Ian keeps switching to Fist instead of using firearms.

[Rikashey]

He has plenty of guns and ammo and I tell him to use his best gun but he only does that for a few turns before disarming and using his fist.

It's really annoying and I have no idea why he does it.

[24th Disciple of the Whungile]

at least he can't shoot you in the back anymore

[Damn_Monkey]

I belive it has to do with the AP cost.

Throwing a punch costs 3 ap, most firearms are 5 or 6. He wants to do as many attacks he can, so if he has 3-4 AP, instead of not using any, he will swap to fists and throw a punch.

And like Whungerman said, he cant burst kill your entire party with this fists, so silver lining?

[Rikashey]

Originally posted by Damn_Monkey:

I belive it has to do with the AP cost.

Throwing a punch costs 3 ap, most firearms are 5 or 6. He wants to do as many attacks he can, so if he has 3-4 AP, instead of not using any, he will swap to fists and throw a punch.

And like Whungerman said, he cant burst kill your entire party with this fists, so silver lining?

Then whats the point in giving him weapons if he's just going to use fist?

He even have a variety of melee weapons but only used his fist.

[Damn_Monkey]

Give him some brass knuckles or, even better, a Power Fist, see if he sticks with those?

Honestly man, the game is 20 years old and is bound to have a few glitches here and there.

[Dustin81]

Npc's unfortunatly can't change ammo types them selves so if they run out of one type they wont switch them out. You will have to do it for them or give them a second gun with the other ammo type and they will just switch to the other weapon when they run out of one ammo type.

[DoesUntoOthers]

Yeah, I agree with Dustin. He should stick to what you tell him otherwise.

[leader cocaine]

Hes a (former) Raider
what can we expect?
feed that dumbass to the Muties

[Vassago Rain]

The computer doesn't see the long term benefits of reloading if it can spend points on other attacks.

[leader cocaine]

Originally posted by Vassago Rain:

The computer doesn't see the long term benefits of reloading if it can spend points on other attacks.

im not sure about this since he doesnt equip another loaded gun instead

[Vassago Rain]

Originally posted by Navi:

Originally posted by Vassago Rain:

The computer doesn't see the long term benefits of reloading if it can spend points on other attacks.

im not sure about this since he doesnt equip another loaded gun instead

Using the inventory costs 4 action points. Reloading costs 2 and does no damage. The AI is very primitive, even for its time.

[leader cocaine]

true

[Chief Redpill]

Ian sucks.

Working as intended.

[chiefsonicx]

Ian has been good around me for the entire game right up until the deathclaw did he start acting up Everytime a deathclaw was killed he would use the rest of ammo in his 14mm gun then starts using his fists. I had to ask him to use his best weapon Everytime before a battle. Now for some reason asking him that then using the stairs to fight the mother deathclaw somehow negates to use his gun. I'm spending 30 minutes using a sniper rifle on the mother deathclaw and Ian is just punching it, landing hits but doing no damage.
My only thought to fix is take anything that's melee away or give him the best melee weapon and ask him before battle to use his best weapon.

Ps short funny story:
Going up the mother deathclaw spending 30 minutes of constant knock downs using every stimpack I have against it while Ian refuses to use his gun. The funny part is I said in frustrain "I'm out of stimpack, this deathclaw is going to kill me, but right before it kills me I'm using my last bullet to shoot you Ian!" And I kid you not, aiming for the mother deathclaw head...missed...hitting Ian instead.
I f*&@ing quit.
This game hates me.