Changes: Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel

Revision as of 01:31, 27 January 2015

Story

Set between Borderlands and Borderlands 2, four all-new character classes fight alongside Handsome Jack, witnessing his transformation into the ruthless tyrant people loved to hate in Borderlands 2, and assist with the rise of the Hyperion Corporation. The signature shoot n’ loot gameplay of the Borderlands series expands with the addition of low-gravity and oxygen-powered jetpack combat, the icy Cryo elemental damage type, the deadly laser weapon class, and new vehicles to help explore the diverse lunar landscape of Elpis, Pandora's moon.

Missions

Main article: Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel mission flow

Characters

Playable Characters

The four new playable character classes who are all familiar faces from the Borderlands universe:

Athena the Gladiator - A former Lance Assassin turned mercenary, and armed with a versatile Kinetic Aspis shield.
Wilhelm the Enforcer - A Hyperion engineer with a predilection to upgrade his own physical form with robotic parts.
Nisha the Lawbringer - A gun-waving sharpshooter with a murderous streak.
Claptrap the Fragtrap - A Claptrap robot supercharged with an experimental software (malware) package.

DLC characters:

Jack the Doppelganger - A body double of Handsome Jack who implements digistructed copies to help him in battle (was released in the Handsome Jack Doppelganger Pack on November 11, 2014).
Aurelia the Baroness - The sister of Sir Hammerlock who uses a Frost Diadem Shard to freeze her enemies in place (released in the Lady Hammerlock the Baroness Pack on January 27, 2015).

NPCs

Common Enemies

Machines

"Borrowed" Laser Turrets
Jet Fighters

Bosses

Hidden bosses

Iwajira
Nel

Vehicles

Locations

Various places on Elpis, Pandora's moon.

Concordia — The largest settlement on Elpis and primary hub of the game.
Crisis Scar
Eleseer
Eye of Helios
Helios — Hyperion space station in space located between Pandora and Elpis.
Hyperion Hub of Heroism
Jack's Office
Lunar Launching Station
Outlands Canyon
Outlands Spur
Outfall Pumping Station
Pity's Fall
Regolith Range
Research and Development
Serenity's Waste
Stanton's Liver
Sub-Level 13
Titan Industrial Facility
Titan Robot Production Plant
Triton Flats
Tycho's Ribs
Veins of Helios
Vorago Solitude
Abandoned Training Facility

Miscellaneous Features

Character Customization - A variety of skins and heads are available as drops from bosses, certain enemies and as mission, challenge, and levelling rewards. They feature varying grades of rarity and when found are unlocked account wide, e.g., finding a Lawbringer skin while playing as the Enforcer will make that skin available on other Lawbringer saves, whether new or existing. Head customizations for the Flagtrap class, due to the Claptrap unit not possessing a head, change the appearance of the entire character, such as placing the Flagtrap in a garbage can or giving it jetpack aesthetics.
One Point Wonders - "Game changer" skills that can change available options and gameplay style while only requiring a small investment of a single skill point.
Moonstone - Commonly used as a currency for the Black Market, the Grinder, and Moxx-tails. Moonstones are also used to unlock Moonstone treasure chests.
The Grinder - Used to combine 3 items of the same quality to create higher quality items. The Grinder has a chance to give Luneshine to a weapon when combined. Moonstones can be added to any Grinder combination, ensuring the best possible outcome for the used items including a chance of adding Luneshine to the created weapon.
Luneshine - Luneshine is an additional feature that an item may possess, and can be found on items throughout the game.
Badass Rank - Completing challenges increases Badass Rank, and the harder or higher level the challenge is, the more Badass Rank is given upon completion. Earning enough rank awards a Badass Token, redeemable for stat increases that apply to all characters of a profile. Badass ranks are now visible to the other players in a co-op game. A Badass Rank of 2500 or higher is required to get the Excalibastard.

Trivia

The moon is named Elpis after the Greek personification and spirit of hope which is the last thing to be freed from Pandora's Box.

Media

Videos

Borderlands The Pre-Sequel Video Preview

Borderlands The Pre-Sequel End Game Boss Fight

Borderlands Pre-Sequel - All Cutscene Bosses in Order

External Links

Patch update notes:

References

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