Weapon Choice

I use a gun and shield and a 2h melee...binded to the number 2 on my hotbar so that hitting 2 once brings up gun and shield and again brings up 2 hander (usually sword but sometimes something else if it's better stats).

 

Dual wielded cluster grenade launchers + assault rifle + bone hammer is my favourite.

 

Either a pistol and a shortsword or a flashlight/bombs and shortsword.

Bombs are really underrated when it comes to killing things, it's not like you can't buy loads and loads of them from the frog merchants.

 

I am quite surprised at the numbers so far. Seems almost half of you like the 2H melee style. May have to try that and see if it beats my current tactics.

 

I think it's partly due to the fact that bone hammer is OP as hell right now.

 

I think the best thing about the bone hammer is watching enemies fly off the screen with shocked looks on their faces.

But yeah, I generally go for a broadsword or the bone hammer.

 

What kind of damage does an endgame bone hammer put out? Haven't managed to find a level 10 one. Is it better than the impervium hammer? Or is it just better because of the projectiles?

 

2 hander melee and 2 hander range. More bang for your buck. Just need to time the swings if the weapon is slow. Having the melee weapon shot something out like the Bonehammer helps.

 

Each bone deals 1/5 of the swing damage, so you're looking at up to 7240 damage per hit, or 5800 effective dps. Plus, dat range.

Should note that this one is about as good as it gets, but I think if you're really unlucky it can be as low as 2100 rated dps.

 

I use two 1 handed blades, usually poison in one hand and fire in the other, by the time they get over the knock back they've died anyway. I don't like two handed weapons as the swing speed is slower and multiple bad guys will get you between hits. I'm sure this changes over time as you find better weapons.

 

lvl 10 Bonehammer is around 2700dps i think, the best made impervium axe is 4700dps, but each bone (5 of them) does 2000+ dmg aswell. it adds up fast

 

That's simply not true. They do 1/5 of the rated damage each, in my case 724.

 

Shield and grenade launcher, or dual swords.
Or, sometimes, my bonehammer, goes a bit over 6000 damage

 

Yeah. i might have gone abit overboard with them numbers

But i would rather use it over a weapon with a higher noted DPS.

btw is 1/5th the norm for secondary dmg on weapons? i know my little flowerguy has a 2h sword with the orbs that shoot out. is that orb also 1/5th?

 

Those "orbs" are the effect of lightning weapons, and yes, they also do 1/5 damage

 

Everything that is not a gun. Guns are really. really terrible right now.

 

Oh wow, very nice. Going to have to try to find one of those after the wipe. If only there was an option to use right click to use it without destroying blocks...

 

One word ;
Crossbows.

 

Two one handed grenade launchers. Boom boom boom boom, I want your insides spread across my room.

 

Prefer 1h guns for range and a 1h sword or dagger for when the enemy closes on me.

When going against ranged enemies I will throw on the shield and a 1h pistol and hit them swat style. If I am playing co-op with the wife, I will equip 2 shields and she will sit behind me and snipe everything or bash them as they get close.