Legendary snipers

[b.]

Are there any legendary snipers that are, well actually legendary snipers? Most of them fire multiple shots and burst fire while scoped, I want to get a sniper that you have to aim and get headshots. Most of the legendary snipers are more like assault rifles.

[blinkmoth]

Hawk Eye.

It's Seraph tho, not Legendary, but it's what you are looking for.

[Enduro60]

one of them (tum tum I think?) give you 600% crit hit damage otherwise 580% is standard. Also, I find when looking down the scope of a Hawk Eye there is very, very little sway. So its definitely a great sniper rifle.

As far as legendaries are concerned, maybe the Lyuda is best but I admit its more like an assault rifle. Actually, the Vladof sniper rifles IMO have exactly the sort of fire rate and general 'feel' that assualt rifles in this game should have, but don't.

[b.]

It's kinda sad that none of the legendary snipers in the main game actually feel like snipers, but I'll probably just get the goty dlc pack in the winter sale. And I know what you mean by most assault rifles that don't feel like actuall assault rifles, although burst fire with recoil reduction really makes assault rifles fun to use.
Well, thx for the help. :)

[biscuit]

Skull Smasher . Sniper , Legendary , single shot bolt action .

[blinkmoth]

Originally posted by biscuit:

Skull Smasher . Sniper , Legendary , single shot bolt action .

and bad.

[z00t]

Originally posted by blinkmoth:

Originally posted by biscuit:

Skull Smasher . Sniper , Legendary , single shot bolt action .

and bad.

Yup. And. Really. Quite. Slow. To. Shoot. And. Reload.

Legendary does not necessarily mean the best. The Lyuda is a very good sniper rifle, that fires faster than some AR's. It is a bullet hose, and the DpS available from it is quite something.

For a more traditional feeling sniper rifle, try a purple Snider (Maliwan). I found a Dandy Snider a while back, and it is really a rather good gun.

http://borderlands.wikia.com/wiki/Snider

[blinkmoth]

Originally posted by z00t:

Legendary does not necessarily mean the best.

nah, but one would assume that "sniper" means at least still "sniper".
And actually that thing that the OP aked about has been bothering me too ever since I started playing this game.

I mean the Lyuda (and yeah I agree it's the best legendary one) is some high-accuracy high fire-rate multi-shot gun, but not a sniper at all.
And the biggest joke is the Pimpernel. Easily the most powerful sniper in the game, but you literally fail completely with that gun if you aim at the head. Instead the main damage is dealt by some splash projectiles. How on earth does that have anything to do with sniping.

Imo the implementation of snipers is really plain terrible in the game. The ones which are considered "good snipers" are basically just some other high-dps guns, which is the opposit of the one-hit concept which makes sniping so much fun in any. other. shooter. Whenever someone talks about how viable sniping is in this game due to Pimpernels, I wanna facepalm.

[b.]

I'm kind of dissapointed with most of the legendaries. As far as I know theres not a single legendary sniper that is actually a sniper(however I'll probably just be getting a hawk eye).
And now that I've looked through legendary assault rifles, they all split into multiple projectiles or do some crazy thing that makes them unreliable. The kerblaster isn't an assault rifle, just a mini rocket launcher. And the veruc splits into 6 shots, making it useless to actually aim. The shredifier is the only legendary assault rifle that is actually an assault rifle, like, can't we just have a normal legendary assault rifle with higher stats than normal assault rifles?

[Reality]

Originally posted by EasyE:

I'm kind of dissapointed with most of the legendaries. As far as I know theres not a single legendary sniper that is actually a sniper(however I'll probably just be getting a hawk eye).
And now that I've looked through legendary assault rifles, they all split into multiple projectiles or do some crazy thing that makes them unreliable. The kerblaster isn't an assault rifle, just a mini rocket launcher. And the veruc splits into 6 shots, making it useless to actually aim. The shredifier is the only legendary assault rifle that is actually an assault rifle, like, can't we just have a normal legendary assault rifle with higher stats than normal assault rifles?

+1

[Doctor Dank]

Originally posted by EasyE:

I'm kind of dissapointed with most of the legendaries. As far as I know theres not a single legendary sniper that is actually a sniper(however I'll probably just be getting a hawk eye).
And now that I've looked through legendary assault rifles, they all split into multiple projectiles or do some crazy thing that makes them unreliable. The kerblaster isn't an assault rifle, just a mini rocket launcher. And the veruc splits into 6 shots, making it useless to actually aim. The shredifier is the only legendary assault rifle that is actually an assault rifle, like, can't we just have a normal legendary assault rifle with higher stats than normal assault rifles?

Legendary weapons has red text, that means they must have a gimmick related to the red trdt

[b.]

Originally posted by F-8:

Originally posted by EasyE:

I'm kind of dissapointed with most of the legendaries. As far as I know theres not a single legendary sniper that is actually a sniper(however I'll probably just be getting a hawk eye).
And now that I've looked through legendary assault rifles, they all split into multiple projectiles or do some crazy thing that makes them unreliable. The kerblaster isn't an assault rifle, just a mini rocket launcher. And the veruc splits into 6 shots, making it useless to actually aim. The shredifier is the only legendary assault rifle that is actually an assault rifle, like, can't we just have a normal legendary assault rifle with higher stats than normal assault rifles?

Legendary weapons has red text, that means they must have a gimmick related to the red trdt

I wish the gimmick didn't affect the usefuleness of a gun. I've gotten a lot of guns but they end up being ruined by some gimmick that affects the accuracy/reliability of the weapon.

[thorvaaldr]

If you aren't averse to using Gibbed, A Jakobs sniper with Vladof parts and a Hyperion scope really tends to suit my tastes for a "great headshot" sniper, and a pure Vladof (or Vladof w/ Jakobs barrel) is my favorite "utility" sniper. Make 'em purple, choose your accessory, level match them. Compare the blue, and purple, Jakobs - some people used to prefer the blue over the purple, but I think the latest patch fixed that. (Purple Jakobs snipers used to do more damage, but fire, and reload, MUCH slower than Blue ones.)

[thorvaaldr]

Actual Legendary / Uniques that work like you want a sniper to work: Trespasser, Cobra, Volcano. And Fremington's Edge, but the damage is REALLY meh.

[b.]

Originally posted by thorvaaldr:

If you aren't averse to using Gibbed, A Jakobs sniper with Vladof parts and a Hyperion scope really tends to suit my tastes for a "great headshot" sniper, and a pure Vladof (or Vladof w/ Jakobs barrel) is my favorite "utility" sniper. Make 'em purple, choose your accessory, level match them. Compare the blue, and purple, Jakobs - some people used to prefer the blue over the purple, but I think the latest patch fixed that. (Purple Jakobs snipers used to do more damage, but fire, and reload, MUCH slower than Blue ones.)

I'd rather not use gibbed, but if I do I'll probably farm for a legendary sniper, and get rid of the parts of it I don't like(like snipers shooting mullitple projectiles). That way, I feel like I actually farmed for a legendary sniper that's good.

[Enduro60]

Originally posted by thorvaaldr:

If you aren't averse to using Gibbed, A Jakobs sniper with Vladof parts and a Hyperion scope really tends to suit my tastes for a "great headshot" sniper, and a pure Vladof (or Vladof w/ Jakobs barrel) is my favorite "utility" sniper. Make 'em purple, choose your accessory, level match them. Compare the blue, and purple, Jakobs - some people used to prefer the blue over the purple, but I think the latest patch fixed that. (Purple Jakobs snipers used to do more damage, but fire, and reload, MUCH slower than Blue ones.)

Just out of curiosity, what accessory do you use for the purple Jakobs, crit damage?