Poll: Fallout 3: Energy weapons or Small Guns?

[The Electro Gypsy]

Small Guns first and Energy weapons later, as always You can tag energy weapons later on if you want, but by the time the decent energy weapons actually come along, you should be able to effectively put points in there without losing out on other stuff anyway.

Really, if you want to get the most out of Fallout 3 you need to get some kind of mod for it since they all add guns and stuff (As in, one of the larger overhaul mods that changes pretty much everything as well as adding a load of stuff to the game, there's no point getting littler mods unless they add some mechanic or something, since just getting a couple of guns but having the same baddies and quests is still repetetive)

 

[SteinFaust]

achtung, achtung.

lincoln repeater.

das ist alles.

 

[chiles]

Once I picked up my first Alien Atomizer, I didn't touch another weapon in the game. Plenty of ammo laying all over the place (assuming you play the DLC for it). I hit the Alien Ship around level 10 and used small guns until I had a monster stockpile of ammo that carried me through the rest of the game with ease.

 

[The Electro Gypsy]

I like to run around with a (modded Glock-18c) silenced pistol. Does 13 DAM at 100/100, so its not unfair. And no, I can't kill a behemoth with it. I just run away.

You should bring down a Behemoth with it
It'd be epic ^^

 

[JacobyPAX]

Energy weapons, because of Vengeance.

 

[Amnestic]

D: WHY ARE PEOPLE VOTING SMALL GUNS OVER ENERGY WEAPONS? >.<

I just.. Just don't understand.

Well let me put it this way: Sarah Lyons uses Energy Weapons. The Mysterious Stranger uses Small Guns. What more needs to be said?

Energy weapons, because of Vengeance.

Vengeance is a Gatling Laser, which falls under Big Guns, not Energy Weapons.

 

[JPH330]

Alien disintegrator FTW!

 

[steevee]

On my last playthrough, I used both Small Guns and Energy Weapons.

But I only used named weapons and wore named items. It's really hard to start with, but by lvl 10 the game's just as easy as it always is.

 

[EagleShard]

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.

 

[Viking Incognito]

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.

 

[JPH330]

D: WHY ARE PEOPLE VOTING SMALL GUNS OVER ENERGY WEAPONS? >.<

I just.. Just don't understand.

Well let me put it this way: Sarah Lyons uses Energy Weapons. The Mysterious Stranger uses Small Guns. What more needs to be said?

Hey now. You know who else uses energy weapons? Fawkes.

 

[soilent]

Metal Blaster.


That is all.

 

[are.you.the.god.its.me.vader]

Silenced Pistol.

Works for my stealthier approach, a big laser gun shooting out light might draw attention to me...

 

[Sebenko]

D: WHY ARE PEOPLE VOTING SMALL GUNS OVER ENERGY WEAPONS? >.<

I just.. Just don't understand.

Because Bethesda has no idea how to make any weapon or armour more than "slightly better" (With loads of drawbacks)

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.

 

[Hassao]

small guns, once I get old painless its head shot frenzy.

 

[Amnestic]

D: WHY ARE PEOPLE VOTING SMALL GUNS OVER ENERGY WEAPONS? >.<

I just.. Just don't understand.

Well let me put it this way: Sarah Lyons uses Energy Weapons. The Mysterious Stranger uses Small Guns. What more needs to be said?

Hey now. You know who else uses energy weapons? Fawkes.

Fawkes uses Melee (Super Sledge) and Big Guns (Gatling Laser), not Energy Weapons.