Favorite FONV Equipment?
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Atomic Postman
Vault Archives Overseer
This is a particularly cool combination I enjoy:
Fallout Cowboy Mode:Engaged.
I always found the visual combo to be quite fitting with New Vegas's style.
- Full Desert Ranger Armor (Honest Hearts)
- Holstered 10mm Pistol
- Trail Carbine
Fallout Cowboy Mode:Engaged.
I always found the visual combo to be quite fitting with New Vegas's style.
Dead-shadows
First time out of the vault
It mostly depends on what type of character I'm playing as, for example, my most common character is a sniper. I equip him light armor (such as Leather armor reinforced) for the bonus to the light touch perk.
Weapon wise nothing touches the Anti-Material rifle, but its better to have a rifle firing a .308 round, simply because you can carry multiple weapons that use that round (Sniper and Hunting Rifle) and then I always carry the Ranger Sequoia and the Brush gun for the .45-70 round. On top of that I carry at least two unarmed weapons (for when those damn swarms of creatures get too close) usually Love and Hate and then a Displacer or Ballistic glove.
Another note I try not to rely on stimpaks and use food to heal my characters (that way I can give a large sum of my stimpaks to my follower so I never have to worry about them in combat)
Weapon wise nothing touches the Anti-Material rifle, but its better to have a rifle firing a .308 round, simply because you can carry multiple weapons that use that round (Sniper and Hunting Rifle) and then I always carry the Ranger Sequoia and the Brush gun for the .45-70 round. On top of that I carry at least two unarmed weapons (for when those damn swarms of creatures get too close) usually Love and Hate and then a Displacer or Ballistic glove.
Another note I try not to rely on stimpaks and use food to heal my characters (that way I can give a large sum of my stimpaks to my follower so I never have to worry about them in combat)
TheNotoriousAMP
First time out of the vault
I always loved the combat shotgun. Softened them up with the All American and right when they thought they had the sniper pinned down, a giant blue grandma comes in screaming and swinging alongside a combat armored range with the fist of God thudding out buckshot like mad.
Walpknut
This ghoul has seen it all
But the combat shotgun is not in New Vegas. Or do you mean the Riot Shotgun?
TheNotoriousAMP
First time out of the vault
Whoops, sorry about that. Double checked the wiki and yeah, the riot shotgun. Probably should have double checked before posting late at night.
Drake Connally
First time out of the vault
There is nothing better than making a character who looks like Jack Nicklaus and running around with a Nine Iron.
Doomfullord
The Lord Full of Doom
My gosh, this is quite a complicated question. I mean the whole reason I love New Vegas so much is the sheer multitude of weaponry and armors and their combinations and permutations. I do personally not mind that armors have strange stats applied to them. It gives more meaning to different outfits other than them just being clothing you wear. Then we only have armor for armor's sake and I like getting at least some kind of bonus that's flavorful, not necessarily sensical
Back to topic: My favorite piece of any kind of equipment is the Stealth Suit Mk II probably, or as I like to call it, the Waifu Armor. It's voice is a pretty great way of differentiating itself from other equipment, even if it doesn't necessarily fill it's own role that well or protect as much as other armor. It just feels good to have my armor talking back to me and I barely register why. Other than that I really do enjoy the remnant armor and Joshua's, but a lot of other's appeal to me as well. The Armor of the 87th tribe I think is really nice to wear alongside the Blade of the West (A weapon I consider to be one of the 3 top tier weapons for melee, in my opinion.) My favorite guns would be either A Light Shining in the Darkness and the Survivalist rifle, both for reliability and simplicity. I was once also partial to the Ranger Sequoia before the DLCs were out. The Vault 34 security armor also gets a special place in my heart too. When it comes to energy weapons, though they are somewhat few and far between, the Plasma Defender will also be a mainstay for me. It simply looks amazing and is rather useful to boot. Most faction armor is rather nice in my eyes, but none of them truly stand out more than Papa Khan's Armored Leather and Helmet. When it comes to power armor, even though I stated earlier I liked the Remnant, the Scorched Sierra armor comes out on top in that department with me choosing it over any other power armor when I've had the chance. Then when it comes to just clothing in general I do like the Sheriff's duster, because who doesn't want to be the Sheriff in the Wild West Mojave desert (instead of say Wild Wild West Washington DC).
Back to topic: My favorite piece of any kind of equipment is the Stealth Suit Mk II probably, or as I like to call it, the Waifu Armor. It's voice is a pretty great way of differentiating itself from other equipment, even if it doesn't necessarily fill it's own role that well or protect as much as other armor. It just feels good to have my armor talking back to me and I barely register why. Other than that I really do enjoy the remnant armor and Joshua's, but a lot of other's appeal to me as well. The Armor of the 87th tribe I think is really nice to wear alongside the Blade of the West (A weapon I consider to be one of the 3 top tier weapons for melee, in my opinion.) My favorite guns would be either A Light Shining in the Darkness and the Survivalist rifle, both for reliability and simplicity. I was once also partial to the Ranger Sequoia before the DLCs were out. The Vault 34 security armor also gets a special place in my heart too. When it comes to energy weapons, though they are somewhat few and far between, the Plasma Defender will also be a mainstay for me. It simply looks amazing and is rather useful to boot. Most faction armor is rather nice in my eyes, but none of them truly stand out more than Papa Khan's Armored Leather and Helmet. When it comes to power armor, even though I stated earlier I liked the Remnant, the Scorched Sierra armor comes out on top in that department with me choosing it over any other power armor when I've had the chance. Then when it comes to just clothing in general I do like the Sheriff's duster, because who doesn't want to be the Sheriff in the Wild West Mojave desert (instead of say Wild Wild West Washington DC).
Alleged Girl #9
Desert Ranger
For armor, I'm really partial to the Elite Riot Gear from Lonesome Road. I really love the Desert Rangers and the look of their armor, and the Elite Riot set looks even more badass with it's additional plating and such. Plus, it's got a great set of stat boosts, and it's as protective as power armor despite merely being classed as medium armor.
For guns, fully modded AMR, Hunting Shotgun, and Ranger Sequoia are the only three I need. Shotty for short range, Sequoia for mid, AMR for long. They all they do a ton of damage at their respective ranges, and I can lug around a ton of hand-load ammo for each of them in Hardcore mode, since I never have any other weapons in my inventory.
For guns, fully modded AMR, Hunting Shotgun, and Ranger Sequoia are the only three I need. Shotty for short range, Sequoia for mid, AMR for long. They all they do a ton of damage at their respective ranges, and I can lug around a ton of hand-load ammo for each of them in Hardcore mode, since I never have any other weapons in my inventory.