So, how do I handle this?

[rgraham666]

Okay, making yet another attempt at playing UVHM.

I'm doing the No Vacancy quest where I have to gather parts for a steam pump. Playing as a Siren. My only legendary weapons are a Rolling thunder and a Storm Front.

The final part is getting the capacitor which means I get swarmed with Skags.

Which included three, count 'em, three, Rabid Skags.

Do I have any successful tactics? Or should I just quit and come back hoping RNGesus is less pissed at me next time?

Also, I'm still not finding UVHM much fun. Not like the lower levels. I started with almost $10 million in my inventory. I'm now less than $5 million.

A lot of risk for little reward.

Bad design, Gearbox. Legendaries should be nice, not necessary.

[Draekus]

post your build using this :

http://bl2skills.com/siren.html#000000000000000000000000000000

one tactic i use for that quest, is to kill the Skags with the Runner (bonus if you use a Bee shield)

edit : just remembered something regarding getting the Capacitor. drive the Runner close to where you have to open the panel, then hop back in the Runner after opening it. drive back up the road a bit to give yourself some room, and keep killing Skags til one drops the Capacitor.
this is after you kill all the other Skags before you get to the panel..

[DaringJes]

1.) Slag!!! ... 2.) There's always a tactic that is successful ;) ... 3.) Posting your build and equip could help to help ;) ... and at least ... 4.) don't care about the money ... it's worth nothing literally ;)

[green]

Originally posted by rgraham666:

Legendaries should be nice, not necessary.

They're not necessary. Half of them are terrible, actually. Update your gear every 3-5 levels. Match elements (use fire on flesh, corrosive on armor, etc), and please, please use slag. Slag everything. Spec into Scorn and/or Ruin, to help slag.

If you're dying a lot, spec more into the health tree, too. Here's a build I recommend (level 50, idk what level you are):

http://bl2skills.com/siren.html#000000000045055000005554010501

[SolClaimer]

easy, force them to take to the ground with small arms fire, use mortors to fix them in place and then call in arty or air support ;)

[Zen_Disaster]

Originally posted by rgraham666:

Okay, making yet another attempt at playing UVHM. I'm doing the No Vacancy quest where I have to gather parts for a steam pump. Playing as a Siren. My only legendary weapons are a Rolling thunder and a Storm Front. *SNIP* Do I have any successful tactics? Or should I just quit and come back hoping RNGesus is less♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥at me next time?
Also, I'm still not finding UVHM much fun. Not like the lower levels. I started with almost $10 million in my inventory. I'm now less than $5 million. A lot of risk for little reward. Bad design, Gearbox. Legendaries should be nice, not necessary.

I'm betting you maybe playing on either a Linux machine or a Mac? If so, this game's publishers TTWO usually choose a company called Aspyr to develop / port their titles to Linux and Mac systems. You may want to check the TTWO or Aspyr websites to join their forums or if you're a "don't-care-just-fix-it" kinda guy why not file a ticket with them describing your issues, your system specs and they'll email you back within 7 to 10 days with a fix - here's the page to use https://support.aspyr.com/hc/en-us/requests/new Or if you're playing BL2 on Windows you can contact the zendesk at gearboxsoftware.com for a fix (google it). The latter site also has the main communities for their games moderated and managed by game vets who will offer you the best counsel on their games like BL2. You sound pretty desperate so I'll wish you better luck in the future (y)

[rgraham666]

Thanks for the answers. Much appreciated.

[Bringoutyerded]

Originally posted by rgraham666:

So, how do I handle this?
Okay, making yet another attempt at playing UVHM.

I'm doing the No Vacancy quest where I have to gather parts for a steam pump. Playing as a Siren. My only legendary weapons are a Rolling thunder and a Storm Front.

The final part is getting the capacitor which means I get swarmed with Skags.

Which included three, count 'em, three, Rabid Skags.

Do I have any successful tactics? Or should I just quit and come back hoping RNGesus is less♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥at me next time?

Also, I'm still not finding UVHM much fun. Not like the lower levels. I started with almost $10 million in my inventory. I'm now less than $5 million.

A lot of risk for little reward.

Bad design, Gearbox. Legendaries should be nice, not necessary.

rgraham666: It's good that you are giving the game another try. No legendaries are required.

Can you tell me what level you are at and specifically what gear you are using and their levels? This includes shield, COM, and relic. What level is your Storm Front?

Rabids can be challenging, especially when being swamped with multiples. But you can mitigate this to a certain extent by how you play.

If I know your gear and build, I'll try to replicate it on my end to tell you how I'd approach the situation.

[dontu_worry]

Originally posted by rgraham666:

Okay, making yet another attempt at playing UVHM.

I'm doing the No Vacancy quest where I have to gather parts for a steam pump. Playing as a Siren. My only legendary weapons are a Rolling thunder and a Storm Front.

The final part is getting the capacitor which means I get swarmed with Skags.

Which included three, count 'em, three, Rabid Skags.

Do I have any successful tactics? Or should I just quit and come back hoping RNGesus is less♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥at me next time?

Also, I'm still not finding UVHM much fun. Not like the lower levels. I started with almost $10 million in my inventory. I'm now less than $5 million.

A lot of risk for little reward.

Bad design, Gearbox. Legendaries should be nice, not necessary.

Slag, movement and patience are key to dealing with rabid anything. Movement especially.

[rgraham666]

[quote=Bringoutyerded;1642039362987786140rgraham666: It's good that you are giving the game another try. No legendaries are required.

Can you tell me what level you are at and specifically what gear you are using and their levels? This includes shield, COM, and relic. What level is your Storm Front?

Rabids can be challenging, especially when being swamped with multiples. But you can mitigate this to a certain extent by how you play.

If I know your gear and build, I'll try to replicate it on my end to tell you how I'd approach the situation. [/quote]

I play all the time. It's just that every time I try UVHM I quit within a couple of hours due to frustration. I can only go SPLAT! so many times.

My siren is level 53. Here's my skill build ( I hope. Not sure the link will work.) http://bl2skills.com/siren.html#000000000005142035203205212551

Weapon slot 1 is a green level 53 Ornery Gatling Gun. Don't really like it but it's the best I've gotten so far.

#2 is a blue level 53 Granular Synergy.

# 3 is a blue level 53 Fire Fire Stret Sweeper.

#4 is a purple level 50 Ruthless Vanquisher. Which never seems to hit anything I aim it at. I think they pass right through the target. Maybe it's like the Cannon (another weapon I dislike) and I have to aim it at the ground.

Shield is a purple level 51 Augmented Adaptive Shield.

Class mod is blue Level 53 Merciful Nurse. +6 Restoration, +5 Sweet Release.

Relic is a blue level 50 Strength, +25% Melee, +25% Override Cooldown Rate.

Storm Front and Rolling Thunder are both level 52.

Hope that helps. And thank you.

I loathe Rabid animals with the strength od a thousand burning suns. One I can handle. Three at once? I'm boned. It's like trying to stop three runaways trains at once. That the encounter generator does such things is really bad design.

[Bringoutyerded]

rgraham666: Ha. Was just about to post the response you see below when I saw that you replied. Read this in the interim:


Not knowing your build or level, I went ahead and ran Three Horns Valley at OP8 with Maya. I'm guessing that you are at a lower level. But since the OP levels are more difficult, it should be a good indication that something similar can be accomplished even more easily at, say, level 55 or 60 (since your skill level remains on pace with the baddies you face).

I went into my stash and chose a fire plasma caster (could have used a regular Maliwan fire smg as well) and Gwens Head, along with a Scheming Warder COM. A regular Cat COM would have worked too, perhaps even better, but I tend not to be a min-max player. If one can work with a wider variety of gear than just the "best", you will get a lot more out of this game.

The singularity seen in the clip below is one I already use regularly. A Ravager shottie helped as I went through the map enroute to where the capacitor is found (and this clip starts) and cleared out the pockets of baddies one-by-one.

The Rubi was mainly used for slagging when needed during phaselock cool down.

I captured a video to demonstrate the rabid part of this run. This is quick and dirty, and certainly non-textbook. But it should demonstrate at least one way of approaching a multi-rabid situation as Maya with regular kit. You can do this!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOA6fdWEbrw&feature=youtu.be

I've found that the main key to success when running the game solo in UVHM and not relying on legendary kit is to be patient and not to rush. Clear out pockets of baddies one-by-one. Try to pay attention to the baddies you can see, and recognize that often the game will throw additional, often tougher foes at you once the first few are triggered. The game uses spatial trigger points to spawn in your opposition. Baddie difficulty often increases over time the deeper you go in a single spawn.

Remember this scene? The game does this to you all the time, which catches you if you rush:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKRnEOUxZm0

[Draekus]

@ OP : no sniper rifles ? Maliwan is your friend here.
Blight Phoenix is a waste of points.
Vladof pistols can equal, even surpass some SMG's.
What's the percentage on the shield ?
ditch the Relic for elemental ones.
start looking for a Legendary Siren mod

here's a couple of builds that might work for ya :

http://bl2skills.com/siren.html#415001000014051000005522510501

http://bl2skills.com/siren.html#410000000014053022005522510501

this is where i'm at @ level 72 :

http://bl2skills.com/siren.html#415001454014053022005522510501

[Draekus]

Originally posted by Bringoutyerded:

*Snip*
I captured a video to demonstrate the rabid part of this run. This is quick and dirty, and certainly non-textbook. But it should demonstrate at least one way of approaching a multi-rabid situation as Maya with regular kit. You can do this!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOA6fdWEbrw&feature=youtu.be

I've found that the main key to success when running the game solo in UVHM and not relying on legendary kit is to be patient and not to rush. Clear out pockets of baddies one-by-one. Try to pay attention to the baddies you can see, and recognize that often the game will throw additional, often tougher foes at you once the first few are triggered. The game uses spatial trigger points to spawn in your opposition. Baddie difficulty often increases over time the deeper you go in a single spawn.

wow Bring, how did you manage to get all those Rabids to spawn ??

[Bringoutyerded]

Originally posted by Draekus:

Originally posted by Bringoutyerded:

*Snip*
I captured a video to demonstrate the rabid part of this run. This is quick and dirty, and certainly non-textbook. But it should demonstrate at least one way of approaching a multi-rabid situation as Maya with regular kit. You can do this!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOA6fdWEbrw&feature=youtu.be

I've found that the main key to success when running the game solo in UVHM and not relying on legendary kit is to be patient and not to rush. Clear out pockets of baddies one-by-one. Try to pay attention to the baddies you can see, and recognize that often the game will throw additional, often tougher foes at you once the first few are triggered. The game uses spatial trigger points to spawn in your opposition. Baddie difficulty often increases over time the deeper you go in a single spawn.

wow Bring, how did you manage to get all those Rabids to spawn ??

They just did. Ran it twice, the first time using Storm Fronts and then remembered that the OP mentioned that leggies should be nice, not necessary (and they aren't for much of the game).

Both times I had multi-rabids spawn.

The first run, I had two rabids spawn in the skag patch you hit nearest to the Fridge entrance. They were much harder to deal with using the Storm Fronts. In the absence of singularities or Quasars, those 'nade mods are better for rabid stalkers with their UVHM shields.

In short, it just happened, consecutively. I hadn't reset my story, meaning that the steam pump mission had long been completed.

[rgraham666]

Thanks for the advice, all. I'll try the alternate builds.

[Draekus]

Originally posted by rgraham666:

Thanks for the advice, all. I'll try the alternate builds.

dunno if this'll make you feel better ( Worse? ), but i just went through the same area with my level 55 Siren. and i only got 2 Rabids to spawn, on different runs. did 5 runs total.