What mayhem level is the most enjoyable?

[Xytan]

I got to level 72 yesterday and I decided to turn on Mayhem 11 just for fun. I used all my eridium for legendaries from the fabricator and decided to try them out in the field. Then, holy crap, I can barely scratch a Tink with the Barrage AR even with crits! So I didn't really liked it, I'm too noob for anointments and character builds and now stuck with Mayhem 10 gear, and with all my eridium at two digits. So what's a fun mayhem level where the game is still enjoyable while I'm still a noob for higher mayhem levels but where enemies aren't bullet sponges?

[KingMidasNV]

To answer your question, mayhem 6 is the minimum were ALL weapons can drop. That said, you really should put it to M11 and forget about it. M11 because no modifiers. Find a Free Radical pistol, Plasma Coil SMG, or Flipper SMG, Sandhawk Sniper. Those will make things WAY easier. Flipper is pretty easy to farm up. Plasma Coil is best gun in the game, you get that from Arms Race. It makes ALL content almost trivial. Make sure gear annointments match your character and play style. Look for a Transformer, Stop Gap or Old God shield. No good guns come from the fabricator. Throw that in the bank or on the wall in your room and forget about it. Its useless at end game. You gotta farm the best weapons and gear. Get Pearl Of Ineffable Knowledge artifact from Love, Guns & Tentacles DLC. Your build VERY important at M11. Save your eridium for re-rolling anointments at Crazy Earls shop in the basement on Sanctuary. Google for golden and diamond key codes, use them on the chest and in the loot room on Sanctuary. You can get a Flipper, Sandhawk and the best shields and grenade mods from that room. Cheers!

[a_Heaven]

I play on Mayhem 4 mostly.

The 'best' is probably Mayhem 6 and 11, because you unlock pretty much all available weapons in the game.

But, in the end of the day, its really all up to you. Playing on Mayhem 10/11, you need very specific build. Which pretty much limits you to those weapons/gear/skills. There is really just a few builds that actually work when you go up that high, which means that you cant use like 99% of the items/skills in the game.

Its fun for some, but for me personally, I like to use the skills and gear that is FUN for me. That just doesnt work on the higher difficulties.

In the end of the day, its your game and your free time that you use to play it. There is a bunch of people who dont even like to play with the Mayhem, and than there are a bunch of people who cant play the game unless its on Mayhem 10/11. Go through the levels and find your sweet spot, where its challenging enough to have fun, but not 'pull your hair out' frustrating.

[Kobeth]

Out of all the good weapons out there you chose to use the Barrage of all things. M11 is fine but try out new weapons. Easiest way to start out is tipping Moxxi at her bar until she sends you a Crit, it's an extremely good gun for how easy it is to obtain. If you find you still struggle a bit, you should get yourself a re-volter shield, you don't even need a high level one, just a Mayhem 0 re-volter is enough. You can get one by farming an enemy called Sumo at the end of the first Ava's mystery podcast mission. Just these two pieces of gear are enough to kickstart your transition into Mayhem 11.

[Diogenes49]

11

[Black Hole]

11 all the way.

[Adino]

Originally posted by Xytan:

I can barely scratch a Tink with the Barrage AR even with crits! So I didn't really liked it,

I feel that pain. I'm in jackpot DLC mayhem 11 with Zane. My digi cone melts everything while I just tickle it.

[Maximilian17]

Using Amara here. I was stuck in mayhem 6 for a while. Then after reading a guide, m11 is ok. Although I still struggle with Wendigo boss and had to turned down into m6 during that boss fight.

I only have first season pass and I read that you'll have more end game gears if you own both seasons.

[kaffekoppen]

One of the big issues is that the game doesn't give you the information you need to enjoy high mayhem levels. There are certain skills that get "mayhem scaling", and you need to that to keep up. E.g. Moze has "Fire in the Skag Den".

But I agree with the person above who mentioned Arms Race. If you can farm a Plasma Coil at M11, that should make a huge difference.

[Xytan]

Thanks guys and I appreciate all the responses! A lot of people here told me to get weapons like the Flipper, Free Radical, Plasma Coil, and a Pearl of Ineffable Knowledge. Although I did some research to these guns and the pearl and also the Re-volt shield but it seems like these are locked behind the DLCs which I don't own cuz I bought the base game during sale, so maybe next time, I'll look for them when I get the dlcs next sale. I am going to get a Sandhawk and Crit tho since I can get those from base game.

Like others said, it seems Mayhem level 4 or 6 is an optimal level for a person like me because I'm not too smart with character builds yet for level 11 so I guess I will stay at that level until I learn all the stuff about character builds and the best weapons and try to grind my guardian rank so I can optimize my character for level 11

[Xytan]

Btw on an unrelated note, if I finish a playthrough in TVHM, and make a new character using the level 72 skip, will my character be on the final mission in TVHM or is it in NVHM only and I have to do another playthrough with that character on TVHM?

[autism]

you have to do another playthrough on tvhm

[Rico]

11

[spoggie]

Mayhem 1 with lootsplosion and who needs cars modifiersccan be a good start.
Then Mayhem 6 to get a Plaguebearer drop from The Warden.
That weapon can assist softening up mobs.
Then you have the seasonal events which you can turn on to get some good weapons.
Joey's Villa for eridium.
...but I prefer Mayhem 11 because it doesn't have modifiers and i have all the DLC so can access the best gear in the game and solo everything at the hardest difficulty settings.

[Safarel]

11