The first boss is oddly challenging for some. The trick is to run out in the open room so that you have space between you and the add spawns. Focus mostly on dodging the little fucks before they explode. No idea what difficulty you guys are playing on, though. This was on Hard, not legendary.
It's not always the same first boss.
Game actually gets easier the further you get. After about the half way point I was dying far less often and 1 shotting some of the bosses I'd never seen before. Then I started a new playthrough and would get my shit wrecked again
Well, it's been a while and hard to remember exactly how I used to play it. I had Magnum +20 (Breath of the Desert), Beam Rifle +20 (Swarm), and Riven +10 equipped. Other max (or at least +9 or 19) weapons in my inventory are AR, Chicago Typewriter, Coach Gun, Xbow, Curse of the Jungle God, Defiler, Devastator, Hive Cannon, Hunting Pistol, Ruin, Spitfire, and SMG. So I guess I can probably cobble something together.What was your go to? As someone who has been coop with the wife recently, we have been mostly just abusing the summons. I use the beam weapon a shitload, too. Biggest disappointment for me is how meh most of the ranged weapons after earth are. Was it like that at launch?
I was just dicking around a little on adventure mode - hard and Beam Rifle damage seemed really weak. Do I need a specific mod on it and/or have to run Radiant armor set to make it worthwhile now?Beam Rifle is so fun to use.
Looks like the really good new stuff is gated behind doing a complete run of Hardcore mode.They added a so heavy its completely unusable armor set along with a mod in a dungeon that sometimes spawns on earth. Armor just needs a simple clear, but the other stuff requires beating a DPS fest boss with..... wait for it.... chain stun AE and lots of adds! But the Beam Rifle w Explosive mod pretty much fucks him up (as does the lighting gun).
I was just dicking around a little on adventure mode - hard and Beam Rifle damage seemed really weak. Do I need a specific mod on it and/or have to run Radiant armor set to make it worthwhile now?
Looks like the really good new stuff is gated behind doing a complete run of Hardcore mode.
There's a ring with 15% crit chance and 30% crit dmg buff for 7 seconds after a perfect dodge (Rhom boss), another ring with +25% to all damage if you haven't taken damage in the last 5 seconds (Yaesha boss), a third one that gives +30% ranged damage and -20% fire rate (Corsus boss), and an amulet that gives life leech equal to 4.5% of damage dealt in exchange for making healing items 95% less effective (final boss). I forget what the other two rings were, but they sounded like crap.FML, really? I've never been a fan of hardcore.