why cant I hit my target in new vagas? Do I need to press V and do the slow motion thing all the time?

[PIFFKUSH]

In fallout 4 shooting was simple, in this game I cant shoot anything.

even if I go up to someones head and point blank range or up close it misses

do I need to press v to hit the enemies?

[Bansheebutt]

Generally that only really happens if you have absolutly zero skill in a weapon and don't meet it's strength requirement. You can see both of those requirements in the weapon's stats in your inventory.

[PIFFKUSH]

my STATS > SKILLS says

Guns 20 (-) ....what does that mean?

for my 9mm pistol it says
DPS 32
STR 2
WG 1.50
VAL 60

can I use this pistol to kill things or am i to weak?

I want to like this game but if I cant kill anything its not good

[Enderminion]

the DPS/DMG stat changes between DPS and DMG, if your guns skill is LESS then the guns skill on the gun then you get a penelty using it same for strength, guns are the best when you have a guns skill 100

[HaloEliteLegend]

Originally posted by PIFFKUSH:

my STATS > SKILLS says

Guns 20 (-) ....what does that mean?

for my 9mm pistol it says
DPS 32
STR 2
WG 1.50
VAL 60

can I use this pistol to kill things or am i to weak?

I want to like this game but if I cant kill anything its not good

Guns 20 is pretty low. I'd recommend choosing Guns as one of your tag skills, as it's one of the most useful skills in the game (most weapons fall under "Guns"). The higher your Gun skill, the more accurate you'll be and the more damage you'll deal.

Fallout 4 is a traditional shooter. You point and click. New Vegas is an RPG. Your shots are affected by many dicerolls that happen behind the scenes. It's improved from 3 in that your shots will pretty much be accurate when iron-sighting.

For your pistol, your DPS is how much damage this weapon can deal per second firing at maximum speed and hitting every shot. STR is the minimum Strength SPECIAL skill that you'll need. You must meet this requirement to use the weapon. WG is its weight. VAL is its value. The 9mm is a very weak pistol, and it will be even weaker if it's damaged. Which brings me to...

Repair. You'll need to repair your weapons. If they're in bad shape (indicated by a item condition bar), they'll do less damage and be less accurate. Make sure you keep your weapons in good repair or they'll be worse-off.

Accuracy is also dependant on your Perception SPECIAL skill. Your accuracy will be lower if you have low Perception.

[Ladez]

Originally posted by PIFFKUSH:

Guns 20 (-) ....what does that mean?

It means that you have 20 points out of 100 in your Guns skill, severely hindering your effectiveness with weapons in that category. The (-) indicates that your skill is actually higher and that it is currently being negatively impacted by some effect. This can happen when you equip certain gear or ingest certain items.

Originally posted by PIFFKUSH:

can I use this pistol to kill things or am i to weak?

You can use it, but it's a very weak weapon that you should work towards replacing as one of your first priorities.

Originally posted by PIFFKUSH:

I want to like this game but if I cant kill anything its not good

You can kill pretty much everything, but you have to put some thought into your gear and attributes if you want to be effective at doing so.

[Enderminion]

Originally posted by HaloEliteLegend:

Originally posted by PIFFKUSH:

my STATS > SKILLS says

Guns 20 (-) ....what does that mean?

for my 9mm pistol it says
DPS 32
STR 2
WG 1.50
VAL 60

can I use this pistol to kill things or am i to weak?

I want to like this game but if I cant kill anything its not good

Guns 20 is pretty low. I'd recommend choosing Guns as one of your tag skills, as it's one of the most useful skills in the game (most weapons fall under "Guns"). The higher your Gun skill, the more accurate you'll be and the more damage you'll deal.

Fallout 4 is a traditional shooter. You point and click. New Vegas is an RPG. Your shots are affected by many dicerolls that happen behind the scenes. It's improved from 3 in that your shots will pretty much be accurate when iron-sighting.

For your pistol, your DPS is how much damage this weapon can deal per second firing at maximum speed and hitting every shot. STR is the minimum Strength SPECIAL skill that you'll need. You must meet this requirement to use the weapon. WG is its weight. VAL is its value. The 9mm is a very weak pistol, and it will be even weaker if it's damaged. Which brings me to...

Repair. You'll need to repair your weapons. If they're in bad shape (indicated by a item condition bar), they'll do less damage and be less accurate. Make sure you keep your weapons in good repair or they'll be worse-off.

Accuracy is also dependant on your Perception SPECIAL skill. Your accuracy will be lower if you have low Perception.

Perception does not affect guns accuracy it affects energy weapon accuracy, you're thinking of Agillity

[PIFFKUSH]

any mods that can make the shooting like fallout 4?

[Enderminion]

Originally posted by PIFFKUSH:

any mods that can make the shooting like fallout 4?

it is like FO4 just VATS pauses time in F:NV but not in 4

[Richard Roe]

If you want to have an almost garrateeded gun hit in v.a.t.s. get one or more of the fallowing perks

Commando - 2 handed guns (rifles and such) have better chance to hit in vats

Gunslinger - 1 handed guns (Pistols and smgs) have a better chance to hit

Sniper - headshots are easier and more likly to land in vats

center mass - do extra damage and have higher chance to land torso shots in vats

Hobbler - shots to the legs have a better chance of landing



If your using a sniper rifle (308 hunting rifle, Varmit rifle, 50 cal anti-material rifle) with bothe commando and sniper makes for some awsome vats kills in sneak.

[ᅚ]

Don't forget about Damage Threshold (DT). If your weapon's damage (DAM) doesn't exceed the DT of your target's armor, those point blank hits won't do a thing.

[Dustin81]

Crouching also lessens the sway.

[Enderminion]

Originally posted by RadulfTheRed:

Don't forget about Damage Threshold (DT). If your weapon's damage (DAM) doesn't exceed the DT of your target's armor, those point blank hits won't do a thing.

there is a minimum damage, for max condition 9mm pistols its like 1.2

[Bansheebutt]

Damage cannot be reduced below 20%

[Grimm]

People have horrible spelling nowaday's. For example, a Few words in here, "Garrateeded", "Penelty" What the ♥♥♥♥ is this? It's Guarenteed, and Penalty. Can't you hoodlum's spell?

[ᅚ]

I think you meant to type, "guaranteed." In addition, an apostrophe preceeding an "s" isn't neccessary to make a word plural. ;)

Whoops! I see was was wrong about the damage threshold thing. Been too long since I've played the game. Sorry, folks.