FNV has way to many choices for weapons and I have found myself lost. I am going to carry a shotgun, sniper rifle and Laser RCW. I am thinking Riot Shotgun, Marksman Carbine (I will replace that with the All-American when I can), and I am torn between the Sniper rifle and Trail Carbine. What is your setup?
For light armor enemies i have a scoped/ increased mag 9mm pistol and my silenced/ scoped/ increase mag varmint rifle.
For higher DT enemies i have a scoped/ heavy frame .44 magnum revolver and a scoped/ increase mag/ custom bolt hunting rifle.
For situtions that require abit of quick and powerful shooting i just got a marksmen carbine but hav'nt found any mods yet.
Probaly gonna be changing my layout soon though since im level 17 and about to go to war with the Legion and just picked up things like the trial carbine, hunting revolver and 12.7mm pistol while i wiped out the Great Khans.
A lot, I picked Energy weapons (bad choice in my opinion) so instead of carrying different kinds of ammo for one gun I have to carry an arsenal to deal with stuff.
1 - Chance's Knife 3 - .44 magnum revolver 4 - Ranger Sequoia revolver 5 - Riot shotgun 6 - Cowboy repeater 7 - Trail carbine with scope (used to snipe most enemies) 8 - Brush gun
I also carry a silenced 22 as a holdout weapon, a silenced 10mm pistol for stealth kills, a 10mm SMG in case I need automatic fire, and an Anti-Materiel rifle for Deathclaws.
In case you might have guessed, I have the cowboy perk.
At the moment I am still using the basic starting weapons, except for the ones I purchased like the Cowboy Rifle and Caravan Shotgun. I am taking my time with the game and main quest so I have not found anything named or better than what I have. But I did not like the fact that I had way too many weapons and ammo, which added up to allot of weight. I finally decided to go through what I used the most and then which one had the most ammo. Until I find something better that I fall in love with I am going to stick with a scoped 9mm, my DLC 10mm, Cowboy Rifle and Single Shotgun. I usually run into laser pistols and more 9 and 10 mm pistoles to keep mine repaired.
Hunting Shotgun - with the shotgun perk Sniper Rifle 10mm Machine pistol Lucky - 357 mag Varmit Rifle - with silencer and scope (managed to kill 3 Deathclaws from a distance, they never knew where it came from)
Hunting rifle with scope and ext mag. Hunting shotgun with choke and long tube. 10mm pistol with silencer and laser sight. Grenade launcher Silenced 22 pistol Throwing knives
All-American Light Machine Gun (although later part of the game) and a 10mm machine pistol for those enemies that are too fast and multiples to have the all american semi-auto carbine take out.
reinforced helmet and medium armour accompanied by the rebreather.
My setups from the weekend. That Gun + Hunting Rifle w/ Scope That Gun + Sniper Rifle w/ Silencer That Gun + Anti-Materiel Rifle Maria + Anti-Materiel Rifle Hunting Pistol + Anti-Materiel Rifle
The higher the DAM the better. I never used shotguns or SMGs.
Currently: Level 7 in Freeside Laser Rifle (with scope) Plasma Pistol Cowboy Repeater (backup, if I run out of ammo for the energy weps) 9mm SMG (also a backup) Caravan Shotgun Laser RCW (never used because the only ammo I have for it is what was with it when I looted it)