Hoping to get some help from community about weapons

[maverick07]

A Radiation Disruptor was almost always in my secondary slot back when Volge Sieges first came out. It procs nanos quite well, isn't affected by falloff damage, and with all the pellets it fires, it's hard to miss with it, and it draws aggro a lot too. For these reasons Disruptors might be more effective with the new scoring system. Haven't used it yet since Gunslinger though.

The only weapons I really dislike are the Magnum pistol, Interceptor RL, Nomad SMG, Rocker LMG, and the Birdshot Pump. I can tolerate using the rest of em .

[Morningstation]

Thank you for all the great advice. Just two more questions...What is El Diablo and where do you find it...and i guess a third is where is the Hermit vendor?

[Bonehead]

Thank you for all the great advice. Just two more questions...What is El Diablo and where do you find it...and i guess a third is where is the Hermit vendor?

Hermits hideaway is just a bit north east of Top Notch in the hills at the end of a path.
The El Diablo is a mission reward SMG.

[rebtattoo]

My load outs depend on what I'm getting ready to do.

I use different weapons shields and perks for each. I could list them all, but would rather not. Instead, will advise. Do like we all did. Experiment with each weapon and perk grid. Watch the leader boards, inspect them and then try to catch them in action to see if your play style is similar.

In Defiance, there is not a "clear cut" winning scheme.

[Morningstation]

Oh the reason I was asking wasn't to copy anyone's build I just wanted mainly to know what is generally considered trash, (Northstar, Magnum, Birdshot) and what general weapons should i really keep an eye on so I don't trash like say a purple saw with radiation or the Blue Zagger with triple reload and quartermaster (almost broke it down when guildies told me not too..Was hoping there was just a quick guide to what is honestly utterly useless for PVE. I don't pvp at all.

[Bonehead]

You should play a bit with the northstar before you write it off. With an expanded mag and some practice, It'll knock some d**ks in the dirt for sure.

[MJS]

Just my personal opinion here but for pistols I like the TACC auto with a plus 12 mag. Same with a northstar,hard to get a handle on at first, but with the extra long mag they are fun and do high damage. The Clustershot is good untill you get to close and start taking damage from your own shots. I like the Auto shotgun for combat guns and a Castithan sweeper for pump shotguns. The pulsar seems to be a good submachine, the saw for a L.MGun. for BMGs I have found that the lower the percent x heal and DMG the longer your stream lasts between reloads. For a shield I have a respark vi and a rhino. When I pick up weapons if it's white I break them down into salvage so they don't clog up my inventory. Greens I sell to the vendors for scrip. Hope this helps, hope to see you in game.

[xilfxlegion]

I know I have been told dozens of times everything depends on your play style but I am hoping someone has a bit of wisdom to pass on regarding weapons and shields. What weapons are just down right useless and just junk? The same goes for shields. Also are there any weapons and shields I should be on the look out for because they are really really good and it would be ashamed to break them down because I was ignorant of it. I normally run with a cluster shot gun, ground-pounder, VBI AR, and a Telespanner. Also any advice on the better BMI and infectors could help too.

depends on what you are doing.

arkfalls --- i use either an ar or smg, and a stingray or weaver --- these bmgs are better than and less aggravating than the other bmgs.

volge sieges --- i use my nasty ar, and my even nastier unicorn vot blaster with the insane mag rolls that give me 92 shots in the clip at 423 dps ( shreds a viscera like better when using overcharge )

anything with bugs or afflicted --- an ar or smg, and a big boomer. lots of people use ground pounders, and i used to, but i like the big boomer better.

shields --- on everything besides volge sieges i use a regen shield. on volge sieges i use a bullseye, which gives 5% extra crit when your shields are down.

but -- again, it is all up to your personal preference and play style.