I have no idea is this has been done before, but I used the Search bar and couldn't find one.

What is the best weapon type for you, if you even need a weapon to whoop ass?

Do you choose the raw power of Unarmed? :ninja:
The hacking and slashing of Melee Weapons? :toughninja:
The versatility and availability of Guns? :gun:
The late-game power of energy weapons? :flamethrower:
Or the body bursting shockwaves of Explosives? :chaos:

You decide.

I've always used the Hunting Rifle with all of the modifications. I just love that gun. It also adds more to the realism as I normally go for light armour so a Hunting Rifle just seems like the more sensible choice.

I always use my Thump Thump and Grenades. Occasionally i'll drop some C4 for an oncoming Legion patrol. Big bangs are best. For close encounters its the Holorifle+++

Gotta have Guns.
They make shooting fun.
They're so variable that some of them aren't even carriable.

I think that the best in unarmed. The only problem is getting to the enemy. But once you do, and you have Legion assault + the ballistic fist, it is basically cheating. My favorite is explosives. Pure carnage.

IMHO, guns are the most useful, but not the best. EW packs a punch, but I find them somewhat impractical on its own. I like melee, but I feel like it is unarmed but less interesting.

I love melee weapons, always used them.

Guns, guns and more guns. And maybe C4 for some giggles

I think that Guns is the best since the mojave wasteland is so... dense with the Guns weapon type. The ammo is in MOST containers, the weapons are the most used by NPCs in my opinion... and they're just so versatile

However, for my favourite, I'm going to go with Unarmed. IT'S SO FUN! Pushy is my favourite, it's very powerful and makes great use of the awesome physics system, where other weapons don't

Ballistic fist can basically 1-6 hit pretty much anything on very hard, with 100 unarmed, and 1-3 on very easy. I mean, come on, it has a frickin' shotgun attached to it!

Personally i think that explosives are always mandatory since they are the easiest way to deal with cazadores( it's true that you can criple their wings and then they are easily avoided, but they are always in goups of at least 4-5 and sometimes even 10-15 and also why pick them off one by one if you can just kill them all with a missile or a few 25mm grenades) and then it depends on your build up.

Personally i like Unarmed for interiors and close quarters( because unarmed weapons are better than Melee ) and i like Guns for exteriors and long range combat ( because Guns are better than Energy Weapons: the laser pistol is weaker than a 9mm pistol, the plasma pistol is worse than the 10mm pistol(because of the rate of fire and AP cost) the gauss rifle is buged so is worse than the AMR and the gatling laser, unless you load it up with MC ammo is worse than the minigun, the only Energy Weapons that are better than Guns are the Tri-Beam Laser Rifle wich is, for a shotgun and close quarters, where acuracy doesn't matter much, better than any Guns shotgun, the q-35 wich is better than a Cowboy repeater, and tesla Canon, unless you have the cowboy perk, wich is better than the Brush Gun and the Plasma Caster, if you have Raul as a companion or a lot of weapon repair kits.

I'm not saying that the other energy weapons are bad, i'm saying that their Guns counterpart are better

EW are amazing for criticals.

Guns is definitely the best class. Very good selection of weapons, mostly cheap ammo that is easy to craft yourself, and most uniques are Guns.

My favorite is Unarmed.. I used to play the Classics as unarmed characters most often.

With my current character: Silenced .45 auto pistol (with the professional) and poisoned tomahawk is starting to grow on me a lot. Very fun for silent kills.

Although in general: Energy Weapons all the way. Nothing makes you feel more like a narcissistic sadist than a suit of power armor and a hot Gatling Laser with 7,000 rounds.

I think energy weapons are the best, but my preference is guns. Late game when you actually get ammo, the YCS does over 150 dam, and the new laser rifle is amazing, and the holorifle is amazing too. But the large amount of guns in the game makes me take those.

What do you believe to be the best weapon type?

I can't belive that so many vote guns. With the best unarmed weapons you can kill deathclaws with 1-2 hits.
Of course you can do the same with guns, but only from distance. And if they surprise you, then you are dead.

My brush gun can kill a deathclaw in 2 hits, it is usaully when I just charge right at them too.