Bandit brand weapons - Bandits themselves now make many of their own weapons. These weapons sport the largest magazines in the game, but have mediocre stats overall.
Dahl's weapons focus on stability, precision and burst fire, and feature camouflage coloring. Most Dahl weapons feature a full auto fire rate without scoping in, while scoped in the gun shoots in bursts.
Hyperion weapons retain their customary high accuracy, with a "sci-fi" styling [1], featuring glowing elemental effects and bold stripes. Unlike with other weapons, the accuracy of Hyperion weapons increases the longer the trigger is depressed, but they start off with low accuracy.
Jakobs weapons retain their tradition of high non-elemental damage (with exception to a few weapons) for high recoil and low magazine sizes, but have undergone a slight revamp from the previous installment. Assault rifles, shotguns and pistols fire as fast as the trigger is pulled, while sniper rifles still require a wait for the round to be chambered.
Maliwan weapons retain their focus on elemental damage, and take on a very sleek and futuristic design, with rounded corners, bright colors and many blinking lights.
Tediore weapons have a different feel, having been described as "Cheap, plastic pieces of crap" and "Wal-Mart guns" by Randy Pitchford. Instead of being reloaded, Tediore weapons are thrown away and explode like grenades; the more ammo left in the clip, the bigger the explosion. A fully-loaded gun digistructs in the character's hand after the expended weapon is discarded. Pre-release promotions stated that, due to their explosive capabilities, there is a chance that Tediore weapons would explode in the user's hand before throwing it away. This mechanic did not make it into the finished product.
Torgue weapons feature Gyrojet ammunition which balance area-of-effect damage with low projectile velocity and reduced magazine capacity.
Vladof continues their tradition of weapons with extremely high rates of fire, and produce rotating minigun-like barrels. Vladof use materials that range from weathered wood to chrome like metals.
