The red text for the lightning is, "I feel like I'm gonna break this thing." It's a reference to Will Smith's line in Men In Black, when he gets the Noisy Cricket.
I've always thought Eridian weapons were garbage. I don't disagree with the order however. They just lack true power. You give Lilith a Double Anarchy and it's game over.
@@logankelly9581 you know dwarven armor doesnot come from dwarfs but ftom dwemmer in skyrim and thats an elfish race there with a simular hight of other humanoid races in tambriel
Pvt.Mitch1208 i want them to be added back in in borderlandss 3 with both lasers and etech as well as seperate what makes legendaries legendary again so allow for hybreeds (i dont care if there gen 1 pearls i calling dem the HIGH BREED)
I owned Borderlands and played the entire lifetime without internet connection. So when I discovered these awesome, rare alien guns I became fascinated with them and collected several. The lightning shotgun was def my favorite of them all!
Slender Man 186 the thing is, Atlas got the hell off pandora. Atlas GUNS are still there, but they'd really just be floating around, changing hands. S&S however can and should come back.
Slender Man 186 just go back to how it was before. Super high mag capacity, good damage, slow reload. Make bandit like OG tediore. Balanced stats, lower mag capacity, and maybe lower damage but with really fast reloads.
I get why they got rid of S&S munitions The artists didn't want to make another fancy looking gun and wanted to make a gun that had a "made from scrap parts" feel. They essentially have the same effect as the S&S guns, minus the almost always being elemental. Although I do agree Atlas and eridian should come back, just because atlas left Pandoratheir guns that were already here just didn't disappear. Lots of people kept them as treasures.
BatHulkSmash moxxis panty house is for storing legends and eridians and hybreed weapons nuttin else if it becomes reduntent it gets sold or fed to skagzilla
True. That being said, for half of my trip through CL4P-TP's Robot Revolution, I was using an Eridian rifle in place of a sniper. Then I found a Volcano and I began making sacrifices to Pele.
I remember when I first played BL:1 I thought that you needed to get maximum proficency with the eridian weapons to make them viable. Hours of grinding later made for a massive disappointment. However, as stated in the video the thunder storm is actually pretty decent in CQC. Also, shooting corpses with the thunderstorm is a joy since the knockback with the weapon is one, if not the greatest in the game if i recall correctly.
They are pretty decent with max proficiency and I found the best way to level up weapon classes are killing the Eridian before you head to the vault cause they drop a good amount of XP even if you are several levels higher but this is only good if you are using Mordecai since he can bypass shields
A low level, decent parts lightning can actually be pretty good early on. Also, have a cannon on the first play through in the zombie DLC, group them up and fire once or twice.
Super Shadow 99 wait WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT SINCE WHEN COULD MORDACAI DO THAT HE WAS LITERALL THE ONLY CHARACTER I PLAYED I TRIED OTHERS BUT COULDNT GET INTO THEM SINCE WHEN COULD MORDO BOI SHOOT THROUGH SHIELDS
Yup, the lack of story and exposition in BL1 make it fun to play again, as you can just focus on combat. I got on a serious BL2 kick again lately, and the campaign gets boring about midway through your second playthrough, but BL1.....if you know what you’re doing, and utilize DLC areas at the very start of the campaign to XP boost and buy all of the orange ammo capacity SDUs, it makes the game easy and still really fun to play. I get why BL2 is the best of the series, but I love the music and atmosphere of BL1 so much more.
My personal use of eridian weapons was always to collect thunder storms, keep the strongest four and use only those. After that, you can just keep using them and switching to the next one after running out of ammo. Probably doesn't sound that great, but I was able to rush into any squad of enemies like that.
Agreed. I've always liked using the Thunder Storm because of its high damage potential. It's not so great on its own, but if you're going for a full Eridian build (all four slots using Eridian weapons), you'll want this one in there for a quick swap to deal some damage. It can be invaluable for saving you from death if your enemies are swarming you. Just pay close attention to how many shots it has and swap it out the minute it's out of "ammo" or you'll die waiting for it to recharge like I used to do soooo much when I first made an Eridian build.
They were only added in the General Knoxx DLC, for only a few variants, and rarity is comparable to Pearlescents (which were added and are only found in the General Knoxx DLC) in this game.
@@miletilblight2181 Depends on the hybrid, if we're talking Nemesis/Invader Hybrid then no, because that's the rarest weapon in the entire game, but rarer than say an Ajax Ogre yeah. Also perfect pearls are much rarer than Legendary Eridian weapons.
I'm starting to use them more, one thing people miss most in bl1 is weapon proficiency, the more you use the gun the better the bonus, since the eridian guns are pretty rare during a normal play through no one levels up its proficiency, the max proficiency bonus is like +48% damage and +102% cooldown rate, which could make these guns much better
i recall my first kill on Crawmerax, me and my buddy tagged teamed him with two Lilith's useing the Thunder Storm, that shock shotgun is lethal on him.
Sometimes, when I was lucky enough to find multiple thunder storms with nearly same base damages I would load 3 or 4 into my load out, the amount of ass that kicks is damn near inconceivable. Boss battles never ended so fast.
My first eridian weapon (the cannon) felt way better than it really was, i got it in a chest RIGHT after my first encounter with the eridians in the "ghosts of the vault" sidequest. it just felt grand to get such an alien looking gun at a pretty low level, i used it for a bit but damn was it underwhelming for such a "fateful encounter"
i felt the same way about it, but then again the cannon is one of, if not the worst eridian weapon. if i had gotten the thunder storm or the eridian lightning instead it would've been so much better. I'm surprised he didn't list the eridian lightning to be completely honest, it carried me such a long way through the game and almost always killed with one shot
I seriously hope to see a comeback of the eridian guns in borderlands 3, the E tech and moonstone weapons were pretty cool, but eridian weapons were by far the most unique type of weapon in the entire franchise
_NUMB_ WHEN IS THIS GONNA HAPPEN AND A REALLY WIERD OPTION TO PLAY THROUGH THE BORDERLANDS 2 STORY EXCEPT TINAS TELLING THE WHOLE THING AND YOU CAN PLAYS AS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL FOUR
_NUMB_ also a switch port would be appreciated grinding takes time and i dont have all day to sit at a computer or console so gimme it on switch so i cant slaughter bandits on the go it also might give bl a bigger audience i japan since they play most of there games on mobile
The best way to get more shots with all of these is to have mutiple in your invintory In fact i had a brick that had 4 eriduim shot guns and i was pretty invinsible
I remember getting a thunderstorm around level 12-ish i think? That thing literrally carried me to endgame, it was amazing. Its one of my favorite guns i've used in games period. I hope bl3 reintroduces the eldritch guns, tbe idea for them is fantastic
I discovered that the thunderstorm gun has a hidden effect. It completely destroys flying things like rakks and stuff. I just kind of aim it upward and all the rakks in the vicinity die from the lightning strike + chain lightning. It's a good weapon against flying enemies, but not very strong against ground enemies.
I personally love most of the eridian weapons. But only when they have the right battery, the skinny little phallic one with a tip on it, it makes them charge super fast, which is good for getting the elements on the enemy and then switching to another weapon.
Ive got about 30 or so pearlescents through farming them from craw or armory, but NEVER EVER saw a single legendary eridian. Those things are so freakin rare... Only surpassed by the Invader Nemesis.
My first play through I got a somehow glitched 001 cannon without a scope that did "9999999..." damage and fired quite fast without draining the charge (killed anything in one hit even bosses)
Makes me wonder if T.K came across one of these "wave" rifles and somehow reverse engineered one. Side note- The larger oscillations on his shotgun could likely be from not being able to tune the weapon right after losing his eye sight.
I actually used these weapons a fair bit myself. Got a weapon proficiency over 36 with them. Stack them in 3 weapon slots and you can keep switching Between then whenever their charge is empty. I had an SMG as my 4th just in case stuff hit the fan - which was rare tbf. Was fun never needing to reload. There are also different "crystal" parts (with the blue tracing glowing effects) that determine max charge/recharge speed and high damage/slow recharge/minimum charge and things like that. Very cool finding a god roll on some of em - especially the wave blaster. Can snipe enemies from a distance with it and not worry bout anything haha.
... i didn't know there are that many Eridian weapons, have only seen 5 ... Thunderstorm is very nice, always carry one with Lilith for bandits ... Lightning served quite well too, at least in first playthrough ...
Borderlands 1 was the only game I played when I was 6. I got the game of the year edition for my birthday and played it nonstop. I met this kid online and his name was like Bloodshot or Handshot or something like that, but he gave me a modded shield and a modded invisible gun which one shot everyone except for cramerax because you had to shoot the purple spots. My xbox glitched and my friends list was wiped and I never played with him again. Those were the days. My name on the 360 was really bad too. Poopierichie
I did not use them much, but in my opinion they were far in a way worse than even the standard purple weapons. They did too little damage, and took too long to recharge.
They should bring back eridian weapons, and to fix the problem with having to wait for them to recharge,maybe have a quick time event to instantly charge them like in the modern battlefront games
Honestly, I find the eridian sniper rifle to be one of the best to score crits consistently, although with a huge disadvantage of having low dmg compared to other snipers. The eridian sniper doesn’t require you to make predictions of where the bullet will go when you’re shooting a moving target. It’s like a gauss rifle, really - just point and shoot, and get a shock damage bonus if you thought that headshot wasn’t enough. Although near the endgame you’ll certainly need to deal more than one headshot to actually kill someone. Still, a nice gun that only suffers from low damage.
The eridian weapons are ridiculously underpowered. If you are so OC and want to level its proficiency, you will have a hard time; It deals little to no damage on normal to large spiderants, lance and bruisers. The same issue with the launcher where they deal little to no damage on devastators like Knoxx, large enemies and other badass variants
I wish more of them had elemental versions. A fire Mercurial blaster might be fairly decent, especially if there were legendary or pearlescent eridan weapons.
hey there. new to your channel and like the content. decent video but out of the Eridium blasters, i didn't see the "ball blaster" what is nice about that one is that it's pretty much the first borderlands 2 tourge assault rifle in borderlands 1 but using the lightning element. also that hole video about lilith using them which is nice considering you get high elemental performance out of them but that for ones who goes for lilith.
I just beat Borderlands today for the first time, and I had two Eridian weapons in my quick select. A level 28 101001 Cannon, and a level 28 101001 Ball Blaster. They weren't very powerful, but they were a godsend when I ran out of ammo for my assault rifles and machine pistols lol. Man my Grim Rage chewed through those magazines lol.
The lack of an element really hurts some of them. Or they consume much charge per shot. I do like the Thunder Storm and the Wave Blaster though. The Spatters are ok too.
Erdian weapons are a great concept dont get me wrong, but a long standing trait of the borderlands franchise is weapons that seem awesome on paper but lackluster in game.
I remember i was a sucker trying to get this weapon but later on i realized it suck, maybe it can return in BL3 because of the infinite ammo but not trashy, hey do you think you can do top skill in borderlands 1?
Depends a bit... I would take Eridian Blasters over E-Tech blasters any day of the week, same goes for the Eridian sniper rifle-ish weapons, however I think I would prefer E-Tech Plasma casters(except from the bandit plasma casters) over Eridian blasters. They just deal a nice amount of damage, have good stats in general and because SMGs have such a massive ammo pool in BL2 the increased ammo consumption doesn´t hurt them as much. Also, I think at least some E-Tech launchers are superior to the Eridian cannons.
as long as you have a site it's pretty good guns that like the stock pistol have no sides of their invisible and it looks like you're holding a toy gun
In my opinion when it comes to eridian and making the most out of them you just HAVE to shoot til no charge, then SWAP to your normal weapon. I go crazy when waiting for the charge otherwise. But tbh I only ever used them to try max out my proficiency stats
I miss the eridian guns in the first borderlands they should bring them back also the thunderstorm shotgun one is my favorite as well. but I also like the lightning bolt sniper kajigger thingy too
My experience with Eridian weapons from my initial play trough back in 09 was so bad that it prevented me from picking any other Eridian ever again. I never even considered Eridian weapons untill I watched this video. To me they were troll items meant to be sold as junk.
I noticed there were a few things to add on functionality for this list that wasn't mentioned. So, "Heads Up": 1. the Cannon!: so shoot, melee, and immediately shoot again. ... O.O 2. the Stampeding Glob gun: corridor fights are great, shoot the walls/ground, it multiplies! 3. Magazine size abilities are best for these guns, IMO. Hi Roland! 4. In single player mode, is it just me, or do all these guns reload fully when you go to inventory, un-equip/re-equip?
9:20 you killed 4 skags and the magazine is empty... and the gun has a half hour recharge time. You have to switch to a double anarchy. By the way lets stick with it because it is a great weapon. Great design.
Eridian weapons is basically a gimmick, you either like it or you dislike it. Other than said gimmick, there isn't much to them. The first time you even knew they existed is probably from the one Crimson Lance boss that have a guaranteed drop. But by that time you already leveled your proficiency with your preferred guns quite a lot (and probably picked up a Legendary or two already), and it's a pain to do it all over again, especially when you are reaching end game. Now move on to the "no ammo" part, again at this point in the game ammo should not be a problem for any player that are older than 12. Then there's the fact that it take longer to recharge an Eridian gun than simply put a new clip into your standard guns (and that doesn't even taking proficiency into account). Even in this video you can see that he killed the bandit quicker by simply unloading an smg clip into their face as opposed to using the Eridian gun. Then there's aesthetic, all of them are sort of bland with the mostly white skin, and the energy rounds doesn't have the "boom" like your standard guns would. 'Pew pew' will never beat 'bang bang' imo. Elemental effects is also doesn't stand out that much. In conclusion, I think Eridian guns is in the solid mediocre tier.
My main char in Borderlands is Roland, as he is the 'Well Rounded' OP char (proven by his game breaking increased mag size skills). But as far as Eridian weapons go, I would disagree with your assesment up through the #2 spot. This video is just however your opinion and I whole-fully respect that. The following is also just my opinion. On the blaster rifles, they are cool, but I sell all wave rifles as soon as I can. The homing shot rifles are better to me but again sold the instant I get them or until I get a standard rifle (#6), and those I keep until I manage to find a mecurial Rifle (#2 or 3 for me), the best in my mind: same damage per shot as a standard with the same recoil and accuracy, the downside being the increased fire rate which I am used to. The cannons should be last on this list if at all. Yes they are considered to deal explosive damage by the community, but none of the player skills that increase explosive or elemental damage actually work with any of the Cannons. Sorry everyone, but these (literally & figuratively) bad boys are only standard ballistic damage dealers. I would say the lightning rifle (the other #2 or 3) is better than the shock rifle(#7) even with its higher cost per shot. I feel I can, even on Brick, one shot most enemies with or without a shield with lightning rifles. Also, lightning rifles are guaranteed to spawn in game with a scope, while shock rifles can spawn with almost(?) any sight in the game. The only down-side to lightning rifles is their tendency to shoot slighty up and to the right off center when scoped in. The shock rifle's saving grace is its (however unreliable) ricocheting projectiles. You covered fire and acid rifles well, and respectfully i would rank them #5 and #4. (I got used to the arcing projectiles these use because I got used to using Borderlands 2's E-tech shotguns.) #1 I agree with being the Thunder Storm. Easily the most powerful Eridian weapon next to the cannons, and is built for close to medium range encounters. Synergizes well with Lilith's and Roland's skills, and an overall viable shotgun replacement for anyone who plays Borderlands. Almost always procs DoT elemental damage if more than 1 projectile hits. Only downside is the special enemies that heal off shock damage in the first DLC for the game. (Zombie Island for those who didn't know.)
Seeing game-play for this game makes it seem so dated now compared to the new borderlands games. I mean, I know it's old, but I didn't think it aged this bad, in terms of graphics and animation at least.
Andrew Guinn the graphics of borderlands 1 are far superior in my eyes It was meant to have that cartoony comic book style to it. Borderlands 2 doesn't have that as much. Don't get me wrong borderlands 2 is gorgeous, just strayed off from the original a lot. Animation is kinda wonky I do agree on that though.
+Fireteen97 dude what??? borderlands was supposed to be a realistic call of duty game They changed it last minute because of hate for more realistic games
I don't think the graphics are the problem, but rather the design. The colors are dull and the settings are more realistic and dreary. The other games really push that cartoony style to make better designed levels, with brighter colors. The Dust most closely resembles the original game, but compared to other locations in Borderlands 2 like the bright green Caustic Caverns and the deep purple Eridium Blight, it just doesn't look as good.
That one pistol with all the elements, is that modded with willow tree? The one I made a long time ago on my 360 if I ads and empty the clip my 360 would freeze 😂good times! Great video!
I went through the entire armory DLC once using nothing other than 4 Eridian weapons. The thunder storm, lightning, rifle, and mercurial blaster. With max Eridian proficiency I could cycle through weapons and they would be fully charged again.
I have 2 things to say. first, I hope things get better for you VPG (vinlycpumagaming) and another thing. i hope in borderlands 3 they add back E-tech, lasers and Eridean guns just to add even more to the mix. and maybe make revolvers and repeaters be different again. like maybe Jakobs won't ever make repeaters and Dahl never makes revolvers. and then like Maliwan makes both and stuff
RoboGameBoy64 how can be Eridian weapons can be scarp metal like maliwan :/ Isn't made by human u know but alien an alien made vault and key vault Developer just lazy and don't want to back its in b2 :(
Surprised you didn’t put Eridian Lightning, but eh, everyone has a right for opinion. Eridian Lightning was the best Eridian for me. I used Thunder Storm and, being my first Eridian weapon, I went to Old Haven and started to up my proficiency. Was quite nice, even got another Thunder Storm from a soldier. Mercurial blaster was a really great energy assault rifle for me, but for soft targets only (I don’t know if you can call Spiderants soft, but they were not hard to fight with, at least for me). The weapon is great if your enemy is melee or stands still. With soldier’s skill where you get fire rate boost after a kill, the thing could wreck even a Bruiser if most of the shots were critical. Eridian Lightning was my favourite of them all though. I couldn’t dream more of finding a sniper rifle like this. Seeing the thunder and knowing that this weapon was similar to Gauss gun (at least, projectile speed was almost the same) it was easy to make corrections to my aim so that I could hit even a moving target somewhere far away. The only disappointment this weapon brought me was that it had a scope with the magnification an assault rifle’s scope would give you. Man, it sucked. Especially with Muciber turrets. Hitting the head of the gunner was quite a challenge with this one. Only some of Eridian weapons are good. I don’t like the cannon, since it always does little damage for me, even when in the stats it’s written ~2000 worth of damage.
hopefully I'm not the only one but I highly believe that Atlas and Eridian weapons are coming back 1. Being that they have a map locating many vaults 2. Being Rhys is now the owner of Atlas (tales fro. the borderlands yes it's canon) but then again SPOILERS Him and Fiona did disappear at the end so who knows
I recently started re-playing Borderlands 1 on my Xbox One and I am just now learning that legendaries and all those rare weapons are a thing in B1!???? I played it sooooooooo many times back on Ps3 and don’t remember getting any legendaries or anything like that.
I think eridian and e-tech weapons should be modifiers to weapons like how moon grinding works cause I'd love an eridian lyuda that shoots the tracker rounds
in my entire play through of borderlands one i saw 3 to 4 eridian weapons there just as rare as legendaries with the exeception of one that drops 100% of the time from that one mini boss and then thatd probably the first and last youll see of them for a awhile like a long long while i went through knoxes armory several times and i didnt see a single one
Fun trivia. The binary on the Eridian cannon is the universal timecode from Futurama.
The red text for the lightning is, "I feel like I'm gonna break this thing." It's a reference to Will Smith's line in Men In Black, when he gets the Noisy Cricket.
I've always thought Eridian weapons were garbage. I don't disagree with the order however. They just lack true power. You give Lilith a Double Anarchy and it's game over.
Or a "Double Helix" (twisted barrel + twin-sh0t accessory).
I never liked them either, always just sold them
Eridians : make eridian weapons
Also Eridians : *don't use eridian weapons*
- Skyrim -
Dwarves : make dwarven armor
Also Dwarves : don’t use dwarven armor
Logan Kelly dwarves are literally dead in Skyrim lol
ThRiVe haha true, I always thought it was funny tho that they made man sized armor but they never interacted with the above ground world
Dwarves are dead they mysteriously disappeared many belive they timetravled
@@logankelly9581 you know dwarven armor doesnot come from dwarfs but ftom dwemmer in skyrim and thats an elfish race there with a simular hight of other humanoid races in tambriel
I think these are way more Unique then the etech weapons, also they look bloody sick
Pvt.Mitch1208 same thing I was thinking
Pvt.Mitch1208 i want them to be added back in in borderlandss 3 with both lasers and etech
as well as seperate what makes legendaries legendary again so allow for hybreeds (i dont care if there gen 1 pearls i calling dem the HIGH BREED)
They are way better
I've easily sunk 2,000 hours into Borderlands 1.
Never have I seen any legendary eridian weapons.
Just my luck!
Not even in Knoxx's armory with the armory glitch?
I owned Borderlands and played the entire lifetime without internet connection. So when I discovered these awesome, rare alien guns I became fascinated with them and collected several. The lightning shotgun was def my favorite of them all!
What does internet connection has to do with eridian guns dropping
@@aaron_4548 disconnection from outside info and an idea of what it could be since the drop rate is so low
@@yessir2033 yep. These are cool comments. Great nostalgia communicates!
They need to bring back both Eridian and Atlas weapons in BL3.
Slender Man 186 the thing is, Atlas got the hell off pandora. Atlas GUNS are still there, but they'd really just be floating around, changing hands. S&S however can and should come back.
+Deamons64 we have to wonder though: what would their manufacturer gimmick be?
Slender Man 186 just go back to how it was before. Super high mag capacity, good damage, slow reload. Make bandit like OG tediore. Balanced stats, lower mag capacity, and maybe lower damage but with really fast reloads.
I get why they got rid of S&S munitions
The artists didn't want to make another fancy looking gun and wanted to make a gun that had a "made from scrap parts" feel. They essentially have the same effect as the S&S guns, minus the almost always being elemental. Although I do agree Atlas and eridian should come back, just because atlas left Pandoratheir guns that were already here just didn't disappear. Lots of people kept them as treasures.
...Eridian - yes, with more types and variety + melee weapons ...
.... Atlas - no ... [or i don't care in case it replaces Bandit] ...
I never actually use the Eridian Weapons I just like to collect them and stick em in the bank back at Moxxis underdome
same
BatHulkSmash same 😂
PepperoniCactus aaaayyyyyy I stick modded weapons in the bank instead
BatHulkSmash smh they were some of the best and i used the lightning all the time and the shotgun was overkill if you got a decent version
BatHulkSmash moxxis panty house is for storing legends and eridians and hybreed weapons nuttin else if it becomes reduntent it gets sold or fed to skagzilla
Honestly I think the guns are cool and all, but I think there are other normal guns are just more useful.
True. That being said, for half of my trip through CL4P-TP's Robot Revolution, I was using an Eridian rifle in place of a sniper. Then I found a Volcano and I began making sacrifices to Pele.
I remember when I first played BL:1 I thought that you needed to get maximum proficency with the eridian weapons to make them viable. Hours of grinding later made for a massive disappointment. However, as stated in the video the thunder storm is actually pretty decent in CQC. Also, shooting corpses with the thunderstorm is a joy since the knockback with the weapon is one, if not the greatest in the game if i recall correctly.
Savage unforgiven which is x7 is pretty great too
They are pretty decent with max proficiency and I found the best way to level up weapon classes are killing the Eridian before you head to the vault cause they drop a good amount of XP even if you are several levels higher but this is only good if you are using Mordecai since he can bypass shields
A low level, decent parts lightning can actually be pretty good early on. Also, have a cannon on the first play through in the zombie DLC, group them up and fire once or twice.
Super Shadow 99 wait WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT SINCE WHEN COULD MORDACAI DO THAT HE WAS LITERALL THE ONLY CHARACTER I PLAYED I TRIED OTHERS BUT COULDNT GET INTO THEM SINCE WHEN COULD MORDO BOI SHOOT THROUGH SHIELDS
It's the final skill in his sniper tree. Put 5 points in that and bypass shields forever.
That's it, you have convinced me to go back on borderlands 1 😬
Daniel Rivers yeah me too i want to play it so bad now
facts
Yup, the lack of story and exposition in BL1 make it fun to play again, as you can just focus on combat. I got on a serious BL2 kick again lately, and the campaign gets boring about midway through your second playthrough, but BL1.....if you know what you’re doing, and utilize DLC areas at the very start of the campaign to XP boost and buy all of the orange ammo capacity SDUs, it makes the game easy and still really fun to play.
I get why BL2 is the best of the series, but I love the music and atmosphere of BL1 so much more.
I agree with the fact that Eridian weapons aren't the best, but they are by far the most fun to use. Especially when using only Eridian weapons.
My personal use of eridian weapons was always to collect thunder storms, keep the strongest four and use only those. After that, you can just keep using them and switching to the next one after running out of ammo. Probably doesn't sound that great, but I was able to rush into any squad of enemies like that.
Agreed. I've always liked using the Thunder Storm because of its high damage potential. It's not so great on its own, but if you're going for a full Eridian build (all four slots using Eridian weapons), you'll want this one in there for a quick swap to deal some damage. It can be invaluable for saving you from death if your enemies are swarming you. Just pay close attention to how many shots it has and swap it out the minute it's out of "ammo" or you'll die waiting for it to recharge like I used to do soooo much when I first made an Eridian build.
glad to see you making videos again. love to watch them. and your dual personality
I'm working on getting a new video out as frequently as possible. My life has been all over the place this month.
I think you are doing just fine 😉
I didn't even know there WERE legendary Eridian weapons, I never seen them before...
They were only added in the General Knoxx DLC, for only a few variants, and rarity is comparable to Pearlescents (which were added and are only found in the General Knoxx DLC) in this game.
Legendary Eridian Weapons are rarer then Perlescent weapons.
Xineombine yeah me too
Xineombine normal blue eridian are as rsre if not more so then legendaries so legendary eridian weapons are rarer then hybrids
@@miletilblight2181 Depends on the hybrid, if we're talking Nemesis/Invader Hybrid then no, because that's the rarest weapon in the entire game, but rarer than say an Ajax Ogre yeah. Also perfect pearls are much rarer than Legendary Eridian weapons.
I think the shock rifle is one of if not the best eridian weapon cause it acts as a sniper with a huge DOT effect
I'm starting to use them more, one thing people miss most in bl1 is weapon proficiency, the more you use the gun the better the bonus, since the eridian guns are pretty rare during a normal play through no one levels up its proficiency, the max proficiency bonus is like +48% damage and +102% cooldown rate, which could make these guns much better
i recall my first kill on Crawmerax, me and my buddy tagged teamed him with two Lilith's useing the Thunder Storm, that shock shotgun is lethal on him.
I agree with your #1 pick. That weapon was really fun before I out leveled it. :)
Sometimes, when I was lucky enough to find multiple thunder storms with nearly same base damages I would load 3 or 4 into my load out, the amount of ass that kicks is damn near inconceivable. Boss battles never ended so fast.
My first eridian weapon (the cannon) felt way better than it really was, i got it in a chest RIGHT after my first encounter with the eridians in the "ghosts of the vault" sidequest. it just felt grand to get such an alien looking gun at a pretty low level, i used it for a bit but damn was it underwhelming for such a "fateful encounter"
i felt the same way about it, but then again the cannon is one of, if not the worst eridian weapon. if i had gotten the thunder storm or the eridian lightning instead it would've been so much better. I'm surprised he didn't list the eridian lightning to be completely honest, it carried me such a long way through the game and almost always killed with one shot
I seriously hope to see a comeback of the eridian guns in borderlands 3, the E tech and moonstone weapons were pretty cool, but eridian weapons were by far the most unique type of weapon in the entire franchise
Border lands 1 remaster
_NUMB_ WHEN IS THIS GONNA HAPPEN
AND A REALLY WIERD OPTION TO PLAY THROUGH THE BORDERLANDS 2 STORY EXCEPT TINAS TELLING THE WHOLE THING AND YOU CAN PLAYS AS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL FOUR
_NUMB_ also a switch port would be appreciated grinding takes time and i dont have all day to sit at a computer or console so gimme it on switch so i cant slaughter bandits on the go
it also might give bl a bigger audience i japan since they play most of there games on mobile
Your dream came true 😉
Yes
It has happened
I love watching you attempt to kill enemies with Eridian weapons, run out of ammo and then melt them with the pearl pistol or an anarchy haha
i feel like the first game has been forgotten and overlooked its nice to see videos like this
The best way to get more shots with all of these is to have mutiple in your invintory
In fact i had a brick that had 4 eriduim shot guns and i was pretty invinsible
I remember getting a thunderstorm around level 12-ish i think? That thing literrally carried me to endgame, it was amazing. Its one of my favorite guns i've used in games period. I hope bl3 reintroduces the eldritch guns, tbe idea for them is fantastic
My favorite is the blaster with the homing shots. Plus you can never go wrong with a gun that has "unlimited" ammo.
awesome top 7!!!!!!!! Love it. Keep it up man, it means a lot to me. The only intresting borderlands content posted this day! :)
I discovered that the thunderstorm gun has a hidden effect. It completely destroys flying things like rakks and stuff. I just kind of aim it upward and all the rakks in the vicinity die from the lightning strike + chain lightning. It's a good weapon against flying enemies, but not very strong against ground enemies.
I personally love most of the eridian weapons.
But only when they have the right battery, the skinny little phallic one with a tip on it, it makes them charge super fast, which is good for getting the elements on the enemy and then switching to another weapon.
I freaking love the thunderstorm, great backup weapon for close range fights.
Ive got about 30 or so pearlescents through farming them from craw or armory, but NEVER EVER saw a single legendary eridian. Those things are so freakin rare... Only surpassed by the Invader Nemesis.
That nemesis invader tho
My first play through I got a somehow glitched 001 cannon without a scope that did "9999999..." damage and fired quite fast without draining the charge (killed anything in one hit even bosses)
Gotta say you do pretty good at getting videos out in comparison to some youtubers I know.
Makes me wonder if T.K came across one of these "wave" rifles and somehow reverse engineered one. Side note- The larger oscillations on his shotgun could likely be from not being able to tune the weapon right after losing his eye sight.
The thunderstorm absolutely chews through guardians at the promontory when up close.
I've been farming for ages for those things. I have all of them now and it was all worth it.
I actually used these weapons a fair bit myself. Got a weapon proficiency over 36 with them. Stack them in 3 weapon slots and you can keep switching Between then whenever their charge is empty. I had an SMG as my 4th just in case stuff hit the fan - which was rare tbf. Was fun never needing to reload. There are also different "crystal" parts (with the blue tracing glowing effects) that determine max charge/recharge speed and high damage/slow recharge/minimum charge and things like that. Very cool finding a god roll on some of em - especially the wave blaster. Can snipe enemies from a distance with it and not worry bout anything haha.
they should remake borderlands 1 for the ps4 and Xbox like if u agree
Isaiah Shelton I doubt they will as you can get the originals via subscriptions for both of them .
What about pc?
FlYdRoPzZ Are you!!
@@Slide- No capitalization and misspelling, you might be, don't know about the other guy though.
Prayers have been answered!
You can also farm lilith's eridian warrior class mod to give these an extra boost
You da man. Been watching your videos for 7 months now
... i didn't know there are that many Eridian weapons, have only seen 5 ... Thunderstorm is very nice, always carry one with Lilith for bandits ... Lightning served quite well too, at least in first playthrough ...
AkelasanAK ,I have 4 cannons 2 lightning 1 thunder and something else
Edit:Wave blaster
The corrosive eridian rifle is the only reason I made it through my first fort knoxx run, such a good gun
Good to see you back at it VP!
Borderlands 1 was the only game I played when I was 6. I got the game of the year edition for my birthday and played it nonstop. I met this kid online and his name was like Bloodshot or Handshot or something like that, but he gave me a modded shield and a modded invisible gun which one shot everyone except for cramerax because you had to shoot the purple spots. My xbox glitched and my friends list was wiped and I never played with him again. Those were the days. My name on the 360 was really bad too. Poopierichie
The thunderstorm is hands down the best and most satisfying eridian weapon in BORDERLANDS
The eridian weapons only got better with weapon proficiencies, which is kind of a shame too cause are suppose to be advanced in technology.
I did not use them much, but in my opinion they were far in a way worse than even the standard purple weapons. They did too little damage, and took too long to recharge.
They should bring back eridian weapons, and to fix the problem with having to wait for them to recharge,maybe have a quick time event to instantly charge them like in the modern battlefront games
Honestly, I find the eridian sniper rifle to be one of the best to score crits consistently, although with a huge disadvantage of having low dmg compared to other snipers.
The eridian sniper doesn’t require you to make predictions of where the bullet will go when you’re shooting a moving target. It’s like a gauss rifle, really - just point and shoot, and get a shock damage bonus if you thought that headshot wasn’t enough. Although near the endgame you’ll certainly need to deal more than one headshot to actually kill someone. Still, a nice gun that only suffers from low damage.
The eridian weapons are ridiculously underpowered. If you are so OC and want to level its proficiency, you will have a hard time; It deals little to no damage on normal to large spiderants, lance and bruisers. The same issue with the launcher where they deal little to no damage on devastators like Knoxx, large enemies and other badass variants
Most of the eridian weapons suck but the eridian lightning has been a long-time favorite of mine.
Good to know people still play borderlands the best game ever like if you agree
The thunder storm absolutely destroyed the destroyer in my first play through of Lilith. That's not saying much though bc the destroyer is easy af
I don't like eridian weapons as much mainly because of accuracy.
I wish more of them had elemental versions. A fire Mercurial blaster might be fairly decent, especially if there were legendary or pearlescent eridan weapons.
VinylicPumaGaming there's the firebomb
+VinylicPumaGaming hey man are you feeling better because I feel for you and I'm sorry for your loss
Darrion Alvarado the biggest problem is they are very underwhelming.
is borderlands 1 good are planning to buy it on xbox one
hey there. new to your channel and like the content. decent video but out of the Eridium blasters, i didn't see the "ball blaster" what is nice about that one is that it's pretty much the first borderlands 2 tourge assault rifle in borderlands 1 but using the lightning element. also that hole video about lilith using them which is nice considering you get high elemental performance out of them but that for ones who goes for lilith.
Im so glad I got this game in the steam winter sale this year. I can't wait to farm craw and the armory :D
Awesome video like always love the borderlands 1 count downs
I just beat Borderlands today for the first time, and I had two Eridian weapons in my quick select. A level 28 101001 Cannon, and a level 28 101001 Ball Blaster. They weren't very powerful, but they were a godsend when I ran out of ammo for my assault rifles and machine pistols lol. Man my Grim Rage chewed through those magazines lol.
These may be the top 7 best eridian guns but theyre still fucking trash XD
I like the shot gun variants tho I always felt like they were pretty effective the cannons were dooky tho
The lack of an element really hurts some of them. Or they consume much charge per shot. I do like the Thunder Storm and the Wave Blaster though. The Spatters are ok too.
Erdian weapons are a great concept dont get me wrong, but a long standing trait of the borderlands franchise is weapons that seem awesome on paper but lackluster in game.
+VinylicPumaGaming you should cover destiny
I remember i was a sucker trying to get this weapon but later on i realized it suck, maybe it can return in BL3 because of the infinite ammo but not trashy, hey do you think you can do top skill in borderlands 1?
Only ever got Eridian Lightning and the cannon the Lightning's red text is "it feels like I'm going to break this thing."
Depends a bit... I would take Eridian Blasters over E-Tech blasters any day of the week, same goes for the Eridian sniper rifle-ish weapons, however I think I would prefer E-Tech Plasma casters(except from the bandit plasma casters) over Eridian blasters. They just deal a nice amount of damage, have good stats in general and because SMGs have such a massive ammo pool in BL2 the increased ammo consumption doesn´t hurt them as much. Also, I think at least some E-Tech launchers are superior to the Eridian cannons.
I just remember getting an eridian weapon and going nuts haha. Usually from the chest where Tanis is at where you have to parkour to get to
as long as you have a site it's pretty good guns that like the stock pistol have no sides of their invisible and it looks like you're holding a toy gun
In my opinion when it comes to eridian and making the most out of them you just HAVE to shoot til no charge, then SWAP to your normal weapon. I go crazy when waiting for the charge otherwise.
But tbh I only ever used them to try max out my proficiency stats
*Thinks back to Borderlands 1*
Does it beat a Double Anarchy?
Nothing beats double anarchy. Lol
@@dannykrise9721 You got your Double Anarchy for close range, and your Hellfire for long range, and that's all you need
Looks like we have something in common VP. We both love the Eridian Thunderstorm.
I miss the eridian guns in the first borderlands
they should bring them back
also the thunderstorm shotgun one is my favorite as well. but I also like the lightning bolt sniper kajigger thingy too
My experience with Eridian weapons from my initial play trough back in 09 was so bad that it prevented me from picking any other Eridian ever again. I never even considered Eridian weapons untill I watched this video. To me they were troll items meant to be sold as junk.
I noticed there were a few things to add on functionality for this list that wasn't mentioned. So, "Heads Up":
1. the Cannon!: so shoot, melee, and immediately shoot again. ... O.O
2. the Stampeding Glob gun: corridor fights are great, shoot the walls/ground, it multiplies!
3. Magazine size abilities are best for these guns, IMO. Hi Roland!
4. In single player mode, is it just me, or do all these guns reload fully when you go to inventory, un-equip/re-equip?
9:20 you killed 4 skags and the magazine is empty... and the gun has a half hour recharge time. You have to switch to a double anarchy. By the way lets stick with it because it is a great weapon. Great design.
I like the eridian sniper but if u have a technique u can kick ass with damn near all of them
Eridian weapons is basically a gimmick, you either like it or you dislike it. Other than said gimmick, there isn't much to them.
The first time you even knew they existed is probably from the one Crimson Lance boss that have a guaranteed drop. But by that time you already leveled your proficiency with your preferred guns quite a lot (and probably picked up a Legendary or two already), and it's a pain to do it all over again, especially when you are reaching end game.
Now move on to the "no ammo" part, again at this point in the game ammo should not be a problem for any player that are older than 12. Then there's the fact that it take longer to recharge an Eridian gun than simply put a new clip into your standard guns (and that doesn't even taking proficiency into account).
Even in this video you can see that he killed the bandit quicker by simply unloading an smg clip into their face as opposed to using the Eridian gun.
Then there's aesthetic, all of them are sort of bland with the mostly white skin, and the energy rounds doesn't have the "boom" like your standard guns would. 'Pew pew' will never beat 'bang bang' imo. Elemental effects is also doesn't stand out that much.
In conclusion, I think Eridian guns is in the solid mediocre tier.
I remember getting some sort of sniper that seems to clean house fairly well
My main char in Borderlands is Roland, as he is the 'Well Rounded' OP char (proven by his game breaking increased mag size skills). But as far as Eridian weapons go, I would disagree with your assesment up through the #2 spot. This video is just however your opinion and I whole-fully respect that. The following is also just my opinion.
On the blaster rifles, they are cool, but I sell all wave rifles as soon as I can. The homing shot rifles are better to me but again sold the instant I get them or until I get a standard rifle (#6), and those I keep until I manage to find a mecurial Rifle (#2 or 3 for me), the best in my mind: same damage per shot as a standard with the same recoil and accuracy, the downside being the increased fire rate which I am used to.
The cannons should be last on this list if at all. Yes they are considered to deal explosive damage by the community, but none of the player skills that increase explosive or elemental damage actually work with any of the Cannons. Sorry everyone, but these (literally & figuratively) bad boys are only standard ballistic damage dealers.
I would say the lightning rifle (the other #2 or 3) is better than the shock rifle(#7) even with its higher cost per shot. I feel I can, even on Brick, one shot most enemies with or without a shield with lightning rifles. Also, lightning rifles are guaranteed to spawn in game with a scope, while shock rifles can spawn with almost(?) any sight in the game. The only down-side to lightning rifles is their tendency to shoot slighty up and to the right off center when scoped in. The shock rifle's saving grace is its (however unreliable) ricocheting projectiles.
You covered fire and acid rifles well, and respectfully i would rank them #5 and #4. (I got used to the arcing projectiles these use because I got used to using Borderlands 2's E-tech shotguns.)
#1 I agree with being the Thunder Storm. Easily the most powerful Eridian weapon next to the cannons, and is built for close to medium range encounters. Synergizes well with Lilith's and Roland's skills, and an overall viable shotgun replacement for anyone who plays Borderlands. Almost always procs DoT elemental damage if more than 1 projectile hits. Only downside is the special enemies that heal off shock damage in the first DLC for the game. (Zombie Island for those who didn't know.)
We seriously need these weapons in future Borderlands 3 DLC, with some new Eridian weapons.
Wished proficiency and eridian guns got more fleshed out in BL2 instead of hitting the dumpster.
I think we need the return of eridian weapons in BL4 with a character that synergizes with them
I really need him to come back for Borderlands 3, miss his videos
Seeing game-play for this game makes it seem so dated now compared to the new borderlands games. I mean, I know it's old, but I didn't think it aged this bad, in terms of graphics and animation at least.
Andrew Guinn the graphics of borderlands 1 are far superior in my eyes
It was meant to have that cartoony comic book style to it. Borderlands 2 doesn't have that as much. Don't get me wrong borderlands 2 is gorgeous, just strayed off from the original a lot. Animation is kinda wonky I do agree on that though.
+Fireteen97 dude what??? borderlands was supposed to be a realistic call of duty game
They changed it last minute because of hate for more realistic games
I don't think the graphics are the problem, but rather the design. The colors are dull and the settings are more realistic and dreary. The other games really push that cartoony style to make better designed levels, with brighter colors. The Dust most closely resembles the original game, but compared to other locations in Borderlands 2 like the bright green Caustic Caverns and the deep purple Eridium Blight, it just doesn't look as good.
I hate using Eridian Weapons but their red text is usually pretty funny and they look nice
Is no.7's firebomb 2's pimpernel?
awesome.
That one pistol with all the elements, is that modded with willow tree? The one I made a long time ago on my 360 if I ads and empty the clip my 360 would freeze 😂good times! Great video!
I went through the entire armory DLC once using nothing other than 4 Eridian weapons. The thunder storm, lightning, rifle, and mercurial blaster. With max Eridian proficiency I could cycle through weapons and they would be fully charged again.
Eridian Guns are pretty good when they're at your level, but beyond your level, they pretty much become free money.
Very interesting, did not know there where so msny types. I have a 68 siren on the go atm, may try some of these out.
I have 2 things to say. first, I hope things get better for you VPG (vinlycpumagaming) and another thing. i hope in borderlands 3 they add back E-tech, lasers and Eridean guns just to add even more to the mix. and maybe make revolvers and repeaters be different again. like maybe Jakobs won't ever make repeaters and Dahl never makes revolvers. and then like Maliwan makes both and stuff
doubt they would add back Eridian weapons since they had to scrap those to make the e-tech guns
Honestly, I hope they bring back repeaters and revolvers being separate weapon categories. I liked the Defiler handcannon and we really need it back.
RoboGameBoy64 how can be Eridian weapons can be scarp metal like maliwan :/
Isn't made by human u know but alien an alien made vault and key vault
Developer just lazy and don't want to back its in b2 :(
Surprised you didn’t put Eridian Lightning, but eh, everyone has a right for opinion.
Eridian Lightning was the best Eridian for me. I used Thunder Storm and, being my first Eridian weapon, I went to Old Haven and started to up my proficiency. Was quite nice, even got another Thunder Storm from a soldier.
Mercurial blaster was a really great energy assault rifle for me, but for soft targets only (I don’t know if you can call Spiderants soft, but they were not hard to fight with, at least for me). The weapon is great if your enemy is melee or stands still. With soldier’s skill where you get fire rate boost after a kill, the thing could wreck even a Bruiser if most of the shots were critical.
Eridian Lightning was my favourite of them all though. I couldn’t dream more of finding a sniper rifle like this. Seeing the thunder and knowing that this weapon was similar to Gauss gun (at least, projectile speed was almost the same) it was easy to make corrections to my aim so that I could hit even a moving target somewhere far away. The only disappointment this weapon brought me was that it had a scope with the magnification an assault rifle’s scope would give you. Man, it sucked. Especially with Muciber turrets. Hitting the head of the gunner was quite a challenge with this one.
Only some of Eridian weapons are good. I don’t like the cannon, since it always does little damage for me, even when in the stats it’s written ~2000 worth of damage.
hopefully I'm not the only one but I highly believe that Atlas and Eridian weapons are coming back
1. Being that they have a map locating many vaults
2. Being Rhys is now the owner of Atlas (tales fro. the borderlands yes it's canon)
but then again SPOILERS
Him and Fiona did disappear at the end so who knows
Chai Ortiz I wish Tales from the Borderlands was not cannon...... SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS
I'm going to miss Scooter realy realy much
Dávid Végső SPOILLLERRSSSSSSS
I will miss Scooter too
Got the thunder storm from scar while you were talking about it
Nothing beats the helix launcher and steel stinger.
I recently started re-playing Borderlands 1 on my Xbox One and I am just now learning that legendaries and all those rare weapons are a thing in B1!???? I played it sooooooooo many times back on Ps3 and don’t remember getting any legendaries or anything like that.
All of bl rarities
1:white(common)
2:green(uncommon)
3:blue(rare)
4:purple(epic)
5:orange(legendary)
6:magenta(E-tec)
7:Yellow(eridian)
8:turquoise(pearlcent)
9:pink(g
I think eridian and e-tech weapons should be modifiers to weapons like how moon grinding works cause I'd love an eridian lyuda that shoots the tracker rounds
in my entire play through of borderlands one i saw 3 to 4 eridian weapons there just as rare as legendaries with the exeception of one that drops 100% of the time from that one mini boss and then thatd probably the first and last youll see of them for a awhile like a long long while
i went through knoxes armory several times and i didnt see a single one
The thunder storm is absolutely beast mode I have one for my lvl 55 Lilith and the shock is amazing