Borderlands 2 is the sequel to the critically acclaimed first person role playing shooter Borderlands created by Gearbox Software for Windows PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 platforms.
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How to effectively use explosive weapons against metal shields?
As far as I can tell there are three things you can do with explosive weapons when fighting against an enemy with handheld metal shield(like nomads).
Shoot the shield directly
Shoot the nearby ...
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Does Zer0's “Execute” damage depend on deception time?
Since normal melee damage is affected by the time left for your deception mode, I wonder whether the same is true for Zer0's "Execute" skill.
EDIT: Thanks Keith for pointing that out ... so how is ...
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Can't create a psycho?
I have all of the DLC to date. However, I can not create a Psycho. I have right clicked BL2 in steam and made sure the Ultimate Vault Hunter pack was installed. Am I missing something?
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How does the day/night cycle work?
There are badass ranks for killing enemies both at night and during the day.Time also seems to progress while fast traveling. How is the amount of time determined? How long is one in game day/night? ...
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What factors determine enemy levels or: How do enemy levels scale to the player character's?
When I finished Normal Mode at around Level 30 and went back to the Southern Shelf (still at Normal mode), I found that all enemies there are now very easy to kill, meaning they didn't level up (or ...
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I turned off the electric fence too early, am I stuck?
I'm stuck in the Shielded Favors quest in the Southern Shelf. I was doing a different quest, turned it off, finished said quest, and returned to this one. Claptrap told me to run through the fence, ...
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Can I edit bank/backpack space with Gibbed's save editor?
My packrat-ness is getting to me, and I currently have 3 characters with banks just for storing items (one for purples, one for uniques, one for legendaries). What I'd really love to do is haxxor my ...
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How is Fight For Your Life time determined?
The teammate revive timer appears to move faster than usual sometimes. Am I imagining this?How does the bleed-out/revive/cripple time change, and what affects it? Does it quicken with your ...
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How can I ensure a chubby spawn?
I've played a few hours between two characters having never seen a chubby monster spawn anywhere (as far as I recall anyway) and then I ran into two during my first trip to the caustic caverns with my ...
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How do subsequent playthroughs work?
In Borderlands 1 the second playthrough had a "playthrough 2.5" once you beat The Destroyer, which changed the game so enemies (and most mission rewards) scaled to your level. Because of this it was ...
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Do I get paid to kill myself in Eridium Blight?
In a quest in Eridium Blight, Handsome Jack asks me to jump off a cliff and be his bi*ch and he will reward me handsomely. From past experiences he almost never keeps his word, but still I will like ...
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Is crystaloferous real?
I've heard a lot of rumors, like that people who were data mining in borderlands 2 found a 3rd invincible, other then Terramorphous and Vermivorous. This is the main game without dlc. Is this true and ...
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Where is Michael Mamaril?
In tribute to a Borderlands fan by the real name of Michael Mamaril who died from cancer at a young age, Gearbox immortalized him as an NPC vault hunter who offers you guns to help you out (source). ...
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Will playing the Torgue slots yield me a net benefit?
Since the Torgue slots in the Mr. Torgue DLC cost rare Torgue Tokens, I'm wondering if my expected value for them is above zero; e.g. if I play a million times, statistically am I likely to have more ...
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Can I start a new game in Borderlands 2 but use an old character?
I have a character I made with a friend playing 2player. I want to know if I could start a new single player game and import that existing leveled up character with equipment into the new game like ...
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How can I effectively play Siren?
Siren seems to be one of the less common classes and most people don't know much of how to play it aside from "elements and SMGs".
What do I need to know to be a good Siren?
What do I need to know ...
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Where is the secret “Minecraft” area in Borderlands 2?
I heard there is a hidden/secret Minecraft-themed level of Borderlands 2. Where is it, what do I have to do to reach it, and what's the benefit from going there? Is it just an Easter egg or is it ...
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How can I change my skin?
Apparently I have unlocked some skins and other customization options. Can I apply these to my existing character or do I have to start a brand new character?
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Is there a way to play a clean start in Borderlands 2?
I'm trying to play a game from scratch, that is with zero badass points and zero in everything else, but I can't seem to be able to, every time I load the game, it downloads the files from the cloud ...
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Can my friend and I use my (singular) save game on the LAN?
My friend and I started playing BL2 in a LAN centre this evening for a bit of fun.
We got some way into it, then his machine restarted, which meant his save game was lost (as the LAN centre machines ...
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Are there guns which regenerate ammo?
In Borderlands 1 I had a great pistol which only had a 2-shot clip but reloaded almost instantly and it also regenerated ammunition over time, fast enough that it basically had infinite ammo. I ...
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Has the level cap been raised to 61? [duplicate]
I have seen an answer which states that the level cap has been raised to 61. Is this correct?
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Why can't NPCs use New-U respawners? [closed]
I've been somewhat curious about this..but.
Spoilers:
In this case, why couldn't he use the New-U respawn technology? In Borderlands 1, he was able to use it (in fact, all 4 of the original ...
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Where does Borderlands 2 store save files?
Where is the save file location? I've upgraded to Windows 8 and am barely been able to start the game. After some tweaks with compatibility, the game starts, but all my configs and saves are gone.
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How do enemies scale in Borderlands 2? [duplicate]
I am considering buying Borderlands 2 today, but I've read in a few places that enemies don't scale properly. Some say that this only occurs on normal while others say otherwise. I just want to make ...
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How can I get or obtain Pearlescent weapons?
A big update hit Borderlands 2 today, and along with adding a new level cap with a bunch of bug/exploit fixes, it added the new "Pearlescent" weapons.
Where can I get these weapons? Are these ...
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Is there any increase in legendary drop rate with the True Vault Hunter mode or the Vault Hunter's Relic?
True Vault Hunter Mode
I heard it gives better and more loot, so does that mean legendary?
Vault Hunter's Relic
Says it increases rare drop rates, legendaries are rare, too... (heh)
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Is it a glitch that all three legs of Blue were broken simultaneously and it still lived?
I know Blue regenerates. We took care of this by having each of us attack one leg, with the siren behind for rezzes. Also, I hit it with about 16 bonus packages (gunzerker). All three legs were bare ...
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What's the difference between TVHM and UVHM? [duplicate]
A big update hit Borderlands 2 today, and along with adding a new level cap with a bunch of bug/exploit fixes, it added the new mode "Ultimate Vault Hunter Mode".
What's the difference between ...
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How does Resurgence work?
The Assassin/Zero's Resurgence skill restores health with melee kills depending on his own health. How do the health benefits scale with your health? What constitutes "low health" for the purposes of ...
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How can I skip, or at least speed up, the DLC check in Borderlands 2?
You know how every time Borderlands 2 launches it tells you to press any key? ...and how, after you press the any key, it decides to spend a few seconds too many checking for downloadable content?
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How do I restart a game at a New-U and not a fast travel station?
Why do I spawn at a fast travel station when I start a saved game instead of the nearest New-U? Is it supposed to be this way or is it bugged?
Seriously, I think it's the worst saving system ever ...
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How does enemy difficulty scale up relative to the number of players in co-op?
If another player joins my game (through LAN), a message saying something like this appears: "Player 2 has joined your struggle. The creatures of Pandora grow stronger." If I'm the only one left in ...
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How to solo Pyrocaustic Pete the Invincible?
Is he possible to beat solo? Getting through his shield is the easy part but how would you damage his actual health?
He is resistant to both fire and corrosive so those are out of the question. I ...
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Is there an unstuck option for toilet doors?
I got stuck in a toilet door and cant seem to get out.
Is there an unstuck option or will I have to quit and reload the game?
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How does the damage of the Unkempt Harold (legendary Torgue pistol) work?
I recently got a 'Hard Unkempt Harold', a legendary Torgue pistol which fires multiple bullets per shot:
How does its damage work? Is the damage indicated in the 'Damage' stat, split per bullet ...
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How do I advance a quest through Gibbed's Save Editor?
I am trying to configure a save file to advance a quest but I have no idea how to use Gibbed's Save Editor. Someone care to walk me through? I need to advance through a problematic part of a quest. ...
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How do I use the shared stash to transfer items between my characters?
Pre-release information on Borderlands 2 declared there would be a "shared stash" which you can use to transfer between your created characters. How do I access the shared stash?
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Where can I store items?
Are there places to safely save overflow inventory/stuff? I saw I can expand "bank" storage from Crazy Earl, but where is the bank, and what can I store there? How much? Are there multiple locations?
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My True Vault Hunter Mode is Bugged
This is my first post here. I was playing with my friend the other day on my TVHM and decided I wanted to go solo. After rejoining my own solo game, I ended up in the first area with Claptrap outside ...
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Borderlands Scarlett DLC [closed]
Is the scarlet DLC free and if so how do I get it? Is it available by just pressing download content on the game menu?
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Can you create a new character using your previous character's weapons?
After completing Borderlands 2, I want to start a new game with a new character using the weapons of my previous character. Is there any way I can do this?
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Is the Torgue DLC included in the Season Pass?
I know the Mechromancer DLC is not included, but is the Mr. Torgue campaign of Carnage included in the Season Pass? Or is it separate like the Mechromancer?
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Run Borderlands 2 at 2880x1800 on Retina MacBook Pro
I'm trying to get Borderlands 2 on Mac, the Steam version, to run at full resolution (2880x1800) on my rMBP.
In-game, the max resolution for some reason is set at 1440x900, half of the full ...
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Can't use any DLC red text content for borderlands 2
I cant seem to use any DLC redtext weaponry even after completing Captain Scarlet's campaign. It still says at the top of a weapon pane " requires pirate booty " of which i happily looted previously.
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What do I do with Eridium after maxing out my SDUs?
So, I've bought everything available at the Black Market in Sanctuary but enemies still keep dropping Eridium. It's gotten to the point where my HUD no longer displays my total Eridium count whenever ...
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Can I play Sir Hammerlock's Big Game Hunt without the 'Bee nerf' update?
I stopped playing Borderlands 2 on-line after downloading and installing Mr. Torgue's Campaign of Carnage; last I played my game version was still pre-'bee nerf' patch. I haven't played on-line since ...
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How do I see how much Eridium I have?
My HUD no longer displays my total Eridium whenever I pick some up. I can't seem to find any total in my inventory, either. Am I missing something, or is visiting the Black Market in Sanctuary the ...
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Why do elemental DOT effects sometimes deal 1 damage each hit?
This is an odd thing I've noticed with Burn and Electrocute now; sometimes I'll get a solid hit on an enemy causing a Damage Over Time effect...but it does just 1 damage per "tick", causing a ...
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What are the new guns in the Torgue DLC?
I'm vaguely familiar with the Torgue legendaries from the main game (Flakker, Nukem and such) but casually glancing at the legendaries in the Torgue vending machines I've never quite noticed which are ...
