QUOTE (CanRay @ May 26 2011, 09:51 PM)
"A pistol is the weapon you use to get to the long arm you should never have been away from in the first place.", if I recall correctly.
I like the fully-modded .45 SMG, however (Which seems to be a combination of the Thompson M1928 and M1A1.). A lot better than the 10mm SMG, that's for sure. Especially considering that I have the Handloader Perk and over a thousand rounds of 10mm to strip and a whole lot of empty .45 Brass to fill with Wildcat loads. Jury Rig Perk helps, too. Get some cheap service rifles, and...
I need to go through and update my mods. I have very little .45 brass. I like my ammo mod since it lets me break down all that dynamite to make powder - and about the only time I use a sidearm is if I need to be quiet and pop heads from a distance. Like the 3 Fiend bosses you need to assassinate - I use my 10mm silenced to blow a leg off before the dogs know what's up.
I believe you can also use the Workbench to make Weapon Repair Kits now (or at least one of my mods allows it) so now I scavenge if I need to, but if it's something that requires expensive equipment to repair (like that gauss rifle), I can just pop my WRK out and it's hunky-dory.
I also see vehicles as a problem in the F3 universe as there just isn't enough transportation infrastructure left to use them. NV could, most definitely! Roads are still there and mostly clear (and it would be a hoot to use those vehicles when finding undiscovered locations). In DC? Unpossible.