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3 years, 5 months ago about Fallout 3 Weapons

What was your favorite weapon to use while playing Fallout 3?

We've answered what is the most power weapon, but I'm curious to know what your favorite gun to play with was? What did you find yourself using the most?

I played most of the end game using A3-21's Plasma Rifle. My most favorite by far was The Terrible Shotgun I picked up in Evergreen Mills. At its highest level, it does 80 damage. The spread is really wide, so you have to be in close to be effective.

http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/A3-21%27s_Plasma_Rifle
http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/The_Terrible_Shotgun
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markb | 3 years, 5 months ago
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For where I'm currently at in the game, 2 weapons are my favorite:

1). The "Ripper," what has to be one of the most powerful melee weapons in the entire game (especially if you keep it repaired). For close encounters, it can be a juggernaut of 1-hit-killing power in VATS mode. Even not in VATS, running up to a Raider and just holding them at arms length while grinding away their health is good fun.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_81j1P6pikc

2). I've recently acquired the Missile Launcher. I was exploring near Arefu, was ambushed by about 5 raiders, went for my shotgun/grenades, and then realized "I own a missile launcher with about 7 missiles. What am I doing?" Move back about 20 feet, target the center of a cluster, and unleash in VATS on one enemy. Body parts will fly, most will die in the area, you'll rake in 100+ experience points in one hit. Also, it will completely destroy super mutants in one hit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CkJFD2NVKc

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bahlof | 3 years, 5 months ago
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the railway gun. The sound of it was always satisfying.
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nunetherlands | 3 years, 5 months ago
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Lincoln's Repeater was a very fun weapon
http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Lincoln%27s_Repeater

I was using for close encounters was the Black hawk
http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Blackhawk

Can't go wrong with "Dirty Harry" recommend weapon :)
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justingerard | 3 years, 5 months ago
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I used the pneumatic glove, mostly because the novelty of seeing someone's head get knocked off with your fist NEVER wears off :D

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the doc | 3 years, 5 months ago
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By the end I also ended up using the plasma rifle, in the beginning I used the rock-it launcher quite a bit because of ammo concerns, but overall I agree, the terrible shotgun was the best, it did high damage at close range, and ammo was plentiful.
I also ended up using the shishkebab quite a bit, especially against robotic enemies against whom small arms were largely ineffective. It allowed me to do very large amounts of damage quickly, set my enemies on fire, and, if I circle-strafed correctly, avoid damage, but as a melee it was really only effective on single enemies.

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pvera | 3 years, 5 months ago
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Can't beat the combat shotgun, even early in the game. That is if you don't mind getting close enough. Lincoln's Repeater is good and it shoots without deflection, the only problem is finding the ammo (which btw, is still easier to find than the ammo for the stupid sniper rifle).

The Terrible Shotgun was awesome until I screwed up and used it to repair a regular combat shotgun, somehow the game doesn't prioritize when picking weapons to repair. After that little incident I tried to not rely on any of the special weapons.

If you are not in a hurry, and you have enough space, the grenades can be quite pleasant, especially if you can pin a death claw before it even can tell where you are attacking it from.
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powerfulmask | 3 years, 5 months ago
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Damn ol' Painless sounds nice, what kind of damage does it have? Currently my favs are lincoln repeater, terrible shotgun, and the railway rifle. I like the shishkabob too and i even gave one to charon and he owns everything with it. I am fighting something and all of a sudden it spotaneously combusts and i'm like WHAT?!? then i look over to see charon holdin the shishkabob and it makes sense haha

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jthizz | 3 years, 5 months ago
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Love using the hunting rifles for the sweet slow-mo headshots. Also its very easy to find ammo for them

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kiven | 3 years, 5 months ago
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Any sniper rifle although the A3-21's Plasma Rifle works really well too...
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ed130 | 3 years, 5 months ago
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Shishkebab, it slices, dices AND sets your opponent on fire, what more could you ask for in a melee weapon

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deicide | 2 years, 6 months ago
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my favorite weapon is the Shishkebab beating on hard mode but is really fun to catch them on fire
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humblepieman | 3 years, 5 months ago
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The dartgun is the best because it can be used to tranquilize a camel.

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gmporter87 | 3 years, 5 months ago
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Fat Man
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jesk | 3 years, 4 months ago Report

The fat man is good but you gota go for the experimental MRIV fatman 8 mininukes in one shot compleat overkill. VERY NICE!

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chn-cs-htg | 3 years, 5 months ago
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Yeah, the terrible shotgun is the best.

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rayatwork05 | 3 years, 5 months ago
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maybe i havnt gotten that far in the game, im lvl 19, but ive used laser rifle since day one (energy weapons were a must in original fallout series).
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msmoriarty | 3 years, 5 months ago
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Until I got the plasma rifle I used the Chinese assault rifle quite a bit -- enough ammo and firepower to take care of usual monsters easily (swiched to .44 or big gun for supermutants, though)

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eliot | 3 years, 5 months ago Report

I used the Chinese Assault Rifle for most of the game and I'm kind of disappointed that I didn't get to pick up the Xuanlong Assault Rifle.
http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Xuanlong_Assault_Rifle

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