Forum:The most pointless weapon in Fallout 3

Hey, haven't seen this forum so thought i'd start it, see how popular it is. The most pointless weapon for me it's the .32 pistol as it is such a weak and pointless gun. Also to me it doesn't really say cool as it seems weedy and worse than the 10mm pistol. Sasquatch99 22:02, 24 July 2009 (UTC)

That's only the most pointless gun -- and Wild Bill's gun in The Pitt means you can at least use it for repairs. I would argue that the unique Chinese pistol is worse -- because it is a pathetic unique weapon. The most pointless weapon, on the other hand, is the rolling pin. It is weak. It is rare, and so hard to repair. It is also, as a bludgeoning weapon, literally pointless. :) DreadPirateMurphy 23:24, 24 July 2009 (UTC)

BB gun. What'cha gonna use it for, anyway? --Drunkenvalley 23:28, 24 July 2009 (UTC)

@ Drunkenvalley: Spending ten minutes shooting a radroach? 90.201.91.94 10:22, 25 July 2009 (UTC)

Plain ol' fists. Nuff said. AlbinoTitan 21:25, 25 July 2009 (UTC)

Ok this is the most pointless weapon not the weakest weapon.

Hold on, he has a point as most people i know never upgrade their unarmed stats and i don't. Also i think the .32 pistol is weaker. Sasquatch99 22:01, 25 July 2009 (UTC)

Fists ARE pointless in their own sense. Even with a VERY low Unarmed I could still take down enemies without losing any health with the Deathclaw Gauntlet, while them...I'd rather have a weapon. AlbinoTitan 01:47, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

I think the .32 pistol is the most pointless weapon seeing as it shares ammo with the hunting rifle, which is much more strong and accurate, and it does hardly any damage coupled with a low ammo capacity. Relastas 01:49, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

For my money, it's almost every melee weapon. You've got the Nail Board, Baseball Bat, Pool Cue, Rolling Pin, Police Baton, Knife, Switchblade, Tire Iron, Nail Board, Lead Pipe, and Sledgehammer. That's 11 weapons with pretty much no reason to use any of them. They all deal pathetic damage, they all behave essentially identically, and the unique versions of all of them suck just as much as the non-unique versions. There's no reason to use any melee weapon other than the Shishkebob, Shock Sword, Fawkes' Super Sledge, Dismemberer, Fertilizer Shovel, Jack, or one of the Autoaxes- and really, that's already 7 usable melee weapons, which is plenty (and doesn't even count the good unarmed weapons- Plunkett's, Deathclaw Gauntlet, and Fisto). There's no reason to add infinitybajillion more on top of that. I guess it's one thing if you want to give melee raiders something to use, but why ELEVEN assorted junk items? Why not just 3? And why make the uniques so terrible? Some Sort 06:10, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

I'd have to say the Chinese Pistol. It has bad damage,accuracy,clip size and the only thing it is good for is selling to peeps (because of it's unusual high value) or possibly to repair the Zu-Rhong. Silent.Killa78 07:42, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

The Chinese Pistol is the only weapon in the game where the unique version is weaker than the original. The Zhu-Rong actually deals no bullet damage at all, only fire damage, so its DPS is only 2 damage. Which makes it the absolute weakest weapon in the game, even worse than bare fists with 1 endurance and no points in unarmed. Broeman 17:32, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

Honestly the most useless weapon in the game is the Alien Blaster seriously only 2 others to repair it with (that is your stupid enough to destroy the Firelance) and extremely limited ammo. It may be the best but only for at most the Behemoths which even then don't need it. You can nuke all of them, one gets nuked with the smallest amount of exploring and they add a challenge.Doctalen 20:26, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
 * You could just as easily use that same argument to argue that it's Nukes, not Alien Blasters, that are pointless. There are 7 others to repair with... but most Fat Men come at lower starting durability, meaning a lot of those extras have to be burned just to get the Fat Man to the same starting durability as the Alien Blaster. Ammo for the Blaster is rare, but you can easily get 200+ cells, while you'd be hard pressed to get 200+ mini-nukes. It might deal the most damage, but all you really need it for are the Behemoths- and you can always just use the Alien Blaster for them, instead. Personally, I feel like the Blaster is incredibly useful. It's small and portable and you won't accidentally kill yourself with it like you will with the nuke. It's really the best gun in any situation you can think of. You can get 400+ cells, which is plenty given how much damage it deals, and you can easily repair it up to 88% any time you want by investing in Crazy Wolfgang, or up to 100% by giving it to Casdin and then pickpocketing it back. I don't really buy any argument that the most powerful gun in the entire game is pointless. Some Sort 20:48, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

Your right nukes are also pretty useless don't really use ether. Only time i recall use each was to see what the shot looked like. Depends on your play style I guess.Doctalen 20:59, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

Actually, with Broken Steel mini nukes have even more value due to being able to kill overlords, reavers, and albinos in one hit.--Master of cheeZ 21:22, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

I believe it really depends on your play style. For instance, if you go full out melee ( which I would never go, but ya know, whatever floats your boat.) then obviously you wouldn't consider melee weapons pointless. What if you preferred big guns, then small guns would never be your weapon of choice. I have always gone small guns and explosives, so any large weapon to me is useless. Fat Man, Missile Launcher, Minigun, I never use those. Although I think everybody can agree that the little pistols you see at the beginning just waste space. (chinese pistol, .32, bb gun). I did use the bb gun for blowing up land mines for the longest time though. Amused me. Zool7

Guys, it's the Pulse Mine. Face it, nobody uses mines other than Bottlecap, and half the robots ingame float right over them. Nitty 04:38, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

I dunno, I use mines on deathclaws. Put a stack of 6 or 7 down then kite him over the mines. If it don't kill 'em their crippled, and slowing down a deathclaw is always a good thing. Pulse mines at least have that pretty electricity thing goin for 'em, if nothin else. Zool7

Perhaps the Steel Saw? Nitty 04:47, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

Toy Knife. Seriously. The Mercenary

There can never be a final pointless weapon becuse there already are alot of them. So we should just make a real long poll of all suggested weapons here and see the final result in a month, the weapon with most votes is officially the most pointless/useless weapon in the game. But we cannot make the list until a week after MZ is out though, we might have a new groundbreaking pointless weapon in it. Gabriel Cortez 10:38, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

Alien Anal Probe: Lose 50 hp from your shame, but gain 1 perception.

Let's see that mofo. AlbinoTitan 11:17, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

You will kill me for that, but most pointless weapon for me is Experimental MIRV. I never use it - it's just pure wasting of ammo. If it would fire 2 mini-nukes at one shot, it might be useful, but 8? Who will allow himself for such an ammo lose? 77.45.46.245 13:48, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

I used the MIRV on 3 BoS outcasts... not sure if they died, vapourised or just flew really high as when i tried to find them, there were no corpses, limbs or anything to search =) But it's useful if you find yourself confronted with about 8 supermutants and doen't want to waste ammo. Sasquatch99 01:25, 2 August 2009 (UTC)
 * I pretty much agree, MIRV is a waste of ammo. Sure is "cool shit" - like the site No Mutants Allowed said - but the use is hardly viable. I use the "simple" Fat Man in one occasion when I was in level 29 in Penn Av. and was surrounded by three Overlords and two Brutes! Guess what? One shot and two Overlords goes to Hell and the remaining are so low on health that I use Vengeance and put them out of misery really fast. Brfritos 02:21, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

The MIRV isn't the most pointless as it can be used for endless entertainment. Everyone loves to go to Megaton or the Citadel and firing it straight into the air and trying to dodge the falling nukes. We probably aren't going to be able to all agree on one single weapon, as everyone has their own playstyle and use the weapongs they want to. While most people have declared the chinese pistol and several melee weapons useless, someone else might use those weapons on some all chinese character RPing character or just to give them more of a challenge. And Some Sort, you only listed 10 melee weapons, you just mentioned nail boards twice. Sorry that last part just bothered me for some reason.--Moltenfungus 02:22, 2 August 2009 (UTC)
 * But what you're saying is different. Yes, the MIRV can be used to have "fun" in the game, but what about real use? Only if you are talking about putting down 3 Behemoths at the same time, but this never occours in the game. Using the Dart Gun to cripple his legs and finishing it with the Alien Blaster (or the Combat Shotgun and some Med-X and Psychos) are a more real scenario. But if you are saying "yes, let's have fun and blown something" then OK, you are right. Brfritos 02:38, 2 August 2009 (UTC)
 * It's extreme overkill against behemoths, there is it's use. Gabriel Cortez 08:21, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

I've been playing on Very Hard from the start, and the sawed off shotgun seems pretty worthless. It doesn't one-hit-kill anything, and the rate of fire sucks. Imp of the Perverse 03:23, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

Hey guys, as zeta has been released (i can't get it till october) and most of you have probably finished it, i was wondering if any of the weapons in zeta are deemed by you as useless? Sasquatch99 21:21, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

I didn't like the Shock Baton very much. It does what Jingwei's Shocksword does, but worse... ~Unholy

I would say that the alien atomizer is also pointless because the alien disintegrator uses the same ammo and does more damage. o X Connor X o
 * Dude, Plasma/Laser Pistol<Plasma/Laser Rifle. It's already been done. Gabriel Cortez 07:26, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

But don't the energy pistols use a different ammo than the energy rifles? ~Unholy