Haven’t tried it but was thinking about the possibilities.
Maybe Purple Chaotic Neutral Ranger
BIG Fire Rate Boost…all the time
Huge Mag Size Boost
+5 Impact
+4 Ranger
+4 Grit
Gives me a constant 35% gun damage boost from Crisis Management and Grit would be at least 5/5 but if I die I get ANOTHER 40% gun damage and 70% movement speed from Last Ditch Effort during that TWO MINUTE FFYL TIME the Hard Carry gives you.
Or I could just ignore the shield boost in Preparation and do the Legendary Soldier Mod. But I’d also lose the +5% to seven different skills Ranger would give.
Well, as someone who never uses it, is Ranger even noticeable at 10/5? I personally don’t see any benefits from putting all those points in it. I could be wrong, though.
But I might spec it 6/5 or 5/5 using one point and something like Chaotic Neutral Ranger or Legendary Ranger.
One point to get a 5% boost in 7 different skills (including Gun and Critical Hit Damage) is probably worth it.
After that it’s probably diminishing returns…
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Well you only get the FFLY time if you’re wearing both the Hard Carry Relic and the Easy Mode shield. So no rough rider in this scenario.
It’s still interesting to think about using the handful of Axton’s skills that reach their full potential during FFLY - Last Ditch Effort, Crisis Management, and Pressure. I’m not sure the best place in the Peak to test this out. Thinking maybe Dukino’s Mom since she’s a) kind of annoying, and b) a huge target that’s unlikely to backpedal like mad. Without even changing my usual spec, I could try out Undead Tediore Axton, just a wear Veteran comm (+6 pressure, +5 steady) and try to kill her with two minutes of crazy fast tediore reloads. I’ll give it a go in the next day or two
I wouldn’t feel comfortable downing myself in the peak unless I can guarantee the enemy is going to stay next to me though. It feels too risky for enemies that are more mobile like the assassins. Then again, Axton can get up to 154% movement speed and 88% gun damage in FFLY so maybe there will be something there if we test it
Crap…COMPLETELY forgot I needed the Easy Mode Shield.
That causes pause.
Without that safety net. Not sure the RoughRider is doable on Axton.
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zer0blivion
(It's an Anointed Poncho of the Ancients)
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I did use the Hard Carry and Easy Mode to get my Axton from OP8 to OP10 and it was very effective. Other than that it was a pretty standard build. For guns I used the Peak Opener , Swordsplosion and Intense Unkempt Harold(my Harold of choice on all characters except Sal). I also used the Pimpernel and Grog on occasion. For grenades it was Fastballs, Chain Lightnings and Quasars.
The new effervescent items did make things considerably easier. My most difficult section of any Peak run for me is the Assassins, but having 2 minute FFYL and Peak Opener really made it a non-issue.