Favorite Fallout 3 Weapon

[Twilight_guy]

The Fatman... for when you absolutely positively need to kill everything... right now.

Of course, I also like the sniper rifle. Being able to sit a few hundred feet away and pick guys off is pretty cool. I just recently got that thing to work properly.

 

[WolfThomas]

Primary: Wazer Rifle
Secondary: Blackhawk
Melee: Jack (the ripper, prefer rippers to shishkebab)
Nuka Grenade x6

I like to carry a believable amount of weapons.

Oddly mine is the humble Hunting Rifle, that thing has killed more Supermutants, Robots and killer insects than any other item in my inventory. The only thing it currently sucks against are Radscorpions, but I have a handy dandy sledgehammer for them.

Boooooooo!!!! The even humbler .32 Caliber pistol is much better! (I joked)
Seriously though. Get the GECK. I made a mod that actually makes energy weapons a viable alternative to more conventional weapons by increasing damage done by 30 points (still cant figure out how to make my own and add effects to them, but I'll find out eventually).

P.S. Sure theirs a problem with that damage increase, as Laser pistols seem to do the same amount of damage Laser Rifles, but, again I'll find out whats wrong and how to fix it eventually.

P.S.S. If you must know, the "Gauss Rifle" that come with Operation Anchorage is my favorite weapon, being that it uses ammo that's relatively easy to use, does a good deal of damage, has a clip of 10, a steady scope that's actually usefull, and knocks back and down enemies.

The scoped gauss rifle has only got an ammo capacity of 1, not 10. It is awesome, but not that awesome.

Laser weapons are useful in the normal game, key advantage is amazing accuracy (out of vats), no bullet drop and ability to start fires in gas from safety. In vats they generally use less action points. I currently use the "Wazer Wifle", I can shoot that 6 times in vats (probably possible to fire more), allowing me to inflict a lot of damage to a single enemy or kill a lot of weaker enemies at once.

 

[USSR]

Oddly mine is the humble Hunting Rifle, that thing has killed more Supermutants, Robots and killer insects than any other item in my inventory. The only thing it currently sucks against are Radscorpions, but I have a handy dandy sledgehammer for them.

I have to agree, other than the Lincoln Repeater (which I can hardly find ammo for..stupid .44 magnum shots <.<) the hunting rifle is my second most used.

 

[Pingrash]

Hunting Rifles probably my favourite just because it's perfect for nearly every enemy and ammo is plentiful, particulary if your super mutant hunting.

Gotta love the flamethrower as well. That guns saved from many an insane situation.

 

[Rensenhito]

A lot of people have mentioned the Chinese Assault Rifle, but few have mentioned the Xuanlong Assault Rifle. You know, the "unique" version of the C.A.R.
Also, has anyone else noticed that the reloading animation for the Chinese Pistol is REALLY bloody cool?
I don't really like the pistol itself, but it just looks so AWESOME.

My second favorite weapon besides my Chinese friend is probably my Scoped .44 Magnum, just because it's good at everything. You don't find a lot of ammo for it, but you don't really NEED to. It handily removes bodies from their respective heads at 100 feet with nary a need for messy ammo scavenging and stressful trips to the Rivet City Marketplace.

 

[KissofKetchup]

My favorite weapon changes according to the mood that I am in.
When I'm feeling like a sneaky bastard, I love using the dart gun and hiding until my enemies are drained of all of their health (plus you often get to see the dart in it's trajectory in VATS which is really cool.
The Rock-it Launcher has to be one of the more fun weapons out there. I find it especially effective against all types of robots.
I don't really like the sniper rifle though, mainly because it too damn delicate. You shoot it 10 times and it's worthless.

 

[ChaosTheory3133]

Flamer... I Roasted Half the wasteland and hardly needed to repair it... Too bad fixing it is a ***** without a spare flamer in my inventory. Then comes
Railway Rifle
Shiskebob
Deathclaw Gauntlet
Rock it launcher

 

[Grand_Poohbah]

I love the hunting rifle. Especially when vats follows the bullet. God that game is so awesome!

 

[Flap Jack452]

I like Lincoln's repeater and the lightning sword from Operation Anchorage.

 

[Monkfish Acc.]

The Wazer Wifle. It has a funny name, and has killed more creatures in my hands than every other weapon combined.

 

[TMAN10112]

Probably Lincon's repeater, I love how dead accurate it is, well that or the gatling laser. They'r both awsome.

 

[pieeater911]

Experimental MIRV. A Fat Man launcher that shoots not one, but EIGHT mini-nukes. Huzzah!

 

[Knight of Cydonia]

Gotta vote for the PLASMA RIFLE-- not only is it a classic Fallout weapon, but you just can't beat a gun that incinerates enemies into piles of ash.

You mean Laser Rifle? I thought the Plasma Rifle turned them into gelatinous goo.

yh it did....and it was AWSOME

 

[New Troll]

Jack.

 

[Sparrow]

Hmmm... I do love my Tenderizer, but I'd have to go for either the Wazer Rifle (I can do 8 shots with it in V.A.T.S, which added to both my Sniper and Commando skill, means I already have around 40% on the enemy from a distance, plus 8 x 5% from Concentrated Fire = 8 shots of 80% from a point not even a sniper could reach) oooor, maybe my Auto Axe. Only because it looks awesome though.

 

[wlminter]

I like the Ol' Painless. It's a looks like a regular hunting rifle, but does more damage and has zero spread (meaning it hits exactly where you aim). That and you can get it pretty early in the game if you know where to go.

I also really like some of the new weapons introduced in the DLC, such as the Infiltrator (silenced, scoped assault rifle), and the Gauss Rifle.

 

[Zydrate]

Sydney's Ultra SMG, by far.

I just wish it didn't degrade so fucking fast. Thankfully, that glitch exists so instead of rummaging through numerous merchants to find 5+ SMG's to repair the damn thing, I can just glitch Syd and get a couple more of the ultra ones.

 

[Souplex]

Wazer Wifle and Shishkebab.
I charge in with the rifle which does 28 per shot, has perfect accuracy, a critical multiplier of 1.5 and holds 30 rounds and then once I am close take out my shishkebab which does 60 damage per hit thanks to the pyromaniac perk and my enclave power armors +1 strength.

 

[Falconknight06]

I enjoy the Rock-It Launcher.

Nothing is as satisfying as decapitating a super mutant with a burnt book

 

[Geamo]

The Terrible Shotgun, for me. It's mighty cathartic to shotgun a muties head off.