Borderlands: Is there such a thing as the Ultimate weapon?

[Asehujiko]

Depends on your level. For beginners, the TK Surfer is the best because you can easily see the bullets. The next one would have to be the Bone Crusher or whatever gun bonehead drops. I basically used those and advanced in crappy machine guns until i found a chest in Sledge's Hideout that contained the shotgun that shot rockets. It's description is seriously "Holy Crap! It Shoots Rockets!"
It was a good day.

I think that the slightly more common ammo doesn't make up for the massive drop in damage. shotgun launchers rarely have above 400 damage where a regular one is about 1000.

As for my ultimate gun: A Double Anarchy with +4 extra projectiles(making it 8 total, more then some shotguns), 4x explosion, very high effect chance and a RoF above 10. If it doesn't die when you put a bullet into it, try again with 200 or so of them, most of which explode. It's base damage is crap but the effects are what matters. And despite a <50 accuracy rating i can still kill at a massive distance because there's simply so many bullets. Which explode even if i miss.

 

[Earthbound Engineer]

Spoiler: Oh, and ze search Bar Nazis

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[Earthbound Engineer]

Spoiler: Oh, and ze search Bar Nazis

Go away...now. Before I hurt you. With mean words and rick rolls.

Please don't confuse the "Searchbar Police" with us Grammar Nazis.

Edit: Damn the Escapist with their lack of "Delete Post" option! Guess this will have to do.

 

[Sassafrass]

Spoiler: Oh, and ze search Bar Nazis

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Please don't confuse the "Searchbar Police" with us Grammar Nazis.

Not yet I won't.
And wow. I forgot I made this thread.
Got to love necros, huh?

EDIT: And a double post 3 minutes apart? This thread is cursed, I tell ya!

 

[Earthbound Engineer]

EDIT: And a double post 3 minutes apart? This thread is cursed, I tell ya!

*Gasp* A double post....NOOO! Damn you Steam overlay and your bad frame rate!

 

[TheTaco007]

All I know is that my siren has an incindiary SMG that will kill most enemies within 2-4 seconds at medium range (although it chews up shitloads of ammo)

 

[omgshotguns]

I got a Jakobs shotgun that does 351x12.... it has .3 firing speed so...
*fire-punch-fire-punch-fire*

 

[Audioave10]

That's what this game is all about...searching for the ultimate weapon (and never finding it).

 

[Theron Julius]

The minute you get an item that gives you ammo regen for any weapon type instantly makes that weapon type the best. Why get that bitchin' shotgun when you can just unload essentially infinite ammo into the enemies with that other gun?

 

[John47]

so far, no gun that shoots shurikens and lightning, ergo no ultimate weapon!

wrong, shurikens and lightning may own, but it cant beat a gun that fires Trans-Dimensional Thermo-nuclear Shurikens and Lightning

fuck killing them today, kill them yestryday in nuclear fire. and do it in the most fucking awesome way ever. Nuclear Shurikens. hell, kill them in an entirely different parallel universe for good measure

I have been bested by the best, I concede to your obvious superiority in makin' shit up

bravo

people in painkiller there are much more awesome guns then a gun that shoots shurikens and lighting theres also a half rocket lanher half minigun and a half freezer half shotgun

 

[DarkDain]

Couple hacked weapons, machine guns that shoot rockets... I had many nice weapons on Brick, 5x rocket launchers with fire or acid, a tri-shot rocket, and a couple special rockets. One shot slow movin rockets that spat out smaller exploding rockets as it went. mass destruction.

 

[blankedboy]

so far, no gun that shoots shurikens and lightning, ergo no ultimate weapon!

wrong, shurikens and lightning may own, but it cant beat a gun that fires Trans-Dimensional Thermo-nuclear Shurikens and Lightning

fuck killing them today, kill them yestryday in nuclear fire. and do it in the most fucking awesome way ever. Nuclear Shurikens. hell, kill them in an entirely different parallel universe for good measure

I have been bested by the best, I concede to your obvious superiority in makin' shit up

bravo

people in painkiller there are much more awesome guns then a gun that shoots shurikens and lighting theres also a half rocket lanher half minigun and a half freezer half shotgun

Well, in RECOIL there's a tether guided practical nuke, an arc saber, a sonic burst cannon, a freon burst cannon, a reflective laser, etc, etc, etc.

And yes, RECOIL is meant to be spelt in caps.

 

[Miles000]

I found a smg with my siren that fires 2 bullets at a time and empties the 40+ round clip in 1.5-2 seconds.
I got it on level 21 and I am still using it at 62. It took down badasses in 5 seconds or less, including those spider things,and is still one of the best guns I have.
It was only effective when I was playing with a solider with ammo regen otherwise it would run out in less than a minute.
Thats the closest I got to the god weapon.

 

[Twilight_guy]

I think my rapid fire sniper rifle is pretty kick ass and can end anything stupid enough to fight me, but I don't think there is any one best gun in the game. The guns are just too diverse.

 

[Flying-Emu]

You can get a shotgun that fires rockets.

Regardless of stats, this is the ultimate weapon.

 

[Nedoras]

There's a few that are overly powerful. One being the Hyperion Nemesis. It's a repeater that fires multiple bullets in a diamond-like pattern and does x4 shock. Those four shock rounds also have the chance to split into multiple projectiles, with the split bullets doing x4 shock and x4 corrosive damage. So it technically has two elements and unlike the Chimera, does multiple elements at the same time. Mine does 298 damage, carries 20 rounds, has a fire rate of 2.8, and it completely rips everything apart. Another would be the Jakobs Bessie. It's a sniper rifle that does 500% added critical hit damage and in addition it's accuracy increases to 100% when zoomed in. Mine does 1182 damage, carries six rounds, has a fire rate of 0.6, and has a 2.8x scope. The last one I have is the Atlus Aries. It's a revolver that does x4 shock damage and your shots absorb health from enemies similar to a transfusion grenade. Mine does 1082 damage, carries two rounds, has a fire rate of 2.1, and has a 4.2x scope. Those are the three most overpowered weapons I've found period. Makes me want to play Borderlands again.

 

[rabidmidget]

There's a shotgun called "The boomstick", I don't think anything can beat that in terms of awesomeness.

 

[regicider8]

I was playing Borderlands with 2 of my friends, one was the same level as me cause we started together, around level 32 or so, and the other was level 42 or something, so he could rape pretty much everything. My level 42 friend would get all the kills cause he's 10 levels higher then us and he would also open all the gun chests and take the guns, so we started getting pissed off.

Anyways, my other friend ended up finding a repeater pistol that had x4 fire damage and that thing could rip through shit like you couldn't believe. We we're on our way to the last boss, and he could easily take out the shields of the guardians in a few seconds. So now I'm the only one that can't kill shit -.- (By the way, the level 42 was a siren and the level 32 was a hunter)