Poll: Fallout 3: Energy weapons or Small Guns?
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Small guns are somewhat more wholesome I find. I like a bit of hard recoil from my weapons. I did enjoy a few enegry weapons, particularly the Metal Blaster, but I remember in Mothership Zeta I refused to use any enegry weapons on principle that TECH DOESN'T PAY.
It depends on what stage in the game you are at. If it is early than an assault rifle can be your best pal. Later on though when you are fighting the enclave, energy ammo and weapons are more plentiful.
Silenced Pistol.
Works for my stealthier approach, a big laser gun shooting out light might draw attention to me...
Works for my stealthier approach, a big laser gun shooting out light might draw attention to me...
Because Bethesda has no idea how to make any weapon or armour more than "slightly better" (With loads of drawbacks)ciortas1 said:
See: Power Armour and Energy Weapons in Fo3.
Power Armour in Fallout 3 is actually outclassed by certain combat armour. Which is shit. It's meant to make you a walking tank, not some bloke in a tin condom (Fo2 Power Armour was godlike).
Energy weapons are difficult to keep repaired, the laser weapons are crap. Unlike the Pulse weapons in the old Fallouts. I remember when reducing an enemy to ashes actually meant something.
That's all without mods, of course. Yay for fixing things the developers are refuse to get right the first time.
Small guns. Why? Two words: Lincoln's Repeater. Maybe some on average the Energy Weapons are more powerful than the Small Guns but with the perks I have Lincoln's Repeater becomes a room cleaner in one of the later missions for vanilla F3 I held off twenty or so Enclave soldiers by headshoting each one, one right after another.
I really wanted to use small guns because of sniper rifle but that one wasnt so good, there wasnt so much ammo for it, it was getting damaged really fast, scope havent add any accuracy in VATS and all small guns looked silly with power armor so I ended up using energy wepons which were strong, easy to fix, had planty of ammo and looked better. Yet I think its good to have both.
Like a lot of people said, pretty easy to max both even if you only go up to level 20 without the Broken Steel expansion.
But overall, I generally preferred small guns. Lincoln's Repeater was my favorite all around weapon and the post apocalyptic game world just felt more real to me if I was using small guns.
But overall, I generally preferred small guns. Lincoln's Repeater was my favorite all around weapon and the post apocalyptic game world just felt more real to me if I was using small guns.
I maxed out energy weapons ASAP, I liked the way they looked, and I had a high intelligence character so it seemed a perfect fit. There's not much variety, but I found the plasma pistol to be lethal when combined with the skill that improves accuracy with one-handed weapons, and the sniper perk.