(Then again, I am running the game with the most excellent TTW WMX mod, which may or may not touch any gun stats or perks for F3 guns. Tends to one shot almost any target with the sneak attack modifiers thrown in as a bonus. 308 Sniper Rifle, so that is still better versus the supermutants. Similar effects should hold true for R-91 Assault Rifles and Chinese Assault Rifles as well (slightly less damage per round naturally, but still an increase), AFAIK.Įven so, that same high level character gets like 112 damage from a. In TTW 2.9.4b my high level TTW character does something like 35 points of damage per bullet with the 5.56mm Perforator (F3 unique gun from the Pitt DLC), and I don't think that could happen without the Grunt perks influence among several other things contributing as well (Guns 100, the Superior Defender perk, the Grunt perk, the Handloader perk etc) - Basic damage per round is only 10 in Fallout 3 for the Perforator. It's a very good thing that TTW can fix this problem with F3 side of I think the Grunt perk was changed for TTW to cover more guns a few versions ago already?. IMHO Fallout 3 (and Fallout 4) had it wrong when they made their super mutants soft with DR only and no DT. (Super mutants having a very tough hide (comparable to ballistic fibers) is actually a lore friendly detail all the way from the very first Fallout. 5.56 caliber Assault Rifles are a better weapon choice against raiders and other less well armored enemies. 308 JSP (can be handloaded with the Handloader perk) is very good choice of ammo. 308 hollow point into the head will usually one shot a mutant. With a succesfull sneak attack critical hit, a single. If you want to take down tough super mutants in the capital wasteland with a rifle more effectively, I still think your best bet would be a. Failing that, the Handloader perk allows you to craft 5.56mm match grade rounds, which give a damage x1.15 bonus - May or may not be enough to punch through supermutant hides (propably not), at any rate it does a bit more damage and is more accurate. If you can gather together some 5.56 Armor-Piercing ammo in the game (hard to get in game, cannot be handloaded), try loading that into your Chinese Assault Rifle, it gives a DT -15 effect.

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