What is the BEST Sniper rifle

[Howdoyoupurr]

I know about the plasma rifle talking normal bullet sniper rifle??

[Legion]

I don't think a Suppressor is required for a sniper weapon. Most of the time you are engaging the enemy from so far away they can't find you regardless.

The only real problems with the plasma rifle are the difficulty in hitting moving targets at extreme range, and the curious collision properties exhibited by the projectile causing it to hit windows, grates, nearby lamp posts, etc. instead of the enemy.

I really like the plasma rifle modded as a shotgun more than as a sniper rifle, since the Gauss rifle is a better choice for picking targets off at long range. It's not as bad a sniper weapon as some people think but I think for a pure energy weapons character it makes more sense to carry a more diverse loadout than just a bunch of weapons modded for maximum range/damage per shot.

The Laser Rifle just doesn't have the raw damage to be an efficient sniper weapon. It's extremely powerful when modded with a gyro and set up for full auto, preferably with the rapid fire legendary effect. Since MFC's are plentiful late game you can afford to burn through ammo quickly.

[MrBiTTeL]

Suppresor give you extra dmg from perk thats why what is important for sniper rifles.

Plasma Weapon is one of the weapons what have travel speed of bullet and because of that even extra accuracy will be usles. Also With Gauss Rifle/.50 Call Sniper Rifle you get 112/113 Accuracy and already with it you can kill enemey for longest range what you can do in game. So what will give you 200 accuracy in Plasma? I Dont know.

You should Use plasma weapon and Gauss/50. call for long/medium targets and you will see because of the travel and not having silencer Plasma is the worse weapon what you can use for long targets (And we are talking about Sniper Rifles what should be for long targets) Dont get me wrong I use Plasma Rifle but only if I need to go loud and I will get enemies at short-medium range.

[Bearded Geek]

The .308 combat rifle does more damage per shot than the .50 hunting rifle. It is the best ballistic sniper rilfe.

Of course for "the best", find the right Legendary.

[★Kelvy★]

Plain old Vera 2 sniper rifle you know when that is fired it not muzzled.
Get it by helping a guy fight of his crabie problem.

[Legion]

If you have the perk in question. Not everyone will. Nor will everyone have a legendary effect that boosts damage.

But hey, all things considered the Gauss rifle is still the best sniper rifle.

[Breadsmith]

Max Crank Laser Musket. Sure, there may be better guns for the job, but only the Laser Musket plays "pop-goes-the-weasel" when you load it.

[Big Moustache]

I looted a .308 sniper from a legendary that shoot a additional projectile, found another one of those that does 50% extra limb damage. Both are upgraded to .50 and the limb damage one i put a supressor for indoor use, or sneak snipe the legs from deathclaws, suicide supermutants and other heavy opponents.

[hk_prometheus]

Howdoyoupurr の投稿を引用：

I know about the plasma rifle talking normal bullet sniper rifle??

Energy and Plasma based weapons are garbage, they give away your position too easily. If you want a real sniper build then use kinetic weapons.

I highly recommend the syringer rifle as it is completely silent and simply for the crowd control factor. If you can get two raiders or ghouls or super mutants to frenzy on each other you will have a much easier time sniping and using explosives on the main boss.

The key is to use less ordinance and get maximum body count. Syringer is a good opener then move to high damage, velocity and range weapons after you plant explosives around your position.

Take no prisoners, no man or woman left standing. Take no damage, either. All of them should be treated as soft targets, assuming you get the explosives right.

[kth]

Gauss Gun is the only good one for oneshoting enemies that are level 100.

[Kyros]

Ulysses の投稿を引用：

Gauss Gun is the only good one for oneshoting enemies that are level 100.

From what I read in forums :
Gauss is better for sneak perks since you can add a silencer. But imo it's ugly and easy mode.
Laser Musket is better for crit builds.

In terms of damage 6crank vs Gauss is about the same, the difference is tiny.

[MrBiTTeL]

The Trickster の投稿を引用：

Ulysses の投稿を引用：

Gauss Gun is the only good one for oneshoting enemies that are level 100.

From what I read in forums :
Gauss is better for sneak perks since you can add a silencer. But imo it's ugly and easy mode.
Laser Musket is better for crit builds.

In terms of damage 6crank vs Gauss is about the same, the difference is tiny.

Laser Musket is inaccurate as ♥♥♥♥ especialy with 6crank. Also its Laser weapon without suppresor. I dont why ppl talk about Laser Musket as a Sniper Rifle. Yea its cool looking laser weapon but in cant good as sniper rifle period. You can use it at close-medium range like every energy weapon but thats kinda it. Dont get me wrong 6crank dmg is very good but I would tottaly go with assoult rifle/combat rifle with silencer/good fire rate then go with laser musket where I needed to always get that 6 crank to reload ... waste of time ... especialy that you dont get good dmg bonus since you dont have silencer.

At end of the day we are talking about sniper rifles. Most the time if you going to snipe any one you will be at sneak mod so its required to get silencer what will give you a lot of extra dmg from perks.

[BaronZen]

For me gauss for the life, can do over 2000 dmg starting from stealthed (work even with enemy attention rised, think with rifeman 5, companion perks, stealth and silenced weapon perk i do more like 2500 well enough for one shot legendary deathclaws or supermutant), no need of critical although I have them but using them for hit at very long distance, equip gear with 10% card cost reduction and with a rifle with vats enhanced (+20% precision -25% vats cost) you can clear a room without problems.

[MrBiTTeL]

Clownsanity の投稿を引用：

you can clear a room without problems.

There are better weapons to "clear rooms" or just CQC/close-medium fights then Gauss Rifle. Most of the time in that kinda fights you are not anymore in stealth mod so silencer is usless. In That moment depends how close are enemies i switch to any better fire rate weapon or shotgun if its pure CQC. Especialy that im not using V.A.T.S (hate that auto aim sh**) so better fire rate and take enemies faster then recharging gauss rifle after every single shot would be tottaly better.

But as sniping weapon for long range targets ... god bless gauss rifle.

[Legion]

MrBiTTeL の投稿を引用：

Clownsanity の投稿を引用：

you can clear a room without problems.

There are better weapons to "clear rooms" or just CQC/close-medium fights then Gauss Rifle. Most of the time in that kinda fights you are not anymore in stealth mod so silencer is usless. In That moment depends how close are enemies i switch to any better fire rate weapon or shotgun if its pure CQC. Especialy that im not using V.A.T.S (hate that auto aim sh**) so better fire rate and take enemies faster then recharging gauss rifle after every single shot would be tottaly better.

But as sniping weapon for long range targets ... god bless gauss rifle.

The Gauss rifle is effective, but inefficient, for room-sweeping. Its rate of fire and uncharged damage is good enough to get the job done. The rarity of the ammo is the primary limiting factor, with the recoil and need to charge up for full damage being slight issues as well.

A plasma shotgun, gatling laser, or assault rifle offer better bang for your buck in close assault.

If we're talking about maximum body count with the opening volley though the missile launcher is my weapon of choice. Pinpoint accurate with a blast radius large enough to kill many enemies at once but not indiscriminate enough to blow yourself up when used indoors. Who cares about silencers and stealth when you can flatten the opposition with the first salvo.

[MrBiTTeL]

Missile launcher at early game is kinda usless since you need Heavy Gunner + optional Explosiv DMG perks to buff this weapon. I start to go to Heavy Gunner perk at early game where I didnt have any other usfull perk to get. But hat was kinda +50lvl at least. Without perks Missle Launcher is kinda usless especialy at Survival Difficulty.

Back to the snipers :P