Forum:What is the point in the Experimental MERV?

I'm not disputing the fact that this is the most powerful weapon in the game but it sure is a waste of ammo! It takes 1 mini-nuke to kill a behemoth so why would you want to waste 8 or your precious and rare mini-nukes? I will say this though, this is the ultimate weapon to even the score with a raider who killed you when you were lvl. 1 eh! But my point still stands, this gun is quite wasteful if quite spectacular.
 * Behemoths is the only reason you might want to use it. Theres really no other reason to need to shoot out that many nukes at once. And for the people who say its a waste to use 8 nukes on a behemoth, tell me what other situation do you use your nukes for? Just give me one valid situation where you even need to use a nuke besides behemoths. Everyone is treating their mini-nukes like its unique weapon, for god sakes you can always restock them at Rivet City. At this point in the game if you even got the Experimental MIRV you should have enough money to buy yourself a bunch of nukes. --Lord0din69 23:03, 5 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Its not like you can afford to carry 30lbs worth of FatMan/MIRV hardware around anyway, who does that? Admit it, the only time most of us actually use mini-nukes is when we planned it. That's why I like nuka-grenades so much, you can always have a few on hand and it doesn't hurt your inventory space. Oh yeah - best time to use nukes? Anytime you can hear 2 or more Super Mutant Brutes or Masters talking to each other. "I think I knew a woman, or, uhh, maybe I was a wom---BOOOM-FWOOSH!" --AshRandom 23:19, 5 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Yeah, that's not a bad situation to use a nuke, but it doesn't occur that many times for people to stock up on nukes and not use it on behemoths. --Lord0din69 02:18, 6 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Oh well obviously, weren't you asking about nuke worthy targets other than behemoths? Hey, I don't know if anyone else does this, but around level five I start putting points into explosives skill and head down to the Yao Guai Tunnels for the second Nuka-Schematic, then I convert the twenty or so Quantums you end up with around that point into forty something and from lvl 5-20 I always have a few 500dmg Nukes on hand for special encounters and perfect moments --AshRandom 03:10, 6 December 2008 (UTC)


 * I've got a good reason to use it: It's really funny watching a Radroach being hit by eight Mini-Nukes!!!

--Dunwich 20:11, 8 December (UTC)


 * I think a fat man is powerful enothe, but 8 nukes like a shotgun from h###... man, Say hello to my little frenid.... Note: apon exiting the vault in the 6 times i seen anyone (me,frenids,ect) exiting they leveled up to 2, there for there are NO RAIDERS ON LEVEL 1...Shadow of the Dave 07:36, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

or you could use it to take out Megaton with one quick shot to the sky, I ran around, killed all the people, got everything I needed from the place, then completely destroyed it with the real nuke! ^_^ Britton 21:10, 25 January 2009 (UTC)


 * It exists for shits and giggles. There you go. D3V0NST8R 02:48, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

If anything you'd use the MIRV on the harder difficulties (I dont know what difficulty ur on though). i only retrieved this weapon for the sake of having it and i only use the fatman, like AshRandom said, when im planning to use it. perhaps using the MIRV on a bloatfly wasnt very smart well i did it so live with it Mr snip 02:00, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

It works great to kill everything in the Capital Rotunda in one shot or to rain unnecessary amounts of carnage on Paradise Falls from Eulogys balcony.--JiNX Bloodfang 09:36, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

I think I have an answer. 24.20.51.199 05:36, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

I agreee it being daft as theres only 91 nukes in the game,a few sold by flak and shrapnel,!!!!!theres a limited amount of them,but it appears flak and shrapnel do restock,I mean on my first playthrough i had 52 or so nukes,thats only 6 shots!!!!!!although it could be used to just toast a behemoth completely,and they take 1 nuke??????????ive yet to kill one with a single fat man nuke.i use the fat man on deathclaws from range,they aint getting no where near me!(unless i mess about and cripple their legs with the dart gun,then just charge them with the shishkebab,much fun!)--Bluemax 20:35, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

The Experimental MIRV was designed for the PC console cheaters. You just use the additem code and give yourself an unlimited supply of mini-nukes and then nuke the world. --MadDawg2552 20:56, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

THE ANSWER
There is no point. It's supposed to be a superweapon that ironically has little use beyond complete overkill. It'd be like an Alien Blaster that fires fully automatic in a spread-fire configuration. PlasmaFox 03:12, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

Another Answer
When I was in the Army, they told us about an experimental portable nuclear missile launcher. It would have seen service except one little flaw: the blast radius was larger than the range of the weapon. Anyone firing the weapon would have been killed by it. The Experimental MIRV could be a reference to that weapon. --MadDawg2552 15:09, 26 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Well, there's a workaround to that, you could always fire it from a height, or retreat undergroud or to relative safety after it's fired.

indeed,and a weapon like that today is easily possible,a small .5 kiloton warhead would be great!!!--Bluemax 16:50, 26 January 2009 (UTC) theres is only 5 super mutant beathmoths

Yet Another Answer
so you can shoot it at your feet and FLY DragonJTS 17:10, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

The point of the Experimental MERV is that there is no point! It's complete overkill in a small package. As an experimental model back in the days before the war it would stand to reason that the fictional military of yore had a purpose in mind(and an unlimited amount of mini nukes due to pre-apocolyptic govt. purchasing agreements). Stands to reason that with the T-51b armor, Laser gatling and MERV, old technology from the past would have survived in vaults somewhere and post-apocolyptic folk would find it eventually. I would think that the Experimental MERV was just a remant that was still around after all those who knew about it were rendered extra crispy. That and the game designers just thought it would be a cool pasttime to nuke a small city block when you're bored.
 * Jesus people, it's the M.I.R.V. not MERV (seriously wtf is that?); those letters each have a meaning, it's not just a name so quit butchering it. --Esscex 01:42, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

1 Nuke to kill a Begemoth? I killed the one at GNR with at least 3, while the Broterhood was shooting it and my Yao Guai was eating his leg, lol.

You took three? I took one and a two auto rifle clips--OfficerBlue 11:27, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

One Of Many Answers
The MIRV is what I like to call a S.F.R. - Save, Fire, Reload. It's only for shits and giggles and is there for people who get overly frustrated at the game and want to make a big mess, or just make a big mess period. If Bethesda wanted to justify the MIRV in the lore, I speculate that the MIRV would be a relic of pre-war military technology, most likely a piece of weaponry that was still having the bugs worked out. I don't think the "Experimental" part of it's name is there for nothing, eh? Echelon 3 Talk to Me...I've got Candy.... 04:58, 7 May 2009 (UTC)