I concur on the lasers (though I like all energy weapons...well, except the heavy kind (exception: Gatling type weapons), like the Tesla canon (I hate to reload after each shot)), then I love bolt-action-rifles (particularly the Anti-Material-Rifle from New Vegas) and scoped assault-rifles...oh and handguns (even revolvers, though I prefer semi-autos with a magazine!)

I don't much care for flamers, normal Gatling guns (they waste too much ammo IMHO...don't love weapons that can't shoot a tight grouping) or shotguns much (ok: Unless I am in a building...nothing better for close in combat than a shotgun...it's just that games always underplay the performance (range!) of shotguns (they are effective over ten meters of distance, which games don't seem to get -.-))...unarmed is not my cup of tea, same for melee weapons

greetings LAX

ps: I want my alien blaster (and lot's of energy-cells for it!)

With the way the armours were set up in FO3 and FO:NV, if I used power armour I would use energy weapons because of the negatives to AGI and if I used any other armour then I'd use small weapons, i.e. rifles and pistols.

no too mention damage was way too weak compared to small arms except for the fat man of coruse

the alien blaster isnt nessisary anymore now that they are adding in a new weapon type with cryo weapons which will most likely be moddable like the others.

they will basically function the same/better than alien blasters.

Energy weapons. Single, high damage, projectiles. Plasma, lasers, gauss rifles. If it's a rifle, and it's an energy weapon, I'll use it.

I love grenades and knuckle dusters.

FIRST OFF THE ENVIROMENT. Run a deathclaw into a pack of raiders. Get a supermutant to follow me all the way to the prison. My NPCs that can group with. Just sit there in stealth and watch.

That said and from a post before I use there listing method.

pistols: 10 mm Weathered

Rifles: Varmit with the night scope

SMG: 9mm in FF1 cuts this in half burst one or riddles them with holes. excellent

Shotguns: Don't

Heavy Weapons: FF NV with the hive missile rocket launcher

energy pistols: plasma pistol with feats to reduce AP think you can get up to 14 shots with them with all then other feats

energy rifles: GAUSS

energy heavy weapons: GAtling laser

explosives: C4

Unarmed: SPIKED KNUCKLES

melee: BUMPER SWORD

I've never really liked Energy Weapons, but I think I'll go with them for my first playthrough because they fit what my science-oriented character would do. Plus, I feel like in FO4 it's going to be preferable to match Science with Energy Weapons and Gun Nut with Guns, and as my character is going to have lots of points in Science, it seems a waste to have to also put points in Gun Nut because I'm using Guns. Hope that makes sense.

Depends on what kind of character I'm playing!

My favorite weapon is a fully modded katana. Swift and efficient.

Then a fully modded scoped laser rifle, but this one is overpowered IMO

Really hope the katana comes back!!

Rifles, Revolvers, Machetes, Sniper Rifles, and my one of a kind fat man.

Tesla Cannon. Using the barrel or capcitor to change it to either a cryo cannon, plasma cannon, laser cannon! Gauss Rifle with a anti material rifle look!

I'm pretty sure they'll be more the just 50 base weapons. Todd did say over 50 and probably couldn't give a specific number because that's probably what he has seen himself!