My personal thoughts on weapon manifacturers
Yo, first time playing BL2 in a while and I'm absolutely hooked. Just finished Wildlife Exploitation Preserve (man, screw Handsome Jack for what he did to Bloodwing, shit got personal). I'm playing Zer0 and I've been paying a lot of attention to how different guns feel and the lore behind them. Just wanted to dump some of my thoughts here:
First off, Bandit weapons are peak makeshift. They literally look like someone welded scrap metal and car parts together in a garage. Total Mad Max vibes, I love the look even if they feel super clunky. On the other end, Maliwan and Hyperion feel like the actual premium brands. Especially compared to Tediore, which gives me pure Walmart or IKEA vibes (I keep hearing that "Hello Mrs. Tediore" stuff from NPCs in Sanctuary, corporate brainwash is real lmao). Maliwan feels like sleek luxury tech and Hyperion is just straight-up high-end military gear.
Also, Jakobs absolutely cooked with their mechanic. Clicking like crazy and hitting crits with Zer0 is so satisfying, it actually requires some rhythm and skill instead of just holding down the trigger.But I do have one worry—since Jakobs doesn't really do elements or Slag, does it fall off hard in the late game? I feel like once enemies get massive health bars on higher difficulties, brands like Maliwan, Vladof or Hyperion are just gonna dominate because you'll need to match elements. Am I right or are there late-game Jakobs setups that actually viable?