Borderlands PC Update 1.30 Notes

360: This update will be deployed automatically on 2/23

PS3: This update will be deployed automatically on 2/25

PC: This update will be available on 2/25

Addressed issues:

• Invalid weapons or items can no longer be loaded into the game
• Brick’s Centurion class mods now regenerate health correctly
• Brick’s Bombardier class mods now regenerate rockets correctly
• Roland’s Tactician class mods now regenerate shields correctly and display the correct bonus values
• Roland’s Rifleman class mods now apply damage increase to all machine guns
• Certain powerful legendary item names should now be displayed in the appropriate color
• Opening the bank in the Mad Moxxi DLC no longer prevents other players from moving
• Multiple copies of DLC missions can no longer be obtained
• Corrected some incorrect icons in the ammo vendor
• Fixed a crash caused by killing the final boss while zoomed in with a scope
• The “Careful, he bites” achievement should now properly unlock when playing in French
• Added icons to the server browser that indicate which DLCs the server has installed
• The server browser now displays the name of the DLC a server is playing instead of the plot mission
• Adjusted scrolling in menu options in long server lists
• Added a notification if a player attempts to continue a game saved in DLC that is no longer installed
• Fixed DLC notification dialogs that were not closing properly
• Alt-F4 no longer closes the game if it is not in focus (PC Only)
• Fixed an issue which resulted in corruption in saved games (360)
• Added support for allowing multiple user login on PS3, so that friends can play on another player’s system in splitscreen. (PS3)
• Fixed graphical distortion and crashes some PS3 users may be experiencing (PS3)
• Zombie Island achievements now unlock properly in splitscreen (360, PS3)

Balance adjustments:

• Chests in New Haven have been adjusted to contain more appropriate loot
• The duration of daze effects has been reduced to 6 seconds, and the amount by which it decreases the speed of enemies and their projectiles has been reduced
• Damage from shock elemental effects has been increased
• Repeater pistol damage has been slightly increased, accuracy slightly decreased
• Sniper Rifle critical hit bonus has been increased

• No release date yet.  ”Very Very Soon”
• 10 bucks – Standard DLC price
• The level cap has been confirmed at 61.  Turning it up by 11
• Skill points will accumulate from all 11 levels.
• Weapon Proficiencies are not raised
• You can play in first playthrough or second.
• There are 44 new missions
• There are 10 new achievements for 250 more Gamerscore.  Check them all out HERE
• There are new weapons, and a new weapon coloring called “pearlescent”
• New weapons go up to level 60
• A level 64 boss enemy “Crawmerax the Invincible” appears after you complete the main story, and has a higher pearlescent drop rate.
• People without the DLC will be able to see the new items from friends, but not use them.
• NPCs now have better, more lifelike animations.
• The DLC continues the story of Borderlands, picking up right after the ending.
• The new area is called “The Parched Fathoms” and is a dried out lake.  Dry, sandy, more of the same
• The Atlas Corporation is pissed at you, and sends the Crimson Lance after you.  Expect lots more Lance battles.
• The goal is to get to the Armory and defeat General Knoxx
• Athena is a Crimson Lance defector that helps you similar to the guardian angel
• Scooter and Marcus return, as well as Moxxi from DLC2
• There are three new vehicles, all earned through quests.
• Vehicles only work in the new DLC, you can’t take them to other areas
• One is a 4-person vehicle called “The Lancer”.  The positions are  Driver, Gunner, Mine-layer, and a “Blast Seat” to knock off close range enemies.
• A second is “The Monster” and is a “souped up version of the runner”
• Third vehicle is a racer built for speed.
• There are “20-30 new enemies”.  I figure this means 8 or 9 all with variations.
• “Lance Assasins” are one new enemy.  Fast acrobatic ninjas with swords.
• “Lance Probe” is a flying sentry enemy and poses higher threats to vehicles
• “Lance Combat Medic” new enemy can throw down healing turret to heal other enemies.
• “Lance Rocketeer” is a jetpack-equipped flying asshole.  Oh noes.
• “Lance Shock Trooper” uses shock weapons and is resistant to shock element.
• “Lance Pyro” has a flamethrower, resistant to fire element.
• All new enemies have Badass variations
• New chest variations are available
• Lance Chest is twice the size of Red Chests, and have a higher chance for the best drops
• New “Drifter” enemy looks just like a HL2 walker.  Dangerous to vehicles.
• Midgets have domesticated skags and now ride them
• Riders are two enemies in one.  Kill one, the other must be killed as well.
• “Badass Skag Rider” = Badass Skag + Badass Midget.  Run.
• “Skag Rapporee” is an Alpha Skagg with THREE midgets riding it.  Yes.
• “Devastator” enemy is a large mech.  Looks tough.
• One boss is named “Ajax”, flies on a jetpack.

Screenshots

GameTrailers Preview Videos

Giant Bomb Preview Video

http://www.giantbomb.com/news/borderlands-the-secret-preview-of-general-knoxx/1880/

Making a Monster 10
Build the New Car: Monster

Athena, Out 25
Rescue Athena

Depot Demolition 25
Destroy the Lance Depot

Vincible 50
Kill Crawmerax the Invincible

Sneaky Little Buggers 25
Kill each of the loot midgets

Speed Kills 25
Destroy a Lancer while in a Racer

Ding! Overleveled 15
Reach Level 51

Ding! Overleveled to 11 40
Reach Level 61

Completionist 25
Complete all missions in Secret Armory

Secret Achievement 10
Continue playing to unlock this secret achievement.

Read below for the full interview!

Kotaku reports in an updated post via word from Randy Pitchford:

Gearbox Software says that Mad Moxxi’s Underdome Riot is “not just new deathmatch areas.” CEO Randy Pitchford notes “This is an ENTIRELY NEW GAME MODE.”

“Think [Halo 3] ODST’s ‘Firefight’ or Gears of War’s ‘Horde Mode.’ Cash, prizes and competition!” Pitchford said in a statement from Gearbox. “It’s like Smash TV in coop FPS, but in the Borderlands.”

Gearbox reps say the new Borderlands downloadable content “expands greatly on the possibilities of combat as well adding a ton of new rules such as vampire mode or low gravity mode…”

MTV MP Blogs reports that the harder arenas might take six hours to complete:

It’s all about this crazy Moxxi character, and she’s running these tournaments. You go in and fight waves and rounds of monsters, and then she starts changing it all up. She throws out what are called ‘Moxxi Maxims,’ these rules that dramatically change the way the game play. She’ll be like, ‘Vampire Rule!’ which makes it so that the player’s health is constantly draining, but every time you get a kill you get a whole bunch of health back. Now all the players are like, ‘Holy crap, I have to play amazingly aggressive,’ so you have to charge in before you basically bleed out. Another example, she’ll go ‘Shotgun Challenge,’ where all shotguns do bonus damage and all other guns take a penalty.”

There’s a small tournament and a big tournament. The small tournament takes probably about an hour, and most people will be able to get through that. The big tournament…one of the things people have been asking for is for something that challenges them, and that’s what the big tournament is. I think the last time I went through it, it took me six hours to get through a big tournament. You can’t save your progress, you have to do it in one sitting, but you can stop, walk away from it and come back [Ed note: You just can't turn the system off]. It’s really hardcore. To get through the big tournament, you’ll have to get some friends who are very good and you’ll all have to plan out what people are going to do and what weapons you’re bringing.”

There are also three screenshots total now, see them all below (click for larger versions)

New York, NY – December 10, 2009 – 2K Games announced today that the second piece of downloadable content for Borderlands™, Mad Moxxi’s Underdome Riot, will be available on December 29, 2009 from the Xbox LIVE® Marketplace for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft for 800 Microsoft Points and on January 7, 2010 from the PlayStation®Network for $9.99. The downloadable content will also be available on Windows PC. This explosive piece of action-driven content is in development at Gearbox Software and provides players with more methods of destruction as they tear through the denizens of Pandora.

Mad Moxxi’s Underdome Riot is an intense single-player or cooperative experience that expands the mayhem by adding three new Riot Mode arenas where players will endure an onslaught of Pandora’s baddest enemies. Working together, players will fend off the masses as they fight for fame, honor, and more importantly, loot. Mad Moxxi’s Underdome Riot also adds a new bank feature, which allows players extra storage capacity for when they encounter one of the more than 16 million weapons that Borderlands has to offer; and the ability to acquire two additional skill points as quest rewards, making their characters even more powerful than before.

Featuring extensive co-op integration that seamlessly blends the single-player and multiplayer experiences, Borderlands allows players to freely join or leave each other’s games at any time for collaborative mayhem or the freedom to choose to play in full single-player mode to experience the world on their own. Borderlands also includes a groundbreaking weapon generation system that offers a near infinite variety of weapons to the player. Borderlands combines these fan favorite features with addictive non-stop action to form a breakthrough experience that challenges the conventions of modern shooters and RPGs.

Borderlands™, rated M for Mature by the ESRB, is developed by Gearbox Software and is currently available for the PlayStation® 3 computer entertainment system, the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and Windows PC. The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned, the first piece of downloadable content for Borderlands, is currently available for all platforms.

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