Borderlands is pretty kickin'

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rcf1987

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Picked it up for the PC and all I can say is wow its everything I had hoped for. It really is a great rpg/fps. I feels like cod and fallout but with talent points like wow and diablo. I made a soldier class he at lvl 13 so far. It runs maxed out pretty smooth at 1080p with rig in sig. If I turn off dynamic shadows it stays at 60fps, because its cell shaded there not really missed. Although I believe vsync is fucked up I can see a lot of tearing and cant seem to turn it on even via the CCC. Overall a good game some far I recommend it
 
I think they need to add a scrolling chat log or built in voice. It is hard to get my lazy ass friends to download and setup Ventrilo.

Other than that I'm loving the game too.
 
Jake said:
I think they need to add a scrolling chat log or built in voice. It is hard to get my lazy ass friends to download and setup Ventrilo.

Other than that I'm loving the game too.
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I haven't played coop yet don't have any friends with this game yet my bro is getting it next week when he gets paid so thatll be fun
 
Voice is built in and on all the time automatically. It's kind of annoying when you are on vent and in the game, but you can turn it off in the ini.

The lack of any voice options for volume, push to talk, etc is one of the things that are on my short list of issues with the game (mostly lack of options in-game for FOV, Vsync (fixable in config). The menus could be better /shrug). It doesn't stop me from playing it, but it does tarnish it.
 
Its a game that could be so much better, I can see these lil problems hurting in the long run and I dont see Gearbox actually caring about them.
 
Well if a month from now there are no patches or anything then yea they don't care, until then I'll assume they are working on it :p
 
It's been pretty fun. I'm not sure if I like the beserker too much, I might switch over to the sniper guy.
 
RexPokinghorn said:
It's been pretty fun. I'm not sure if I like the beserker too much, I might switch over to the sniper guy.
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Thinking the same thing with my Zerker. Going to give it more time though. Berserk mode is insane!

Loving the game overall. The intro is wicked cool!
 
The Cisco Kid said:
Thinking the same thing with my Zerker. Going to give it more time though. Berserk mode is insane!

Loving the game overall. The intro is wicked cool!
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I keep forgetting about berserk mode to be honest :eek:

I found a sniper rifle and the thing does enough damage to kill most things in 1-2 hits. It seems pretty damn overpowered. Sniper to draw them in and a shotgun to finish them off!
 
I was playing this morning and am really enjoying the game.
Just need to find some players and try out the co-op mode.
 
The sniper rifles are over powered for the early levels. I am at level 12 and the 'badass' boss's can take 20-30 hits to take down. And with the Long sniper rifle that holds 3 rounds, thats a lot of reloading!
 
sethmo said:
The sniper rifles are over powered for the early levels. I am at level 12 and the 'badass' boss's can take 20-30 hits to take down. And with the Long sniper rifle that holds 3 rounds, thats a lot of reloading!
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How are shotguns in later levels?
 
I'm really enjoying it as well, only played a short while yesterday. I'm ~lvl 10 soldier, enjoying the loot, and I can see how addictive this will be.

My only quibble so far are the treks you have to make back to base after a mission is complete, but it's minor compared to the overall enjoyment I'm having with this game. With Dragon Age coming out next week, I can see that my gaming time is spoken for!
 
Im berserker too, I want to try Rocket Launchers but haven't found any yet (only level 12)
 
i just want a quick heal bar havgin to go into inventory to heal is ridiuclously annoying
 
I was up until 1 AM playing this last night. (ouch...)
At least I can take comfort in the fact I took 3 more down with me. :p Coop certainly does make the game. The Mobs scale hugely. With all 4 in game, they were damn rough.

I'm really stoked about this one. I had a feeling when I started following it. Glad to see the core game delivers. (They need to patch up some ugliness, but, all in all, definitely worth the 35.00)
 
Is Co-Op fixed now? I was on yesturday and when I clicked Join Game it froze Borderlands. It also won't let me join my buddies game he hosts and it won't let him join mine....
 
TheOrangeJuicer said:
Is Co-Op fixed now? I was on yesturday and when I clicked Join Game it froze Borderlands. It also won't let me join my buddies game he hosts and it won't let him join mine....
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Need to open ports for Gamespy. Yes it sucks. Yes there's no excuse for it.

There's information all over the place about which ports, but I'm at work, or I'd list it myself. . :p
 
I'm a zerker. Level 22 and it's pretty sick. Gone mostly in brawler, was then working on my tank skills. However, from what I hear, brawler is pretty tough to play ( ie, impossible ) on the second play through.

So, now I've started a Siren.
 
crackbone said:
Need to open ports for Gamespy. Yes it sucks. Yes there's no excuse for it.

There's information all over the place about which ports, but I'm at work, or I'd list it myself. . :p
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Lame...

Alright well thanks for confirming this. I will find a solution here at work and try it when I get home.
 
So freakin lame that the game doesnt unlock for me until the 30th. It's all pre-loaded and ready to go! FML!!!
 
rcf1987 said:
Although I believe vsync is fucked up I can see a lot of tearing and cant seem to turn it on even via the CCC.
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If you go into the WillowEngine.ini and search for vsync there is an option to turn it on, and worked for me. That file is in the nested folders within your documents folder and not the program files folder. There are quite a few other options in that file that isn't in the in game settings.
 
Has anyone had any luck using Hamachi or some other alternative to using gamespy? I can play with friends most of the time through a private game if they port forward, but other than that that's it.
 
crackbone said:
Need to open ports for Gamespy. Yes it sucks. Yes there's no excuse for it.

There's information all over the place about which ports, but I'm at work, or I'd list it myself. . :p
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This is by far the worst part of the game. If you need that many ports forwarded, USE uPNP!!!!

I'm level 5, hoping it gets better - right now it REALLY feels like WoW with guns, but it has some promise.
 
lvl 17 hunter. lots of fun with this game right now. the snipe does a shitload of damage, and i think some of his perks add dps for crits across the weapon spectrum. revolvers and pistols seem kinda pointless.

im sticking with snipe smg/assault rifle and a shotgun that shoots rockets with every shot.

enjoying it so far. feels like tf2 with diablo with fallout with halo. i hate halo and tf2, but the game is pretty awesome. im thinking it'll be alot more fun when i start getting some co-op going with friends.
 
The game DOES NOT work correctly with triple-screen configurations.

It crops off the top and bottom of the screen rather than adding more horizontal width. Not terribly noticeable on widescreens, but in triple-screen all you see in a narrow slit of what you're supposed to be seeing.

WILL NOT BUY until they add correct widescreen support. This is unacceptable from a game that's supposed to be for "hardcore players."
 
Unknown-One said:
The game DOES NOT work correctly with triple-screen configurations.

It crops off the top and bottom of the screen rather than adding more horizontal width. Not terribly noticeable on widescreens, but in triple-screen all you see in a narrow slit of what you're supposed to be seeing.

WILL NOT BUY until they add correct widescreen support. This is unacceptable from a game that's supposed to be for "hardcore players."
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Thanks for the update, I have a new Eyefinity setup, and if the game doesn;t play well at 5760x1200res it's a no buy.
What game engine is this using anyways ? Most big game engines support all three monitors to show the game world, just stretched
 
Sent said:
Im berserker too, I want to try Rocket Launchers but haven't found any yet (only level 12)
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I got my first laucnher at lv 10 from the weapon vender. They kick ass for brick, im lv 24 and all my points are in blaster and im using an awsome lv 20 rocket launch, all normal enemies are 1 shot, tougher guys are 4-5 (brutes and badass enemies)

Beserk mode is a life saver, you get insane life regen and can pull you out of many bad situations.

Oh and shotties are very good to if you can get within 5 feet, a close up head shot takes huge chunks out of all enemies
 
Are launchers only useful for Brick due to talents or something? I have a purple launcher and I'm Mordechai. The launcher only takes away 1/4-1/3 of the enemy's health away :S
 
Zorachus said:
Thanks for the update, I have a new Eyefinity setup, and if the game doesn;t play well at 5760x1200res it's a no buy.
What game engine is this using anyways ? Most big game engines support all three monitors to show the game world, just stretched
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It uses Unreal Engine 3, which is notorious for issues with widescreen and triple-monitor.

Luckily, some UE3 games (such as Bioshock) were patched to fix the cropping problem. I'm rather surprised Boarderlands still has the issue this late in the game.

By the way, what do you mean by "just stretched"? Games shouldn't be stretched, they should expand horizontally to fill the added width.
 
crackbone said:
Need to open ports for Gamespy. Yes it sucks. Yes there's no excuse for it.

There's information all over the place about which ports, but I'm at work, or I'd list it myself. . :p
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For convenience. Here are the ports needed which I have tried and works great.

7777 (TCP/UDP)
28900 (TCP)
27900 (UDP)
28910 (TCP)

One thing though. If you host invite a friend and it will time out for him. Once it fully times out stop the server and start it again then it'll work perfectly.
 
N3mi5is said:
Doesn't look too bad to me?

http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1463763
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Uh, your screen is quite badly cropped. The top and bottom are missing.

Just look at how little of your gun you're seeing, and you aren't even using one of the wider setups (which would make the problem worse).

You would actually see more of the game on one monitor, that's how fucked their FOV system is right now.
 
ZzBloopzZ said:
For convenience. Here are the ports needed which I have tried and works great.

7777 (TCP/UDP)
28900 (TCP)
27900 (UDP)
28910 (TCP)

One thing though. If you host invite a friend and it will time out for him. Once it fully times out stop the server and start it again then it'll work perfectly.
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You need to forward more than just these ports. If you look around, there are a lot a lot of ports that are mentioned. I saw this first, opened these ports, but couldn't host private games. Then I looked around, saw more ports, opened those, etc (iterative process). Eventually, I opened all the ports mentioned in every single source for BL PC and I was able to host a private game.
 
Cyrilix said:
You need to forward more than just these ports. If you look around, there are a lot a lot of ports that are mentioned. I saw this first, opened these ports, but couldn't host private games. Then I looked around, saw more ports, opened those, etc (iterative process). Eventually, I opened all the ports mentioned in every single source for BL PC and I was able to host a private game.
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Is there a full list anywhere online?
 
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