I gave Macready the Broadsider. This definitely brings out the thunder for him.

stalinx20
I gave Macready the Broadsider. This definitely brings out the thunder for him.

I let him keep a lot of things but the Broadsider stays with me. LOL   I upgraded the snots out of it too. I almost scrapped it in the Weapons Workbench more than once since it isn't a Legendary weapon.

Zuhl3156

stalinx20
I gave Macready the Broadsider. This definitely brings out the thunder for him.

I let him keep a lot of things but the Broadsider stays with me. LOL   I upgraded the snots out of it too. I almost scrapped it in the Weapons Workbench more than once since it isn't a Legendary weapon.

To me, the broadsider gives off more of a "bang" rather than a "boom". So it could be "safer" for us to allow the NPCs use it compared to them wielding a rocket launcher or a fatman.

stalinx20
 
To me, the broadsider gives off more of a "bang" rather than a "boom". So it could be "safer" for us to allow the NPCs use it compared to them wielding a rocket launcher or a fatman.

I think the Broadsider and the Railway Rifle are way too much fun to let someone else use. I love nailing body parts to a wall with railway spikes. Just seeing a head stuck to a wall with a spike in it makes me giggle. Sorry, I can't help myself sometimes.

Zuhl3156

stalinx20
 
To me, the broadsider gives off more of a "bang" rather than a "boom". So it could be "safer" for us to allow the NPCs use it compared to them wielding a rocket launcher or a fatman.

I think the Broadsider and the Railway Rifle are way too much fun to let someone else use. I love nailing body parts to a wall with railway spikes. Just seeing a head stuck to a wall with a spike in it makes me giggle. Sorry, I can't help myself sometimes.

Between the minigun and the broadside, it's too close to tell. Just to be able to fire off close 300 rounds a minute is just as exciting as firing off a cannon.
The syringe rifle is just boring to say the least. It's like watching a man mow his grass on a tractor.

I just snagged "The Final Judgement" gattling laser and I am loving this thing.

Is it as fun as the gatling lasers in the original Fallout?  
 
I loved automatic weapons in the original Fallout games because if you got a bunch of idiots in a line, you could go into VATS, target the one in the back and then fire.  The gatling guns would chew through everyone in front of that guy.   Automatic weapons were good for one or two, but the gatling gun and laser would get them all.

Final Judgement is more fun but it uses Fusion Cores. I hate the long spinup time but after that it mows 'em down. I modded the barrels to use less ammo with a slower fire-rate but each hit does more damage. IDK if it's a Legendary effect or a glitch in the game but after firing a few rounds sometimes its rate of fire seems to triple making easy work of anyone and anything getting in its way. LOL

The best glitch I have seen in this game is a female NPC floating upwards to another floor level at a settlement, and the going to her bed to go to sleep.

I can confirm that not only are companions immortal but some key characters can not be killed. Sometimes I will save just before an important decision comes up and I will play through it to see what will happen if I murder everyone in my sight for the fun of it. Or sometimes I will get as far away as I can and lob a grenade through a window with a bunch of friendly's standing around and then I hurry up and sit on a couch unarmed like this....