That's how Qalbert plays his zer0, I would go shotgun zer0 but I specifically want to see how far I can go by mainly sniping. Gunzerker with 2 shotguns and SMGs or assault rifles went nuts on the entire game (until I got to mortar on playthrough two, then I had to be a bitch)
I was melee for most of the game, but shotgun is much better for boss farming
The best weapons I keep getting are mainly shotguns which is mainly why I have kept using them for most of my playtime. Just recently it happened again and I got this fire shotgun that is really damn strong and 2-3 shots even the badass guys that can take a ton of headshots with a sniper.
The worst thing with snipers is that after the first shot everyone starts running around and makes it real hard to get anymore headshots which is the only way to make sniper damage worth it.
Gotta lead the run paths, maniacs are easy to handle. The rats and nomads are the most annoying to me. You can also use singularity grenades if you want to stifle enemy movement, but I whore singularity grenades on all 3 of my characters.
With enemies that use a lot of movement or rush at you I don't bother sniping after the first shot or 2. I don't want to be zoomed in when one of those suicide guys blows his grenade up in my face. With the dudes who duck into cover and fire that way I keep sniping as long as it's safe.
Singularity grenades are pretty good since I have the talents that have my bullets pass through enemies and do bonus damage so I can hit like 5 guys at once if I shoot right after. I don't know if early on (lvl 8 ) I got a quest grenade or a random drop grenade but it was one of those grenades that breaks up into 8 grenades but this one each piece breaks up into a second grenade after that so for the longest time that was my best grenade since it hit everything after breaking into 16 pieces.
I've been pretty disappointed with the SMG and rifles I've found this game, at least up to level 25. I remember in borderlands 1 the smg's were incredible when they were x4 versions and super accurate. Rifles in this one don't do enough damage unless they are the ones that use multiple ammo a shot in which case they need to reload too often and the high damage ones have long reload times which sucks.
rats are so annoying, and nomads with shields
Melee zero. i fear nothing. Seriously. At this point, if it's still alive, it's because my rush didn't connect with the head.
Assault Rifles and SMGs are ultimate shit in this game.
Most official tier ever
Shotgun, Sniper rifle, Good corrosive/fire pistol (situational)
Rocket launchers
pistol
SMGs and Assault rifles.
I enjoy the SMGs and Pistols, I found a pretty decent Assault rifle as well
Found a sniper rifle that fires like a machine gun. I have no use for assault rifles and submachine guns.
I dislike burst fire while zoomed as its usually a waste of ammo, but I do like shooting from the hip with my 26 bullet clip sniper rifle with added shock dmg
I don't have my 4th wep unlocked yet so I usually rock a fire smg, a regular smg (or corrosive depending on baddies) and a sniper rifle
I have not found a weapon like a pestilent defiler again. I liked the contagious corrosion a crazy amount.
the teapot can apparently spread, and I believe there is a grenade mod that breaks into homing corrosive nades that may be contagious, idk, leaves green shit all over
I have yet to find a decent corrosive weapon, and in fact had seen none of them by level 14 or 15 until I got a trash wep white smg that I got from the slot machine (I wish Marcus would stock something good)
In BL1 I rocked a very similar setup, with an explosive shotty as my 4th