Boone + shotgun = fail? : Fallout: New Vegas

» Fri Jul 02, 2010 4:10 am

Ah, ok, that makes it clearer. I've noticed the invisible stacking items of course, but I guess I've never had the right circumstances to cause the crash etc. I tend to visit 'home' constantly and dump everything into my storage containers, separating those stacks into different places so I don't often carry them around. And I don't buy much at merchants except ammo and health aids.

E: It may also be to having two different weapons but both dealing the same damage causing the crash.

That's what I was thinking was causing the constant weapon switching at times....when they can't seem to decide between this gun or that gun and keep alternating. But again, never had a crash just from that myself.

» Fri Jul 02, 2010 5:16 am

I suppose Hunting shotgun + choke mod + slugs would give more accuracy.

Trouble is, Cass starts off with 47 in Guns while Hunting shotgun requires 75 to use to full effect, so she's still going to miss a lot, I guess. Although slower ROF means less ammo wasted before she gets in range for good shots.

Snowy- Yes, indoors is the best for shotguns- but it's outdoors that you REALLY need that DT reduction from Shotgun Surgeon. Not a lot of Deathclaws inside Vaults...

Back on topic, I tend to fight higher level creatures from the start, because I'm sooo macho.
Which leads to leveling quickly, by the time I hit the Mojave outpost area in a generally linear fashion using guns I may be as high as level 12.
Even if not I find I get Cass as a companion level 20+ and often have 7 - 9 charisma with her, so I may just be seeing her at her best tbh.
Raul was the same though with a riot shotgun player level 25 charisma 5.

Back off topic, yes LadyCrimson unfortunatly I tend to be a clutter bug, and dump junk guns and ammo into NPC's to keep my weight down to 90 ish.
I just tried to replicate the ctd but no luck, however just removing most of the options from companions solved the two times I got it.

» Fri Jul 02, 2010 1:38 pm

best over all weapon for cassidy that i have noticed is the lmg with surplus ammo.Cheap ammo support fire/ftw

» Fri Jul 02, 2010 8:28 pm

So there's no point at all in giving followers shotguns? I was thinking of taking advantage of Cass' Shotgun surgeon perk later on, but not if she's going to try long-distance sniping with it...

I gave her a modded Hunting shotgun....she's deadly with it.

» Fri Jul 02, 2010 8:30 am

So I decided to arm Boone with something other than his default scoped hunting rifle. I gave him a Lever-action shotgun and went up against some feral ghouls. With....uh... mixed results. On the up side, Boone is very fast with it. On the downside, he shoots a shotgun the way he shoots his default rifle- from a LONG way off. Unsurprisingly, he didn't hit anything in three full reloads.

Which makes me wonder- do followers adjust their engagement range to the hit probability, or do they behave at all times as if armed with their default weapon?

i always arm boone with a shot gun, but i only give him the ammo for it when i need him to use it, a sniper rifle is not much good in a vault or when your surrounded by geckos. hes good with it very good infact, he can hit a target with a shotgun from further away then most, in my current play through hes got a hunting shotgun and a .50 cal rifle.