Snipers are top of the food chain among guns, and as soon as you grab Gobi (100 lockpick chest) all other guns stop mattering entirely. Another good technique is using 'bullet time' slow-down to aim at other guys, I sometimes was able to take 3-4Fiends during one, then withdraw and take out the rest of the gang once they calm down and let you go Hidden again. Then move back a bit, wait half a minute for enemies to calm down and repeat. Just put the crosshair on their head, take a deep breath and pull the trigger when exhaling. For one example I killed mommy and daddy deathclaw from up in the rocks without them even knowing wtf just happened. You can shoot farther than you can see, with minimal sway and with perfect accuracy as long as skill gun requirement permits it (75 for GOBI, 45 for Hunting Rifle, 0 for Ratslayer). Sniper rifles are ridiculous in this game. Jake Easom Posts: 3424 Joined: Sun 4:33 am 'that gun' doesn't seem overly effective to be honest but it just looks coolДЄny suggestions or is there another weapon out there I should be looking for at this stage in the game? Currently using 'that gun' and a 10mm SMG (the SMG is more effective) with the granade launcher (break barrel one, cant remember the name) as backup.

Was also thinking though of maybe keeping the hunting rifle loaded with AP rounds and the repeater loaded with HP.ДЄlso not sure which side arm to use. I have been carrying them both around but was thinking about dropping one. I plan to play this character as a sneak/crit character only using vats when being overrun or if things get too close.ДЄt the moment I seem to have a choice between using the cowboy repeater (lower alpha damage but higher DPS and lower AP cost if it goes to VATS) and the Hunting rifle (higher Alpha damage but lower DPS and useless in VATS because of the high AP cost). I'm currently around level 8 or 9 with about 80 in guns and 40ish in sneak.

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