Hey guys,
i reached OP8 with Gunzerker while ago. Now playing again and wanna improve my gear. So while farming for a Rough Rider Shield, every item which Bullwark drops is OP7. I’ve had about 20 runs, got 3 Shields and every Green Drop was OP7 aswell. Thats kinda frustrating and i am not sure what to do at this point.
Did you increase your OP level to 8 when you started back up? I forgot to do that when I unlocked OP8 with my Sal and did a few farming runs at OP7 as a result. Have you gotten any OP8 drops at all? What levels are you seeing in vending machines? Otherwise, random RNG is random, and you can get drops up to 2 levels below or 1 level above (above is not possible in OP levels but you do see that from time to time while leveling to 72) your current level. It can be frustrating, but RNGsus is a fickle and mischievous deity. You’ll get the roll you’re looking for eventually. Just keep at it.
No problem. I hope that gets sorted for you soon. I have a Krieg with a Rough Rider dependency at OP2, and when I tried to farm him a new OP2 Rough Rider I got a bunch underleveled before I got one at level. It’s all about tenacity when you hit the fields for updated gear. I think the only gears guaranteed at a specific level are quest rewards, which will be at the level you accept them in UVHM. OP levels may act differently, but I don’t know for certain because I’ve always completed and turned in quests for the rewards at the OP level for which I was looking.
i remember farming that Bullymong for a hour only for one rough rider. All other Hammerlock theme weapons drop near every 2nd time but that shield is somewhat harder to get. But i was lucky with the level, no op7 troll^^