Fallout 3: Finding the Best Weapon
9/10/2019: Added Precision Gatling Laser.
5/9/2019: Initial Release
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This is a version of the New Vegas weapons blog post tailored for Fallout 3. Assume things stay the same unless I say so. If this is your first time reading any of my posts then you'll probably not realize the assumptions I explicitly make when testing weapon damage output as outlined in the F:NV article. I'm probably never doing a blog post for FO4 because the best weapons are so obvious.
Overall FO3's weapon variety and stat trade-offs are pretty boring compared to F:NV. The number of reloads per recording of gun firings to find time to reload is lower here than for F:NV but that is more than offset by the lack of attac…
Fallout New Vegas: Finding the Best Weapon
Oct 2022: Fixed typo for Plasma Defender accuracy.
Sept 2022: Added section on weapon condition. Revised assumptions section. Added info on companion perception, Paciencia, and Meltdown. Added multiple new weapons. Redid some melee/unarmed weapons not using Weapon Binding Ritual/Daturana.
Jan 2022: Fixed a mistake. (Melee Hacker doesn't seem to affect unarmed weapons.)
Feb 2021: Fixed typo for Laser Rifle accuracy. Slightly expanded commentary on Veronica vs Gannon. Fixed Lil Devil typo.
Jan 2019: Updated Industrial Hand. Added Thermic Lance. Added info on weapons for companions.
April 2018: Tri-Beam, LAER, Elijah's LAER, Multiplas DPS updated.
March 2018: Calculations have been vastly improved and expanded upon.
Feb 2016: First release.
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