Torgue



Torgue is a weapons manufacturer. This manufacturer's guns can easily be identified by their black, grey or gunmetal paint schemes and heavy construction - a stark contrast to many other manufacturers who have much brighter colour schemes for their weapons.

Torgue seems to follow an often violent naming scheme for their weapons. In Borderlands 2, the names for many of Torgue's weapons have a sexual connotation.

Torgue makes above average quality firearms, and are more common than the Atlas Corporation's weapons. They make good shotguns, heavy machineguns and sniper rifles. They tend not to excel in any one area - they might not have the astounding accuracy of a Hyperion or the raw power of a Jakobs - but instead are well-rounded.

It is also discovered during Firepower: Plight Of The Middle Man that Torgue is supplying weapons directly to the bandits, which greatly annoys Marcus Kincaid.

Oddly, for their constant needling of Jakobs for their use of wood in their guns, Torgue fabricates various plywood boards found throughout New Haven and Old Haven.

In Borderlands 2, every weapon that can be obtained that is a Torgue always has explosive bullets, and never has any other element on it.

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Products
The following are made by Torgue.

Weapons:
 * Combat Rifle - The Meat Grinder
 * Rocket Launcher - Leviathan
 * Shotgun - Boom Stick
 * Shotgun - The Blister

Weapons:
 * Combat Rifle - Bastard
 * Repeater Pistol - Violator
 * Shotgun - Friendly Fire
 * Sniper Rifle - Cobra
 * Submachine Gun - Gasher
 * Rocket Launcher - Redemption

Class Mods:
 * Berserker - Blast Master, Warmonger, Bad Ass Torgue Loyalty, Ogre (The Secret Armory of General Knoxx DLC only)
 * Soldier - Heavy Gunner, Rifleman

Grenade Mods:
 * MIRV - Explosive, Corrosive, Incendiary, Shock

Shields:
 * Health Boost - Tough Guy, Muscleman, Macho


 * Rocket Launcher - Undertaker (The Secret Armory of General Knoxx DLC only.)

Weapon Tiers

 * Torgue Power = Level 13 - 21
 * Torgue Force = Level 22 - 30
 * Torgue Excellent = Level 31 - 39
 * Torgue Awesome = Level 40 - 47
 * Torgue Ultimate = Level 48+

Gun Traits

 * Very high damage, but at reduced accuracy. Despite the advertisement claiming the contrary, Torgue guns have horrible recoil-compensation and may be ill suited for users unable to compensate this.
 * Violent name scheme
 * Colors are black, grey, and gun metal

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Products
The Following are items made by Torgue

Unique Weapons: Legendary Weapons: Class Mods: Grenade Mods: Shields:
 * Shotgun - Landscaper
 * Combat Rifle - Evil Smasher
 * Rocket Launcher - Creamer
 * Rocket Launcher - 12 Pounder
 * Pistol - Unkempt Harold
 * Shotgun - Flakker
 * Combat Rifle - KerBlaster
 * Rocket Launcher - Nukem
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 * Bonus Package
 * Rolling Thunder
 * Captain Blade's Midnight Star
 * Deadly Bloom
 * Captain Blade's Manly Man Shield

Gun Appearance by Quality

 * Lowest quality weapons appear in normal grey metal thats been heavily corroded. It has a visible red and Black Torgue sticker
 * Normal quality weapons are Slightly corroded in places, have green and orange coloring and have numerous racing patterns including white and black stripes as well as yellow and black checkerboard. It also has a matching Torgue sticker.
 * The next highest tier Is mostly clean light grey metal with a White and black checkerboard pattern on part of it. The Torgue sticker Is a Red white and blue combination.
 * The highest possible tier for non legendary weapons is similair to the previous tier only with much shinier metal and with a large red pattern near the buisness end of the weapon. The sticker remains the same as the previous tier.

Usage

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Traits

 * Always explosive and utilizes gyrojet ammunition, firing slower projectiles that put out higher damage.

Quotes
This is a jab at Jakobs for the utilizing wood in the construction of their products. "IF YOU DON'T BUY TORGUE GUNS YOU'RE [censored]ING RETARDED!" "The previous message from Mr. Torgue did not reflect the opinions of Torgue corporation itself." - Torgue Radio Ad; Borderlands 2
 * "Torgue combines good damage, high fire rate and recoil reduction into one lethal weapon!" - Marcus Kincaid
 * "400 percent more awesome! Also, Torgue doesn't make their guns out of freakin' wood!" - Marcus Kincaid
 * "Did you know over 97% of all creatures on Pandora aren't exploding right now? THAT'S BULLSHIT! BUY TORGUE!" - Torgue Radio Ad; Borderlands 2
 * "The following message from Mr. Torgue does not reflect the opinions of Torgue corporation itself."
 * "Torgue weapons ALWAYS fire EXPLOSIVE ROUNDS. They are also LOUD and require EXCESSIVE use of CAPITAL LETTERS." - Loading screen tip.

Trivia

 * Torgue is the only weapons dealer in-game that has a direct reference to its existence within a special effect, the Torgue Bastard having the text "TORGUE! Bastard Guns for Bastard People!"
 * Torgue manufactured the radio inside of Moxxi's Bar in Sanctuary. The word "Torgue" can be seen on the front of the radio.
 * Expleriod.png "EXPLERIOD," or ҉, is the official end punctuation of the Torgue Corporation, as established by MISTER TORGUE himself, on Gaige's hacked ECHOcasts feed. *They cannot be properly depicted in Twitter. Torgue expresses frustration that they look more like flowers.

Media
Borderlands 2 - Torgue Weapons Trailer|Torgue Weapons Trailer