Though, again - I just wish the end....
...wasn't so abrupt & cliffhanger-ish here.
I didn't really feel that way after beating it.
I actually felt like the game was ramping up and about to end when I went to fight BNK3R and go to Angel's chamber. I fully expected to kill Jack in there. Then there was a bit more to do before you actually got to the last fight. As far as the cliffhanger, my biggest issue is the lack of direction in the way they presented it. Basically there's tons of vaults all over the galaxy/universe. So where do you go with BL3? Do you planet-hop, visiting vaults, and diminishing the value of them? Or do you just focus on one vault and ignore the rest, diminishing their value? "Another vault" would have been better than "tons more vaults."
I really got burned out on the game after a while when it first came out. I lagged behind my friends and didn't beat the game until around the time the first DLC came out. I didn't play the first DLC until around the time the second DLC came out, and that's where I sort of stopped. So then Krieg the psycho came out, and a friend offered to buy it for me if I actually played. So I played through the whole game again, with my high level friend jumping in occasionally, then we did all 3 DLCs. He's been busy lately and I still can't scratch the itch, I just want to keep playing.
I think it boils down to me choosing the wrong character to play when the game first came out. In BL1 I played the siren, which had a cool special ability that was very active. (phasewalk, basically stealth with the ability to make it do cool stuff when entering/leaving or during) The siren's ability in BL2 is boring in comparison. You get to lock one enemy down for a couple seconds, and they take more damage. It doesn't change anything about how you move or fight. So now with Krieg, I'm specced for full on melee, and it's so fun. I think part of it is the crazy shit he yells, because I'm having way more fun with him than I did messing with Brick in BL1. Oh, also the ability to throw your axe while doing your rampage.
So, Krieg the Psycho, so far...
I'm level 42 now. I've completed all 3 DLC packs with him, and I'm on playthrough 2, just reached Sanctuary. The early levels were tough, and I felt like I would die almost every time I used my Buzz Axe Rampage. This was partly because I was trying to use it defensively. See, I skimmed the skill trees early on, and decided to go with the middle tree, which is all about charging in with no regard. The final skill in that tree makes BAR instantly heal you, and you take less damage, but these benefits only work if you use it when below 33% health. With this in mind, I was using it when in trouble, but didn't have the key skill to make it useful in that way. Without that skill, I feel like BAR needs to be used more offensively. Now that I have that skill though? I feel almost unkillable. Oh, there's a badass? No problem, let him get me low, pop BAR, and just beat his face in. I willingly get in the fact of any enemy in the game, because I know that if my health gets low, I start taking less damage and doing more damage.
Initially I had planned on putting extra points into the left tree, which is focused on stacking buffs based on usage of guns. I changed my mind and now I'm going to spec into setting myself on fire (the right tree). Chance to set yourself on fire, damage reduction while on fire, more fire damage, healing from fire damage. I expect to basically be running around on fire and setting things on fire, then when situation calls for it, I can use BAR to wreck things.
To be honest, my biggest fear after playing Krieg, is that Borderlands 3 won't have a class this fun.
