Forum:Best Primary weapon???

I mya best primary weapon is A3-21's Plasma rifle.Lord Vontavious 17:06, May 17, 2010 (UTC)

Ok, so I need help deciding what to use. I have Point Lookout and Ghoul Ecol. and Superior Def. so everything automatic does a shitload of damage.

Here's my choices so far: *Indestructible Chinese assault rifle from O:A - Never needs maintenance besides ammo from Ammo Press *Indestructible Sniper Rifle from O:A - Same as CAR *Gatling Laser - degrades FAST but brings down an Overlord in 10 seconds or less. *Jingwei's Shocksword (I have Ninja, Silent Running and all those other sneaky perks.) - Indestructible also, only good for weak enemies and stealth attacks.

Really I'm skilled across the board with 10 in everything and 100 in everything. I like to keep a light load so usually it's the CAR and Sniper but I like how much the GL rapes and how awesome the shocksword is while sneaking.

I'm also wondering if I should carry the Chinese Stealth Armor or just a couple of Stealthboys. I always use the Winterized Combat Armor + Helmet + Sunglasses since I HATE repairing items.

If we're not talking glitched items like from O:A exploits, I'd have to say my choice would be Ol' Painless, the unique hunting rifle. It's wicked accurate, the ammo is easy to find, it has great damage, and reloads and fires very nicely. It is sufficient to take out almost any enemy. Upon recently retreiving it, I also like the Xuanlong Assualt Rifle, more or less as much as Ol' Painless. For non common weapons, I like the assualt rifle because it is cheap, easy to repair and very abundant, unlike the Chinese version. SoPro~ 23:40, April 22, 2010 (UTC)


 * Here's what I have hotkeyed:
 * Dart Gun (in case of a surprise!Deathclaw)
 * Perforator
 * Victory/Reservist's Rifle
 * Tesla Cannon
 * Deatclaw Gauntlet (or Nuka Grenades in my other game)
 * Various Melee weapons, even though my character sucks at using them

Lately I've been sick of being able to wipe everyone out so I've been wearing less damage-resistant armor and trying to use up my stimpaks because it's so hard to die, even on "Very Hard" difficulty. Hopefully in New Vegas I'll die more in Hardcore Mode, lol. I don't use any glitched weapons because I've never really had problems finding replacements to repair them with. And I have money to get them fixed by merchants. Also, I'd carry the Stealth Armor if you can afford the extra weight, just because you never really know when Stealth Boys are going to run out 03:59, April 23, 2010 (UTC)

I usually carry these bad boys:
 * Vengeance (good for masses)
 * Plasma Rifle (under rated IMO...good range and power)
 * Terrible Shotgun (nice for close range)
 * Victory Rifle (Gotta snipe!)
 * Lincoln's Repeater (medium range with power)
 * The Mauler (for those who deserve to be dismembered)

Lonewonderer 21:21, May 12, 2010 (UTC)

Well I usually carry a lot of weapons on me, just in case. But these are the ones I have hotkeyed...
 * Gauss Rifle
 * Fatman
 * Auto-Axe
 * Tessla Cannon
 * Eugene
 * Frag Grenades
 * Alien Disintegrator
 * Alien Blaster

Honestly though, I rarely ever use anything but my trusty Gauss Rifle. I hardly ever miss. The Auto-Axe is for killing Dogmeat's Puppy when I want another follower. The Alien Blaster is for the things that take way to long to kill (Swampfolk, tibals). The rest are just random things I put in so my hotkeys weren't filled with only 3 things. GiantAlbinoGhoul 00:12, May 13, 2010 (UTC)

By mid point in the game ( bout lev 15) im usually running these items hotkeyed. 1)Ultra 10mm sub. 2) Terrible Shotgun. 3) hunting rifle (i know the damage aint great but it rarely misses. 4) Chinese assult (unless ive gorren the X one) 5) Lincolns Repeater. 6) Sniper rifle 7)Gatling laser. Ill keep a Missle Launcher and the Experimental Mirv for when im doing really rough missions. I dont use melee much. Vat a bullet into his head at point blank works fine.The Lone Kobold 18:11, May 13, 2010 (UTC)

The Perforator is my main weapon lately. It works for close up spray & pray fights, is decent for getting VATS headshots, is more accurate than other assault rifles and the scope makes it dead easy to aim outside of VATS. It can be kept permanently at near 100% condition because assault rifles are everywhere. I like that it's silenced, so I can pop one guy without alerting the other 20 raiders around the corner.

When I'm doing The American Dream and Who Dares Wins, I'll use A3-21's plasma rifle instead though. It has more kick per shot, is more VATS-friendly and none of those Enclave troopers drop assault rifles, so it's impossible to keep the Perforator in good shape to the end of the quest. They'll drop more than enough plasma rifles to keep A3-21's going.

I keep a Pyromaniac + Xenotech Expert-enhanced Firelance in my back pocket in case I need to pop a reaver, overlord or albino radscorp quickly. I won't use it for anything else if I can help it, since the ammo is so rare and it's hard to keep it repaired. --97.73.64.147 00:14, May 15, 2010 (UTC)

I have hotkeyed:

1. The Terrible Shotgun - Very good for close ranged V.A.T.S. attacks. Kills most enemies within a couple of shots.

2. Gauss Rifle - Nice damage, and the knockdown feature is cool, but it's annoying to reload after every shot and thus sucks when dealing with a group of 3 + enemies.

3. Invincible O:A Sniper Rifle - Good for sniping.

4. Invincible O:A Jingwei's Shock Sword - Sneak attacks with the Chinese Stealth Armor.

5. A3-21's Plasma Rifle - Good range and power, easy to repair, easy to find ammo for.

6, 7 and 8 are taken up with clothing (Chinese Stealth Armor, Ranger Battle Armor and Sheriff's Duster).

I also enjoy using the Shady Sands Shuffle on my enemies (fun!), so I like to carry lots of frag grenades with me. Telos 10:01, May 18, 2010 (UTC)

I used to carry a Combat Shotgun, but upgraded to The Terrible Shotgun when I saw the higher damage stats. It's my primary close range weapon. My primary long range weapon is the Victory Rifle(Unique Sniper Rifle). My primary mid-range weapon, depending on my preference, is either the Plasma Rifle or the Xuanlong Assault Rifle(Unique Chinese Assault Rifle). My primary weapons for heavy combat are, depending on my preference, either Eugene(Unique Minigun) or Vengeance(Unique Gattling Laser).--Ryker6103:11, April 16, 2011 (UTC)~8:09pm 4/15/2011

I've been carrying around 5-8 guns, but I think I could do with just Ol' Painless and Xuanlong Assault Rifle. Blackhawk also came in handy for mowing down 8+ Enclave troopers in a row during Take It Back! with the Grim Reaper's Sprint perk, but I rarely used it before that. --HunterZ 21:10, April 17, 2011 (UTC)

Close-quarters - The Terrible Shotgun packs a punch and ammo is plentiful, easy enough to repair on the cheap, and it does high damage even in bad condition.

Mid-range - Tri-beam laser rifle or Chinese Assault Rifle are two favorites

Long-range - Magnum or some sort of Sniper. The Reservist's isn't bad, but only 3 before reload sucks. But, not uncommon for a real sniper rifle to have 1 bullet and reload each time.

My favorite weapon is the Magnum. I really want that Dirty Harry hand cannon. Storm into Evergreen Mills with that bad boy.

I wish they had some more/better silent weapons, and some more stealthy kills. Something like a Hitman perk. Sneak and IDK perception have to be X amount, then you can have a few stealthy kills. Choke/knife from behind, bump into and shank, hidden gun under a coat, etc.

Masterdirector 00:31, April 18, 2011 (UTC)

The weapons i carry are : from level 1 to level 11: Deathclaw gauntlet, 10mm pistol , Hunting rifle from level 11 to level 26 : Shishkebab, 10mm pistol , hunting rifle , chinese assault rifle/Xuanlong assault rifle From level 26 to level 30 : Shishkebab, Autumns 10mm pistol , Tri beam laser , Xuanlong assault rifle

Heres what I usually carry, but I always use the unique versions when I get them, but I use the non-unique weapons till get the unique version.

The Wanderer's leather armor at early levels and the Ranger battle armor at later levels.

Ol' Painless: .44 magnum rounds are too expensive, why buy one bullet when you can have two. Add a decent crit rate, durability, easy to repair, a brisk reload rate

Blackhawk: Preferably the blackhawk but the scoped .44 is easier to find. Its one of the most powerful handguns in the game and most powerful in the base game and its scoped.

Shishkebab: Its a giant flaming sword, what else needs to be saud

The Terrible Shotgun: Although 3 pounds heavier and has an even wider spread than the standard standard model, the damage it deals more than makes up for it.

Zhu-Rong v418 Chinese pistol: I really keep this for weaker enemies, solely for when I dont want to waste more rare and expensive ammo. I use it against lightly armed Raiders, Mole rats, rats, Ghouls, etc.

Chief editor 13 14:17, September 7, 2011 (UTC)