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Anyone else have major connection issues today? I think the servers might be saturated with the release of the DLC...

Eleima wrote:

Anyone else have major connection issues today? I think the servers might be saturated with the release of the DLC...

Not today (haven't been home to play it yet), but I have noticed a lot of random DCs from the game servers trying to do Maliwan Takedowns over the last week. Super irritating when all I want is a R4kk P4k. Just want to play Fl4k in something above M2 level.

Thanks Demosthenes. Yeah, that's pretty much exactly what's been happening to us, and it's a bit annoying.

BUT... we look spectacular in our holidays threads.

What're you guys playing on? If you need someone to shore up numbers on PC, I'm more than happy to help when I can. My Amara is turning into quite a beast... even if my other characters just won't for some reason.

Also, Moxxi's Heist is brilliant and I love it.

For anyone who needs one of the new class mods, the crew challenge to kill certain folks, those particular mobs, as a result, always spawn and seem to have pretty good drop chances on them. Managed to get one of each of the new ones in a single playthrough of the DLC. Easiest one to do that with is probably the one in the VIP tower which is the last zone. No spoilers on who else is there, but the crew challenge is literally RIGHT by the spawn point for the zone and there's also a pair of vendor bots to make farming particularly easy.

We’re on PC and we typically play between 8pm and midnight. France time. So that’s 2pm to 6pm. We don’t play consistently on set days because one’s an ICU nurse, the other is an ER doc and I’m just glad they don’t have kids like I do, it we’d never sync up! ^^ We’ve started up Moxxi’s heist and have cleared one area. I play Amara, the guys play Moze and the operative (forgot his name). At this stage, we’ve completed all core maps and collectibles. The arenas and Maliwan HQ thing we’re still, um, working on.
We scheduled our next session on January 3rd.

Awwwww, 2-6PM is basically work time for me. Sads. Hehe, well addendum, if y'all need me on a weekend day, let me know. Name on Epic's game store is DemosthenesHPW.

I had no idea you played Borderlands 3, Eleima. You play the same way I do too with the same scheduling difficulties. I’ve got one buddy in Japan I game with. Other than with work and his girlfriend he’s got no responsibilities so I schedule the majority of our sessions. Easier with just the two of us, though.

Oh sure! I’ve played every Borderlands since the first one, just not on release. Me playing BL3 is mostly a result of a call put out by my ER colleague on my French very “no fake med” oriented Twitter.

Well, finally got R4kk P4k and.... somehow it feels worse to play than Fade Away or Pet Tanking builds. :S

But, found a new Zane Build using his new Class Mod from the DLC and it is all kind of goofy.

For reference, Zane's new class mod gives any shot a chance to activate ALL of his Kill Skills.... and makes them more powerful. So grab a few high firerate weapons and you're off the races... literally. It's insane, and I love it.

Could use a few more of those SMGs from the Takedown that chain off each 7th shot, as their firerate is ridiculous, but only have Corrosive for it right now... but it, two Rowan's Calls for Shock and Fire and, yeah, pretty good.

EDIT: So with further testing/gear... this build is ridiculous. Having a Banjo artifact that basically allows ANY gun to do the Brainstormer effect (with the same damage, both electric and #wise)… which with a 20% chance and ridiculous firerate that will empty clips in a second or two, that's a lot of procs... not great for like singular bosses, but there aren't many of those anyway... and even then, most have like trash/add sections to help with that.

Side note, did some testing last night and can confirm, Fl4k’s DLC class mod is also dead useless unless you’re using only either non-elemental or Cryo damage weapons. DoT ticks don’t crit and they reset the damage scaling from successive crit hits. Which is weird as his fade away perk doesn’t do that. Was seeing some weird resetting with testing my fire Lucian’s Call that wasn’t happening with my Cryo one and went digging and... yeah. Hecking weird that it works that way, hopefully that’s something they change.

More testing tonight, and yeah, this Zane build is booooonkers. Solo-ed Slaughter Shaft on Mayhem 4 bonkers, and so goofy fun too.

Just got this for xbox one if anyone sees me on, Southeast Europe time...

I might have to play this gain. That new Zane class mod Demosthenes is talking about is the bees' knees.

The scaling Maliwan Takedown event has been delayed due to technical issues.

Mantid wrote:

The scaling Maliwan Takedown event has been delayed due to technical issues.

I hope they can get that fixed. It's the only substantial content (not counting the DLC) that I haven't played and don't have the time to dedicate to a group.

It's sooooooooo haaaaaaard. We've thrown our three person group at it time and time again, and nearly beat it, but not quite.

Eleima wrote:

It's sooooooooo haaaaaaard. We've thrown our three person group at it time and time again, and nearly beat it, but not quite.

The bridge, no matter how many times I run that place, is always bad. Always. Too many of those damn death spheres, and it's worse when there's no Amara with Phasegrasp to lock each one down individually to focus it down. Them plus the hounds, and yeah, I always hate that part. :\

Vector wrote:
Mantid wrote:

The scaling Maliwan Takedown event has been delayed due to technical issues.

I hope they can get that fixed. It's the only substantial content (not counting the DLC) that I haven't played and don't have the time to dedicate to a group.

The group finder isn't bad for that actually. I've yet to have a truly bad experience in matchmaking and by-and-large, the Valks earlier share all the same loot. I'd recommend it, it's how I've gotten it done as many times as I have at this point.

Note: The Titan at the main entrance and the final boss have "hidden" loot too, in case you didn't know. When you kill the thing in the final fight with the legs, shoot the legs. Breaking those legs post-defeat yields bonus loot. Killing just the bosses = about 3-5 legendaries, killing the legs usually boosts that to about 8-10.

Demosthenes wrote:
Vector wrote:
Mantid wrote:

The scaling Maliwan Takedown event has been delayed due to technical issues.

I hope they can get that fixed. It's the only substantial content (not counting the DLC) that I haven't played and don't have the time to dedicate to a group.

The group finder isn't bad for that actually. I've yet to have a truly bad experience in matchmaking and by-and-large, the Valks earlier share all the same loot. I'd recommend it, it's how I've gotten it done as many times as I have at this point.

It's not the ability to find a group but time. Got two small kids, lots of laundry, and chores. no idea when I'm called away for an extended period to help out.

Eleima wrote:

It's sooooooooo haaaaaaard. We've thrown our three person group at it time and time again, and nearly beat it, but not quite.

I've got one regular weekend gaming friend. We haven't started playing yet so there's a decent chance the change is fixed before we begin. I'm definitely not going to try and solo it now.

They announced that the scaling Maliwan Takedown event will run from January 16th to the 30th.

It’s supposed to be an event and not a permanent feature? That sucks.

Yes, unfortunately. Seems like everyone is asking for it to be permanent, but gearbox is just ignoring them.

Mantid wrote:

Yes, unfortunately. Seems like everyone is asking for it to be permanent, but gearbox is just ignoring them.

I'd give it time. The increased anointed gear drop rates from that event were supposed to be temporary and by the end of the week, people were talking about how much better it was so much that Gearbox made that the new permanent rate.

So it starts on the 16th at 9 am PST and runs until the morning of the 30th. This will include the scaling Takedown mission as well as increased rare spawns, drop rates, and anointment rates.

I'm way tempted to get this game.

PC or PS4 ? I don't mind Epic, tho, I might not renew my Ps plus sub which will lapse in about 2 months.

I hate playing alone those games, so, where are the players of this fine community ?

Well I'm still playing on PC. But the nights I can play multiplayer are spotty because of my work schedule.

Keep in mind that in April, BL3's Epic exclusivity will end, so it may see an uptake of people playing it on Steam. Gearbox has also stated they will make it so players can play together across the PC versions, but they didn't give a timeline on how long after launch that would happen, only that it wouldn't be when the non-Epic versions were released.

I'm playing on PC, but I'm six hours ahead of Eastern...

Mantid wrote:

Well I'm still playing on PC. But the nights I can play multiplayer are spotty because of my work schedule.

Keep in mind that in April, BL3's Epic exclusivity will end, so it may see an uptake of people playing it on Steam. Gearbox has also stated they will make it so players can play together across the PC versions, but they didn't give a timeline on how long after launch that would happen, only that it wouldn't be when the non-Epic versions were released.

Well, I don't mind playing on any platform at all. Don't be confused by my tag. My B-day is in april, so I thought it could be a purchase at that time. I don't like to play alone the Borderlands games (At least, not with randoms), and by then I don't know if anyone will still be playing. HB is offering me 33% off at the moment for the super deluxe version. Still a lot to cash out tho. Guess I'll wait.

@Eleina, doing some streaming of Borderlands 3 ? Might watch you then

Playing on Xbox One. Just playing the first DLC still, but it totally feels like a slog fest so its taking me a while. But then I just dinged 46 and playing mayhem 1 or 2, I don't remember.

Actually no, I’m not streaming, because I’m playing with two colleagues and my brain can’t handle streaming and multiplayer chatting at the same time.

So folks... that Maliwan takedown... oooof.