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>On Sep 26, 11:07 pm, Xocyll <
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>> Justisaur <
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>> On the other hand explosive is good vs flesh and hard surfaces
>> (bugs/robots,) so it's definitely worth having.
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>I'm not sure they crit though, I just noticed last night I couldn't
>seem to get a crit with a splody gun i was trying out.
They do crit, it's just that you have to hit exactly on the crit spot
which is quite small on some things like robots (basically just the
glowy red eye.)
>> I just wish explosive SMGs still existed as SMGs tend to fire the
>> fastest.
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>Maybe they do? I remember them being extremely rare in B1.
I got dozens of them in BL1. The hard part was finding one that Fired
fast, had sights and was recoil damped. I tended to settle for fired
fast and recoil damped and just iron sighted it most off the time.
>> I've also had sniper rifles that had 2 barrels AND fired in burst mode
>> when zoomed - 4 bullets rapid fire per trigger pull.
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>> I *hate* shotguns - too inaccurate and useless except at point blank
>> range - too slow to reload too - rather like rocket launchers.
>>
>> I've been running with a pistol/SMG/Assault Rifle/Sniper combo since
>> that gives me enough different ammo weapons so I always have something I
>> can use (and of course sniping is always fun.)
>
>I never cared much for assault rifle, although I found a 'doubletap'
>one that was really good for a couple levels - fired two shots each
>pull, and did good damage with good accuracy and zoom.
I dislike most of the burst weapon modes.
I want one shot from one click and full auto from holding down the
button.
So that pretty much lets out all Dahl weapons.
>I'm switching around different weapons a lot, but usually have at
>least one SMG and try to use those first (+62% smg damage book) I
>have the biggest damage explody rocket launcher for those guys who use
>doors as shields, and the occasional total mayhem.
I just use an Explosive Assault rifle on those guys - takes em down
pretty fast.
>I'll switch out the rocket launcher for explody shotgun when I run out
>of ammo, or if I'm fighting aerial targets - that's really what the
>shotgun is for, takes out aerial targets well.
Ahh I either use the SMG or assault rifle mostly.
Although I did have roaring success in the Sawtooth caverns shooting
down Buzzards with a burst fire sniper rifle.
But since max ammo possible for the sniper is 108 rounds I ran dry
pretty fast.
[I really dislike this kind of artificial limitation on ammo - why can I
carry over 1000 rounds of smg and assault rifle ammo and 700 pistol
ammo, but only 108 sniper?]
I much prefer the System Shock 2 method where you have inventory space
and ammo takes inventory, but you can choose your type and take as much
as you can carry.
>I try to always have a sniper equiped and probably have used those
>more than anything else, at least until I found my SMG book. I don't
>like the burst fire ones, sniper ammo is too limited, and those go
>through ammo too quick.
I use a regen module for my artifact on the commando.
I do prefer single fire sniper rifles though, sometimes 2 (one fire one
corrosive - if I don't have another corrosive weapon for dealing with
robots.)
I had one lovely one fairly early on - ok damage, nice corrosive damage
fast fire rate (for a sniper rifle anyway) and a 24 round magazine size.
Those bots never knew what hit them.
>I don't really use pistols except as backup for SMG if I run out of
>ammo.
There's actually some quite nice pistols in the game.
I'm currently using a purple one I got from killing Jack - does over 900
damage, fires fast and is stabilized so it gets MORE accurate on
continuous fire (auto or fast semi-auto). Scoped too.
When I went back in the Caustic Caverns to do the Lost Treasure side
quest I used it almost exclusively on those Crystalisk guys who pop out
of the ground. It could kill them in about 15 seconds if I could get a
bead on all 3 leg crystal patches.
Had a nice electric spiker early on as well that was quite good on a
variety of enemies and since it had essentially no recoil you could
pepper them with multiple spikes that would detonate after a second or
so - great for taking down goliaths etc before they can rage out.
Plus it electrocuted them. :)
>> >I'm not really liking slag much. Too difficult to get someone slagged
>> >then switch weapons. Probably better in team play too.
>>
>> I just don't bother with it at all.
>
>I got one slag smg named 'feculant' something or other with red text
>which literally melts badasses like they were normal mobs. It was
>from a quest, it does slag and electric though the electric is not
>shown in the description. I kept getting wiped out by all these
>badasses & super badasses in caustic caverns, and kept trying
>different things, using slag first, and just happened not to have
>tossed this weapon yet, but it blew them apart something like 4-10x as
>fast as anything else. I was all WHOA!!!
Ahh when I run into badasses and worse (think Raging Near-Godly Badass
goliath (something like that)) I tend to drop the turret and let it deal
with them. There's something like 4 stages to the rage mode for
Goliaths etc. They get scarier the farther they upgrade.
>It doesn't seem any better than anything else against normal mobs with
>red health bars, but the ones with yellow health bars it just wipes
>out.
Sounds nice.
>It does have a down side, it slags you too, so you are taking like
>double damage from everything, but it's worth it on those mobs.
Ahh I might have had that and ditched it right off since I don't go for
weapons that hurt me. Plus I think the one I got had a slow fire rate
that made it essentially useless, and I don't like slag weapons in the
first place.
>> >I might be getting a bit burned out, and had to take a bit of a break
>> >as I'd been playing it almost non-stop for 4 days.
>>
>> Yeah I've had a few very long sessions - it's the kind of game that can
>> really suck you in and make you wonder where the last 8 hours went to.
>
>Yeah, I played it again last night and really didn't want to stop, but
>managed to go to bed only 10 minutes late.
>> Obviously it won't *keep* that same level of attraction on subsequent
>> plays since it won't be all new and you lose the exploration buzz.
>>
>> I asked in another thread but wonder if it didn't propagate: Did you
>> find the secret Minecraft area? And is Minecraft really that low rez
>> and blocky? (I've never seen it.)
>>
>Haven't found the secret minecraft area, and yes minecraft is that low
>rez and blocky. I tried minecraft once, but didn't see what all the
>fuss was about. One of my co-workers is really into it though and
>says you have to play it multiplayer, showed me a couple vids.
I'll give you a hint, it's in the Caustic Caverns near a bridge.
You even get a Minecraft costume skin for discovering it.
It's actually worth finding since you're fairly deep in the caverns at
that point and possibly low on ammo and all the blocks in the area are
destructible and a lot of them drop ammo.
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>> >Gambling is awesome!
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>> I only did once and lost - early in the game when I had very little
>> cash.
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>Best way to spend your money, at least up to 18, what weapons you get
>scale up to 18 and you can get loads of eridium so you can upgrade
>your backpack and ammo carrying capacity.
I did not know that you could get weapons or eridium from it, I thought
it was strictly a cash in cash out system.
I guess maybe I'll be gambling in the future then.