Jakobs is my favorite. Pa’s Rifle is usually in my weapon rotation over things like same element Phaseor, Rowan’s Call, Kaos, etc. Purple Mashers are good in most situations if you need to bull through resistances. And now that we have met a few of them they seem to be less spiteful and power-hungry than most of the other corporations we have encountered thus far.
Hyperion is good, Dahl is right around the same quality in some guns and superior in others. Not much to say about them except that Jack was probably one of my favorite villains ever in any media form.
A lot of Maliwans are better than you think. While average pickups may vary some of the SMGs and Shotguns are pretty daggum good… Some Pulsars and Terminators are better than many of the low tier Legendaries from all manufacturers. The charge up can be very brief or practically nonexistent. Try a few more when you get bored.
Torgue’s shotguns can be fun (Shredded Bangsticks most notably) I don’t like the sticky system though so i rarely use any but a few notable legendaries.
I haven’t really messed with many CoV guns they look like crap in my humble opinion, and the no magazine claim is really kinda untrue unless you let them cool down between bursts. How is pouring water on it better than reloading?
I hate teidiore only decent one I’ve attempted use of thus far is the Boo. Make the guns better if they gonna eat up all my ammo ffs
The only okay Atlas i have used yet is cost effective q systems. Bad guns in general sadly
Vladof 100%, the underbarrel mechanic is awesome, sadly its not that powerfull but its really nice, plus the looks of the weapons are the ones that resemble real weapons the most.
I would love to se switch modes for jackobs tho, maybe some kind of zoom attachments and stuff like that.
I very much enjoy everything about Jakobs. The look, feel, the ricochet, the high damage per shot. They are just amazing weapons in my book every single one of them.
Second up would probably be Torgue. Explosions are fun and sticky stacking is a cool mechanic that opens up several gameplay loops.
If I had to pick a single favorite, I’d go with Maliwan, because I love elemental damage. That’s a mechanic I’ve always enjoyed, the paper-rock-scissors kind of thing (Fire = Kills fleshy enemies, Corrosive = Kills Armor enemies, etc.). Plus I always love DoT effects.
However, I’ve really enjoyed every manufacturer at some point. The new unique mechanics are all pretty cool. My least used has been Tediore though, with Hyperion being a close second. The other manufacturers’ perks are much cooler for me.
I guess a breakdown would be
Maliwan - love the elemental damage
Jakobs - really cool aesthetics.
Atlas - Love the tracker feature
Torgue - Love the sticky aspect. It’s so much fun to unload a whole mag of stickies to a boss then reload and watch their health drop so drastically.
The others are pretty much just whichever does better damage I’m likely to use, assuming I don’t have higher DPS options available.