Manufacturer's allegiance run

[Fredericks of Cursewood]

A while ago I did Axton only using Vladof guns and equipment. Also used a Vladof Alliegiance relic and of course a Vladof skin. I did it just through normal mode up to level 30 and then used everything once I started TVHM. It made the first playthrough pretty interesting. You get pumped when you find a white rarity weapon because it is something that you can actually use.

Was wondering if other people do this or something similiar. I am also thinking about doing some coop with a group that would do it. So I am throwing out feeler for interest.

I have not gone through all the manufacturs and if they make equipment and class mods for every character. A prime example of this is Jakobs. I think they only make the Rough Rider shield. I don't know that I would want to run through the game with no shields even on normal difficulty. Then again, there is Anshin and Pangolin which only make shields. For what it is worth, Jakobs doesn't make grenade mods either unless there is a unique one that I am not thinking about. Might make a pure Jakobs play...lets say...interesting?

With the class mods it is kind of the same thing. Tediore and Jakobs make only few class mods and a lot of characters don't have any from these two. An example would be Maya who has a Bandit, 3 Maliwan, a Vladof, a Hyperian, an Anshin, and a Pangolin. There are no Jakobs, Tediore, or Dahl class mods for Maya.

I started a Hyperian Gage to do a little testing. I realize that the only shields in the Southern Shelf are Tediore. :-(

[rresuggan]

yeah allegience runs early are hard, axton tediore is ok maya maliwan is doable as you can find weapons early but other manufactures are tough jakobs no shield until lvl30+ , dahl weapons are mostly rubbish ditto bandit

[Pakaku]

I've never done a complete allegiance run, but I've always stuck mostly to Jakobs anyways. Rough Rider is a personal favourite shield, too. They don't make grenade mods, but I always forget I have them anyways, so an unmodded grenade run wouldn't make a difference to me.

[AirGlasgow5]

I have a lot of allegiance characters, I use gibbed for some, I find it a lot of fun.

[Fredericks of Cursewood]

I never realized that there are no Hyperian shields or grenade mods this late into the game. I just rescued Rollin and am at level 13. Still nothing.

Gaige is surprisingly accurate with Hyperion sniper rifles. Maybe two negatives does make a positive. Not Zero accurate, but at least she hit and crit stuff even with 150 anarchy.

The slot machines seem to weight the manufactures to the inverse of what you are using. I kept track of my slot machine winnings and here is what I have recieved.

Maliwan: 2
Jakobs: 2
Tediore: 6
Torgue: 6
Vladof: 8
Dahl: 11
Bandit: 11
Hyperion: 0 ZERO A BIG EFFIN GOOSE EGG!

[PatchAdams]

Originally posted by rresuggan:

yeah allegience runs early are hard, axton tediore is ok maya maliwan is doable as you can find weapons early but other manufactures are tough jakobs no shield until lvl30+ , dahl weapons are mostly rubbish ditto bandit

The two problems with allegiance runs are both early game and late game.

Early game is tough because of what you describe, and the way the devs introduced nade mods, class mods, and shields in waves.

Late game is the opposite problem, you can get legendaries and pearlescents from any manufacturer, but so few of them work. You simply can't put out enough damage or survive using (say) only Hyperion or Jakobs because then you have no launchers, Grog Nozzle, transfusion nades, Tina's recharging nades, key explosive weapons like Harold and Ravager, etc.

[Fredericks of Cursewood]

Originally posted by PatchAdams:

Originally posted by rresuggan:

yeah allegience runs early are hard, axton tediore is ok maya maliwan is doable as you can find weapons early but other manufactures are tough jakobs no shield until lvl30+ , dahl weapons are mostly rubbish ditto bandit

The two problems with allegiance runs are both early game and late game.

Early game is tough because of what you describe, and the way the devs introduced nade mods, class mods, and shields in waves.

Late game is the opposite problem, you can get legendaries and pearlescents from any manufacturer, but so few of them work. You simply can't put out enough damage or survive using (say) only Hyperion or Jakobs because then you have no launchers, Grog Nozzle, transfusion nades, Tina's recharging nades, key explosive weapons like Harold and Ravager, etc.

First shield that I got was around lvl 15 and grenade was around lvl 19. Fighting Wilhelm with no shield and the best weapon was lvl 11 shock smg kind of sucked.

I have a bee shield and the Bane now. Kiss my *** world.

[Gø0see]

I've seen this idea before and have been wanting to do it with other people