The Fixer can be fixed with a suppressor and a Recon Scope to create a formidable infiltration weapon. While equipped your sneaking speed is much faster, widening your window of opportunity to weave in and out of the action or around enemies without being noticed. The bonus to sneak is a boon to stealth-based players, allowing them to duck in and out of enemy sight to land that sweet sneak attack damage. However, plans can be obtained elsewhere to allow players to craft the higher-level variants. While obtained as a quest reward easily enough, as a quest reward it will always show up as a level 30 weapon. Legendary variants can naturally be acquired by chance from the Purveyor.įallout 76: Weapon Spotlights: The Fixer (Unique)Ī customizable Combat Rifle with bonuses tied to the more stealth-based players out there, creating the appearance of a modified Combat Shotgun with the functionality of a Combat Rifle. Plans can be acquired as a reward for completing the quest “Project: Motherlode”.Ĭan be dropped by enemies like Scorched and also appear in loot off legendary monsters for the Legendary variants One found in the world can be obtained from the Brig in the Enclave bunker across from a bloody shower stall.
It’s nice not having too much of the screen you use to perceive your surroundings and detect danger blocked by a large chunk of metal (One reason I never use Energy Weapons myself…)Ī lightweight weapon coming in just shy of 10 carry weight before customization (yes adding mods to your weapon can affect its weight) A military weapon utilized by US forces prior to the Dreaded Day.Ĭomes in the usual flavors of Legendary from loot and legendary enemies found in the world to make the players playstyle (Furious players, this one's for you)Īs stated above, compared to the Assault Rifle, it takes up far less screen real estate. An automatic rifle on the same footing as an Assault Rifle, the difference here being is that the Combat Rifle takes up a bit less real estate on your screen. What a weapon may lack in uniqueness it can make up for in reliability.
Player perk and stat loadouts can greatly alter a weapons performance.įallout 76: Weapon Spotlights: Furious Explosive Combat Rifle Weapon Statistics will be shown as accurate as they can be without the addition of player stats and perks taken into effect. In our quest to make sure you’re not walking into a deathtrap with just any old weapon you found out in the wastes, we are taking a look at three contenders for the slot of best automatic rifle in Fallout 76. However, once you are inside, it’s my humble opinion that this is when you want to break out an Automatic weapon for close-quarters action. Non-Automatics like Sniper Rifles are good on the approach to a hostile location. Automatic weapons have low damage statistics wise, however, you need to take into account that this is per burst of fire. Non-Automatic firearms are about precision and a strong initial hit, whereas Automatic weapons are DPS (Damage Per Second) weapons where they benefit from continuous fire. their payload, often doing area damage.Ĭhoosing whichever fits your playstyle is a matter of personal choice. Non-Automatic weapons fire a single shot when the trigger is pulled, whereas an Automatic will continuously fire until you empty the clip or run out of ammo. You have Automatic, Non-Automatic, and Launcher weapons. In Fallout 76, firearms come in three distinctive flavors of destruction.