when I think of house, i think of unarmed really, probably to do with finding the little shrine hes got in for it. Plus it makes me feel kinda like mr houses bouncer :banghead:

Usually:
Mr. House/NCR/Yes Man - Guns
Legion - Melee

"I use guns on every friggin playthrought*every playthrought*"

Well, that's certainly one way to do it. I definitely remember trying to hold off on doing an energy weapons playthrough until the patch came out and *fixed* them. Since my last faction alignment focused playthrough was for House, maybe that's just how it happened. I've done mostly all guns playthroughs since, but that's also mostly because I've been working on "adjusting" the guns and have been focused on them. Since I couldn't wait for the patch and actually did my energy weapons PT before the patch, maybe I'll use some of them on my next character. I'm thinking of running a narcissistic immature teenager with anger management and mommy abandonment issued through next run. He'd probably want to have the newest "toys". Guns are so 2279.

-Gunny out.

House:Energy/Melee hybrid.
NCR:Guns/Sniper
Legion:Melee/Unarmed
Yes Man/Independent:Guns/Sniper (this was a more planned out version than the NCR one, since that was my first playthrough and I had no idea what I was doing.)

I start my EW playthrough *before* the patch just to see if it is as ridiculous as some have claim, and it is certainly not, as most EW are holding up if not superior to Gun counter-part; really it is only the "traditional" weapon like Laser and Plasma Rifle is not tune against the right gun.

I would have to agree with this Valky. I also found a pre-patch energy weapons chracter quite viable. And while the base laser and plasma rifles were less than slendiforous, the uniques seemed to work just dandy. And most of the new weapons worked well, with the notable exception of the, IMO, poorly implemented recharging weapons. I'm looking forward to a new EW PT, to see how much it changes things.

-Gunny out.

Recharger weapon isn't too bad consider they are suppose to be early game weapon, but they ain't place it the right place (which I have said in the other thread).

Consider no other NPC use them, maybe it would be better for the to be unique and have better stats.

Nope. I've only completed one quest line so far. House
Mostly because I found it intriguing and I didn't want it to end up like F3:BS and TES 3 and 4. Didn't finish the Main Quest

I just can't put down the leaver-action weapons. I abuse them all during a character's lifetime.

Well, I can but it requires me to play a DLC for that.

One of my favorite characters was Wagner Gewehr, a legionnaire with a heart of gold. His weapons of choice were God-given, the ability to beat things to death with his body, and to annihilate his enemies with a Ballistic fist to the face. (Also, the best part is how well it complimented the stealth character I was trying to make. I was able to sneak and dispatch of my enemies easily with my fists.)

So far I've only actually finished the NCR playthrough, the other ones I've started got scrapped either in the first 5 hours, or somewhere between 30 and 60. And I have no idea why. But anyways, I did Guns for that NCR playthrough and I've planned out my next couple of attempted playthroughs.

Current: Yes Man - Energy Weapons. Actually the first time I've ever used Energy Weapons, just never got into them in any of the other Fallout Games, just always went straight for the good ol' fashion guns.
Next: Legion - Explosives. Going to do a Trashcan Man (Stephen King's The Stand) Run. Figure Caesar and his Legion is probably the closest to Randall Flagg, with his stances on Alcohol/drugs and Crucifixions.
Then: NCR - Guns/Minor Melee. My Sniper again, my friend lost the flashdrive I had him on so I need to remake him. And I want to do a few things differently. Sort of like the fact I want to add in Melee so I don't have to waste bullets on annoying things haha.
Lastly(well, of the planned ones for now) House -Probably Energy Weapons, maybe Guns, can't really decide right now. Thinking it's going to be someone who's in it all for the caps, and Energy Weapons seems the way to go for someone swimming in caps right? hahaha

Guns everything...

Energy Weapons all the way...even my last Legion play through (which was a while ago) my character was called "Remnants Revenge" - his goal was to make the NCR and Brotherhood pay for their crimes against the Enclave and if working with Caesar helped that goal, then so be it.

I've had a couple characters that were solely gun specialists, he worked for Mr. House and had a refined taste for human, ghoul, and mutant flesh.

NCR with Guns/Speech/Sneak.
NCR with Guns/Melee/Sneak.
House with Guns/Lockpick/Sneak.
House with Melee/Explosives/Speech.
Yes Man with Energy Weapons/Science/Speech.

Currently Guns/Melee/Survival, unaligned.

My House playthrough used guns and sneak primarily, NCR was guns and explosives, Independent had energy weapons and unarmed, and the planned Legion playthrougj will use melee and explosives.

I didn't really change loadout because of playthrough,
I love me some melee/unarmed and energy weapons, the problem is I hate how the ash piles and puddles of goo never dissapear. It really annoys me, to the point were I've pretty much stopped using EW's all the time

I guess one of the main tenets of this thread, the fact that the sparse skill point economy led many of us to only focus on one combat skill, has gone the way side what with the raise in level cap and the additional skill points associated with it. I expect we'll all start having characters using two, three or even four main weapons skills before all the dlcs are out. My first pc, a guns/ncr playthrough has already gone through both dlcs released to date and I believe that all my non-combat skills are either at or near to 100. If I continue playing him through the next 2 dlc, he's gonna have to learn some new weapon skills whether he wants to or not.

-gunny out.

i use the perk to get the extra skill point when i use a skill book.get all 4 skill books for each skill and you got 12 points on that skill.not much but add these points for all the skills and you got enough to max out skills you maybe would have left because of lack of skill points.this way using more than 1 weapon skill doesnt seem a waste.btw i just realised im thinking of a different perk educated so erm never mind.

dont know why but i always use the same weapons until i find one i like better.nowdays its always this machine,whatever that unique guasse is called and im trying out mysterious magnum.no matter who i work with i use the same but i kinda feel like im missing out.

Here is what I used:

NCR - Guns
Yes Man - Combination of Melee and Unarmed
House + Legion - Combination of Energy Weapons and Explosives

I should say that I did my Legion playthrough using primarily Energy Weapons, although I'd frequently switch to Explosives; once I finished that, I reloaded a save to finish Mr. House's quest chain, then deleted the entire character because I didn't like how immoral he felt.

On all of my playthroughs, I've tended to use guns. I've tried different weapons on other playthroughs, but they usually become scrapped, though it's usually less the weapons and more the concept I was going for at the time. But out of my three 'successful' playthroughs, all have used guns.

I've got the cultured Tribal from the Northwest who uses guns because she's smart enough to know that most 'civilised' people can shoot you before you get to them.

I've got the former NCR soldier who has used guns ever since her slum days in The Den.

And I've got the frail Independant girl who finds guns more useful simply because she lacks the technical knowledge to maintain energy weaponry.

My EW character goes with the NCR, my assassin (rifles, shotguns and pistols) character support House (and in one quick "non-canon" playtrough the Legion :hehe:), and my heavy (rapdi fire guns and high explosives) goes independent.

i'm the type who tries to max out all skills or as close as i can i'll usually have two or even three combat skills pre dlc i'll get repair lockpick 90 guns 90 un50+ eng 50+

NCR - Guns
Yes Man - Guns
House - Haven't done yet but Guns AND Energy Weapons (going to tag and buff it up as I progress)
Legion - Same, haven't started it yet but my primary is going to be Melee, secondary of Unarmed