Borderlands 2 has been consuming my life... up until Gaige came out anyway. I got her for free as a bonus for preordering.

... and now the game that was running silky smooth on my PC... doesn't. The game drags HARD in places where it used to run beautifully. Not just with the mechromancer, but with all characters. Been tweaking options and I had to cut the detail and overall size down quite a bit to make it play ... decently, but not at the wonderful high res and lovely detail that it did.

I'm on the last mission (I think) with the Siren, and I've played a bit with Gaige to get a feel for her. Deathtrap is quite possibly the best AI partner I have EVER had. Sure, some forum members seem to call him over powered, but I think that's because they have all the badass buffs on. Turn them off and the game gets hard again. Another reason to account for how easy the game seems is that they've likely been through it at least once and know all the shit that's gonna happen. Rule of thumb. Send DT first. Let him draw enemy fire (he's tough), and pick off the most dangerous ones first.

Hopefully the patch that was released will fix the issue... It's driving me crazy.