Ultimate Vault Hunter Mode: Who TF Green Lit This?

[Redhotlugnut]

I'm just passed the Fridge on the UVHM and this isn't fun. Like how is it fun when the weapons do basically minimal damage? I can rip a headshot off the crown of one of those regular bad guys 5x and they're still standing?

How is it supposed to be fun when you're trying to finish a level but keep dying only to have to go back to the start and because it takes so much time the bad guys respawn as you're trying to finish the boss?

How is it supposed to be fun to have $2mil in the bank then be down to under $100k because you have to buy so much ammo because the bad guys are so tough?

How is it supposed to be fun when the weapons dropped are fking $hit? I'm at level 56 and my Sniper rifle is still a fking level 49? I got it mid my second time through?

The weapons are garbage, the bad guys take too much damage without dying and everything is so fking expensive you have to take time to farm to just make some money so you can pay for dying?

I can understand it being tough if the weapons were better or at least more ammo so we can finish. Who wants to go through a 3rd time the same game but its not fun anymore?

I know this an old game but wtf were they thinking? Bragging rights to say you finished it on the hardest setting? Lame

[Diogenes49]

what guns are you using? go back to sanctuary use a golden key and get better weapons or farm savage lee for a dpuh

[Casurin]

UVHM really isn't that bad.

Enemies are on-level. If YOU are overleveled to 56 and still running around with lvl 49 then at first it will be really painful cause now you get a huge damage-penalty.
You just need 1-2 decent on-level weapons and it will be fine again.

Instead of "farming" for money (which likely will not help at all) - go back to TVHM sanctuary and open golden chest for a decent weapon. Just one is enough.

[deepdive0777]

It isn't as bad as you think. Completed more than one character in UVHM
mode .Not saying i didn't curse the screen more than once but very doable. First slag slag slag.
If you started UVHM at a level higher than 50 your gear is too weak. Is your gear at a lower level than enemies.?

[eli_GO]

At first it seems like a slightly unfair and slow difficulty due to how essential the use of slag is, but the more you advance and the more passive abilities of your character you unlock, the easier it will become to handle situations.

Still, for different reasons, I don't like UVHM either; This is because I am someone who really enjoys using non-elemental weapons and not having passive abilities that deal elemental damage so, unfortunately, UVHM makes my style totally useless (and at the same time making it very difficult) but Using the style that the game intends makes it seem very easy to me, so I feel that there is no balance in said difficulty and it is a shame with how good it felt to play the TVHM missions in harmony with the level of my character.

[it's a gabe]

As mentioned, you're having a hard time because 1) you need gear tha's on par with your level and 2) you have to use slag. HAVE TO. The way damage scaling works in UVHM makes it so slag is absolutely essential.

I also struggled quite a lot going into UVHM for the first time and although I went through the trouble of acquiring an Unkempt Harold (which will soon be useless, but I'm stubborn and I'm having a blast blowing sh*t up with it) up to my level, I still die often.

I think the problem with NG+ in BL2 is that the whole game isn't balanced for the first few hours of it. I remember struggling in TVHM as well, getting there over the level it's supposed to start with weapons that were much weaker than me.

We have this ocean of content in the main game and DLCs, but we're not really supposed to engage with side content until UVHM if we intend to play it, as side content will get us over the level those difficult runs are supposed to start with weapons that cap at the previous difficulty level. If only the game capped our level until we start a new run in a higher difficulty, then this wouldn't be much of a problem.

If you don't wanna put up with UVHM's bs, then I suggest just going back to TVHM. There's no shame in that. UVHM isn't for everyone and it took me a year or so of playing on and off to get used to it. But if you do decide to continue, here are some valuable hints on gear:

1. As mentioned, go back to Sanctuary in TVHM and grab yourself some weapons from the gold chest. If you're ever struggling before reaching Sanctuary in UVHM, just go back to TVHM and grab some weapons from the chest. This will be quite helpful until you get used to using what comes your way in UVHM.

2. Get a slag magic missile from Dragon Keep in TVHM. This will last you all of UVHM as you'll be using it exclusively to slag enemies, so there's no need to worry about keeping your grenade slot up to your level. Hands down one of the best things you can get for your UVHM run.

3. Always try and have a shield that's up to your level. I prefer to focus on turtle shields as they were so good in TVHM and I'm not finding them to be bad in UVHM either. I'm still using a Lv. 63 turtle shield at 65 as it's still better than other level-appropriate turtle shields I'm coming across.

4. Once you're confident with your ability in killing enemies at a reasonable speed (and not dying as much as before), head to Dragon Keep in UVHM and get yourself a Grog Nozzle. You can't carry his weapon between difficulty levels, so you do have to get it in UVHM to use it there.

5. Finally, make sure to use anything that comes your way that fits your build and has higher damage than what you're already using. If you're struggling to find good gear, go back to Sanctuary and, you guessed it, roll the gold chest.

6. Bonus: if you can be bothered (though I recommend you don't), you can farm Torgue Tokens at the Bar Brawl quest in TVHM, then head back to UVHM and try your lack at the nearest machine for an Unkempt Harold. I had a Lv. 63 Hard UH until level 65, when I went through the trouble of farming it again to match and although I don't recommend the process, I can't say it wasn't worth it. This weapon slaps and I wish I could get it more easily to go through UVHM with it alone.

I'm still going through the game in UVHM, but I found these tips help a lot. Hopefully they'll help you too if you do decide to carry on.

[Radiowavehero]

People like this don't want help , they could easily just google borderlands UVHM and find entire guides on what to do right.

People like this just want to have their feelings validated.

If you don't like UVHM stick to TVHM or learn how to mod it and use a mod that rebalances the bullet spongey enemies to be more interesting.

[it's a gabe]

Originally posted by Radiowavehero:

People like this don't want help , they could easily just google borderlands UVHM and find entire guides on what to do right.

People like this just want to have their feelings validated.

If you don't like UVHM stick to TVHM or learn how to mod it and use a mod that rebalances the bullet spongey enemies to be more interesting.

Sometimes people just want to vent, though. Later on they might go back and actually give the exact thing they're complaining about a fair shot.

[itzRiceKrispies]

UHVM's reliance on needing to Slag everything really takes the joy out of the game.

For me anyway. I pretty much just stay in TVHM and mods let me play with any weapons I want.

[nixos]

the game can easily be modded...

i already made skins and heads easier to get

i made level difference not increasing or reducing damage, i changed kill xp into 100% in the +1 -1 level range, otherwise is double xp for killing +2 higher levels, and 0xp for killing -2 lower

i made every damage either deal 100% damage or 150% damage, monsters immune to an element still get resists

i upped the eridium reward from quests, upped chance to drop eridium, made seraph bosses give 100 seraph crystals as quest reward

i moved around the skills in the skill trees...

and i tell you: uvhm modifiers can be changed at will, and made them like you prefer.

[Starbug]

There's nothing wrong with finding uvhm difficult. It's designed to be challenging. Digistruct Peak especially so

[Krash Megiddo]

How do I get more golden keys?

[robbbie01]

Originally posted by Starbug:

There's nothing wrong with finding uvhm difficult. It's designed to be challenging. Digistruct Peak especially so

This ^

But despite build variety shrinking lots of weapons are still viable just at a slightly slower pace.

things like build synergy
accuracy so amount of crits you hit
amount of players.
using the most favourable damage type
stuns/crow control
which toon you are playing

all those are going to up damage without any slag.

and slag is not just slag guns you could also use skills,grenades,barrels...

[Casurin]

Originally posted by Krash Megiddo:

How do I get more golden keys?

See the sticky thread here in this forum? that's how.

[nixos]

Originally posted by Casurin:

Originally posted by Krash Megiddo:

How do I get more golden keys?

See the sticky thread here in this forum? that's how.

i just modded the chest to cost 20 eridium per usage: with 10 eridium you can inject a mutated loot sack in the head hunter dlc 5 and get 1 guaranteed purple sometimes 2

so with 20 eridium you get 2 guaranteed purples ! (i converted also the goldenkey chest in the presequel, and heard you can do the same in borderlands 3)