There will also be a new mode added onto Borderlands 2 called “Ultimate Vault Hunter’s Mode”. It will be available for free for all players. To access the mode, you’ll have to beat “True Vault Hunter Mode” and be at least level 50. A new weapon tier will also be added to the game. The new weapon tier, called Pearlescent, should be familiar to those of you who’ve played the original Borderlands. It is set to be the rarest loot in Borderlands 2.
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Gearbox is also looking to bring a new, playable character to Borderlands 2. The character, Krieg, is a new, psycho Vault Hunter that will bring a new level of bloodiness to the game.
New character is NOT included in season pass. Think everyone will have to burn $5 for it.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
This is starting to get a bit much, even for me, if they release a second season of "new character + new DLC." I honestly don't give a fuck if they charge $100 for the ultra-mega-you-get-everything edition up front, as long as it's ironclad "I get all the new shit."
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
Hmm, or perhaps some sort of tied bullshit based on the following premise: if you purchase DLC X in the past within a certain timeframe after release within a certain percentage of full retail price, you're given an option to buy the future DLC Y with a bit of a discount relative to how soon you bought X and\or what percentage of retail you paid.
Encourage early buying of X right now for a better shot at getting more folk to buy Y later. You're selling more X at full price and pissing off fewer people when they learn you're releasing Y and they'll have to buy more shit, thus increasing Y's profitability.
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Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Personally, I'm ok with everything they've done. The releases so far that were outside of the DLC were all pre-purchase exclusives. No problem there.
Asking $5 for a new character class, something that has never been promised for free, no problem.
4 DLCs for $20? Great.
Everything else has been free.
If they want to keep pushing out small things for free, great.
However, it's time to get the majority of the team working on BL3.
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
The very next DLC looks to be the last in the first season, they're calling it. Season pass holders also get the level 60 cap. The next DLC will also intro a new character for those willing for fork out.
They've also been speculating about a second season of DLC for a bit now.
EDIT: New character, wtf?
From the teaser trailer, the new character appears to be built for melee attacks in brutal close-quarters combat.
Good thing I spent all that time getting my melee Zer0 to 50.
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Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
However, it's time to get the majority of the team working on BL3.
The more I think about it, the more this is pissing me off more than anything. The cash you'll suck out of the BL2 gaming population with one more season of DLC doesn't seem to compare to implementing that same quality content in the next gen game, because fucking seriously ... BL2 already has as much or more DLC than BL1. It doesn't need a secondary melee character. Gaige is already a variation on Axton (pretty much because of the pet thing).
Jumpstarting BL3 dev with good ideas seems like a much better idea that trying to boost the BL2 endgame by tiny increments and having a played-out feel to the sequel.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
With the release of the Psycho Pack, Gearbox teased the release of the fourth DLC pack for Borderlands 2 with a video showing Tiny Tina and three of the four original Vault Hunters from Borderlands play a tabletop game called "Bunkers and Badasses", similar to Dungeons & Dragons. Gearbox also stated that the DLC pack would be the "biggest yet" and be released by late June.
Any word on taking a run at some Seraphs, Leish?
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
1. I hated what they did regarding Tina.
2. How can they bend for that little public pressure, and then shamelessly release that Aliens game?
And yeah, but I've got to start getting my characters leveled. Done with Saint's Row now.
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
Leisher wrote:1. I hated what they did regarding Tina.
2. How can they bend for that little public pressure, and then shamelessly release that Aliens game?
And yeah, but I've got to start getting my characters leveled. Done with Saint's Row now.
Wait, what did Gearbox actually do? I heard someone bitching about her. Did they cave?
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
I know they said they would change how they dealt with her in the future, meaning we probably won't see her back or she'd be completely retooled.
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Includes the new Vault Hunter Mode and level cap increase.
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
Also got the ultimate VH pack downloaded due to the season pass or premiere club or something. I might buy all the skins if they packaged them for $5, but for $1, I ain't that vain.
Am glad I stopped until the cap got upped, so I can now continue to gain XP while progressing towards missions that give me fucking level-appropriate guns.
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Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Don't know if this is coincidence or not, but just played post-update for the first time. And for the first time ever, got my vehicle stuck in a stationary object.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
