Question about grav-gun?

[iBe ImmorTaLiiTy]

Hey all,

I was told by others that the Grav-gun is super OP.. well, after using my shotgun for a while I finally unlocked the grav-gun and found one.... But it doesn't feel overpowered at all.. it takes me way longer to kill mobs than when I use my shotgun.

I know I must be doing something wrong because everybody told me the grav-gun is OP but could someone tell me HOW to make it OP then?

[Halcyon]

I also found it underwhelming, but I never customized my build to use it. I guess take passives that support physical damage and the debuffs it can apply?

[Yasahi]

Boost physical damage, AoE damage and crits. It also helps to stack bonuses that increase damage for every debuff on the enemy or on enemies that are slowed etc.

I'm running a Grav Gun on my lvl 96 Crusader currently.

[Lyncher]

People telling you that are clinging on to old grav gun that was absolutely nutty damage even when not speced for its advantages. Grav gun used to be OP when all other ranged weapons except sniper rifle and possibly melta weapons were either pretty useless or mediocre. Now its a decent weapon when built correctly for it but its not OP.

[Operator Sandwich]

As I recall, that's what old Gravgun used to be. Now as I've heard you should spec into dual wielding Gravpistols or whatever they are called. Less overheating which became an issue.
Old Gravgun had huge AOE with persistent damage and it would clean up everything in it's path.

[iBe ImmorTaLiiTy]

Damn, I'm (VERY) late to the party then. I'll try out the dual grav-pistols as siggested here but if those are not to my liking either, I'll go with my shotty... that thing makes me feel like I'm the emperor's wrath! :P

[Lyncher]

Originally posted by SBK:

Going with what you like better is always the best choice in any game, even if it means you aren't min/maxing at 100% efficiency (which is overrated and often times boring).

I see your point (basically play what you enjoy the most) but its not always like this. If you enjoy how something plays a lot but it ends up being very weak at some point enjoyment often plummets as a result when it starts not being good enough anymore. Where as you could of played something you enjoyed a tad less but has no issues that hold you back so you get more out of it in the end.

[Lyncher]

Originally posted by SBK:

Just depends. I play plenty of games with nowhere near optimal loadouts/etc. intentionally because I would rather have a significantly harder time than give up the gameplay style.

It's fine to do so if they are viable and that's what you enjoy. Sometimes they are not viable when you hit certain content though. POE is the biggest example of this when a lot of builds just don't cut it in vast depths of endgame. Generally most people like succeeding or winning at things for the most part so if you remove that possibility completely enjoyment will most likely drop.