Tannis disappears

Borderlands 2 Gameplay Discussion (Spoilers!)
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I noticed today that Tannis, Hammerlock and Johnny Waffles disappear during Rising action. Moxxi, Marcus and Zed go about their business as usual, and don’t seem to notice that the city is being bombarded. Claptrap is also doing his usual thing. He’s even talking to Johnny Waffles, despite the fact that he’s not there. So, the question is… Where are they, and why are they there? Is it an oversight from the devs, or does it have some sort of significance?

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#2

:thinking:
Perplexing…Nice catch however. I never noticed.

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#3

Lilith disappears too and teleports from out of bounds when you have to give her Eridium.

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#4

Does anyone know if you actually see Scooter run in from his garage, or does he just magically appear in place as well?

I assume that all this is just a consequence of the way the whole sequence is set up - either someone forgot to keep certain characters in place, or there was too much else going on to have everybody present (due to memory limitations and performance on PS3/360).

But it does also create the possibility for some ripe conspiracy theories ahead of BL3!

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#5

I think Scooter is already in the centre of town? You see him working on the fuel cells just before you turn in the power core.

Nice catch Ronnie! I suspect Tannis at least has headed for deep cover, she’s sensible.

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#6

I noticed that on my last playthrough. I did the mine sidequest between Wilhelm and getting Sanctuary in the air and laughed at Scooter working frantically during what I assumed was a lazy Sanctuary Sunday.

I wonder if Tannis figured out how to cloak by experimenting on stalkers and passed the tech on to the other two that are conspicuously missing, although that doesn’t explain why Clappy is still talking to the good Mr. Waffles.

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#7

Every time I’ve hit that part, Scooter is already there working on the fuel cell and yelling for my/your/someone’s help. I’ve never noticed just when Lilith appears…she’s not there when I first get to Scooter, but she’s there when I hand her Eridium.

I’ve always thought that GB did a really nice job in establishing a panic-driven “DO IT! NOW!!!” feel for the whole scene, and the followup of seeing Sanctuary actually taking off, Jacks’s comments about “…what do you have besides a flying city?”, Roland’s “A Siren” (“S’up?”), and Jack’s “…huh…” when Lilith phases the city are some of my favorite moments in the story.

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#8

This. This exchange is a great example of why 18 runs through the vanilla story later I still don’t mind doing it again, in fact why I’ve enjoyed it every time. Bits like these make me glad that there is a UVHM reset option.

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#9

She usually does this, yes, but there is one major exception to that rule. Whenever I play Gaige, and have 400 stacks of anarchy, that flaming beach decides to chill out wherever she’s hiding, and therefore forcing me to save and quit. Losing all anarchy stacks… :rage::rage::rage::face_with_symbols_over_mouth::face_with_symbols_over_mouth::face_with_symbols_over_mouth:

However… It’s possible that the others are in the same place. I thought about that too, but I have no way of confirming.

He’s already in his spot when you arrive from Wilhelm.

You read my mind, Bro! :wink:

And Hammerlock doesn’t exactly come across as a brave person. :rofl:

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#10

But he watched a thresher rip his arm from it’s socket! And how did he lose his leg?! Besides, he rescued Clappy from a skag in a blizzard - anyone who would rescue a claptrap unit and get it back in full working order has to be brave (because you know it’s going to start talking…)

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#11

Yeah, I guess you have a point there. I hereby withdraw my statement that Hammerlock is a yellow bastard, and instead I will state that he has shown considerable courage in the past, and because of his disabilties, he’s no longer able to do so.

I was tempted to say something about him being a clumsy and reckless, considering that he’s lost an arm and a leg, but the people here, including me, have suffered far worse incidents in the game. Shredded by stalkers, eaten by skags, slammed by threshers, run over by cars, bullied by… you know who! And finally… Most of us have fallen off the edge of the world.

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#12

And at least one of us was fatally run down by the booze truck. Did not know that was a thing…it is.

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#13

Make that at least two :blembarrass:

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#14

Ahem. :raised_hand:…3 :acmembarrass:

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#15

Tannis is chilling at Digi Peak! Go check. I guarantee she’s there. :wink:

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#16

I’ll go and have a look there. Also… 4 :rofl:

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