Borderlands 1 2nd Playthrough
Candi Ruman
Playthrough 2 is a feature in Borderlands that allows players who have completed the game's story-line to start the game over again with the same character on a more advanced mode. It is unlocked once The Destroyer is defeated on Playthrough 1 and can be accessed immediately by loading the character's game. The character retains all items and levels gained in Playthrough 1 and will face off against similarly higher level enemies in an otherwise identical story. The enemy levels range from level 32 at the start, to level 50 by the end, downloadable content enemies will similarly undergo level increases as well. Items will be encountered in higher level versions to match the enemies and general difficulty of Playthrough 2. Mission rewards will also scale.
The structure of the missions in Playthrough 2 does not change. The player is forced to buy a shield and grenades despite having them from the first Playthrough. The maximum number of Weapon Equip Slot SDUs still remains at four equip slots; the missions that featured these as rewards in the first playthrough will offer different rewards in the second. Rewards for the missions will otherwise be enhanced quite noticeably with higher level items offered and in the case of the Claptrap Rescue missions a number of Grenade Mods appear as rewards instead of SDUs, though there is a small chance of obtaining a "bonus" Backpack SDU during the first five rescue missions from the original game and two of the rescue missions found in the DLC's. Ammunition pickups are similarly upgraded, yielding double the amount of ammunition per item than in Playthrough 1.
When The Vault is first entered in Playthrough 2, all enemies throughout Pandora will see their level increased to 48-52. Items will likewise be encountered at maximum levels, with the vast majority being level 48. This setting is frequently referred to by the player community as "Playthrough 2.5" or "Playthrough 2+". The goal of this world modification is to allow players to fight balanced enemies anywhere.
No new missions are available at this point, but unfinished missions can still be started or completed. The quality of mission rewards are not actually increased compared to classic Playthrough 2, but the higher level enemies can lead to better mission-specific loot. It is a unique chance to encounter higher level unique enemies, or high quality chests. Some missions can be useful to retain for better loot in post Playthrough 2, such as:
The higher level cap provided by The Secret Armory of General Knoxx "broke" Playthrough 2.5 in the sense that enemy levels (48-52) were no longer matched with that of the players' (61). The planned Patch 1.4.1 further increased this level cap by +8 levels. Patch 1.4.0 changed Playthrough 2.5 by making all enemies scale to the character's level. For example, a level 64 character will encounter level 62-66 monsters throughout Pandora.
For the second Playthrough, the names of all the enemy types are changed. The new enemies are more difficult but otherwise unchanged - for example, Bruisers become Brutes, but their behavior remains the same. In addition, the description "Badass" is replaced by "BadMutha," and enemies with this description are considerably more powerful than the Badasses of Playthrough 1. Reaching the end of Playthrough 2 again changes all the names, including changing "BadMutha" to "SuperBad".
Today seems I finished the game Borderlands GOTY, but I didn't understand WTF, I'm only level 36 when in game are total of 69 levels( some ppl say lvl 50 is maximum but I found info that 69 is) and I didn't enjoyed DLC content yet......I see now I can play second playthrough starting with all items I have and level, and there is more loot in some places, and NPCs are higher level too. But I really don't like to spend again all the hours I spent playing it, I should start to play Borderlands 2 now? because playing 2nd play through will be the same no? or when I will unlock DLCs maps?
I really liked the game, I have one Sniper from level 12 with +116% damage that is better than lvl 36s ,and Shotgun from level 21 with 136% damage and 2 projectiles fired more, obviously both are Jakobs manufacturer, a Repeater Pistol with x4 fire and Atlas Combat Rifle with +78% damage, +34 bullet storage and x3 explosion, a good Revolver and obviously an Eridian weapon (don't know if all ppl have the same, because one big guy boss from Atlas gave me after death, he also had 2 "gorillas" companions when I fought with him :D).
Borderlands's first playthrough is meant to end around level 35 so you can continue leveling through the second playthrough. Also, you can begin the DLCs at any time on the first playthrough by going to any fast travel post and going to either Jakobs Cove, Tartarus Station, The Underdome, and some other 4th place.
I remember playing through the main game, then going through the DLCs, and then being overpowered for the second playthrough of the main game because Gearbox hadn't considered DLC when creating the replay difficulty levels.
Gearbox mucking up the difficulties was one of my issues with Borderlands. "Level" was just too important, and being more than a couple of levels off of the "expected" level either made things super easy or super hard.
to play the dlc, go to a fast travel station. you'll find stuff like jacobs cove and whatnot to start it. I'm currently on the zombie DLC and it's rather different tonally even though the cannon fodder enemies are a pain in the ass. I think the maps do look really fucking cool and stylistically its better than the main game, weirdly enough.
The game is meant to be played over and over again and with friends to make it even more fun. All 4 dlcs adds about 10-25 hours I think which gives you more hours of looting, lvling, and fun! I have a Lvl 69 Roland and Lvl 40 Siren and I can see myself still playing it. It's only fun if you play with a friend or 2 =/
The spectral guardians guarding the artifact in the Dahl Headlands were another boosting area. I'm not sure if they keep appearing after you collect the artifact though. Kill the guardians, save and quit, reload your save, kill the guardians.
Playthrough 2 doesn't restart you at level 1 if that's what you're thinking. It puts you back at the beginning at your same level withe the same everything and you get to run through the game against higher level enemies. You will get enemies scaling to your level if you've beaten the trigger mission (Find Steele) and most enemies will be giving out decent experience.
For enemies that give a ton of experience, try Crawmerax's minions in DLC3, or the Guardians in Eridian Promonotory. Guardians are always weak to shock, and the minions have their own weaknesses you must exploit to kill them.
Why rush through everything just to get XP? I am level 58 and i got all that legit. I got to level 38 on Playthrough 1,(i did it all myself in single player).. Then level 56 in Playthrough 2,(most of it in co-op). I got to where i am without boosting my XP. Don't get me wrong.. I said the same when i finished my first playthrough. I was like, theres no way in hell i'm doing that all over again. But then i went back and did it & it was actually worth it. Really fun if you do so in co-op. You keep all your weapons,xp,shields,etc... It's just higher level enemies. & believe it or not, if XP is what you're really after, then you have to do Playthrough 2. You will get even more XP from the enemies since they're higher levels. If you still insist and don't want to do that then, i suggest that you start you're 2nd playthrough and do all of you're Playthrough 2 online in co-op. That's mostly what i did. In some cases you don't even have to do anything. LOL People will do everything. Just sit back and pretend like you're helping with the missions sometimes. You can join a game with higher level people too,(level 60 & up for example) and you will level up FAST! That's pretty much all i can tell you. Just don't forget the most important part. Have FUN!!
If you're looking for ways to get good XP in playthrough 1, then you're looking for something that doesn't exist. At your level, you're going to have to bite the bullet and go on to playthrough 2. Just do the quests over, you'll be getting at least 5k per quest no matter how simple it is, and you'll start leveling up a lot quicker.
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