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jakkaru Posted at: 18:00 Feb21 2010 Post ID: 2805888
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Which do you prefer and why? I'm not asking which is better, because they are honestly pretty balanced. I prefer small guns because of the variety, (and the hunting rifle <3 ), although they suck in V.A.T.S. compared to energy weapons. And it sometimes gets annoying carrying around so many guns. Plus the silenced 10mm is fun to create diversions with; enemies don't hear the gun firing, but they still hear the bullet's impact on things, so they'll look around wherever the bullet hit instead of looking for you, (usually).

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imaloony8.0 Posted at: 21:44 Feb21 2010 Post ID: 2805979
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Recently I've favored energy weapons, especially with the Tesla Cannon (Big Gun + Energy?) and Metal Blaster, but mostly, I'm a small guns guy. While the pistols in this game are pretty useless minus the Dart Gun (Which usefulness is limited) and the Silenced 10mm, Small Guns gives you great bang for your buck. It gives you skill with Shotguns, Assault Rifles, Rifles, Sniper Rifles, and the pistols. Especially given how great guns like the Xuaolong Assault Rifle and the Predator, and especially given how much you'll use them over Energy and Big Guns in the beginning of the game.

This is also a problem, since when asked what you want to specialize in, 95 percent of people will take Small Guns. It's a bit over powered.

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CRAZY CHEATS Posted at: 13:41 Feb22 2010 Post ID: 2806157
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Predator? What the hell is that? I've never even heard of that gun....

I'd probably go with Energy weapons, purely because of the way enemies disintegrate Evil
But it doesn't really matter cause Big Guns are better than both of them
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imaloony8.0 Posted at: 15:51 Feb22 2010 Post ID: 2806220
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It's from The Pitt. It's basically a special version of the Infiltrator, which was an enchanced version of the assault rifle. It's a black, scoped, automatic, silenced assault rifle. Combined with the Chinese Stealth Suit, it tears people in half.

I dislike Big Guns. Mini Guns run out of ammo too fast, and all other big guns reload too slowly and don't do enough damage. (Other than the Fat Man, but this has scarse ammo)

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jakkaru Posted at: 19:51 Feb22 2010 Post ID: 2806364
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I just started another character who uses energy weapons, and I'm actually starting to like them better; I only have to keep on track of repairing two weapons, and selling all the gun ammo you find everywhere adds up to a LOT of caps. And they're so accurate! I still use a silenced 10mm for diversions, though.


(Also, I know this is off topic, but this is the pure definition of redundancy.) http://www.youtube.com/watc...=related

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imaloony8.0 Posted at: 21:51 Feb22 2010 Post ID: 2806430
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I was also annoyed by how much the Microfusion Cells cost. Small Gun ammo is much cheaper. Other than Shotgun shells, of course.

Lots of people like the Gauss Rifle, but personally, I really dislike it. Having a long reload after every shot is just obnoxious. Frankly, hand me the Victory Rifle and I'll do a million times better with it.

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CRAZY CHEATS Posted at: 01:25 Feb23 2010 Post ID: 2806482
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imaloony8.0 said:It's from The Pitt. It's basically a special version of the Infiltrator, which was an enchanced version of the assault rifle. It's a black, scoped, automatic, silenced assault rifle. Combined with the Chinese Stealth Suit, it tears people in half.

I dislike Big Guns. Mini Guns run out of ammo too fast, and all other big guns reload too slowly and don't do enough damage. (Other than the Fat Man, but this has scarse ammo)


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imaloony8.0 Posted at: 07:32 Feb23 2010 Post ID: 2806556
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I never had much success with Gatling Lasers. Granted, I've never been brave enough to go get Vengence, but I did have the Precision Gatling Laser, and it never helped much. I would just tear people apart with the Xuaolong Assault Rifle and the Metal Blaster.

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CRAZY CHEATS Posted at: 13:02 Feb23 2010 Post ID: 2806613
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Precision Gatling has nothing on Vengeance. With Ghoul Ecology, it raises its damage to over 350. I'd say it would be safe to say that it beats almost every gun because of that. Granted Xuanlong is probably the best Small Gun, and well Metal Blaster...... A3-21s would be much better, and even that is beaten the Gauss rifle. I know what you said about it, but it's power is quite impressive, and mixed with it's knockdown abilty, I find it quite good for anything even up to Overlords (never tried it on a behemoth)
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imaloony8.0 Posted at: 17:13 Feb23 2010 Post ID: 2806669
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It's got power and knockdown, but so does the Victory Rifle, and that has a larger clip, faster fire rate, and a quicker reload.
Precision isn't that bad. It's got the best criticals going for it, that's for sure. It's certainly comparable to Vengance.
Also, Vengance and all the other gatling lasers chew ammo up. It's like, why would I use my ammo for that when I can get much more bang for my buck with the Tesla Cannon?

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CRAZY CHEATS Posted at: 09:12 Feb24 2010 Post ID: 2806833
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Well, I've been hoarding ammo up for ages, buying whenever possible, so i got aroung 9k rounds.
Also, Gauss rifle is more than twice as powerful, and has a much longer knockdown time. Granted reloading after every shot is annoying, but it's still pretty powerful despite this.
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CyberneticMooninite Posted at: 19:10 Feb24 2010 Post ID: 2806991
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I really use neither of these anymore, but I like Small Guns better overall. I use the Gauss Rifle but that's really the only Energy Weapon I use. I like how easy it is for me to find ammo for them compared to Energy Weapons.
Meh.
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imaloony8.0 Posted at: 22:58 Feb24 2010 Post ID: 2807033
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CRAZY CHEATS said:Also, Gauss rifle is more than twice as powerful, and has a much longer knockdown time. Granted reloading after every shot is annoying, but it's still pretty powerful despite this.


Well every time I shoot it my enemy sprouts armor from every inch of their body and it ends up doing crap damage.
Sniper Rifle does consistant damage. Also, Rate of Fire > Damage.

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CRAZY CHEATS Posted at: 11:31 Feb25 2010 Post ID: 2807111
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Seems to work fine for me, although I'm on PS3..... they say aiming for the legs works better
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Zombie Madacky1 Posted at: 07:50 Apr18 2010 Post ID: 2832884
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It All Depends On What YOU Prefer.You Dont Need Internet Answers To Find Which Is Better.Think For Yourself.Its Basically Like Copyin Answers In A Test.You Dont Actually Learn Anything.


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I'VE NEVER PLAYED THE GAME BEFORE AND I REALLY CANT DECIDE
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KingofCorn Posted at: 21:43 Jul30 2013 Post ID: 3263575
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I personally prefer Small Guns
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