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blushingorange

Just used up all my luck for this year [BL1]

Replaying BL1 because nostalgia then this happens: I was farming the red chests at the back end of Crimson Fastness earlier and I opened up this chest. Two legendaries and one really strong purple (plus a white, but no one cares). This totally blew my mind - I got two copies of the same, usable legendary, as well as a godly fire revolver on a Gunslinger Mordecai at level 33 in PT1. The rest of the playthrough was a complete cakewalk (no surprise).

The Blast Equalizer and Burning Viper are still my two best weapons at level 42. I've just killed Sledge in PT2 using the gear from this chest. Getting a decent legendary from a chest is great, but one that's absolutely perfect for my build alongside another strong epic that's also perfect for my build was mind-blowing. I know the Equalizer's pretty common for a legendary but I still get over how unlikely this chest was.

Posted Jan 19, 2017, 12:25 AM UTC

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JustCallMeAndrew•

This is why I find it hard to enjoy BL2 and TPS without Gibbed. In BL1 I have a relatively high chance to find good legendaries just by playing. I actually have an incentive to check the vending machines and open chests. And those legendaries that you find will carry you for many levels which means that you can enjoy their effects while playing instead of just at the endgame.

Now imagine if one of those Equalizers had a Masher barrel

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LeCacty•

I carried an equalizer from a vending machine from the dust on playthrough 1 to the dust on playthrough 2. Talk about longevity!

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ItsaLiquortrap•

I agree, mostly. I played about 600 hours in BL2 until I decided to start messing around with loading up weapons I wanted for certain build via gibbed. If/when someone does BL3 I really hope they work on the loot system. The grinder in TPS helped some, but wasn't a real fix.

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ARussianW0lf•

I once used an anarchy smg from level 18 all the way to level 46 before I found one that did more damage than it

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Hungy15•

I know that while you and I and many people see that as a plus to the BL1 loot system I think many see it as a minus in that they get pretty much no gratification from looting any weapons for nearly 40 levels. I think that was the main driving factor behind the change in the loot system.

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Matsuyama_Mamajama"So big, so angry, so dead."•

Now imagine if one of those Equalizers had a Masher barrel

I've found a few of those over the years. So insanely fun! Sure would love it if those came back for BL3....

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zer04n6•

I think that chest(s) at the entrance of Crimson Enclave are really lucky.

http://imgur.com/a/pAawl

:D

Screenshot was returning a black image so I had to take a potato quality image.

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ARussianW0lf•

I doubt you used up all your luck OP, the Equalizer is basically a green tbh they're everywhere

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blushingorangeOP•

Like I said, I know they're common as far as legendaries go, but I still found it cool finding two in the same chest at a relatively low level with a character they complement really well. Finding an Equalizer isn't why I posted this, I posted this because there were so many factors that made it unlikely (at least in my eyes).

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Matsuyama_Mamajama"So big, so angry, so dead."•

I love Equalizers! Never get tired of finding those, especially as Mordecai. The explosive ones are really fun for Zombie Island of Dr Ned.

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CaptainOvbious•

What is the other legendary one?

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LeCacty•

Another equalizer, from the handle I assume

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