Good Heavy Weapon?

[Grimno]

Getting back into the game and trying to find a good Heavy Weapon to use.
Right now I have "The Final Word" .50 Cal and a Gauss Minigun with Anti-Armor
I know the Bloodthirsty mod is good, but would there be a particular weapon type to go for? Saw some say Plasma Gatling but not 100% sure

[NIkto Barada]

well, with the right mods even a gatling gun can be fun.
but ive always felt most weapons were a bit niche. the LMG being outdamaged by the 50 cal , but having better accuracy, less recoil. etc.
the gauss weapon ammo was hard to make and find back then, if you got your camp setup correctly that shoud be easier now.
we get a few changes in the meta from time to time, but the armor piercing perk is most important, the damage per shot makes the gatling better vs bosses imo.
the way DR is set up we cant use all the weapon in all situations.bosses have more DR.

[CoolSensei]

.50 cal, flamer & holy fire variant, gatling laser & plasma and the gauss minigun are all good heavy weapon choices. If you want to use a vats build with heavy weapons, then plasma caster and the cremator is your best options.

[Grendalcat]

Originally posted by BloodyWake:

Originally posted by Grimno:

Yeah I googled the Holy Flame and saw Beasts of Burden
Been server hopping the past hour but ain't seen one popped yet
Been also browsing player shops but have to admit, with all the new players, which is awesome, it does tend to make player bases on the map more sparse. Usually see just one base with item stocks tops per server.

Also are all Holy Fires the same cause it's an event reward? Or is it random rolls?

All different

I think they all drop the same:

"It drops with the following legendary effects:

Vampire's: Restore 2% health over 2 seconds when you hit an enemy.
Rapid: +25% faster attack speed.
Durability: Breaks 50% slower.
Cursed:[1] +15% damage, +20% faster attack speed, -4 durability.
Additional effect: 18 fire damage over 3 seconds (normal is 9/3sec).
Like other named items from the Once in a Blue Moon update, the player can re-roll the main three effects while the unique effects will remain innate to the weapon."

from here:

https://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Holy_Fire

[Gillx83]

I really like The Final Word. IMO, Anti Armor is better than 2 shot.

[kitekrazy]

My favorite is Grand Finale with mysterious stranger perk. That perk works over 50% with that weapon,

[bwf1975]

Great thing about fo76, don't just get the best dps build.
There are so many viable builds, i use secret service armour and a gauss shotgun build.
Nothing i can't solo, and is great fun blasting stuff to crap.

[decree]

Holy Fire is so good, my stealth sniper carries one as backup around, last time i was happy to have it last week the jersey devil.

[Dio]

anyone selling a holy fire by any chance ?

[Uvirith]

I firmly believe there are no unusably bad weapons in this game. I play everything. Heavy, Commando, Sniper, Melee, Bloodied, Vanguard, with or without Power Armor. And everything works in every content with the right Build.

That being said, Flamer and Plasma Caster for Heavy really melt everything. A Plasmacaster can hit for 1200+ Critdamage per Hit. A Flamer can melt an unlimited number of close up enemies.