How to defeat Kraken?

[Erandir]

Well, whats your solution to them?
Mine? Pray so far...

[SpidersInABirthdayCake]

The squid things? Gatling guns, two of them even better.

[Nope]

As Ranger, depend on the situation:
Sniper and Rocket
Minion Buster
Spray and Pray

[xSOLIDUSx]

spam them with snipers or rockets. easy.

[WolF]

use rockets that have a wide area, so that they are still damaged to attacks even though they are using their shield

[Chaosium]

Bait their shields and then cut down the arms that hold weapons, then you'll have time to breathe and think about how to destroy them the most painfully possible

[Yuri]

Just beware when you use explosive weapons on kraken in hardest/inferno, their shield will counter attack, ~1/4 of damage will reflect back to you (1/8 for non-explosives types), result will be funny if you failed to dodge the projectile+blast wave, also counter attack remain's functional after death as long as the shield is still on. Oh and you can heal yourself with reverse gun this way.

[ExavierMacbeth]

As Air Raider... Laser Guided Bomb Drones.
Even the low level ones (if you need one with a long targetting range) can be used to blow limbs off them since the shields don't react to them. After the shield limbs are removed just hit them with anything... I like Taser Drones or Autocannon Gunships for a followup.

[Shad]

As AR, satellite beams work amazing, same as for kruul. They never block them with shields, and it's a direct headshot.

[KT]

Just punch him in the face.

Originally posted by Shad:

As AR, satellite beams work amazing, same as for kruul. They never block them with shields, and it's a direct headshot.

Very rarely they block damage from above, very rarely. Btw, Nix with dual revolver canon rip them in shreds.

[Doresh]

Best spot to aim for IMO is below their head, where the tentacles connect to the rest of the body. Let's you get rid of those tentacles in quick succession.
First overheat the shield away from that spot, then wail away. Once they're "knocked down" they're a lot less scary.
Depending on the situation / weapon setup it might be more advantageous to aim for the "legs" instead to get the same effect (though with a lower chance of blowing off a weapon/shield arm).

[ruff1298]

Wing Divers can take advantage of Bolt Gun snipers, they bypass the shield because they're so fast and rip apart their tentacles. You can also get close with a Rapier, or shoot them with a Lightning Bow.

[RicardIII]

Mortars with the fencer.

[Middy]

Those things are a one-hit-kill with a good sniper. If they're far away and haven't noticed you, they won't block. If they're close and have noticed you, they can't block in time. There's a small window where they're at a distance and are aware of you that they can get their shield up, but it's pretty easy to work around.

[kaffekoppen]

As a wing diver, I deploy a phalanx spear to distract them then fly around them and blast them with a close range weapon.

[darkblade]

Originally posted by Erandir:

Well, whats your solution to them?
Mine? Pray so far...

As wingdiver

Use phlanx and spear support item to shred their shields and hp