Gaming

Tonight is a tasty, tasty 175mg Cheeba Chew that I ate about an hour and a half ago and it has kicked in full force. I've not really figured out this whole edible thing as most of the ones I've tried have had little to no effect but the Cheeba Chews... Yeah, don't eat these if there is even the remotest chance you might have to go out... You just can't function that well, for about 7-10 hours, after eating one of these babies To go along with this, I've also been hitting the vaporizer with some of the Purple Cotton I still have, mixed with some Strawberry Cough. You get the 'fruity' of the SC and the 'earthy' of the PC for a real nice blend. So... I'm stupid stoned and ready to write a bit before going back to try and finish the second difficulty level with this guy (I'm just about at the end).

Axton is the new turret wielding soldier that takes over for Roland. The turret has some nice new upgrades, from having two of them, to a mini-nuke when deploying, to what I'm using it for... Slag. I should say that since this character is all about grenades, I will at some point re-spec a few times and try out the other trees but not right now.

Currently level 50, Axton kicks some major ass. When his turret is deployed, it slags everything it hits... Slag, is an 'element' in the game that when it hits something (you or an enemy), for the next few seconds, any damage is x3. Very nice to take down bosses as well as pretty much everything else by the third play through (you must have a way to slag in the third though there are many ways to do it). It also has some nice missiles and does hefty damage in it's own right Plus... When it is deployed I get an additional 30% grenade damage... Ahhhh, enough about turret, lets talk grenades

OK, start with 30% from the turret, then another 50% from Steady (a skill), another 13% from Badass tokens, another 28% from my class mod, another 10% from do or die and I'm at 131% (heh, assuming I added that right)... Holy Crap... Grenade go BOOM.

I've shuffled off all the coolest grenades I've found to this guy and he now has a rather nice arsenal:

The sticky homing bonus package - This is a really nice are cleaning grenade. Anytime you see a huge mob or accidently attract two mobs at once... This is your go to guy. It only does explosive damge but it does a ton of it and it does it over a huge area. The main grenade will elplode a few seconds after being thrown,when it explodes it drops a ring of 9 more grenades that each also explode into yet another mega-ring of grenades. It is awesome to behold.

The Homing Fire Bee - Another unique grenade that is also a great mob killer but... Only if the mob is weak to fire (flesh creatures). The grenade explodes in a fiery burst that drops a small turret that spits out flame in all directions as well as homing fire balls. Again... Very cool to see.

The Lobbed Pandemic - This one is best against robots. After throwing it out, it explodes in a corrosive cloud and then spits out around a dozen homing acid balls. It just melts away anything with a yellow bar.

Various Bouncing Betties - I love these things and carry a few types to swap in and out depending on the enemy in the area. These guys, when thrown, will start spinning and spitting out bullets for about 7 seconds before exploding. The 'sticky' versions with elemental effects are great. You throw it on the baddest guy around and he becomes a mobile death machine for all his buddies as he slowly dies. It is so cool to see even tough mobs evaporate with a few of these going off

Other then wanting to give this guy your best grenade mods and going for the grenade skills (did I mention the one that gives me a bunch more grenade carrying capacity... heh), this guy is not very dependent on gear. The Slag from the turret makes tons of different guns great to use... I switch out guns and shields regularly to make sure I'm completing challenges. The only other gear item to be on the look out for is the grenadier class mod and while a 'perfect' one is damn near impossible to find, a good one is pretty easy to get.

OK, enough... I'm feeling a real need to kick back and relax a bit