Best bosses to farm for legendaries?

[Kumbu]

No dlc, just the normal borderlands 2 game. ATM I'm level 34 and need some boses to farm for powerful legendaries.

[Systole]

I asume you are already at the Warrior then i recomend farming him, because he can drop the best non dlc shotgun in the Game the ''Conference Call''.

[Nimeulos]

that or farm the bunker for the ♥♥♥♥♥ and sham

[Kumbu]

Originally posted by ✪ Gupel:

I asume you are already at the Warrior then i recomend farming him, because he can drop the best non dlc shotgun in the Game the ''Conference Call''.

Originally posted by X-Hunter:

that or farm the bunker for the ♥♥♥♥♥ and sham

right now I'm farming the bunker for that shield. Probably gonna go back to farming the warrior again for the conferrence call. thanks!

[Bringoutyerded]

Originally posted by kumbu:

No dlc, just the normal borderlands 2 game. ATM I'm level 34 and need some boses to farm for powerful legendaries.

kumbu: It tends to be a waste of time to farm in both NVHM and TVHM, especially as you've just recently started the second playthrough. The gear you find is quickly outdated and found gear is more than powerful enough to succeed.

The other issue you will face is that the legendaries you farm will be level capped. Farming the Warrior is a case in point. You'll farm it now but it will be capped at ~level 30 or whatever the level was when you killed it to finish the first playthrough. Possibly spend a couple of hours farming for the conference call (I much prefer shotties like the non-legendary Ravager) and IF you get one, by that time you are at level 35 or 36 and that gun is now underpowered.

Wait until UVHM to farm, or at least just before you take on Jack and the Warrior at the end of TVHM.

Just a few great legendaries to farm once in UVHM in the main game (non-DLC) that aren't mission rewards (meaning once you can farm them for on-level copies when needed) include:

Hornet pistol (Knuckledragger)
Lyuda sniper (Gettle, The Dust)
Blockhead shottie (BA Creepers, Caustic Caverns)
Bit*h SMG (Bunk3r)
Harold (Savage Lee, Three Horns Divide
Badaboom launcher (King Mong, Eridium Blight)
Bee shield (Hunter Hellquist, Arid Nexus, Boneyard)
Transformer shield (Pimon, Wildlife Exploitation Preserve)
Bone of Ancients relics and various legendaries including the Butcher shottie (Legendary
Loot Midgets, WEP; keep Doctor's Orders mission open and don't pick up echos)


Try not to level up too high in this playthrough. You want to beat the Warrior at level 50 or so before starting UVHM. Otherwise, you'll make life much tougher on yourself.

[Kumbu]

Originally posted by Bringoutyerded:

Originally posted by kumbu:

No dlc, just the normal borderlands 2 game. ATM I'm level 34 and need some boses to farm for powerful legendaries.

It tends to be a waste of time to farm in both NVHM and TVHM, especially as you've just recently started the second playthrough. The gear you find is quickly outdated and found gear is more than powerful enough to succeed.

The other issue you will face is that the legendaries you farm will be level capped. Farming the Warrior is a case in point. You'll farm it now but it will be capped at ~level 30 or whatever the level was when you killed it to finish the first playthrough. Possibly spend a couple of hours farming for the conference call (I much prefer shotties like the non-legendary Ravager) and IF you get one, by that time you are at level 35 or 36 and that gun is now underpowered.

Wait until UVHM to farm, or at least just before you take on Jack and the Warrior at the end of TVHM.

Just a few great legendaries to farm once in UVHM in the main game (non-DLC) that aren't mission rewards (meaning once you can farm them for on-level copies when needed) include:

Hornet pistol (Knuckledragger)
Lyuda sniper (Gettle, The Dust)
Blockhead shottie (BA Creepers, Caustic Caverns)
Bit*h SMG (Bunk3r)
Harold (Savage Lee, Three Horns Divide
Badaboom launcher (King Mong, Eridium Blight)
Bee shield (Hunter Hellquist, Arid Nexus, Boneyard)
Transformer shield (Pimon, Wildlife Exploitation Preserve)
Bone of Ancients relics and various legendaries (Legendary Loot Midgets, WEP;
keep Doctor's Orders mission open and don't pick up echos)

Try not to level up too high in this playthrough. You want to beat the Warrior at level 50 or so before starting UVHM. Otherwise, you'll make life much tougher on yourself.

wow, thanks for all the amazing info, I'll absoulutely keep that in mind. First off, I have alredy defeated the warrior/jack, so thats a little too late. Secondly, what does TVHM, UVHM etc. stand for?

[Bringoutyerded]

Originally posted by ✪ Gupel:

I asume you are already at the Warrior then i recomend farming him, because he can drop the best non dlc shotgun in the Game the ''Conference Call''.

As it is said, the Butcher and Ravager would like to have a word with you....

[Sirius]

TVHM=True Vault Hunter Mode, the 2nd playthrough. Enemies are tougher and havemore resistances, also more "special" enemies (basically carbon copies of other enemies, but armored, etc).

You need to step up your game, because things get real. Everything as in Normal mode, story from the beginning. Except you keep your levels and gear.

UVHM=Ultimate Vault Hunter Mode, 3rd playthrough.

If things got real for you in TVHM, they now get UNreal. Enemies are even tougher, have multiplicators on their health and such, and everything scales to your level (generally speaking - there are variants on this theme, but overall it hold true).

That's why you really should start it at level 50 with level 50 gear. because you do NOT want to go up against enemeis that are level 54 because you are too but you only have level 50 gear (which is the highest gear you can get in TVHM unless you use the golden chest in Sanctuary, which may help when you overlevel by accident)

Edit: Each progressive playthrough becomes available after defeating the Warrior / finsihing the main story. To change Playthroughs, return to the main menu and reslect the character - the game should ask you which playthrough to play on. You can switch playthroughs at any time from the main menu - keep this in mind in case you do need the golden chest to gear up for UVHM but can't reach Sanctuary because you overleveled and can;t kill anything.

edit again: Is it me or am I even slurring while typing? Can't be arsed to correct the typos. But I should probably call it a night.

[JKopter]

Originally posted by kumbu:

Originally posted by Bringoutyerded:

It tends to be a waste of time to farm in both NVHM and TVHM, especially as you've just recently started the second playthrough. The gear you find is quickly outdated and found gear is more than powerful enough to succeed.

The other issue you will face is that the legendaries you farm will be level capped. Farming the Warrior is a case in point. You'll farm it now but it will be capped at ~level 30 or whatever the level was when you killed it to finish the first playthrough. Possibly spend a couple of hours farming for the conference call (I much prefer shotties like the non-legendary Ravager) and IF you get one, by that time you are at level 35 or 36 and that gun is now underpowered.

Wait until UVHM to farm, or at least just before you take on Jack and the Warrior at the end of TVHM.

Just a few great legendaries to farm once in UVHM in the main game (non-DLC) that aren't mission rewards (meaning once you can farm them for on-level copies when needed) include:

Hornet pistol (Knuckledragger)
Lyuda sniper (Gettle, The Dust)
Blockhead shottie (BA Creepers, Caustic Caverns)
Bit*h SMG (Bunk3r)
Harold (Savage Lee, Three Horns Divide
Badaboom launcher (King Mong, Eridium Blight)
Bee shield (Hunter Hellquist, Arid Nexus, Boneyard)
Transformer shield (Pimon, Wildlife Exploitation Preserve)
Bone of Ancients relics and various legendaries (Legendary Loot Midgets, WEP;
keep Doctor's Orders mission open and don't pick up echos)

Try not to level up too high in this playthrough. You want to beat the Warrior at level 50 or so before starting UVHM. Otherwise, you'll make life much tougher on yourself.

wow, thanks for all the amazing info, I'll absoulutely keep that in mind. First off, I have alredy defeated the warrior/jack, so thats a little too late. Secondly, what does TVHM, UVHM etc. stand for?

there's 3 different game difficulties: Normal Vault Hunter Mode, True Vault Hunter Mode, and Ultimate Vault Hunter Mode (and OP levels, but that's a whole different thing), these are then made into the acronyms: NVHM, TVHM, and UVHM respectively.

you unlock the next gameplay diifficulty by playing through the entire story mode (starting off at claptrap's place, all through to killing the warrior), then exiting to the menu, and you should get an option to move up in difficulty. enemies will become tougher, loot will become more badass, and you'll play through the story mode again at the harder difficulty, while still leveling and unlocking more skills

[SunDrippedDevil]

Farming is pointless until end game. You'll outlevel anything you farm anyways.

[JKopter]

Originally posted by SunDrippedDevil:

Farming is pointless until end game. You'll outlevel anything you farm anyways.

you'll usually outlevel what you're farming WHILE attempting to farm said item unless you're in UVHM