Can’t we have Anti Material Rifle in this game???

[Πάνic]

I am growing my sub as a sniper and very disappointed with the guns I can use for it. Apparently, sniper rifle based on hunting rifle is the only one rifle has concept of pure sniper gun and it is absolutely a piece of rubbish after reached to certain levels. So I am using Lever action rifles and Gauss rifle at the moment and those two are so frustrating since lever action isn’t powerful enough (also doesn’t look like a sniper rifle) and Gauss rifle has lots of delaying or shot skipping bugs while using VATS and charging also it’s one of the ugliest gun in FO76 IMO.

Now I totally understand why the rifle build guys mostly go automatic or pick Heavy armed Big PA commandos.

Please consider to add some better weapons for Snipers like Anti Material Rifle which was already on New Vegas or FO4 user mod. I was surprised when I’m back to FO76 from long break that this game got silly Thirst zapper while there is no major improvements of something more important like ‘Nice&Cool Sniper Rifles’

[Mooman]

Originally posted by steventirey:

Originally posted by Mooman:

Plasma Caster? I think the role you want is the Auto Grenade Launcher. It is effectively an auto cannon.

The plasma caster sort of fits, so Fallout 76 has an option (not a rifle, though). This is something I've wanted since Fallout 3 however. And no, the auto grenade launcher doesn't work. Its both automatic (granted, a slower automatic) and explosive. I want a rifle. Something that shoots large chunks of dense metal at a target. Something along the lines of an Anzio 20mm anti-material rifle. (Though most 20mm rounds are somewhat explosive, there are nonexplosive ones as well.) A sniper rifle that would require power armor to use effectively.

It's more about the barrel options of the AGL that make it the 'tank' gun.

The thing with Fallout though is China had no heavy armour, PA was intended to fight infantry.

But I get it. I'd love a heavy charging laser sniper rifle that was slow but devastating (not dissimilar to gauss, Tesla Cannon?). Something about that anticipation like the Death Star blast.

[Wack-A-Mole MLRS]

Anti this, Anti that, Anti stuff, can't we all just get along. Don't shoot Moles.

[Razer]

The (.50 cal) hunting rifle is very underpowered in the Fallout games by Bethesda. Unfortunately the only late game gun to use for sniping is a gauss rifle. But yea the Fixer is good too, which sucks because it's a .45 machine gun and not a sniper. You can make a half sniper out of it, just like the Handmade rifle. Not the same as a Hunting rifle, but it's more effective.

[Dr. Dro ඞ]

get an AA/Exp/+25% aim .50 hunting rifle, it's practically the same thing

[PotatoBasket]

Originally posted by Wack-A-Mole MLRS:

Anti this, Anti that, Anti stuff, can't we all just get along. Don't shoot Moles.

If they stop attacking me I will gladly form an alliance, as I have with the Possums.
Until then they are a substantial part of my diet.
*No worries though, I use only explosives for them. Precooked!

[Wack-A-Mole MLRS]

Originally posted by PotatoBasket:

Originally posted by Wack-A-Mole MLRS:

Anti this, Anti that, Anti stuff, can't we all just get along. Don't shoot Moles.

If they stop attacking me I will gladly form an alliance, as I have with the Possums.
Until then they are a substantial part of my diet.
*No worries though, I use only explosives for them. Precooked! :VBCOOL:

The only way to eat a Possum is to get a 5 gal. bucket and fill with water then boil for 3 days at high temp. Them throw away the meat and drink the water. You don't want to eat the meat.

[nordmeyerx]

I'd love a Portal Gun

[Wack-A-Mole MLRS]

Originally posted by Razer:

The (.50 cal) hunting rifle is very underpowered in the Fallout games by Bethesda. Unfortunately the only late game gun to use for sniping is a gauss rifle. But yea the Fixer is good too, which sucks because it's a .45 machine gun and not a sniper. You can make a half sniper out of it, just like the Handmade rifle. Not the same as a Hunting rifle, but it's more effective.

So you want to shoot Moles in there Dens now. Can't wait for us to surface. Nothing is sacred anymore. What if we did this to you Dwellers, oh sorry guess you have me there . On to next post.

[Arcanix]

If the anti-matter gun shot some implosion AoE rounds, that would be nice. Energy Auto Grenade Launcher sort of. Pull effect too? I dont know. Deff a 1-3 second slow or stun effect.

30mm, 40mm or 50mm rounds. If 30mm cheaper ammo, if 50mm more expensive. The ammo should be as heavy as rockets and require nuclear waste to make.

In rifle form, 50 CAL depleted uranium shells. Nuclear waste and uranium ore to make.

[Mooman]

Time for a rant (some of you may have read this before):

A big problem with this game is the damage resistance equation. In short the more damage you do the more proportionally gets through as health damage.

That's a big issue as the lower you go on the damage scale the higher the effective HP of your target is. Effective HP is the damage a player needs to output to kill something when all reductions are considered.

This need for high damage output pushes the VATS/Crit/Buff meta far ahead of any other play style, free aim is effectively a waste of resources.

The game desperately needs a total balance pass and a reevaluation of the mathematics involved. Too often content is based on PTS reports from over powered players and not representative of a more casual player base.

I honestly don't know if the devs even observe players on the PTS or are fully aware of differences in the power scales, as to date (9 PTS by my account) there has been no sign of base level balance passes.

If we look at the most recent attempts at weapon balancing with the Ultracite Lasers the only word that comes to mind is "clueless". Whoever is making those changes obviously never played with them long term. This doesn't bode well for any other weapons tweaks or balance.

Hire or assign a Dev specifically for weapon balance Bethesda. It's what good studios do...

[Donoghu]

People want a stronger sniper rifle and argue about it having to use the Hunting Rifle or Lever Action Rifle.

*The Black Powder Rifle is crying in a corner because it has no scope mod.*