Favorite Fallout 3 Weapon

[MiracleOfSound]

The Gauss is great but they don't let you keep the fucking thing

You get it after the simulation for keeps dude, did you not see it and walk away or something?

really? is it in the armoury?

I'm actually very likely to have missed it as my missus lost my glasses and I'm waiting for new ones

 

[hairymongoose71]

has to be the M.I.R.V.

whats better than killing someone with a mini nuke...

killing someone with 8 mini nukes at once

oh and theres the repellent stick.

nothing is more satisfying than beating some to to death with a stick

 

[Souplex]

http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Fallout_3_weapons

The source of all my info.

 

[Noremacv]

Favourite for dicking around: Fatman
Favourite for actually being useful: Combat Shotgun, and Chinese Assault Rifle

 

[Clirck]

Rock-It-Launcher
Baseballs, plates, graden gnomes, Nuka Cola trucks, empty beer bottles and almost all the junk you could find works, just amazing.

 

[Voicuboyy]

SLEDGEHAMMER!!! and also the magnum and the sniper rifle

 

[TopHatTim]

I have the special plasma rifle you get from

Spoiler

The android if you choose to help him escape from Zimmerman

When he gave it to me it was in full condition and did about 32 damage per shot. I was ripping apart super mutants.

However, I've started a new game (haven't finished the storyline yet, just felt like a new game for some reason) where I chose to specialize in melee weapons. I'm trying to get the Shishkebab schematic and parts.

theres a quest that you can beat that you get one thats over 75% and its really easy

 

[The Great JT]

Does the Mysterious Stranger count? 'Cause he gets my vote.

But if we're talking real guns, I would probably say any variation of the Plasma Rifle, including the one Harkness gives you in the Replicated Man quest (sorry for spoiling the Harkness is involved thing). Anything that reduces enemies to piles of goo is cool.

 

[garo]

The metal blaster from the new DLC

 

[Dufferking75]

Alien Blaster

 

[Flying Dagger]

how has no one said colonel autumns laser pistol? its like a laser pistol crossed with the assault rifle!
(ok you have to cheat to use it at any point where theres an enemy to kill but still...)

i used the hunting rifle for ages, i generally use ol' painless over lincolns repeater though - lincolns repeater may do more damage, have a three times larger clip and be more durable, but what good is that when you can't find any ammo for it?

any time i'm not being a vats wh0re i tend to use the chinese assault rifle. sometimes i get bored of taking cover til my vats is restocked.

as far as mele weapons go, i look at how i skilled my character and have to wonder why i would bother. so i pick the terrible shotgun or the dart gun. nothing beats dart gunning a deathclaw and then trying to punch it to death at one damage per punch.

 

[Ben7]

Lincoln's Repeater

 

[Xrysthos]

Combat Shotgun and sniper rifle - no questions asked. For enemies brandishing melee weapons however, nothing is as satisfying as sneaking up rather close to them, dropping a few mines, retreating and fire a few shots at them to attract their attention. Makes a nice splatter.

 

[PedroSteckecilo]

I've recently developed some affection for the Chinese Officers Sword... it's just so much fun to charge a group of raiders and then hack them apart with it.

 

[Rensenhito]

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.

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It also makes a very satisfyling BANG.. the meatiest in the game imo.

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.

Ah the Xuanlong assault rifle... my most used weapon. Absolutely destroys muties, robots and raiders. I find myslef falling back on the terible shotgun for the CUNTING giant radscorpions though.

DI see you also like the .44, did you get the blackhawk from Agatha? It's a super powerful version of the magnum.

Yeah, I never really got very far in the game, so I didn't pick up the Blackhawk. I might start playing again, though, once I get tired of Guild Wars: Nightfall and Eye of the North.
But anyway, back on topic...
For sheer visual amazingness, I love the Rock-it Launcher. Toss in a teddy, and BAM! Instant pwn.

 

[MiracleOfSound]

Yeah, I never really got very far in the game, so I didn't pick up the Blackhawk. I might start playing again, though, once I get tired of Guild Wars: Nightfall and Eye of the North.
But anyway, back on topic...
For sheer visual amazingness, I love the Rock-it Launcher. Toss in a teddy, and BAM! Instant pwn.

YES... there is no gaming image more fun than rock-it-launcher + teddy + bloody mess... total genius!

The blackhawk is a truly powerful version of the .44 and it will make you a very happy adventurer.

 

[Monkz.]

How good is the missile launcher? I saw a video of that in action, but haven't come across it in-game yet. It looked fantastic in VATS mode.

It's good for flushing enemies out of cover, but for me it's way too slow.

Agree.

My Fav. weapon is Reservist (Sniper)Rifle. I love sniping people while Fawkes rushes in and bashes the hell out of baddies

Also the Mauler from the Pitt. That is a seriously fun melee weapon!

 

[ajsboy]

shishkebab definetly, flaming sword ftw, however I have to give credit to the experimental fat man (M.I.R.V) which fires a cluster of nukes

 

[llewgriff]

The AR somthing plasma rifle, luv it.

 

[MiracleOfSound]

how has no one said colonel autumns laser pistol? its like a laser pistol crossed with the assault rifle!
(ok you have to cheat to use it at any point where theres an enemy to kill but still...)

i used the hunting rifle for ages, i generally use ol' painless over lincolns repeater though - lincolns repeater may do more damage, have a three times larger clip and be more durable, but what good is that when you can't find any ammo for it?

any time i'm not being a vats wh0re i tend to use the chinese assault rifle. sometimes i get bored of taking cover til my vats is restocked.

as far as mele weapons go, i look at how i skilled my character and have to wonder why i would bother. so i pick the terrible shotgun or the dart gun. nothing beats dart gunning a deathclaw and then trying to punch it to death at one damage per punch.

Hopefully Broken Steel will let us take advantage of Colonel Awesome's lazer pistol...

The other disadvantage of lincolns repeater is that you could be using that rare .44 ammo for your Blackhawk.

The repeater has by far the coolest reload animation though!