Question about that build--could be that I don't understand where these points go in each tier.
Why the 2 points in Be Like Water and not in Headshot from the Sniping Tier? It seems like that would be a huge boost to crit hit damage 8%--vs the 12% regular damage you get from mele with the conditional on a gun shot (from BLW). Is that crit damage from Headshot only for sniping? I wouldn't think it is...
....is it that you have a low crit chance with this build? Actually, I see no skills for Zero that increase crit %....that blows. Didn't realize that before. I think the Siren is loaded with them, no? Is this why someone mentioned earlier that Siren makes better use of Sniper rifles than Zero?
oh derp--I see where I am goofing. There is no crit chance, right? Criticals are target based in BL (basically head shots and other mob-specific weak points).
OK, then...so with the mele build, are you basically getting a low abundance of critical targets? From the videos, it seems that you're just running around and popping off as many hits as you can, as soon as you're in range, so criticals aren't really much of a concern?
Those 2 points are there probably for the off times you go into ffyl and there is no one up close. You can put them wherever you want though.
For the average person, maya does more damage with the sniper because of wrecks fire rate increase and phase lock mostly, but her other skills do help, especially reaper (more damage if enemy is above 50% health). She can do max damage the whole time phase lock is active.
Zero has to have a fully loaded clip and be at the last second of deception for max damage.
So basically maya can quickly blast away doing 500k per shot on a target that doesnt move for the whole time its phase locked, while zero might do 2000k on the first shot, he then has to reload and wait for deception for come back, so his damage drops off, not to mention the target is moving all around so you might miss the shot. For most people over time maya wins, unless your some godly sniper who has crazy reflexs and will never ever miss his shot.
TLDR, zero does high burst damage, but Maya is more consistent over time so her damage outpaces zeros when playing as a traditional sniper.