Question about weapon parts

[Adohi]

Hello long time lurker first time poster i have been following these forums gosh since the old gearbox forums. but the 1 thing that i could never understand is what people where talking about where body parts of weapons like barrel 5 etc. could any 1 explain how you see this kinda stuff or even link me to a video i will gladly watch it as i am playing BL1 again and would like to finnally know what i am looking for in weapons thank you

[khimerakiller (Pandora's Industrial Engineer)]

These are what I used to learn about the different gun parts.

[Old Forum Port] The Part Spotter's Guide

ALL THANKS TO SMEGGIT OF THE OLD FORUMS FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER THE FIRST TIME Revolvers: [image] Hard to Spot Parts: 6 Shot Mag - Mag 1, 2 and 4 are all 6 shot and can confuse if you don’t know what they look like. Barrels - Particularly barrels 2,3 & 4 can get confusing. Revolver Mags: -Mag1 reduces damage and has a faster reload speed. (6 shot) -Mag2 offers no stat bonuses. (6 shot) -Mag3 reduces the clip size and increases tech. (3 shot) -Mag4 increases the fire rate. (6 shot) …

Beginner's Guide to BL's Weapon Generator

So I figure it’s time to bring the old beginner’s guide over to the new forums. I had to change a lot of the code to get it to work on the new forums so if anything doesn’t work let me know and I’ll try to fix it later. Any links that are currently not working are now colored read for convenience. . [Beginner's%20Guide] . This is a guide to introduce new players to the Borderlands weapon system. Mainly this guide focuses on the different aspects of a weapon that go into it’s creation an…

http://blmodding.wikidot.com/gear-calculator

[Adohi]

thank you very much i shall give both a good read

[VaultHunter101 (So long, and thanks for all the fish)]

All weapons are made up of different parts. These parts in turn come with a range of specific properties: both perks and penalties. This is why a particular pistol may be more desirable than another, even from the same manufacturer.

In addition to the guides posted by @khimerakiller there’s a very good set of posters that lay all the parts for each weapon type out nicely:

Gun Component Charts

Edit: I see those are the same images used in one of the linked posts. They may be easier to download from one site than the other.

[miles_wimbrow (← this is not my name)]

Instead of committing 25-35 (or more) parts for each class of weapon (7, in all not including sub types) to memory, it’s helpful to think of each class of weapon as having 5 distinct variations.

Each variant shares most of the same stat modifications and visual appearance across weapon types. So, very broadly, for most everything but especially Repeaters, Revolvers, Sniper Rifles, Combat Rifles and Shotguns:

Type I

• Tediore manufacture (usually), cheap and lightweight-looking. Typically the standard or lowest damaging gun (if barrel or body) with no tech bonuses. Iron sights. Bladed accessories.

II

• DAHL, or Torgue, better recoil, some marginally better stats like damage but can also be slower firing. Lensed-sights (but usually acts like scope anyway). Double shot accessory.

III

• Tech. Maliwan manufacture, also increased fire rate or reload speed. Will almost always have glowing parts on the body and/or barrel. High-tech looking, very stylized compared to other guns. Also comes with 3-shot cylinder, if applicable. Elemental accessory.

IV

• Jakobs, high or highest damage, depending. Other stats are more inconsistent, but also usually a tech bonus. Very bulky looking. Low power scope. Accuracy accessory.

V

• Premium everything. Almost always the most accurate and also high or highest damage. Also fast-firing. Made to look like Atlas guns, sleek and smooth but more conservative than Type 3. 2-shot cylinders and high power scopes. Elemental accessory.

There are exceptions to most every one of these, but it should provide a better framework for thinking about where all of the different numbered parts come from.

Also, the same parts control the same stats, pretty consistently. Barrels and bodies control damage; sights (obviously) and barrels, accuracy. Stocks influence recoil as well as body; mags, reload speed. Grips are determinative of manufacturer, so each one is different.

[Psychichazard (All out of kittens.)]

Phase shifted to Loot and Weapons.

[MeltintheSun (kills Craw with Knoxx's Gold)]

I’m not sure that this post is helpful at all (I guess if it helps you, that’s fine, but it doesn’t make a whole lot of sense). But the above is not correct.

Manufacturer - changes everything
Material - everything, stat tweaks depend on manufacturer
Body - damage, fire rate, recoil
Barrel - damage and accuracy
Sight - sight style/zoom only (no effect on accuracy)
Stock - recoil, reload speed
Mag - damage, mag size, reload speed

Obviously unique parts are an exception to the above, since they can and do change all sorts of stuff.

If you want to understand how things work, you’ve just got to learn the parts, how they look, and what they do. Then you’ll know immediately why this weapon is great and that one sucks.

[miles_wimbrow (← this is not my name)]

It’s great that you didn’t read my full post and couldn’t understand what

‘There are exceptions to most every one of these’ & ‘very broadly’

really meant what I first wrote it, but I appreciate the feedback