So I'm at an impass. In the process of killing one of my characters down to 'runner' status, I came across about 1.5M of play money. So here is my status:

I 'could' pick up an xm25 and go around totally destroying longarms from the relative safety of behind a counter somewhere in DR.

OR

I could pick up a shiny new bull and blow their heads off with relative ease.


The pros/cons of xm25 that I can see:
Pro: it looks super badass
Pro: it kills zombahz like a motherfucker.
Pro: Three words: Wall. Of. Grenades.
Pro: meshes with my whole HMG/zero crit build thing. (mitrail, xm25, stat booster)
Con: grenades are prohibitively expensive
Con: more expensive overall cost
Con: Not really worth giving it to an alt I'm building

The pros/cons of AB that I can see:
Pro: is effective on a lvl 20 character, and only gets better
Pro: can hold aggro down in DR
Pro: 80 crit fits a meele/smg/pistol build quite nicely. (katana, UMP, bull)
Con: not as cool as xm25
Con: Not as effective in OA
Con: no 'sane' person buys .50 GA.

Both of these purchases will require a stat reset for me, so consider that a non-issue.

I'd go with Raging Bull, merely because it has more uses than the XM25. XM25 is good for OA and Grinding behind counters. It can't loot, can't do active grinding, can't PvP. The Raging Bull can PvP, OA, Grind, Loot. Pretty much anything you want, not to mention .50 is cheap enough to buy a huge stockpile, and depending on how often you loot, last you for a good month or so.

I was already leaning toward it anyway. and a clean one dropped into my lap for 1.1M just now, so i've already got mah GC bull

Edit: incidentally, Wesker: you can have 'Tyrant' back now ;)

lol. Now he lends out the amp.....