Forum:Downloadable Character Ideas

This thread is dedicated to letting players post Ideas about what kind of character classes. since the release of Gaige The Mechromancer it was stated that if she sold well that it would encourage them to make and release more DLC Characters. I think that as fans of the series, we should be able to show them the ideas that we come up with, to show them what we as players would love to see.

Here we will list the character name and classes we have come up with, then make a sub page dedicated to this character. List their skills and fighting abilities.

Example: ==Classname Name Here== Character_Name Short description

From there, type it out, show them how dedicated you are to having your ideas seen, show Gearbox just how much we love this series, by letting them know we wish to help them in making it better!

Phantom Gunner
Balthasar

One who was born a Siren, but in an attempt to rid her self of her 'cursed' powers, she had her gender change. The ending result was his powers mutating into something different.

He specializes in using his 'phantom' powers for quick reloading, the use of 'Ghostly Shells' that are fired in place of, or along side with, traditional bullets.

Made by User:Ixbran

Magician
Mercurato

A former show magician incorporating shoddy makeshift technology into his tricks, he soon lost all clientele and became a reclusive drunkard. After some time he heard from a radio of how finding the Vault would bring fortune and fame to any who opened it. Hearing this, he decided to try his hand at it to regain his audience.

Class created by: CrackLawliet

The Skag Tamer
Quigley

This character would have one or two skags that follow behind them muzzled until they are released to tear anything in their way apart. The trees would focus on enhancing either the tamer or the beasts maybe even adding armor or weapons to the animals. The third tree would focus on the taming of wild animals making them fight for you much like Maya's motion tree. The melee for the character could be a pair of electric( or other elements) whips that can be upgraded.

Just an idea i had when i discovered that Gaige would not be able to convert loaders to help ie. MECHRO mance.

Made by: Apples042

Necromancer
Liche

This character would be able to either summon the dead around him to fight on his side, or to cause decay and death to living targets. Unfortunately no use against Loaders but could have a skill tree that focused on Corrosive or Support abilities. Another skill tree to make itself harder to kill/ extra fight for your life bonuses and the third tree to give the summoned dead creatures extra abilities, strength, or invulnerability to corrosive.

Couldn't think of a better class name as their is already a 'mancer' of sorts.

Made by CollosoNeil (talk)

Witch-Hunter
Hathorne (named after the eponymous charcter from The Crucible)

Believing the Sirens are to blame for the existance of Eridium, and by proxy the horrible acts and effects of its use, he made it his mission to hunt down the existing Sirens in the universe. He thinks that if all 6 Sirens are dead at the same time it will prevent new ones from being born in the future. Upon finding and killing his first victim, an Eridium chain-reaction transferred her powers to him, but his being a male causes his body to constantly reject and reintegrate the power into his system. Because of this, and the Eridium now coursing through him, he descends into an advanced "Slag-Madness" every time his body reacts to his ill-gotten abilities. He has vowed that as soon as the last Siren lies dead he will take his own life.

His ability, "Phase-Crucible", is his body violently expelling the energy inside of him, unleashing a large pulse that pulls enemies in before throwing them outward. While the ability is active, his demeanor turns from Jekyll to Hyde, becoming more violent and vocal (similar to Goliaths).

This character is meant to be an alternative to Sirens, seeing as Gearbox seems to want one in every game.

Made by Archtypical

The Double Agent
Dean.

A former agent and a spy of the Hyperion corporation, he was assigned to investigate a secret Crimson Raider base in southern Pandora but was captured and tortured. Angry with his former employees for leaving him behind, he joined his former enemy to bring to an end to the evil corporation and it´s leaders.

His abilities mainly focus on using pistols and he has an ability to call a orbital strike to a targeted location by throwing a beacon on the ground. The " Orbital Ordinance" can be modified to do enhanced AOE damage, deal burning damage or make it hit multiple times in short time around the beacon. The cooldown rate would be 90-120 seconds. His other skill tree would be focusing on buffing himself and his allies that are nearby for multiple things like the amount of shield capacity they have and health regeneration. The last tree would focus on the thing he is meant to do, destroy enemies with his pistols, making the deadly accurate, fast firing and heavy damage dealing destroyers.

This would be all balanced so don´t worry

Invented by Chrome Commando, or Xbox 360 GT: BETA OPTICS

The Elemental Harbinger
Arilyn

Arilyn is an incredibly powerful girl who learned she had the ability to harness the elements at a young age. Surprisingly, she's not a Siren, but looked up to Lilith as a mentor, due to her elemental mastery and incredible and unmatched power. She headed to Pandora after hearing of Lilith's supposed death at the hands of Handsome Jack, and swore to kill him in vengeance. Not being a Siren, she does not possess one of the powerful "phase" active skills like the other three have. Instead, she is an unmatched entity when it comes to elements. Her skill trees would cater to the three "major" elements (fire, lightning, and corrosive.) The final skill of each tree would give her mastery over that element, and grant the ability to enchant any weapon in her hand with the element focused in that tree when her skill is active. Maxing multiple trees (if it becomes possible) would result in her enchanting that weapon with each element she has mastered. When activated, her action skill would let out a Slag Blast that could be modified by skills in the tree. Any enemy within the blast radius would become slagged. While her action skill is active, her weapons would be enchanted with each mastered element, and she would become consumed in every mastered element, causing anyone who dares to attack in melee to become infected by those elements also. I'm not sure the cooldown rate on the skill.

Character by Abyss Raider (talk) 01:27, October 26, 2012 (UTC)

Manufacturer Loyalty Classes
Manufacturer Loyalty Classes are character classes that have an entire skill tree dedicated to making them more proficient with a particular manufacturer's guns. These classes represent agents and mercenaries in the employ of the various gun manufacturers sent to Pandora to destroy Hyperion's near monopolistic hold on the planet, the economy, and the supply of Eridium.

Alchemist (Maliwan)
Oren

Oren started out as a nobody on Promethia, constantly tormented by Atlas lackeys. One day, after seeing several Lance tormenting his friends, Oren decided to fight back, but being so frail, he was easily over powered and shot in the heart. Fortunately, Promethians have two hearts, and Oren survived. He picked up a gun he saw lying around and shot at the Lancemen. That gun was a Maliwan. The Lancemen were engulfed in flames as Oren watched in fascination. He became enthralled by elemental modification and studied hard to become a researcher for Maliwan. His dream soon came true, and he was eventually promoted to head of R&amp;D at Maliwan headquarters on Eden-6. However, living on only one heart was a great strain on him, so he started using company resources to build himself a new heart. None of his prototypes worked, and he had almost given up hope until the sudden appearance of Eridium on Pandora. Seeing Eridium as the key to his new heart, he tried requisitioning samples from Maliwan higher-ups, but was denied, since Hyperion had a stranglehold on the Eridium market. Oren made the decision to outfit himself with the latest of Maliwan tech and travel to Pandora personally. His mission: steal as much Eridium as he could get his hands on, not only for his own heart, but for furthering Maliwan elemental research while simultaneously destroying one of Maliwan's top competitors: Hyperion.

Made by Mech-Romance

Demobot (Torgue)
5HR4PN3-7

5HR4PN3-7 is a Torgue Demolition and Construction Android sent to Pandora to build Torgue manufacturing plants to better compete with Hyperion. After starting construction near Fyrestone, 5HR4PN3-7 encountered several Hyperion Loaders under orders to disrupt construction of the Torgue plant. The Loaders were no match for Torgue explosive technology, but several Loader assaults, and the concussive force of several explosions, took their toll on 5HR4PN3-7. His AI core damaged, he shut down to effect repairs. During the shutdown, Claptrap stumbled upon him and, hoping to find a new friend, "repaired" 5HR4PN3-7's AI core with fragments of his own AI. This made 5HR4PN3-7 self-aware and slightly insane. He awoke, thanked Claptrap, and continued working on the Torgue plant. Claptrap left, sad, rejected, lonely, but who cares about that? Eventually, 5HR4PN3-7 discovered that the act of demolition was far more pleasant that construction, and started destroying more than building. Another wave of Loaders approached 5HR4PN3-7, but were taken care of with a swiftness and ruthlessness that neither 5HR4PN3-7 nor Mr. Torgue had ever seen before. Seeing amazing potential and opportunities before him, Mr. Torgue gave new orders to 5HR4PN3-7: Destroy Hyperion. 5HR4PN3-7, now designated Shrapnel, was all too happy to oblige.

Made by Mech-Romance

ShOOtee-er (Bandit)
Face McShooty Jr.

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Translation: The bandit population of Pandora enjoys mindless slaughter and mayhem, but the recent insurgence of the Hyperion corporation has put a damper on their merriment. Bandit populations steadily dropping due to assaults of sturdy Hyperion Loaders, the Bandits realize the issue lies with substandard weaponry. And so, the Bandits have decided to manufacture their own weapons, outfitting them with increased ammo capacities so as to outlast the gunmen of any competitor or enemy. Swearing a vendetta against Hyperion, the bandits will not stop until every Hyperion Loader knows the lead of a Bandit gun.

Made by Mech-Romance

Jarhead (Dahl)
Lt. Kilmore

A former Dahl marine sent to Pandora to protect the Dahl scientists researching the Vault. After Dahl recalled all of their troops and scientists, Lt. Kilmore elected to stay and pursue the Vault himself. After many run-ins with Atlas, all of which he survived, General Knoxx personally offered him a job as second in command of the Atlas invasion force. Kilmore declined, not liking Atlas' ruthless interplanetary business practices. Knoxx then used his massive mechsuit to smash Kilmore's body into a splintery paste. Athena, even then having lost her taste for Atlas and their ways, rescued Kilmore and took him Dr. Zed, hoping to save him. Zed couldn't do much, save for sever Kilmore's head and keep it on life support. Athena wanted more for her fellow soldier, and so using Atlas tech, and with Zed and Scooter's help, built Kilmore a robotic body, suspending his head inside a glass jar atop the body. Kilmore swore vengeance against Atlas, and took off without thanking Athena. He found the Atlas Armory destroyed and Knoxx dead, his revenge stolen from him. Searching for someone to blame, he found one person claiming responsibility, not only for finding the Vault, but for the collapse of the Atlas Corporation: Handsome Jack.

Made by Mech-Romance

Sportsman (Jakobs)
Edgar

Edgar is a retired Jakobs weapon tester who lives in the swamps outside Jakobs Cove, recently cleared out of the undead. He now spends his remaining days hunting Rakk and Badass Skags to put on his wall. One day, Edgar is roused from his sleep by the sound of trees coming down all around his cabin. He went outside to investigate and found that it was not people cutting down the forest, but Hyperion Loaders. His outdated Jakobs guns barely made dents in the armored Loaders, and he was forced to leave Jakobs Cove with only his guns, his pajamas, and his loyal hunting hound, Skagworthington. He visits Jakobs headquarters near Sanctuary and explains the situation, but Jakobs informs him they can spare no agents to combat the Loaders at this time, due to labor disputes on Promethia, but will gladly arm anyone who would like to combat Hyperion and their Loaders. Edgar sighs and, reluctantly, comes out of retirement to "test" Jakobs' updated weaponry against the Loaders and someday, mount one of those mechanical bastards on his wall.

Concept by Mech-Romance, Heavy contribution and inspiration by CollosoNeil (talk)

Bouncer (Vladof)
Marishka

Marishka Kincaid is the younger sister of gun merchant, and Bloodshot God, Marcus. Growing up to be a very tall, athletic girl, she went into the family business, but didn't help Marcus with selling guns. Instead, she helped him breaks the arms, legs, and spines of those who owed the Kincaid family money. One day, after a deal between Marcus and a potential customer went sour, Marishka broke the man's arm. It was only later that she learned she had broken the arm of Stanton Dahl, founder of the Dahl Corporation. She was sentenced to four years in prison for assault and sent back to her home planet of Grussia. It was there that she met Stasia, the daughter of Vladof founder Mikhail Vladof. There is an old saying: on Grussia, the only thing more vicious than the men and the wilderness are the women, so Stasia had been hiring mercenaries inside the prison for a special mission: Revolution. Hyperion was becoming fascist, totalitarian, a near dictatorship, and Mikhail Vladof would see the people of Pandora liberated and Hyperion crushed before it could become as big an interplanetary superpower as Atlas. Marishka agreed and soon returned to Pandora, not as an employee of Marcus Kincaid, but as an employee of Vladof.

Made by Mech-Romance

Digistruct (Tediore)
Employee 451

Tediore deals in Digistruct guns, but not many people know they have Digistruct employees. That's right! To limit overhead, the Tediore corporation employs digital clones based on the company founder, Fiere Tediore. Fiere didn't fret when Hyperion overtook Pandora; since Handsome Jack paid his employees very little, the only guns they could afford were Tediore. If anything, Jack was improving Tediore's business. It was when a Hyperion spy broke into Tediore's research offices that Fiere decided to take action: Handsome Jack wanted to know how Tediore implemented the Digistruct technology into their weaponry. Fiere saw two possibilities: 1-Handsome Jack would either corner the market on affordable, quality firearms and force Tediore out of business, or 2-Mass produce guns at next to no cost and sell them at the same price as his normally manufactured weapons, the influx of pure profit making Hyperion the next Atlas. Fiere outfitted several of his Digistruct employees with Tediore weaponry and sent them out to crush Hyperion at all costs. Employee 451 is just one of those employees, willing to do whatever it takes to ensure the continued existence of Tediore.

Made by Mech-Romance

Traitor (Hyperion)
Agent 23

Agent 23 was a trusted, high ranking official, and was the head of the maufacturing operation in the Hyperion Corperation. He was so highly ranked that the only people who outranked him were; Mr Blake, Handsome Jack, and the late President. He learned all of Hyperion's secret plans and schemes. He was content with Hyperion's monoply of Eridium on Pandora, but as soon as he learned of the true plan for its use, he decided to become a traitor to Hyperion. He began recording his conversations with Jack, Mr Blake and other field operatives. He copied all of the blueprints of the guns that Hyperion was producing. Upon receiving the plans for TK's Wave, he learned that Hyperion was using brutal tactics to keep its edge over its competitiors. This was the final straw. He stole the gun and murdered everyone else in his office. Upon releasing the power behind his competitors guns, he set out to find the man who created this gun. He found Tk's niece and she redirected him towards the Vault Hunters who had been so helpful in allowing her to sue the Hyperion Corperation for the biggest number she could think of, 23 cents, the number of digits on her hands and toes.

Made by CollosoNeil

Shield Bearer
Jackson

A former atlas shield souldir who survived the raid on the armory (thanks to his ice cream break), he dicied to become mercanry and use his top notch crimson lance armor and digistruc shield to do whatever he was hired to do. eventually he heard of who attacked the armory and killed all his friends. Deciding to take revenge for it he grabed his armor and his newly upgraded shield and set out to kill the destroyer .... Handsome Jack.

Action skill : Assulte shield

Effect : invulnerability to the front with extra damage to the sides and back and you can't shoot but are faster and have a better melee.

Tree 1 : Walking Armegedeon

Damage heavy upgrades shield can become permanite cover for the rest of the duration

Tree 2 : Armored Assualte

Middle of the road upgrades shield upgrades reduce flank damage

Tree 3 : Walking tank

Defense heavy upgrades shield becomes a bullet reflecter later furthered to reflect back at the enemies

Made by Nicholas R. Cordero

Remnant
Tyson

Tyson was an engineer for Dahl during the company's search for the Vault. During the chaos of Dahl's sudden departure from Pandora, Tyson had been taken captive by the Bloodshots to give them an edge over other Bandits, through having access codes for Sanctuary’s doors, and slight technical advancements that would make the difference on the battlefield. As such, Tyson is the one behind the blueprints for the armor that Armored Psychos wear, and the base concept for the shields that Nomads carry. Choosing to play a gamble for his escape, Tyson developed a chainsaw-machete that later took the form of the saws that Psychos gleefully brandish. Using this blade, Tyson murdered the Psycho guarding him, donned his mask, and snuck out of Sanctuary under the cover of night, mere weeks before Roland and the Crimson Raiders pushed the Bloodshots out of the city. While he wishes for Pandora to become peaceful and can agree with Handsome Jack’s goals to some degree, he knows that Hyperion obtaining the Vault’s secrets and bringing order will likely result in his permanent, non-returning to a New-U Station death. After getting word of Sanctuary’s new occupants, the Crimson Raiders through Crimson Radio, Tyson embarks on a train to begin his exodus back to his former prison, and try to aid the Raiders in any way he can. As a character, he's cynical, and more concerned about his own survival than the actual state of affairs on Pandora.

Active Skill: Shredder - Tyson revs up his trusty machete and wields it in his left hand while still wielding his equipped gun in his right. Pressing L1/LT/Right Mouse Button results in Tyson holding the machete out to do continuous melee damage. As such, it is impossible to use sights with the active skill in effect, and Gun Accuracy and Reload Speed suffer a 50% debuff.

Skill Trees:

Psycho - Melee and Speed Upgrades

Engineer - General Gun Performance Upgrades

Challenger - Twenty Levels of Massive Debuffs, followed by a new, awesome Active Skill

Other Notes: He wears his mask on his head in a similar fashion to Tiny Tina. During his Active Skill, he takes a moment to put the mask on his face before he gets to Shredding.

His Class Mods take the from of a new backpack to wear, to somewhat further push that he values preparedness and survival.

Made by Befellnatz

class:scavenger

name:Johnny if itt's a he Brittany if its a she

ability:to take the best of what he or she can find and forge it into more usefull things like a gun, a shield, class mod or granada mod

skill trees: one that increase the liklyhood of finding the best stuff another one dedicated to speed of forging and a third one for increasing anything that has to do with what is forged as in making it better if he or she uses it

bio:an exsperiment gone wrong to improve the crimson lance for the first game what the hyperion were tying to do was make a soldior that did not need food any type of liquid sleep did not need to rest or any un necessary things he or she is resistant to all elements(fire,shock,explosive,corrosive,and slag) Johnny/Brittany eventualy got reporgramed by roland to surve the crimson raiders and there cause.

look:take the look of each type of crimson lance and put it together includinf the royal ones he or she can even make a devistator suit for it's self when the grim reaper pulls your number there is no way out 16:06, October 30, 2012 (UTC)

The Homocidal Scientist
Weiss (Pronounced Vise)

Weiss is an extremely intelligent scientist with a heavy german accent. He has resided on Pandora since the days of The Destroyer, working for General Knoxx at the time. He worked behind the scenes to help create a lot of the tech that made Atlas the most powerful armament manufacturer on Pandora, and also was one of the originators for the design of the Devastator suits. He worked with Atlas til the end, when Hyperion took over. After the opening of the vault, E-Tech was discovered, and Weiss used the substance to make many extraordinary things, from weapons to shields and armors, even full on battle suits. Upon learning of Jack's attempt to open a second vault, Weiss decides to try to beat him to it, only being able to imagine what type of powerful technology is buried within it.

Weiss's active skill would cause him to don a powerful, full body E-Tech battle suit that he created, increasing many of his stats.

By Abyss Raider (talk) 17:16, October 31, 2012 (UTC)

T3CHR0-M4NC3R (Hacker)
John the ==Techromancer==

John

John is a Former Hyperion Worker who decided to leave because he didnt like Hansome Jack's ways, and uses his Robotic Construction skills to Deconstruct the enemy Loaders with bullets.

John has the ability to hack Loaders and other Robotic Equipment and get them to help your team for a short period of time, The ability can be upgraded to make the Robot have more health, last longer on your team, or even Self Destruct after time has ran out.

John has unique things he can do like make certain Elements work better then others like Fire better then Shock, Shock better then Corrosive.

by Muerte942 01/11/2012 - 02/11/2012.

The Trickster
Hunter

Hunter was an infamous gambler who got on Handsome Jack's hit list after cheating him (as Jack would accuse him of) in a game of blackjack. After being hunted down by Hyperion on various locations, Hunter eventually went to Pandora to finish off Handsome Jack.

Action Skill- Divide

Hunter creates holographic images of himself that either protect him, use his other weapons, or project theirselves on his enemies.

Skill Trees:

Defense- Skills that raise Hunter's health and shield, with some skills allowing his images to have shields and distract enemies.

Assault- Skills that raise Hunter's damage and skills that allow his images to use the guns (equipped in his other slots) Hunter is not currently using.

Deception- Skills that raise elemental damage and some skills that allow Hunter's projections to appear on enemies making them kill each other.

Just something I thought of while playing and decided I would put here.

By The Ace of Razgriz (talk) 15:03, November 2, 2012 (UTC)

Shape Shifter
Hyperion Proto Robot

The Hyperion Proto Robot was one of the Original Beta Robots that Hyperion had made, Hyperion used these Robots to Make other robots and special Tech (including the Shape Shifter Tech - Which allows the user to desguise themself as any of the nearest enemy e.g. Bandits or Loaders, even Skags) The Proto Robot was Scrapped and Hyperion used Humans to make the Loaders, the Proto Robot was put in Fyrestone Junkyard to rot, until Claptrap (that you first met at the start of Borderlands and Borderlands 2) helped him. The Proto Robot is 7ft Tall and had made the Shape Shifter Tech for himself to use, he has a very Human-like Structure and can take down a Loader with his bare hands.

Proto also made the Firework Grenade Mod which Explodes like a MIRV Grenade but with the Fire Element which burns enemies and also Explodes with alot of colour and a very loud bang.

Proto hasn't actually got a name but Dr Zed refered to him as Destructo, where as Marcus refered to him as Rager, but Proto thought Destructo-Rage sounded good so he took that as his code name although his model name is Proto#0401 he is thinking about becoming DRP#'0401.

Jetpacker
Zoey

Zoey was a Hyperion pilot, her friend Jessica had been along side her ever since they joined, but after Jessica found out Hyperion weren't just creating robots for world peace she convinced Zoey of their plan and they both escaped Hyperion, Zoey made it out of Hyperion's Aircraft Academy but Jessica was killed while trying to let the people of Pandora know what was planned, from then on Zoey had sworn vengance for her comrade's demise.

Zoey's Action Skill is to use a jetpack to flank enemies or reach high areas within a quick ammount of time.

Death From The Sky is more focused on her jetpack allowing it to be used for a longer period of time and less cooldown time.

Vengance is focused on explosions and rocket launchers.

Assault is focused on magazine sizes and ammo regeneration.

Her melee weapon is a stunrod capable to shock common enemies for 2-5 seconds.

Made by Insurrectionist Sniper (talk) 05:47, November 4, 2012 (UTC)

WIP Class
Rofice

Entire class is currently a work in progress of my friend's, but will be developed further on.

Rofice (Ro-fie-s) is an ex-Crimson Lance drifter who experiences a life-changing event after encountering Lilith, the Firehawk, in an attempt to save her from a group of bloodthirsty bandits. Little did he know Lilith was unknowingly carrying a destructively powerful parasite that infects him, causing him to gain powers he thought impossible. His dream is to somehow rebuild the Crimson Lance.

Abyss Raider (talk) 18:49, November 4, 2012 (UTC)