Anarchy-less Gaige?

So I got the collection on PS4 recently as it was on sale (BL1, 2, & 3 all for $10) and I'm going back through them, starting with BL1. Playing through as Mordecai, game is A LOT ROUGHER then from what I remember when it first came out. Planning to do the main story and DLC and move on to The Pre Sequel and then BL2.

For BL2 I was planning on doing it with Gaige (she is my favorite of the vault hunters to play, with Krieg and Maya after her) but it seems like you can't really do much with Gaige on higher playthroughs/difficulty without stacking Anarchy. And I don't like anarchy, I like sniping and I can't do that with Anarchy's spray & pray style.

Is there a way to play Gaige on higher modes that don't involve resorting to Anarchy? I know there is a glitch with her reload skill where you can stack her shield recharge kill skill off of the turrets in the pirate DLC, but is that my only option?