Borderlands: Confusion about the New Eridian Elemental Weapons
There seems to be a lot of confusion about the two new Eridian weapons that were mentioned here earlier (the Eridian glob gun and the Eridian flaregun). Contrary to some comments floating around, these two guns are not a pistol and shotgun types, respectively, per se. They are arc trajectory firing weapons, similar to grenade launchers seen in other games.
A fun stunt is to stand on a ledge or a bridge or other overhang and lob the acid bursts or fire bursts onto hapless targets beneath. Since there’s no elevation gauge to assist in your shots, you’ll have to experiment with your range to hit long range targets. But since you can take advantage of a decent indirect arc hit, you can strike enemies hiding behind some forms of cover; this makes these weapons a nice substitute for the Hunter’s bloodwing.
A concern: you may have to more carefully watch your targets to see which are resistant to acid and/or incendiary attacks. These weapons appear to be strictly elemental weapons, so you may not do any damage on impervious targets.
callan are discussing. 
callan 4:35 PM on February 25, 2010 Permalink |
i have done this mission and i dont know how to get the lancer what do you do?
Steve 7:41 PM on February 25, 2010 Permalink |
What’s the mission name you’re thinking about? It’s possible you haven’t gotten the Lancer spawn mission. If you have, just go to one of Scooter’s teleport machines and select the Lancer from the vehicle toggle.
Steve 10:41 PM on February 25, 2010 Permalink |
@callan,
Check to make sure that the mission you finished wasn’t “Boost the Monster”.
The mission that nets you the Lancer is the “OMG APC”.
Steve 7:45 PM on February 25, 2010 Permalink |
Folks, here’s something additional and fun for you with the new Lancer vehicle: there are a total of FOUR seats, which obviously can accommodate four players… and they all have different functions! The driver seat is self-explanatory; it can also fire the main and secondary guns if you’re solo. There’s the separate gunner seat, ‘natch. But there’s the blast seat, which allows you to fire a blast radius around the vehicle, which is great for damaging enemies that get too close. And finally, there’s the mine seat, which allows you to toss out flat-disc land mines… great for tossing in the path of pursuers.
Unfortunately, when I tried hitting the Y button, I couldn’t jump between the different seats. Definitely seems like a vehicle (and feature set) best suited for a team!