"Give Grandama some sugar!" - God, she's great. I know the companions can't die of radiation overdose, but cleaning out that radioactive ghoul-filled vault (34?) is so much easier with her in melee. And I feel guilty draggin my fellow wastelanders down there. Immune to hard rads, so no guilt.
I just wish she'd use the missile-launcher, heavy flamer, minigun, improved rifles, sharp sticks(Thermal Lance) , Fatman (Oh yes I did.) that I tossed to her.

Vic with Oh Baby or Punchy is sick. Uppercut! Explosion! Hammer blow, EXPLOSION!

Boone didn't want my tricked out rifles, which sorta sucked. I wish I could give them the 400k rounds of lovingly-crafted ammo I made.

The Whiskey Rose is death when given a tricked-out shotgun though, odd. She didn't like the combat shotgun

Arcade will stick with the Plasma Defender, which is ok as it HURTS at close-range. Just stick some Power armour on him that a Brother of Steel doesn't need anymore. The NCR "power armour" is best described as "Frenchware". Avoid.

I liked Rex - he's great if you need to recover more parts of the baddies that met with violent death. Terrible if not on passive though. Note: Rock caches will show up on "Rex-O-Vision", there's quite a few out there!

Raul is...well, broken. He can fix stuff good, but I'd have like the chance to unleash his mighty gunskill on something. Maybe with the Mysterious Revolver (That thing takes HEADS.) if I could bear to pass it along. (.44 hand-loads FTW)

EdE...I wish I could have hooked up a plasma caster to that little trooper. Still, EdE & Boone = non-stop carnage; We ran out of thing to kill before we ran out of ammo.
<Bleep: Music> Zap, Zap, CRACK, "Boone makes a quip" <End combat music>

Note: Cassidy & Grandma Lilly are rather decent in close quarters. Get Cass into some combat armour though as she's pretty soft versus the 8-feet of blue-skinned Schitzo Grandma. "Ohh, I'm going to give you such a smacking!"
This might be due to better perception of both NPCs, or something, as Vici can get lost when running behind you across the flat desert.

-Tir

I enjoyed Cassidy most. I had a mod running that made shotguns actually handy, so she's very nice in combat. She drinks a lot, which is fun when roleplaying. And she has a swing to her hips you just can't get anywhere else.

I totally wouldn't mind Red though, if she asked.

By the way, for anyone who hasn't read it, this is a hoot:
http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-ways-fallout...worse-person_p2

There's two game bugs with Veronica.

A) She doesn't level up with you like the other companions do.

B) She does not get her "essential" flag activated when she's traveling with you. So even in normal mode she can die, instead of just getting knocked unconscious.

If you have the PC version there's a ton of mods out there that will fix the bugs.



-k

So, anyone want to discuss broken builds in Fallout New Vegas? Heh. I'll start: 10 Strength and a full unarmed skill is deadly. Also funny if you have piercing strike and bloody mess because then you just become Fist of The North Star.

Just maxed out Energy Weapons is pretty much broken, because you simply don't need ANYTHING ELSE in combat . .
Secondary Skills high science and lockpick . . You can pretty much ignore Attributes with these skills. And if you have sneak high enough, there is nothing that's going to bother you most of the time.

High Sneak, lockpick and science? You're right, that is broken. XD

No Lock will stop you.
No Pocket will hold on to it's contents.
No Foe will see the Kancho coming.

XD that has to be the most disturbing prank ever. But an accurate description of how evil sneak attack criticals are.

*Slips on Deathclaw Gauntlet*
come here legate!

Which is very appropriate for a post apocalyptic setting.

I did a Bloody Mess / Cowboy / Better Criticals / Center of Mass / Gunslinger chain with a Sheriff's Duster (close as I could come at the time) to make a Vash the Stampede. Stuff explodes nice with that revolver.

Which revolver? That Gun?

Which is why I did it.

I was actually using a standard .357 with JSP Handloads. I never did find the uniques for the revolver family.

"That Gun" isn't a revolver - it's a pared down 5.56 rifle, I thought.

Which gun?

That Gun!

I know its that gun! You keep saying it! What gun is it?

Which gun?

That Gun is like This Machine, pared down to one hand.

That Gun is awesome, but it is trumped by the 12.5mm Pistol. That thing is a one handed death machine.

12,5mm Pistol?
i only found a 12,7mm SMG O.o

That gun you guys keep talking about!

This gun?

Whoops, sorry, typo. Heh. 12.7mm pistol I mean. 40 damage per shot for a pistol is awesome. http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/12.7mm_pistol

It this gun that gun?

i still miss the gauss pistol ._.

I don't know if this gun's That Gun, or That Gun's this gun. I know that this gun is This Gun, and that gun is That Gun, and that gun might be This Machine, and Pink Floyd did Welcome to The Machine, which might've been about This Machine, which isn't That Gun, but this gun.

So which gun is that gun?

That Gun is that gun.

Well of course that gun is that gun. To say anything else would just be a silly statement that couldn't possibly true!

So which gun is that gun? Is this gun that gun?

This Gun is your Gun, That Gun is my Gun

This gun cannot be that gun, because this gun is this gun and that gun is That Gun.

FOR THE BROTHERHOOD OF STEELY BrITCHES!

...

You mean this gun, right?

No, no, no! -That- Gun is -this- gun. Meaning -this- gun is in turn -That- Gun!

Who's on first?

I'm still looking for a 12.7mm pistol, the last gun I need to find to complete my collection. Don't have a LMG yet either but I know where to get one.

Once I find one though, I'll have a dilemma. The lever action shottie has been my default gun for a long time but the 12.7mm will out DPS it. Might have to get cowboy then.

LMG can be found in the quarry, I think the 12.7 can be bought from the Gun Runners, or maybe a cave somewhere.

Funny, I picked up the 12.7, realized it wasn't as great as the rifle I was already holding (in general I had completely left pistols behind), and tossed it over my shoulder as I continued on my way.

Admitedly though, it was in pretty rotten condition, and I didn't have anything to repair it and properly examine it. How does it compare to That Gun (my previous favorite)?

http://forums.dumpshock.com/index.php?s=&a...t&p=1016548

On a serious note, I didn't like either when it came to pistols. The .44 revolver fires too slow for what I need it for and I'm not going to pistol snipe, the 10mm is nice with a silencer, the 9mm gets replaced quickly (though Maria works wonders), and the .22 silenced is replaced by my 10mm with the silencer - or just a nice knife.

My sidearm of choice is still the .357 with JSP. Enough stopping power to solve my problems in close quarters, fast enough to reload with Rapid Reload, and the skill-based perks mod gives me that and Cowboy without having to spend my level-purks.

I suppose I could do the 10mm with the handloads, or at least the HP ammo. I'm surrounded by soft targets whenever I use it anyway, and any time I'm not I'm usually toting my heavy duty AP rifles.

I never realized you could put a silencer on a 10mm (or that it counted as a hold-out weapon). Oh well, too late now. Now I'm mostly alternating between the sniper rifle and anti-materiel rifle, with the light machine gun for any 'tidying up' I need to do. I don't think there are any pistols which can compete, except when I need to sneak something past a guard.

Lets see.. I'm carrying a

Lever action shottie for general duties
Silenced 10mm pistol for close up stealth/holdout
10mm SMG for close quarter VATS
Marksman rifle for high dps free aim fire
Sniper rifle for sniping

I have ona all around gun:
The Named Gauss-Rifle.
Only reason not to use it up close is the melt down perk, which makes that a tad suicidal ^^

I carry...

Silenced 10mm for quiet work
.357 when I need stopping power
Silenced Sniper Rifle w/ Carbon Fiber Parts for my long-duty, or the Gobi Campaign Rifle if I've capped my lockpicking
Annabelle or the unique Tesla Cannon if I got to the Vertibird Wreck
Modded Varmint Rifle for sniping soft targets / don't want to waste .308

I'm getting ready for the final battle. I've finished up all of the 'come fight with me' quests. I think my plan is to equip the fat man and the machine grenade launcher gun or Mercy, plus my antimateriel rifle and light machine gun, turn the difficulty up to max, and just make some fireworks.

Worth noting, I've never bothered to increase my explosives skill. I'll read one of the Patriot Cookbooks before I go in, but aside from that, the plan is see how much my video card can take.

I'm replacing my video card, probably today if I've got the time for it. The GX285's don't cool well (or mine doesn't) and it's been locking up my system.

I will at least jack my explosives skill up to about 50-55 so I can pass speech checks that require it, like the slave pen at Cottonwood Cove. I can disarm all three collars with a 50 skill and net me a nice XP bonus before I pick the lock on that toxic waste truck and irradiate the camp.

Afterward I like to think I plant an NCR flag and rename the place "New Searchlight."

Oh Cottonwood... I killed everyone, then dumped the toxic waste, figuring I'd never come back. Then I get the offer from Ceasar and figure 'hey, I'll go in, find out his offer, get Benny's suit, then kill Caesar and walk away.' As I'm going up to meet Caesar's contact, damn Boone shoots the guy from 400 yards without giving me a head's up, and my last save was half an hour prior. Asshat. So then I'm trudging around in radiation for fifteen minutes, trying to figure out how to go visit the Fortress, hoping that my 'all crimes forgiven' thing still holds out, while I leave Boone in the middle of Cottonwood.

Things turned... messy from there.

Heh. I always swap Boone out for Cassidy or Arcade when Caesar's summons shows up. I'll generally do Novac, get Boone, finish his side-quest, then drop him off at the Lucky 38 and go back to recruiting everyone.

I seem to use the silenced sniper rifle with AP or hand loads 99% of the time. Riot shotgun for loud close work.

Then again I maxed Stealth.




-k

Yeah. I'll usually tag Stealth and Lockpick, max Guns first, then Stealth, then Lockpick, then Medical.