#BORDERLANDS THE PRE SEQUEL CHALLENGES HOW TO#

Now that the new stuff is mostly out of the way, there were a couple of changes that were made that I wasn’t too fond of. The other main use for moonstones is to open a few rare white chests you find around Elpis, but I’ll hit on that in a moment. You can also use moonstones to improve the quality of what comes out. First, you’ll eventually have access to a grinder where you can put in three items of the same type (shield, gun, etc.) and it’ll spit out something different based on the level and rarity of what you put in. There are also a couple other uses for moonstones. Most of the time you’ll spend them at Crazy Earl’s to buy some upgrades and you’ll have an easier time finding moonstones than you did with eridium.

Moonstones are a new item that replaces Eridium from BL2 and serves the same function. I didn’t find myself using lasers or cryo weapons all that much, but in a tight spot they can be useful. This is because lasers with a high fire rate tend to have bad…recoil I guess is the best word for this, as once you fire the laser will move all over the place and it’s hard to keep it where you want it to be. Nothing really special to say about them as it’s just a new gun type, but depending on which one you get it can be rather unwieldy. As with other elemental effects, enemies that are frozen will slowly lose health. We also have a new element known as cryo which is a freezing element that can slow down and potentially freeze enemies. Some enemies also drop oxygen canisters that can replenish about 25% of your total oxygen. Once you run out of oxygen your health will go down until you die, but you can quickly refill your Oz kit by getting inside a building or by finding oxygen domes or geysers. These replace the relics from Borderlands 2 and provide some similar enhancements as well as giving you a limited supply of oxygen. The breathing problem is solved by O2 kits…or Oz kits as the game calls them. If you’re high enough in the air, you’ll do a bit of damage when you hit the ground.

Due to the lower gravity, you can now do a slam attack by hitting the crouch button when you jump.

#BORDERLANDS THE PRE SEQUEL CHALLENGES HOW TO#

Obviously since you’re on the moon you have to learn how to not only jump and move with limited gravity, but it’s also kind of hard to breath. That’s because The Pre-Sequel utilizes the same system and mechanics of Borderlands 2 with some changes here and there, so let’s get those out of the way first. This is where the story begins to really open up, but I’d rather not spoil too much.Īs soon as you start the game you’ll notice that everything bears a striking resemblance to Borderlands 2. However, Zarpadon set up a signal to block Helios’s defenses, so Jack finds a way to get you off of the station and onto Elpis to find the signal. Unfortunately the station is under an attack by the Dahl Corporation and lead by someone named Colonel T. The story from here on out takes place between Borderlands 1 and 2 and you first gain control of your character on the Helios Space Station after Jack hired you to help him find a vault on Pandora’s moon of Elpis. When questioned by Lilith, Athena begins to tell the story of why they were helping Jack and how he came to be who he is today. The game begins with Athena taken prisoner by Lilith, Brick, and Mordecai for helping Handsome Jack. WARNING: While I’ll try not to spoil the story too much, there might be one or two times where it can’t be avoided, so I apologize in advance. Once again it’s time for a story of four new vault hunters and Handsome Jack’s rise to power. How did he become president of Hyperoin? How did he become the power hungry person he is today? That’s where Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel comes in. While we ultimately know he was the president of Hyperion and wanted to open a vault to awaken a creature known as The Warrior to “bring peace to the planet”, we never really got much of a background on Jack. Gamers who played Borderlands 2 met a villain named Handsome Jack, the game’s antagonist.

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