Gearbox's Borderlands

[Pogo]

Every weapon is useful somehow.

Except for sniper rifles. Revolvers have such ridiculously stupid accuracy and power that it’s almost not worth using rifles unless you want that challenge of hitting a headshot to see someone explode or something.

[Brian_Rucker]

Sniper rifles generally have better scopes and bigger clips. If I’m wanting to thin a herd that’s the way I tend to go. Along with a Longbow grenade or two.

[Brad_Grenz]

I’m playing a soldier and for a long time a machine pistol was the best gun I had. Scoped with a five round burst, good damage and a nice big magazine… Really accurate at range, too. Wasn’t green or anything. Took a while before I found a rifle that could compete.

I use an SMG now, but one of the problem with it is the muzzle flash is blinding. I can’t see what’s happening past the barrel when I’m firing.

[Pogo]

I use an SMG now, but one of the problem with it is the muzzle flash is blinding. I can’t see what’s happening past the barrel when I’m firing.

Neither can the marines that are fighting for your freedoms.

[Stepsongrapes]

For some reason I differentiate that from, say, Torchlight, where waves of mobs attack, but in different ways, styles, from lots of different angles, and go boom in all kinds of satisfying and quick ways.

Sounds like you’re just too early in. Even skag fights get more interesting later when you get a mix of skag types (shot lobbers, armored chargers, and the glowing eye ones). The later raider fights also have a mix with the charging psychos, grenade lobbers, and tanks.

On weapons, look around at the vending machines more. The game shines when you don’t take the hint to stay with one weapon type. I tend to switch to at least 3 if not all 4 of my weapons in a fight.

[Stepsongrapes]

I’m playing a soldier and for a long time a machine pistol was the best gun I had. Scoped with a five round burst, good damage and a nice big magazine… Really accurate at range, too. Wasn’t green or anything. Took a while before I found a rifle that could compete.

I use an SMG now, but one of the problem with it is the muzzle flash is blinding. I can’t see what’s happening past the barrel when I’m firing.

My hunter has a machine pistol that does a little over 100 per shot, 15 fire rate, recoil reduction, and a 30 clip. That thing is ridiculous to use.

Per the game’s crazy pricing scheme, which really undervalues damage and fire rate mods, the pistol is barely worth anything.

[TurinTur]

Every weapon is useful somehow.

Except for sniper rifles. Revolvers have such ridiculously stupid accuracy and power that it’s almost not worth using rifles unless you want that challenge of hitting a headshot to see someone explode or something.

…

You really haven’t seen my sniper build ;)

[ElGuapo]

I just got to … (slight spoilers) …

Old Haven. Christ, that fight lasted 24 hour in game time. I got there at dusk, fought through the night, then dawn, then daytime, then finished about sundown again. What an epic fight. And the loot! I got tons of great guns and died the most I’ve died, but those engineers make great enemies (since I’m a soldier I feel like I’m fighting myself).

[ElGuapo]

Sounds like you’re just too early in. Even skag fights get more interesting later when you get a mix of skag types (shot lobbers, armored chargers, and the glowing eye ones). The later raider fights also have a mix with the charging psychos, grenade lobbers, and tanks.

On weapons, look around at the vending machines more. The game shines when you don’t take the hint to stay with one weapon type. I tend to switch to at least 3 if not all 4 of my weapons in a fight.

Yep, I’ll start out with a sniper, move in closer with an assault rifle, and then switch to a revolver to go old west style or a shotgun for some charge in and gibbing. I like the combat in this game a lot.

[JM1]

I went and did the flower quest in Skag Valley at 14, thinking it would be a walkover. Hello Badass Fire Skags!

[Moore]

I just got to … (slight spoilers) …

Old Haven. Christ, that fight lasted 24 hour in game time. I got there at dusk, fought through the night, then dawn, then daytime, then finished about sundown again. What an epic fight. And the loot! I got tons of great guns and died the most I’ve died, but those engineers make great enemies (since I’m a soldier I feel like I’m fighting myself).

I just hit there myself, I LOOOVE old haven - it is like SCIFI COD4.

[Demon_G_Sides]

I spent 2 days in Old Haven (In game that is) and just made hundreds and hundreds of thousands of dollars by just killing and selling everything I found. Such a fun area.

[Marcin]

Sniper rifles generally have better scopes and bigger clips. If I’m wanting to thin a herd that’s the way I tend to go. Along with a Longbow grenade or two.

Not in my game. I have two revolvers with 2.7 and 3.7 (3.7!!!). The best sniper I ever found was a 2.5.

I wonder if it seeds based on your class? I guess the Siren isn’t supposed to spec in sniper rifles, but I like’em all* :)

*except shotguns. Can’t ever get used to them.

[Adree]

I spent 2 days in Old Haven (In game that is) and just made hundreds and hundreds of thousands of dollars by just killing and selling everything I found. Such a fun area.

Volcano snipers and hellfire smgs make that entire zone a cakewalk, my first time through I took my time but the second time I’d just run around tagging people with fire and letting them die from the insane dot Hellfires give.

[bloo]

There are only one or two ways to shoot a gun.

John Preston would like to speak with you. And by “speak” I mean “shoot in more than two ways.”

[Pogo]

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You really haven’t seen my sniper build ;)

Feel free to link it :)

http://87bazillion.com/skillcalculator/

John Preston would like to speak with you. And by “speak” I mean “shoot in more than two ways.”

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Awesome.

[Demon_G_Sides]

Volcano snipers and hellfire smgs make that entire zone a cakewalk, my first time through I took my time but the second time I’d just run around tagging people with fire and letting them die from the insane dot Hellfires give.

Well, yeah, like I said, having an element based weapon utterly destroys Crimson Lance (Fire and Corrosive especially). But first time through I only had explosive, which helped, but isn’t a DOT element like the others are.

[Marcin]

Well, yeah, like I said, having an element based weapon utterly destroys Crimson Lance (Fire and Corrosive especially). But first time through I only had explosive, which helped, but isn’t a DOT element like the others are.

Fire, really? In my game, fire dropped a ton at the start, then shock for a bit, then tons of explosives, and now corrosive is just starting to show up. This led me to believe that there’s a DoT efficacy hierarchy that leaves fire pretty much at the bottom. You’re saying it’s actually useful against something that I guess is 25+? (Haven’t gotten there yet at lvl 23).

[Brian_Rucker]

I’ve seen a good mix of all elements in my game from fairly early on. Corrosive took a while to show up but now it’s the most common. I think each is strong against a particular kind of defense. Shock vs. shielded enemies. Corrosive vs. armored enemies. Fire vs. soft targets. But any element with enough juice looks like it can fry (most) lesser enemies regardless. I’m not sure what blast is really good for but it’s fun when an enemy goes kerblooie.

[TurinTur]

Feel free to link it :)

http://87bazillion.com/skillcalculator/

Awesome.

It’s a bit of everyhing.

It’s this sniper rifle:

256 Damage
98.7 Precision
0.9 ROF
6 bullets
x4 Fire
Zoom 2.4x
High elemental chance
“Pele wants a sacrifice!” flavor text (huge fireball with AOE in impact and extra damage, i think)

and this class mod:

+80% critical damage in sniper rifles
+2 Concentration skill
+54% Sniper rifles precision

and this build:

http://talent.87bazillion.com/hunter.php?350550500000005000000

I am one-hitting level 30 Crimson guys. Kind of boring.