Fallout 2 Sniper Rifle
Hello and welcome back to Lets Play Fallout 2! In this episode, we leave Navarro with the vertibird plans intact and hand them to Matthew. We decide to go to the NCR and obtain a weapon that is an. The Sniper Rifle is a weapon found in both Fallout and Fallout 2.It does great damage, and has moderate ammo capacity. The Sniper Rifle is an excellent weapon to use at long range. The Sniper Rifle is rare weapon to find throughout the Wasteland.
This has been done before but not for a while (plus there seem to be a fair few foke fairly new to Fallout and Fallout 2). Based on a single weapon, what are the most effective late game builds in both games?FalloutPower FistSurprising? With an agility of 10, Fast Shot, Bonus HtH Attacks and eventually Slayer as essentials. Power Fist attacks cost 1 AP (the Super Sledgehammer is a better weapon damage wise, however I don't think Bonus HtH works on melee weapons and the knockback attribute gets annoying). Optional extras include: Better Criticals, (2) Action Boy(s) and (2) Bonus Move.
Actually, provided Agility is good, Bonus Move Action Boy for this. Overall this can mean 12 instant critical hits, i.e. You can wipe the floor with anything.Minigun (and normally to a lesser extent, the Gattling Laser)Impractical, as it requires the Sniper perk - takes ages to get in Fallout. However Fast Shot + Bonus Rate of Fire + Action Boy (2) + Sniper (with luck 7) + Better Criticals = carnage. Bonus ranged damage is very good here as well. There are lots of perk permutations in this build, but providing you have good luck, I think this tops it in terms of damage administration.
Not saying it's practical though. You can fire thrice in the first round of combat.Turbo Plasma RifleMuch the same setup as for minigun, only you can potentially fire it 6 times - a lot better than the F2 version. Same for the Alien Blaster, which does more damage but at the expense of having a terrible range. Generally inferior to the first two in terms of damage, easier and more practical to play though.Fallout 2Unarmed weapons cannot become faster than 2 AP to use, which makes them all distinctly inferior to ranged weapons. Also, stuff is better at killing you in F2 - making HtH harder (though with Prizefighter and power armour it is very possible to tank the whole game).Vindicator minigun/ Avenger/ BozarAs with minigun in F1, though getting Sniper in a normal game is worlds more realistic, making this build a lot more likely. This can do some brutal damage, and if used correctly The Enclave + Navarro becomes a doddle, even on the hardest difficulties. The availability of ammunition makes this a difficult weapon of choice to use often though.
The Avenger minigun and Bozar become far more practical. The Avenger is the Vindicators equal against some opponents (if you invest in bonus ranged damage anyway), however it still lacks a bit of a punch (relatively speaking - it doesn't matter a whole lot with Sniper) against power armour. The Bozar uses cheap ammunition with great modifiers, fires less bullets and still nails virtually everything, making it the most practical of the three. Nothing comes close to competing with this damage wise.Gauss Pistol (and rifle)When you have Sniper and good luck, this seems superior to the rifle in my eyes.
6, ludicrously accurate, high-probability-of-critical hits, within a massive range. Armour (apart from the Boss'), provides little relief.Pulse RifleDistinctly superior to the turbo plasma rifle, basically a slow alien blaster with much better range. Lots of damage, and again most armour won't be a problem. Still seems inferior to the Gauss Pistol though.End Boss Plasma GunOf no consequence, seeing as you have completed the game. Had to include it though, I mean it'd basically a turbo plasma rifle with burst capabilityOther notable weapons:-F11).223 Pistol - best small gun in the original, decent range, good damage, owns most armour, style.2) RR LE BB Gun - inferior to 1), but deserves a mention. Fires quick, massive clip, good damage, not so great armour penetration.
Fallout 1 Sniper Rifle
Shooting children and Gizmo with it are fun past times.3) Hunting Rifle - with a refined ability to land bullets in peoples eyes, one can finish the game with this no problems. Unless you have 12 AP, this is better than the Sniper rifle IMO.4) Death Satchel - Get a bag from Junktown and store all the spare explosives in it. Activate detonators, drop next to target, run. Bang.F21) Those from F1, although they are eclipsed by better weapons - Gauss weaponry is miles ahead of other small guns really.2) FN FAL HPFA - strange and fairly uncommon assault rifle, as a single shot weapon, it's superior to all of the assault rifles except the H&K G11(E) and (maybe?) the XL70E3. Does have one feature that (arguably) sets it above all other (non gauss) small guns though, that being the bullets fired per burst - 20. It has a faster rate of fire than all other bullet weapons bar miniguns (even the HK P90c and Bozar!). It's ammo has the same DR mod as the 4.7mm used by the H&K G11, though a weaker damage mod.
5mm ammo, as used by the XL70E3, has weak mods in comparison. Because if this I'd say that the FN FAL HPFA is up there with the H&K G11E as the best assault rifle (don't recall if the later is technically an SMG, don't think it is), it's also superior to all SMG's and shotguns (Pancor Jackhammer is still a very good gun though). Small guns running on.223 or 2mm are it's only out right superiors.3) Needler Pistol - Actually a decent gun if you can get the AP ammo (which isn't really AP, just double damage).4) Robot rocket launcher - For a rocket launcher, it has poor damage. It also requires only 3 AP and has a 'clip' of 6, think Fast Shot + Bonus Rate of Fire + Sniper.evil laugh. A rather exoensive AP rocket habit though.Just my two pence, be interested to here peoples opinions, especially with regards to the FN FAL HPFA, which I only realized was decent on a recent play through. I feel that assault rifles are underrated by some, not in F1 as there is only one and it's poor-mediocre for what it is.
Why not Super Sledge on the list?Sure, HtH Evade does not apply on it but it has a range of 2 with almost the same low ap cost. And that thing more literally clears the floor with enemies. I killed Deathclaws much easier with that than Power or Megapower fists.
Knocking them off map makes space for you and destroys their ap by knocking them out or making them run to you again and again.EDIT: Bonus HtH work on Super Sledge.But:'.hit for 2.was killed.Unfortunately his spine is now visible.' Does not work. At least they fly away like Goku hit them.
Ballistic Fist is crap compared to previous unarmed and melee. With regards to F1, you may be correct about Bonus HtH working for the SS, I don't recall. Pros/cons:Super Sledge+ Best damage of any HtH weapon+ Knockback+ Range = 2+ No ammo- KnockbackSeems a clear winner right? In F2 it is the clear winner, however in the original I would argue otherwise - I find by the end that the knockback feature is more a hindrance. Your main enemies are super mutants, most of whom attack from range.
When you are fighting deathclaws, you can take them on one at a time - if you have decent armour and either weapon, the battle should be easy. Knocking them back is an advantage, but an unnecessary one. It's unlikely you will kill a super mutant in one hit, even with slayer. I'd prefer by range-based opponent to stay in front of me, take a second hit and die - rather than going backwards, requiring me to close the distance (which can be substantial). Don't get me wrong, both are good - I feel that the powerfist makes for a smoother fight in Mariposa and under the cathedral.In F2 there are some circumstances when mega power fist the sledge, others where the converse is true.
As you mentioned, deathclaw packs (and most encounters on the desert strip NE of SF) are best dealt with using a hammer. MPF is better against the Enclave however. For a start, every extra but of damage helps and once again knockback ends up pissing me off somewhat. And you're right, Sledge usually works best on melee enemies. Knocking around Enclave troopers who carry gauss pistols in Fallout 2, just so they can get up and shoot you again is not good thing.
There we prefer hand to hand diplomatic relations and solutionsBut one thing more. I think MPF applies dmg based on a weapon itself, not the unarmed skill like a basic punch does.So a costly 8 ap (9 with aiming) punch which has highly boosted critical chance because of unarmed skill (only on high level, 150%+) can literally obliterate everything, even Frank Horrigan in one or 2 hits. But it's very costly.
Fallout 2 Sniper Rifle Upgrade
I don't think it applies on a Power Fist like that.There's a list of upgraded kicks and punches on Vault, higher levels have really brutal critical chance. My copy of FO1 when I played it was bugged (didn't have an Internet connection back then), Bonus Move didn't work correctly (turn ended automatically after using up the 'normal' AP, even if you had the 'extra' movement points left), and knockback worked everywhere BUT in the Boneyard deathclaw nest. Well I think I just found the best weapon in New Vegas. I forget the name, it's something like PN-3 (basically numbers and letters) but it's a plasma weapon that uses 4 ammo per shot (that's one of the disadvantages). It easily one-shots Deathclaws with a headshot and has a zoom function. It does over 100 damage per shot. I used to think doing around 50 damage a shot was something to get excited about.That said, I haven't tried out melee or unarmed yet - I hope it's good because I'm planning to do Hardcore with one of those two styles since I don't want to get weighed down with ammo.
If I switched my current game to Hardcore now, I'd probably weigh about 3 tons.