So I did two things over the last couple of play throughs. The first is that I farmed a bunch of Hammer Busters. My goal was to find a Boss with a Jakob grip. Mission failure. I did learn that the Horse prefix is actually pretty damn good and I would argue the second best behind the Boss. Horse gives you the extendened magazine and it goes from 13 to 25 (or something close to that). That might not sound great but it is actually amazing. With horse you are able to keep firing and generally clear what ever fight you are in before you can reload at your own pace. Without it you are going to need to reload during the fight. Huge difference. I never did get a Jakobs grip and the one time I got the Boss prefix it was under leveled.
So these are the variables for the weapon
- Grip
- Prefix -- I think this maps to the accessory that is on the weapon
- Weapon Level
- Stock
- Sights -- don't really matter unless you are looking for a particular type of magnification
That is a lot of variables when hunting for a perfect weapon. In the case of the Hammer Buster I was looking for Jakob grip, Boss (damage) prefix, level to match your current lever (72), Dahl stock, and I don't care about the sights.
The second thing I did was go to the caustic cavern. I waited until I had the treasure map so I would only have to do this once. Holy shit this was a tough area. On the way there I decided to run Savage Lee for an Unkempt Harold as mine was under leveled. Thank god I did as killing level 72 Crystalists was a huge F*ing pain in my ass. I had maxed out my money at 99 million before going in. By the time I was done I was down to 80.
I still want to run the area for the Blockhead shotgun. Not sure if I will because this would replace the Harold.
