Constantly thinking about so so many things.
1- Skags (My number one favorite creature ever idc I love you fucked up space puppy) are technically immortal the same way lobsters are, in which they keep growing and growing so long as they are able to shed their plating to allow for more mass and keep themselves alive that long, with some of them growing up to be absolutely gigantic as indicated by the large carcasses and bones in a bunch of areas ingame
2- Rakk hives are definetly at least partially related to Skags in some manner by their similar body plan and facial structure, which leads me to theorize that as a skag gets larger and larger, it starts consuming too much energy and becomes unsustainable to maintain itself, so Rakk will often use its body mass to build hives and parasite on. How do they do it ? idk you figure it out I just think it’d be sick as hell
3- How long have instahealths been around for and are they really as widespread as they seem. Is it just another convenient gameplay mechanic that goes entitely unaddressed. Do bandits use the Ammo refuel machines and the Health machines. Gearbox pleease tell me I’m losing my mind over here
4- The interfaces in game are canon to some degree and I know this because the World Of Borderlands book says that there was an invention that allowed there to be quantifiable ways to measure Health anf Shields and it drives me crazy. Girl please what does that mean
Post cancelled it posted way too early ANYWAY lots of thoughts all thr time constantly
the bandits do use the vending machines!! marcus strongarms them into it in BL1 by killing their other suppliers, hes practically gotten rich off of pandora alone. though i assume they dont have the money the VHs do so prices would be steep + resources limited.
in BL3 one of marcus’ gun machines also gets broken into by the cov which is also an option lol
this is my own lore but imo rejuvenators/med-kits are the cheaper option because they dont give that instant boost which is probably more common for bandits. and (if the time is exaggerated) leaves the user more open to infections and further injury. versus the instant pick-ups that the VHs get from insta-health/health nows.
in-game its the reverse but thats for fighting logisitics okok just trust me here for the Lore.
and i did. not know that abt the health and shield numbers though what the hell…thats so weird. i dont even know what a machine like that would look like. a shield mod maybe?