During a panel at PAX East today, Gearbox revealed Krieg, the sixth playable character for Borderlands 2

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Krieg is based on the Psycho enemies seen in the game and rewards players for high-risk behavior such as running into crowds. His action skill is Blood Axe Rampage, which allows him to regain health after killing an enemy. His Skill Trees are Bloodlust, Mania and Hellborn.The Bloodlust tree is about constantly dealing damage, such as increased bonuses for killing enemies with explosions or grenades and an increased chance to find grenade ammo following a kill using that method.The Mania tree rewards the player for taking damage, such as decreased action skill cooldown while being hurt. Krieg will also be able to receive damage from teammates.Finally, the Hellborn tree focuses on elemental damage, with one skill offering increased damage while you’re on fire (and a chance of being ignited yourself every time you light up an enemy).Krieg is not included in the Borderlands 2 Season Pass. An exact release date has not been announced, but more information will be coming in the weeks ahead.Elsewhere in the panel, Gearbox also revealed a new level cap and weapon rarity

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