![]() ![]() If you’re keen to check out the new Skill Trees, I’d suggest avoiding Arms Race. It is odd for both the Skill Trees and Arms Race to launch alongside one another though, since you enter Arms Race without any skills at all. Given many of his perks are designed around improving his stats when he moves at speed, being able to sprint and shoot makes him even more of a weapon than he already was. Not only do the new Skill Trees give each Vault Hunter a brand-new Action Skills, but the perks and abilities that go along with them have also been designed to emphasise and exaggerate the existing combos and synergies.įor example, one of Zane’s perks allows him to shoot while sprinting. I wasn’t able to test every new Skill Tree since I don’t have all four characters at a high enough level, but having played around with a couple of them, it’s clear the new Skill Trees are going to create some badass new builds. Overall, Arms Race is like a much better version of Mad Moxxi’s Underdome Riot, with elements of Battle Royale and Roguelike games and a propensity to dish out insane quantities of loot.Īlso dropping alongside Arms Race are the new Skill Trees for each of the four Vault Hunters. However, being dropped in the middle of a warzone with nothing on you is a fun challenge and when you have to fight with whatever you find, it forces you to experiment and use weapons you might not have considered before. Especially when you’ve grown fond of your character build and have specced them to suit your playstyle. After a while, you can also access special airdrops which are also filled with awesome loot.Īir drops also appear on the map and yes, you guessed it, when you reach their location, dozens of enemies come crawling out of the woodwork to try and kill you.īeing stripped of all weapons, items and skills is quite jarring at first. There are usually two chests filled with high tier loot available, so if you can survive, it’s worth going for the ones within the safe zone. These are actually marked on the map and require you to survive an onslaught of enemies before you gain access. ![]() If you’re carrying too many weapons you want to keep, you’re just going to have to sacrifice one of them.Īlso dotted around the map are treasure rooms. Multiple Gear Terminals are located around the map but they each only have a few slots before they’re depleted. What’s more, anything you don’t send to your bank via the Gear Terminals is lost. Legendaries drop with surprising regularity in Arms Race but you can’t equip most of them until you finish your run. It’s a clever way of forcing players to quickly hunt for decent weapons while always staying on the move. On the other hand, staying out too long means the Murdercane will get you. However, going in underequipped means certain doom. The only way out of Arms Race (aside from dying) is to make your way to the centre and defeat the boss. The Murdercane is a gigantic, howling, snowy hurricane bearing down on the Stormblind Complex it functions the same way the shrinking safe zones in Fortnite, PUBG and Apex Legends do.Įvery few minutes, the Murdercane makes the safe zone of the Stormblind Complex smaller and giving you fewer options of where to go. ![]() And it’s not just baddies that can take you out of commission. If you die while in a squad, your team can revive you and get you back in the fight. Plus, if you die while playing solo, it’s game over. Surviving a fight by the skin of your teeth just isn’t the same when there’s nobody there to witness it. I played Arms Race solo and while it was great, it’s a mode designed to be played with a squad. ![]() Thankfully, they’re everywhere and it doesn’t take long before you’re carrying some genuinely good loot. This new location is full to the brim with all manner of enemies so you need to find weapons and find them quickly. In gameplay terms, it’s part Roguelike and part Battle Royale.Įach time you attempt Arms Race, you’re stripped of all weapons, items and skills and are dropped into the centre of the Stormblind Complex. So what is Arms Race? In the Borderlands universe, it’s a reality show hosted by Salvador and Axton in which competitors must collect weapons, survive the Murdercane and defeat Heavyweight Hawker. ![]()
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