Gemstone weapons

Borderlands 2 Loot and Weapons
#1

Anyone have any info on these? All I know or think I know is you can only get them from Buttstalion. What do they do that’s special? What gemstone prefix is best Diamond, aquamarine, etc?

#2

The Prefix is set by what the manufacturer is, like Torgue will always have the Rock prefix, for example. What the gemstone weapons do is they have a small increase in Crit damage and possess bullet reflection capabilities. Also, there is a bug in the lootpool that makes it so you can’t get a gemstone Maliwan sniper rifle.

#3

Do you mean the bullets bounce off of:

  • Walls? (like the Stalker or Close Enough?)
  • Enemies? (like Chain Reaction)
  • Yourself? (like Kinetic Reflection)
#4

This. It’s a random chance though and no one knows what the chance even is.

#5

technically we do know it, just not the exact number

#6

So then what’s the ballpark number? 1%? 5%? 10%? 50%?

#7

I have to check my papers again but it was something odd like .85% or something.
It was a large variable I know that, it’s really hard to test.

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#8

And on top of that @Derch and @Sljm had a lot of trouble testing what the precise value for the crit bonuses even were and just gave up after a while.

#9

So do you guys have a favorite gemstone weapon? I’m thinking about farming for a Anarchist and a Ravager.

#10

That was only on non sniper Jakobs, everything else is good.

#11

Really? I must have misread what you and Chuck said in that crit guide thread.

#12

Its possible we weren’t that clear about it

#13

I use a Ravager with the vertical grip.

#14

Excellent choice! It’s a top tier gun! The only downside is that, because of it’s high firerate, you risk running out of ammo if you’re not careful.

#15

If only farming Butts stallion wasn’t such a pain. From my point of view I’d describe it as farming 500 eridium just to throw it away for a minor chance to get the item I want. Pretty underwhelming imo.

#16

True, but Eridium is practically useless on the other hand… You don’t use it for anything other than opening some chests and to gain access to raids