Forum:How to raise your chances of find any specific gun

Hey to everyone, I've spent the last day testing something I heard heresay about. Someone, I can't recall who exactly, mentioned that you are more likely to find a specific type of gun if you buy more ammo upgrades for it. I spent the last day testing this, and I'm very happy to confirm this as fact. More ammo upgrades greatly improve the chances of finding guns that use that type of ammo! So, with a bit of testing, I aimed for the ultimate objective. I equipped the Hyperion Sharpshooter enhancement mod (a construct), used WillowTree to remove all my ammo upgrades save my repeater ammo (left it at 6), equipped my Scorpio Shield, and farmed Craw.

Results? Over a period of 5 hours, I received 1 Hyperion Nemesis and not one, but 3 Hyperion Reapers! I repeat: ' 3 HYPERION REAPERS!!! ' I have never found a Reaper ever, in any playthrough, with any character, with over 200+ hours of total playtime in Borderlands. Also bear in mind, that these are results are from solo play.

Therefore, for anyone looking to receive any specific gun, I propose 2 main strategies to farm for it.

1) Use Roland: Roland's Support Gunner class mod gives you the opportunity to farm without being forced to ration your ammo due to removing all your ammo decks. You may be restricted to farming for a specific weapon type instead of a specific Legendary, but this method is by far the easiest as it allows you to use the guns you're accustomed to and does not require any Loyalty Mods.

2) Coordinate by Loyalty Mod and Ammo Deck: This method is far more accurate and gives far quicker results, but requires all 4 characters at high levels, a loyalty mod for every manufacturer, and the ability to fight with no ammo regeneration (unless you're farming for Tediore guns), and very small ammo stores (assuming you need to use guns other than the type you're currently farming for).

I'm currently in the process of testing whether or not this affects Pearlescent drop rates. My new Nemesis says yes, but I want better confirmation. If so, this'll be the only confirmed method to increase drop rates for Pearlescents!

I'm keeping my fingers crossed, though I implore the community to join in and finally get the gun you really want in a legit way. Good Hunting! Sreza 08:08, November 8, 2010 (UTC)