Been curious if yal agree that riot shotgun is better then dinnerbellfor cassidy/all american is best for boone/veronica pushy/any imput if im wrong would be appreciated/main reason i consider riot is due to cassidys need to spam then to aim -_-

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i always use veronica as a follower and i give her a marksman rifle with surplus .556 ammo and she also has a fully modded cowboys repeater for backup.

Cass with a supersledge is fun. I dont trust my companions with spray/area weapons so a bush gun sems ok.
Veronica with a ballistic fist tended to kill most stuff faster then I could.
Why change Boone? Enjoy the wonder as is.

Most companions use their default weapons as their best weapon. Veronica is best for melee (talk to your companions and theyll tell you their ideal tactics) so giving her ballistic, zap, power, or paladin toaster are your ideal sets.

wouldnt a super sledge defeat cassidys strengths?

I have not changed Boone's defaul;t weapon since he started following me....but I am thinking about getting him an Anti-Material Rifle for Christmas.

Cass suppose to be tagged melee weapons.

Combine with T-45b she does pretty well without *any* maintenance.

She loves dynamite. If you're not playing hardcoe it really doesn't matter what apparel you dress your companions in...that said I put my guys in dresses and space suits.

LOOOL space suits hell i might just give her minigun/pushy ^_^

They last way longer in PA, some place like Vault 3 and 34 where fights can last fairly long it helps.

I don't like the Anti-Material for Boone. The .50 ammo is a lot rarer/more expensive than the .308 and it's a quite noticeably slower firing/loading than the SR. If you don't want him to use the carbines Boone does better overall (imo) with the faster fire rate/higher dps of the SR. He loves Oh Baby and giving him the Chainsaw is hilarious. He likes frag grenades too.

I equip Raul like I do Boone. If I didn't have the reload/freeze bug I'd give him something else, but, er....

Arcade does best with his default gun. Everything else uses so much energy ammo hard to keep him well stocked. But the gauss rifles (or unique variants) certainly work well for him...give him those when hunting deathclaws maybe. I gave Knock-Knock to him once, that was amusing.

Veronica (or any of them really) was great with Pushy but I never keep her or Cass long enough to try more.

it seems that marksmen rifle is best for followers because they have low accuracy lol'/i tryed amr with boone but he spawms bullets in the *vicinity* of the enemy rather annoying

I round it rather odd that Cass have the worst over default gear: combat knife and a Caravan Shotgun? come on, Arcade have a frigging Ripper and Plasma Defender.

cassidy has a volatile mouth lol

Is Cassidy ever not a bi*#h? She hated me even when I was a woman helping the NCR with chez femme fatale. Apparently I looted too much. They really want you to sacrifice her to the van grafts. Her perk svcks too. I prefer Raul for the weapon slowed deterioration perk.

I wOuld definitely suggest keeping most explosives away from companions as they tend to blow me up

I gave Raul the Avenger minigun with 6000 rounds of AP ammo.

He absolutely destroys Deathclaws. Besides the legenday (which I helped on) he cleared out Dead Wind Cavern by himself.

it depends on the companion and how much money you have. i say that because i gave boone the anti with ap ammo when i had him since you need good aim with it because of its low dps, veronica the gauss and ballistics fist because of her high unarmed and energy stats, avenger like the mango 55 said for raul because of his guns stats, etc....

tbh ive tryed amr with boone but he shoots like his imbred/he shoots like a support gunner/suppression -_-

Boone - All American with surplus 5.56 ammo
Cass - Hunting shotgun with both mods using only slugs.
Raul - Get him in his Vaquero outfit and be amazed at what he does with a fully moded Cowboy Repeater. You'll wonder where he got the machine gun from. Press a large pile of JFP ammo for even more awesome.

Updated companions best weapon combos Swc and or Jsp when applicable boone-all american/frag grenades*** Cassidy-riot shotgun slug//dinamite Raul lucky or mysterious magnum Veronica Q35-Pushy Lily oh baby *silenced sniper rifle Arcade Q35 Gauss

I prefer giving Sniper Rifle to Boone.

Why? Well, it's only good weapon with x5 critical multiplier. Perfect synergy with his beret. So that +5% crit bonus from beret would give him +25% chance for critical. With his luck of 6, that's total of 55% chance to do critical damage.

Also, steep VATS cost for Sniper is irrelevant if it is used by companion.

Sniper works well with other gun companions too (Raul, Cass).

For energy guys (Arcane, Veronica), Gauss works wonders. Although for Veronica it's usually just secondary weapon (when I want her to stay at range, otherwise she goes unarmed). I also like to keep that unique plasma rifle (Q something) just in case I want them to waste less ammo.

Of course, I also unload all my excess grenades to companions. I always forget to use them, so better they use them from time to time, instead getting them wasted in my inventory.

Right now Boone isn't happy because he's out of ammo for the All-American. I just can't find enough so he'll have to use the Sniper rifle for a while. He chooses the All-American over almost anything and I give him a huge choice because he carries them around for me. Paladin Toaster and Oh Baby are favorites of his too. He'll choose the highest DPS he's carrying.

kicenna if ur ncr u can get hella 5.56 at the armory dude who is at the bottom lvl of the offices hoover dam

Veronica and Ballistic Fist...
By the time I even un -holster my weapon she has killed everyone.
Besides who doesn't like a woman in PA ?