Christines COS Silenced Rifle : Fallout: New Vegas

» Thu Jul 21, 2011 3:35 pm

Yes! Some one who is not a sick mug hoarder!

Oh, I went into the central intelligence room, hacked in, then made an account.

The toaster helped out a bit to, though we had to use 23 of your toaster you left behind.

Light switches will not stop fighting while your away, why did you have to reinstall them again?

not the answer I was expecting but never the less I believe you

» Thu Jul 21, 2011 3:52 pm

not the answer I was expecting but never the less I believe you

Oh, you mean that teleport thing the Anti-Coffee Robot brains in jars gave you? They have a box of those.

We can leave any time we want, well, just me and the Toaster.

» Thu Jul 21, 2011 3:37 am

It should make a good silenced rifle for Boone.

» Thu Jul 21, 2011 7:36 am

Was Christine actually a member of the Circle of Steel and not the BOS?

The audiotape you find of her in the medical facility corroborates this; she says she was a member of "the circle", which is obviously a reference to the circle of steel.

» Thu Jul 21, 2011 12:51 pm

Or a PC user who prefers not to mess with the game rules?

On that it stopped me from being the end of Muggy.

» Thu Jul 21, 2011 4:30 pm

The audiotape you find of her in the medical facility corroborates this; she says she was a member of "the circle", which is obviously a reference to the circle of steel.

I see. I went in there only to be promptly killed by the Mister Orderlies. Is Ulysses on there too? I was under the impression that he was only in 2. But that makes sense, as Veronica said that Christine left the Brotherhood.

» Thu Jul 21, 2011 4:39 am

I see. I went in there only to be promptly killed by the Mister Orderlies. Is Ulysses on there too? I was under the impression that he was only in 2. But that makes sense, as Veronica said that Christine left the Brotherhood.

The Holotape in Y-17 Medical Facility, the one you two are talking about, features only Christine.

» Thu Jul 21, 2011 6:15 pm

Someone tell me where this damn thing is .................or else :stare:

little yangitez (cant spell it sorry) by a blown up building

» Thu Jul 21, 2011 7:14 am

I checked the numbers at wiki. Better than sniper rifle, worse than Gobi it seems.

Not true if you have WMX installed but from a console user's point of view, I guess you're right.

Umm Christines has about 14 more DAM so youre wrong...

Check the critical damage.

Time for some math. We're going to assume that the Better Criticals perk has been selected.

Because the COS has a higher crit multiplier, it is more likely that it will inflict critical damage. It also has a higher base damage, so non-critical hits will do more damage and the damage will get more effect out of HP and JSP ammunition.

If we assume a 20% critical hit rate, the expected damage for the average Gobi shot is 96, compared with 108.5 from the COS. The Gobi does 13 points additional damage on every crit, but does 14 points fewer damage for every non-crit. The Gobi slightly narrows the expected damage gap as the players critical hit chances increase, but it is hardly significant. When HP or JSP bullets are used, the expected damage gap increases in favor of the COS.

Note that this does not factor in damage from sneak attack criticals, as either gun is going to do enough damage that whatever you shoot at will either be dead or close to it, especially if you hit it in the head.

Other factors:
The Gobi weights 1 pound less.
The Gobi has nearly twice the item HP, requiring fewer repairs.
The Gobi has one additional bullet per magazine, reducing the frequency of reloads.
The Gobi requires much less AP, generally allowing for one additional shot in VATS.
The COS is silenced, permitting easier concealed sniping.

In summary, both guns output similar levels of damage, but the COS tends to scale better.