Borderlands 2 was NOT made for solo play

You know, the original Borderlands was considered pretty dull when played alone, and that was something I was okay with.  A lot of people thought it was pretty lackluster, but I found it fun. Borderlands 2 is the polar opposite.  It's nearly ****ing impossible to beat by myself. 

I'm a level 24 Mechromancer, and I just went to Opportunity.  Yeah.  The constructors can one shot me, there are too many enemies for me to deal with alone (I can generally scape by with Deathtrap, but he can't always be around), and I need a Corrosive weapon to clear the area with, but of course the vending machines in this game sell garbage guns... it's a really, really frustrating experience.

Is anyone still playing Borderlands that might like to help me clear the game?  Like I said, I am in Opportunity, and I would really like to finish.  If I hadn't sank 20 bucks into the DLC a week ago, I would probably just trade the damn thing in...

My brother completed it solo with little issues. If you take it slow and don't rush into missions your not equipped to deal with you'll be fine.

I didn't find playing solo to be that hard. Just make sure you do all the side missions you can to level up before doing the story missions. If an area is too hard go somewhere else and kill stuff until you level up. Sometimes just one level makes all the difference.

Also since you are playing the Mecromancer make sure you have a point in the Anarchy perk, Build them up by not manually reloading your guns. A good gun with 50+ anarchy is quite powerful.

Also if you haven't already done it and you have the money. Go drop 10,000-15,000 cash in Moxxi's tip jar in Sanctuary. She will usually give you a rapid fire corrosive weapon that is quite good for taking down the constructors and any other robot.

I didn't find playing solo to be that hard. Just make sure you do all the side missions you can to level up before doing the story missions. If an area is too hard go somewhere else and kill stuff until you level up. Sometimes just one level makes all the difference.

Also since you are playing the Mecromancer make sure you have a point in the Anarchy perk, Build them up by not manually reloading your guns. A good gun with 50+ anarchy is quite powerful.

Also if you haven't already done it and you have the money. Go drop 10,000-15,000 cash in Moxxi's tip jar in Sanctuary. She will usually give you a rapid fire corrosive weapon that is quite good for taking down the constructors and any other robot.

coasterguy65

I only play the campaigns of games solo. I even played L4D 1 & 2 solo and they were fun, so BL 1 & 2 are alot of fun solo compared to those other 2 games.

i agree that it's better when played with others, but i wouldn't say it's impossible alone. i beat the game by myself with the commando/soldier/whatever they are calling the turret guy now.

if you build your character well, you can do it by yourself. still, if you want a little help, jump into another player's game and play a little while until you get better loot (loot is more powerful the more players you are with). then you can go back into your own game with more firepower.

question: does jumping into another player's game online give you progress in your own game? Like, if I were to jump into an online game that someone else was hosting, and complete this quest, would it then be done in MY game when I went back to single player?Essian

I completed TVHM on siren and mechromancer from scratch, so it's definitely doable.

[QUOTE="Essian"]question: does jumping into another player's game online give you progress in your own game? Like, if I were to jump into an online game that someone else was hosting, and complete this quest, would it then be done in MY game when I went back to single player?MethodManFTW

[QUOTE="MethodManFTW"][QUOTE="Essian"]question: does jumping into another player's game online give you progress in your own game? Like, if I were to jump into an online game that someone else was hosting, and complete this quest, would it then be done in MY game when I went back to single player?Essian

There will be a prompt asking you if you want to skip the quest. You do not get the rewards again from completing it a second time.

Didn't like it anyway; one of the most overrated games Ive played, in my opinion...

I am not real good at FPS, mostly can't see where I'm shot at and my aim is average. I finished Bioshock and platinumed Borderlands. I already died 10 times before lvl 5 where you get your special skill, and I could never beat the 2 brothers with the turret.

My brother completed it solo with little issues. If you take it slow and don't rush into missions your not equipped to deal with you'll be fine.

Venom_Raptor

hey bro what games u playing at the moment?:)

I think that it is a bit harder than most shooters, but don't think it's impossible. I did a lot of it on my own, but it's definately easier, and more fun, with others.

you can't play it like a traditional FPS...I solo'd it with the gunzerker...little issues...sadly I have the PC version. Just be patient and pick your targets 

This, "Fink's Slaughterhouse" quest has me stumped. It's impossible to get past, "Round 2". For me, it starts out with 4 bad-ass rangers, followed by 6 bad-ass phys-co's all lobbing grenades at you from every direction. Get past that and the next half of the wave includes 8 standard phys-co's and 5 midget bad-ass phys-co's. Then if they fail to take you down the 10 Standard Goliath's come into play. Each one of these guys turns into a bad-ass when his death is near. If you manage to kill him, he comes back as a bad-ass at twice the power as when you took him down. I can't even tell you what comes after that, because I either die from lack of ammunition or I get ganged up on by the remaining Goliath's (3 or 4) and I have to repeat the whole level again. I've done it 27 times now and have gone from a level 16 to a level 21 soldier. With each new level the bad-ass guys advance too, up levels. I'm suppose to get through this section to even have a hope of finding the, "Flying Sanctuary" that's somewhere on another map. I give up. I wish this game mimicked parts of the old Borderlands where if your battling in an arena, you restart where you left off in each round, not all over again. This is dumb. I think I'll try to hack the disk and rewrite the code and make it easier. Who knows... Boosh64

i don't remember if i beat all the rounds with my soldier in solo, but i definitely got past round 2. the soldier is actually very good for solo play. if i ever have problems, i first go through all the other available side quests to make sure i'm the proper level. guns are probably even more important though, so hopefully you've been keeping the good drops and checking vending machines for rares.

the other thing is that your build might be ineffective. usually you want to focus on one of the three branches until you get the special ability (i went with the guerilla path, which would allow you get add rockets to your turret at level 21). there's a re-rolling machine at sanctuary, which you can get to without beating fink's slaughterhouse. the horde-mode arena areas are optional.

if you are really stuck, you could always cave in and play a little co-op in somebody else's game if that's an option. 4 player co-op games lead to incredible drops that you could bring back into your own game. you'd clean up against solo mode enemies.

I soloed the game, and sometimes i even use the Difficulty Slider to play alone as if 4 people were around. There is a possibility to pay Moxxi the feee money and get a SMG from her. Sometimes it's a Fire weapon but sometimes its corrosive.

I beat BL2 solo 7 times.  I had a lvl 50 gunzerker, commando, and mechromancer.   With it's forgiving checkpoint system it was anything but hard.  Tedious but never challenging.

Now soloing raid bosses is something I've never been able to do.  My advice is to pay attention to elements, do all the side missions, and experiment with established character builds until you find one you like.

FWIW I found the commando most suitable for solo play.  The mechromancer is a broken piece of shit.

I soloed the game, and sometimes i even use the Difficulty Slider to play alone as if 4 people were around. There is a possibility to pay Moxxi the feee money and get a SMG from her. Sometimes it's a Fire weapon but sometimes its corrosive.

Mar_Sama

You only get the corrosive smg once per playthrough (the first time she gives you a gun).  For this reason some people prefer to max out the level cap before givin her any tips. 

All other smg's she gives you will be fire, though you can keep giving her money until you get one with parts you like.

This, "Fink's Slaughterhouse" quest has me stumped. It's impossible to get past, "Round 2". For me, it starts out with 4 bad-ass rangers, followed by 6 bad-ass phys-co's all lobbing grenades at you from every direction. Get past that and the next half of the wave includes 8 standard phys-co's and 5 midget bad-ass phys-co's. Then if they fail to take you down the 10 Standard Goliath's come into play. Each one of these guys turns into a bad-ass when his death is near. If you manage to kill him, he comes back as a bad-ass at twice the power as when you took him down. I can't even tell you what comes after that, because I either die from lack of ammunition or I get ganged up on by the remaining Goliath's (3 or 4) and I have to repeat the whole level again. I've done it 27 times now and have gone from a level 16 to a level 21 soldier. With each new level the bad-ass guys advance too, up levels. I'm suppose to get through this section to even have a hope of finding the, "Flying Sanctuary" that's somewhere on another map. I give up. I wish this game mimicked parts of the old Borderlands where if your battling in an arena, you restart where you left off in each round, not all over again. This is dumb. I think I'll try to hack the disk and rewrite the code and make it easier. Who knows... Boosh64

*facepalm*

The arena quests aren't necessary to get to flying Sanctuary.  There's another door like 20 feet from where you enter the Slaughterhouse.