So i have cleared the game on normal and i have a question.

[arthasbg]

So i have cleared the game on normal and unlocked TVHM. I know i can select it when i reselect my character. Do i start over again? All quests reseted and keep items/levels. If i go to TVHM can i return to my completed normal mode? Or once i start TVHM im locked out?

[lolschrauber]

You can go back to the older modes, though if you exceed level 50, I'm not sure if you can go back to normal mode or if it just puts your level back to 50.

[CrUsHeR]

Still new to the game as well, seems like it works a bit like in Diablo 2 where you go through normal / nightmare / hell only that it's called TVHM / UVHM.

And apparently you can never reset Normal and TVHM mode so whatever quest rewards you get are final for that character. However you can reset the campaign in UVHM at any time, so you can keep farming your endgame gear there.

Something you probably want to do in Normal and TVHM is to farm the crap out of The Warrior (final boss) before advancing to the next difficulty, because it seems to be the only place where you actually get larger amounts of Eridium and epic/legendary items.
Actually my first kill got me a shotgun called "Conference Call" which makes that bossfight a faceroll for any character / spec ;)

[Morphy]

Originally posted by lolschrauber:

You can go back to the older modes, though if you exceed level 50, I'm not sure if you can go back to normal mode or if it just puts your level back to 50.

U can go dossen matter the level...
:>

[arthasbg]

So if i go to TVHM Mode i only have the main story missions? No sub missions? The reset only applies to UVHM? What about DLCs?

[Archon]

Originally posted by arthasbg:

So if i go to TVHM Mode i only have the main story missions? No sub missions? The reset only applies to UVHM? What about DLCs?

Going to tvhm is just another playthrough of the game but harder. you can always go back to normal with all your progress still saved.

[z00t]

Originally posted by arthasbg:

So if i go to TVHM Mode i only have the main story missions? No sub missions? The reset only applies to UVHM? What about DLCs?

TVHM (and UVHM) are exactly the same missions, but the enemies and loot are higher level.
When you start the new level, you have to take claptrap to Sanctuary, defeat Flynt etc, but you start the level with all your gear. All the missions are there. Just more difficult :)

If you have the assorted DLC's, Tiny Tina's, Scarlett's etc, TVHM is the best place to start these. Get to Sanctuary, so you have a base of operations and go explore the DLC's.

Resetting UVHM is exactly that. All missions, all DLC's - you start over from the beginning again, but you keep all your gear etc. The Normal and TVHM playthroughs are not affected.

Regarding Eridium, the best place in the entire game are the Dragons in Tiny Tina's. They drop around 80 Eridium a go. Legendary items on occasion, and a Seraph Omen, or Stinger, or Blockade shield each time. Not the easiest to farm it is true, but the loot is epic.

There is always the bunker for farming as well, Decent eridium,, cash, and very occasionally legendary weapons. The bunker is very stingy regarding these.

[Doomsdread]

Originally posted by lolschrauber:

You can go back to the older modes, though if you exceed level 50, I'm not sure if you can go back to normal mode or if it just puts your level back to 50.

You can go back to normal mode whenever you feel like it, but the enemies will not get any harder than what they are. In normal mode the enemies cap out at about the mid thirties.

With Eridium, if you are confident in fighting the Warrior, you can farm him for about 15 minutes, and you should be at if not around max Eridium (If you do it at a fast pace).

[IvySlug]

Originally posted by Doomsdread:

Originally posted by lolschrauber:

You can go back to the older modes, though if you exceed level 50, I'm not sure if you can go back to normal mode or if it just puts your level back to 50.

You can go back to normal mode whenever you feel like it, but the enemies will not get any harder than what they are. In normal mode the enemies cap out at about the mid thirties.

With Eridium, if you are confident in fighting the Warrior, you can farm him for about 15 minutes, and you should be at if not around max Eridium (If you do it at a fast pace).

If you manage to get the Conference Call and the Bee Sheild (Conference from Warrior, Bee from the Radio hyperion guy in Arid Bonelands) he dies almost instantly, he may not drop as much as the Dragons in Dragonkeep, but it is still worth it.

[arthasbg]

So lets say i i reach lvl 50ish in TVHM. If i return to Normal Mode i still will be lvl 50 with the op gear not scaled down? How does BL2 saves for each character work? Do difficulty saves actually use only 1 character and just "teleport" it between saves? So all quest are rested upon starting TVHM and i can return at any point on my completed NM at sanctuary. Can this technically be "abused" into farming gear?

Also when does the lvl 50 scaling on everthing happens? When i defeat the warrior on TVHM?

[iamdave]

When you beat the game (i.e. defeat The Warrior) in TVHM, then any missions that you have not yet accepted will be L50 when you accept them. I'm not sure about missions you accepted prior to beating the game.

Each character (Axton, Maya, etc.) have their own save. The stash in Sanctuary and the B.A. points are shared however.

At any time, from the main menu you can select your character and choose NVHM. Your character will remain the same: same level, same weapons, same B.A. points. Of course, once your character has reached L50, you will be essentially invulnerable in NVHM. It's useful for challenge farming, B.A. point farming, and E$ farming if you haven't yet bought out the Black Market. Mission progress will remain as you left it, but XP earned would be trivial for any mission you complete.

When you return to TVHM, you again pick up where you left off. Your character again retains level, XP, weapons, B.A. points, money, E$, etc.

[arthasbg]

Ah so basically it teleports your character between the individual saves. I see. I didnt also get a clear answer for one other thing. Do all quests reset on TVHM?

[iamdave]

Only once you beat TVHM will the unaccepted missions bump to L50. Any missions you've already completed stay completed. I'm not sure what you mean by "quests reset". As far as I know, only UVHM has the option to reset ALL mission progress... and take you back to the beginning of the game for a new playthrough at UVHM. Again, however, your character retains all stats. If you don't have the DLCs then I'm not sure what the point would be to keep playing TVHM except for entertainment and/or to get 100% missions/challenges/etc.

[arthasbg]

So if i start TVHM what happens when i have finished every single mission except the raid bosses on normal mode? Will i have just the main story campaign? Or i go stright to the warrior kill?

[arthasbg]

I also noticed that when i obtain a fast-travel location i can immediately fast-travel to there without the need to walk to the location to discover it. Which is pretty handy.

[Waste_of_skin]

Originally posted by arthasbg:

Ah so basically it teleports your character between the individual saves.

Just to be clear, there is only one save file for each character. The mission progress for each mode is just saved separately, so the game remembers which missions you've completed in each mode.

Originally posted by arthasbg:

So if i start TVHM what happens when i have finished every single mission except the raid bosses on normal mode? Will i have just the main story campaign? Or i go stright to the warrior kill?

It doesn't matter what you did in the earlier modes. When you start a new mode, you start at the beginning, and with all of the same missions waiting for you. When you start TVHM, you start back on the ice, with Claptrap finding you. When you start UVHM, you skip that very first part and start just past Knuckledragger, where it's time to clear the bandits out of Liar's Berg, but it's all the same from that point on.

Originally posted by arthasbg:

I also noticed that when i obtain a fast-travel location i can immediately fast-travel to there without the need to walk to the location to discover it. Which is pretty handy.

Yeah, that is pretty handy. It doesn't happen with every map (and there are some that have specific things that you have to do before you can go to the new map), but it's worth checking the Fast Travel in TVHM and UVHM when you get a mission in a new map.