Thanx dude. gonna change Meltdown into Bloody Mess by playing HH DLC over again... later.

The problem with meltdown is that you can't really use it in close quarters(which is a lot) and often kill your companions with it.
So you basically can't use your energy weapons in many circumstances and after-dialog scenes at all which makes me want do to a new gun character.

*cough* Light in the shining darkeness or*cough* Survivalist rifle.

i read on another page hear you can shoot the deathclaws with them not done it yet but gonna

Yep, it is my gun as well. I console it in with 200 rounds, pick up a silenced 22 at some point and they are the only two guns I use for the whole game.

Meltdown is a truly awful perk. It makes taking long turns in VATS super dangerous because Deathclaws can close the distance and make you hurt yourself with the explosion. It's impossible to use melee companions because they'll undoubtedly get crippled by the corona, and don't get me started on the end game, where you'll be murdering your allies left and right when they get into close quarters with your targets.

http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1194198-just-3-perks/page__st__20




YCS/186 DAM 229 (max charged)

Holorifle DAM 172 (max charged)

On very easy... Legendary Deathjaw at Dead Wind Cavern: Holorifle 2 shots to the head, YCS/186 4 shots to the head and death Claw.

Changed Meltdown in too Bloody Mess and worn 1st Recon Beret & Joshua Graham's Armor.... with Light Touch to back me up.

Ps i play with guns not laser.... no fun, but the Holorifle is like a shotgun => customized Grenade launcher.

:-)

Assault Carbine with extended mags. Kills basically everything,ammo is cheap as dirt and easy to find.

i cant put down the Service Rifle...if they nerf it again im gonna be pissed because this is the first play through ive used it because before the update it was [censored]

I feel so last year, I'm still sniping with my anti-material rifle

This Machine was quite baller.....Then came the Survivalist's Rifle.

Aside from the funked up sight, it's mad pimpin'. And pimpin' ain't easy.

If I had ten dollars, i'd know what the Survivalist's Rifle is. Don't tell me!

But it says right on the rifle that it was issued by the US Army for checkpoint guards in 12.77.

Nevermind. I was temporarily cornfused. Carry on...

Survivalist's Rifle + Grunt perk. I used to love This Machine, but with the nerfing of .308 JSP and the new, more accurate, more deadly Survivalist's Rifle, I don't bother going all they way back into McCarran for my old standby anymore.

Honest Hearts really is fantastic as far as the new weapons go. The Survivalist's Rifle is a fantastic rifle, A Light Shining In Darkness is the game's best handgun, and while I don't find it especially useful in most situations, the .45 SMG is probably the most fun I've had out of a Fallout gun.

I'm not using that either...Sadly. I think it's one of the coolest unique's in the game and I love the quote on the side..
But it can't be silenced and I needed a quiet strong hold out weapon..and since it's impractical to carry two of the same weapon around...well...poo.

Never had much use for the holorifle, since by the time I get to Dead Money, the game's almost over anyway. If I'm going with Energy weapons, I'll stick with the Q-35 Modulator. It's not super-sixy, but it uses minimal ammo. and I don't bother with the Meltdown perk, since it kills friendlies (and turns their mates hostile), and the last thing I want at the end is to have both the NCR and the Legion shooting at me.

For plain rifles, I kind of like the Brush Gun. simple, accurate, and devastating.

Having both Grunt and Cowboy perks 'Survivalist's Rifle' wins. For those 5 enemies in the game I can't quickly destroy using the 'Survivalist's Rifle' I pull out the 'Brush Gun' with SWC (or HP) rounds.

Holorifle is ok, but the weight of MFCs does it in. Hard to put together a sub-50Wg loadout with energy weapons on hardcoe mode.

http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1194229-oblivion-had-the-mace-of-doom-fallout-3-has-the-tesla-beta-cannon-i-want-something/page__p__17743043#entry17743043



http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1185702-fav-weapon-in-new-vegas/page__st__80

For gun a fully modded hunting rifle is the most versatile good at any range and higher rof than the sniper, for energy the holo rifle high damage good ammo cunsumption and the scope is nice along with the fact that its essentialy an energy shotgun so hitting the target is easy at distance and the damage over time effect is nice.

Hard not to pick the Holorifle, but I've always liked the All-American. Once I found out how quick it could fire (as long as my finger could go fast enough), it became a formidable weapon. There are other rifles that I really like, but I much prefer a scope. If the All-American was silenced, it would rival my favorite from Fallout 3: the Perforator.

Vance's 9mm SMG is another one that I have grown quite fond of lately. It does churn through ammo, but puts out a lot of hurt.

I do like the look of a scoped trail carbine, but l wouldn't choose it over the All-American.

i second that

A Light Shining in Darkness is God's middle hand.. Wait? What?! o.O!

Weapon Mods Expanded

(from readme file)

Marksman Carbine / All-American
+ 5.56mm Carbine Extended Mags - Increases ammunition capacity (+6).
+ Marksman Carbine Improved Rifling - Increases damage (+12.5%).
+ Carbine Suppressor - Silences the weapon.

found here: http://www.newvegasnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=39651

Downloading and using this mod refreshed a stale game, for me*, and made a lot of the weapons much more fun to use- yet it doesn't make any of them game-breakingly overpowered. Highly recommended.


* - along with Project Nevada, Fellout (much-needed world graphics improvement), centered 3rd-person view, and several other minor-but-nice problem-fix mods.