Why are you in every single Borderlands 2 challenge run comment section?

@@sleepisgay To support the community, possibly learn new strategies for obscure situations, I like this type of content and it’s very entertaining, and leaving comments and likes help support the channel 🙂

@@sleepisgay cause hes a masochist/sadistic bastard whos videos are very fun to watch he also likes to torture himself and mentally abuse himself and its all very fun to watch as you will usually die of laughter CAUSE YOU CANT SPELL SLAUGHTER WITHOUT LAUGHTER

Yeah, it uhh... It was somehow both better and a lot worse than my initial estimates.

Generally, to be an incredibly supportive and wholesome individual. I'm less confused by that, and more confused at the speed at which they appear. How does one find the time to be so expeditiously prolific?!

Honestly, the level investment into Kinetic Reflection would have been a tough sell. It was the lack of Phaselock that hurt the most. I never realized how many of her skills are focused around it until I had to build entirely without it.

What an amazing channel, great videos 👍

Would having a Moxie weapon allow that skill to heal you? Not using it just holding it.

Sometimes things of the sort just prove to be one of the trials we must face to become stronger...

I think it depends on the runner, really. Borderlands is a bit buggy at times, but it's relatively consistent. Breath of the Wild has a lot more usable exploits/physics to contend with. It's not as cut and dry. While runs like these are difficult (sometimes incredibly so), they're at least cleaner, ya know? Whereas, BOTW you've got weird tricks like using rocks to fly, the moon jump glitch, balloons, magnetic objects... It's just a lot more moving parts than I want to mess around with. The amount of time spent researching the all shrines no Sheikah Slate run for instance is absolutely incredible, and I couldn't ever see myself taking on something like it. I think it comes down to what your personal flavor of pain is.

Check out OSRS snowflake challenge accounts. Some of those guys are thousands of hours deep. FrostyBard or Limpwurt for starters give a good example.

I'm glad! It was definitely leading into a bit, but I was/am serious with regards to the sentiment. It's really hard to relay just how grateful I am for the opportunity to make something that (hopefully) brings joy to someone's day. The outpouring of kindness from folks has been extraordinary. I genuinely enjoy making these sorts of things. Sometimes they're a lot harder to get through though, and in those times, it's really comforting to think that there's at least that chance of my struggles making the world even just a tad brighter in a roundabout way. So genuinely... Thank you for being here. It means a lot to me.

@@SpuddyCube Well I'm glad I could bring that brightness, and will definitely stick around your channel, and I hope your next works won't be as taxing as this one, Cheers!

Question: Has science gone too far? Answer: It hasn't gone far enough.

The worse one I've seen was on twitch someone made a script to play the game melee only and just sat back and watched as the script fucked up killing the first bullying for like 15 mins 🤣🤣

I briefly considered it, but thought that the damage reduction would do more harm than good. I'm less sure of how true that would be in retrospect. As far as the Warder mod, that just came down to bad drops. I spent a while trying to get something better out of vending machines and whatnot, and the best I ever got my hands on was a plus three.

Well dang, that sounds like it's going to hurt. Really though, thank you!

Yeah... I really shouldn't have tempted fate like that.

Thank you! It was... somewhere between agony and a total numb. And likely never! The Warrior alone has over two hundred thousand health, even ignoring enemies with regenerating shields.

​@@SpuddyCube But that's the fun part :D

I honestly did enjoy Wonderlands, but part of it could be the disconnect from the rest of the series. It felt like its own thing. And while I think it worked better than three in terms of story, I'm really hoping any potential Borderlands four looks a lot different.

It has been on my list for a while now, and it's one I'm conceptually excited to try. I can't imagine it'll be able to destroy the Thousand Cuts turrets, but I'm curious as to how it handles the rest of the game.

It's too late! No take backs!

Because some part of me genuinely thought that it would be fun... I was wrong on so many levels.

Thank you! For the kind words, and the confidence in the channel. I'd personally imagine the next comment will be some time around an eternity from now, but the reception I've received as a whole has been shocking to say the least. I never really thought I'd get this far, but folks have been wonderful to me. So... Thank you! I really appreciate it!

I don't personally read them, but I hear that there are some really talented fanfic authors. Some that even put the original writers to shame. This was... certainly not that. Also, thank you!

I can't say that I'm familiar with the show, but I appreciate it! Thank you!

Thank you! I'm glad some good could come of it. I feel like if I ever commit to that run though, it's gotta be unmodified. It is up there for one of the worst possible runs for the game. I can't imagine trying to even structure the video for something like that. Health values are high enough that even basic enemy fights would be a marathon. But if it's gonna be done, it's gotta be done right.

@@SpuddyCube That's fair. A run like that is borderline insanity, but I get your point. Well, best of luck in future sufferings!

@@tsbohc Thanks! I'm going to need it...

While Recompense is really bad, I would suggest giving Cloud Kill a try if you've never used it. It's... genuinely overpowered. Used right, it can carry you even up into OP levels fairly comfortably. That tree also has a lot of elemental support, so it should compliment Maliwan quite nicely.

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I think it would have most of the same pitfalls, due to Kinetic Reflection being a kill skill. I personally went with life tap for what was effectively seven seconds of damage reduction on kill. It really didn't help that much. The need for Sustenance means hitting level thirty five before the build would be done. All of this to say that I don't think the run would be _that_ different. There are items such as the Antagonist or the Impaler that would fit thematically, but aside from the complications of acquisition, I think they would make things a bit too easy/problematic. Thank you though! That means a lot. I'm glad you could enjoy it! And that someone else had a similar question. As far as writing, I thought about it a lot when I was younger, but I'm pretty happy to write more recreationally. I don't know that I would be good enough at it to produce work at a professional level, but it's a lot of fun to try.

Pain... so much pain...

Well, I'm glad I could provide.

With health regen being what it is in UVHM, I'm pretty confident that you'd require something like the Grog Nozzle to even deal with basic mobs. Your health scaling vs enemies' is _not_ in your favor for such a run. And that's without factoring in things that you can't slag that also have shields... Like the Warden.

With regards to health? It would help a lot. I'm fairly sure that the damage resistance would hurt the possible DPS where it's needed in certain encounters. In every other instance, I think that it would have made the sustained DPS a lot higher, and the whole thing a lot less painful.

I thought the same thing initially. Aside from the difficulty of Pete, and beating the Bar Brawl in time... There's no way to start it that I'm aware of. The mission relies on you attacking someone first. The Death Race is unlocked after the fact, so it's a good ways in and inaccessible.

Uhh... Enough to dissuade anyone from ever wanting to actually pay it. Funds are obviously nice to have, but I would feel terrible actually charging for something like that. Especially given that I don't know how many hours it would take, or if I could even complete it. There are many runs I would love to try. I can't say that it's one of them. Something like a game crash would be _devastating_ to experience. Maybe some day though. I would imagine it would be better to organize as a series of streams. At least have some company while losing what's left of my mind. And thank you! Glad you liked it, and I look forward to producing more! Hopefully some runs that are at least a tad less painful first for some time to recover.

Ah, that's the neat part. I didn't. As far as Iron Cub though, it was a _considerably_ more comfortable run, but also a reminder of how disappointed I first was in the writing. I think I definitely focused too much on that vs the run itself that go around. There were a few fights that required some weird problem solving. There was a lot of waiting for cooldowns. When it got going though, it tore through enemies like wrapping paper.

@@SpuddyCube Your purity to the IC run was astounding, I just cheated whenever Cubby didn't want to hit things. While the bl3 story sucked, I kinda didnt realise how much when you pointed out Siren powers existed right at the start... and the middle.... and the end. I also totally feel the pain when four (4) vault hunters stand next to T&T and just let them chow down on our friend. Twice.

Thank you! And that's probably a good suggestion. But that doesn't mean I gotta like it!

It does at least _sort of_ work as a means of damage reduction if you're holding a Grog. It also works for a quick kill on a specific raid boss, but otherwise... yeah.

@SpuddyCube see I don't use meta weapons so do you think it would still be viable

They absolutely would help, but that would still technically be using a gun. Also, you can't pick up either the Rubi or Grog while within the rules. Mission objectives and all that.

I can't say that I have previously. Briefly looking into it, I'm not much of a podcast person, but I love the aesthetic. That part of the video might bear a closer resemblance to one Gideon Gleeful though.

@@SpuddyCube I see, I'll look into it, anyway the character that you reminded me of is this flock of Crows that thinks as one entity and often moves the crows in a way such as to resemble a person, they are called "the omen" and they don't do much more than follow simple orders and do fetch quests.

That sounds awesome! This is from a podcast?! It comes across like peak TTRPG material.

@@SpuddyCube "hello from the hallowoods" is a great podcast for anyone who loves a bit of nicely written-not so scary horror while also being the most inclusive podcast I've ever listened, it really is great

Honestly, all sound like great features. I've always been a fan of the creepy sort of style rather than horror. Coraline, as a for instance. And inclusivity is always appreciated. I'll have to see about sitting down to at least start up an episode.

But it's a unique item! Also, I was worried about the twenty percent damage reduction. I'm at least fairly sure it would reduce the rate at which I would be able to do damage when it would be the most helpful. I also haven't played through Hammerlock's DLC in ages. I'd have to get far enough to kill the Bulwark, which would have been its own nightmare... Probably. I love Alistair, but his DLC in the second game was dreadfully dull.

I feel like most people forget it's a skill, because it's really not great. It can theoretically be made better with some specific gear and skills, but it requires such heavy investment into a really suboptimal playstyle that it never sees the light of day.

I hadn't heard about it until now. That glitch is crazy to see in action! And thank you! That definitely is a silver lining. The enjoyment of others is always comforting.

I haven't considered it, honestly. I've done all of the farming I do for these runs manually, up until this particular run for what I would hope would be obvious reasons. I'll have to do some experimentation with it. I think I have at least a few runs in mind that it would help quite a bit if it is faster. Thank you!

One of these days, I really need to watch something with him in it. I'm familiar with the name/face, but I haven't followed any of his career.

Nah, I didn't love the idea of using the extra points from the added levels, and there just aren't enough otherwise to afford it. And as for the Rough Rider, that's covered in rule two. I just don't tend to like using unique gear in these sorts of things.

Theoretically, but it would require getting through a lot of Torgue's DLC, and then dodging a lot of vehicles along the road. It'd be really inconsistent for the purpose of calculations and require a lot of focus for execution.

It's such a good show! We quote it all the time in my residence.

It would have made things go a little bit quicker with the Warrior, but not all that much. The problem with most encounters is just how much faster enemy health scales vs their damage.

It probably bares testing. I think it'd reduce the burst damage, but it'd probably increase the sustainable damage by quite a bit due to downtime spent healing.

You can technically quit out at any point before the objective is complete. In my testing, it was about two minutes, thirty six seconds after loading into the map that it would complete. For obvious reasons, I would suggest quitting out well before that. When you load back in, you should be back to the same objective you left on. As soon as the box starts to check, all bets are off. I have since been informed of a farming spot in Digistruct Peak that seems to go faster. It's a bit hard to explain, and it requires a bit more effort, but it essentially revolves around you standing in a certain spot. The skags there can jump their deaths, and the rabid skags give a huge chunk of experience. Spitters do more or less force a reset of the area though.

That would come with the requirement of punching somebody though, which is pretty frequently an issue with Assault on Dragon Keep related content.

That is a very distinct possibility. Really though, he's been nothing but kind, and I appreciate him as a person/part of the community. I managed to get a pretty clean shot of Brick knocking a loader off of a cliff. It seemed like too good of a chance to pass up.

As far as I'm aware, none of the obtainable Moxxi weapons give nearly enough to make a significant change to the overall run. Rubi would be a bit better, but I'm pretty sure you'd need to shoot something to get it. Obviously, the Grog Nozzle would be a heck of an improvement, but you'd have to melee someone to receive that.

I don't believe so, but it's on my list to try. I'm both excited by and terrified of the run on a conceptual level.

They absolutely would make the entire run a lot easier, but that would also technically be using a gun. Those two do also have some specific requirements for getting them that would otherwise be against the rules, but Moxxi weapons in the general sense would have made things more manageable.

I can't say that I'm familiar with the story. The section you're referring to though is a reference to Gravity Falls.

I appreciate that!