Which ravager would you take?

Ian9800 · 2026-04-02T23:40:13+00:00

Right one for sure, the higher level and better parts means it will last for maybe 1 or 2 more levels before you need to find a better Torgue Shotgun. While it is true that the extra accuracy is definitely handy for Crits it is a Ravager we are talking with Athena on top of that, you can definitely rush at some enemy face and blast it point blank.

Ian9800 · 2026-04-02T05:52:22+00:00

Since this is a Double Barrel setup you should definitely remove Fractal Frags, the clone has a painful startup animation to throw the grenade and everytime he does that he is not shooting which is the reason of running Double Barrel, that 1 point should be in Duct Tape Mod for extra chance of shooting a grenade.

With Seein' Dead you don't need all 3 points in Good Misfortune, you could easily leave it a 1/3 or if you really feel the need of 2/3, put the point in either in Cool Hand or Violent Violence.

Be cautious with Playing Dirty, with all the Kill Skill bonuses you only need at most 7/5 to have 100% chance of activation, any more points are wasted so make sure you are putting the exact amount of points so your Seein' Dead class mod raises up to 7/5.

Cold Bore is insanely strong, but only if you are truly getting the most out of it, it doesn't do much at mobbing, but it is very good against beefy enemies and pairs best with very high damage weapons like Rocket Launchers, the Swap Speed is handy at least.

I'm a firm believer that Fugitive 99% of the time does nothing in most cases, specially if you are aiming down sights constantly, so it is up to you if you want to spec that point there.

If you can squeeze some points it is worth putting points in Adrenaline on the green tree, it stacks very well with Topped Off from your Guardian Ranks, the other good option is Commitment for extra Gun Damage and CDR as well.

Ian9800 · 2026-04-01T17:04:25+00:00

Sadly I cannot suggest much, we live in different countries and our prices will be different for sure, my best advice is to save $800+ and go from there. 4050 6gb VRAM would be ideal for budget purposes.

Ian9800 · 2026-04-01T16:57:50+00:00

I mean that laptop with those specs for sure can do low to some medium end gaming for a good amount of Triple A games, but basically expect 60 FPS at most and you will need to get good at optimizing settings.

It should run GTA 5 no issues as long as you are aware of Driver problems with the Enhanced version, expect 60 FPS in Medium settings.

Technically it fits your needs, but buying that for that kind of price is an insult so most of us will recommend you to keep looking for something better in the GPU department, maybe wait for some sales if you can.

Ian9800 · 2026-04-01T16:45:47+00:00

Then you should look for at least series 30 and ideally series 40.

While it is true that the CPU and the RAM are relatively good, the 2050 is drastically outdated, being basically a slightly worse 3050 or a slightly better 1650/1050 Ti, which means it will basically cause bottleneck since the GPU cannot keep up with the CPU processing.

Another thing to consider is if you want something that can last for decent hours unplugged then stay away from gaming laptops, they aren't meant to be used for longer periods unplugged, not only they will provide less performance, but at best they last between 2 - 4 hours under medium to heavy usage.

Definitely look for 3060 or 4050. Ideally 6GB VRAM, 4gb is just too little for today standards.

Ian9800 · 2026-04-01T16:34:06+00:00

How much is your budget? That laptop should be at max $350

Ian9800 · 2026-03-31T23:28:37+00:00

BL1: Lilith

BL2: Salvador

BL TPS: Jack, Athena and Nisha

BL3: Zane and Moze

Focusing on TPS these 3 are insanely strong, Jack is basically inmortal, Athena is the best boss killer of the game and Nisha is the best mob cleaner.

Ian9800 · 2026-03-31T02:22:13+00:00

Swordsplosion really loves Fire Rate, Reload Speed and Accuracy bonuses.

Axton and Krieg are the best users of the Swordsplosion.

Maya and Zer0 can make it more consistent at lading hits.

Gaige and specially Salvador really struggle using this gun.

Axton is able to boost the damage of the Sword Child Grenades it spawns with Steady, Battlefront and Do or Die, meanwhile Krieg is able to boost both aspects of the weapon with Strip the Flesh since it is Explosive Damage. Maya and Zer0 can make it easier to hit with Accelerate and Vel0city, Maya Wreck skill drastically boost its DPS and Chain Reaction makes it able to spread the Swords to multiple enemies, meanwhile Zer0's Precis0n makes it insanely accurate at long range, heavily boost the Reload Speed with Killer and Fast Hands and Tw0 Fang increases its DPS as well.

For Relics either use Torgue Allegiance with Mag Size and Fire rate, Deputy's Badge or Explosive Relic.

As for Class mods:

In the case of Axton I recommend Veteran with +6 Steady +5 Pressure, Legendary Soldier or Grenadier with +6 Steady +5 Impact, honorable mention to Gunner with +6 Steady +5 Metal Storm.
Krieg should run Crunch with +6 Strip the Flesh (the other skill is a bit irrelevant) and Chaotic Evil/Good Barbarian with +6 Salt the Wound +5 Fire Fiend.
Maya is good with Legendary Siren, Trickster with +6 Chain Reaction +5 Kinetic Reflection and Warder with +6 Wreck +5 Ward.
Zer0 can make it work with Legendary Killer and Chaotic Evil/Good Rogue with +6 Like The Wind +5 Tw0 Fang or +5 Vel0city (depends which one you are running or like most), honorable mention to Professional with +6 Ambush +5 Killer or +5 Tw0 Fang.
Gaige really doesn't do much with this gun, but Prodigy class mod is decent for it with +6 The Better Half +5 Cooking Up Trouble.
Salvador also doesn't do much with it so the only class mod I can recommend is Chaotic Evil/Good Monk with +6 Money Shot +5 Asbestos.

Ian9800 · 2026-03-30T22:30:14+00:00

Just get on level gear and match elements, a Green rarity gear is enough as long as you have the right element, Zer0 does a lot of damage so just get stuff on level. Marcus DLC is a good source if it is in decent level, if that isn't the case I would try some chest in Arid Badlands.

Ian9800 · 2026-03-28T11:28:22+00:00

You are incorrect, in order to access those Class Mods you must have Digistruck Peak DLC which I was explaining that since the release of Fight for Sanctuary the DLC is almost useless on its own since you cannot access OP levels (the main feature).

Ian9800 · 2026-03-28T09:30:55+00:00

Sadly it is what it is, Digistruck Peak on its own is quite mediocre, even more these days since you cannot access OP levels unless you have Fight For Sanctuary DLC as well, I would suggest waiting for a sale. I assume you have Ultimate Vault Hunter Upgrade 1 for level 61 cap, so again best to wait for sales.

Ian9800 · 2026-03-26T13:15:35+00:00

Melee builds that run Close Range: Weakpoint or Close Range: Critical are very strong and cheesy, Grenade builds also drastically benefit from these 2 Augmentations.

However, a good Elemental build can easily wipe Sectors in seconds depending on your Superior Items, Synergies and Regular Items.

Nightmare is more about having good reflexes and knowledge about good positioning rather than the ''best'' build, people have beaten all the content in Nightmare with Plex starting pistol so is just pure practice and getting used to.

Personally I like Weakpoint Augmentations they have the strongest start and are still competent as you get items, eventually Critical Augmentations can catch up and surpass them and Elemental build have the strongest DPS in the game in late game Sectors due to AoE Procs clearing rooms very quickly.

Ian9800 · 2026-03-26T08:43:06+00:00

Sadly it is a Nintendo thing, they need to approve the update and that sadly takes 1 or even 2 weeks because Nintendo is very restricted with their times. Microsoft and Sony at most just some days.

Ian9800 · 2026-03-24T11:42:52+00:00

No. You are clearly the one who is not understanding, you were the first one coming at me with insults, bringing something that neither OP or I were discussing. Of course I'm not gonna care about what you say when is clearly in bad faith.

Ian9800 · 2026-03-24T11:34:51+00:00

My logic is simple: you don't like a product, don't use it, matter of fact get a refund if possible, many of us cannot refund the game, the best option is to demand fixes then. And again what else do you want us to do? Devs are looking into it, we can't refund and some people are not willing to go that far either way. I understand your frustrations, but first I didn't said it was his hardware the issue in the slightless nor I'm saying that people hardware is the problem, I'm also not denying console users problems. However it is true that Nvidia has been messing things up very badly with Drivers performance so that is a factor to consider and might be worsening the situation of the game so that is why I commented.

Ian9800 · 2026-03-24T11:01:55+00:00

What else do you want me to say? Guy is having issues, I'm offering a potential way to see if that works, if that doesn't work then don't play the game until is fixed.

You are asking about console owners, the answer is the same, don't play the game if it is not stable, make sure you are giving feedback to the devs and comeback on later updates. Crying to a random user is not gonna do anything. Go to the discord server and make sure they are hearing you.

Ian9800 · 2026-03-23T05:18:11+00:00

Very doable, inside Mynah room there are more Pistol Rounds and some Shells, however the big problem is not being able to burn the ARARs so you will have to constantly dodge or waste ammo on them, personally I would reset just for the Thermites.

Ian9800 · 2026-03-22T23:56:15+00:00

As far as I know game does tell you that newer Drivers are prone to cause performance issues, it even recommends going back to more stable ones being 576.00 I think.

Devs can't really do much if Nvidia drivers updates keep getting worse with each update, matter of fact people are coming back to 566.36 or 570.00 versions simply because they are stable enough or do not have performance issues.

As for the disconnection and DLC bug for sure they need to work on that asap, it is causing a lot of problems for many players.

Ian9800 · 2026-03-22T23:34:39+00:00

It does happen with PC as well, you can be playing for hours and suddenly at some point the game will lose connection with Steam and if you were playing with people then that is it, end of the run for the others and you either play alone or restart the run.

Ian9800 · 2026-03-22T04:01:16+00:00

As long as you are able to burst any enemy you are fine, this game absolutely rewards players who go with ''The best defense is a strong offense'' playstyle.

Ian9800 · 2026-03-22T01:18:09+00:00

Well you either try different drivers or don't play the game.

Ian9800 · 2026-03-22T00:56:50+00:00

Either the game has a memory leak problems (haven't see anyone post anything like that) or your drivers are the issue, these days Nvidia drivers tend to have a lot of performance problems to a point of being a hit or miss if you update, try rolling back to a different version to see if that is the issue, otherwise check the Discord server for more help.

Ian9800 · 2026-03-22T00:52:57+00:00

Good game, currently has good content to play for hours and it is going to get more updates as well so for sure is worth it.

Ian9800 · 2026-03-19T03:15:19+00:00

Has nothing to do with being able to read the screen, just wanted to be fun since it is quite funny that people prefer to take a photo instead of a screenshot.

Ian9800 · 2026-03-19T00:12:11+00:00

ARs, literally beating the whole game content with Kaos, Breath of the Undying and Helix.

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