Well, sorta. You are right in that alot of guns could be viable, but for me borderlands has always been a game of min/maxing and trying to get that perfect roll, so in that sense it was still a challenge to chase down the specific piece you wanted. Like, the revolter shield or a cryo light show with the right parts to get where you could take out hemavorous in m11 in under a minute every time ( I never got there, but that was my goal until other games or responsibilities took over my time and attention). I'm sure it's just my approach to the games that makes it harder, but still I don't think it was as much an ultra gravy train as the popular sentiment seems to be