The looter upgrade#

It took me at least 100 times before I got my hands on the gun and seeing the legendary drop color was quite the rush. The drop rate back in vanilla (at least from what I remember) was extremely low, but thankfully there were a couple of good tactics for killing the boss quite fast. I have mentioned both Borderlands 3 and Morrowind in another thread when it came down to cool and funny weapons, but right now I feel Borderlands 2 deserves the throne because of the grinding for hours getting the Infinite pistol from Doc Mercy with the right stats. Its one of the biggest parts aside from gunplay on why I still finding myself playing that game, even with its major lows.įrindis: Right off the bat, I would have to say Borderlands 2. They also have some really great outfit pieces to find as well, with special abilities. They have some of the greatest guns to go after and have some of the best ways to do that, not all of them for sure, but a good portion of them. You can also get a lightsaber or even a lightwhip.ĭXCHASE: Hard to pick one, I'm a huge fan of the loot in Borderlands, Diablo, Division, Outriders etc. The dark elf blades in particular looked awesome. The graphic design of the weapons and armor is pretty great as well. My shared chest was usually filled to the brim with legendary loot or pieces of sets for other classes. It's also great finding a good piece for another class and putting it in your shared chest to use with another character later, or to give to a friend playing another class.

Even if a piece isn't good enough to equip, it can be fun just seeing what kind of weird stuff it does. There are a ton of different randomized modifiers that you can find on gear. One that does come to mind is Sacred Gold. It's so broad that I'm having a hard time to mentally go through all the games that might fit. Or the shotgun that shoots exploding swords and is called SWORDSPLOSION!!! From our forum (opens in new tab) Even in Borderlands my favorite guns were often quest-specific ones with stories behind them though, like Teapot, the bright pink pistol that shoots corrosive bullets which Tiny Tina gives you for helping her throw a tea party. Though it's not my favorite of the series, Borderlands 3 was great at differentiating manufacturers-if you pick up a Jakobs you know it'll be some cowboy-ass gun with no elemental effects that kicks like a mule, doing tons of damage with a chance of ricochet or some bonus to crit damage.

I'd love to see other loot games take inspiration from Gunfire Games' approach.įor randomized loot it's the Borderlands games, the only looter-shooters I've been able to muster any interest in. So everything you find feels like an important new option in your arsenal, rather than just something to swap in until the next thing comes along. Instead of just grinding for better drops, it's more like a Souls game, where you need to pick the right equipment for particular situations.

The looter upgrade#

As long as you upgrade it every now and then, every weapon, trinket, or piece of armour remains viable through your entire journey. I think it's the first game I've played in the modern games-as-service era that manages to recreate that moment of jumping into your friend's game, checking out their gear, and going 'Where on earth did you get that?!'.Įven better, the way the game's progression is structured, items don't just become useless because you've out-leveled them. And because it's all tied to specific areas and bosses that may or may not exist in your world, it's very possible to end up with a bunch of items that your friends have never even seen. Which means that, for example, I might encounter a dungeon that didn't exist in your game, or you might fight a different boss to me at a certain point in the story.Īll the loot in the game is hand-crafted, and wonderfully weird and distinctive-from a radioactive hammer, to a living mask, to a wooden gun that summons tree monsters.

Every player's world is sort of partly randomly generated-built out of a few different possible premade encounters and areas. Robin Valentine: I loved Remnant: From the Ashes' approach to loot.