Should we start TVHM at level 40?

[Gianan]

We played the normal game and a couple DLCs, and arrived at level 40...

Now another friend joined us and we wanted to restart the game with the True vault hunter mode (giving him one of our savefiles)... are we overpowered?

I've read somewhere that you're supposed to start TVHM at level 30 and end it around level 50.. does the enemy level still balance after we reach 50?

Thanks

[Renfrew]

No, you are fine. Just don't do any side missions. If you have any DLC that increases level cap, you will have to disable it if you want to stay at level 50, otherwise start UVHM as soon as you hit 50.

[sarcastic_godot]

you won't get Lvl 40 loot in Normal. So, apart from your skill picks and HP, you won't make much progress.

Also, once you get to TVHM, you might want to really rush that, doing only the stotryline quests - so your Lvl-50-capped gear from TVHM will still be effective once you enter UVHM. But even there there's the workaround with the Golden Chest.

So, as first-timers, no hum. Enjoy the DLCs' storylines in easy mode, no shame in that.

[Gianan]

Originally posted by ꧁Renfrew꧂:

No, you are fine. Just don't do any side missions. If you have any DLC that increases level cap, you will have to disable it if you want to stay at level 50, otherwise start UVHM as soon as you hit 50.

Originally posted by suicidal_godot:

Also, once you get to TVHM, you might want to really rush that, doing only the stotryline quests

Mmh we kinda wanted to give the new player the full BL2 experience (sidequests dlc and stuff), not rush it... maybe the best thing is using the save editor to reduce our level to 35 or something like that.

(Or make new lvl.30 characters, but we 'd like to keep skins/weapons)

[Draekus]

if you want to give the new player the full experience, start fresh characters.
end of problem.

[Renfrew]

Originally posted by Gianan:

Mmh we kinda wanted to give the new player the full BL2 experience (sidequests dlc and stuff), not rush it... maybe the best thing is using the save editor to reduce our level to 35 or something like that.

(Or make new lvl.30 characters, but we 'd like to keep skins/weapons)

Like I said, you can just disable your level cap DLC, that way you won't level past 50. Overlevelling past 50 and then starting UVHM will just make things harder.

[Gianan]

Yes sorry, I missed that.
Ok we'll disable Ultimate Vault Hunters Upgrade Pack, thanks for help

[Renfrew]

No need to apologise. It's not something most people would think of. I can also relate in that regard, because I absolutely hate leaving missions incomplete.

But overall it's a flaw in UVHM's design, they added it to the game, but didn't implement a way to get loot that is higher than level 50 in TVHM (other than the golden chest), but you could still level up past 50, and since enemies in UVHM scale to your level you will end up level 54+ with underlevelled gear, fighting level 54+ enemies, which is quite difficult. Those of us who play at OP levels, might not have as much issue, but that still doesn't excuse the flaw in UVHM's design, it should be balanced for anyone not just the hardcore players.

[lena]

I usually start TVHM immediatly after beating NVHM, which is around lvl 30-31. the game might need to take some time to catch up, but in hindsight you'll be fine.