Weapon Choice Help!

[Gamerwolfsix]

I cam from playing skyrim, where all you really need is the highest damage sword and a bow with arrows. When I came to this game there are so many different types of guns and ammo it is overwhelming. I am not really sure which of the...20 different guns I have are the best. And I do not want to not hold any since I can quickly run out of ammo for it if I just keep with it. Is there a list of weapon strengths so I can sell my weaker ones? Or does the ammo bench help me switch one ammo into another? Also, is that what the ammo bench does?

Thanks

[Regina Dea]

Look for the weapon in your Pip-Boy. You will see two stats for weapon power - DAM and DPS.

DAM is the weapon's damage. A higher damage weapon deals more damage to heavily armored foes.
DPS is damage per second. Faster firing guns have a higher DPS, while rifles have a lower DPS.

I keep at least three weapons on me, because I don't use rocket launchers, miniguns, etc. What I look for, however, is one weapon with good DAM (usually a sniper rifle), a weapon with higher DPS (assault carbine or light machine gun, or laser RCW if you prefer energy weapons), and a pistol, to kill critters (molerats, mantises, bloatflies and other such weak targets). This way I save ammo. A melee weapon would also help here, if that's your thing.

Swapping ammo types also help. You can check their effects under 'Ammo' in the Pip-Boy. Hollowpoint rounds, for example, are best used against lightly armored targets. Chet in the Goodsprings General Store (next to the Saloon) provides you with these information and more.

As for the reloading bench, you can make bullets, but you'll need the right materials. Usually this involves breaking down bullets you don't use. In the same way, the workbench (the blue one) allows you to convert one energy ammo type to another.

Hope this helps. :)

[MaTT]

http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Fallout:_New_Vegas_weapons
This should help!

[azxcvbnm321]

Almost everything I know about real world guns comes from Fallout! I've memorized that the NATO standard round is the 5.56mm and the AK-47 is the 7.62mm. I also know snipers use .308 cal round, my friend, a gun enthusiast, was impressed.

You will need different guns depending on the situation. You'll need a long range accurate gun. A short range gun that does a lot of damage regardless of accuracy. A gun that does a lot of DAM (powerful) and can penetrate armor, but may not do the most DPS. Experiment with all the guns and find which ones you like the best. Some things like recoil and sway don't show up in the stats.

[ronr42]

The Simple answer is; 1 Anti-material rifle for shooting Deathclaws. 2. Light machine gun or the minigun for most other enemies. The long answer is; Try all the games weapons, they're fun to use!

[MaTT]

No! All you need is the Medicine Stick, with hand loads. And maybe a pump action shotgun, for those pesky bugs. And anyway the .308 sniper rifle(silenced) is better for deathclaws because of the broken stealth mechanics.

[R5CYA]

Originally posted by azxcvbnm321:

Almost everything I know about real world guns comes from Fallout! I've memorized that the NATO standard round is the 5.56mm and the AK-47 is the 7.62mm. I also know snipers use .308 cal round, my friend, a gun enthusiast, was impressed.

it's not that simple. you're forgetting length. 5.56x45mm (also known as .223" with different pressures) is a nato round and chambers in m16/ar15 type rifles. 7.62x51mm is also a nato round used for larger rifles like the m14 and sniper rifles. (yes, it's also known as a .308" though the two have different pressures) the ak type rifles use 7.62x39mm. there's also 7.62x54r, which is used in eastern bloc nations for everything from bolt action rifles to machine guns.

[MustardJeep]

Dead Money HoloRifle

Best dmg per Ammo of all the guns available in the game.

Or if you want to just have stupid fun and explore the story.

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[Sam Hunter]

OOORRRR you could do like everyone who played a fallout for the first time : try out and have fun ^^. If you really want to go in the inner working of the guns though, you can still look at this : http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Fallout:_New_Vegas_weapons

This page details every stats of every weapon in the vanilla game and DLC. Some research on the same site should provide explanation on how the damages are calculated and all that

[Nephilim]

Unarmed weapons are good also especially if getting low on ammo. I like using Pushy and it is easy to get. Ballistic fist is also nice.

[Dosbilliam, Boring but Practical]

I've probably got more hours than anyone else here, so I'll run down the relevant bits for the more common Guns ammo types. Energy Weapons ammo is much simpler: Energy Cells for pistol weapons, Microfusion Cells for rifles, Electron Charge Packs for everything else like the RCW and Gatling Laser.

.22LR: Pretty much useless aside from being used in the only two non-unique silenced weapons in the game. Deals barely any damage and the weapons deal reduced damage to limbs, making it the weakest ammo type. Depending on mods, it can be a good source of ammo crafting materials, though.

9mm/10mm: Both are mostly pistol and SMG ammo, although 10mm is used for the Shoulder-Mounted Machine Gun from Lonesome Road. They're useful for decent-DPS weapons, and the 9mm ammo is common enough to make a good anti-Cazador weapon at low levels.

5.56mm: Normal rifle ammo. Overall the most common ammo, since 5mm doesn't start dropping in large amounts until later and 9mm stops being useful just before then. If you're inclined towards sniping, the Varmint Rifle and later Ratslayer are good weapons for silenced killing until you get the actual Sniper Rifle and the mod to silence it.

5mm: The only base ammo with an inbuilt DR reduction. Usually used in either full-auto weapons like the Assault Carbine or my beloved Minigun. (I play a lot of Serious Sam) You can buy in large quantities, but that's because you burn through it fast. Yesterday, for example, I went through about three thousand of the JSP version (don't worry about that yet) with a Minigun and damn near broke the thing. It's weak, but like I said, it's got a -10 DR effect, so it doesn't need to be that strong.

.357/.44 Magnum: Both actually go with most of the weapon types. They both have pistols, .357 having two with Dead Money and the .44 Magnum being damn near useless due to crappy range and a serious VATS glitch that was never fixed. Both have rifles, the Cowboy Repeater and Trail Gun, respectively, and both are used in the K9000 line with Old World Blues.

.308: The main sniper round. Also used for the Auto. Rifle in Dead Money, but that weapon's...meh. It's fairly high damage compared to most weapons, although the .45-70 weapons beat it in damage but it's a much rarer type and the .50 MG is only used for the Anti-Materiel Rifle, something you wanna wait to try.

There's also explosive ammo, but those are pretty much only used for one weapon, like the Missile Launcher for Missiles and the Fat Man for Mini Nukes.

[Incunabulum]

Best weapon depends on your playstyle. Close-in - melee/shotgun mix, maybe an SMG. Medium range - AR/SMG Long range - varmit rifle/hunting rifle/really anything with a scope with a decent pistol/SMG as a backup.

Stash a heavy weapon somewhere easy to get at for those times when you know you'll have to go up against a lot of enemies at once. Do the same with an anti-materiel rifle for when you *have* to cut through deathclaws. An alternative here, if you have a decentish energy weapons skill, is one of the bigger laser rifles.

If you're really patient, mines and a varmit rifle. Set the mines on the path towards you, shoot one with the varmit rifle and watch them blow themselves up.

My normal loadout is a 10mm SMG and a varmit rifle, later I may upgrade to a hunting rifle. At range the varmit can one/two shot most anything humanish and the SMG is for anything that manages to get close.

[Dosbilliam, Boring but Practical]

I'd give my normal loadout, but it's normally variable based on the ammo I have.

The normal base is pretty much the damned guide I wrote for sniping, so there's that too.

Edit: A link for the kids.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=212550789

[Gromov]

.44 Magnum for basic scumbags, Hunting Rifle with all trims for most and Hunting Shotgun for some messy close-in work.

Always try to attack from "Hidden".

Always learn to craft special ammo.

[azxcvbnm321]

Originally posted by R5CYA:

Originally posted by azxcvbnm321:

Almost everything I know about real world guns comes from Fallout! I've memorized that the NATO standard round is the 5.56mm and the AK-47 is the 7.62mm. I also know snipers use .308 cal round, my friend, a gun enthusiast, was impressed.

it's not that simple. you're forgetting length. 5.56x45mm (also known as .223" with different pressures) is a nato round and chambers in m16/ar15 type rifles. 7.62x51mm is also a nato round used for larger rifles like the m14 and sniper rifles. (yes, it's also known as a .308" though the two have different pressures) the ak type rifles use 7.62x39mm. there's also 7.62x54r, which is used in eastern bloc nations for everything from bolt action rifles to machine guns.

Thanks for the info. Never knew the 7.62mm was equivalent to a .308, different lengths aside.

No one mentioned my favorite gun, the 12.7mm submachine gun? Serious damage and DPS once you can afford it. Anti-material guns are great for deathclaws, but I actually prefer the sniper for all other long range kills. It scopes much closer so it is more accurate and has less kick and recoil.

But in the end, you can use just about any gun/guns to finish the game, when you max out your levels, you become super powerful.

[Anchovy]

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