State of Axton

[White Che Guevara]

He was my first ever character on launch day and I NEVER played him again. He was super unremarkable. The game has changed a lot since then so I was wondering how ya'll find him now.

[Zen_Disaster]

Originally posted by 鬼佬 White Che Guevara:

State of Axton. He was my first ever character on launch day and I NEVER played him again. He was super unremarkable. The game has changed a lot since then so I was wondering how ya'll find him now.

Wellll ... frankly, I kinda disagree with your basic premise that BL2's "changed a lot since then [so I was wondering ... ]" ... .

I first played BL2 a few months before its public release date twelve years ago & I still love checking into the old beauty a couple times a year so there we have it for me ~~~ still rocking Axton the Commando + Salvador the Gunzerker + Maya the Siren + Zer0 the Assassin + Gaige the Mechromancer + Krieg the Psycho ... with no real changes since then in our playable options or in the game's plot or missions. Everything excluding patches etc remains unchanged except for last year's single whorey not so all-new but boring as hell DLC ... but the actual game hasn't changed. Mebbe I'm missing something?

[White Che Guevara]

Originally posted by Zen_Disaster:

Originally posted by 鬼佬 White Che Guevara:

State of Axton. He was my first ever character on launch day and I NEVER played him again. He was super unremarkable. The game has changed a lot since then so I was wondering how ya'll find him now.

Wellll ... frankly, I kinda disagree with your basic premise that BL2's "changed a lot since then [so I was wondering ... ]" ... .

I first played BL2 a few months before its public release date twelve years ago & I still love checking into the old beauty a couple times a year so there we have it for me ~~~ still rocking Axton the Commando + Salvador the Gunzerker + Maya the Siren + Zer0 the Assassin + Gaige the Mechromancer + Krieg the Psycho ... with no real changes since then in our playable options or in the game's plot or missions. Everything excluding patches etc remains unchanged except for last year's single whorey not so all-new but boring as hell DLC ... but the actual game hasn't changed. Mebbe I'm missing something?

I was under the impression a lot of characters got minor tweaks to their skills stuff like Mayas cloud kill, thought that might apply to Axton.

[Zen_Disaster]

Originally posted by 鬼佬 White Che Guevara:

Originally posted by Zen_Disaster:

Wellll ... frankly, I kinda disagree with your basic premise that BL2's "changed a lot since then [so I was wondering ... ]"... . Mebbe I'm missing something?

I was under the impression a lot of characters got minor tweaks to their skills stuff like Mayas cloud kill, thought that might apply to Axton.

My daughter was a game developer for Gearbox on BL2 & then the series' next title we call BL:TPS and I guess in a sense you're right ~ just like with most every other computer game out there, all playable characters in all games will most probably need to get what I called "patches" (what you called "minor tweaks") in order to stay current with the updates in & changes to computer & internet technology. But as I also said, and I meant every word of it, nothing about the plot or game play in BL2 has changed since the game's original release date, except for that single recent, poorly reviewed DLC last year which I got for free but still refuse to play on principal (don't ask LOL). In any event it adds nothing according to some folks whose opinions I trust in these matters

[PatchAdams]

There are a number of extremely viable Axton builds up to and including OP10 (Bee abuse, explosive/grenade, Tediore reloads, even assault-rifle user thanks to the Hard Carry) but many of them depend on a more tactical and less twitchy/arcade type play than you see from the average BL player and toon.

[Zen_Disaster]

Originally posted by PatchAdams:

There are a number of extremely viable Axton builds up to and including OP10 (Bee abuse, explosive/grenade, Tediore reloads, even assault-rifle user thanks to the Hard Carry) but many of them depend on a more tactical and less twitchy/arcade type play than you see from the average BL player and toon.

@ Che Guevara ~ Patch has it & he inspired me to check my ancient strategy notes so here's something more @ least for now & you'll see it's pretty cool ... https://www.reddit.com/r/Borderlands/comments/7r4jtd/what_axton_builds_are_viable_in_uvhm_and_early_ops/

[Radiowavehero]

Axton isn't bad really , he's just super generic and boring in general , in a game with psycho's , sirens , evil genius teenagers (gaige , tina) and cyber enhanced assassins , Axton is just a dude with a gun , his special ability is just MOAR GUN , Salvador isn't much different at least Salvador has lot's of personality and a over powered ability.

Just on a character design basis he was never appealing to me BUT if you like him and feel like he needs a rework there are a couple overhauls for Axton.

Borderlands 2.5 overhaul

Borderlands 2.5 is a good overhaul with a decent amount of changes for Axton https://www.nexusmods.com/borderlands2/mods/235
video explaining changes https://youtu.be/P2uFCssWO3Y

War Priest Axton

This one is only changes Axton.
https://www.nexusmods.com/borderlands2/mods/276?tab=description
Video about changes , most problems pointed out by the video are fixed
https://youtu.be/hc0dj6iHcHE

Sorry the explanation videos suck, I couldn't find better ones , annoying how the people keep stuttering over their words.

BLCMM and hex editing

Either way you need to install BLCMM and hex edit your game for mods to work, this video teaches you how and has links you need for BLCMM (borderlands community mod manager) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOXvKGDp4Bk