I don't really have to aim, just point in the general direction of an enemy, the bullets will do the rest. So you can invest in yourself and get healing/shield regenerating skills and equipment, or you can boost the Deathtrap's abilities. You just need to stay alive long enough to reach your Anarchy cap.
I'm excited for when I find a stronger weapon with Dodge this that has a better ammo consumption rate. With the potential to go up to 400 anarchy stacks, just imagine what the damage would be. Just to give you a taste of what damage I can do, a single bullet from this gun deals 3000 corrosive damage to loaders at around 130 Anarchy stacks (that doesn't count the additional elemental damage over time). It doesn't matter what its base stats are, all you really want is the accuracy, the Anarchy damage will make up for it.Ī weapon with a reduced magazine size would be nice since it helps build up your Anarchy stacks quickly, you probably won't need that much bullets to kill your enemies anyway. And with the reduced accuracy which makes Anarchy harder to use, these weapons effectively cancel the only negative. With "Dodge this", your bullets will home in on an enemy, effectively giving you 100% accuracy. Find a gun - preferably one that you can have a lot of ammo for - that has a " Dodge this." stat (this is key). There's two parts to this, getting the right gun(s) and getting the right skills.įirst of all the gun. In fact, The Better Half skill might actually make high Magazine Size weapons such as Assault Rifles, Machineguns, and SMGs more palatable to use. As you want to empty your magazines as quickly as possible, any source of increased Fire Rate helps. After more points in the Ordered Chaos tree, I would recommend coming back to the Best Friends Forever tree for The Better Half skill. With your decreased Accuracy from Anarchy stacks, the ricochet will definitely help. If you really want tips for skill builds, I would recommend getting the Close Enough skill in the Best Friends Forever tree as soon as you invest a couple of points in the Ordered Chaos tree. A lot of it run counters to what you learned in other FPSs. What's making this hard to swallow isn't so much the skill build but the mindset involved. While this isn't so much a "no aiming" style, Gaige's Ordered Chaos tree puts a lower emphasis on aiming than other playstyles. With this mind, you can stack Anarchy as quickly as possible for use with your other skills. Be a revolver or a repeater, these guns have respectable Accuracy and Fire Rate, without having the relatively high Magazine Sizes you want to avoid. Combined with the need for low Magazine Size and high Reload Rate, your best shot for a go-to weapon is anything from the pistol family.
Because it reduces Accuracy per stack, you'll actually want to use a weapon with a decent amount of Accuracy otherwise you'll be doing little damage even at close range (a la Sledge's Shotgun from the first Borderlands). Anarchy stacks based on emptying your magazine or killing an enemy, so the fewer shots you have your current magazine, the sooner you'll accumulate stacks of Anarchy.Īnarchy itself is an odd mechanic. One other thing you'll need to force yourself to forget is reloading in between fights. Generally, that means you're shifting away from automatic weapons such as SMGs and Assault Rifles that often have Magazine Sizes of 20-30+. The Ordered Chaos tree works better when using a weapon with a low Magazine Size but high Reload Rate. Playing Gaige in a "no aiming" style requires a different mindset from the other Vault Hunters.