The Light Machine Gun no question about it is my favorite pick. It does decent amount of damage, fast fire rate and doesn't take half the screen. The downsides is eats ammo fast like in expeditions 1500 ammo gone and cannot be equipped with a reflex sight, through has decent iron sights. A close second is .50 cal Machine Gun followed by the combo made from Gatling Gun and Minigun.
The MG42 is my favorite weapon but i would not use it for bosses. Not enough ammo, or using quad, not enough damage. It's good against sub bosses like sheepsquatch, blue devil, etc. But not the best choice for bosses. It can work if you're bloodied, but then something like the gp or gauss mini will still be stronger
@@Johnny-ww7ic Love the MG 42……just doesn’t hit hard enough for bosses or especially the Raid. Wish they would come out with a “Unique Legendary” that allows Modification….with say a Hidden Perk, with double Mag size like Red Terror…..then allows Bully’s or Pinpont to be added as 4th Star….that would be sweet!
Gauss minigun for bosses and show how cool you are, the plasma minigun just for efficiency alone because its jack of all trades in the heavy weapon department, 50 cal deserves the same love too.
Personally, my go-to heavy guns atm would either be the Cremator or Tesla Cannon (currently I carry both with me, as well as a Fixer). I use the Cremator for stuff with huge swarms of enemies coming at you like Radiation Rumble, and then the Tesla Cannon for Robots, and the Fixer for anything else....usually depending on if I'm in a team or solo. If I'm solo, I usually go Fixer since I can just take my time and resort to stealth, but for teams I prefer my Two-Shot Alternating Current Tesla Cannon or Cremator for the AOE damage they provide.
I tried using the gatling plasma but the annoying issue I ran into was a bad habit of reloading whenever the action stopped. I’d end up with like 20 partially full cores sitting in my inventory. When the gatling plasma reloads it always uses the fullest core and works its way to the least full. So when I run out of full cores and try to use up the partials I end up firing one for 5 seconds, core runs out, fire the next one for 4, then 3.5, 3.1, 2 seconds, and then a bunch that only had a couple rounds left, reloading in between each.
I always just dump anything that's below 30% charge. Expeditions, Daily Ops and mobs drop more cores then I need anyway, no point in holding the almost depleted ones.
I kept running into the issue of trying to collect all from bodies and people blowing up the corpses and it changes the prompt and I end up reloading almost a full core 😂
I love heavy guns, I run a bloodied gauss mini(I have built a surplus of 600,900 2mm rounds) a quad gatling plasma, a bloodied plasma caster(crits for 2100) a holy fire and an ultracite LMG. I used to run an ultracite laser gatling but the ultracite fusion cores way a ton and are expensive to make and cut into my fusion cores for my power armor too much and I hate using 90% of my storage for cores or getting them off my mules. I used to run a bloodied .50 but I accidentally scrapped it before the legendary update and just never remade it. But yea I run lmg and .50 because of the spin up sometimes as well
Gauss Minigun is my baby. Bloodied/Explosive/-25%AP Just make sure you have the Legendary Perk Card Ammo Factory maxed out. Alongside ammo smith alongside superduper. You will never run out of ammo again!
I use an aristocrats, vital, -90% weight cremator with Heavy barrel and slow burn fuel. It hits like a train and I'm doing upwards of 900 on head shots and the 1800 fire damage finishes most things off that's not even counting vats crits and sneak attacks. It's great against scorched beast and since I run friendly fire I can heal my team mates/objective based allies.
I pondered running an aristocrat's but my only issue with it is I like ti buy things and I don't want it to effect my damage or have to buy things with mules..any advice on how to mitigate this or do u just have most things in the game and stay above the min cap requirements?
I've been running Primed Gat Plasma B/E/25 on live and loving it. Cant wait for this update. My biggest issue with the Guass is the ammo and the blinding explosions.
I also love both, but am leaning towards the gatling plasma because it's not nearly as ammo hungry as the gauss mini is. I LOVE the mini, but it is a HUNGRY beast! Plus, we are supposed to get a plasma core charger at some point in the future, which will be a boon.
I love heavy guns, I run a bloodied gauss mini(I have built a surplus of 600,900 2mm rounds) a quad gatling plasma, a bloodied plasma caster(crits for 2100) a holy fire and an ultracite LMG. I used to run an ultracite laser gatling but the ultracite fusion cores way a ton and are expensive to make and cut into my fusion cores for my power armor too much and I hate using 90% of my storage for cores or getting them off my mules. I used to run a bloodied .50 but I accidentally scrapped it before the legendary update and just never remade it.
@@abcdefgcdefg5178 Or if you get the Plasma Core Recharger from the current Season rewards, that can let you just "recycle" partially-used cores and just recharge them so that you pretty much never have to craft/find new ones again.
I use the AA/E/AP Gatling Plasma right now but it does move around alot when free firing so you need to keep track of the targeting due to recoil. I also have an AA/E/AP Gauss Mini and the ammo consumption is real. I think the Gauss is better if you can keep the ammo needs met.
On my rotation(that I need to update) 1. Ultracite Gatling Laser with vampire, long range spray and pray for tracking flyers. Carry over 100 fusion cores so once it spins up a rarely stop until I need to reload or switch weapons. 2. Flaming vampire chainsaw, because chainsaw and fire. Might update with auto-axe once I unlock the modules to create a match the chainsaw. 3. Prime Plasma Caster with Vampire, per shot efficiency is insane as I never pull ammo from storage, just add. Over 130k in storage. VATS ap is decent and goopify is funny, until it glitches the corpse and I can't loot directly. Faster fire rate and reload. I love this for everything outside of boss/events. 4. Prime Aristocrat Plasma Caster 5. Aristocrat Cremator multi shot ploop ploop ploop ploop 6. Executioner Cremator multi shot ploop ploop ploop after it is hurt. Also apply new dot from a different weapon. 7. V63-Helga, might scrap it, basically a backup for the vampire ultracite gatling if I don't want to fiddle with a repair kit doing a boss fight. 8. Vampire gatling plasma, might drop it for a .50, I really dislike spinning weapons for non-boss/event fights. Have to see about the plasma core recharger coming. 9. Camera, sorry no baby oil.
Also if you run civil engineer armor you get an extra set boost for weapon durability and most enemies aren't strong enough for the change from ss to matter, that with gunsmith and a durability mod you only have to repair maybe every 12k shots
@karldergrosse-333 wrong the Spin Up IS Not a Balance. Bethesda saw that in Movies and believes this bullshit. They dont know how Guns Work. If they remove the Spin Up the Miniguns would perform better. And ITS less annoying and IT doesnt Change the Damage or Firerate.
I choose my 2 explosive gatling plasmas, one vampire and one antiarmor. Already made, ammo is easy, it's reliable. Range is good and so and s forth. Perfect 👌
Gauss minis ammo economy needs adjusting. Gatling plasma does similar damage/dps, especially with the new mods it has coming, with a phenomenal return on ammo for what goes into crafting it.
You could say the same about the regular minigun, it absolutely demolishes your ammo to pull off a similar DPS. However, both of those miniguns actually drop a ton of ammo, it just often isn't as much as they consume. They both also have slower and more powerful weapons that use the same ammo and end up generating a massive surplus. For the regular minigun you can just pull out the gatling gun, and for the gauss minigun you can swap to the gauss shotgun and a shotgun build or the gauss rifle and a rifle build.
@@abcdefgcdefg5178 I actually have a question regarding that, does that have the same problem as the quad laser gatling, where it actually uses a bunch of cores while acting like it only used 1? I picked up a quad laser gatling and while I'm using it I always end up with way more depleted cores in my inventory than I should have, every 4 reloads seems to leave me with around 20 cores at 0~5%. I usually stay way from the plasma gat because it also leaves the dead cores in my inventory (they cant even be recharged, just delete them!), but if it can actually get 4x the shots without using the additional cores then that's a game changer.
Gat plasma is my pick. Mine is bloodied, explosive, breaks slower. It’s a beast! My gauss mini has the same rolls, but I only use it for bosses because of the ammo consumption and I don’t like how it looks as much as the plasma.
Using an quad explosive gatling plasma mainly to help fight smaller weaker mobs or weak bosses and save my big boy gauss for the harder bosses just seems to hit harder for me
the gatling plasma is my all around go to for heavy weapons, easy to get ammo, consistently good, and all around just feels good to use, i love it, only thing that may come close is the 50 cal
I chose a Light Machine Gun, Plasma Caster, and Gatling Plasma. The light machine gun has no spin up time and ammo is plentiful. The Plasma Caster is a very reliable single-shot damage dealer. The Gatling Plasma while fragile is great for consistent damage on bosses.
my problem with the gauss minigun is that i can't keep enough ammo for it. whenever i run heavy weapons i do something different: i run a prime vampire's explosive 5mm gatling gun and holy fire for cqc. the gatling is very ammo efficient and i always end up with more ammo than i started with after looting. i don't use vats with either as i use heavy weapons in PA and tbh it really isn't even needed.
I agree with everything here, 50 cal needs a damage boost, lmg needs mods and a 150 mag mod like its special varient, and both the lmg and gauss minigun need their ammo economies looked at.
I prepared a B5025 Gat Plas for the boss fight and a 33 luck PA Perk Loadout. For the other parts of the raid I will use a B E END Gauss Mini mainly without vats. I prefer the Gat Plas for Vats but I think the Gauss Mini is way easier to control while aiming.
Just made myself a Vampire Gauss Minigun yesterday. Now i will use your perk card build to get it set up. Doing this for when i have the Balls to go to the Gleaming Depth's. It will be a while!!!
Yea the major downside for the Gatling Plasma is reloading leaves you with a bunch of half empty cores. For that reason alone I'll use the Gauss Minigun.
I'm in the same situation - I have almost no experience with heavy guns and plan to switch from VATS Commando to VATS Heavy Gunner (in PA) ... although I plan to stay a Bloodied build. The Gatling Plasma looks like the best option for me as it has light ammo and good damage per shot/AP. I also plan to keep a good Holy Fire, especially if the 4 star effect "Pyromaniacs" keeps to be a multiplicative damage bonus. For daily use where I want to avoid spin-up weapons, I might go with the .50 Cal as the LMG eats too much AP and ammo to compete for daily use - especially as .308 ammo has one of the worst crafting costs ratios. Another alternative I want to test for daily use is the Plasma caster, which I heard is quite ammo efficient and also has no spin-up ... although this probably feels more like a Rifleman weapon. As the Auto-axe is getting nerfed, I already have the Stabilized perk and don't use melee food buffs anyway, I will switch to the Shredder Minigun as my melee option.
If you are switching to heavies, I suggest a quad gatling plasma(2k shots per core) a bloodied caster(I crit for 2100 with it) ultracite LMG for sbq and titan, a holy fire, and a plasma pepper shaker with crippling mod and enforcer in perks(plasma caster is super ammo efficient and farms ammo for the pepper easily)
i've been daily driving a plasma caster and i can say without a shadow of a doubt, it's one of the most ammo efficient weapons i've ever used. i have no ammo spawning perks and everything i kill with it only takes 1-5 plasma cartridges, but enemies drop 9-20 pretty reliably. never once did i ever feel like i was ever gonna run out, even when upgrading to ultracite plasma cartridges. it's absolutely an iffy weapon though as it's not the best FEELING due to it's slow fire rate making it a bit clunky to use, but i've been enjoying the damage output of it and it's helped me solo several events. lackluster for most bosses unfortunately BECAUSE of the slow fire rate
I really enjoy the gauss minigun but the ammo management for it is kind of a nightmare. I’d love to use it full time but it’s pretty unreasonable to do so given that you could *easily* burn through 10k rounds in one long play session.
Ammo points converter helps alot, I set my armco for ammo with highest points return, take all the 5mm, ammo I get from expos, evetns(especially eviction notice) and turn it all in for points and get 2mm, I currently have over 600k rounds for the gauss mini
Really like your build. I have up on which is best. I got my carry weight so heavy guns weigh maybe 2lbs at most and the ammo weight low, so I now carry three. I have a 50cal Vanpire, an awesome gauss mini with ☆☆☆ anti mutant and some other mods I forget, and I carry Foundation's Vengeance. It's mods are better than the mods I saw when I looked it up. The 500 round capability is great also. My cat just brought me a quad gatling plasma I haven't checked out! This cat has been fantastic. It gave me a bloodied gatling laser and a assasins 44cal along with the formentioned. Great video.😂😂
I'm a fairly newbie to 76, but I've played every FO game since 1 came out. Early in game I got a gatling plasma with a lot of effects. It's by giant killer. So far I've found nothing it won't reduce to puddles. It along with maxed out bullet shield perk makes it great on scorch beast or Flatwoods monster. Not great for all beast, but I've killed just about every critter including the sheepsquatch! Just big game.
Sticking with the 50 cal. It was my first heavy gun at lv 25 when i got the excavator, and it's been reliable ever since. I do have a plasma gatling, but my adhd will not let me enjoy having depleted cores in my inventory, so gatling plasma and laser are a no-go for me lol. ( i also dont have the patience to get mods for it, lol)
Finally got my hands on an explosive LMG. slapped bloodied and -25ap on it and I cannot wait to see how it will do in december. it already does very well with burst fire in vats, even with 42 ap per shot, and isn't pathetic like the fixer outside of vats. Praying i can unlock explosive mods or find a gauss mini with it before the update.
I suggest the gauss mini gun because it has the current highest damage for a heavy automatic gun, you can just fire a little bit and usually 5-6 bullets kills most common enemies so you can get easy ammo from that, also it goes charge and brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr, funny sound
I enjoyed both of those guns except for the idea that I enjoy first person view and frequently aim down the sights and the sights on both of those guns are just so intrusive and know at least one of the guns it can't be removed at all. I recently switched to commando build because my heavy guns either couldn't keep up with damage or had huge sights making aim difficult and am loving the V63 Carbine. People complained about the lack of sights making it hard to shoot but I have no issues and love the clear view down the gun
The aim assist on the carbine is ridiculous. I found that tapping the ADS button (I'm on controller) when switching targets immediately moves you to on target.
1.Gatling plasma overall best. 2. Gauss minigun Very good/too much explosions to see where you're aiming 3. Plasma Caster- My personal choice, hyper accurate, heavy sniper, infinite ammo 4. Holy fire- Generally the most op gun in the game. 5. Gatling gun/50cal/ ultracite laser gatling
The thing with this game, is that DPS numbers on paper, are completely different that real world DPS numbers. Been playing for a very long time, and I'm exactly on the same page you are, as to which are my favorites. The Gatling plasma is fun, because ammo is cheap to make, and it just works, LOL! I also love the Gauss minigun, because it's just cool, LOL! But, it really eats a lot of ammo, and the ammo isn't the cheapest to make. I too, have the resources to make a lot, but still... Bottom line, the Gatling plasma is overall the best, for DPS and ammo cost. I have an explosive troubleshooters, as well as Vampires with faster fire rate, for the raids. I guess we'll all see which will do best, LOL! Likewise, I do have to add in, the Plasma Caster, is a HUGE DPS weapon, and another of my favorites. I have a Bloodied vats enhanced, and can just kill in vats all day with it, LOL! I know that'll come in very handy, during the crystal section of the raid, where waiting for spin-up is just not going to be an option. It'll be awesome, to see how it all pans out, when the new update is released!
I run a caster and use it to farm ammo for my plasma pepper, the crippling on the pepper is great for keeping sbq, mire queen, or any other boss in one place for my gatling plasma or gauss mini or holy fire
I have a question. My go to EDC is a gatling plasma with a few mods ,but being new I don't get the damage rating. What does 2×41 mean? I have same type of rating on shotguns like Crowd Control. Huh? P.S. it also has the two shot effect with -100% hip fire,+100% recoil and the last shot double. When in full swing it shoots and has this sorta fog effect so bad I have to stop shooting just to see if the target is still there, usually it's dead and gone! Has killed everything ,every cryptic I've encountered.
I didn't like the gatling plasma til i tried an explosive version, now its in regular rotation for bigger events when i use my power armour, no bow = heavy gun time
Suppressors bashing minigun reducing damage by 52% (before ricochet damage réduction or armour) I don’t know how ricochet will interact with it but it’s pretty darn good and tick blood tequila will give you vampires too
The explosive effect does a lot of self damage, most of it gets soaked up by your armor but if you're using a receiver with fire damage than that'll go right through unless you're using the Sizzling Style and /or Fireproof perks. As for why it seems to do more to you than to enemies, that's probably because player stats don't increase past level 50 but enemy stats keep scaling.
You forgot to mention the cremator, which is a very different play style than those other guns, except the flamer, but is very powerful with a very great range and high ammo efficiency.
Congrat´s for the video, is nice to use a plasma g. I´am a plasma g user, my is a Aristocrat´s + explosive and the last is + durability because they are like glasses... easy to broke. 4 the Queem, dmg is 649-749 p/shoot in the head. And the ultracite nucle is cheaper to craft and has a lot of durability. --- Sorry for my englis, i´am Braziliam lol
Plasma Caster is still very unbeatable, Gatling plasma does more damage with vats/coffee spam...BUT....i'll typically kill it before you can spin up and start vats/gun fu.
Why aren’t you using an ultracite core on the Ultracite Gatling Laser? I’ve been a VATS heavy gun since day 1. Plasma Caster is my daily driver with ultracite calibrated receiver. Quad or AA, plus bonus crit and +15% crit. Easily 1,500 every crit. Extremely ammo efficient too. I get so much am,o back I pair it with an Enclave Flamer for CQC.
@@seccosecIt misses more often than I’d like but the crit damage is crazy and range is amazing. Sweet Water’s Tea with Herbivore add like 15 to Perception
I know this is off topic, but I am frustrated. And Bethesda has no answer. I keep going to player vendors and (only the serums it does this to) the serums show the vendor has plenty but when I go to buy it shows 0 and won't let me buy any. But I can buy everything else, I have logged out and back in, I have jumped servers, and it just keeps doing this, I am on PC. Is has anyone else ever experienced this?
I love the Final Word and its faster fire rate! It just feels right, love it so much I have two of them... But then I crafted AAE90, which became my go-to .50 Cal. ...Which also sits on a stand, due to lacking on the damage department compared to many others. I wish they'd buff it, I'd leave all the spinning junk back at camp.
I tried the typical heavy guns when I first started playing and never saw the appeal. I also clumsily attempted power armor and even melee for a bit before I realized neither were for me either. Then I stumbled upon a low health stealth VATS commando build from Angry Turtle, tried it, and fell in love. That's been my jam now for over four years, although I do switch it up to non-stealth commando (still low health) for public events and things like the Caravan.
Why choose 1 when you can use them all? Lol i do carry 1 (or more) of every heavy gun with me. Btw blue devil is based on deathclaw, so the weak point is its belly
Can't wait for this update. I just found a Q2525 Pepper Shaker in a vendor, seems like it'll be worth keeping now. Edit: they add mods for a gat plasma but none for the 10mm smg yet 😂. Go Bethesda haha
It has a much lower dps than the rest of other ones. And you need max dps against bosses in general and especially for the raids bosses. So plasma caster is not an option I'm afraid.
Gauss Minigun all the way!!! Even in basic form, it will get you out of trouble. Just be Ammo weary since it weights a lot and can run out fast. You wont even use VATS once you learn to be precise with your shots. (Also get a power pistol or shotgun to get off those pesky enemies who try to gang-bang during reload). Bye bye Scorch beast. 😂😊
The new mods will come from plans, not scrapping. They will be random drops. Small chance in US Government Supply Drops and Skyline Valley Mystery Crates from a new Milepost Zero vendor. There might be other sources as well but those are the ones I know of.
Range is how far the damage goes before starting to drop off, not how far the attack reaches. Flamers are a slight exception; their damage drop off goes straight to 0, so a higher range means the attack does reach further. Every gun other than flamers has a separate max range that does not change, so you will not be hitting your target from any further with 304 range than you could with 35, you'll just be dealing a larger portion of your damage in that gap. There doesn't seem to be any difference in VATS range either.
The Thirst Quencher perk gives extra AP based on Endurance. Pemmican boosts endurance. I also play as carnivore. Cooked softshell meat increases AP. The food vendor at Nuka World sell agility foods.
You don't have accuracy to hit weak spots and no luck to constantly crit , and the fusion core will burn eventually - you will be going back to commando in a few weeks ( or days )
I have both,, each one has it ideal use,, so plasma good for Queen and jolly green giants 🤣 guess min gun i use on William and the new 3 Robots ops for got the name😂, heavy laser don't us any more,, the .50 is always my main. I use my 308 exp faster reload, for qick kill On light enemy. Then i swap to .50, all my main heavy guns for boss fight..
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The Light Machine Gun no question about it is my favorite pick. It does decent amount of damage, fast fire rate and doesn't take half the screen. The downsides is eats ammo fast like in expeditions 1500 ammo gone and cannot be equipped with a reflex sight, through has decent iron sights. A close second is .50 cal Machine Gun followed by the combo made from Gatling Gun and Minigun.
I concur
The MG42 is my favorite weapon but i would not use it for bosses. Not enough ammo, or using quad, not enough damage. It's good against sub bosses like sheepsquatch, blue devil, etc. But not the best choice for bosses. It can work if you're bloodied, but then something like the gp or gauss mini will still be stronger
Prime it and you can farm more than enough ammo in daily opps.
@@Johnny-ww7ic Love the MG 42……just doesn’t hit hard enough for bosses or especially the Raid. Wish they would come out with a “Unique Legendary” that allows Modification….with say a Hidden Perk, with double Mag size like Red Terror…..then allows Bully’s or Pinpont to be added as 4th Star….that would be sweet!
@@johnrr6 I know. That's why for raids I got myself a gatling plasma. I still use the LMG during raids, but only in the drill room.
Gauss minigun for bosses and show how cool you are, the plasma minigun just for efficiency alone because its jack of all trades in the heavy weapon department, 50 cal deserves the same love too.
Personally, my go-to heavy guns atm would either be the Cremator or Tesla Cannon (currently I carry both with me, as well as a Fixer). I use the Cremator for stuff with huge swarms of enemies coming at you like Radiation Rumble, and then the Tesla Cannon for Robots, and the Fixer for anything else....usually depending on if I'm in a team or solo. If I'm solo, I usually go Fixer since I can just take my time and resort to stealth, but for teams I prefer my Two-Shot Alternating Current Tesla Cannon or Cremator for the AOE damage they provide.
I tried using the gatling plasma but the annoying issue I ran into was a bad habit of reloading whenever the action stopped. I’d end up with like 20 partially full cores sitting in my inventory. When the gatling plasma reloads it always uses the fullest core and works its way to the least full. So when I run out of full cores and try to use up the partials I end up firing one for 5 seconds, core runs out, fire the next one for 4, then 3.5, 3.1, 2 seconds, and then a bunch that only had a couple rounds left, reloading in between each.
I always just dump anything that's below 30% charge. Expeditions, Daily Ops and mobs drop more cores then I need anyway, no point in holding the almost depleted ones.
I kept running into the issue of trying to collect all from bodies and people blowing up the corpses and it changes the prompt and I end up reloading almost a full core 😂
@@harkon6569do enemies drop ultracite cores now? I had really bad rng with that outside of expos or daily ops
Then stop reloading until it’s empty
Also they just came out with the plasma core recharger. I can't get it yet, but I dump all my reloads. Easy and fairly cheap to make.
I just cannot get over spin-up time, it drives me wild; such a shame that so many heavy weapons have it.
I love heavy guns, I run a bloodied gauss mini(I have built a surplus of 600,900 2mm rounds) a quad gatling plasma, a bloodied plasma caster(crits for 2100) a holy fire and an ultracite LMG. I used to run an ultracite laser gatling but the ultracite fusion cores way a ton and are expensive to make and cut into my fusion cores for my power armor too much and I hate using 90% of my storage for cores or getting them off my mules. I used to run a bloodied .50 but I accidentally scrapped it before the legendary update and just never remade it. But yea I run lmg and .50 because of the spin up sometimes as well
The spin up time ruins everyone for me and I want to love them
Get a mod that removes spin-up
ther a mod for js so ther no spinup time but pc only
Gauss Minigun is my baby. Bloodied/Explosive/-25%AP
Just make sure you have the Legendary Perk Card Ammo Factory maxed out. Alongside ammo smith alongside superduper. You will never run out of ammo again!
I run the same Guass mini, it's my pride and joy along with my quad gatling plasma, I have built up a surplus of 680,900 2mm rounds
@ exactly! I stay hoarding my 2mm!
I like priming my weapons. Ammo for that gun just got way more expensive.
@marcschow I really like a gauss, and really want a gatling,explosive gauss!
I use an aristocrats, vital, -90% weight cremator with Heavy barrel and slow burn fuel. It hits like a train and I'm doing upwards of 900 on head shots and the 1800 fire damage finishes most things off that's not even counting vats crits and sneak attacks. It's great against scorched beast and since I run friendly fire I can heal my team mates/objective based allies.
I pondered running an aristocrat's but my only issue with it is I like ti buy things and I don't want it to effect my damage or have to buy things with mules..any advice on how to mitigate this or do u just have most things in the game and stay above the min cap requirements?
Good thing about the gatling plasma is when you Quad it, it makes thos cores last WAY longer. Like...quad x as long lol
Pepper shaker with the increased damage and the lower VATs cost is a real beast now. You should give it a try..
Love it too but it has a small clip size and quad would be nice but then you would have quite low damage
the Gauss Minigun is at the top right now. with a 1 star anti-armor and 2 star explosive
I know it has some flaws like range and heavy perk investment but the pepper shaker is a sleeper specially when it comes to cripple bosses
I've been running Primed Gat Plasma B/E/25 on live and loving it. Cant wait for this update. My biggest issue with the Guass is the ammo and the blinding explosions.
Yea they really need an option to turn off the effects
I also love both, but am leaning towards the gatling plasma because it's not nearly as ammo hungry as the gauss mini is. I LOVE the mini, but it is a HUNGRY beast! Plus, we are supposed to get a plasma core charger at some point in the future, which will be a boon.
I love heavy guns, I run a bloodied gauss mini(I have built a surplus of 600,900 2mm rounds) a quad gatling plasma, a bloodied plasma caster(crits for 2100) a holy fire and an ultracite LMG. I used to run an ultracite laser gatling but the ultracite fusion cores way a ton and are expensive to make and cut into my fusion cores for my power armor too much and I hate using 90% of my storage for cores or getting them off my mules. I used to run a bloodied .50 but I accidentally scrapped it before the legendary update and just never remade it.
@@abcdefgcdefg5178they have perk cards for that but definitely a waste of a perk card
@st1mul859 yea, if they made a perk card for stuff to weigh less in your stash box then we're in business
@@st1mul859 I was mostly referring to them weighing a lot in your stash
@mehtarelingolien supposed to be in the new season if I'm not mistaken(plasma core charger)
Personally I use gatling plasma with vampires and as long as your fiering it you'll never die its great
I love quad on gatlings that use cores, 2k shots per core is too good for my OCD to pass up
@@abcdefgcdefg5178 Or if you get the Plasma Core Recharger from the current Season rewards, that can let you just "recycle" partially-used cores and just recharge them so that you pretty much never have to craft/find new ones again.
I use the AA/E/AP Gatling Plasma right now but it does move around alot when free firing so you need to keep track of the targeting due to recoil. I also have an AA/E/AP Gauss Mini and the ammo consumption is real. I think the Gauss is better if you can keep the ammo needs met.
On my rotation(that I need to update)
1. Ultracite Gatling Laser with vampire, long range spray and pray for tracking flyers. Carry over 100 fusion cores so once it spins up a rarely stop until I need to reload or switch weapons.
2. Flaming vampire chainsaw, because chainsaw and fire. Might update with auto-axe once I unlock the modules to create a match the chainsaw.
3. Prime Plasma Caster with Vampire, per shot efficiency is insane as I never pull ammo from storage, just add. Over 130k in storage. VATS ap is decent and goopify is funny, until it glitches the corpse and I can't loot directly. Faster fire rate and reload. I love this for everything outside of boss/events.
4. Prime Aristocrat Plasma Caster
5. Aristocrat Cremator multi shot ploop ploop ploop ploop
6. Executioner Cremator multi shot ploop ploop ploop after it is hurt. Also apply new dot from a different weapon.
7. V63-Helga, might scrap it, basically a backup for the vampire ultracite gatling if I don't want to fiddle with a repair kit doing a boss fight.
8. Vampire gatling plasma, might drop it for a .50, I really dislike spinning weapons for non-boss/event fights. Have to see about the plasma core recharger coming.
9. Camera, sorry no baby oil.
I have a gattling plasma, quad explosive, can't remember the 3rd star and it's pretty good. Only issue is the damm thing breaks every 3000 rounds.
Get a weapon durability mod and on the intelligence section even more weapi durability.
Here you go over 100% more weapon durability
Also if you run civil engineer armor you get an extra set boost for weapon durability and most enemies aren't strong enough for the change from ss to matter, that with gunsmith and a durability mod you only have to repair maybe every 12k shots
They need to remove spin Up from the Heavy Guns. In Real Life miniguns dont have Spin Up.
I’m assuming it’s balancing, bc real Mingus normally shoot at around 3000+ rounds per minute.
@karldergrosse-333 wrong the Spin Up IS Not a Balance. Bethesda saw that in Movies and believes this bullshit. They dont know how Guns Work. If they remove the Spin Up the Miniguns would perform better. And ITS less annoying and IT doesnt Change the Damage or Firerate.
As a heavy gun main the spin up drives me insaaane
They should add an option to spin it without firing
Get a mod that removes spin up
If ammo isn't a problem for you I'd go for the gauss minigun, if it is then the gatling plasma
I choose my 2 explosive gatling plasmas, one vampire and one antiarmor. Already made, ammo is easy, it's reliable. Range is good and so and s forth. Perfect 👌
Gauss minis ammo economy needs adjusting. Gatling plasma does similar damage/dps, especially with the new mods it has coming, with a phenomenal return on ammo for what goes into crafting it.
You could say the same about the regular minigun, it absolutely demolishes your ammo to pull off a similar DPS. However, both of those miniguns actually drop a ton of ammo, it just often isn't as much as they consume. They both also have slower and more powerful weapons that use the same ammo and end up generating a massive surplus. For the regular minigun you can just pull out the gatling gun, and for the gauss minigun you can swap to the gauss shotgun and a shotgun build or the gauss rifle and a rifle build.
Quad on the gatling plasma is my go to, it's so efficient
@@abcdefgcdefg5178 I actually have a question regarding that, does that have the same problem as the quad laser gatling, where it actually uses a bunch of cores while acting like it only used 1? I picked up a quad laser gatling and while I'm using it I always end up with way more depleted cores in my inventory than I should have, every 4 reloads seems to leave me with around 20 cores at 0~5%.
I usually stay way from the plasma gat because it also leaves the dead cores in my inventory (they cant even be recharged, just delete them!), but if it can actually get 4x the shots without using the additional cores then that's a game changer.
Gat plasma is my pick. Mine is bloodied, explosive, breaks slower. It’s a beast! My gauss mini has the same rolls, but I only use it for bosses because of the ammo consumption and I don’t like how it looks as much as the plasma.
Using an quad explosive gatling plasma mainly to help fight smaller weaker mobs or weak bosses and save my big boy gauss for the harder bosses just seems to hit harder for me
the gatling plasma is my all around go to for heavy weapons, easy to get ammo, consistently good, and all around just feels good to use, i love it, only thing that may come close is the 50 cal
i hate the aim spread of it i hope they fix it with a mod or something
So nothing about the cremator, nothing about the Tesla canon, nothin bout the nuka launcher, or even the pepper shaker…….why?
I chose a Light Machine Gun, Plasma Caster, and Gatling Plasma.
The light machine gun has no spin up time and ammo is plentiful.
The Plasma Caster is a very reliable single-shot damage dealer.
The Gatling Plasma while fragile is great for consistent damage on bosses.
I use an AA Ex Gauss Minigun paired with a gauss pistol. With the pistol I run expeditions for lots of free 2mm EC ammo,
bloodied explosive gauss mini is the best rn
my problem with the gauss minigun is that i can't keep enough ammo for it. whenever i run heavy weapons i do something different: i run a prime vampire's explosive 5mm gatling gun and holy fire for cqc. the gatling is very ammo efficient and i always end up with more ammo than i started with after looting. i don't use vats with either as i use heavy weapons in PA and tbh it really isn't even needed.
I agree with everything here, 50 cal needs a damage boost, lmg needs mods and a 150 mag mod like its special varient, and both the lmg and gauss minigun need their ammo economies looked at.
I prepared a B5025 Gat Plas for the boss fight and a 33 luck PA Perk Loadout. For the other parts of the raid I will use a B E END Gauss Mini mainly without vats. I prefer the Gat Plas for Vats but I think the Gauss Mini is way easier to control while aiming.
Yeah I have a heavy gun build but the spin up guns just ain’t for me. I will try it on the raids though.
Just made myself a Vampire Gauss Minigun yesterday. Now i will use your perk card build to get it set up. Doing this for when i have the Balls to go to the Gleaming Depth's. It will be a while!!!
Yea the major downside for the Gatling Plasma is reloading leaves you with a bunch of half empty cores. For that reason alone I'll use the Gauss Minigun.
I'm in the same situation - I have almost no experience with heavy guns and plan to switch from VATS Commando to VATS Heavy Gunner (in PA) ... although I plan to stay a Bloodied build. The Gatling Plasma looks like the best option for me as it has light ammo and good damage per shot/AP. I also plan to keep a good Holy Fire, especially if the 4 star effect "Pyromaniacs" keeps to be a multiplicative damage bonus. For daily use where I want to avoid spin-up weapons, I might go with the .50 Cal as the LMG eats too much AP and ammo to compete for daily use - especially as .308 ammo has one of the worst crafting costs ratios. Another alternative I want to test for daily use is the Plasma caster, which I heard is quite ammo efficient and also has no spin-up ... although this probably feels more like a Rifleman weapon. As the Auto-axe is getting nerfed, I already have the Stabilized perk and don't use melee food buffs anyway, I will switch to the Shredder Minigun as my melee option.
If you are switching to heavies, I suggest a quad gatling plasma(2k shots per core) a bloodied caster(I crit for 2100 with it) ultracite LMG for sbq and titan, a holy fire, and a plasma pepper shaker with crippling mod and enforcer in perks(plasma caster is super ammo efficient and farms ammo for the pepper easily)
i've been daily driving a plasma caster and i can say without a shadow of a doubt, it's one of the most ammo efficient weapons i've ever used. i have no ammo spawning perks and everything i kill with it only takes 1-5 plasma cartridges, but enemies drop 9-20 pretty reliably. never once did i ever feel like i was ever gonna run out, even when upgrading to ultracite plasma cartridges. it's absolutely an iffy weapon though as it's not the best FEELING due to it's slow fire rate making it a bit clunky to use, but i've been enjoying the damage output of it and it's helped me solo several events. lackluster for most bosses unfortunately BECAUSE of the slow fire rate
I really enjoy the gauss minigun but the ammo management for it is kind of a nightmare. I’d love to use it full time but it’s pretty unreasonable to do so given that you could *easily* burn through 10k rounds in one long play session.
Or 17K
damhikt
If you use gaus Mini enifficient then you will have problems obv!
Ammo points converter helps alot, I set my armco for ammo with highest points return, take all the 5mm, ammo I get from expos, evetns(especially eviction notice) and turn it all in for points and get 2mm, I currently have over 600k rounds for the gauss mini
That being said, no it shouldn't be ur every day driver 😂😂
@ I use Ultracite unfortunately but I suppose I could switch
I can and have solo'd SBQ with a V.Ex.50 gauss mini. Hungry but effective.
Really like your build. I have up on which is best. I got my carry weight so heavy guns weigh maybe 2lbs at most and the ammo weight low, so I now carry three. I have a 50cal Vanpire, an awesome gauss mini with ☆☆☆ anti mutant and some other mods I forget, and I carry Foundation's Vengeance. It's mods are better than the mods I saw when I looked it up. The 500 round capability is great also. My cat just brought me a quad gatling plasma I haven't checked out! This cat has been fantastic. It gave me a bloodied gatling laser and a assasins 44cal along with the formentioned. Great video.😂😂
Auto-AXE has this issue as well in third person.
For the raids I wouldn't sleep on taking one for the team legendary perks. It gives a really powerful boost
I've had the same thought.
I'm a fairly newbie to 76, but I've played every FO game since 1 came out. Early in game I got a gatling plasma with a lot of effects. It's by giant killer. So far I've found nothing it won't reduce to puddles. It along with maxed out bullet shield perk makes it great on scorch beast or Flatwoods monster. Not great for all beast, but I've killed just about every critter including the sheepsquatch! Just big game.
Sticking with the 50 cal. It was my first heavy gun at lv 25 when i got the excavator, and it's been reliable ever since.
I do have a plasma gatling, but my adhd will not let me enjoy having depleted cores in my inventory, so gatling plasma and laser are a no-go for me lol. ( i also dont have the patience to get mods for it, lol)
Finally got my hands on an explosive LMG. slapped bloodied and -25ap on it and I cannot wait to see how it will do in december. it already does very well with burst fire in vats, even with 42 ap per shot, and isn't pathetic like the fixer outside of vats. Praying i can unlock explosive mods or find a gauss mini with it before the update.
I suggest the gauss mini gun because it has the current highest damage for a heavy automatic gun, you can just fire a little bit and usually 5-6 bullets kills most common enemies so you can get easy ammo from that, also it goes charge and brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr, funny sound
The sound is really satisfying
I enjoyed both of those guns except for the idea that I enjoy first person view and frequently aim down the sights and the sights on both of those guns are just so intrusive and know at least one of the guns it can't be removed at all. I recently switched to commando build because my heavy guns either couldn't keep up with damage or had huge sights making aim difficult and am loving the V63 Carbine. People complained about the lack of sights making it hard to shoot but I have no issues and love the clear view down the gun
v63 doesnt work in vats
@@gregorym3167At the moment that's not really an issue because VATS cost on the carbine is so high.
The aim assist on the carbine is ridiculous. I found that tapping the ADS button (I'm on controller) when switching targets immediately moves you to on target.
@@gregorym3167 yeah I'm hoping it gets fixed soon but for now I just aim down the barrel. If I need vats I have some backup rifles
I wish the ammo economy on the gauss minigun was good enough to make it viable
No gatling gun or plasma caster?
The gatling is solid
1.Gatling plasma overall best.
2. Gauss minigun Very good/too much explosions to see where you're aiming
3. Plasma Caster- My personal choice, hyper accurate, heavy sniper, infinite ammo
4. Holy fire- Generally the most op gun in the game.
5. Gatling gun/50cal/ ultracite laser gatling
The thing with this game, is that DPS numbers on paper, are completely different that real world DPS numbers.
Been playing for a very long time, and I'm exactly on the same page you are, as to which are my favorites.
The Gatling plasma is fun, because ammo is cheap to make, and it just works, LOL!
I also love the Gauss minigun, because it's just cool, LOL!
But, it really eats a lot of ammo, and the ammo isn't the cheapest to make.
I too, have the resources to make a lot, but still...
Bottom line, the Gatling plasma is overall the best, for DPS and ammo cost.
I have an explosive troubleshooters, as well as Vampires with faster fire rate, for the raids.
I guess we'll all see which will do best, LOL!
Likewise, I do have to add in, the Plasma Caster, is a HUGE DPS weapon, and another of my favorites. I have a Bloodied vats enhanced, and can just kill in vats all day with it, LOL!
I know that'll come in very handy, during the crystal section of the raid, where waiting for spin-up is just not going to be an option.
It'll be awesome, to see how it all pans out, when the new update is released!
I love my plasma caste’s I’ve been it them for years in vats and I believe they will also benefit for an AP reduction in December
I run a caster and use it to farm ammo for my plasma pepper, the crippling on the pepper is great for keeping sbq, mire queen, or any other boss in one place for my gatling plasma or gauss mini or holy fire
@@abcdefgcdefg5178 I think I'll have to fire up the game, give my plasma caster some love, and craft a pepper shaker...
@@MKylander adding 1 shotgun perk and enforcer in ur perks and a crippling mod on the pepper shaker makes it more than proficient as a crippler
I have a question. My go to EDC is a gatling plasma with a few mods ,but being new I don't get the damage rating. What does 2×41 mean? I have same type of rating on shotguns like Crowd Control. Huh?
P.S. it also has the two shot effect with -100% hip fire,+100% recoil and the last shot double. When in full swing it shoots and has this sorta fog effect so bad I have to stop shooting just to see if the target is still there, usually it's dead and gone! Has killed everything ,every cryptic I've encountered.
It means the damage is being divided into multiple projectiles. 2x41 means 2 projectiles each doing 41 damage.
I’d use a plasma caster with ultracite bloodied vital and vats optimized
I didn't like the gatling plasma til i tried an explosive version, now its in regular rotation for bigger events when i use my power armour, no bow = heavy gun time
Quad is amazing on it
Suppressors bashing minigun reducing damage by 52% (before ricochet damage réduction or armour) I don’t know how ricochet will interact with it but it’s pretty darn good and tick blood tequila will give you vampires too
Pvp players love AA,bashing,strength shredder minis
Each weapon is best for different enemies. LMG for scorched beasts, Holy Fire for robots, Cremator or Nuka Launcher for VATS ranged attack, etc.
This, different guns for different scenario's.
I’d honestly just have both lol. (Although I don’t love spin ups)
Why does the explosive legendary effect hurt so much with the Gatling laser it does more damage to me then the enemies
Do you have one of the receivers that adds fire damage ? I was having the same issue until I changed it out
The explosive effect does a lot of self damage, most of it gets soaked up by your armor but if you're using a receiver with fire damage than that'll go right through unless you're using the Sizzling Style and /or Fireproof perks. As for why it seems to do more to you than to enemies, that's probably because player stats don't increase past level 50 but enemy stats keep scaling.
Im having the same issue now. May try the gauss
@@pecromer5359 Let me know how that turns out, increasing the explosive damage when you're already having problems with explosive self-damage.
You forgot to mention the cremator, which is a very different play style than those other guns, except the flamer, but is very powerful with a very great range and high ammo efficiency.
if you do lmg go quad explosive it is well worth it
I dont recall seeing the pepper shaker in here
not at the house to check but , will battery included perk work with the gauss ammo??
Yes.
I have one that fires ultracite 5mm and another that does normal but usevit with shredder attachment
I usually run a flamer and my primary and a gat plas as my main damage dealer
I’m a 50 cal guy I use bloody AA and vampire with fire rate and reduced weight
Congrat´s for the video, is nice to use a plasma g.
I´am a plasma g user, my is a Aristocrat´s + explosive and the last is + durability because they are like glasses... easy to broke.
4 the Queem, dmg is 649-749 p/shoot in the head. And the ultracite nucle is cheaper to craft and has a lot of durability.
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I have a lot of very good heavies, with excelent legendaries, but always come back to the .50 cal, is the Best
i think hw for non vats user need some love
Plasma Caster is still very unbeatable, Gatling plasma does more damage with vats/coffee spam...BUT....i'll typically kill it before you can spin up and start vats/gun fu.
When it comes to bosses, Gause, mini gun, everything else Gatling plasma
Q/E/50durability Primed Gat Plasma is my choice for bosses. Best damage/ammo generation combo.
Yes! One of my fav heavies
Why aren’t you using an ultracite core on the Ultracite Gatling Laser? I’ve been a VATS heavy gun since day 1. Plasma Caster is my daily driver with ultracite calibrated receiver. Quad or AA, plus bonus crit and +15% crit. Easily 1,500 every crit. Extremely ammo efficient too. I get so much am,o back I pair it with an Enclave Flamer for CQC.
200k ultracite plamsa rounds in my ammo box just from loot everything after EN. I also pair with flamer, even un- specc'd it is still a bear.
You must miss so much… always 50% hit chances om 2nd star 😅
Because I'm using the calibrated receiver for extra critical damage.
@@seccosecIt misses more often than I’d like but the crit damage is crazy and range is amazing. Sweet Water’s Tea with Herbivore add like 15 to Perception
I know this is off topic, but I am frustrated. And Bethesda has no answer. I keep going to player vendors and (only the serums it does this to) the serums show the vendor has plenty but when I go to buy it shows 0 and won't let me buy any. But I can buy everything else, I have logged out and back in, I have jumped servers, and it just keeps doing this, I am on PC. Is has anyone else ever experienced this?
How odd. I've never heard of such a thing.
LMG with lv3 Lock and load, reload speed legendary and speed demon reloads ridiculously quick negating the need to make it quad
The Gatling Plasma is the only right answer.
Final Word is the best .50cal
try BE 50 cal.
I love the Final Word and its faster fire rate! It just feels right, love it so much I have two of them... But then I crafted AAE90, which became my go-to .50 Cal. ...Which also sits on a stand, due to lacking on the damage department compared to many others. I wish they'd buff it, I'd leave all the spinning junk back at camp.
I tried the typical heavy guns when I first started playing and never saw the appeal. I also clumsily attempted power armor and even melee for a bit before I realized neither were for me either. Then I stumbled upon a low health stealth VATS commando build from Angry Turtle, tried it, and fell in love. That's been my jam now for over four years, although I do switch it up to non-stealth commando (still low health) for public events and things like the Caravan.
Watching this: man, heavy guns are so noisy. Hard pass for me.
Why choose 1 when you can use them all? Lol i do carry 1 (or more) of every heavy gun with me.
Btw blue devil is based on deathclaw, so the weak point is its belly
It looks like the gauss minigun is shaking in fear 😂
Can't wait for this update. I just found a Q2525 Pepper Shaker in a vendor, seems like it'll be worth keeping now.
Edit: they add mods for a gat plasma but none for the 10mm smg yet 😂. Go Bethesda haha
I made crippling pepper a plasma, I use my caster to farm rounds for it and it's great for keeping the sbq grounded or the mire queen from moving ect
How many caps do you need to have to get the +50% damage bonus from Aristocrats?
29000
what happened to the plasma caster?
What I was thinking to!
My daily driver, but ttk on bosses isn't competitive. If there are tons of other players I just stick to my caster
It has a much lower dps than the rest of other ones. And you need max dps against bosses in general and especially for the raids bosses. So plasma caster is not an option I'm afraid.
@@stevemartin7362 you can't be serious a bloodied explosive or 50% more crit damage will destroy any boss and super mutes are 1 shots
I'm looking for high fire rate, high ammo capacity. Plasma Caster has neither.
Gat Plas aa50c25 is Amazing but bloody is even better dps with bloody PA build
Why is your Starched Genes Perk card in the Endurence catagory? Is it getting changed?
In the PTS yes, along with some other cards. Location and perk points costs.
Cause to many of the best perks are in one category
Gauss Minigun all the way!!! Even in basic form, it will get you out of trouble. Just be Ammo weary since it weights a lot and can run out fast. You wont even use VATS once you learn to be precise with your shots. (Also get a power pistol or shotgun to get off those pesky enemies who try to gang-bang during reload).
Bye bye Scorch beast. 😂😊
How did you get 999 carry weight?
How do we get the new mods for the gat plaz? Scrapping gat plaz?
The new mods will come from plans, not scrapping. They will be random drops. Small chance in US Government Supply Drops and Skyline Valley Mystery Crates from a new Milepost Zero vendor. There might be other sources as well but those are the ones I know of.
Can you get effects from mutfruit tea while carnivore?
You get 50% bonus crit damage.
I just built both 👍
Gauss Minigun FTW!
Gauss Gatling all day. I run it with a Vampires, effective and safe for all builds 👏👍❤️ trust me 😁
Range is how far the damage goes before starting to drop off, not how far the attack reaches. Flamers are a slight exception; their damage drop off goes straight to 0, so a higher range means the attack does reach further. Every gun other than flamers has a separate max range that does not change, so you will not be hitting your target from any further with 304 range than you could with 35, you'll just be dealing a larger portion of your damage in that gap. There doesn't seem to be any difference in VATS range either.
Just carry them all with bear arms
As a full health build how do you have 400+ ap?
Food buffs, Thirst Quencher, +2 End on 3 pieces of armor.
@wiggle_plays don't mean to bother but what foods (veggies) give max ap increases? And I thought end was only hp
The Thirst Quencher perk gives extra AP based on Endurance. Pemmican boosts endurance. I also play as carnivore. Cooked softshell meat increases AP. The food vendor at Nuka World sell agility foods.
@wiggle_plays thank you!
Rawket Lawncher (in thick German accent)
Raketenwerfer
Yeah ultracite 2mm weight makes no sense... They're only 2 mm
You don't have accuracy to hit weak spots and no luck to constantly crit , and the fusion core will burn eventually
- you will be going back to commando in a few weeks ( or days )
I have all of them with most in multiple versions, I play this game too much
Can someone explain to me why every gun he has is aristocrats
With rw, you don't need to choose just one 😂
I have both,, each one has it ideal use,, so plasma good for Queen and jolly green giants 🤣 guess min gun i use on William and the new 3 Robots ops for got the name😂, heavy laser don't us any more,, the .50 is always my main. I use my 308 exp faster reload, for qick kill On light enemy. Then i swap to .50, all my main heavy guns for boss fight..
Good video 📹, Have great day
Thanks!