Forum:Wacky Gauss Rifle damage?

Alright, I have been extensively using the Gauss Rifle on my character. For damage related perks, he has Bloody Mess and Better Criticals. Outside of VATs, headshots/bodyshots/etc seem to do normal damage (head shots normally 1-shot most targets). The thing is, when using it in VATS, not only will leg shots deal the most damage, but it sometimes will deal double damage! Numerous times when I aim for leg shots (happens most with human NPCs), I will see the target lose health, and then for a split second their health bar will freeze, and then they lose more health. Most of the time this results in them just dying in one shot. Can someone confirm this double-damage for leg shots? Lorddrago888 04:28, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

The Gauss is very bugged. It will do normal damage in free aim, but half damage in VATS. Broeman 12:08, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

I realize that the Scoped Gauss Rifle has glitched damage in VATs. My concern was over the double damage it was doing in VATS. Lorddrago888 14:08, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

It seems to be related to the special type of projectile. Your target takes the initial damage (when the projectile hits, like any normal bullet), and a bit later the game applies the explosive damage too... Perj 02:57, 21 April 2009 (UTC)