Is the Community patch worth using?

[Dr. Degenerate]

It looks like it makes the game too easy from the notes but does it actually?

[Agarillobob]

it does nerf more enemies then it buffs them and buffs more weapons and skills then it nerfs them

so yea practically it makes the game way easier
there are settings you can activate and use to actually make the game harder but most people use it to make the game easier

[Foe]

It doesn't only make the game "easier". It also makes weapons actually farmable instead of quest reward only. That alone is a big plus in my book.
It also fixes some skils. Yes at the end it makes the game easier with quality life changes and with fixing stuff that should have been fixed years ago.

[kenkuros]

There is another version of the patch availiable now. It only has bug fixes, optional skin (visual changes).

As to the "main" version of the patch, you can download filter tool and choose specific features of the patch you deem desireable/worthy of running.

As to whether or not it is worth it, you must decide that yourself.

[JamesMaracuja]

Originally posted by Agarillobob:

it does nerf more enemies then it buffs them and buffs more weapons and skills then it nerfs them

so yea practically it makes the game way easier
there are settings you can activate and use to actually make the game harder but most people use it to make the game easier

Give me the name of one enemy that gets nerfed...

[Pacifist]

Yea it doesn't nerf anything, just makes buffs certain items that really had no use. Also makes items farmable that otherwise were not. It doesn't mess with drop rates and it doesn't make the game easy. It's called a patch not a cheat.

[Dr. Degenerate]

Originally posted by Pacifist:

Yea it doesn't nerf anything, just makes buffs certain items that really had no use. Also makes items farmable that otherwise were not. It doesn't mess with drop rates and it doesn't make the game easy. It's called a patch not a cheat.

I'm all for buffing useless legendaries. There's a lot of notes but it looks like a ton of talents are just straight up buffed.

[Pacifist]

Originally posted by Dr. Degenerate:

I'm all for buffing useless legendaries. There's a lot of notes but it looks like a ton of talents are just straight up buffed.

I have lots of hours in the game with and without the patch, yes certain skills are buffed, not so many nerfs on the skills, but it really doesn't make the game easier. Playing vanilla is completely okay, but having the option to play the game in a more balanced way that the patch offers adds a value that gearbox didn't do themselves.

For instance, Axton is actually enjoyable to me now. The patch made his character actually seem playable to me. However, I do not find him an easy character to play, the patch doesn't make him any easier, just better off.

Making the game easier would be using exploits like the infinite ammo glitch with Sal, that originally used to be a glitch that ALL 6 classes could do till GB was like "No" and patched it. Making the game easier is not what the patch does, but it does make certain attributes to the game more viable as an option as well as more entertaining for some.

[kartelusm]

Also an important thing to note is that using a thing called Filter Tools you can toggle things that you don't care about off.

Also mods :D

There is a whole github repo with UCP and mods for both BL2 and TPS

[Kraleck]

Originally posted by James Maracuja:

Originally posted by Agarillobob:

it does nerf more enemies then it buffs them and buffs more weapons and skills then it nerfs them

so yea practically it makes the game way easier
there are settings you can activate and use to actually make the game harder but most people use it to make the game easier

Give me the name of one enemy that gets nerfed...

Terramorphous in Normal Mode. That's probably the only one, too.

[Dr. Degenerate]

Originally posted by kartelusm:

Also an important thing to note is that using a thing called Filter Tools you can toggle things that you don't care about off.

Also mods :D

There is a whole github repo with UCP and mods for both BL2 and TPS

Good stuff then. I also want to increase the legendary drop rate for guns I never ever got

[Nakos]

Originally posted by Dr. Degenerate:

It looks like it makes the game too easy from the notes but does it actually?

Sure looks like it to me. Weapon buffs, Skill buffs, increased loot tables, increased drop percentages and increased drop locations. But, I've never bothered to install it, so all I know is what I read from the promo copy.