override367 said:
Eh it depends on the weapon. I see the chinese assault rifles holding up very well, or the 10mm weapons, stuff like the hunting rifle or assault rifle though, not as much.
how dare you insult the mighty fn fal! its a very good rifle, and was the champion of the western nations against communism and "evil" until the m16 came into its power! lol.
alright, lets talk about weapon failure here... with weapons like pistols usually the failure is in a bad magazine. a 9mm berreta is so god damn simple that there really isnt much that could go wrong, often shooters will find that the weapon may have several failure to feeds in a row, usually these occurrences are caused by the magazine's lips being too loose or too tight. almost all pistols are about as complex, despite pretty much them all(berreta included) being recoil operated weapons.
now from appearances at least the hunting rifle in fo3 is a striker style mouser rifle clone, as is the most common type of bolt action in the world. to be honest i cant think of too much that would wear away on this thing. maybe a rusty firing pin chipping, or the MOST likely case someone not cleaning his weapon to the point that the carbon buildup prevents full and proper cambering of the next round. though by that point the extractor or ejector might be worn down a bit....
smg's well, it depends. there are a fair amount of blowback smgs, but there are also a few gas operated ones. that really doesnt determine its reliability but changes what could go wrong.
the fal and ak are both similarly operating weapons and would break down for the same reasons. though the ak's gas tube is pretty tough compared to most gas piston firearms, which is one of the weapons best features. as with most firearms the greatest weakness is its feeding system. often bad magazines cause more malfunctions then the weapon itself. however on those weapons excessive will usually result in all manner of failure to eject malfunctions, such as stovepipes and double feeds. just keep in mind, despite popular belief the ak is NOT invincible, its just that because the weapon was designed with such loose tolerances it requires significantly less maintenance and cleaning. thats about it....
2) As far as I can tell, that is not possible - not even remotely. Bethesda based F3 on their oblivion engine - including damage & defense calculations. Now if there happens to be a hidden Damage Reduction statistic somewhere, then this change is partially possible... but so far, I have not seen any clues indicating there is one.
dont think i made that statement without realizing what engine it is! now here is the deal, oblivion had normal damage, fire, ice and lightning. why cant we do the same thing with different names?
