I am currently building an energy weapons/VATS character and I am having some difficulty gathering enough MFC to freely use YCS/186 and Multiplas Rifle weapons. They consume a lot of ammo. That said, and even if I do dislike the Van Graffs a lot, which I do, does it make sense to keep them alive to get more ammo? I mean, I have ED-E and Raul as companions, I might even give Raul some rest to get Cass and complete her quest (then get Raul back), but I do NOT want to kill Cass. Should I skip these quests and try to buy ammo from the Van Graffs (if possible at all), in order to keep buying ammo, or is it possible to buy/make enough MFC later on to keep using the aforementioned weapons without the Van Graffs?

One more detail, a but beside the topic: which armor and guns should I handle Raul? Or is he just a synergy for using my own weapons and will never be effective killing or staying alive?

Thanks in advance!

I get my MF cells from the BoS because its pretty late in the game when you do 'you know what'

So do I

I get my MFC's at Van Graffs and BoS. And Cass was renamed to 'Ash Pile' :flamethrower:

Hahah, i killed the van Graffs for the BoS in that quest they gave me.

fighting the VGs was one of the highlights of the game for me. That and the Fiends in the vault and Deathclaw promentary. Loot! Dibs on his stuff! lol

I killed em because of their rude door guard. :toughninja:

Thanks for the help guys! I have decided to just waste them and think no more about this, hehehe

Quartermaster Bardon is the best ammo merchant in the game (Guns, Explosives, and EW), but you need an NCR alliance and 50 speech.

If you're good friends with the NCR they give you access to a outpost, I don't recall the name of it and there is a female ranger that walks around and she can give your MFC cells. Or normal ammo you have to talk to her to get it.

Step 1) get a better gun

YCS is great and all, but WAY overkill for most things. Get yourself Q-35 or a fully tricked out Holorifle for when you're hunting fiends or mole rats. Save YCS for deathclaws* and such. You'll consume 75% less ammo

* with a high sneak skill, YCS is even overkill for Deathclaws. I was able to 1-shot-kill the Alpha Male by Sloan with a sneak attack crit from Q-35 (plus psycho and better crits perk)