragon Age, what the crap justifies 2 DLCs to be out the day the game is released?! And not only that, to charge $15 for one and $8 for the other? That's absurd. Your $60 game just became a $83 game, if you want the whole experience.
As for Borderlands, I think this is fine, because it did give the game at least a month for people to play and finish. It's still a short notice, but in this day and age, you do need to keep getting content out to your customers or you're going to lose them to other games. That's just the way it is now. Quick consumerism. #borderlands
11/16/09
LOL #borderlands
11/16/09
Note how he says I was rude for telling people to grow up, then brings up that little gem.
Yes, there are cases of companies intentionally gouging with overpriced or underdone DLC.
I was aiming my comment at the people that complain about every piece of DLC out there, regardless of quality or quantity. The people who feel they are "owed" all extra content for free, or that all DLC should be on the scale of Fallout 3 and GTA4's expansions.
I'll be picking up this DLC. I won't be picking up minor things I don't see adding much value to my gaming time. #borderlands
11/16/09
I have no problem paying for quality DLC like this one. I won't be picking up costumes or things like that.
My comment was referring to this article in particular, and how they dismiss the DLC due to how quickly it arrived. I was merely giving examples of why DLC can arrive seemingly quickly.
Not to mention, as another commenter mentioned, oftentimes a separate team works on DLC near the end of the core game's development cycle. #borderlands
11/16/09
I think the reason the DLCs in standalone form are $15 and $8 is to discourage people buying a used copy of the game (where the dev/pub won't receive any profits). #borderlands
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Meanwhile, Hikiko makes me sad, since while he / she seems quite the articulate and well spoken individual, his / her arguments are ludicrous. Expecting every game "to be highly polished to the absolute maximum degree" ? Using the terrible dollar-for-value music track DLC trend as an example of appropriate pricing for campaign expansions? Making rape-victim analogies?? If this weren't the internet, I would consider such behavior shocking.
Anyways, this person makes me sad because either we have an articulate fool who presents their crazy-stance very neatly, or a well spoken sane person who puts a lot of effort into trolling valid areas of discussion. I'm not sure which is more depressing to encounter here. #borderlands
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I just really hope that there arent any game breaking bugs in this release compared to stand alone game. I also hope that this wouldn't be the last DLC made for it.
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It comes out next week, Nov.24th.
Anyone know what the title of the song is? #borderlands
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@seifer_pso: @DukeOfPwn: @adrian783: @(Vashified) Ratosai:
Thanks guys. #borderlands
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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