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I prefer the Xuanlong, but if i haven't got that one yet i nearly allways use the Chinese assaultrifle. But i must also say the vengeance laserminigun or whatever it is packs quite a punch^^ even though i'm not into big guns hehe

im absolutely not sure if the lasergatlingun is bigguns or energy weapons.

with my last character i liked the plasmarifle very much. 2 shots to the head killed allmost every enemy.
in addition with reaper sprint changed the way i played massivly.
target an enemy with as many shots possible to the head, if it kills him, target the next with the same amout of shots.
problem is, if you dont kill the targetet enemy, the usual "jump around till your action points refill" starts all over like without that perk. ~=)
i had the alienblaster in my enventory, and i used it a few times, but since it was such a powerfull weapon, i wanted to keep it if things turn ugly or i find an enemy that takes more than 4 shots with the plasmarifle to the head before it dies.
but then . . . *pop*, the game was over and i hadn't any opportunity to use it.

i also liked the sniper rifle very much, tho it sucked in VATS combat, since VATS seems to not use the scope an so missing a lot of shots on larger distances.


right now im playing an /\ 5 5 |-| [] |_ 3 -character with skills on unarmed and small weapons.
spiked knuckels do more damage right now than most of the projectile weapons i have.
problem is, that jericho kills all the smaller enemys we ancounter in the wasts before ich can reach them to land my first unarmed attack.
so im using the chinese assault rifle.
it's more powerfull than the "normal" assault rifle.
and since im doing the "Fallout 3 Promopicture"-character (armored vault-jumpsuit, huntingrifle and dogmeat) i also have a huntingrifle on my back. Link


but i'm missing informations about the weapons ingame.
i'd like to know to wich skill certain weapons belong.
bass and spiked knuckles were part of the unarmed skill in fallout 1 and 2. i'd guess they still belong to the unarmed, but i simply don't know.
i might have used the gatlinglaser with my first character, but i didn't know if it was governed by heavy weapons or energy weapons.
my gameguide will need another 3 weeks to arrive here (usa => germany) and i havn't found any guides concerning that topic online anywhere.

maybe someone here knows and would like the share his/her knowledge. =)

[Edited by Killa_B, 11/12/2008 4:48:02 AM]

Lincoln's Repeater is also very nice. It may not be scoped (so what), but it packs one hell of a punch. Super muties around the Mall must hate it by now when I come with Lincoln. If I managed to sneak up on them with the Lincoln... critical hit fest.

the lincoln repeater has only 3 shots per magazin, if i remember correctly.
what exactly are the stats of this weapon?

The Lincoln Rifle has 15 shots per mag i believe, it's the Reservist Rifle (Unique Sniper Rifle) that has 3 shots per mag and is painfully slow to reload when you get slightly stressed... Anyway, gotta prefer the Victory Rifle (Also unique sniper rifle) with 5 shots a slightly more punch.

Sense i got the Blackhawk i pretty much haven't stopped using it, a regulators coat into the mix and it's head splatting western style, before that i just mostly used a hunting rifle but it grew underpowered slightly fast and i had to switch to the chinese assault rifle =(

Here's a full list of weaponsclasses and the weapons in them, i was right about vengeance as it is called (the one i have which is also a gattlinglaser ), it is a big gun

(by the way, not yet fully completed hehe, but looks like a lot of it is there)

(just remembered i had to put the link in :P )

fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Fallout_3_weapons

[Edited by Lars123456789, 11/12/2008 4:24:12 PM]

[Edited by Lars123456789, 11/12/2008 4:27:50 PM]

I actually started to wonder, is damage only weaponbased, or does it also differ with the ammo you use ?

weapons most likely the more likely to affect how much damage you throw at them