Best weapon in Fallout new vegas?

[MahMahnator2992]

I usually find myself using the following:

Anti-Materiel Rife (GRA): As many others have said, it just does ridiculous damage, not to mention the fact that it has a silencer equipped.

Christine's COS Silencer Rifle: For when I need long range damage done but don't want to use the rarer .50 ammunition.

Katana: For when I feel like melee.

Hunting Shotgun: Love the feel of this weapon, prefer it over the riot shotgun for a reason I can't seem to remember...

9 mm pistol: For bloatflies, radscorpions, etc. or for when I feel like a real challenge.

A Light Shining in Darkness: Ridiculously powerful handgun, use it as my primary weapon.

.45 Auto Pistol: Only use it for the silencer. Not as good as ALSID, but still decently powerful.

I wear Joshua Graham's Armor, the 1st Recon Beret, and sunglasses with it.

 

[TyrantGanado]

It's a toss up between Survivalist's Rifle and Dinner Bell, going on my skills and preferences.

Seriously, Survivalist's Rifle + AP rounds = dead Deathclaws.

Although I cannot deny the sheer effectiveness of YCS/186 in that field too.

 

[AbsoluteVirtue18]

Hunting Shotgun

Because I never get tired of pump-action shotguns, and the absence of one was probably my main gripe with Fallout 3.

Seconded. That baby got so much use out of me. After a while I pretty much stopped buying other ammo types.

I also have to mention the Fire Ax and Christine's Silenced COS sniper rifle.

 

[Soviet Heavy]

I do like The Ratslayer for its obscene critical. Fairly useless against Deathclaws or robots, but I love picking off Legionnaires before they see me coming.

 

[Soviet Heavy]

The fire axe. Hasn't been mentioned here as far as I can tell but it's underrated I think. Maybe because it doesn't seem like anything special, but it's a real ass-saver I tell you whut.

Are you talking about the regular Fire Axe, or Knock-Knock [http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Knock-Knock]? Knock-Knock is quite fun. Though getting it might give you a heart attack.

Hmm, a unique fire axe in the middle of a radioactive town? Well this shouldn't be so ba-HOLYFUCKSHIT RUN RUN RUN!

Yeah, a Queen Radscorpion the size of a fucking bus in an enclosed space? No thanks!

 

[Ninjafire72]

This! I love the 'Euclid-C finder' rangefinder you get for it too, it's basically retro laser-gun toy. Only problem is you have to finish Come Fly With Me to be able to use it, but honestly for me it never gets old.

No, you have to finish "That Lucky Old Sun" to be able to use it.

"Come Fly With Me" is not related to Euclid's C-Finder in any way.

Oh that's right, my bad. I keep getting confused between HELIOS One and the REPCONN Facility (-.-)

 

[Soviet Heavy]

This! I love the 'Euclid-C finder' rangefinder you get for it too, it's basically retro laser-gun toy. Only problem is you have to finish Come Fly With Me to be able to use it, but honestly for me it never gets old.

No, you have to finish "That Lucky Old Sun" to be able to use it.

"Come Fly With Me" is not related to Euclid's C-Finder in any way.

Oh that's right, my bad. I keep getting confused between HELIOS One and the REPCONN Facility (-.-)

Protip, the REPCONN Facility has ice cream.

 

[Byere]

Sniper Rifles are for risk-averse pansies.

Then I'm a risk-averse pansy and proud of it!

OT:
Personally, I do love sniping weapons. With the addition of the GRA, I like getting a silenced Anti-Matter Rifle.

My personal fave weapon of the game? The Pulse Gun. It may use 5 cells per shot (clip of 25), but it can pretty much kill off most robotic beings and even power-armoured troops if you go against the Brotherhood within a couple of shots (depending on difficulty settings and your skill with energy weapons). Plus, ammo is pretty easy to get hold of and it means you never have to lug loads of pulse mines/grenades around.

You get it under one of the vaults... I forget which but it's near Lake Mead, just north of Cannibal Johnson's cave. It's full of radiation, has a bunch of geckos outside it and tonnes of ghouls inside (oh what I wouldn't give for a ghoul mask in this game ). It's in a Very Hard locked footlocker in the armoury. It might sound difficult to get to and whatnot, but the armoury also contains a tonne of other weapons of all kinds (this being the only energy weapon in the room), including the unique assault rifle, the All-American.

 

[Grouchy Imp_v1legacy]

My personal fave weapon of the game? The Pulse Gun. It may use 5 cells per shot (clip of 25), but it can pretty much kill off most robotic beings and even power-armoured troops if you go against the Brotherhood within a couple of shots (depending on difficulty settings and your skill with energy weapons). Plus, ammo is pretty easy to get hold of and it means you never have to lug loads of pulse mines/grenades around.

You get it under one of the vaults... I forget which but it's near Lake Mead, just north of Cannibal Johnson's cave. It's full of radiation, has a bunch of geckos outside it and tonnes of ghouls inside (oh what I wouldn't give for a ghoul mask in this game ). It's in a Very Hard locked footlocker in the armoury. It might sound difficult to get to and whatnot, but the armoury also contains a tonne of other weapons of all kinds (this being the only energy weapon in the room), including the unique assault rifle, the All-American.

Ah, that would be Vault 34. And a quicker/easier way of getting the Pulse Gun is to take a trip to Nellis AFB first - the key to that VH locked chest can be found in Pearl's barracks.

 

[Vrach]

Depends on what you like, there's not really any best (in a way that makes a difference). Personally, I found a silenced sniper to be ridiculously overpowered for a stealth-based character.

 

[Agayek]

I decided to take a break from attempting to complete the game and find some good weapons. Any suggestions?

Brush Gun.

Any other answer is demonstrably wrong.

 

[putowtin]

Spoiler: But there is one weapon, what could be the best in game

Its true, its so fucking true. You buy this guy a AM rifle, and you dont even need you own guns...

the only weapon I ever need!

 

[kommando367]

Riot shotty for lower armored targets.

Super-Heated Saturnite fist (with Pyro perk) for everything else.

 

[neverarine]

gauss rifle its a boss, and yes it works on deathclaws too...

c4 a few packs of that will insta kill anything and yes i mean *anything*

 

[DustyDrB]

Sniper Rifles are for risk-averse pansies.

Then I'm a risk-averse pansy and proud of it!

OT:
Personally, I do love sniping weapons. With the addition of the GRA, I like getting a silenced Anti-Matter Rifle.

Grr! Have honor! You should face your enemy like a man!

(I may or may have not uttered the above statement after being sniped a few times in TF2. Frakkin' snipers).

 

[BlackStar42]

Sniper Rifles are for risk-averse pansies.

Then I'm a risk-averse pansy and proud of it!

OT:
Personally, I do love sniping weapons. With the addition of the GRA, I like getting a silenced Anti-Matter Rifle.

Grr! Have honor! You should face your enemy like a man!

(I may or may have not uttered the above statement after being sniped a few times in TF2. Frakkin' snipers).

I do face my enemies like a man! It's just that they happen to be 400m away and have no idea I'm there...I still don't like to shoot them in the back. I'll make exceptions for the Legion and Deathclaws though, fuck those guys.

 

[RuralGamer]

I can only really recommend guns for variety and availability of ammo, which has led me to largely stick to them, but there are a few others.

Guns in the base game
12.7mm SMG is good for close in, as is the riot shotgun; really any SMG or 12 gauge shotgun is capable of dishing out pretty obscene amount of damage in close, only that shotguns (besides the riot) are better against slow enemies (which there aren't many in New Vegas) or individual enemies.
As for longer ranges, the light machinegun can't really be bested for all-round performance; its just annoyingly rare... The heavier repeaters i.e. the brush gun are also pretty useful.

For really long range, the brush gun (so long as you have a decent-sized screen/the target is huge, the AMR (because really, when isn't a .50 cal useful (except against really small/weak targets)), the sniper rifle or the hunting rifle (once scoped; fully upgraded, I actually prefer this as the larger capacity is handy and the time between shots makes me more trigger-disciplined).

To be honest, I've found the light machinegun is pretty much effective against everything, so long as you make a point of always buying 5.56mm ammo and hoarding all you find from early on.

Non-guns in the base game
As for non-guns, I'd personally stick with energy weapons; the gauss rifle is useful against everything except in close quarters; I personally found that a Gauss rifle (preferably the YCS/186, personally > alien blaster due to long-term advantage of ammo). I keep a Laser RCW for close-up/ weak enemies, sometimes a plasma rifle if the close-up will be with harder foes.
Melee and unarmed are still largely redundant in my eyes because guns kill at a safe distance whereas going toe-to-toe with a deathclaw or cazador usually ends in heavy stimpack usage. Explosives are also a no no for me; largely a liability in doors and ammo just isn't common enough.

As for DLC
Only weapon from Dead Money I'd advise is the holorifle; fully upgraded its an awesome multi-purpose weapon, save the crap reload time.

Honest Hearts; .45 pistol is a decent choice, but I'd recommend the SMG for its capacity, damage and ROF.
Survivalist's rifle is just epic. Best all-round weapon in my books, save its capacity. I prefer it over even the LMG because the ammount of ammo needed is less and I find I am more accurate with it.

Old World Blues; Elijah's Tesla cannon is very, very useful if you have the ammo. Wasn't that enamoured by the other weapons.

In Lonesome road, the SMMG and Red Glare are definitely awesome; the SMMG is devastating, especially up close and Red Glare is the only explosives weapon I like. And I like it a lot.

Gun Runner's Stuff is all pretty awesome.

 

[Byere]

Sniper Rifles are for risk-averse pansies.

Then I'm a risk-averse pansy and proud of it!

OT:
Personally, I do love sniping weapons. With the addition of the GRA, I like getting a silenced Anti-Matter Rifle.

Grr! Have honor! You should face your enemy like a man!

(I may or may have not uttered the above statement after being sniped a few times in TF2. Frakkin' snipers).

Well it's a good thing I don't play TF2, nor that Fallout is an MMO (in which case, I would probably not be playing it anyway as I don't care much for MMO shooters like TF2, Call of Duty, etc)

As for facing my enemies "like a man"... to hell with that... that's an easy way to get killed. Pick them off from a distance and you're a lot more likely to survive a war.

 

[Byere]

-snip-

Ah, that would be Vault 34. And a quicker/easier way of getting the Pulse Gun is to take a trip to Nellis AFB first - the key to that VH locked chest can be found in Pearl's barracks.

Oh really? Huh... I never knew that. I've always been a fan of lockpicking, so by the time I fight my way there, it's always one of the first stats I've maxed out.

 

[Grouchy Imp_v1legacy]

-snip-

Ah, that would be Vault 34. And a quicker/easier way of getting the Pulse Gun is to take a trip to Nellis AFB first - the key to that VH locked chest can be found in Pearl's barracks.

Oh really? Huh... I never knew that. I've always been a fan of lockpicking, so by the time I fight my way there, it's always one of the first stats I've maxed out.

That's fair enough. I've always been a fan of hacking and so have had to find alternative ways to get around locks with no bypass terminal.