borderlands (we need more guns!)

[Sweno]

jpub wrote:

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1) It's tempting to keep one of each weapon type. Don't. On a sniper, for example, keep 1 sniper rifle, 1 revolver, and one repeater pistol (I prefer
bullet-hose variants of the repeaters) and 1-2 other weapons just in case. On your second playthrough, when you have inventory space to burn, then it's
not a bad idea.


2) Your class skills tell you what weapons to specialize in. For example, on a soldier, it's pretty blatantly clear you should be focusing on Combat
Rifles first, Shotguns second, and everything else third. On a siren, SMGs. On a Sniper, Sniper Rifles, Revolvers, and Pistols. On a Brick, well, FISTS.

I've boiled down to sniper, combat rifle, and smg equiped, with a rocket launcher in the inventory for those pesky turrets.

If I had thought about it I would have stuck to sniper, revolver, and repeater, but those didn't kill things fast enough from far enough away in the
beginning.

3) It's tempting to look at damage numbers only, and forget the elementals. Bad idea. Especially on the Fire/Shock/Corrosive weapons, a less powerful
weapon with a 'Very High Elemental Effect' chance, even if it's only x1, will do *much* more damage. It might take marginally longer.

Dito, fire and shock are wonderful things. Fire cause it does Damage over time (and makes them run around on fire, not shooting you).

Shock b/c it takes care of shields.

Since the three platforms (steam/xbox live/playstation live) are only networkable with themselves, it might be a good idea to to keep track of who is on what.
I'm on steam.
-Terry
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