Timeline for Are there any weapons in FO4 that are natively chambered in .50 caliber?
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| Oct 24, 2016 at 21:31 | vote | accept | HopelessN00b | ||
| Oct 24, 2016 at 3:58 | comment | added | Mazura | To relive the fun you had in NV you're going to need mods that increase the damage, thus removing their immersion-breaking ability to bullet sponge 700 grains of lead traveling at 3k fps. | |
| Dec 4, 2015 at 18:17 | history | edited | HopelessN00b | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Dec 4, 2015 at 17:09 | comment | added | GeneralMike | Hm, I thought that at some point I had changed the caliber on one of my weapons, and the next time I brought it up in the workbench, there was a new list of mods (like the 'Calibrated Powerful') available that used the new caliber, along with 1 choice to change it back to the caliber it was before (as a standard receiver in that caliber). I had a ton of weapons in my inventory though, and the naming conventions are so confusing for weapons - I may have just confused the weapon I used the caliber mod on for a whole different weapon in my inventory. | |
| Dec 4, 2015 at 17:03 | answer | added | Colin D | timeline score: 3 | |
| Dec 3, 2015 at 19:45 | comment | added | king14nyr | @DCShannon Sorry, you're correct on the damage aspect, .50 rules there. I suppose it doesn't get some of the other perks of the high-level gun nut receivers. 'Calibrated Powerful' gives bonuses to accuracy and crit shot damage. Those are some enhancements that you'll never see on a .50 rifle. That's just the trade-off, I guess. | |
| Dec 3, 2015 at 19:41 | comment | added | HopelessN00b | @king14nyr Well, the .50 caliber receiver provides a drastic damage improvement over a hunting rifle with even the best .308 receiver, so the receiver is an improvement from a damage statistic perspective, but from a gameplay perspective, it's no different, and it should be. A .50 caliber weapon IRL is big and impressive and powerful and has a recoil that feels like the power of the gods pulsing through your body. In FO:NV, the .50 caliber guns reflected that, in FO:4, just adding an ammo type receiver makes no difference to the way the gun feels. Which is disappointing, comparatively. | |
| Dec 3, 2015 at 19:39 | comment | added | DCShannon | @king14nyr The .50 Cal does a lot more damage than the powerful receiver. It's significantly better. I don't understand the objection. | |
| Dec 3, 2015 at 19:35 | comment | added | king14nyr | @DCShannon It'd be ideal if the .50 was the native ammo type for a gun, save the receiver slot to upgrade it further. Honestly, if .50 ammo is ONLY used on guns that have the .50 cal receiver mod upgrade, I don't see myself using my .50 ammo at all. I'd rather upgrade the gun with a powerful receiver instead... | |
| Dec 3, 2015 at 19:33 | comment | added | DCShannon | @HopelessN00b That's a decent point about not being able to further upgrade the receiver. I would add that to your question to make your objections clearer. That being said, it won't be called a hunting rifle once you have it upgraded. It also changes color to look like the sniper rifle in previous games, especially with a Marksman or Recoil-Compensating Stock. | |
| Dec 3, 2015 at 19:31 | comment | added | HopelessN00b | @DCShannon Well, no "better" receiver mods for that ammo type, unlike all other ammo types (AFAIK), and well, just slapping the receiver in there is underwhelming. It's still just a hunting rifle, and therefore looks exactly like... a hunting rifle. In FO:NV, when I had my anti-materiel rifle slung over my back it was taller than my character was! It was big, and impressive, and kicked like a mule on steroids... it looks and feels like a heavy weapon, instead of being a hunting rifle with an invisible damage stat increase. | |
| Dec 3, 2015 at 19:27 | comment | added | Broots Waymb | Agree with @DCShannon. And I found my sniper with a .50 caliber receiver. It's actually quite underwhelming too, even fully upgraded. | |
| Dec 3, 2015 at 19:24 | comment | added | DCShannon | Can't prove the negative, but I really don't think there are. What's wrong with a sniper rifle chambered for .50? | |
| Dec 3, 2015 at 19:22 | history | asked | HopelessN00b | CC BY-SA 3.0 |