I just started fresh after over a year of not playing and I plan on making a 1 sword 1 gun set. Thing is, I greatly prefer heavy swords over light ones so the only two real options I have are Gran Faust and Divine Avenger. So what would be the best way to go about this? DA with piercing gun, DA with shadow gun, GF with piercing gun or GF with elemental gun?
Elemental guns seem to be recommended as sword user sidearms since they can take out ranged construct enemies without a struggle. I've also heard that Blitz Needle is the best handgun for Firestorm Citadel. Is there any reason to go for Biohazard/Umbra Driver/Sentenza? Which gun would you consider the best fit with GF; Polaris, Argent Peacemaker or Nova Driver?
Which armor combos would be possible for this kind of setup? I would propably go black kat if I could but I assume those are out of reach when building your first 5 star set. Skolver, Snarbolax and Vog Cub are a bit awkward as the only provide buffs for your sword. Chaos set benefits both weapons but I assume using that with GF would be stupid.
I could go:
one piece chaos, one piece snarbolax with DA and Blitz Needle.
one piece chaos, one piece divine/radiant silvermail with GF and Polaris.
one piece vog cub, one piece snarbolax with either sword and gun combo.
one piece divine, one piece skolver with either sword and gun combo.
Also shields. Should I pick owlite/barbarous thorn/dread skelly just to fill in a possible missing damage resistance in my armor, just go for owlite so I don't have to play every level like a SHMUP or just go for thorn to get the sword damage? Any other suggestions for shield, volcanic plate/ancient plate?
Is it all just personal preference or are there for example some essential damage resistances for late game bosses etc. ? Thanks to anyone that bothered to read my damn essay and thanks in advance for possible advice. Are the devs still actively working on this game and are there any people playing the lower tier dungeons by the way?
Yeah I'd go with an elemental gun for the reasons you said. I'm more of a fan of AP as a sword sidearm but any of those are fine. If you're using chaos then go with nova driver.
Blitz needle is best for Vanaduke, but you don't HAVE to have it. It would probably help out more though. Consider a weapon slot if you plan on playing fairly regularly, at least enough to cover the costs.
I'd go with vog cub anyway since the swords are slow (unless you plan on using swiftstrike) and chaos, that's good enough for FSC or you can use chaos/snarbolax, don't need skolver or silvermail too much. Divine isn't too bad if you're worried about fire/shock
I don't think the plate shields are necessary. Owlite is a good first shield and maybe swiftstrike on the side for easy levels.
Most late game enemies and missions are shadow themed so you might want more resistance to that. Elemental is moderately important and piercing is less important.
The devs are supposedly working on this game. But we haven't heard too much from them lately. People do still play but I've seen fewer on the last few days, probably still burned out from the black kat event but who knows.