There is actually an option in the game to help you out if you do end up in that situation though. New drops are the 'carrot', tougher enemies are the 'stick'. as annoying as it can seem (when your favorite gun starts to feel old), it's actually a useful mechanic for keeping gameplay feeling valuable. The high rate of weapon obsolescence is actually the thing that helps keep the value of new drops high. The cap in TVHM is 50, so you can't get gear more powerful than that, but since enemies (in UVHM) scale with your character, if you're over 50, they will be too, and your old, level 50 TVHM weapons will feel under-powered. The issue is that damage falloff is based on level disparity, and that goes for both your character AND your gear. Would be great if we could stop gaining levels in each mode after a cap. The unbalanced level scale is a real problem though. Thanks for the detailed breakdown buddy (в— вЂїв— ). Pick one up in normal if you want, and it will still be usable at OP10. It is a crap AR as a gun, but ANY Rapier will give you 200% melee bonus damage, the highest in the game. Originally posted by z00t:The thing about the Rapier is that level is not important. Damage is not important with that one, but for seeking out and slagging enemies it is excellent. You will be doing them all in UVHM any way, but a Magic Missile grenade will be useful for a very long time. Up to you which ones you start/do in TVHM. Lilith's DLC has a couple of great loot farms, the new rainbow gear etc. The Rapier can be picked up before that though. Scarlet's has the Rapier, Pimpernel, Sandhawk and others, so leave until later if you want Sandhawks. Hammerlock's has the Rough Rider shield if that is important to your character. Bandit technical with the barrel catapult is the best option for the Race. Doing the Death Race in a normal runner is not a good idea. I would suggest waiting until you have unlocked the bandit technical in the main game before starting the Torgue DLC. Not necessarily that useful in TVHM, but when you get to UVHM and Torgue token farming makes more sense, doing the various battles in TVHM is a lot easier. The Torgue DLC gives you several places to farm for Torgue tokens. The whole DLC is a change of pace and is fun.

Just don't actually do the mission.ДЄlso there is usually a crapload of eridium to be found.

This will last you the whole of TVHM and is the best healing weapon in the game. Also interesting class mods, great Bee farming, and the mission weapon Grog Nozzle is available. Tina's because that is where the various 'magic' grenades are found. I generally start Tiny Tina's and Torgue's DLC with all characters. UVHM always scales to you, so trying to take on much stronger enemies than you have been used to, using lower level gear is really not a good idea, as all TVHM gear will be capped to 50, and that is the sort of thing you will be starting UVHM with. It is a very good idea to plan to start UVHM at level 50, or maybe a bit over, but starting at much more than that will hurt. You will not be able to complete all of the DLC's in TVHM without ending up horribly over-level for the start of UVHM. It can be character dependant, with mission rewards like the Sandhawk making more sense to leave until later.

When to do the DLC's is a bigger subject. The thing about the Rapier is that level is not important.

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