Don’t have the DLC. What’s #2?
Also, thank you for your opinion. :)
If you like to be more aggressive and lead the charge: Gunzerker
If you like to hang back and deal damage from afar and provide support: Soldier
If you like to provide support & heal: Siren
Note: these can all do other things as well, but those are my suggestions depending on how you like to play.
If you’d like to be awesome and set everything on fire: Siren.
wilykat
1646
continuing melee Zer0 insight: it’s boring but very powerful. I was running around Eridium Blight at level 50 and ran into a pack of Level 49-52 Bullymongs/Demongs and was able to kill two Demongs and four other Bullymongs without dying (although with going into FFYL twice). I’m using a Law pistol and Order shield so I have decent Roid damage and one normal hit can deal 10-20k damage and heal that much. Then I decided to try to do Sawtooth Cauldron just with melee and it was working reasonably well but I got bored.
I think my new plan is to wait for the rest of the DLC to come out and do a new playthrough. I haven’t touched any of the DLC yet; this second playthrough was just to hit the side quests I hadn’t done before and to see what TVHM was like.
Thank you guys. So it looks like you can play Siren as not a healing class, but a mage-type instead?
As a gut feeling on which one you like better, which would you choose: Gunzerker or Siren?
Preferred class is a personal thing. I think the Siren is more fun than a Gunzerker, but that’s just me. No one mentioned the Commando, though, and I think that’s a viable option. The turrets are cool.
SamF7
1649
arrendek,
I would NOT recommend the G’Zerk. He’s my primary character and I rarely use his Zerk ability anymore (negating the majority of his skilltree!). The main problem MIGHT be my playstyle. I NEED all four gun slots;
1st Slot: Sniper
2nd Slot: Main weapon (Rifle/SMG),
3rd Slot: Applicable Elemental Weapon for baddie I’m fighting
4th Slot: ‘Get out of Problems’ Weapon. Typically Shotgun or Rocket Launcher (again, depending on specific baddie).
Now, when I hit the Zerk’s special ability, I’m suddenly wielding two weapons that most often than not don’t work well together - Shotgun and Sniper rifle? Assault Rifle and Rocket Launcher? Heh, by the time I get the weapons swapped out to something useful, the Zerk timer is over.
It. Just. Doesn’t. Work. For. Me.
If your play style sounds similar, I would recommend ANY OTHER class.
SamF7
Sure, think of the Siren like a mage. There are some healing skills in her skill tree, but it’s not like that’s all she can do. You could ignore them completely, if you like. I think the only one I ever used was one that heals you and your teammates a little bit whenever you kill a phaselocked bad guy.
Personally, I liked my Siren better than any of the others I played, BUT I didn’t play any of the others for very long. I’d say just jump right into which ever one seems the most interesting to you off the bat, and see if it clicks. You’ll have to play a bit before you get your action skill, which is a pain, but it’s not too long a wait.
The Siren’s ability to single out an enemy and hold them in place is hugely beneficial to the whole team. Firefights can be so chaotic that sometimes that’s the only way to locate an enemy quickly. Siren has some great utility/damage abilities. Even if you pick the tree that has some of the healing stuff in it, it doesn’t mean you are a healer in the MMO sense. As an example, you could have an ability that returns health to party members when you kill an enemy. There’s a great one that lets you instantly get fallen companions back on their feet (FROM RANGE!).
For sheer chaos, though, I am having a blast with my Gunzerker. If like the idea of going batshit crazy and firing as many rounds per second as possible, you’ll enjoy the Gunzerker. If you don’t like that, give the siren a go.
Double thanks! Did not see this one on the Twitter feed. Just got two purple pistols for my Mecromancer
Kadath
1653
Personally I’m loving the gunzerker. I always run in and demolish everything, with a shield that explodes while its down (it’s always down) and rapid fire weapons that get more accurate the longer they fire I just destroy. Sure I may go down but its rare that I can’t get back up.
Yeah, it’s why I noted that character class is pretty much a person-by-person thing; one gamer’s fave is another gamer’s bane. Really, I think the game works fine with any of them, pretty much.
LockerK
1656
Aleck
1657
Pretty much means “except for the Assassin, who was great in the first game and sucks ass in BL2.”
I got through my first playthrough here on the Assassin, though at 43 now in TVHM I’ve sort of gotten a bit frustrated, yeah.
Thanks! I did not know about the other sites and I just snagged another code from the Randy Pitchfork site.
PS3: WJC3T-SS6K3-T5CWB-ZJWB3-BT3K6
PC: KJKB3-RRBCK-CXJ3J-TJBBJ-JK6R9
X360: WTKBJ-6FJT6-FZXJX-5R33B-FFRCZ
Thanks! I did not know about the other sites and I just snagged another code from the Randy Pitchfork site.
PS3: WJC3T-SS6K3-T5CWB-ZJWB3-BT3K6
PC: KJKB3-RRBCK-CXJ3J-TJBBJ-JK6R9
X360: WTKBJ-6FJT6-FZXJX-5R33B-FFRCZ
