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blacksniper 11 years ago#1
Grenade jumps

The easiest way to do a grenade jump is to first equip a longbow grenade. The longbow has a very short fuse once it hits the ground and doesn't bounce when it hits the ground. Simply throw the grenade onto the ground, wait about a second and then jump. With proper timing you can get to areas you couldn't normally get to and this can even be used for a few minor sequence breaks. A notable example being the first claptrap in the game. Grenade jump over the towns border wall and simply never repair him for the entire game if you wish. There are minor time savers all over the place if you keep an eye open.

Sledge Shotgun launch

This glitch allows two players to get to many, many places the developers never intended the player to reach. You can scale the highest buildings, get past the games programmed kill zones and fall beneath maps, and even better it allows you to quickly loot the Crimson Armory in DLC3 without the need to save and exit between each run. It's a very simple trick to do as well. You will obviously need Sledges Shotgun for this trick equipped on one player. To do the trick it helps to have both players around the same level as you need to be able to withstand a shot from the other player without instantly dying. Enter a duel and have the player equipped with the shotgun crouch down and aim in the direction you would like to launch the other player. The other player should try to jump into the cross hairs of the player with the shotgun at which point the player with the shotgun fires. If the player doing the shooting manages to get a clean shot with the majority of the rounds you can expect to see a launch distance a hundred or so feet.

Ignore some kill zones

As far as I know this only works in Knoxx areas due to them not placing those instant kill turrets at map borders. It's a simply glitch to do though and it's certainly entertaining. If you drive either the racer or the monster off a road and into a kill zone but switch to the gunner seat during the fall your car will land on the ground with you still alive. You can switch seats again at this point and drive anywhere you want. I have found that it's a good idea to drive far enough away from the normal playable area until the screen is no longer red before getting out of the vehicle. If you drive off the map into the void you will eventually respawn as normal... it takes about a minute or so of free fall.

Bypass shields with all guns on any character

There is a gun called Vengeance manufactured by Vladof. This gun is a tad buggy in a totally fantastic way. The gun is supposed to grant a chance to bypass shields but for some reason it doesn't unless it was in an equip slot when you loaded your character at which point it mistakenly grants this ability to every gun you are equipped with. Tired of jerks with a modded shield that you can't hurt constantly challenging you to a duel?
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blacksniper 11 years ago#2
Infinite play throughs, Backpack SDUs, skill points
This is save corruption. I take no responsibility for anything that goes wrong attempting this and you are probably an idiot for trying it.

If you would like to perform this trick there are a few things you need to prep. First you will need two characters on you hard drive. One character should be your primary character that you plan to use and the other one you have prepped to transfer what all you want onto your primary. The second thing you will need is a friend on a LAN or the internet to allow you to do this save corruption. When prepping your character you need to take into consideration what all will be transferred.

You will get the fast travel locations, audio logs, quest data, level (temporarily~~ I'll explain),gun proficiency and play throughs of your secondary character transferred to your primary. With this in mind you should unlock play through 2 but ignore every claptrap rescue quest in play through 1. Complete play through 2 with all the quests you want to be done completed and those you would like to be able to redo not done.

Once your secondary character has been created and prepped the process to transfer that data is actually remarkably easy. You need to have your friend start a private online game and remain in the pregame lobby. Have him send you an invite to join his game. Load your primary character and select ready. Now here's where the timing bit comes into it. Your friend will need to start the game at roughly the same time as you select a new character. If you timed it correctly you will be able to change your character during or after the load screen. Change to the secondary character and then save and quit. The next time you load your primary character you will have the stuff I listed above transferred over. When I said your levels will temporarily be lowered what I meant is that the instant you load that save you will gain your original level and this can be used to your advantage. If your primary character was level 56 and your secondary was level 30 you would regain 26 levels instantly. Those levels would give you an additional 26 skill points to use making you skill points that of a level 82 character.

If you have anything to add feel free.
People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realize how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world. - Calvin & Hobbes
InfernoSD 11 years ago#3
Increase Brick's Movement Speed

This seems to occur when, as Brick, you enter Berserk but something cuts it off as you're going through the starting animation. I do this by simply entering my inventory right after activating Berserk, but I've read that most people do this (some accidentally) by dieing. Afterward, your regular walking speed will be slightly faster than the ordinary sprinting speed, and your sprinting speed will be close to Phasewalk speed. This will last as long as you don't enter Berserk again. However, if playing co-op, only the host player can do this.
blacksniper 11 years ago#4
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People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realize how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world. - Calvin & Hobbes
InfernoSD 11 years ago#5
http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/942812-/54573298

I thought this sounded interesting, but I can't be arsed to go online to try it out.
Nobo 11 years ago#6
Spawn more then 2 vehicles.

Simple just time the button press with your friends so you spawn at the same time and they'll all drop at once.
http://www.youtube.com/Klyclack
blacksniper 11 years ago#7
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People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realize how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world. - Calvin & Hobbes
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