[FO2] Help me please! Save me from myself!

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Help me please! Save me from myself!

I'm having some really big problems in Fallout 2. Being the perfectionist and raving meglomaniac that I am, I cannot continue to play Fallout 2 until I have set up the "perfect character". Lets not get into any debates on what that may be. My complex is this: having attained the bonus rate of fire perk, I cannot choose on whether to use the Gauss Pistol or the Gauss Rifle. I have just received the Navarro base mission. Now, if I use the gauss pistol i can shoot off 3 normal shots each round that do around 60-70 points of damage per hit. I can also do 2 normal and 1 targeted shot or 2 targeted shots (thanx to bonus rate of fire). The targeted shots go right for the eyes and do around 160 damage per hit. Now the rifle can only shoot 2 normal shots or 2 targeted shots each round. It is safe to say that anything hit in the eyes with a gauss rifle won't be getting back up soon. However, most things I have encountered so far fall with one normal shot from the pistol. I can drop 3 guys a round on average with the pistol instead of only 2 with the rifle. The range on each is the same. Anybody out there know which road I should take? I'm approaching the Enclave in another 15-20 hours. I have killed Enclave soldiers with the pistol in one shot before. Still I can't decide.
 
RE: Help me please! Save me from myself!

Hmm. I always prefer more shots, but if you are taking aimed shots and you get the same # of shots with the pistol and rifle, go with the rifle. You should also have better accuracy with the rifle resulting in better/more crits unless you took the One Hander trait. Also the power armor guys in Navaro have more hp than thier patrolling brethren. If you aren't aiming it will most likely take you 4 shots with a pistol or 3 with a rifle (unless you have sniper perk)...
 
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