Loot shooter series border areas is about picking up a shiny new weapon one minute and throwing it away for something more powerful the next. Tiny Tina’s Wonderland continues this trend, but with a few extra creases that can lead to trolling unsuspecting players who aren’t paying close enough attention.
Loot is a numbers game, and like previous entries, Tiny Tina’s Wonderland throws so much new loot at you that it’s not even worth looking at each piece individually. One of the biggest ways to tweak the grind is to simply stockpile the most powerful stuff you can find, and then scrap the rest at a vending machine between dungeons. The game knows this, and in two subtle ways, one through a clever nod from the developer, the other through an accidental mistake, you’ll have to pay to go on autopilot.
For example, it’s not uncommon to be so reckless with junk that you only end up with weapons that are beyond your current power limit. I’ve played every border areas and at some point I always accidentally curate an arsenal of awesome weapons that I’m only two or three levels away from actually equipping. in the Tiny Tina’s Wonderlandhowever, players have discovered some weapons that are simply impossible to equip.
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The game’s current level cap is 40, but players have already found loot drops above that (via GamesRadar). “Isn’t the upper limit 40?” posted a player on the Little Tineis the subreddit. “I feel betrayed. I want to cry.” Another shared a screenshot of a level 43 submachine gun called “Burgeoning Blazing Salve of the Churning Void” dealing massive incendiary damage. Clean! Oh. “Damn, you started grinding for next month’s expansion.” someone answered.
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In fact, some players are already hoarding the impossible loot in their vaults until Gearbox eventually raises the game’s level cap. It seems a bug is at the root of the overpowered loot, and while Gearbox has outlined four upcoming DLC expansions for wonderland
Elsewhere, players have uncovered a more intentional troll: an expensive weapon that loses its value the moment you fire it. “Fired the gun without reading the description.” wrote the player who found it on reddit. “It’s safe to say I was trolled. When it seems too good to be true, it usually is.” Another player wrote in response, “Mental cue: be extremely cautious of anything labeled ‘antique’.”
Naturally wonderlandThe biggest troll of all is that the text is too small to read any of this stuff anyway. Well played, Gearbox.