Weak rare weapons

[Inner Sight]

Am I missing anything when I find a new blue gun that only does 3-6 damage? Does it shoot more often than the common sawed-off shotgun that does a solid 6-7?

I've been wondering about this ever since I grabbed the Pool-Que and saw it did 0-8 damage.

[Shoebsy]

I believe all weapons have the same "Fire rate" speed.. which is kinda slow compared to how fast enemies do damage (In adventures, as inside your vault, it's DamageOverTime)

"Rare"/Blue weapons are just upgrades, you'll need to progress in time/management to get higher drop rates on stronger weapons. The game isn't too detailed, but it's best to just stick a higher damage weapon onto your dweller. Special stats don't give a boost, I believe?

[Inner Sight]

I know agility increases attack rate. Just wasn't sure if weapon type factored at all. Like if the damage was the only important part of the equip to look at.

[Ryuu]

No, but they are good for scrapping. Rare and legendary items can give you rare and legendary junk.

Otherwise only AVG damage matters in the game, the higher = the better.
Pool cue is 4 avg, while shotgun is 6.5 avg. So scrap the pool cue.

Originally posted by Kiroshi:

I believe all weapons have the same "Fire rate" speed.. which is kinda slow compared to how fast enemies do damage (In adventures, as inside your vault, it's DamageOverTime)

https://gfycat.com/SpiritedMajorAllosaurus

[Inner Sight]

Works for me. Thank you.

[Shoebsy]

Originally posted by Aasha:

I know agility increases attack rate. Just wasn't sure if weapon type factored at all. Like if the damage was the only important part of the equip to look at.

If it does, I'm not sure it's a logical one.. As my railway rilfe on a 5 agility dweller is shooting at the same rate as assault rilfe (librator) holding dweller with 4 agility.. Surely the railway rilfe would be slower?

[Inner Sight]

Originally posted by Kiroshi:

Originally posted by Aasha:

I know agility increases attack rate. Just wasn't sure if weapon type factored at all. Like if the damage was the only important part of the equip to look at.

If it does, I'm not sure it's a logical one.. As my railway rilfe on a 5 agility dweller is shooting at the same rate as assault rilfe (librator) holding dweller with 4 agility.. Surely the railway rilfe would be slower?

It's part of the wiki. Plus a demonstration of agility's attack rate is linked in Ryuu's post.

[Shoebsy]

Originally posted by Ryuu:

https://gfycat.com/SpiritedMajorAllosaurus

Not disagreeing with you, but those are dweller stats, rather then suggested weapon stats.

[Inner Sight]

I thought you asked about s.p.e.c.i.a.l. stats. I guess I misunderstood.

But either way the important thing is the question is answered. The weapon type doesn't seem to matter. Which seems to be true when I think back. I had a quest where one had a flame thrower, someone had a bat, and someone else had a pipe gun. They all fired at about the same rate.

But I do think that's a bit uninspiring and would like to see a more ... I don't know... interesting system that went beyond "Just use the big number" setup it has now.

[Ryuu]

Originally posted by Kiroshi:

Originally posted by Ryuu:

https://gfycat.com/SpiritedMajorAllosaurus

Not disagreeing with you, but those are dweller stats, rather then suggested weapon stats.

Weapon stats only affect damage. Agility affect attack rate but ONLY outside of the vault.

There are three types of weapons for questing - AoE, single-shot and multi-shot.
https://github.com/therabidsquirel/The-Fallout-Shelter-FAQ/wiki/20.-Quests

[Chompman]

Some quests require you to use certain guns thus you can get better types for them like this if you want as it can help a bit.

Otherwise just because it's rare does not mean it will be better then common weapons if it's a weaker type gun and this is the same for a lot of the legendary weapons as you can see here: http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Weapon_workshop