so i have hit a wall in this game. very sure all players will eventually get there too. that scandalous massive FPS drop has made things very difficult to play. its not uncommon for me to just lose close to 1/3 of my HP within the first 40 seconds of RAIDmode because the frame drops just has perfect timing to make me lag and get hit. even with that i'll share what i think you all should know.
WEAPONS
best weapon set :
1 machine gun (called assault rifles in this game)
2 sniper rifle (semi-automatic is the way to go)
3 magnum
last weapon slot is whatever you want. these 3 weapons all PIERCE, and this is important. machinegun/assault rifle comes with plenty of ammo, it goes without saying its for the little guys, but because it pierces and you can add special abilities to weapons here the machine gun can even handle bosses, assuming you know how to handle recoil (short burst fire). in this game you get magic bullets lol. i find best put the power of FIRE on your spammable weapon, machine gun in this case.
magnums are the classic boss weapons, its firing rate does NOT matter. best put your efforts in pumping up its damage power, and ammo capacity if you have room to do so. mine i put magic on it to hit harder as target is closer, and capacity, and power.
the sniper is clearly one of the most useful weapon to have. it is just the magnum-assault-rifle hybrid. good for bosses, great for clearing fodder. it comes with a decent load of ammo in RAIDmode, and this is THE weapon to install 'life steal' power on. if you say this weapon is bad i say go get better at aiming >_> headshots happen all the time when i hold a rifle.
SKILLS
best skip the 'X weapon master' skills, and the 3 exceptions: sniper master, magnum master, and melee master. at first it sounds great, get better weapon handling, then you realize you are not suppose to put yourself in a situation to go empty and need to reload in middle of battle, every time you have a moment to reload before facing another unit you do it, reloading in battle means be prepared for some pain.
Great skills: Moira's 2 Melee boost skills, Jill's 2 Dodging boost skills, sniper + magnum master for that extra capacity, Gina's gesticulation for da giggles, and any other defensive boosting skills.
WE HAVE NOT SEEN ALL CHARACTERS APPEAR YET, so more skills could be added later. heard something about a sword/knife mastery skill, maybe that would be added, once i have tested it.
i made great mistake, got attached to Claire, played her to higher levels, spent all the points on pistol master, hoping that at the max, pistol master would boost damage power greatly. it doesn't. then hoped that when you inherit a skill all characters would get the skill MAXED, they don't. so yes don't bother wasting skill points on any spammable weapon mastery skill.
i have no doubt that once the online co-op is patched in, i would get over my wall. but while it lasts, we are on our own. but as Barry says, I HAVE THIS!!