best assault rifles?

[GAMRKNIGHT352]

Trying a build for assault rifles, currently the only ones I really have are a Grendel and a semi auto Drum Beat, but neither of these are truly practical for how I use them. The grendel requires me to essentially mag dump the entire 50 round magazine to even scratch an enemy, and the drum beat's main drawback is the fact that it's semi automatic, but that's not really super bad. Any better assault rifles I can get that have a good balance between fire rate and damage?

[Vyss A'lare]

I am a massive fan of the AA-99. It's pretty good to start and gets way better once you get all the magazines for it (Mag size goes to 50). Sadly other than the magshear full autos are kinda meh and semi-auto beowulf reigns supreme for all around use.

[skunkmonkey]

Mods make a huge difference in gun performance, be sure to upgrade them. A gun that does base 3 dmg un-modded might do 20+ dmg modded. I can't speak for assault rifles because I tend to prefer pistols, rifles, and shotguns, but I've seen plenty of assault rifles with higher than the base 3 dmg. Once you start modding your ammo you'll see a huge difference in damage. IE: Whitehot ammo will burn the crud out of NPC's even with a low base damage weapon.

[chipartist]

Magshear is my goto full auto. Ramp up your weapon moddng skills and turn one into a gut ripper of a gun. This is typical of what I have used in every playthrough:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3091572131

[Ommamar]

Unless a full auto assault rifle has the furious legendary (I think that is its name it doubles the damage of each consecutive hit) I will only keep it to mod it then sell it. Usually the damage is to low with a high rate of fire you just go through ammunition without the damage return. Yes you can raise it by applying mods but since you can do that with any weapon the higher damage lower fire rate weapons seem to do better.

[chipartist]

Originally posted by Ommamar:

Usually the damage is to low with a high rate of fire you just go through ammunition without the damage return.

The Magshear I'm using atm can bring down a level 125 Ecliptic Legend in about 2 seconds. The massive fire rate guarantees massive damage, especially with mods like Magnetic Rails and Depleted U rounds. It just shreds everything. I use controlled burst firing rather than spray and pray, so ammo isn't a big issue, and it reloads fairly fast. Magshear is a CQC weapon, though, For longer range and scoped targets I have used a Beowulf modded up with burst fire, suppressor and medium scope, that's also a sweet weapon, goes well with stealth play.

[robbyhensley]

Assault rifle, to me my definition and this game it is the advanced Va'runn Inflictor maxed out and set with annihilator ammo. If you run the Hard Target for long range sniping then back that up with Inflictor for close range, you get things done fastest, don't need med packs and never run low on ammo. I prefer the Advanced Hard target set for max damage and accuracy over the mag sniper. I prefer the advanced inflictor over everything else.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3105607262

[sarcastic_godot]

If you need full auto or burst fire, Magshear.
Or - even though it is not a rifle, and the rate of fire is hence pretty meh... ...the Breach shotgun can do full auto without losing its punch.

Beowulf for semi-auto with silencer, Va'ruun Inflictor for semi-auto noisy.

Tombstone (IIRC) has the nice touch that it can be modified with Penetrator Ammo, but I'll have to look that up in-game later.

[BlackIce]

depends on circumstance, but id say AA# is a good rifle for most jobs, varuun rifle is epic fun if you get a good legendary, magshear or its legendary pirate quest will melt most stuff

[Omnius10]

Drumbeat with volley shot and explosive ammo, silencer for initial sneak attacks, or a magshear

[robbyhensley]

Originally posted by Omnius10:

Drumbeat with volley shot and explosive ammo, silencer for initial sneak attacks, or a magshear

The drum beat with explosive rounds is better than say the Grendel and tombstone configured for whitehot rounds but the Inflictor configured for annihilator round beats everything IMO - https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3105607262

oh, i renamed this rifle to keep track when selling inventory, it is actually just an instigating advanced inflictor

[rufus_mcgayhee]

the ak47. oh you meant in starfield? i dont know.. i kept using that shotgun that shoots electrical charges. ak wut? ar15 who? assault rifles are weak bruh.

[RivvenDarke]

Its the stupid videogame logic. The same bullet from the same gun makes magically tons more damage when fiired single shot. Hate that so much...

[chefcook90]

The Beowulf, the Beowulf, and the Beowulf are all top-tier choices.

The Kodama is also categorized as an assault-rife for gameplay purposes such as mods and trait bonuses, even though the in-game description even admits that's actually a machine pistol >_>

[rufus_mcgayhee]

Originally posted by chefcook90:

The Beowulf, the Beowulf, and the Beowulf are all top-tier choices.

The Kodama is also categorized as an assault-rife for gameplay purposes such as mods and trait bonuses, even though the in-game description even admits that's actually a machine pistol >_>

Bruh, what about that shotgun that shoots energy. I pretty much only used that gun for everything. Bruh, it is so OP. I forget the name. Its sleek and white and shoots energy and wrecks everything.

[Hobo Misanthropus]

Magshear has the most theoretical DPS if you aren't doing suppressor/sneak.

Otherwise, Beowulf or AA-99.

Burst fire rifles (As opposed to Full Auto) benefit from the Marksmanship skill, so you can pump out some crazy crit bursts while still retaining most of the Full auto feel