Varmint Rifle upgrades reveled! (Spoiler) : Fallout: New Vegas

» Fri May 27, 2011 9:22 am

Varmint Rifle Extended Mags: Increase Ammunition Magazine
Varmint Rifle Night Scope: Add long-range Scope (NV??)
Varmint Rifle Silencer: Silence the weapon
:celebration: :celebration: :celebration:

» Fri May 27, 2011 6:48 am

Holy [censored] I didn't think they'd actually give us silencers.

» Fri May 27, 2011 3:32 am

Silencer for a rifle?

Cue really devoted fan-level rant about realism in games & weaponry not being lifelike.

On a serious note, not bad - though I had hoped for mods that increase RoF, durability, precision, you know, more stat-based stuff.

» Fri May 27, 2011 1:46 am

Silencer for a rifle?

Cue really devoted fan-level rant about realism in games & weaponry not being lifelike.

On a serious note, not bad - though I had hoped for mods that increase RoF, durability, precision, you know, more stat-based stuff.

I think the New Vegas weapons not being cap guns made of wet paper will help with all of that.

» Fri May 27, 2011 9:02 am

Do you have concrete proof of this. It's not that I don't beleive you, I don't want to get too excited just for it to be a false alarm lol. If this is true, then it would totally change the game.

I personally love playing as a stealth character, and always found it annoying in FO3 when I would creep up behind a target and it would take two or three head shots with the silenced pistol to kill it, even at point blank range. Adding more powerful, silenced weapons to the game would be awesome.

Can you imagine taking on a Super Mutant Camp? Sniping them with a silenced sniper rifle from a distance, and then moving in to eliminate the rest of them? :celebration:

» Fri May 27, 2011 9:53 am

Silencer for a rifle?

Cue really devoted fan-level rant about realism in games & weaponry not being lifelike.

They exist in real life too, albeit mostly only for the less powerful calibers. In-game the varmint rifle uses 5.56mm, but I reckon that's just for simplicity's sake; with a name like that you'd expect something like .22 if having too many different ammo types wouldn't be an issue.

» Fri May 27, 2011 1:44 am

Sweet.

» Fri May 27, 2011 9:20 am

Do you have concrete proof of this. It's not that I don't beleive you, I don't want to get too excited just for it to be a false alarm lol. If this is true, then it would totally change the game.

I personally love playing as a stealth character, and always found it annoying in FO3 when I would creep up behind a target and it would take two or three head shots with the silenced pistol to kill it, even at point blank range. Adding more powerful, silenced weapons to the game would be awesome.

Can you imagine taking on a Super Mutant Camp? Sniping them with a silenced sniper rifle from a distance, and then moving in to eliminate the rest of them? :celebration:

i find in scans of the FO:NV Guide

» Fri May 27, 2011 12:43 am

Silencers are just illegal in real life right? Something about secret assassinations. :wink_smile:

» Fri May 27, 2011 2:47 am

Naw, silencers for hunting riles are pretty common here afaik. Of course, if you went to a gun store asking for a silencer for a handgun, that might raise a few eyebrows...

» Fri May 27, 2011 5:47 am

i find in scans of the FO:NV Guide

:bowdown: That. Is. Awesome!!!!

Could you post/PM me the link, pleeeeease?

» Fri May 27, 2011 4:53 am

:bowdown: That. Is. Awesome!!!!

Could you post/PM me the link, pleeeeease?

What's the first sticky in this forum say?

» Fri May 27, 2011 1:37 am

I'm not going to use the scope, hope they have another mod or 2 for it.

extended magazine
ROF
and silencer would be more like it.

» Fri May 27, 2011 1:06 pm

you could still pm it...

» Fri May 27, 2011 12:00 pm

If I could get a scope and a silencer on a hunting rifle I would be sooooo happy :dance:

» Fri May 27, 2011 11:52 am

All of those mods for the Varmint Rifle look amazing!!

The silencer will be a great help to people who go for a sneaky aproach. My character will not focus on sneak at all, but a silencer can give me a break now and then.......great mods!!!!!

» Fri May 27, 2011 3:55 am

how many mods can you have on a gun again?

» Fri May 27, 2011 10:06 am

I think there are a maximum of 3 mods allowed for each weapon. However, unique weapons CANNOT be modded.

» Fri May 27, 2011 8:25 am

YES! I've been going on about how I wanted some rifles with silencers in other threads. Is the varmint rifle single shot? or semi-automatic?

» Fri May 27, 2011 12:02 pm

ROF

Is the Fast Shot trait so it won't be an upgrade option, unless we get lucky and they allow both.

» Fri May 27, 2011 8:08 am

However, unique weapons CANNOT be modded.

why the h*** not? that svcks

» Fri May 27, 2011 4:43 am

I think there are a maximum of 3 mods allowed for each weapon. However, unique weapons CANNOT be modded.

That svcks. Unique weapons are probably the most powerful weapons in the game, so either modding or unique weapons (if modding makes normal weapons better) will be pointless later in the game.

» Fri May 27, 2011 8:04 am

But then again you're kinda assuming that all weapon mods will be accessible to everyone when that won't be the case. It's a skill after all (science, was it?) that determines which mods you'll be able to make, and not every character will invest into that skill. That just leaves the random mods they can find as loot and from vendors, making the unique weapons a much more attractive choice.

» Fri May 27, 2011 12:10 pm

every one of my characters will. science (but not as much as lockpick) is essential to explore everything.

» Fri May 27, 2011 6:27 am

Silencers are available for rifles and are not illegal everywhere. In the US you can purcahse one with a $5 AOW tax stamp.

I wonder if they are going to break down in the game over time like in real life.