Borderlands 2

Random luck aside, you have to farm specific enemies.

http://borderlands.wikia.com/wiki/Legendary

Scroll down to Borderlands 2 and look at the "dropped by" to see who drops what.
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Mtpgamer posted...

im having a heck of a time getting any orange drops....do i literally HAVE to farm specific enemies or are they supposed to drop from bosses and chests?

This should answer your question perfectly
http://i49.tinypic.com/b832g3.jpg

Mtpgamer posted...

cool thanks, is it even possible to get orange drops through normal play?

Yes, I can confirm through experience.
Playthrough 1 with Mechromancer, Knuckledragger dropped a Legendary Weapon (pistol to be exact in what kind of weapon) for me.
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XBL GT/PSN: Tsuruke.

Yea I found an orange shield in a random chest, the cradle, really early on though only like level 8 or something. Still sitting in my bank, for some reason I'm having difficulty selling the only orange I've ever found

danktank621 posted...

Yea I found an orange shield in a random chest, the cradle, really early on though only like level 8 or something. Still sitting in my bank, for some reason I'm having difficulty selling the only orange I've ever found

You just defined the difference between a person that acquired a legendary item/weapon legitimately, and a duper (willing to sell weaker legendary item/weapons with no remorse).
[Granted there are certain scenarios and different personality types that might not fit between the two -- gray areas, so to speak -- but that is the black and white of it]

I felt the same exact way of my Level 8 Infinity until I did the side-quests after completing TVHM to scale the quests to my level. Still never parted with it, I stuck it in Claptrap's Secret Stash so every time I create a new character I have that to fall back to.
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XBL GT/PSN: Tsuruke.

I found a Trick Shot Maggie from the Treasure room, one of my favorite guns to use now.
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