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So it turns out, the game didn’t give me a choice. When I booted it up, it started the game over from the beginning, but everything is scaled up to level 32 (i’m level 36). So I played through the intro portion, and finally activated the fast-travel station and went to Jacob’s Cove.

After fighting my way through the various ways I had to Alt Tab the game and activate the Securom activation for the DLC, I finally got to fighting zombies. The first mission I got was rated “impossible”. The zombies I fought were all level 42. They killed me instantly. When I got back to that spot and shot at them from afar where they couldn’t retaliate, it took me over 5 minutes of emptying clips into a single zombie head to finally take him down. After 15 minutes and 3 zombies, I finally concluded that this is pretty much untenable. I can’t be spending this long to take out a single enemy. Clearly I’m way, way under level for doing the DLC so far, so my only choice is to either start a new character or to play through the main campaign again for a while with my character.

So let that be a warning to future players: if you want to play through the DLC, do it before you defeat the final boss, otherwise you’ll have to replay a lot of the game before you can tackle the DLC.

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When you load back up, it should let you choose playthrough 1 or 2

3143

Thanks, it’s obscure enough in the menu that I wouldn’t have noticed this without your post. Now that I switched to playthrough 1, the zombies are now level 35, same level as me, and the dlc is very challenging, but not sadistic.

3144

So I just played this for the first time last night, since I saw all the buzz the second game is getting. I replaced the guts of my PC to something several years more modern, so I thought I’d give it a try and chose the hunter. About 90 minutes in, I’m having a blast. I hope it stays this much fun throughout the game in single player, as I have no interest in co-op.

I also can’t stop watching the intro movie. :)

3145

I went nuts waiting for Borderlands 2 and fired this up again last week. Went with pistol and bird focused Mordecai and am having a blast once again. I’ve currently got four revolvers (my fave weapon, btw - hope these are still around in 2) on hand and cycle through them as needed. I got a crazy one with infinite ammo and 7 x 56 damage shots! Never really used the bird before and like how well it complemnts my guy (at least in playthrough 1). Just got to the final hostage rescue mission.

Guess she will just have to hang in there while I level and loot with ZerO tomorrow.

3146

Dat intro… Borderlands is at its best when it hangs on to that personality. Have fun! There’s a lot of content there if your interest level holds out.

Also: there’s a cheap respec option, so don’t fret about skill points too much.

I got a crazy one with infinite ammo and 7 x 56 damage shots!

A Masher? I love the Mashers…

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I only played single player, and I had a ball with it. IMO it gets better after the initial areas; weapon variety seems to open up more, plus you start getting class mods.

3148

Yaaaaay! I can’t wait to get more sniper rifles. The sniping in this game is GREAT.

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I’ve played about half single-player and half co-op with my kid. Serious fun in both modes. The biggest advantage of co-op, besides the enjoyment of playing with friends, is that you get better loot drops early on.

3150

Oh, well poo, I guess I’ll deal.

3151

I bet I lost my Mordecai save, checking on that now.

3152

K, I hit my first snag, I’m trying to kill this one dude, and he send this psycho dude after me and neither my sniper rifle and my machine gun do barely any damage. Do I need a shotgun or something?

3153

Is he a higher level? The way scaling works you barely tickle a guy who’s even a level or two higher. One of the main complaints about the first game is how important character level was and how easy it was to outlevel content, making it a cakewalk.

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Brian, make sure you are within a level or two of the baddies you are shooting. Borderlands, more than any game in recent memory, really penalized your for fighting above your level. Anything +3 or more is almost unkillable (and not worth the time - heck even +2 is really too hard). I don’t remember anything in the normal playthrough that made weapon types useless (new game plus is a different story).

Edit: What Locker said;)

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Don’t get too discouraged though. In my 1.75 playthroughs I’ve been ok going and doing some side quests until I was a more reasonable level and then coming back. It can be a pretty extreme effect at first since it isn’t documented well IMO.

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Aaahhh, that explains it, I’ll go kill some dogs and such for a spell before I go back and finish that sidequest. Thanks guys!

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Despite what everyone says, it is also a blast to out level some stuff (especially if it rocked you before). That way you can enact your sweet, sweet revenge while laughing maniacally as you gun down baddies by the hundreds.

I choose not to examine the deeper philosophical implications of my above statement.

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Be sure to check the mission difficulty. “Tough” is doable but watch out for anything above that… Actually, do nothing above that.

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Yeah, the one I was trying was tough. S’okay, I’m running around killing randomy dogs and such, just dinged to level 8.

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So was this Nine Toes or the guy after him (Boneshredder?)? You probably can safely slaughter Nine Toes by now - I killed him at level 5, but I have 177 hours invested in this game. If it is the next guy, you may want to wait until the quest pings “Normal” - he is tough and has a bitchin’ SMG. Run and gun and shoot the Brutes in the head - crits and stuns a bit.