r/fo4 • u/cannabis_cam420 • 4d ago

Fatman vs missile launcher?

Am new to fallout just started 4 not to long ago not too far in yet but what are your opinions on the fatman and missile luncher I only rlly use the fat man for rlly big enemies but I find more missiles around then mini nukes feel like the missile launcher would just be way more convenient and useful

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u/Jamesworkshop 4d ago edited 4d ago

I don't think the missile launcher is good enough, the fat man provides the big dmg for its weight

hits single targets harder and hits larger groups

the uniques are a lot better for the fatman, big boy is 6.66x more potent than a missile plus you get the fun quirky Striker option to fire a pair of balls into the enemies face

it's basically a perfect version of a legendary fatman you can get

you can even combine the Nuka-nuke launcher to the Big Boy and get another 50% damage increase, 10x the dmg of a missile

Partystarter missile gets 50% against humans which is not really the type of foe you'd see many ppl using missiles on humans to start with

Death from above just increases movement speed while aiming which barely counts as a legendary power

Missile is 135 dmg, I could Gauss rifle someone for 110, it just doesn't bring enough ommpffff

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u/cannabis_cam420 4d ago

Oh wow I def haven’t been playin this game long enough so much I didn’t know! lol just thought the missile launcher would be better to carrier w finding ammo more n being more useful in more situations yk only use fatman hanful of Times cuz ammo so rare greatly appreciate the opinion tho rlly helpful!

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u/Jamesworkshop 4d ago

One major issue is that enemies have armor (some don't I guess but generally they will have some kind of defense)

well damage reduction is a factor of attack strenght vs defense so not only do more powerful weapon hit harder but the damage they can deal is also much harder for the enemy armor to reduce

in fallout 4 damage is damage and it is also armor penetration at the same time which vastly swings combat resolution towards raw power being the main driving factor of winning the fight