I'm a [censored] kickin' Cowboy at heart. I like my revolvers and repeaters.

Grunt. Automatic and semi automatic rifles and pistols FTW! :gun:

I am a sneaky sniper. You'll never hear or see it coming.

If I had to just pick one it'd be a grunt, but for the most part I end up taking both perks and switching back and forth between different weapons, if I use the same thing for very long it just starts getting dull to me.

I'm gonna create a new character that is Cowboy only. I.E. only weapons covered by the Cowboy Perk and only Cowboy-like Clothing (No Armor) such as the Ranger Scout outfits on Very Hard / hardcoe. No Stimpacks - Food Healing only.

Anyone ever make a pure cowboy or pure grunt character....i.e.only use weapons that are covered by that perk?

So with my Cowboy character I'm thinking weapons like:

La Lounge Carabine
Hunting Revolver
Tomahawks (yes they are covered by the Cowboy Perk)
Hatchet
Maybe Lucky
Possibly Brush Gun
Dynamite

I'm a grunt at heart. Love me some auto and semi auto rifles, pistols, and other guns.

You messed with the wrong fudging cowboy, Cobb.

Both, in one way or another. Mixed with a bit of an assassin/sniper.

At heart, I'm neither. I'm a sniper.

grunt all the way, or any other class with a military feel like sniper.

Grunt this playthrough

Cowboy the next =)

Neither mostly, but if I had to pick, Grunt.

I am a laser commander

Grunt, Semi-Auto pistols all day for me. Especially A Light Shining In Darkness.

Plus and minuses to both perks really. Cowboy has a good range of low and high level weapons and a selection of high dps and high damage weapons (the latter for that extra punch you need to deal with high DT critters like giant radscorpions and BOS paladins). Down side is it costs a lot more skill points to get the perk (45 Guns and 45 Melee) not to mention the points you have to pump into Lockpick to get Lucky, arguably the best weapon covered by the perk. Plus side is, with the Handloader perk, you get crafted ammunition that boosts the damage of all but one of the weapons covered by the perk (That Gun is the exception) even further than the 25% from Cowboy itself.

Grunt has some excellent dps weapons (even a 9mm SMG with a light bolt and Grunt is insane dps for the level you can get it) but for the high DT targets you have to rely on Grenade Rifles/Launchers and to max out those weapons you need to put 3 perk levels into Demolition Expert. Also, unlike Cowboy, you don't get as many Handloaded ammunition options (.308 for the light machine gun and .45 for the pistol/smg only). Plus side is you can find Assault and Marksman Carbines placed in the world if you know where to look and you can get A Light Shining in the Darkness for completing a few hours of Honest Hearts content that you'd do for the experience anyway.

Personally I take Grunt at Levl 8 when it becomes available but wait into the teens to take Cowboy, when I can spare the extra points for Melee and Brush Guns start to become available from vendors,

Now if the question you were asking isn't about the relative merits of the perks but what I prefer to roleplay then I guess I'm not either. More of a Rubble Rat. Give me a modded varmint rifle and a tire iron and those are my happiest levels. But then I always like the slingshot and rusty pocket knife levels in rpgs .

im a good helper and person but when someone smarts off they get a "18 carat run of bad luck" to the head

Which one uses giant hammers.....that's the one for me

same here

Now that I think about it, I'd have to agree.

Cowboy.

A larger variety in weapon types and more common ammo as a whole. All at the simple cost of slow reload time, requiring decent agility.

Are you sure you're not a heart-breaking Cowboy in the... Oh, nevermind.

Both.

Chance's Knife becomes an insane melee weapon with both perks behind it. Easily the highest DPS with a modest base critical chance.

I got spurs that jingle jangle jungle. My character is always wearing a desperado cowboy hat so that narrows it down what my answer is.

I'm neither, I love the shotgun as much as I love the assault rilfe. If anything I'd be an opportunist, using the best weapons I can get my hands on.