Best Weapon from Mathia "Spoilers"

[mrgreen9705]

With the upcoming Fallout 4 I decided to try and beat the original Fallout.

When I was prompted to choose a weapon from the brotherhood of steel I chose the powerfist because I had focused my skills on one-handed and unarmed combat. I ended up feeling pretty lost when attacking the military base as the Paladins and super mutants where destroying each other from range with miniguns and missile launchers. Those kind of weapons sure kills a lot faster than a close combat weapon so it seems like I'm stuck.

I am beginning to consider starting over and go straight for the brotherhood of steel and choose a different weapon. It's a quick way to get both power armor and a good weapon.

So which weapon should I choose, and any further advice on what skills to focus on for that weapon?

 

[Dead Guy]

If you want the best ranged weapon, neither. Pick up the plasma rifle in the Glow, and get it upgraded in the Boneyard. I guess the Sniper Rifle comes closest otherwise, with aimed shot eye criticals it's enough most of the time, but higher AP cost.

But you can certainly make an unarmed build work just fine. Bonus HtH attacks and power fist will get you a 2AP punch and can probably do about as much damage per turn as the big ranged weapons, you'll just have to position yourself so you don't spend entire turns getting into range. The enemies aren't very clever and will happily wander up to you if they don't have line of sight with their big guns. Having companions obviously makes this trickier, though.

Fast Shot also unintentionally lowers melee AP cost by 1 in Fallout, so you could have a 1AP punch but lose the ability to perform aimed attacks.