it's much harder in Ultimate hunter mode
a level 53 Skeleton has miles more health than in true vault hunter mode, it feels about 5 times the amount, with the BEE shield you die all the time, it only takes two hits and that's it, unfortunately i cant game without it, because my guns aren't powerful enough anymore.
but you level up quickly, i'm now on level 54 and i'm close to the end of Tiny Tinas, thank God, because bloody hell it's hard work...far too hard, it makes you wish you're playing Dishonored instead !!!!!
after this i might replay the main game until i reach Sanctuary and the golden chest, i'll probably be on level 56 by then, once i reach that chest i can find all the weapons i need....no need to say any more
i should really do this now because i dont have the firepower to defeat Handsome Jack the Magician, i dont stand a hope in hell against him, because every single bloody skeleton is knocking me down
if the Bee shield is always down in melee, there's a good arguement that sais why bother using it.... yes, because the Bee is now useless for the rest of the fight, it's only good for the first few opening shots. the Bee is hugely overrated,
keep Bee for when you see all of them at range, and you know they wont charge you down, because Tiny Tinas is much more close range/ melee than the other DLCs, so i think i've been stupid, i should have done Oasis first, Oasis also has better loot areas and one hell of a good shotgun !!!!
i have a 50 000 amp shield from about level 45, so i expect this is about 75 000 by now, now this will be miles better than Bee, so this is what is needed next before carrying on with the DLC, now to get to Sanctuary is mainly Snipering at range and not far off from the start !!!!!.... it'll be about 5 hours gaming away.
also, there's that Firehawk shield at level 56, plus the talking shotgun, but getting to the end for Conference Call at level 61 will be maybe too far.....plus you might not get CC again, but instead, the Maliwan Volcano..... this is interesting and maybe worth doing, because they're planing to release more DLCs and maybe to raise the level cap to 70 !!!!!!!!! finally, there aint no good shooters due out for the rest of this year, so if you dont play BL2, what else is there to play !!!