Borderlands: What character you go with and why?

Just picked it up and trying to get some ideas on a character i should choose. Wanna know what everyone else has been making. From what I see it looks like theres 3 different characters and 2 of the same. Been messing with the Hunter for like 30 mins now gonna go select all of them and see what feels right from the start but still interested in what people are doing.

Siren

Phasewalking is pretty great for how I play.:P I usually barge in and get shot up so being able to go invisible and get to a better area is nice.:P Her upgrades are pretty good as well!:o

I went with Roland....not sure why...probably because I'm a Dark Tower fanatic :P

Snipin' all the way! But yeah, I played as the hunter (his name is messed up so I didn't bother remember it). His talents are sweet for sniping and killing streaks (single target though), and his birdie can hit real hard. Still gotta finish me some DLC's though ^^

I like playing as Brick, rushing into crowds & punching things in a near god mode like state is awesome. :lol:

Siren because of her phasewalk

I went with the soldier Roland initially, mostly because I preferred sticking with rifles and machine guns over the rest of the weapons. I had a blast with all four of them though.

I liked the chick because her power felt the most useful for my style of play. I found the Hunter to be the most difficult character to play as due to the ineffectiveness of his power.Laser_Hunter

I've played the game through with Lilith (2x), Roland (3x) and Mordecai.

Lilith and Roland feel like they are pretty equal in terms of utility of their abilities.

If you like fast and overly aggressive gameplay I'd say go with Lilith.

If you prefer slower, more technical gameplay, I'd say go with Roland.

Morde's ability felt useless later on. Unless you just have a fetish for older men, I'd say stay away from him. :P

Morde's ability felt useless later on. Unless you just have a fetish for older men, I'd say stay away from him. :P

commonfate

Roland for me. Not only does his turret act as a great diversion, later on it deals out massive damage.

I went with Roland....not sure why...probably because I'm a Dark Tower fanatic :P

J-Man725

Same here. Did you know King's writing another one?

Roland for me. Not only does his turret act as a great diversion, later on it deals out massive damage.

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I went with Roland....not sure why...probably because I'm a Dark Tower fanatic :P

Katzenbalger

Same here. Did you know King's writing another one?

Yea, I'm really looking forward to it.

They were going to make a movie adaptation as well, but I think it's been cancelled.

Yea, I'm really looking forward to it.

They were going to make a movie adaptation as well, but I think it's been cancelled.

J-Man725

Yeah. I heard they were planning a trilogy, with a mini-series to accompany it that would cover all seven books, with Javier Bardem as Roland. Apparently it got too expensive for the planned budget, so the studio dropped it.

That sucks since i was interested in seeing how it would have turned out.

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Back on topic, while my preference is for Roland and his fancy turret, a lot of people i play online with go for Lilith, since she's better suited for the elemental bonuses the better weapons have. One reckons he managed to kill Crawmerax with Lilith alone by abusing phase walk, so if that's true she's pretty good i guess.

The only other character i tried was Brick, but i thought his berserk ability wasn't particularly useful (considering most enemies gun you down when you get within their sights) and i never found rocket launchers to be particularly effective.

Lilith cause cause she's a girl and she has Phasewalk :3

Sorry to go slightly off topic and I did post this already in the recomendations thread but I'm thinking you guys will be able to help me out.

Do I pay a little extra for the game of the year addition with the 4 add on packs or do I just go with the basic version and save a few pennies?

So yeah, what are the add ons like, are they essential or even worth having at all?

Any advice will be much appreciated, thanks in advance.

Sorry to go slightly off topic and I did post this already in the recomendations thread but I'm thinking you guys will be able to help me out.

Do I pay a little extra for the game of the year addition with the 4 add on packs or do I just go with the basic version and save a few pennies?

So yeah, what are the add ons like, are they essential or even worth having at all?

Any advice will be much appreciated, thanks in advance.

Azzurri22

Unless you particularly care about getting trophies I would stay away from Underdome and Claptrap Revolution.

Underdome is just the arena on a larger scale, with no xp per kill and maybe some decent guns if you do the 2 hour + runs (not an exaggeration)

Claptrap is more Borderlands fun but cept for a few hours of some story questing and some funny Claptrap moments, generally a huge collect-a-thon.

Zombie Island is a lot of fun. Got a lot of quests to keep you busy. Even for someone like me who generally detests zombies in gaming found it a lot of fun.

Secret Armory gives you the most bang for your buck and is a lot of fun. Loads of quests, plus raising the level cap, plus the hardest boss in the game. Definitely worth it.

Lilith-- she becomes Death itself at higher levels

Roland/soldier for me, uses SMG/rifles most, the turret is very useful as it creates a place where you can get cover and it fires, getting aggro sometimes (including against bosses, even final boss), and even produces ammo and heals back life after some time

really they are very different : Mordecai is sniper, Brick is close contact, Lilith is stealth, Roland is varied (I had a SMG doing huge damage with shotgun like spreading 7 shots with 2 levels of scope, thus almost a sniper)

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Sorry to go slightly off topic and I did post this already in the recomendations thread but I'm thinking you guys will be able to help me out.

Do I pay a little extra for the game of the year addition with the 4 add on packs or do I just go with the basic version and save a few pennies?

So yeah, what are the add ons like, are they essential or even worth having at all?

Any advice will be much appreciated, thanks in advance.

commonfate

Unless you particularly care about getting trophies I would stay away from Underdome and Claptrap Revolution.

Underdome is just the arena on a larger scale, with no xp per kill and maybe some decent guns if you do the 2 hour + runs (not an exaggeration)

Claptrap is more Borderlands fun but cept for a few hours of some story questing and some funny Claptrap moments, generally a huge collect-a-thon.

Zombie Island is a lot of fun. Got a lot of quests to keep you busy. Even for someone like me who generally detests zombies in gaming found it a lot of fun.

Secret Armory gives you the most bang for your buck and is a lot of fun. Loads of quests, plus raising the level cap, plus the hardest boss in the game. Definitely worth it.

Thanks for the detailed response man, I'm definitely leaning towards the GOTY version. I'll be back here to nominate my favourite character when I've got the game.

I'd go and stick with Roland for sure. Why? Roland's easy to use!

I went with the soldier class (Roland) since his character type was the most I enjoy I( am more of a gunning and gunning type)

After playing each class to level 10 i decided I liked the hunter the best, so that is who I play as most often, I also really like the siren though, mainly because of her phasewalking.

I play Brick because I like the tank role in RPG's. The Hunter would be my second choice for the ability to shoot through shields, which makes more challenging enemies a cakewalk compared to other roles.

I've played through all four so got a good feel for each one of them.

Roland was my first and favorite, rifles, machine guns, and shotguns were all that I needed. Even though his skill tree is perfect for upgrading all weapons so snipers and handguns got used just as often once I hit the DLC

Mordecai and Lilith I both enjoyed as well. If your playing the hunter mordecai I wouldn't bother with hisbird Bloodwing if I were you. Upgrade your gunslinger and sniper skill trees right away and you'll be set for anything.

Brick got shafted in this game because rocket launchers don't do the damage that they should, wasn't a fan of him at all.

Brick got shafted in this game because rocket launchers don't do the damage that they should, wasn't a fan of him at all.

phantom_blade66

I use him as berserker; put some points in Iron fist, Heavy handed, & Juggernaut. Use his ability as soon as it becomes available & rush in, you'll just steamroll through enemies. :lol: