2961

At least 60 pages of this thread are people (including myself) questioning the retarded decision to use GameSpy for multi.

2962

Gearbox does apparently. But yeah, I know what you mean.

Oh and yes, it leveled Crawmerax too.

2963

Yes, and we’re reminded even when playing single player

“Your connection to Gamespy has been lost. Do you want to reconnect? (Y/N)”

2964

I’m on playthrough 2.5 and getting my ass completely handed to me by the last boss of the Claptrap DLC. IIRC, I’m a level 67 Siren and the boss is level 69. Is it capped at 69 or will it always scale to be two levels higher than me?

2965

Well that’s what I get for being late to the party.

2966

FWIW, you don’t need GSpy for SP or LAN play; I’ve never needed to log in for either.

2967

Well, FWIW, it’s up in the air as to whether or not it’s GameSpy that is the issue, or borderlands’ unbelievably crappy internet multiplayer setup. There’s enough blame to go around.

2968

I found an orange alien gun. First ever. They’ve always been (and since for that matter), green.

I wonder if I can trade it to someone for something?

2969

got a screenshot? So far I’ve never found one worth using other than messing around with.

2970

Here’s the cannon:

Another thing I’ve never seen is this sniper mod for the siren:

2971

The specter mod drops from the lance assassins trying to kill you in General Knoxx.

2972

They don’t look like a good fit for the Siren unless I am missing something. I thought Siren powers benefited most from high rate of fire weapons such as SMGs and assault rifles.

2973

Generally that’s true, but I suppose you could make a Siren spec that was built around melee for close range and sniping for long-distance.

2974

The alien cannons tend to be somewhat useless regardless of their stats. Like rocket launchers, they have limited use because of the slow travel rate of the projectile. Unlike rocket launchers, you can’t really spam shots because of the “energy instead of ammunition” mechanic of alien weapons, and just as importantly, there’s no elemental effect. Having an elemental effect beyond the default “explosive” on a rocket launcher can make it a lot more effective, particularly Fire.

2975

I have built a siren around snipers, I think it’s actually the best character in the game to play as a sniper, if you get your ‘vanish’ cooldown low enough, you can really have some fun dropping agro after each couple of kills.

The only character in the game that can actually stay at range using snipers.

2976

That makes sense. Might have to try it some time.

2977

totally agree. I avoid them like the plague. I was just commenting that I’d never seen anything but a green alien weapon until I got this orange one. It’s more from a collectors perspective than a useful perspective.

2978

It’s listed as a DLC3 eridian weapon, so I guess it was something added in Knoxx. I haven’t seen any orange alien guns yet either and I’ve run through the game 4 times (Playthroughs 1 and 2 on 2 characters) thus far. Haven’t played Robot Revolution yet, might bite the bullet and buy it full price if Steam doesn’t do a Thanksgiving sale or Borderlands DLC doesn’t show up as part of it.

2979

McKnight - missed you, but here is the info to catch up:

We went through the first part of Jaynistown - killed the first brother and have just spoke to Erik Franks back in New Haven, where we stopped for the night. We’re level 30.

I’m not sure about next Thursday. That’s thanksgiving. I might be able to do it, but would have to be later - at least 10pm pacific.

2980

I still haven’t tried this out in co-op yet. Any PC version East Coasters feel like starting up a weekly group to go from the ground up?