"Shoulder Fired Flak?" - Firearms Expert Reacts To MORE Borderlands 3 Guns

Jonathan Ferguson, a weapons expert and Keeper of Firearms & Artillery at the Royal Armouries, breaks down more of the weaponry of Payday 2, including the ominous sounding Wedding Invitation, the confusing Gatlin’ Gatling Gun, and the flak-firing Flakker.
00:00 - Opening
00:39 - Expert Hellshock
03:05 - MOARR Broosin Stauros’ Burn
05:57 - Disciplined Warlord
07:30 - Gatlin’ Gatling Gun
09:28 - Flakker
11:13 - Wedding Invitation
14:04 - Unending Magnificent
15:43 - Ending
In the latest video in the Firearm Expert Reacts series, Jonathan Ferguson--a weapons expert and Keeper of Firearms & Artillery at the Royal Armouries--breaks down more of the guns of Borderlands 3 and compares them to their potential real-life counterparts.
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[@jordanlawrence6487]

I love how this series has progressed from "let's get an experts opinion on the appearance and implementation of firearms in video games" to "let's slowly deal psychological damage to one of the top experts in their field"

[@isaackinsley1662]

You can see him dying inside bit by bit every video.

[@TheJohtunnBandit]

Oh, sounds like a great idea for a channel, "psychological trauma for experts, the channel" 😂

[@richardbell7678]

This makes me wonder if we could ever get the Chieftain to comment on how tanks are presented in science fiction.

[@zwenkwiel816]

EMOTIONAL DAMAGE!

[@CrashCanuck537]

I would be curious if you only gave him non-legendary Jacobs and Dahl weapons from Borderlands 3, he'd probably be able to actually say something about them.

[@boarboi1318]

I love how in every "this is Jonathan Ferguson" -Intro, you see him breaking down a little bit more than last time :D god bless this poor man

[@felixnov5587]

came to find this comment.

[@NoobyChris]

"This is Johnathan Ferguson losing his sanity."

[@titaniumwo1f390]

Seems like they and we all have fun breaking him with cursed gun eh?

[@motherflerkentannhauser8152]

At this point, we're not play games anymore, we're just playing Johnathan.

[@darkandedgy1457]

I swear he gets more white in his hair each episode XD

[@richard4058]

"I can feel my IQ lowering" bless this man and single handedly keeping GameSpot going "And my brain hurts"

[@Ontheregz]

♻️

[@Bestgameplayer10]

Honestly. I haven’t watched a GameSpot video in like a decade until he came along

[@maotisjan]

I know how it feels when you're IQ lowers

[@ChristainGuyOfAction]

"Let's watch him crank it, shall we?" Something about the delivery of that line is really great.

[@oorioles09]

It’s the accent.

[@ConcaCon]

Makes me wonder if Jonathan's ever heard of Soulja Boy.

[@jedewitz]

Sees Magnificent in the thumbnail-- "this will be the best episode." "Is a risk to the user"-- He's starting to understand Borderlands, I see.

[@keeganlafferty1395]

yeah, Torgue isn't about user safety, TORGUE IS ABOUT BLOWING *BLEEP* TO SMITHEREENS!!!!!

[@emanuelemanuel7038]

"OH won't shooting that indoors hurt me?" "IN YOUR HEART OF HEARTS YOU KNOW THE ANSWER, THE REAL QUESTION IS...E X P L O S I O N ? ! ?

[@An0nymus5943]

to be fair, EVERY gun is a risk to the user when playing Moze.

[@zachthomas7906]

Jonathan inquisitively saying "watch me crank it watch me roll" with a raised eyebrow really caught me off guard, I had to rewind that

[@McCool117]

So in other words, you rewatched it because you got instantly hard, and needed to finish what had already started.

[@crazedmancer2122]

It's a reference to Soulja boy

[@jamestucker6488]

Maybe it would help Jonathan's sanity to show him bl3's part menu so he's not trying to take in the entire gun at once

[@GBRyker61]

BL2's part menu might be easier on Johnathan than BL3's.

[@alexmarks7275]

thats way too logical and makes too much sense... how dare you.

[@MrGoldenfresh]

Part menu?

[@andrew20195]

@@MrGoldenfresh All of the "affixes" which affect a gun's performance are represented by parts. You can inspect the gun to see a breakdown of how each part modifies the performance.

[@matthewfranklin1826]

@@GBRyker61bl2 doesn't have a part menu

[@OrigionalLaz]

Genuinely surprised that he didn't point out chambering 13 rounds into the Wedding Invitation's clearly 6 round revolver cylinder, it seemed to stick out like a sore thumb

[@randomdude8202]

I think this was really close to break him, he tried his best to be nice

[@BT-ex7ko]

Could've been. I'm assuming a lot of these are edited down significantly and some of his comments are removed. It's also possible he just didn't bring it up! I wouldn't be surprised by either, some of the strange otherworldly mechanics like 13 rounds into a 6 cylinder just sort of seem normal after a while compared to the more insane looking weapons.

[@Irrelevant_Interests]

The wedding invitation gun shown in this video actually only holds 6 rounds in the cylinder but the character wielding the weapon have a passive skill that increases the magazine size of a weapon by a percentage depending on how much skill points allocated to that skill

[@nightmareTomek]

@@Irrelevant_Interests That's why they should reset the skilltree before showing the guns...

[@patrikhjorth3291]

@@nightmareTomek Meh, where's the fun in that? ;-) To be clear, I would agree with you if these videos were about showing off the "real" characteristics of the guns, but since they are mainly showing how crazy the guns are, I think it's fine that they have the character skills enabled.

[@56bturn]

The Hellshock actually can spawn with a stock. Pretty rare though.

[@jimmyjohnjohnson9803]

It is still quite good without one, but with one it doesn't really matter because it has very little recoil

[@PROJEKT_R3D]

@@jimmyjohnjohnson9803 end game is mostly bossing which have large crit spots, end of the day recoil is never a massive concern in borderlands unless you are downed

[@brawler5760]

Conveniently I got one with the stock from Captain Traunt.

[@kevinshen312]

I like how he correctly deduces that accidentally killing yourself with that flakker gun is very, very easy to do.

[@RengeGirl]

Something that I need to remind myself of, every time I decide to use one. 😆

[@machination2166]

4:58 This is what the Borderlands analysis has devolved into - "It sounds like a gun, it's got barrels"

[@TheSundayShooter]

Knight this man already so we may call him Sir Jonathan Ferguson

[@__-ix7qn]

Using moze is a really dumb idea since most of the bullets will be incendiary due to her skills. Similar things go for mayhem levels and higher level characters. There’s so much visual puke going on it’s hard to tell what’s native to the gun and what’s a skill or modifier.

[@KickyFut]

I agree! They can reset their skill tree before showing off the guns, so the skills and perks don't influence the gun's characteristics.

[@falloutglasster7807]

But nothing he commented about wasn't affected by the skills.

[@Pethodieus]

Plus the regenerating ammo…

[@__-ix7qn]

@@falloutglasster7807 1st gun. With everything going on, doesn’t realise the gun ricochets. 2nd gun, unsure at first whether it’s bullets or energy “There’s a lot going on here” says it himself. 4th gun, doesn’t realise headshots ricochet because it’s so hard to see anything 6th gun, doesn’t pick up on exploding headshots since everything explodes on moze/mayhem mode. Plus, it’s not just about what Johnathan picks up. For someone who’s never played borderlands, it looks like a mess. It’s hard to tell what comes from the gun and what doesn’t. All for nothing, you could get these guns on a first playthrough where things aren’t as chaotic, or disable mayhem mode and reset skill points, only specing into skills with no visual affects.

[@clouduslakestream8781]

I hope he sees this

[@eazzy5822]

we need to let Jonathan have a 'comfort episode' where all the guns make him feel safe and secure again

[@fireblast133]

as said before, Jakobs weapons are a very stylized brand in the borderlands series. just think futurepunk meets spaghetti western. Torgue brand is all about boom, boom, BOOM. Every round fired is an explosive gyro jet at least. Mr. Torgue High-Five Flexington (yes his actual full name, and yes mr is part of it) has one question for you, and one question only. Explosions!? If your answer is yes he'll consider you a friend. Maliwan are the typical 'elegant futuristic weapons' design and always deal elemental damage, which the ones in 3 are fire, shock, corrosive, radiation, and cryo COV....Think Mad Max but instead of cars they dieselpunked their guns Dahl is the very 'we are the elite military weapons manufacturer. Our weapons are for professionals!' Vladof philosophy is 'fire all the bullets, more, more, more!' And also brand as the people's manufacturer, in a 'seize the means of production' sense. Hyperion (one not depicted here) is essentially High tech, high quality, and you're paying an extra premium for that. Tediore is the working man's manufacturer. Low cost, low quality, heck they don't even come with removable magazines. Instead, just toss the gun, and they'll send you a brand new one, full of ammo. Edit: forgot one Atlas. Focus on super smart tech, to act smarter than they are. Secondary fire launches tracking beacons. Then primary fire can home in on those beacons. Essentially, homing smart bullets

[@xboxstudent]

You forgot Atlas

[@mimictear6788]

Tediore's entire aesthetic is built around the zip 22, widely regarded as the worst firearm ever made.

[@mothichorror446]

Should have shown him an atlas gun, he'd lose his mind

[@Xirenec_]

Also in BL2 Torgue had a weapon that fired.... Explosive. Cluster. Swords.

[@fireblast133]

@@Xirenec_ yes but he’s being shown weapons from 3. Maybe if he sees from Wonderlands though. That in made a return there

[@xthinkfast]

would love to see jonathan react to ready or not's guns, the animations and sound design is spot on

[@keynanmartinez]

Jonathan Ferguson is just seeing the tip of the iceberg of Borderlands weapons which we need at least one more Reaction from this franchise.

[@ErwinPommel]

No, stop it! You're hurting him!

[@coolfrymaster]

I hope it’s a bl1 or bl2 vid next, those designs are a lot more interesting imo

[@trulyinfamous]

@@coolfrymaster borderlands 1 definitely has way better shotguns than bl2. It also has the kinda awful eridian weapons.

[@coolfrymaster]

@@trulyinfamous true, I just feel like a firearms expert’s take on somewhat realistic guns is far more interesting than bl3 stuff; the only stuff that’s kinda grounded in that game is Dahl

[@mikee9167]

It's for sure fun seeing him disappointed in the nonsense designs.

[@ThePacMiner]

Wonderful how Jonathan missed that in the Wedding Invitations reload animation, the character inserts rounds into empty chambers at first and then goes for a second round.

[@corvax8644]

Also that getting headshots ricochets two bullets at other enemies lol

[@vacgyverfin5170]

There are modifiers that increase mag size, they break the loading animations of some guns tho.

[@J0J0Reference]

Jonathan saying “watch me crank it, watch me roll” had me in stitches. As well as “let’s watch him crank it then, shall we?”

[@silentdrew7636]

Doubly funny that he says "he" throughout both videos.

[@sawkman2092]

God, this was even more funny than the first just because of how much effort Jon is putting into analyzing these absolutely ridiculous guns! Hats off to you! For my request for what you do next, can you revisit Hunt Showdown? There are a ton more weapons you could analyze, some that you missed and others added later. There are some pretty esoteric ones like the officer carbine, the bomblance, winfield talon that would be cool to hear about. You could even do a special segment on custom ammunition as that was added recently, like slugs, dumdum or flechette! So much potential there! Fun fact, the developers actually fixed the reload animation for the Sparks (or Sharps as you called it), to be more realistic as according to your critique!

[@kayagorzan]

Yes please

[@SweHall]

As much as i love the breaking down of John's sanity piece by piece. I'd would love to see more games with more conventional firearms.

[@bladesofseven]

I think they alternate between wacky weapons on one week, conventional weapons on the next, if the upload cycle is anything to go by.

[@nightmareTomek]

Yea, they should do a bit of Borderlands 1 as well.

[@BigWheel.]

There's quite a lot of games with conventional firearms. Call of duty Battlefeild (Pretty much any military game actually, of which many exist) Tarkov, left for dead. I could go on but I hope you get the point

[@no-replies]

A run through of all the CODs would be cool

[@kyles9937]

Yes! Absolutely! Jonathan should try to regain his sanity with Ground Branch, the weapons are rendered beautifully, the game focuses on realism, and is highly customizable with the gunsmith, but within reason, so you can't just put a grip on a gun without a rail, and some weapons need rail adapters to mount optics too. Plus, it literally has 4 variants of Jonathan's favorite smg, the mp5. Sure, it's still in Early Access, but I think he'd really enjoy the effort the devs put into it and it's weapons, plus, if it was showcased on this channel, it could get some much deserved popularity.

[@LightCrib2]

I appreciate you guys giving him some breaks to rest his mind by showing him some relatively normal Dahl guns

[@theleoshowm3010]

If vladof ars were in this vid we would probably never see another firearm experts react (atlas weapons also would hurt his brain)

[@LowinBayrod]

Jonathan : This is breaking me Gearbox : Just as planned

[@antcommander1367]

now we must inrodused in gamelogy experts, to react our iq lowering guns

[@rammyfier5088]

"I can feel my IQ lowering" Me when I play Borderlands in any capacity.

[@SinaelDOverom]

The guns in Borderlands come with randomised parts. Legendary guns have some of their parts locked, but some are variable, that may give same legendary gun different looks and effects. 14:06 Underbarrel attachments are a quirk of the VLADOF manufacturer, and Magnificent can have a number of different ones depending on the variation, including shotgun, minirockets, taser and a multibarrel. 3:06 is a COV (bandit) weapon- those are crudely jury-rigged from different parts and pieces of other guns. They don't need to reload and feed from your ammo reserve directly, but overuse causes them to overheat or break which serves as sort-of reload function. Some COV guns have special effects while on fire.

[@brimfire]

I love how Jonathan maintains this sense of actual discipline in his field when reviewing a gun that shoots explosive flak ordinance at shoulder-level at a dispersion distance of, oh, I dunno, 12 feet in front of the user, and still manages to keep an air of professionalism? Kudos, sir.

[@enbydeer]

Would love to see Johnathon react to the Receiver 2 guns, realistic models with several realistic if exaggerated firearm malfunctions

[@youkofoxy]

As far I know, they are not exaggerated... they are however hilarious more likely that real life. Someone else said something like "gun safety, the game" about it

[@Critical_Hit]

@@youkofoxy I think he means exaggeratedly often. The game has a in game explanation of the threat making guns much more unreliable than they actually would have been.

[@DevNode27]

Word on the Discord is that there's up to six more firearms in development on top of the nine in the game. While I would love more than anything for Receiver 2 to be featured on the channel (and for Dave to play it), I also am kinda hoping for the new guns to come out first.

[@taco6n13]

I know he said it's pretty much impossible, but his hypothetical firing sequence on the Gatling Gun is the coolest thing ever. Which I'm pretty sure was design ideology of the this game.

[@axewlotl2677]

I’m loving these Borderlands episodes. Seeing him absolutely losing his mind of the absurdity of Borderlands’ gun designs are hilarious. I’m glad we finally saw him react to a Maliwan gun, but I’m sad that we haven’t seen any Hyperion weapons yet. …Maybe next time…

[@colinnelson4080]

I’d really like to see Jon react to the Wolfenstein series. It would probably synergize more with him than this.

[@swordmastersam483]

The weird thing about the Dahl Warlord is that most Dahl weapons actually DO have a fire selector, which simultaneously changes the zoom level.

[@xJokerzWild]

You guys should get him to react to the weapons in the STALKER trilogy. He definitely needs some normal weapons after looking at these.

[@fluffywolfo3663]

yyyeah, funny as this gets, dood deserves a break.

[@foreng3095]

I'd like him to see the different desing philosophies and workings of different gun manufacturers of Borderlands. With the 3rd game they made them pretty distinct.

[@matiasdelafuente3106]

ohhh yes! this!

[@shaunroberts2037]

Show him some Turok 2 guns. I wonder how he'll look at what many consider to be peak gunporn of the 90's

[@vaulthunterfromterra4053]

On Jacobs rifles, Gatlin’ is the prefix that gives it the hand crank, making it automatic fire. The Gatling is the name of that gun and it’s fire rate increases the longer you hold the trigger.

[@TheUndeadslayer221]

No Hyperion weapons in this episode? If only Jonathan knew some of the other wacky weapons in this game. Next episode I guess.

[@borderlandsgamer4819]

imagine him seeing an atlas weapon

[@Abou77]

@@borderlandsgamer4819 The OPQ System maybe ?

[@borderlandsgamer4819]

@@Abou77 maybe an atlas pistol like an atlas replay or a carrier

[@TheUndeadslayer221]

@@borderlandsgamer4819 Oh lord, he didn't see those either.

[@Rhynerd]

When introduced in BL2, I kind of turned my brain off for the wheel magazine guns or assumed there was a separate part that actually held the bullets, but Johnathan's take on them might be the most believable I've heard yet. Also, I'm hoping he gets a chance to see the guns of Due Process and/or gets to revisit the growing armory of Hunt: Showdown in a future episode.

[@joke3146]

How to break the brain of a weapons expert: show him a couple of weapons from fantastic games that works simply because it needs to

[@jeffhaas9577]

Comic book logic! What else do you need?

[@arcadeinvader8086]

a lot of times in borderlands you use a speed loader on revolvers so there's some deniability there but for the wedding invitation I love how you very clearly stuff more bullets into chambers that are already loaded

[@GBRyker61]

I like how the vid starts by introducing Johnathan and the first image is Johnathan facepalming.

[@nostalgia7572]

id love to hear how he feels about the classic borderlands 'parts' system, since for all he knows these guns are entirely unique despite many different looking "guns" can be the same exact one with different parts

[@TheDarkestSouls]

Love this series so much, Jonathan please take a second look at the 1895ish weapons of Hunt Showdown

[@RamadaArtist]

GameSpot: "This is Jonathan Ferguson." Jonathan Ferguson: *immediately face palms*

[@scarecrow108productions7]

That intro killed me. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@GummiSammi]

So fascinating to see Jonathan get so much knowledgeable of different games and game mechanics with great accuracy and context. Gaming Literacy can be learned. Especially if you have a fountain of real life knowledge to tap into. Bravo

[@Narsuaq]

Oh I do hope to see a third episode of Borderlands guns.

[@pajwubx1809]

5:44 I always wondered what gun experts would say seeing a C.O.V. Gun, basically a downgraded version of the previous bandit guns

[@levifoster5639]

7:00 Usually with that weapon brand, it actually is a fire selector, with the zoomed function being semi-auto or burst fire

[@somedude1887]

“So you can trigger guard while you trigger guard” is now one of my favorite quotes of all time

[@user-bd3cf3wx4v]

Yet, despite the fact that the last gun left poor Jonathan almost speechless, Number One insane weapon is still the ultra short Tompson from COD Vanguard

[@corvax8644]

So the first word of borderlands’ guns is the weapon prefix, which is different depending on what version of the gun you find. So “Gatling Gatling Gun” is really just “Gatling Gun” and that particular prefix is a modifier that increases fire rate

[@marshmallowoflegends209]

The Warlord is my favorite gun in the whole Borderlands series. I love how it sounds. So satisfying to use. Thanks for the video!

[@KingOfDoma]

The best part of Jonathan reacting to Borderlands guns is that he could theoretically get a good dozen episodes of content out of it

[@Illumina_Blade]

The scary thing is that there could be hundreds of specific configurations of every gun you just saw because the game generates them with a random set of predefined parts.

[@sandcrakes]

A single gun can have: 1. Fire elemental 2. Shock elemental 3. Corrosive elemental 4. Ice elemental 5. Any combination of those elementals which can be up to another 6 different types 6. Another version of the same gun with a little modification and the previous mentioned type can be applied too.

[@ultimatenothing5539]

There are billions of guns in bl3 something like 270 billion I think

[@fluffywolfo3663]

Dear Jonathan, Just so you know - Dahl and Jakobs are the two most normal and grounded manufacturers in this game. …usually.

[@mysticboar1237]

Isn’t like jakobs country style and Dahl is military style

[@fluffywolfo3663]

@@mysticboar1237 yes. Come BL3, Jakobs is sort of a general mishmash of things with wooden furniture from before 1950 or so

[@sandmaker47]

And vladof

[@darthplagueis13]

@@mysticboar1237 Pretty much. I'd say aesthetically you got: Jakobs: Old Western inspired gun designs, notably also the only manufacturer to still use wood Dahl: The next closest thing to modern military equipment you are gonna get Vladof: Soviet inspired weapon designs Maliwan: General expensive designer aesthetic, also deliberately futuristic Tediore: Inspired by cheap, mass-produced electronics Atlas: Seems to be inspired by industrial paint sprayers and simular tubes, generally look a lot like they were designed to be used as corporate equipment rather than consumer products CoV: Slapped together Mad-Max aesthetic

[@darthplagueis13]

@UCG0G79DMJC2qXCPU7PLfv3Q True, I somehow managed to miss those two. Generally agree with your defintion of Torgue. As for Hyperion: Corporate status symbol. Not neccessarily the strongesr or the most practical but rather overpriced and overengineered and perfectly aware of it. Essentially the Apple of Borderlands gun culture.

[@MadMosin9130]

I was really looking forward to him reacting to the Unending Magnificent. I got my wish. Thank you.

[@thatdudeinasuit5422]

My theory regarding the spoked drum mags is that each spoke is as Jonathan mentioned aligning with the chamber and so what happens is each mag is loaded inside a larger non rotating outer drum with a single feed location at the chamber and so as each mag rotates around a round is pushed by the follower against the inside of the outer part of the drum until it aligns with the chamber where it runs into a feeding mechanism and is pushed up and into the chamber.

[@117johnpar]

US military: "We want a weapons platform that allows us to use one type of caliber for all of our deployment units." Borderlands: Auto pistol fed with 3 different caliber magazines.

[@matthew_natividad]

As long as it’s modular?

[@frostmawedits9879]

I think the Crysis series might be a good one too look at? From what I can remember, they had some pretty decent gun designs and sounds that looked like a pretty good evolution of conventional weaponry.

[@brawler5760]

6:06: That’s because Dahl is all about being tactical and modern military-like. The craziest Dahl guns you’ll find are the Malak’s Bane, Good Juju, and Blood Starved Beast, since they all have alien barrels.

[@izzyaran4006]

Those drum car wheel magazines have always been fascinating to me X3 always wondered how Jonathan would react to them.

[@notdobnotdob8794]

Clips from the two (so far, hoping for more) Borderlands reactions are going to feature heavily in the ‘Most Cursed Weapons of 2022’ compilation video, aren’t they?

[@ImusNoxa]

I love watching a sensible englishman slowly breaking down as he tries and fails to grasp the non-sensible world of Borderlands weaponry. Top-tier content

[@owkillari]

As Jonathan mentions Gears of War in this episode, it would be great to run through them as there are a lot of fun guns.

[@chcc12]

I'm glad for his sanity he didn't notice that the Gatlin' Gatling gun has a second completely redundent revolver style magazine

[@frozenfreehand1997]

I'd love to see Johnathan react to Warframe guns. Corpus energy weapons, grineer archaic weapons, tenno weapons, and infested weapons.

[@KL4B]

Call Of Duty Advanced Warfare has a really nice variety of weapons that are worth checking out.

[@watcherofclassics]

In the Borderlands series, Shock damage doesn't stun the target. It does more damage to shielded opponents (the ones with a blue bar above their health bar).

[@AmeliaRomanov]

The knifestorm and the lightshow are amped up versions of the gatling gun and magnificent 1 shoots knives and 1 shoots 4 bullets at a time with the alt fire using both barrels

[@brandonwestfall3241]

Would be interesting to see planetside 2's guns. Some conventional, some weird

[@KickyFut]

On the one hand, they're finally showing one of my favorite games... On the other, they *intentionally* keep showing Jonathan the goofiest and silliest of the collection, merely to try to break the poor man! There are more traditional/conventional acting guns in the game! Show him some basic Dahl, Jakobs, or Vladof guns!!

[@BugsISKing]

Ohhhh Jonathan. Speaking as a fellow firearms enthusiast, you would have such a blast playing borderlands, and also hate it at the same time lol the guns are so much crazier than the ones in this video.

[@Lunarfly_streams]

This man's got style I gotta say⚡️looking awesome John

[@CheepThrillz]

He actually rationalized the spinning hubcap magazine really well. That's quite clever.

[@TheJohtunnBandit]

My sweetie and I were playing "guess what will break Jonathan", where we pause to look at the gun, then guess what things he will take issue with, and which things will ruin him. That vladoff at the end tho lol. Great video!

[@martinwinther6013]

- Sidenote. You would usually need to swap between 3 barrels if you want to keep your beltfed gpmg relatively kool during sustained fire

[@mman123465]

Jonathan Ferguson needs to also see the BL2/BLPS Uniques. Loving his reactions to the Borderlands guns

[@scottmcintyre2809]

The first one, with the big block under the barrel, actually could be a coilgun. I've seen some videos about the coilguns Arcflash Labs are building and their pistol (still only BB-gun power) would basically look like that if you put some kind of shroud over the bank of capacitors they have hanging under the barrel.

[@Piratefoxyfox]

also I didn't realized it the first time but the reload animation of the wedding invitation shows it putting multiple bullets in each cylinder holes

[@akhaaneb9710]

When Jonathan is dying inside in the intro, You know it's gonna be a great episode.

[@sarinat3101]

Jonathan: Spontaneously catching fire is not usual. Kreig: You rang?

[@bryce1448]

The first gatlin in the gatlin Gatling gun is a prefix, it adds the crank to guns without a crank, but this one already has one so it does nothing. Think of it as a flashlight with no battery slot basically.

[@01eocoe10]

My favorite part of the Hellshock is that the bullets bounce in the opposite element. Great way to change elements to remove a shield then use fire to take them out after. I don't really use a shock weapon other than it any more... Except the Lob to charge my shield. But oh God don't show him the Lob he's been through enough already...

[@ABaumstumpf]

7:04 - it is a fire-selector, but also it changes the field-of-view of the person using it (however it is doing that). And i think that scope got no magnification.

[@PjotrVernimmen]

5:18 "sure. Guns get really hot when you shoot them a lot." I don't know why but I like this rhyme.

[@SweHall]

"Let's watch him crank it" I want to John to say that every episode.

[@viniciuslima.trinity]

I learned to love the EM2 with Jonathan

[@Amadrath]

One interesting aspect of guns in Borderlands 3 is, that every manufacturer has his own concept: Dahl: Two firing modes out of: Semi-Auto, Burst, Full-Auto. Including different magnifications. Low recoil, high accuracy. Atlas: Some kind of homing feature, usually in combination with some tagging device. Slow projectiles, usually non-elemental damage. COV: Reloading replaced by overheating/repair mechanic. Usually firing in full-auto mode, features a combustion engine as driver, resulting in windup time. Hyperion: Front-shield while aiming, usually with extra effects (i.e. bullet reflection), scattering decreases during automatic firing. Maliwan: Always elemental damage, can usually switch between two different elements. Firing mode usually full-auto with significant wind-up time Jakobs: Western-style weapons, usually bolt- or pump-action. High crit-damage with additional effects (i.e. Ricochet on critical hit) Tediore: Weapon is disposed of, instead of reloading. Disposed weapon explodes and can turn into turret/drone for some time, beforehand. Fully loaded weapon digi-structs in the hands of the user. Vladof: Under-barrel weapons. Generally, high fire-rates. Low recoil. Torgue: Explosive projectiles, with impact or "sticky" fire-modes. In sticky mode, projectiles stick to surfaces, and detonate simultaneously at given condition (i.e. weapon reload), doing extra damage.

[@jimmyhassett3179]

I was at the armouries today to see the jousting. Such a good day out

[@TheMrMayo]

"I can feel my I.Q. lowering" is the underline best phrase for Borderlands games (or any game made by Gearbox).

[@Mr_T_Badger]

Not sure if anyone has mentioned this to Johnathan yet but one of the Gunner’s special abilities is she can utilise incendiary ammo. So in a few cases it’s not necessarily the gun that is setting people on fire but her abilities. Also Dahl guns, the more modern era looking ones, the fire selector does change the rate of fire. Dahl guns have rates of fire that is usually full auto, burst fire of some sort, and single shot, usually two out of those three.

[@DissedRedEngie]

Note, Dahl weapons (excluding some of them like Disciplined Warhero) do have different fire modes. Something like a auto/semi dahl weapon, when you change the zoom, you're actually changing the fire mode. It's just a reused piece of animation on DW.

[@PhobosDDeimos]

Aaaw, poor Jonathan. I feel you. "Feverdream" is a fitting description here.

[@Finnecable]

I like how they featured a pistol with the firing modes of full-auto and fuller-auto.

[@studmcqueen3754]

Definitely need to see 'Ready or not' next. Guns in that game are amazing.

[@melm4251]

Keen for a BL2 episode, particularly the Bunny, DPUH, Crit, Bane, Conference Call, Swordspolsions shotgun and any really Tediore weapon

[@Typhlosion952]

Jonathan saying "Watch me crank it, watch me roll" is not something I expected to hear but am I sure glad I did

[@bigcazza5260]

the flakker is one of a few legendaries i still like in BL3, because it looks very similar to the flakker in Bl2, it still has that signiature Torgue barrel, sight and stock. as for the grip well he didnt have the foregrip so not a casual prefix

[@arvianworkshop7118]

the moment the video start he already face palmed so you know it's gonna be good 😂

[@grantharriman284]

I love how they chose the shot of Jonathan rubbing his face for this video's opening. It gives us confirmation of what we already expected to come out of this game.

[@JVarley9001]

Flashing back to in Borderlands 1 when I got a super wide spread shotgun with a really long-range optical scope