Borderlands 2 drop/quest rewards at non-max levels
When looking up good weapons to try to get in Borderlands 2, frequently some are mentioned as being straightforward to get as you just need to complete whatever expansion quest. I'm a BL noob, but do such quests (and rewards) scale to your level, and/or can only be completed once per character; i.e. should I wait until max level so the reward is at it's best?
Likewise with so-and-so boss drops such-and-such gun, do bosses scale and once you get your initial drops then you won't get the special thingamabob ever again?
Basically: can someone compare Borderlands' drop/quest system to Diablo 2/3/LoD and World of Warcraft :P
Best Answer
There are 3 playthroughs in Borderlands 2: Normal Mode, True Vault Hunter Mode and Ultimate Vault Hunter Mode.
During the first playthrough, all quests are just set at a certain level, and the rewards stay the same throughout the entire playthrough. This playthrough ranges from level 1-30ish
The second playthrough, starting at around level 30, works in almost the same way, except once you beat the playthrough, everything scales up to level 50 (by this I mean most enemies will be 48-52). Every quest, reward, enemy, everything scales up.
During the final playthrough, all enemies will be scaled above the highest player's level, and while I'm not 100% certain, I believe the quests function the same.
So during the first playthrough, complete the quests whenever you want as the reward won't ever be better than when you can first complete it; however, during the second playthrough, I try to leave as many quests as possible (I'm fairly familiar with the quests that give good items, so certainly I leave those) until I've beaten the entire mode, then everything will scale to level 50.
During the first two playthroughs, quests can only be completed once per character; however, in your final playthrough you can reset your quest progress. When resetting, you essentially begin back at the beginning of the playthrough, so you can't selectively reset quests.
With the exception of bosses dropping some items (not loot) for quests, bosses can be farmed over and over and can drop the same thing. Often there are tiny variations on loot, so even though you may get the item you want, it may not have the stats that you want, so you need to keep farming.
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How do you get higher level quest rewards in Borderlands 2?
No. In UVHM the quest reward scales to the level you accept the quest at. So if you accept it at level 61, and level to 80 before turning it in, the reward will be at 61. The quest however will always scale to you so make sure you don't accept sidequests with items you want until you're level 80.Do quest rewards scale Borderlands 2?
On a normal playthrough, your level is capped at 50. You will not be able to get higher than level 50 until you attempt playthroughs 2 or 3. Your second playthrough (New Game+, essentially) will raise your level cap by 11, to 61.What is the max level in Borderlands 2 Normal mode?
No, they'll be at a fixed level in Normal and True which will be around the level that you are when it comes available. In Ultimate, they're at the level at which to accepted the quest - so you can delay accepting the quest so you can get a higher level version.Top 10 Best Side Quests and Side Missions in Borderlands 2 #PumaCounts
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