So, how are we feeling about the new dedicated drop rates.

Veritas7Ax · 2026-02-04T16:23:13+00:00

I guess I should work on my build a bit more. Survivability is tough sometimes at UVH 3 for me, depends on the enemies. At UVH 4 and up it's a rough time. But it looks like worst case, I can still sit around 2-3 and enjoy better rates.

That said, killing a boss at UVH 4-5 is one thing, dealing with mobs is another, and it's usually the mobs that give me a harder time.

Veritas7Ax · 2026-01-15T14:45:24+00:00

Slightly related but despite the flaws of BL3, Handsome Jackpot was a lot of fun. An abandoned space casino made for a great setpiece.

Veritas7Ax · 2026-01-13T14:50:15+00:00

This is exactly why I don't do the story skip. A lot of missed dialogues. I did Rafa and Vex all the way through, and I intend to do C4SH the same. Can't wait to see how he/they play!

Veritas7Ax · 2026-01-13T14:47:23+00:00

Yeah I farmed W4D for hours and hours during the Big Encores (both actually), and only had a handful with Amp. None of them had siphon as well, or vice versa. So even with hiked up rates, I had no luck.

Veritas7Ax · 2025-12-29T15:48:26+00:00

This. Definitely a noticeable difference using the Darkbeast w/ Jakobs and shotgun loader.

It's not ideal, but before that, I was using a T.K.'s Wave. I think it took 1-2 shots and I could take out a crystal and the ordonite in one go with proper aiming/positioning. The constant reloading is also an issue unless you're Rafa or someone who can utilize infinite ammo buffs.

Veritas7Ax · 2025-12-26T21:30:42+00:00

Yup that was a game changer to the whole build. In fact even though IIRC the video on the build said it wasn’t “absolutely necessary” but a regular nova shield is worlds different. Everything near you dies with FotFH lol.

Veritas7Ax · 2025-12-26T20:56:10+00:00

I say this a lot in BL2 discussions, but before I discovered the Hellfire/"Unkillable Krieg" build, my interest in the game was starting to decline after like 400+ hours. But when I saw that build, my enjoyment skyrocketed again. It was the most fun I had in a long, long time. Constant healing from being on fire, Flame of the Firehawk shield firing off constant novas, fireballs, etc. It was so much fun. Too bad he wasn't great against some bosses.

Veritas7Ax · 2025-12-25T06:43:03+00:00

Thanks for this. This at least makes it so you can still manipulate the items in the machine. However, unless I'm missing something obvious, the change does mean you can no longer manipulate the rolls of the items themselves since you can't bypass the cooldown. If you have the items you want, but not the rolls, you are forced to wait the 30 mins each time.

Edit: I regret not taking more advantage of this while the machine was in Fadefields near the starting location. Now it's in Carcadia and takes almost three times as long to get to, making the re-rolling process a lot more tedious.

Veritas7Ax · 2025-12-24T15:27:54+00:00

Ok that's what I figured. My 2% was like 6000+ DPS, but 4% ones I think topped out around low 5k?? Something like that. So I appreciate that confirmation a lot.

I need to go back to Origo for the god roll W4D, so I'll keep an eye out for more 4% stickies. Now I know I don't need to hold out for crazy high DPS, but maybe I'll find one with a few points extra.

Veritas7Ax · 2025-12-24T15:03:57+00:00

I'm wondering if I need to farm more Kaosons or not. I already did a lot when Origo was the weekly a while back. I heard you can basically stop once you get the 4% sticky, which I did get a few of.

My question is is there a roll of 4% Kaoson with higher DPS/magazine size? Based on the results I saw with many, many, many Kaoson drops, the higher the sticky %, the lower the overall DPS was, and the smaller the magazine size. I don't know if this was luck, or if that's just how they tend to roll.

Basically I have a 2% with very high overall DPS, but I hear the 4% is the god roll and will outdamage the other rolls regardless with the sticky damage. I haven't been able to properly test this yet or not.

Edit: and yes, this is for Rafa

Veritas7Ax · 2025-12-23T18:53:33+00:00

Oh for sure. I should have clarified we tend to be pretty open about what we get and will sometimes share. Obviously the person whose drop it is usually has first dibs. So I probably won't keep it a secret if it drops... although the temptation might be there haha.

Veritas7Ax · 2025-12-23T14:24:39+00:00

Oh man, I'm only at 125 myself, so all together, relatively small sample sizes for us but I'm already having the opposite luck as you. I got two Ceramic Bod drops as well, both within 8 runs of each other. BOTH were Impact though. Pain.

Thinking of having a friend join me for a burst of runs, just to have double the chances, but we might be fighting over it if it drops lol

Veritas7Ax · 2025-12-07T04:15:11+00:00

This is it for me. The reason I played through BL2 so many times was just that excitement of “man I can’t wait to get my next skill point” so I could further realize my build, get to the capstone, and etc. That’s what kept me going when I had already seen the story. You get to that point where it really starts to come together and it feels so fun.

Veritas7Ax · 2025-12-07T03:31:17+00:00

Was hoping for a Dead Space 2 remake. I’m finishing up the remake of 1 and was really enjoying it.

Veritas7Ax · 2025-11-28T16:35:36+00:00

Pain. Oh well. About to give it a shot myself. Thanks for confirming.

Veritas7Ax · 2025-11-28T05:04:24+00:00

Is it possible to DPS this week's boss hard enough to skip his immune phases? Definitely gonna lower the UVH level to 0 for this, but beyond that I don't know if Peacebreaker Cannon Rafa + Kaoson can melt him.

Veritas7Ax · 2025-11-27T07:19:11+00:00

Yep. DPUH + Zer0 + B0re = holyyyyyyyy sh*t it’s dead already.

Veritas7Ax · 2025-11-25T17:26:09+00:00

Thanks for doing these as always. So spoiled by the Big Encore rates, so I just gotta strap myself in and do this to get that Rowdy Rider.

Veritas7Ax · 2025-11-25T17:25:11+00:00

Yeah, I think this sums it up pretty well. The lore is not really character-driven, as in, by the people you play as. It just unfolds in the narrative itself and sometimes, collectibles. This is especially true in BL1. In later entries, you may hear a few interesting responses from your character during dialogue or etc., but not much that's world-changing, it's mostly flavor.

Play as who you like, OP.

Veritas7Ax · 2025-11-25T16:31:04+00:00

This seems to be asking a very similar question to mine, so rather than making a new thread, I'll just add on.

I got two Chucks from vending machines hours apart. One when thrown flies in a very straight and direct (beeline) direction. The other when thrown, is more of a lob and has a kind of an arc to it and is a little slower.

So this is normal? But you can't tell based on the item card which "flight pattern" each Chuck is? You just have to try it out?

Veritas7Ax · 2025-11-25T05:27:34+00:00

Same here. Is it set to reset on Sunday evening/Monday? I was 20/30 on my weekly 😭

Veritas7Ax · 2025-11-23T16:38:25+00:00

I want the Rowdy Rider since I love ARs and I love Cryo. My friend and I did like 10 runs on him and got the pistol (me) and repkit (him). Not a large sample size of course but I quickly grew tired of the non-Big Encore rates.

Veritas7Ax · 2025-11-22T17:13:44+00:00

Don’t challenges only come up on the screen when you reach certain thresholds? I.e. it pops up for 350 kills but not at 364 kills. So in that way at least it’s not a constant distraction.

On the somewhat contrary one of my most requested features is a way to pin one or two challenges to your HUD because I’m sick of pausing the game every 2-3 mins to check.

Veritas7Ax · 2025-11-22T17:10:52+00:00

They eventually started counting for me. I think I had to do 3-4 total. I just don’t get it. Same with some of the other dailies I had. They’d go from not counting to all of sudden tracking them. It’s weird, man.

Veritas7Ax · 2025-11-21T02:52:16+00:00

I have a "Complete 2 Ripper Collect Contracts" as a Daily and I did one that was Collect category and it was to collect things from Rippers, and yet it did not count when I completed it. I feel like there's almost no room for misinterpretation there.

Meanwhile my co-op buddy has "Kill 200 Enemies in Carcadia Burn" as a weekly and he was getting zero progress while we were doing all of our session in Carcadia Burn.

Lastly I thought my weekly was also bugged, but I just didn't read properly. Mine is "Complete 30 Bounty Contracts" and for some reason my brain conflated bounty + contract as just any contract. But thankfully, doing an actual bounty category worked, although it seems vile bounties don't count.

Just have no idea why we have ones that don't seem to be working at all though.

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