Are Jacobs Sniper rifles bad?

[Bad Idea Bob]

I tend to lovr Jacobs guns. One of my favorite rifles in the game is thr Buffalo. Am i just a bad person or are they better than the internet says?

[z00t]

Green and Purple Jakobs sniper rifles work well. Blue ones do not, because they have a terrible fire rate. The Cobra for example is basically a blue Jakobs sniper rifle and shoots explosive bullets. The fire rate is still terrible though.

The Buffalo and closely related Elephant Gun are very hard hitting, but really slow. Both blue rarity again.

Jakobs snipers are not bad by any means, but not all are worthwhile (blue).

[_Zero]

They are quite meh at OP levels, but not terrible

[Zen_Disaster]

Originally posted by Bobnoxious:

Are Jacobs Sniper rifles bad? I tend to lovr Jacobs guns. One of my favorite rifles in the game is thr Buffalo. Am i just a bad person or are they better than the internet says?

No way - most people I know who've played all three BL titles agree Jakobs weapons are some of the best in the game. Particularly for top quality old-fashioned pistols, snipers & shotguns - their legendary class mods have been game-changers for me. Aside from making the best-looking antique-style guns (like bespoke guns really) Jakobs makes some of the highest DPS pieces - love 'em to death! (y) PS My two favorite classes to solo in BL2 have skills that improve Jakobs handling & output so that's been a factor for me (Maya & Zer0).

[Fredericks of Cursewood]

Diaubs and Muckamucks are some of my favorite guns in the game. Most of the red text Jacob's are garbage. I am not a fan of the Skullmasher which is arguably the best Jacobs sniper in the game. I would not even think to hard before taking a purple Diaub or Muckamuck over the Skullmasher.

[Bad Idea Bob]

Originally posted by Fredericks of Cursewood:

Diaubs and Muckamucks are some of my favorite guns in the game. Most of the red text Jacob's are garbage. I am not a fan of the Skullmasher which is arguably the best Jacobs sniper in the game. I would not even think to hard before taking a purple Diaub or Muckamuck over the Skullmasher.

Reminds of the assault rifle i think its called the Stomper that you get from the arrid nexus badlands in borderlabds 2. I've discovered that really the only "bad" jacobs weapons are assault rifles with those giant circular clips. Idk what you call them

[z00t]

Hammer Buster? Not a bad gun at all. Not good, because it is an AR, but not a bad gun.

[Wandering_Minstrel]

For sheer damage output, you can't go wrong with a Jakobs.

[Zen_Disaster]

Originally posted by z00t:

Hammer Buster? Not a bad gun at all. Not good, because it is an AR, but not a bad gun.

Love that gun - there are a couple preferred prefixes but I favor Cowboy. HB in BL2 & HBII in TPS have excellent DPS --- up there with our most beloved Bekah --- a classic design in AR building, that gun can shoot! Boss or Flush prefix both are great at their strengths imo. Those & an elemental Shredifier are all that's necessary in BL2 AR's for me.

[Warmonger]

Originally posted by z00t:

Green and Purple Jakobs sniper rifles work well. Blue ones do not, because they have a terrible fire rate.

This is nonsense. White to purple weapons have same common variants. You can find one with nice fire rate, too.

Jakobs is best for classic sniping and one-hit kills thanks to raw damage. This includes sniper challenges Suprise and Eviscerated.

[Lord Cyphre]

Originally posted by Warmonger:

Originally posted by z00t:

Green and Purple Jakobs sniper rifles work well. Blue ones do not, because they have a terrible fire rate.

This is nonsense. White to purple weapons have same common variants. You can find one with nice fire rate, too.

It is not. White & Blue Jakobs Snipers are bolt-action and therefore don't have the typical "fire as fast as you can pull the trigger" gimmick going for them, resulting in poor firerates.

[Nite69]

I barely had a need to use the sniper, since I play as maya, just one shot hitting to an enemy will activate a acid cloud, phoenix and reaper lol which all quickly take care of any enemy

[Bad Idea Bob]

Originally posted by =EGC= _Nite_:

I barely had a need to use the sniper, since I play as maya, just one shot hitting to an enemy will activate a acid cloud, phoenix and reaper lol which all quickly take care of any enemy

I've been playing alot of maya too and i still find a good solid shot with a sniper while in ohaselock for some of the tougher mobs. Maybe i just like over kill. Hell who doesn't like over kill.

[Nakos]

Ahh... I play Maya a lot, and I've always liked snipers. Jacobs all hit pretty hard so I've always liked that aspect of them. I've honestly never noticed that all the blue ones were bolt action though.

Regardless, recently I've been paying more attention to the elemetal snipers, which in turn leads me to use more Maliwans. There's a lot of synergy for Maya with a Maliwan sniper.

[JJbullfrog1]

blue and white are bad. purple and green are good

[Robo]

A purple Skookem Muckamuck was once my favourite weapon for its huge headshot damage ... but then I discovered the pimpernel bee-shield groin-shot combo after which no other sniper rifle seemed worth picking up.