The Modder.

Probably Salvador, but I think Axton looks better. Something about the blue beard is unappealing. Zer0 is dope, but I can never stay with the stealthy stuff. I really can't chose. Don't really care for Maya, but 2nd playthrough will probably be her.

I'll realistically probably end up being whatever my friends don't choose.

Salvador or Maya

Soldier all the way. Played that way in 1 and plan to again in 2.

Lilith with focus on the control tree was an absolute blast (1-hitting with melee on pc's is awesome).  
 
Sounds like Zer0 is the guy for me. Though, I actually like the other characters in this one, so I might try 'em for real this time. 

Since the four class from the first game are already in the game, anyone else think DLC with those characters would be a cool idea.

Zer0 or Sal. I really like how Zer0 is specialized in doing high damage to single targets. I'll probably start with him solo, and then play Sal in my co-op game.

Played Siren the in the first game, and I'll play Siren again.

@SmasheControllers said:

Since the four class from the first game are already in the game, anyone else think DLC with those characters would be a cool idea.

Playing as them? I think that'd be weird and counter-productive. You're going to get invested with this new character all over again much like you did with the originals, so I imagine most people are just going to want to carry on with their current character than start anew. Plus all of the bases have been covered with this new lineup as far as the class archetypes go, so overall it'd be largely pointless.

From a story perspective, I think they may already be set to have some focus be it as quest givers or trainers, or maybe some friendly NPCs that'll tag with for story purposes. I think it'd be cool if they're actually introduced by saving you from Handsome Jack, or a horde of skags/bandits or whatever, arriving with all this crazy weaponry hinting at all the stuff you may have found during the original.

Slvador/Axton. Probably Axton.

Zero because swords.

Actually, I might end up going with Axton and letting my friend have zero since we played as Roland and Mordecai in the first one. I'm interested to try both, and Salvador though. I didn't much care for Lilith so Maya is meh.

From what I've seen, either Axton or Zero.

I played Roland in Borderlands, so from what I've seen so far Axton for sure.

Axton, because the turret was sweet in the original. Gunzerker seems pretty stupid. Assassin looks pretty cool though.

I'll probably play siren my first time through again. I'm so pumped for this game.

I'm most curious about Zero, as I think that could be fun if done really well, but I'll probably end up going Axton if Zero isn't really fun.

I was thinking most likely a close range Zer0, but I think I'll probably go for a Double Jakobs Salvador.

All of them, Starting with Axton

The correct answer is: all of them.

However, I'm going to play as Axton first so I picked that in the poll.

I think Zer0, since he reflects how I played my Lilith:

1) Literally exploding in people's faces, using melee and shotguns and Phoenix a lot. Cloaking seems like the closest analogue to that, and hopefully you can choose to explode out of it.

2) Getting the hell away when shit got hairy, and picking people off. Especially at level 69.

Best of both worlds!

commando & siren

Axton. Dat turret.

Salvador. because he shares my name.

Maya cause my Lilith was my girl in first one

plus I'll do the mechromancer when she's out

Based on what I currently know about each class: Siren, Assassin, Gunzerker, Commando. In that order.

I'm not sure yet. I'm least interested in Gunzerker because his dual-wielding was a bit underwhelming when I played the game at PAX.

If only I could update the poll, so I could add Mechromancer, but my answer would stay the same, Axton.

@believer258: This is definitely true when playing solo because you have to do a little of everything. However, when I played with others, everyone seemed to play in a way that focused on their character's strengths in order to prevent stepping on someone's toes. It makes the experience way more enjoyable.

i want to play as jimmy bond

To me gunzerker is the only option.

Probably Zero. I'm sure Gearbox managed the trees well enough for all of them to be cool so I'm going to stick with my sniper and my sword.

Me and my friend are going to roll double gunzerkers through the whole game in co-op.

I'll probably play all of them, but the least appealing class for me is the Gunzerker. I can see myself either starting out with the new Siren or the Assasin before giving the other two classes a run.

Zero, I love playing a stealthy/sniper character when I have the chance.

Probably the siren again, she was my favorite. I don't really dig her look, though.

Looking forward to the short range stealthy Assassin. Seems like you should be able to customize the characters skills in a lot of different ways I'm excited to experiment.

I loved Siren in 1, so if this Siren is anything similar then I'm all for it. Interested in Zer0 as well but he might not mesh with the playstyle of the guy I'm gonna be co-oping this with.

The assassin looks badass, and I like being the sneaky type in games when they give you a choice to be sneaky. So yeah I'm rolling with Roland.

It feels kinda sad to see Salvador in last place. Whadda ya'll have against steroid-injecting space-latinos?

Not sure, the Siren seemed like an obvious choice the first time round for the coolest/most useful ability and she was great.

None really stand out this time round and I haven't seen much on trees.

If anyone has a decent breakdown on the new chars abilities or a link, that would be cool.

Dual wielding sounds real appealling.

Considering I played through Borderlands multiple times with Soldier and Siren, my character choices for the second are:

Gunzerker > Assassin > Mechromancer > Soldier > Siren

I played so much Solider and Siren over the last three years and I feel I need a proper break.

100% honesty here: If Mechromancer was on-disc, that would be my first class.

@GenocidalKitten said:

I miss Brick, all I want to do is punch dudes in the face.

One of the gunzerker's skills:

Fistful of Hurt - Melee Override. Press [melee] to throw all your weight into a punch, causing massive damage and knocking the enemy back. Fistful of Hurt has a cooldown. While Fistful of Hurt is on cooldown, pressing [melee] will perform a regular melee attack.

You can read the full list of known skills here: http://forums.gearboxsoftware.com/showpost.php?p=2432009&postcount=7

Deployable turrets on the commando for sure, in the first game i started as mordacai but ended up having way more fun as roland

@SpaceInsomniac: Hmmm there is one thing i'm a bit iffy on. What exactly is Handsome jack taking credit for? Considering the vault was a bust and was just a prison for the tentacle rape monster. And apperently it's significant enough to enable him to buy entire Hyperion corp too :/

Where is the character with the eagle?

@Bourbon_Warrior said:

Where is the character with the eagle?

He's from the first game. Borderlands 2 features four new characters. Although the original four are in the game, they're just part of the story. You can't play as them.

I've finally decided who i'm going to play as first.

The tie breaker was the fact that Salvador can have a huge mohawk and a sick beard as one of his looks all blonde, always be viking: