Confused about Moze

Borderlands 3 Moze the Gunner
#1

This might sound hella basic, but I am kind of confused as to how the sentry mode will work in the game. Does it need Moze to hop out early out of Iron Bear? ie before the “fuel” meter runs out? Can she jump out early?
What happens when Iron Bear gets destroyed with Moze still inside? Does she lose any health? Does she die?
Also, does Moze only get the benefits from the talent trees of Iron Bear’s equipped weapons? Say, she has a pair of miniguns equipped, does that mean that no talents from either the grenade launcher or railgun of things apply?

#2

A whole bunch of us are. You’re not alone.

For both of these I’m not sure. A lot of the abilities have functions or mechanics nobody is quite sure of at this point. We may get more info/gameplay soon which can answer these questions. It is possible that someone on the forums (who got the chance to playtest the characters) might have fiddled around with it, but there has been a fair amount of work done on the trees since the demos, so it’s still kinda up in the air.

Talents/skills will apply no matter what weapon you have equipped. If you mean the augments (the things you equip alongside your Iron Bear weapon loadout which are on the sides of the skill trees) each of those applies to a specific Iron Bear weapon and will not function with a different one. EX: Hell on Rails will not do anything for the Bear Fist weapon.

#3

Also, can Iron Bear run out fuel while in sentry mode? Can he be destroyed prematurely?

#4

I’m assuming that the Sentry mode is not affected by fuel. Early on you have at most 15 seconds of time in the Bear until you can alter that with skills, wouldn’t make sense for you to hop into it then right back out of it just to make use of Sentry mode.

#5

My guess is, yes. IB can take damage and has specific skills to help with that. I’d imagine that Sentry mode could continue without fuel, but I’m not completely sure. It would be a fairly lackluster skill if you needed to purposefully get out with 15 seconds of fuel to spare. I suppose it would still give the enemies an extra target that attacks them along with you though.

#6

To me it seems like the whole point of the skill is that you get the extra time on Iron Bear. Like @Jordangold527 said, it’d be almost pointless if you had to get out early.
Don’t know how it works with Iron Bear getting destroyed. I don’t you get the sentry then.
As for what happens to moze, if titanfall or overwatch is anything to go by, she probably just gets ejected, safe and sound.

#7

But can he be shot down in sentry mode?

#8

Don’t see why not. Probably retains whatever health he has when you exit. You probably see his healthbar too, just like with any NPC.

Here’s another question: can moze climb onto his secondary turret while he’s in sentry mode? Because that could a neat little gamechanger, and give some value to the skill for solo players.

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#9

The way i understand it is you get the full time in IB then when times up he go’s into sentry mode for 15 seconds then charges the nearest enemy and explodes.

#10

Sentry mod works only for running out of fuel or when You exit early. If IB gets destroyed sentry mod doesn’t trigger. Welp he is destroyed how he can be sentry then? ^ Saw it on few Proving grounds vids.

#11

I meant if he can be destroyed prematurely while in sentry mode before his kamikaze run :roll_eyes: the answer to which so far is “maybe”

#12

I haven’t seen any footage of him being destroyed in Sentry Mode yet. Seems like enemies ignore him and target you instead from what I saw.

#13

It seems like if you need defense, you stay in the mech the whole duration. If you want to maximize damage, get out of mech early because Moze is built for so much damage output with guns, it’s silly to keep not using your guns while in mech.

Basically it seems like sentry mode is Gaige pet and Axton turret rolled into one.

I wonder though, can a second player jump onto the turret of IB while in sentry mode if the turret skill is unlocked/equipped?

#14

Yes, even You can jump into turret on sentry mode.

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#15

This might feel a bit out of whack, but, say, will the sentry mode trigger if there are no enemies left? And if so, will he just sit there, a literal time bomb?

#16

Sentry mode will trigger no matter if there are enemies left or not.

#17

^What he said. And yes, it will just sit there until it goes boom.