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I think I am carrying too much stuff - What do you guys usually carry?

Changed my load-out once I got into the Chinese Stealth suit and decided on essentially an assassin role-play;

1. Jingwei's Sword
2. Silenced 10mm
3. Perforator
4. Dart gun
5. (Gauss was too glitchy, misses too often)
6. Protectron's Gaze/Metal Blaster (close up weapon; before/after The Pitt)
7. Alien Blaster (I hate Great Radscorps, this is a one-shot kill for those PoS)

For the most part, I kill stuff with the Perforator. Occasionally, I'll get bored and torment stuff with the Silenced 10mm. If I can safely sniper something, I do. Otherwise, I'll take care of business with the sword and Perforator. When I know a scripted "rush" is going to occur, I'll equip some mines, and I'll also do a few grenades in pants to get a chuckle. Previously, with my standard character, I'd lug around a lot of weapons;

1. Sydney's Ultra 10mm Sub
2. Xuanlong Assault
3. Terrible Shotty
4. Dart gun
5. Lincoln's Repeater
6. BlackHawk
7. Alien Blaster
8. Railway Rifle
9. Reservist's

The problem with this was that I constantly found myself trying to use other weapons because I wanted to see which was the most fun, and subsequently not knowing what I liked best. I also found I was constantly weighed down and having to make decisions about what to repair with, what to store away at the site and what to ignore. By sticking with a theme ("assassin" in the first), I self-limited my choices and play within those boundaries, which makes it much more fun. --Geministorm 00:44, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

Since weapons degrade at an alarming rate, I always try to carry at least 5 of the weapons I am currently using for field repairs. If I don't have enough of one type of weapon, I switch to a different one. If I am running low on guns, I take a few melee weapons until I can restock my supply. I never carry more than 5 copies of a single weapon, and never an extra piece of armor. --MadDawg2552 16:32, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

Well,for short journeys its an assault rifle backed up ny colonel autumns laser pistol,and stabhappy as a back up weapon,but for long journeys is tesla armor,xuanlong assault rifle and the blackhawk --Werewolfhell

Lately I just carry the Reservists rifle, my guy squeezes 4 vats shots per turn out of it, and I'm getting 100% criticals so, what's the point of using something else, even at half weapon health it murders people's faces off. These days I don't even wear my favorite ranger battle armor, just a big yellow environmental suit, so my guy looks like a total wasteland freak ;) AshRandom (Talk) 17:03, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

Still, it's great having a few frag grenades on hand, and either the Shishkebab or Deathclaw gauntlet to save on ammo, but, I find that after I've built up several hundred .308 rounds, there isn't much point, at one shot per kill I'd need to be attacked by three hundred opponents to actually run out. AshRandom (Talk) 17:09, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

I don't leave home with spares. I just repair with whatever I pick up, and sell the spares when I get back to town. I do, however, like to have different weapons on hand for different situations. My keys are usually bound like this:

1. Melee or Unarmed: combat knife, spiked knuckles, shishkabob, deathfist gauntlet, etc. 2. Casual sidearm: 10mm pistol, laser pistol, or whatever. Something for dealing with easy enemies where ammo won't be a concern. 3. Close-range non-stealth gun: railway rifle, combat shotgun, or assault rifle. Something for when I get caught in a fight and can't use stealth. I love the crit multiplier on the railway rifle. 4. Sniper rifle. For very long range stealth shots. 5. Long-range stealth gun: hunting rifle, laser rifle, waser wifle. Something for 1-shot stealth kills. 6. Dart gun. 8. Frag grenade.

I like to have 2-4 bottlecap mines, 2-4 Nuka grenades, 2-4 pulse grenades, and 8-12 frag grenades on hand. Spiceweasel 17:46, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

The Terrible Shotgun, A3-21's Plasma Rifle, Lincoln's Repeater, Victory Rifle and some frag grenades. About three generic weapons for repair(except the Victory Rifle). So, that's it, basicallyBSMaker 17:52, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

I carry one Pistol, (at the moment the Blackhawk) one Large Weapon (Xuanlong Assault Rifle) and one Melee weapon (Deathclaw Gauntlet). I pick up any weapons I may need for parts or to sell and when I am carrying too much. I just make a trip to my house in Megaton and dump it all in there. I keep all my stuff oraganised. Construction parts in one locker. Aid items in the fridge. Weapons and Armour in another, and stuff like pre war books and scrap metal in the desk ;D DipCheese 02:40, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

I usually carry the Xuanlong Rifle and a few generic rifles for repairs. I'm running out of sources to collect mass numbers of generic rifles, so I'm starting to carry around the Terrible Shotgun and the Blackhawk. Not too much else, I carry a very small amount of explosives, if any at all.

Well it matters where i am going so i either have Ol' Painless or Lincolns Rifle. Have my terrible shotgun most of the time... Xulong pretty much all the time... Shishkebab or fisto or deathclaw gauntlet... whichever im in the mood for.Couple frags, 1 or 2 mines... And ofcourse my Reservists Rifle. Friv 04:07, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

Generally I carry one "cheap" weapon, one "dps" weapon, one "sniper" weapon, and rotate among the available items as the whim suits me. The "cheap" weapon is for enemies where I don't really want to waste ammo or parts, such as individual raiders. Ol' Painless is probably the best "cheap" weapon, though the Rock-It Launcher is close. The "dps" weapon is used for intense firefights where I need to take down enemies quickly, with Vengeance being the "best" but the Terrible Shotgun or Eugene better choices for availability of parts and ammo. The "sniper" weapon is used for big groups of nastier enemies, like Enclave patrols. The Victory Rifle doesn't work that well for me and I prefer Lincoln's for sniping, but those are the best options. I never carry the Fat Man, Missile Launcher, or other heavy artillery unless I know I intend to use them, but I do carry some frags to explode pants. 24.20.51.199 04:27, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

I carry way too many weapons. I usually have all my unique items with me, or carried by Charon. I like to switch it up between Blackhawk, The Terrible Shotgun, A3-21's Plasma Rifle, Victory Rifle, and the Wazer Wifle. I usually have The Unique SMG, Xuanlong Rifle and several grenades with me, but I rarely use them. I make Charon tote around a minigun and fatman, but I don't give him ammo for them. I'm one of those people that packs way too many clothes when I go on vacation, too, but I like to be prepared.... LVTDUDE 06:35, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

Seeing as my house is pretty much an armory my usual list of carried weapons is as follows; fisto!, the shocker, reservists (nothin like it eh' AshRandom?), minigun, plama rifle, colnel autumn's pistol (not like i have a choice), missile launcher, blackhawk, lincolns repeater, usually an assault rifle that i pick up along my travels, sydney's ultra smg, countless small arms then i get fawkes to carry his weight in armour and more small arms. i only recently got Fisto! and i'm loving it it just destroys everything with ease, its always fun making a deathclaw do a backflip wih and uppercut with the fisto. sorry for the biggish post but in a summary for your title... too many Mr snip 07:50, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

I might be carrying too much myself. I try to carry at least 1 gun for each of the small gun ammo types, because I never seem to have enough ammo to depend on a single gun. When I run out of ammo, I just switch to another gun. I just scoop up extra weapons for repairs as I go, but I'm constantly on the edge of being encumbered.--Nux Matrix 09:19, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

On my better character, I carry a Chinese assault rifle (3000+ rounds), a Magnum (a few hundred rounds, I think), a hunting rifle (1000+ rounds), and as a backup (which I won't need since I have a whole lot of ammo) Sydney's Ultra SMG with about 1900 rounds which get depleted pretty fast so I don't use it often. Also, the Occam's Razor combat knife. One time I was caught low on ammo on my other weapons and ran through a ruin (don't remember which one) using the SMG. I started out with about 600-1200 rounds and before I was through, I had to switch to the Razor. 75.39.249.241 04:30, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

Since I got strong back (and I DON'T regret it) I can carry a fair bit, so I usually carry my shishkebab, A3-21 plasma rifle, Xuan Long assault rifle, dart gun, and then either eugene, rock-it launcher, or a missile launcher. This still gives me over 100 pounds spare to pic up random crap, so I often have 3 chinese assault rifles at 90% to repair my xuan long (or w/e it's called) and same with regular plasma rifles. sometimes some extra combat armor to repair my ranger armor. - Ashran111 05:28, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

I carry everything,the blackhawk mangnum,xuanlong assault rifle,fat man,a3 21's plasma rifle,victory rifle,dart gun,railway rifle,about 30 nuka grenades,the terrbiel shotgun,alien/firelance blaster,missile launcher,and wearing Tesla armor.--Bluemax 20:15, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

I don't bother with all the LOL COOL L33T crap. I carry a Combat Knife and a 14mm Pistol (part of the Classic Fallout Weapons mod), and wear the Armored Vault 101 Jumpsuit. The 14mm pistol is enough for me, the combat knife is good for the 'easy' kills, and the jumpsuit looks good. I don't care about being the best. I care about being what I like. PlasmaFox 07:49, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

I carry 3 weapons around with me. A3-21's_plasma_rifle, Protectron's Gaze, and the Scoped Gauss rifle. i can deal with anything that might come my way. --NeoScott 19:50, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

i personally find the mesmertron a fairly decent weapon on BoH and their outcast relatives as it seems to have a high head popping rate. well its good if like me you hate BoH also using the 'miss' launcher atm most ppl hate it but i think it has potential as a replacement for grenades as missiles weigh nothing and are more powerful. temparearly using ol' faithful till i get lincloins rirle back --Killer of death 23:20, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

I carry a 10mm silenced, scoped .44, sniper rifle, hunting rifle, chinese assault rifle, pulse and frag grenades, frag mines, a shishkebob, and a combat shotgun. My armor is a pre-war hat with a regulator duster, 80 stimpacks and a couple other meds. And its only 50 pounds out of 220! hehe

lol my current loadout is now,blackhawk magnum,a3-21s plasma rifle,dart gun,railway rifle,gauss rifle,xuanlong assault rifle,missile launcher,fat man,vengence gatling laser,alien blaster,shishkebab,lincolns repeater,the terrible shotgun,35 nuka grenades,and yeh,thats about what i carry,bring on the pitt and broken steel!--Bluemax 20:25, 1 February 2009 (UTC)--Bluemax 20:25, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

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I try to carry one of each weapon that I have ammo for. I don't like Melee weapons, but I usually keep a ripper with me just in case I run out of ammo completely. I think right now I have a fat man, chinese assualt rifle, laser pistol, laser rifle, scoped .44 magnum, combat shotgun, a unique 10mm submaschine gun (the one that the girl in the Stealing Independance quest uses), sniper rifle, unique hunting rifle (the one from The Republic of Dave), several frag grenades, a flamer, a rock-it launcher, a dart gun, and sometimes my Railway Rifle, although its weakness combined with lack of ammo means I usually leave it behind. I also carry a few misc items, such as the wig from the Declaration of Independance robot, vualt 101 lab coat, vault 101 repair uniform (Whatever it is, the one with lockpick and repair), some fighting armor (either combat armor or Tallon combat armor, when I find a set in better condition that my current set I swap them out), lots of food/stimpacks, the food purification device, and whatever valuable misc items i find, such as Fusion Batteries and Cartons of Cigarettes.

I try to be pretty minimalist with my equipment. The Dart Gun, 3 Bottlecap Mines, and 5 Nuka Grenades are mandatory equipment on all of my characters, no questions asked. The Dart Gun is nice because it serves both as my Deathclaw solution (one dart + follower = dead deathclaw) as well as my "cheap" weapon (1 dart = dead raider, ghoul, dog, or radroach, and it also works wonders on Regulators, Talon Company, or any other humanoid). I love that it has no spread, and rarely even bother entering into VATS with it. After that, all I need is something to handle Super Mutants, Robots, and any humans I can't get a sneak critical on- stuff that's too big to bother with the dart gun, but too small to waste a Nuka grenade on. Generally I just use the Xuanlang as an all-purpose and leave it at that. If I have a melee-oriented build, I also bring a Deathclaw Gauntlet or a Shishkebab, and if the mood strikes me, I'll bring a Reservists, Victory Rifle, or Blackhawk so I can use the scope for scouting purposes. Some Sort 23:54, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

I normally carry around A3-21's plasma rifle, plasma pistol, Jack (the ripper), Victory Rifle, hunting rifle, Lincoln's Repeater plus 2-5 frag greandes which i usually dump as soon as i notice them in my inventory. I carry round as many guns as i can, i remember one expedition when i suddenly realised i'd forgotten all my .32 calibre rounds + all my micro-fusion cells so i was forced to use my laser pistol (sigh). So now i carry round as many guns as possbile with about 70 weight for stuff i pick up. My companion Fawkes carries my minigun, missile launcher, gatling laser, chinese assault rifle, and my fat man (praise the fat man!). I like to be prepared...

I carry way too many weapons and i resent the lack of realism of being able to carry so much junk, especially if you think about the potentially infinite ammo... hello? where's the truck following me? Fallout 1 had more limitations and it was better that way. I'd love to have to pick one or two guns and stick to them as i used to. Modders should sort that out. there is no such thing as death 20:55, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

If you resent carrying so much stuff, don't do it. Create some rules for yourself and stick to them. Maybe limit your carrying weight to 100 or 150 pounds, or simply decide that you'll carry no more than 2 weapons and no more than 500 rounds on you at any given time. Some Sort 02:16, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Hehe that's an interesting piece of self-help advice. Thanks. I've left a 10MM minigun in my new home's locker but your idea is a whole lot better. there is no such thing as death 05:03, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

I carry A3-21's Plasma Rifle pretty much all the time, I find it to be pretty much the only gun that I actually need. :) Beyond that I also carry the Gauss Rifle and sometimes a standard Plasma Rifle in case I need field repairs. I spent the early game hoarding MF Cells so that I wouldn't have to worry about ammo, then between repair skills and just smart scavving I have way more caps than I could ever realistically spend, so I just periodically buy more cells whenever I happen to see a shop selling them. This was actually well more than sufficient even before the Enclave reappeared, providing a handy source of ammo (but having to do the majority of my repairs using Wolfgang). AnaxagorasZ 17:42, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

I have the strong back, but use it to carry more loot than weapons. My arsenal usually comprises of a hunting rifle, (haven't gotten abes rifle yet) Shotgun, (just picked up the terrible shotty, though find it degrades quick) Chinese Asslt Rifle, silenced 10mm, (for weak opponents and to pester other enemies) The alien blaster (for emergencies) and the dart gun. I also usually carry a few mines, grenades and some pulse grenades. I find the pulse mines pretty useless. I do wish I had propped up my energy weapons skills because I have started to find ALOT of them lasers and have over 10K energy rounds. Pretty much every ammo I have more than 500 of, except for shotgun rounds (200 - I use it alot) and .308 rounds (150) I like to use my looted weapons when I can. If I am in an area that I find a lot of a specific weapon, I will use that so not to damage my main favourites.

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I like to try to keep it real with weapons I am actually using. It would take some of the enjoyment out for me to be carryng around more than I think I could actually carry. I agree that they shouldhave provided better limitations... inventory slots limit would be good where by you can make a roifle take up less slots if u break it down intoa pile of components i.e. full rifle = 4 slots but components = 1. Just the weight limit doesn't work. You should be able to see a visible backpack on the character too which you can equip/unequip depending on your need.

I take with me a laser rifle (wazer rifle when i get it) the accuracy and fairly high damage on these make them the best weapons in the game imo... wish i could attach a scope to one! a sawn off shotgun for when they get in your face (kneecapper soon as i steal it) a silenced 10mm, combat knife, switchblade and brass knuckles. I keep any spares for repairs at home, also keep a couple of each weapon in a good state of repair...incase the situation demands it. Like if i'm going to go and take out a heavily defended area (large raider camps/talon merc camps) i'll return back to my house and pick up my reservist's sniper rifle and some ammo then pick them off from afar!

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I usually carry The Terrible Shotgun (10,464+ rounds); Blackhawk (4,600+ .44 rnds); Lincoln's Repeater; Xuan (16,872- 5.56rnds); Jingweis's Shock Sword; Dart Gun. Vengeance (sometimes) I've accrued 28 gatling lasers repaired to 79% to fix it with it with, and I've got about 18,000+ electron pack cells for it. Also, 3 frags, 3 frag mns, 3 plasma grnds & mns, 3 pulse grnds & mns, 6 btl cap mns, 5 nuka grnds. Victory sniper 1600+ .308 rnds. The Gauss rifle (glitched) with at least 10,000+ mf cells (I never bothered with energy weapons until Gauss, so I just stored up ammo.) I've never used the fat man or MIRV, seriously, except to blow up Megaton residents and then reload to a previous save. Everyonce in a while I'll break out Eugene (18,000+ 5mm ammo) or the Burnmaster, which I also have a ridiculous amount of ammo for. I know it's unrealistic to carry all of this around with me, but it beats going back home everytime I need to resupply. --Mog2wai 01:29, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

I've stopped carrying explosives because i barely use them. And i don't want to kill dogmeat anymore. I carry a chinese assualt rifle, a terrible shotgun, a sniper rifle, and a dart gun. I use the assault rifles surplus of ammo for weak enemies, the shotgun for battles, the sniper for stealth kills, and the dart gun for crippling death claws and super mutant masters. No more will my team use shikebabs as weapons against deathclaws. I don't need to lose jericho again. Lostsin 03:23, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

Victory Rifle, A3-21's Plasma Rifle and occasionally depending on location Sydney's Ultra SMG (good for feral ghouls. Often a bottle cap mine a nuka grenade or two and some pulse grenades. I've found that when wearing Tesla Armour and being 100% in E-Weapons with associated luck/critical improving perks enemies just melt before me when using the plasma rifle.

Gunner Bill 14:22, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

My load out is quite often: Chinese stealth suit, Lincoln's Repeater, Perforator, Gauss Rifle, Burnmaster, 10-20 Grenades, Sniper Rifle from Anchorage sim (never degrades), Ranger Armor, Ranger Helmet and Power Fist from Anchorage sim (never degrades). CSI1112 16:29, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

I care to look cool so my load is currently: wasteland doctor fatigues, gauss rifle, jack, and a shitload of grenades(i'm in training, i have over 200)RG (xbox) 17:36, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

I carry three weapons on my new play threw i carry the Chinese Assault Rifle, Hunting rifle, 32. pistol <--- i think is great for dealing with beggars ~ soda_god

Sometimes for fun, I'll put on Lucas Simm's clothes [didn't kill him], take out Wild Bill's Sidearm and my Lucky Shades, and go enforce the law of the wastes. I've killed Moriarty for the crimes of pimping, drug dealing, and blackmail, as well as Dave for polygamy and being a gigantic pretentious douche. I've also killed Moira Brown on one count of being the most annoying person I've ever met. Broeman 02:39, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

Since my character is skilled at small guns and sneaking, here's my weapon loadouts:

1. Stabhappy: For backstabbing raiders, weaker feral ghouls, and those pests if the situation is appropriate.
   
2. 10mm Pistol (Colonel Autumn's if possible): For easy targets.
   
3. Combat Shotgun: For tight space/close range gun fighting, or fighting with mirelurks/tougher robots (firing in real-time seems have much better result than in VATS, weird.) I don't like/use Terrible Shotgun due to its excessively wide spread.
   
4. R91 Assault Rifle: For its easier acquirable repair source, and I've been using 5mm Chinese Assault Rifle mod for a long time (R91 becomes the only 5.56mm weapon in my game).
   
5. Xuanlong Assault Rifle: My #1 choice for mid-close range. Even better if using 5mm Chinese Assault Rifle mod.
   
6. Ol' Painless: For general mid-long range sniping.
   
7. Victory Rifle: For knocking down tough opponents like super mutant master or sentry bot at the first shot to buy me some time.
   
8. Lincoln's Repeater: Only used in emergency situations or for tough opponents that I can't get sneak critical (they already found me).
   
9. 2~3 Nuka Grenade + Bottlecap mine: Giant Radscorpion killer.
   
10. ~12 Frag Mine: For "Shady Sands Shuffle"! I really love killing all enemies in a building with this method.
    

--NovaRain 05:06, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

On my character i learned not to carry a shitload of weapons so i carry have 3 default ones, that means the ones i put in my inventory

Weapons:

- Lincoln's Reapeater - Gauss Rifle - Silenced 10mm ( For killing good people and not getting noticed)

Armor

- Advanced Rad Suit - T51-B Power Armor Set - Stealth Suit --76.68.116.223 02:57, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

I carry the Firelance and my one of a kind M-60 I got from my disc. Macy Man the man with no plan.

I am a walking arsenal of weapons. My weapons include Blackhawk, Alien Blaster, Ol' Painless, Chinese Assasult Rifle, Combat Shotgun, The Kneecapper, Lincoln's Reapeater, Plasma Rifle, Rock-It Launcher, Shishkebab, Vampire's Edge, Victory Rifle, 10 bottlecap mines, 40 frag mines, 20 pulse mines, 10 plasma mines, 50 grenades, Dart Gun, and Railway Rifle. -Xandus the Legend

Ohhhh here we go with the M-60 again! Me, I use the Umbra sword (while wearing Umbra's Armor of course), and for really tough opponents I break out the BFG-9000. Jeeeesh. LVTDUDE 14:41, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

I hear ya there, imaginary weapons lied into the game by ambitious 8-year olds are awesome. I usually use my Power Boot, which was spawned on to my disc by Gandalf, along with the Molerat Bazooka. Maccy, stop with the M60 thing, the cheesy one-liners and the spamming. This is getting ridiculous... AngryNorwegianDude 15:10, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

Wow, you guys don't take many weapons with you. If i'm later in the game (lv. 20, all special weapons)I carry around 220 pounds with me. Why don't take everything with you you can take? List of everything:

Armor: t-51b power armor and helmet

Weapons: Xuanlong assault rifle, the terrible shotgun, eugene, vengeance, victory rifle, burnmaster, miss launcher (just for fun), missile launcher, blackhawk, ol' painless, shiskebab, dart gun, a3-21's plasma rifle, wazer wifle, lincoln's repeater, the kneecapper, railway rifle, rock-it launcher (without ammo, i use what i can find on my journey), protectron's gaze, plasma pistol and the deathclaw gauntlet. (TheFalloutZard)

For Armour, i usually wear the Regulator Duster and the Oasis Druid Hood. As for weapons, I usually carry: the Railway Rifle, Sydney's "Ultra" SMG, The Xuanlong Assault Rifle, A Combat Shotgun, The Victory Rifle, the Wazer Wifle, Eugene, and the Missile Launcher. -RYW712 23:39, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

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My Energy Weapons character: A3-21 Plasma Rifle, Metal Blaster. Armour: Ranger Combat Armour.

My Melee character: Shishkebab, Jingweis Shocksword. Armour: Hei Gui.

My "main" Small Arms character: Combat Shotgun, Sniper Rifle, Chinese Assault Rifle, Perfotrator, Fatman. Armour: Winterized T-51b Power Armour.

My Big Guns character: Flamer, Minigun, Fatman, Missile Launcher, 15+ grenades. Armour: Armoured Vault 101 Suit. Gabriel77cortez 12:35, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

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Currently i carry the metalblaster, a chinese assault rifle a 10mm pistol and as i cant get rid the repellant stick...im wearing a duster, reds bandana and the lucky shades...oncei go and do anchorage ill carry around the glitched gauss as well..but thats all she wrote...the games not hard enough to need a huge amount of weapons .. damo!

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I guess it really depends on what my mission is at the time. My battle gear consists of Ranger battle armor; Lucky shades; Poplar's hood; can't forget my lucky 8-ball. My weapons consist of the lincoln's Repeater, perforator; Sydney's SMG; blackhawk; terrible shotgun; Guass rifle; missile launcher; some frags; nuka grenades; and a couple of pulse grenades and gotta have some whiskey after a big battle.. Clover also has Ranger armor and helmet equipped with a reservist rifle and a shishkabab sword. I'm a sniper so I hardly use anything but my blackhawk and Repeater, but lately I had to go to war. I'm playing on hard too. Recon missions I only take a silenced pistol and my perforator with my chinese suit and lucky shades and of course my lucky 8ball. Considering that it is unfair to the enemy I rarely kill on recon missions.--Lordblak 20:46, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

currently on my stealth sniper charachter im carrying the Reservist's Rifle, a silenced pistol, Dart gun, some mines and grenades and if i need to use it a submachine gun, i dont carry alot of weigt because it affects stealth so i only carry the bare essintials no big assult rifles just small quiet deadly weapons i let charon do all the heavy lifting and since im not equiped well for close quarters combat i let charon take care of anything out of sniping range.

Currently i am just using my autoaxe, a fatman, and a scoped magnum for those people i cant reach, and for armor im using the Filtration Helmet and Lesko's Lab Coat Magmadar 05:58, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

I carry a Shisskebab, Chinese Assault Rifle and a 10mm Submachine Gun (Some Talon mercs were waiting for me infront of the Northwest Seneca station and I beat the crap out of them with my Shishkebab even with 25-30 Melee Weapons Skill ) and some ammo. 15:18, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

Heh, started the game as a small guns char. Initially was carrying Combat Shotgun and Lincoln's Repeater, plus a bunch of shotguns and hunting rifles for repairs. After Anchorage, I got the indestructible Shotgun from the sim, as well as the Gauss rifle (Gary trick). That's when I started hunting down Tesla books. After Pitt, already at 100 energy weapons skill, I threw away small guns and switched to Metal Blaster/Gauss rifle. The steady number of criticals I get with the Blaster outweighs any other gun. Oh and, of course, Frag/Plasma/Nuka nades. Don't leave home without them. Perj 07:47, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

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I have strong back and 10 Strength so I can carry all the weapons I enjoy using and still have room for loot. I usually wear Tribal Power Armor, LeDoux's Hockey Mask, with Action Boy, grim reaper's sprint, for max AP. I find that buying more ammo is always possible and caps are easy so I use what is the most enjoyable to use. I don't carry weapons for repair purposes - I just find Crazy Wofgang after and outing, or repair at my home arsenal after a trip. Get plenty of caps and you don't need to worry about ammo or repairs...

I carry:

- A-321 PLasma Rifle - for my go-to all around weapon. 
- Alien blaster - for tough enemies, large groups of regulators/brotherhood outcasts/enclave, or just for fun
- Nuka grenades - for fun - cool explosion...
- Blackhawk - for radroaches and raiders, overkill but lots of fun - why use a .32 pistol when you can use the Blackhawk?!
- Perforator - for use with Chinese Stealth Armor in surgical stealth kills.  One Stealth headshot will kill most humanoid, non power-armor NPCs.  It is great because the Perforator doesn't alarm anyone standing next to the victim - I just laid waste to every resident in Tenpenny without a single shot fired on me!
- Gauss Rifle - for long range kills
- Terrible Shotgun - for blasting raiders at close range - overkill, but lots of gory fun
- Vengance - to shred Super Mutants outside of VATS
- Jingwe's Shocksword  - with chinese stealth suit for stealth kills
- Shishkebab - good flaming fun for weaker enemies
- Sidney's Ultra SMG - for radroaches and molerats - overkill but fun
- Flamer - with pyromaniac perk - always fun!
- Missle Launcher - for long range area blasting - blowing up cars next to a camp of super-mutants or, blasting raiders out of high towers, etc..  get a lot of missles and watch the bodies fly - fun!
- Dart Gun - to slow down Deathclaws/behemoths, etc...
- Mesmetron - for slaving and exploding heads, what else?
- Experimental MIRV - for total destruction - I usually do not save after using, because mini-nukes are not as easy to come by as other ammo...

I will have my footlocker full of other weapons that I will occasionally take out for specific uses. For example - I like to kill radroaches/molerats with sledgehammers or the deathclaw gauntlet, or take out Lincoln's repeater for some semi-long range raider kills, or the Mauler to slice and dice, etc. All just for fun. like most of us I have already beat the game and most all of the side quests, so now it is just about having fun.... Pgoon 18:25, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

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Not much. Just the essentials: A3-21's rifle, shishkebab, rock-it launcher(common "ammo") and Lincoln's repeater. Other weapons are just for repair.

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I keep my inventory VERY simple. It's very Enclave like. I almost always have A3-21's with a backup plasma rifle (for repairs, but it degrades slowly) and then i have a fully repaired set of Tesla Armor and then a slightly degraded set. I do this because if you have a copy of the armor, the unequipped armor will take the damage, NOT the one that is equipped. So you don't have to repair it. So... A3-20's rifle, 2 Tesla Sets, and any meds. suSpence95 8:14 PM, 26, April 2009

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ I like to keep it balanced simple and devastating my weapons:

Terrible shotgun for in close, Victory rifle + enclave outposts = loot, Mezzmetron for slaves of opportunity Scoped mag mid range Ol’ painless zero spread + common ammo

Armor Rangers battle armor Rangers battle helmet Lucky shades (awesome)

Stims drugs and geo mapper

Keep it simple and never ever leave home without a rifle…. A VICTORY RIFLE that is. ps vats is useless when sniping for anything other then centering on a targets chest also no auto it chews through ammo!!!

and never ever leave home without a rifle…. A VICTORY RIFLE that is.

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I used to lug around one weapon for each ammo type, but now I realize how dumb that was. I still use a ton, but I cut back. Now I'm currently using: 1. Protectron's Gaze - used for dealing with easy to kill enemies and its fun to play with 2. Victory Rifle - sniping 3. Spiked Knuckles - only used when at full condition. At only one pound, it can't be beat 4. Ant's Sting - it's a fun weapon and only one pound 5. Wazer Wifle - good for dealing with harder foes 6. A3-21's Plasma Rifle - same as Wazer Wifle 7. Lincoln's Repeater - used for only the hardest enemies in order to conserve .44 ammo (even though I have a bunch of it) 8. Xuanlong Assault Rifle - Used in metro and to deal with Raiders 9. Dart Gun - you never know when you'll find a deathclaw.

I used to carry around a 10mm SMG for ferals, but now I use Protectron's Gaze. I hate using Shotguns, so I use my Xuanlong instead. I rely heavily on VATS also, so I don't like the Scoped .44 or Shotguns because of their high AP usage. And on my current file, I haven't bothered getting Vampire's Edge, so I'll most likely use that instead of Ant's Sting.

Armor: Ranger Battle Armor & Helmet - Better than Power Armor for me Poplar's Hood - In case I need to boost my sneak a little bit Merc Adventurer Outfit - I need to look my best sometimes Lucky Shades - Used at all times

Aid: Stimpacks and meds for obvious reasons 5 Stealth Boys

Misc: Bottle Caps Bobby Pins Geomapper Food Sanitizer --Naldoxcore 04:02, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

My latest character is focusing on unarmed, energy, and explosives, so 2-10 of each grenade/mine, plus Fisto! for raiders, Deathclaw Gauntlet for armored opponents, spiked knuckles, Protectron's Gaze (though so far I'm disappointed with it), A3-21's (queuing up a bunch of VATS headshots after popping Psycho, Jet, and Yao Gwai meat is ludicrously effective), the alien blaster, a laser rifle, sniper rifle, a flamer for Oh Shit! moments, and a missile launcher because I didn't start using them until recently, so it's fun even if I can rarely kill anything with it. It's also early in the game, so either well repaired raider painspike armor or Talon combat armor, plus a business suit, shady hat, Vault 101 utility jumpsuit and labcoat, lucky shades, and roving trader outfit with hat. I tried giving my big guns to Jericho, but can't keep him stocked with ammo at this point, so they go unused. He's rockin basic Enclave armor from a lone soldier that keeps respawning near Dukov's, an Outcast helmet (they seem to always be hostile to me for some reason), his Chinese assault rifle, and a ripper. I'm also generally a fan of the unique SMG, but it's funny that Sydney becomes an ammo dealer after the Saving Independence quest because it will tear through my otherwise unused 10mm rounds in no time. Imp of the Perverse 07:25, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

I usually carry:

1. Lincoln's repeater, or occasionally some other normal gun)
2. missile launcher, or occasionally some other heavy hitting weapon
3. Melee weapon, usually shishkebab, sometimes deathclaw gauntlit or shock sword
4. Nuka grenades
5. bottlecap mines
6. all my ammo for everything

I also have fawkes carry basically the strongest of every type of weapon (ex: wild bill's pistol, ol painless, a3-21 plasma rifle, etc) so if i want one, I can get it right away, really useful for sniper rifles and fatman. I also have unique weapons I don't use stored at home (victory rifle, mirv) --DragonJTS^{Leave me a message} 15:23, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

I usually carry:

• A sword
• Sniper Rifle
• Machine gun
• Silenced Pistol
• Plasma and laser weapons
• Fist-O!
• Some other crap

HuangLee 19:37, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

I usually carry these: 1. A3-21 plasma rifle 2. Dart Gun (for those pesky Deathclaws) 3. one or two plasma rifles to repair my A3-21 rifle 4. Tesla Cannon 5. Any random crap I find on dead bodies After number two really the stuff I carry around is for fun.

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This is my regular kit:

1. Stealth Armor. 2. Jingwei's Shock Sword. 3. Victory Rifle or Lincoln's Repeater (depending on mission). 4. Butch's Toothpick (for those pesky raiders).

With this simple kit I've been able to kill a deathclaw with one shot or an entire room of raiders without any damage to my armor or self. Butch's Toothpick doe's an amazing job of dispatching Raiders and even Super Mutants (works on Overlords in stealth mode but it's like chopping down a large tree). I use this load for mapping, search and destroy missions.

With a follower I use these:

1. Winterized T-51b Armor and Helmet. 2. A3-21 Plasma Rifle or Gauss Rifle (depending on mission). 3. Alien Blaster. (In case things get seriously out of control).

This kit is more than enough to do some serious damage with a well armed follower.

I usually give the follower:

1. A Gatling Laser, "Vengeance" and/or a Tri-Beam Laser. 2. The Fort Constantine Suit of T-51b Power Armor or Hellfire Armor.

I like to keep the kit as realistic and light as possible (realistic does not normally apply to Fallout 3 but what the hey!). The idea of wandering about with 200 lbs of weaponry does not appeal to me at all.

After a really rough day I like to lounge around Megaton, or Underworld in my Regulator Duster with my Blackhawk .44 (just in case anyone gets the bright idea to jump me).

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Here's mine:

• Winterized T-51b power armor (Sim version mistakenly put in the main game)
• Winterized T-51b power helmet (Sim version mistakenly put in the main game)
• A3-21's plasma rifle (Generally used against anything)
• Dart gun (Mainly used for taking down Deathclaws)
• Gauss rifle (Mainly used against Enclave troops)
• Jingwei's shocksword (I'm not much of a close-combat type. I prefer sniping, but if I get blindsided, this sword comes in handy)
• Ol' Painless (For long-range shooting)
• Perforator (Better than it's cousin, Infiltrator)
• Protectron's Gaze/Metal Blaster (I seldom use this, but I have 2050 E Cells to waste)
• The Terrible Shotgun (Close combat for armored enemies. If the enemy is a raider, or such, I will just use Jingwei's Shocksword)
• Frag grenade (I always carry at least 50 of these suckers)
  • The Mauler (Again, this is one of those seldom-used weapons. I'll usually only pack this with me if I'm going somewhere with alot of Ghouls, when I don't have my Ghoul Mask on me. This does require several trips to the Pitt, as I need to constantly locate Auto Axes to repair this (I hate paying for repairs. S'why I have 100 Repair)).

When I had Jericho as a follower, before he got killed by an Enclave Hellfire Soldier, I gave him the following;

• Winterized T-51b power armor (Sim version mistakenly put in the main game)
• Winterized T-51b power helmet (Sim version mistakenly put in the main game)
• Heavy incinerator (He could own anything from long-range with this, although he sometimes misfired and hit Dogmeat)
• Flamer fuel (Gave him around 3000 Flamer Fuel)
• Stimpak (Gave him like, 100 Stimpaks, as the Protector Casdin was useful for me to get tons of Stimpaks)

And I ended up wearing

• Tesla armor (Good for when I used A3-21's Plasma Rifle)
• Tesla helmet (Same as above)
• And the same weapons as listed earlier.

I have all my weapons, minus the Frag Grenades, set to a D-Pad button for ease of access in tight combat situations. Sometimes, when I'm exploring the Wasteland, I'll wear my Ghoul mask as well, which, combined with my LVL 2 Animal Friend perk, keeps all the animals and ghouls from attacking me.

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My energy weapons character has Metal Blaster, Tri-Beam Laser, Tesla Cannon, and about 100 Nuka Grenades. With Ranger Combat Armor. Unarmed Character has Steel Knuckles, Fatman & Alien Blaster for really dangerous situations, Col Autumn's Laser Pistol, various grenades and mines with Hellfire Armor. Melee character has Hei Gui Stealth Suit, Shishkebab, Jingweis(?) Shock Sword and maybe Stabbhappy. Big Guns character has flamer, fatman, Talon Combat Armor. Done. I'm 81.234.140.17, Adjust. 19:41, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

Simulation shotgun, simulation sniper and simulation combat armour. And the lucky shades of course. Fat Man Spoon 19:59, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

what weapons set is complete without A3-21's plasma rifle? other than that, i carry the metal blaster, mesmetron, perforator, tesla cannon, shishkebab and the heavy incinerator(i just love how things explode when you get a kill shot with it, oh and the pyromaniac makes the last 2 listed weapons so much better). BraddaJ 05:24, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

Heres my setup:

• T-51b power armor (for longer journeys)/Ranger battle armor (exploring and hunting)
• T-51b power helmet (")/Ranger Battle helmet and Lucky Shades (")
• Lincoln's Repeater (for long range attacks, 0 spread ftw)
• Xuanlong Assault Rifle (as an all around gun)
• The Terrible Shotgun (for close range raping)
• Shishkebab (I dont really use melee weapons much but ITS A FUCKING FLAME SWORD)
• Victory Rifle (for really long range attacks, as in the enemy doesn't know I'm shooting them long range)
• Silenced 10mm Pistol (for those pesky radroaches)
• 10 Plasma Grenades (for taking out big groups)
• 5 Nuka Grenades (for taking out even bigger groups)
• 3 Bottlecap Mines (For umm... mining)
• Alien Blaster (For those really nasty bastards)

Heres Star Paladin Cross' setup:

• Tesla Armor
• Tesla Helmet
• Vengeance (She seriously RAPES with it)
  • If your asking why I dont use it, Its because Vengeance degrades pretty quickly and I dont have many gattling lasers but with cross it never degrades

GaZam360 08:38, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

Jora Kittenstomper's set-up:

• Chinese Stealth Armour
• Lincoln's Repeater
• Couple of hunting rifles for repair
• Bare fists

Yep that's it. The retarded in-game A.I. will never detect you while in sneak mode with 100 sneak and the stealth suit on. That means I can sneak punch someone (say an overlord) in the face 15 times and they'll never see me. The only reason Lincoln's Repeater is in there is for the out-of-VATS head shots at extreme long range which is awesome because the 100 small guns skill means there's 0 bullet spread. Amorality 16:44, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

For Weapons:

• Sniper rifle (for Sneak Attacks and long range.)
• Silenced 10mm pistol (for Sneaking Raiders and Ghouls)
• Missile launcher (for groups of enemies)
• Deathclaw gauntlet (for all around usage)

For Armor:

• Enclave officer hat- Never Degrades
• Enclave officer uniform- Never Degrades IF you have another set in your inventory
• Lucky shades- Never Degrades+ 1 Luck

This setup works well for me especially since I have 100 in all of my Skills. SuSpence95 23:03, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

Sexy sleepwear and a knife. Nowt else, cept an INVINCIBLE SHOTGUN. Fat Man Spoon 23:08, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

12:36, 18 June 2009 (UTC)12:36, 18 June 2009 (UTC)62.172.213.165

Most of you guys do carry a massive amount of weapons! I prefer to try and make the carrying limit feel a bit more reaal. I take Brass knuckles, Switchblade, Occams Razor, sillenced 10mm, sawed off shotgun and wazer wifle. also take 2 x anti robot nades (cant remember name of r some reason)

change loadout a bit depending on particular mission im going on tho.

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Note: My character is a small guns/stealth oriented person. I haven't finished the main story, I don't own the game yet or have any DLC. Current level is 19.

I carry: (Weapons)

• A-321 PLasma Rifle - in case I run low on ammo
• Chinese Assault Rifle- usual weapon for mid range combat (out of commission due to short supply of ammo)
• Combat Shotgun - usual weapon for mid-to-close range combat (currently using since building supply of .566 ammo)
• Dart Gun - to take down Deathclaws/Yao Gui
• Mesmetron - in case I need to get some stuff without pickpocketing
• Lincoln's Repeater - in case of emergency; not used often due to lack of .44 ammo
• Reservist's Rifle - for sniping out enemies from higher positions/from afar
• Silenced 10mm - for taking out weaker enemies (radroaches, etc..) and silent kills
• Vampire's Edge - for stealth kills, doesn't get much use
• Frag Grenades (x4), Plasma Grenades (x3), Frag Mine (x3)

I carry: (Clothing/Armor)

• Button's Wig - Replaced Lincoln's Hat, for stat boosts
• Dirty Pre-war Buisness Suit - speech boost
• Ghoul Mask - to keep the ferals off, equipped when underground, in metros, or in other feral hangouts
• Lesko's Lab Coat - for science boost
• Lucky's Shades - luck boost, equipped when wandering
• Poplar's Hood- equipped for stealth boost
• Ranger Battle Armor - equipped; better suits me than Power Armor
• Ranger Battle Helmet - equipped occaisonally,
• Roving Trader Outfit - for barter boost
• Vault 101 Utility Jumpsuit - for repair/lockpick boost

At home (My Megaton House), I keep the locker closest to door as my main armory. This includes nearly all weapons (both small, energy, and heavy), most clothing, and ammo I don't need (missles, mini-nukes, flamer fuel). The locker opposite contains all unique and or special clothing, and some unique/custom weapons. The refrigerator contains the food (smaller items, such as InstaMash, as well as meat from the creatures I've killed). Going upstairs, the Nuka Cola machine keeps all of my Ice Cold Nuka Cola's, my Nuka Cola Quantoms, Purified Waters/Blood Packs (I only keep about 5-6 waters and 7-8 packs on me at a time) Across the hall is My First Infirmary. The spare room is used as a place to keep my followers when I don't want their company (such as now, when I feel they just get in the way, so Dogmeat and Star Paladin Cross wait there). In my room, the desk contains all my books (skill books, Pre-war, and WSG), extra buffouts/stealth boys, and my special weapons (my dad's .32 Pistol, the Blackhawk, etc...). The filing cabinent serves as a junk holder, keeping all random loot, including Cartons of Cigarettes and weapon parts. Ratchetdude099 09:08, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

i allways carry eugene metal blaster ol painles and a plasma rifle anything else depends on what i fell like doing i allso have a loker with allmost every weapon in game in my house xxuberdood

I tend to use relatively little compared to you guys. A silenced 10mm pistol, Lincolns repeater, and the shiskebab (with pyromaniac) are good enough for me. However during my earlier days I used the terrible shotgun, Zualong assault rifle, and a fat man plus what I said earlier. For equipment I stick to a dirty pre war business suit, and a shady hat. My character is pretty much a direct copy of Mr. Burke. I also carry a ghoul mask around, and used to wear vances long coat outfit + Ranger battle armour. 15:47, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

Eugene, Vengeance, Shishkebab, Rapid-Torch Flamer, Missile Launcher, and a few of every kind of explosive. Combine that with the weight of my Tribal Power Armor, and my character has to worry if elevators can hold his weight. I like being heavy, though, because Size Matters. =P --DGoose 22:17, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

Unarmed: Fisto Melee: Auto Axe Shiskabab Small Guns: BlackHawk Backwater Metal Blaster (Son of a bitch disapeered though) Perforator Terrible Shotgun Victory Rifle Wild Bill's Side Arm XuanLong Rifle Big Guns: Due to weight issues usually none, but if I must it will usually be Eugene or a Flamer. I'm a man of variety.

Only a few, i guess. I really hate wearing many weapons, because if i have too much then i tend to wondering like 2 hours about "what weapons can i use?" (side effect of having many weapons from a mod). Always:

• .223 Pistol and Blackhawk/Silenced 10mm (if i'm going on a stealthy journey, i take silenced, otherwise i take Blackhawk and .223, in case i run off of magnum ammo)
• Jingwei's Shocksword (this and chinese hei gui armor equals almost sure win.)
• Smuggler's End (i never help this idiot at Cantenbury Commons, so i have to deal with Lyons' stupid-named pistol.)
• Gauss Rifle (love it.)

Sometimes (but never more than total 6 weapons):

• Colt very-fancy-model Assault Rifle (well, we all hate assault rifles - they completely out of fashion and style, but we have to use them from time to time)
• M1 Garand/Winchester .32 Hunting Rifle (because i just have to do something with all that worthless .32 ammo)
• A-321 Plasma Rifle (i hate the attitude most of people shows to plasma rifles. OH MY GOD!! LOOK AT THOSE PLASMA RIFLE!! THERE'S LIKE SIXTEEN COLOURS ON THERE! SIXTEEN!!! i need them sometimes, though)
• Cattle Prod (because there's nothing better than slaughtering enemies with cattle prod!)
• Tesla Cannon (just like with plasma rifle, but even more)

Rothessy 02:45, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

I carry way too much stuff. Here is my current inventory: Backwater rifle, Bio gas canister X15, Hunting rifle, Chinese assault rifle, Minigun, Missile launcher, Gauss rifle, The disemberer, Frag grenades X36, Bottle cap mines X5, Plasma rifle, Flamer, Reservist rifle, Deathclaw gauntlet, Railway rifle, Dart gun, Sydneys ultra SMG, Tesla cannon. I think thats it this weighs about 200lbs ish

armor winterized T-51b armor and helmet, raider badlands armor/tobar's unique outfit and a confederate hat

weapons fisto!, jingwei's shock sword, plasma pistol, smuggler's end, tri-beam laser rifle, A3-21's plasma rifle, wazer wifle, gauss rifle, plasma grenades, plasma mines, tesla cannon

ammo for all and all weightless chems Lancer AR 21:28, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

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I'm playing a stealth caracther and I'm in level 22 with Broken Steel DLC, but don't played OA and the Pitt yet. I don't even botter anymore to collect armors and other things from my enemys, since I have 30.000 caps, only collect Plasma Pistols and Rifles until they are full repaired, since they generate a lot of money (besides the all pourpose Rad Scorpion Glands ;) ).

The weapons I carry are:

• A-321 Plasma Rifle for putting down Vertibirds - yes, you heard it right! 8 shots put the vertibird on fire and more 4 destroy it. The big plus is when you are reloading the weapon, the Enclave soldiers are deployed and killed in the blast. More ammo and gear for you, baby - or Enclave soldiers equiped with other Plasma Rifles
• Lincon's Repeater (yes, Blackhawk is more powerfull but degradate at so alarming rate that becomes useless, since Hunting rifles are so common to find, making easy to maintaining it fully repaired)
• Dart Gun (it's usufulness cannont being stressed, one of the best weapons)
• 3/4 Nuka Granades
• 2 Plasma Granades
• 1 Bottle Cap Mine and 1 Plasma Mine
• Flamer
• Missile Launcher until level 23, after that Vengeance
• The Terrible Shotgun until level 23, after that Tri Beam Laser, every Overlord carry this or a Gatling Laser
• Fat Man for the fun, because I don't use it very often (and I have 45 nukes in my inventory! Explore people, that a lot of them in the wastes)
• usually 5 or 6 Sthealt Boys

This is for advanced, in the beginning of the game I relly often in the Combat Shotgun, Magnum 44, Dart Gun (yes, I buy it from Doc Hoff, I'm a big spender :D), Reservist rifle and Missile Launcher, besides 4 or 5 Frag Granades and 2 Pulse Granades (you are in the begining my friend, usually you don't have the Robot perk).

My clothing in the beginning are:

• Recon Armor
• Lab Coat
• Vault Utility
• Sexy Lingerie (for Charisma, since my Speach skill is weak. After raising it above 50 I simply sell it).

I also save Red from the mutants and slave her after that, getting the much better bandana (before it, i use Shaddy Hat).

After the Enclave arrives I use:

• Hellfire Armor (the soldiers are so easy to find and the DR are stupid! Who cares about radiation, since you have Rad-X?)
• Red's Bandana
• Lucky Ball
• Ghoul Mask
• Lucky Shades

I pick the Scrounger perk the momment is available, for those asking about the difficult to find ammo (the .44 rounds, specifically). With this your problems are solved and you make A LOT of cash! And since I'm a stealth person, the Silent Running perk pay the debt fast. Brfritos 02:10, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

-A Hunting rifle and Xualong Assault rifle, with enough ammo to wipe out the southern france- RaveDave44

Callahan's magnum, that is it.--Friday 00:36, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

EARLY GAME: I find that use mostly these

Varmin Rifle Fully modded. Service Rifle is not much of an improve what with the lack of mods.

Silenced .22 pistol, Fully modded. The low damage is compensated by the silence and the quick rate of fire. .357 magnum revolver Fully modded. For when I want some quick but loud damage. the weathered 10mm or SMG is not as good in this respect I think.

The lack of aiming kill the Sturdy caravan shotgunLaclongquan (talk) 06:48, February 16, 2013 (UTC)

Some of you carry a lot of weapons! My loadout evolves during each playthrough, but I always keep a long-range weapon like a sniper rifle, a short- to medium-range weapon like an SMG or shotgun, and 4 frag grenades (which I only use when there are groups). In my most recent Fallout 3 playthrough I played almost the entire game with the Xuanlong Assault rifle and Sydney's 10mm SMG. I'm still in the middle of my most recent NV playthrough, and it's the first time I've played on PS3, so the trophies are dictating weapons a bit. I'm using a modded laser rifle and a modded plasma pistol, nothing special. There's too much other stuff to be picked up and sold or stashed for me to walk around with 30 lbs. of weapons. Weapon selection should be contingency based; figure out what's fun and drop the rest in a box.RAHMtheBOOYAKA (talk) 07:22, February 16, 2013 (UTC)

Low level weapons

Weathered 10mm pistol for normal use. Its mods are pretty hard and pricey at the start of game. A silencer will be awesome. This is in use for longest time.

Silenced .22 pistol for silent kill. Then a silenced weathered 10mm pistol

Varmint rifle with mods for sniping. A loooooong time.

Broad Machette for desperate close quarter combat. Then upgrade to Love and Hate. An alternative for melee weapon is a Sturdy Caravan Shotgun.

The loadout is pretty simple, and easy to replenish, considering the easy accessibility of 10mm pistols and varmint rifles, dirt cheap of .22 pistol, and the availblity of 10mm, .22, and 5.56mm

To the person who posted the weapons above: Those weapons are only in Fallout New Vegas, this is the Fallout 3 General Discussion thread, FYI.

On-topic, I play a Ranger type character, specializing in light armor, pistols, Melee weapons, and rifles (it's easier to RP this character build in New Vegas).

Weapons: Scoped .44 Magnum/Blackhawk. Chinese Assault Rifle/Xuanglong Assault Rifle Chinese Officer's Sword/Jingwei's Shocksword/Samurai's Sword 5 Frag Grenade's Hunting Rifle Sawed-Off Shotgun/The Kneecapper Sniper Rifle/Reservists Rifle/Victory Rifle

Armor: Armored Vault 101 Jumpsuit. Biker Goggles Raider Badlands Armor Wanderer's Leather Armor

It kindda bugs me that there are no weapon mods in FO3 like there are in Fallout: New Vegas. I hope Bethesda takes this into account when they start work on FO4, if they haven't done so already.--Ryker6122:47, October 6, 2013 (UTC)~3:46pm 10/6/2013