yeah it is, because you can revive in co-op, if you die on your own, the best you can hope for is there beaing an easy to kill enemy near to you to get second wind also when you play, make sure you have as much inventory space as possible, because after each round some weapons (normally 2 or 3) spawn in the middle of the arena (i had forgotten this when i started playing last night, and only had room for about 5 things)
i was meaning to ask, what is your loadout in borderlands? sheild mod fave weapons etc? also what class did you play as?
i played as soldier, and have a 420 sheild with pretty fast recharge and slow healing ability, i have a couple of mods that i switch between, one is +2 healing, one gives 17% extra exp, and one replenishes ammo, my fave gun is a x4 fire smg, i have a x4 lighting repeater for taking down sheilds and some pretty good assault rifles too (i recently picked up a x4 explosive smg which i think i might like)