Tumbler wrote on Oct 25, 2010, 14:03:
I'm still very early in the game on NV but one thing I'm annoyed about is energy weapons. You start with a laser pistol and 17 shots (prob because I chose energy weapons) but there is no where to reload/refill. You can buy that recharger rifle but all the loot that drops is standard guns so you can't repair it and it breaks rather quickly. I heard on a review that there is a much better assortment of weapons from the beginning and was hoping there would be more use of energy weapons early so that if one wanted they could use those from start to finish. (they could balance them and make them weaker if necessary) Instead I keep going back to the Varmint rifle because I'm either out of ammo or the gun needs repairs so I can't use it.
And where is a work bench where you can use parts to repair instead of just using another gun? (repair is possible if you have 2 of the same weapons, you press repair and you get a boost on condition on one and the other goes away)
Starting with Energy Weapons means you're kinda screwed at the start, because they really don't start dropping in the loot tables until around level 8 or so. There are a few placed ones that you can find, but yeah, in the start, using energy weapons just sucks.
Also, Energy Weapons have been BRUTALLY nerfed in NV anyways, so there's really no point in using them. A 9mm pistol is better than a laser pistol. There's a mod out on vegasnexus to fix the nerf.
A better way to go about it is to take guns as your weapon skill, then start taking energy weapons once you're seeing them drop more often. (though, again, in vanilla vegas, energy weapons are the suck.)
Repair can only be done in three ways :
1) Repair yourself by using another weapon of the same type.
2) Pay a merchant to repair stuff for you.
3) Use a repair kit.
There is no "repair work bench."
Creston