im getting this game fairly soon, and from what i learned in FO3, i gotta plan ahead. so im taking a few days to plan out my build before i even get the game so i dont end up with strength 1 and wont be able to use any weapons. this seems stupid to me. but i digress(ive always wanted to say that! did i do it right?). so im wondering which rifles are automatic weapons. im looking through the wiki but ive only seen like 3 weapons that have auto fire. specifically energy weapons of regular guns would be great to know which ones i should be looking for.

so what are the automatic weapons you guys like?

The only full auto guns i can think of right now are the 9mm, 10mm, and 12.7mm sub-machine guns, the assault carbine that uses 5mm ammo, the light machine gun that uses 5.56mm, and the minigun that uses 5mm, i'm not sure about the 12.7mm SMG but i know the LMG has a stregth requirement of 8 and the minigun has a requirement of 10, i think the assault carbine has one of 5 or 6, the 9mm SMG is maybe 2 or 3, and the 10mm SMG is i think 3 or 4. (don't use full auto often due to their lower DAM then semi auto guns)

If you don't want to raise stregth to 10 to use all of them then set it to 8 then pick the perk weapons handling (i think thats what its called) which will reduce the requirement of ALL weapons by 2.

You can use weapons even if you don't meet the strength requirement, you'll just be less accurate.

None. Sniper rifle is the way to go. Does way more dmg. Although all-american was fun to use for a little bit (marksman rifle)

well im 100% sure im going to have one of the sniper rifles in my arsenal as well as some close quarters gun like a shotty. those two things are easy to stumble across in fallout, i think. but i havent noticed many full auto weapons on the wiki. i did see the SMGs and figured theyd be full auto, but im looking for an assault rifle. that kindof svcks theres not many full auto weapons in this game. do the mini guns have those huge ammo backpacks in this game too? i will have to look into the assualt carbine and the LMG then. the LMG is probably what im looking for im thinking. can i get a scope for the carbine or LMG?

is the full auto plasma rifle any good? id really like to use energy weapons, since im playing a game that has more then hunting rifles and 6 shooters. are there any energy shottys like the laser rifle shotgun from FO3, i cant remember the name?

thanks for the info D.

What I did for my second play through was put my str to 7,

10MM SMG is great against human targets. And for armored humans, use armor piercing. It's amazing. Plus, the hunting rifle, while not auto, is a great gun with scope attatched.

The Laser RCW is an automatic rifle and a really great energy weapon to use, if you don't mind consuming ammo quickly. It's pretty much the only weapon I use aside from the Pulse Pistol for robots or the unique minigun I forgot the name of when I run into hordes of enemies.

Light machine gun, with expanded magazine.

Amazingly powerful.

You can actually set strength to 6 if you want. There is an opportunity to upgrade for 4000 caps, and weapon handling reduces requirement by 2, and the power armor increases strength by 1. So, any weapon in game can be used fully at 6st.

so 2 choices a full auto weapons, that svcks for me. these mods seem really lack luster. i really wish i could get a full auto rifle with a scope. whats the point of those mods if i cant even put a scope on a rifle? i saw a pistol gets a scope, but not a rifle. i feel let down. anyways atleast i know the strength requirements for taking a weapons i may or may not use.

im into the RPing of fallout, which is totally out of my nature. in fo3 i loaded my fridge with one of every single edible, saved things thatd i want to use in real life. stuff like packs of gum and found a bunch of random kitchen ware to put in my megaton home, and i spent alot of time displaying stuff on my shelf just because i thought thats how my character would roll. it was weird, i felt obsessed with it actually. "gotta find 2 more green cups, 3 ceramic plates and a hot plate....." this might have been a dream, but i think i even found a spork once and got super excited to add it to my collection of eating utensils. anyways i was planning on RPing a character that finds an assault rifle, finds some mods, and rolls the wasteland with their trusty, all around, assault rifle. i dont know what that means, i just feel kinda lost on what i should do.