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Re: Borderlands: Diablo with guns
« Reply #360 on: Thursday, January 28, 2010, 06:35:39 PM »
Borderlands - Secret Armory of General Knoxx (DLC #3) announced.

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Gearbox has announced its third piece of DLC for Borderlands today, "The Secret Armory of General Knoxx," slated to hit the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC this year.

The DLC will bring a "huge new environment" featuring new enemies and new weapons. Gearbox is saying the experience is designed "for growth for characters from around level 34 to level 50." Yes, apparently Gearbox will be raising the level cap for this upcoming DLC, although they haven't confirmed by how much.

We hope to have more details soon, so keep your eyes peeled.


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Re: Borderlands: Diablo with guns
« Reply #361 on: Thursday, January 28, 2010, 06:42:21 PM »
That looks badass.

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Re: Borderlands: Diablo with guns
« Reply #362 on: Thursday, January 28, 2010, 06:46:16 PM »
That looks badass.

I hope we can drive a Mech.
Oh, man - Mech on Mech battles in Borderlands would be killer.

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Re: Borderlands: Diablo with guns
« Reply #363 on: Thursday, January 28, 2010, 06:51:07 PM »
I'm sold.

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Re: Borderlands: Diablo with guns
« Reply #364 on: Thursday, January 28, 2010, 06:56:25 PM »
I'm sold.

Same.
I can't wait to hear more about this DLC.

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Re: Borderlands: Diablo with guns
« Reply #365 on: Friday, January 29, 2010, 02:32:47 AM »
Awesome, so this is basically made to replace your second play through, that's ingenious.

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Re: Borderlands: Diablo with guns
« Reply #366 on: Friday, January 29, 2010, 04:40:56 PM »
That looks so kick-ass! Now I've got something to look forward to!

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(when I get a PC in a few weeks)

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Re: Borderlands: Diablo with guns
« Reply #367 on: Saturday, January 30, 2010, 06:15:26 AM »
That looks so kick-ass! Now I've got something to look forward to!

EDIT:
(when I get a PC in a few weeks)

Sweet!
Getting a new bad-ass machine, I presume?

EDIT:
Mikey Neumann has of Gearbox his take on the "Are video games art?" question. Kudos to Mikey.
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Re: Borderlands: Diablo with guns
« Reply #369 on: Tuesday, February 02, 2010, 03:17:56 PM »
New patch! And it actually fixes things!

02/02/2010: Borderlands Update 1.21 is now available for PC!

The update contains the following:

    * Multiplayer connectivity has been improved; users should no longer be required to forward ports to host or join multiplayer games
    * Players who experienced distorted shadows or graphical glitches after update 1.0.1 should no longer experience these issues
    * The 3D Vision crosshair has been improved

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Re: Borderlands: Diablo with guns
« Reply #370 on: Tuesday, February 02, 2010, 03:30:29 PM »
Woohoo, Idol!
I'mma have to check it out.

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Re: Borderlands: Diablo with guns
« Reply #371 on: Tuesday, February 02, 2010, 03:33:23 PM »
This will be great. I had the shadow/glitch issue, and for the last couple patches we havent been able to easily get multi going. Hopefully this fixes that problem.

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Re: Borderlands: Diablo with guns
« Reply #372 on: Tuesday, February 02, 2010, 03:39:11 PM »
This will be great. I had the shadow/glitch issue, and for the last couple patches we havent been able to easily get multi going. Hopefully this fixes that problem.

The shadow/glitch, I usually fixed by ALt-Tabbing and the game the shadow issue went away completely
by it recalculating the shadows correctly
OR by actually by turning Dynamic Shadow ON and OFF until it recalculated the shadows correctly.

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Re: Borderlands: Diablo with guns
« Reply #373 on: Tuesday, February 02, 2010, 07:25:16 PM »
Awesome sauce!  We'll have to get busy for when that new DLC hits.

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Re: Borderlands: Diablo with guns
« Reply #374 on: Tuesday, February 02, 2010, 08:20:15 PM »
Awesome sauce!  We'll have to get busy for when that new DLC hits.

Yeah, I've tried BL online through GameSpy and had a gamer hop into into my public room.
All is well, guys - it actually works for me! :)

Thank you, Gearbox!

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No need for GameRanger basically now for BL (especially since intro and end-game vids still ain't been fixed by GR to work on their version) - even though option is still always there, if gamers decide to stick with that or GameSpy servers shit the bed or something. It'd be nice if he did fix the vid issue GR version has, anyways...
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Re: Borderlands: Diablo with guns
« Reply #375 on: Wednesday, February 03, 2010, 01:19:52 PM »
Grrrr - I wish this wasn't still $50 on Steam.
Suck it, Pugnate.

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Re: Borderlands: Diablo with guns
« Reply #376 on: Wednesday, February 10, 2010, 02:53:05 PM »

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Re: Borderlands: Diablo with guns
« Reply #377 on: Wednesday, February 10, 2010, 03:24:20 PM »
Haha!  I hadn't seen anything of his for a while.  Can't say if the review is at all justified (haven't played the game) but it is funny.

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Re: Borderlands: Diablo with guns
« Reply #378 on: Wednesday, February 10, 2010, 03:48:39 PM »
Hes not far off on many points. The enemies are repetitive, the locations are pretty drab, the UI is a trainwreck...but damn if it isn't fun as hell.

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Re: Borderlands: Diablo with guns
« Reply #379 on: Wednesday, February 10, 2010, 04:17:58 PM »
Exactly, its got a great look and an amazing loot gun system, apparently that's all it needs.

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Re: Borderlands: Diablo with guns
« Reply #380 on: Wednesday, February 10, 2010, 09:49:52 PM »
Hes not far off on many points. The enemies are repetitive, the locations are pretty drab, the UI is a trainwreck...but damn if it isn't fun as hell.

There's something about killing enemies, taking their unique loot, equipping that unique loot, and repeating this cycle until the cows come home. It's addictive and fun as hell - when done right (like it's done here).

Sure, I wish the story didn't have so much left hanging and I do wish the story was better presented to the player. To get the most out of that stuff, you do have to dig on the story and characters to catch a lot of the layered references to understand them better - since there are tons there. It surely does a better job on the storytelling than HGL did.

About the UI, I wish when just rolling your mouse over (or moving your control pad over), the game compared the gun you're looking at automatically to what you have already equipped - you know, like Dragon Age, Titan Quest, and many other recent ARPG's and RPG's do.

Also, I'd like separate category tabs next to each other (from left to right) all for different items - i.e. one for SMG's, one for Hand Guns, one for Rocket Launchers; one for Rifles; One for Shields;and of course one for ALL. Click on Hand Guns tab, it only shows Hand Guns; click on Rifle tab, only shows rifles; etc. You get my drift That'd beat having just one big section w/ continuous amounts of scrolling up and down just to get from SMG to Rifle..

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Re: Borderlands: Diablo with guns
« Reply #381 on: Thursday, February 11, 2010, 12:36:05 AM »
Oh yeah, forgot about this with ME2 and all. We going to finish it sometime?

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Re: Borderlands: Diablo with guns
« Reply #382 on: Thursday, February 11, 2010, 12:43:43 AM »
I would love to, but YOUR NEVER ON.

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Re: Borderlands: Diablo with guns
« Reply #383 on: Thursday, February 11, 2010, 03:13:23 AM »
Yeah, that's not my fault.  Commander Shepard is fucking badass. But maybe we'll get back on that in the next couple of weeks, okay Princess?

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Re: Borderlands: Diablo with guns
« Reply #384 on: Monday, February 15, 2010, 01:11:48 PM »
General Knoxx now has Twitter.

Here's some General Knoxx DLC screens from his Twitter.







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Re: Borderlands: Diablo with guns
« Reply #385 on: Monday, February 15, 2010, 10:24:03 PM »
WTF?

I know it's like a AR thing, but the screens don't actually have to be phone quality.

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Re: Borderlands: Diablo with guns
« Reply #386 on: Tuesday, February 16, 2010, 02:40:20 PM »
Another pic on his twitter account.


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Re: Borderlands: Diablo with guns
« Reply #387 on: Friday, February 19, 2010, 03:12:33 PM »
Borderlands = 3 million sold
Borderlands has now sold over 3 million units.

Borderlands: The Secret Armory of General Knoxx (DLC #3)
EDIT #1:
GameSpot preview on Borderlands: The Secret Armory of General Knoxx.

New vehicles - including a 4-seater vehicle that can drop mines.
Female NINJA-like assassin enemies that run fast after you swinging katanas quickly.
Level Cap = increased to Level 61.
$10 for this DLC.

YES PLEASE!!!

EDIT #2:
IGN on Knoxx DLC.
Enemies w/ jetpacks shooting off rockets...
YES PLEASE!!!

EDIT #3 - Feb. 20th, 2010:
GiantBomb previews Knoxx.

EDIT #4:
Destructoid preview.


EDIT #5:
GameTrailers - Gameplay Preview WITH SPOILERS
Part 1 - T-Bone Junction Area.
Part 2 - Crimson Tollway Area.
Part 3 - Lakebed Area.

Also, Marcus, Scooter and Moxxi will be integrated into the story of Knoxx.
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Re: Borderlands: Diablo with guns
« Reply #388 on: Monday, February 22, 2010, 02:46:36 PM »
Borderlands: General Knoxx DLC release date revealed.

PC and PS3 = Feb 25th for $9.99
X360 = Feb 23rd for 800 Microsoft points (about $10).

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Re: Borderlands: Diablo with guns
« Reply #389 on: Monday, February 22, 2010, 02:54:17 PM »
Damn, that was fast. I still havent picked up the zombie DLC. But that 4 seater vehicle sounds like a blast.

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Re: Borderlands: Diablo with guns
« Reply #390 on: Monday, February 22, 2010, 02:57:10 PM »
Damn, that was fast. I still havent picked up the zombie DLC. But that 4 seater vehicle sounds like a blast.

I haven't picked up any of the DLC yet (Zombie Island and Mad Moxxi).

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Re: Borderlands: Diablo with guns
« Reply #391 on: Monday, February 22, 2010, 04:04:31 PM »
I haven't picked up any of the DLC yet (Zombie Island and Mad Moxxi).


Zombie Island is worth it, Moxxi is not. I really want the extra skill points from Moxxi, but I don't really want to play through it.

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Re: Borderlands: Diablo with guns
« Reply #392 on: Monday, February 22, 2010, 07:43:29 PM »
Yeah, I haven't picked up either of them yet.   I kinda want to make it through the main content first, you know?

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Re: Borderlands: Diablo with guns
« Reply #393 on: Tuesday, February 23, 2010, 02:37:36 PM »
Patch 1.30 for all versions coming this week right alongside your system's General Knoxx DLC release.

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Borderlands update 1.30 is coming, to be released alongside The Secret Armory of General Knoxx!

360: This update will be deployed automatically on 2/23
PS3: This update will be deployed automatically on 2/25
PC: This update will be available on 2/25


Here are the notes:

Borderlands Update 1.30 Notes

Addressed issues:
- Invalid weapons or items can no longer be loaded into the game
- Brick’s Centurion class mods now regenerate health correctly
- Brick’s Bombardier class mods now regenerate rockets correctly
- Roland’s Tactician class mods now regenerate shields correctly and display the correct bonus values
- Roland’s Rifleman class mods now apply damage increase to all machine guns
- Certain powerful legendary item names should now be displayed in the appropriate color
- Opening the bank in the Mad Moxxi DLC no longer prevents other players from moving
- Multiple copies of DLC missions can no longer be obtained
- Corrected some incorrect icons in the ammo vendor
- Fixed a crash caused by killing the final boss while zoomed in with a scope
- The “Careful, he bites” achievement should now properly unlock when playing in French
- Added icons to the server browser that indicate which DLCs the server has installed
- The server browser now displays the name of the DLC a server is playing instead of the plot mission
- Adjusted scrolling in menu options in long server lists
- Added a notification if a player attempts to continue a game saved in DLC that is no longer installed
- Fixed DLC notification dialogs that were not closing properly
- Alt-F4 no longer closes the game if it is not in focus (PC Only)
- Fixed an issue which resulted in corruption in saved games (360)
- Added support for allowing multiple user login on PS3, so that friends can play on another player's system in splitscreen. (PS3)
- Fixed graphical distortion and crashes some PS3 users may be experiencing (PS3)
- Zombie Island achievements and trophies now unlock properly in splitscreen (360, PS3)

Balance adjustments:
- Chests in New Haven have been adjusted to contain more appropriate loot
- The duration of daze effects has been reduced to 6 seconds, and the amount by which it decreases the speed of enemies and their projectiles has been reduced
- Damage from shock elemental effects has been increased
- Repeater pistol damage has been slightly increased, accuracy slightly decreased
- Sniper Rifle critical hit bonus has been increased

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Re: Borderlands: Diablo with guns
« Reply #394 on: Tuesday, February 23, 2010, 02:51:44 PM »
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They better not have screwed up my farming spot!

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Re: Borderlands: Diablo with guns
« Reply #395 on: Tuesday, February 23, 2010, 03:09:46 PM »
Oh crap, apparently the new DLC is 2GB in size on 360. Thats...you know...huge.

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Re: Borderlands: Diablo with guns
« Reply #396 on: Tuesday, February 23, 2010, 03:11:24 PM »
Oh crap, apparently the new DLC is 2GB in size on 360. Thats...you know...huge.

I hope they put that sell that one on retail disc - for retail PC and console owners.

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Re: Borderlands: Diablo with guns
« Reply #397 on: Tuesday, February 23, 2010, 03:11:57 PM »
That's perfect when most 360 HDs are only 20 GB. (sarcasm)

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Re: Borderlands: Diablo with guns
« Reply #398 on: Tuesday, February 23, 2010, 03:18:37 PM »
They better not have screwed up my farming spot!


NOOOOOOOO!

Unless "more appropriate" means "more fucking awesome".

Did the connection issue we were all having ever get fixed?

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Re: Borderlands: Diablo with guns
« Reply #399 on: Tuesday, February 23, 2010, 04:10:18 PM »
I hope by "more appropriate" they mean they upgraded the drops in like 3 of the chests. I never really found anything good in them, usually stuff in the 13-18 range of weapons, but you get to that area when you're 20-ish. If they boosted them, woo! It's like Christmas!

About the connection issues, I think they fixed that. Though we didn't do any extensive testing.

And I do hope they do a retail collection of the DLC now. Zombie Island, Mad Moxie, and now this? I'd buy a $30 disc to not have to download it all.