Fallout 4 Why Use Tommy Gun?

[pjedilord]

Why do people like to use tommy gun,when theres other better weapons to use?
I think its ok weapon, but target precise is not great, works well with some npcs.
But others not, Pay weapon from cricket is cool but tends not to work on some npcs.
Do npcs have special resistance? same with other weapons.
Special weapons like plasma seems to be better. I prefer to use other better weapons.
Why do they use old weapons like tommy guns? Goodneighbour seem to favour the weapon Why?
Who makes the bb gun mutants use? they do? they tend to be poor weapons.

[Fumo Bnnuy n Frends]

rapid fire
low ammo weight cost
lore friendly

[Scheneighnay]

I don't think it's fair to compare it to plasma weapons, as it's readily available much sooner in the game.

And that's pretty much your answer- it's a good weapon in the early game, but later on, you can find better alternatives.

[Ju87gstukas]

It looks cool.

[wtiger27]

Spray and Pray does not work on certain npcs? Who the hell are those? It fires a explosive .45 call round. There is nothing in the game that is immune to that.

And you can get it very early in the game. Like level 6 ( or sooner ) , if you have the caps.
The only draw back is the availability of .45 cal ammo early in the game. But if you spec for Commando, it can be effective for a very long time.

[Scheneighnay]

Opprinnelig skrevet av wtiger27:

Spray and Pray does not work on certain npcs? Who the hell are those? It fires a explosive .45 call round. There is nothing in the game that is immune to that.

And you can get it very early in the game. Like level 6 ( or sooner ) , if you have the caps.
The only draw back is the availability of .45 cal ammo early in the game. But if you spec for Commando, it can be effective for a very long time.

Really miss the legendary explosive shotgun I found on one playthrough.

It was a double-barrel that, because of the explosive feature, could OHK most raiders at a good 50m or more.

[wtiger27]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Scheneighnay:

Opprinnelig skrevet av wtiger27:

Spray and Pray does not work on certain npcs? Who the hell are those? It fires a explosive .45 call round. There is nothing in the game that is immune to that.

And you can get it very early in the game. Like level 6 ( or sooner ) , if you have the caps.
The only draw back is the availability of .45 cal ammo early in the game. But if you spec for Commando, it can be effective for a very long time.

Really miss the legendary explosive shotgun I found on one playthrough.

It was a double-barrel that, because of the explosive feature, could OHK most raiders at a good 50m or more.

Explosive shotguns are kick ass. But they do have one drawback a player needs to be aware of. Because of their short range, esp. if you perk in Demolition Expert, the explosive effect can do serous harm to your char. If the enemy is too close when you shoot them.

They can also harm your settlers if you use them during a settlement attack or non hostile npc's. Drawing their wrath.

[Necron Monolith ₿]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mx2UpGG4JEU
'cause it's iconic

[EolSunder]

most faster lower damage weapons like tommy guns, mini guns, etc really shine when you find good legendary effects for them, so while your doing a lot of lower damage bullets, which aren't great on heavy armored enemies, your legendary effects make up for the lower bullet damage. There are low armored foes in the game that any weapon works against, and there are heavier armored foes that low damage weapons are basically useless against.

BUT, getting perks and finding a nice legendary make them useful. Sure, a auto pipe weapon does piddling damage and takes a zillion bullets to whittle down the health of a supermutant warlord.. but find a kneecapper, or wounding, etc.. THEN it changes from a plink plink gun into something useful.

[Scheneighnay]

Opprinnelig skrevet av EolSunder:

most faster lower damage weapons like tommy guns, mini guns, etc really shine when you find good legendary effects for them, so while your doing a lot of lower damage bullets, which aren't great on heavy armored enemies, your legendary effects make up for the lower bullet damage. There are low armored foes in the game that any weapon works against, and there are heavier armored foes that low damage weapons are basically useless against.

BUT, getting perks and finding a nice legendary make them useful. Sure, a auto pipe weapon does piddling damage and takes a zillion bullets to whittle down the health of a supermutant warlord.. but find a kneecapper, or wounding, etc.. THEN it changes from a plink plink gun into something useful.

This is also a game where ammo is relatively scarce and sometimes you have to work with what you have enough of. Especially on auto builds.

That being said once you get the combat rifle which also takes .45, carrying an SMG to utilize .45 isn't so efficient.
Now we again ask why the combat rifle fires a pistol caliber.

[EolSunder]

true, but then you might have a normal combat rifle with .45 ammo, or a legendary tommy gun smg with a good legendary effect which makes it more useful than the combat rifle. Just depends. Sometimes you find good legendaries early, sometimes later, sometimes you get those explosive/wounding/etc stuff level 20-30, sometimes nothing useful drops until your level 70-80. This or that.

Heck my current just-fists playthrough of course i stumbled over wounding knuckles and a kneecapper knife at level 20ish which i can't use. Just luck of the draw.

[wtiger27]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Scheneighnay:

Opprinnelig skrevet av EolSunder:

most faster lower damage weapons like tommy guns, mini guns, etc really shine when you find good legendary effects for them, so while your doing a lot of lower damage bullets, which aren't great on heavy armored enemies, your legendary effects make up for the lower bullet damage. There are low armored foes in the game that any weapon works against, and there are heavier armored foes that low damage weapons are basically useless against.

BUT, getting perks and finding a nice legendary make them useful. Sure, a auto pipe weapon does piddling damage and takes a zillion bullets to whittle down the health of a supermutant warlord.. but find a kneecapper, or wounding, etc.. THEN it changes from a plink plink gun into something useful.

This is also a game where ammo is relatively scarce and sometimes you have to work with what you have enough of. Especially on auto builds.

That being said once you get the combat rifle which also takes .45, carrying an SMG to utilize .45 isn't so efficient.
Now we again ask why the combat rifle fires a pistol caliber.

You can upgrade the Combat rifle to .308. Which makes more sense. But that will take ether a .308 receiver you pulled off another combat rifle or Rank 4 of Gun Nut. But yeah, not a good option early on.

The WW 2 submachine gun for the tank crews, the "Grease Gun", as labeled by the soldiers, did use a .45 cal. Of course, as did the Thompson machine gun.

[Scheneighnay]

Opprinnelig skrevet av wtiger27:

The WW 2 submachine gun for the tank crews, the "Grease Gun", as labeled by the soldiers, did use a .45 cal. Of course, as did the Thompson machine gun.

Well yeah, all SMGs use pistol cartridges.

[Morgan Fun Gamer]

I Like tommy gun but not use him much. but I like it when i use him because he looks like a cool gun and he has fast fire rate. He is one of my favourite guns in the game even though I don't use him much.

[wtiger27]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Scheneighnay:

Opprinnelig skrevet av wtiger27:

The WW 2 submachine gun for the tank crews, the "Grease Gun", as labeled by the soldiers, did use a .45 cal. Of course, as did the Thompson machine gun.

Well yeah, all SMGs use pistol cartridges.

Yes, normally and far more common. But there have been SMG's made which do not use a common pistol round. The M56 and Sa vz 23 both use the 7.62 x 25mm round. And there are others.

[omtech1]

Traveling between Diamond City and Vault 81 you'll find a small caravan with a character named "Cricket". She has a tommy gun in her inventory named "spray and pray". it fires exploding .45 caliber bullets.