Forum:Should have takin more ammo to Big MT.

Did anyone else have this feeling? I didn't take near enough bullets with me. Even after pouring extra points into my energy weapons I found bullets were still much more effective. Problem was, I was extremely low on every kind of ammo I took with me (aside from .308 rounds) by about half way through. I even whittled myself down to less than 75 12 gauge rounds, and I had close to 500 rounds when I went in. Needless to say, I'm gonna stock up before I go back on my next play through.

It just strikes me as odd though. Even at 75 skill with energy weapons, I had a much easier time using conventional firearms. Aren't robots supposed to be more susceptible to energy weapons? Thoughts, inquiry's, opinions and what not welcome. Dopesmylez 20:09, August 18, 2011 (UTC)

Havn't enterred OWB yet but I get the same feeling. In F3, I loaded w/e I had into robots. However, because they are rare in New Vegas, I for some reason have yet to shoot a regular bullet into a robot. I let my companion take care of it, or I'll shoot energy weapons or go melee/unarmed on it since they suck at turning. It's simple common sense that a bullet would not work as effectively on a robot. Strange how your energy weapons didn't overcome guns. Even though I hate energy weapons... I can never make a character who is energy focused and get past level 10 without being bored to death, don't know why. And, an off topic question, does OWB take your equipment at all? Or have a weight limit? Hell even if there isn't a weight limit, I'll prob only be bringing 2 weapons: Survivalist's Rifle and fully modded .45 Pistol.--24.36.136.171 00:47, August 19, 2011 (UTC)

To answer your off topic question, OWB does not strip your gear from you, and you can go in fully loaded. I would recommend taking a .45 auto sub instead of the pistol, wouldn't hurt to bring a marksman carbine along as well.

I'm not certain about the particulars of why it was so difficult to handle up on them. Every bot I've ever come across in the waste has never given me that much trouble. Overall, I think I was just unprepared for what I thought was going to be a walk in the park. Dopesmylez 21:25, August 22, 2011 (UTC)

I play with the diff on very hard and had to change it to normal owb is very hard and i have thousands of rounds in just about every weapon. its better on the bots to use emp pulse weapons you get one in owb hit them a couple times they will fall or freeze up for a short time then unload with ur best weapon i use riot shotgun or this machine but back to difficulty usaully play on very hard but got tired of it taken me 15 minutes to kill 1 bot or lobo they are still very hard to kill on normal and doesn't take the fun away try it

I found that using the advanced LAER or Elijah's LAER worked just as well for killing the robots. Mind you I only used them on the robo-scorpions. I sniped all other foes. As for the ammo, I wish I had stocked up on MF cells more. Taking the perks that give a better chance to recover recyclable ammo is a must for OWB. Portfan 15:41, August 23, 2011 (UTC)

--- yes owb is a tough cookie i play on hard found the bot fly and well he is a sob to say the least had to go normal as well still tough and fun but nolonger agonizing --Gogoloco 09:34, August 24, 2011 (UTC)

--- I came across the giant bloat fly the first time and was awestruck. I was just looking at him spew plasma and then I was dead in one hit (on very hard). So I came back with the Sonic Emitter with the Incendiary effect and killed him in one shot. :O

As for ammo, I gave up on some weapons because it took a ton of shots to kill people. I was lucky to bring the holorife and gauss rifle for robots and just killed everyone that wasn't a robot with the sniper riper. Gary 42 13:08, August 24, 2011 (UTC) --

It wasn't to much trouble ammo wise, they did seem to burn off alotta rounds at first, but once I found the various weapons in the area it seemed much easier. As well all the work benches were available so it was easy enough to make a few more rounds or convert round types. Plus ammo is weightless so I carry it all. And it's not always how many rounds you have, but if you have the right type, AP or Overcharged for robots, ect.Carinth 17:10, August 24, 2011 (UTC)