Railway Rifle is best weapon in game change my mind..

[Bullied by Pigeon]

bloodied explosives are broken and unfun afterawhile.. so im ignoring those.
It was my fav weapon in fallout4 and first thing i sought for once i hit lvl 30 its been a month and ive collected around 7 legendaries including Instigating, bloodied, Quad, executioner and anti armor here are my thoughts after using all of them along with regualr non legendary ones.

Pros:
1) Hits like a truck has a default armor penetration of 85% (i think)
2) Cheap ammo .. u just need steel.(no more resource gathering Chores )
3) default stagger on almost every headshot or even torso.
4) almost 100% vats accuracy in mid/close range with concentrated fire. seriously it never misses a head shot in vats, i try other rifles adn they all suck almost every one of them miss first few shots the most horrible is guassrifle on vats..i bought instigating guass rifle for 2K and it's bad in vats..
5) unique reload sound Choo Choo

Cons:
1) spikes/ammo are heavy and bandolier is a must
2) a little annoying idle engine sound but i dont notice it that much.
3) ♥♥♥♥ addons/mods. the only good ones for this is long barrel+(short recon/ regular scope) everything else is ♥♥♥♥ just makes is weigh more.. since u will mostly use this in VATs
4) low magzine count..but if your in rifle mode 10 is enough you will down every thing in 1 head shot except most tanky ones..
5) not good vs SBQ in rifle mode but its decent .. a Quad ammo + auto reciever + commando build can make it viable.

[jamesc70]

Shotguns are best.

Even with zero perks, VATS hits with them one-shot everything but SBQ and other big legendary mobs like sheepsquatchs. I am running a stealth crit build, with stealth and AP + crit perks.

Granted the railway rifle is good, but it still takes 4-5 shots when you are not in stealth to kill a 62 super mutant; my shotgun takes 2 at most even not in stealth. If only the guass shotgun did not miss EVERY first shot in VATS...

[Bullied by Pigeon]

if ur speced properly every enemy other than SBQ, Mirelurk queen/king and behemoth go down to 1 headshot.. even the Super mutant brute/overlords .. and im not even doing sneak crits.. just vats headshot while jumping around with marsupial.. although i do use instigating most of times ..i switch ot bloodied if they are already damaged.. I agree shotguns are fun too guess its jsut my preference.. and shottys have a range dropoff ..this one doesnt but does have a travel time so its harder to aim without vats for mid and long range moving targets.

[Hefutoxin]

You've gone from one shotting with a bloodied gun to one shotting without a bloodied gun. I don't think you've changed much.

I'll stick with Auto Grenade Launcher. Light. Sound. Bodies tossed everywhere. Groups decimated in seconds. Let me know when you catch up.

[MustardJeep]

Really for a "day to day" carry the only reason the ammunition weight reduction perk exists is the railway rifle and the harpoon gun.

Not everyone is an endgame spammer doing a 5mm spray and pray for ten straight.

The pinning gimmick however is sadly under utilized

Still in general not really in favor of it because a covert operative sandman beats it.

Covert 2x sneak damage multiplier
sandman +50% sneak damage

Higher burst damage that isn't actually weapon specific.

[Amanandhisdog]

i dotn want to change your opinion its like your opinion. keep it its yours.

[b0nehead]

I have yet to find anything hard in the game. Queen does 0 dmg and soaks everything for a few mins.

Everything else dies nearly instantly with any weapon. Prove me wrong.

All this tweaking we do for ez content :P

[MustardJeep]

Wanted514 původně napsal:

Everything else dies nearly instantly with any weapon. Prove me wrong.

All this tweaking we do for ez content :P

Tell that to the BS Windigo I dropped a fat man on, and still had to pump ten more rifle rounds into.

[Bored Peon]

I have a rifle character with one.

Skemooo původně napsal:

Cons:
1) spikes/ammo are heavy and bandolier is a must
2) a little annoying idle engine sound but i dont notice it that much.
3) ♥♥♥♥ addons/mods. the only good ones for this is long barrel+(short recon/ regular scope) everything else is ♥♥♥♥ just makes is weigh more.. since u will mostly use this in VATs
4) low magzine count..but if your in rifle mode 10 is enough you will down every thing in 1 head shot except most tanky ones..
5) not good vs SBQ in rifle mode but its decent .. a Quad ammo + auto reciever + commando build can make it viable.

1. The ammo can be made at any tinker bench, you do not need chemistry bench for gunpowder.
2.The engine sound of the reload is one of the best features...
3. I used mine without VATS, it is really accurate even with the basic sights.
4. most mobs only take 2-3 shots out of stealth kill.
5. The railway rifle is better when she is in the air, for some reason it is more accurate manually aiming at the flying than the handmade. Once on the ground the hand made is swapped in.

6. Spikes can only be crafted 5 at a time...which is why i just spam the button until ive used up 1200 steel.
7. It breaks a lot and Luck of the Draw aint much help because of low rate of fire.
8. Two shot or semi auto railway rifles require VATS.

Surprisingly enough, the railway rifle does a fairly well job of not revealing yourself when you fire. Good thing the reload has no effect on noise making, lol.

[Natius]

my cowboy bloodied explosive more better
go pew pew pew

[PissOffCupcake]

how do you acquire a quad weapon?
I'm at level 72 and have never seen one...
Quad Explosive Double Barrel Shotgun:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HI1c-YQEg4&t=160s

[Sparzy]

I like the lever rifle

[martin.t.byrne]

PissOffCupcake původně napsal:

how do you acquire a quad weapon?
I'm at level 72 and have never seen one...
Quad Explosive Double Barrel Shotgun:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HI1c-YQEg4&t=160s

I've had a Quad + bashing dmg Combat Shotgun forever it seems like.

[Lord of Cinder]

I tried playing with RR and disliked it. Ammo is veery heavy and making it costs lots of steel for very few spikes. Worst part is, the recoil on the automatic version is hilarious and makes it only useful in Vats for me. Othewise, even if I aim at the feet of an enemy, the 2 second or third shot is already pointed at the sky.

As for a sniping, semi-auto weapon, my bloodied gauss rifle outdamages the RR while also having a silencer and not revealing my location.

[Bullied by Pigeon]

Lord of Cinder původně napsal:

I tried playing with RR and disliked it. Ammo is veery heavy and making it costs lots of steel for very few spikes. Worst part is, the recoil on the automatic version is hilarious and makes it only useful in Vats for me. Othewise, even if I aim at the feet of an enemy, the 2 second or third shot is already pointed at the sky.

As for a sniping, semi-auto weapon, my bloodied gauss rifle outdamages the RR while also having a silencer and not revealing my location.

to each their own.. yes ammo is scarce at start if u dont have ammosmith and super duper.. but once u get those u get plenty .. almost every weapon u scrap gives average of 10-15 steel with scrapper perk..its enough to carry you trhough and while looting u get some of your spikes back.. and yes bandolier is a must there is no otherway around it for this weapon and also dont use autofire on this if u dont have agility maxed with unyielding to give u enough AP for Vats.. i run grim reaper + gunfu and i never run out of AP and this thing clears out a full line in sand horde in one clip (quad version ) i dont like putting auto fire on regualr 10 round mags rifle mode is better for those.

[Natius]

never see BE## Double Barrel shotgun yet?
imagine spread perk and reload speed perk and 3 shotguner perk (10% each, more efficient than 1 perk eat 3 space with 20%)