Why the Combat Rifle is the Most Versatile Weapon in Fallout 4 Early Game Location PumaThoughts

[@ethancummings9845]

Sniper Rifle = Rifle for sniping enemies. Shotgun = gun for shooting many small-ish projectiles at enemies. Combat Rifle = Rifle for combating enemies, even the same sounds versatile.

[@ethancummings9845]

*name

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

While a fully upgraded hunting rifle offers slightly more dmg per shot, it is slower with a fire rate of 7 while the combat rifle offers a fire rate of 33 with only slightly less dmg.

[@WinstonJackson-vn8ec]

You ain’t lying

[@whitewolf3051]

What I don’t get is why some he, along with some game developers, expect sniper rifles to function like combat/assault rifles. Isn’t the point of a sniper is to, most often, take out a target from a range with one shot at best? Isn’t the point of assault/combat rifles to spray bullets at your targets? So why are snipers in some games expected to be like assault/combat rifles, and designed that way? I don’t know which game series to blame for this, but as much as I enjoy the series, I think Borderlands is to blame.

[@FPChris]

Sniper rifle 95% of all my kills.

[@MrPapageorgio]

5:12 "The combat rifle is fully semiautomatic." Lol I hope he means *and* semiautomatic.

[@bruhalert7359]

Mr. Papageorgio he said "the combat rifle is also fully semiautomatic" if he said and it would make sense (the combat rifle is also and semiautomatic)

[@MrPapageorgio]

Jewish Worm Fully semiautomatic if you know anything about guns DOESN'T make sense. Semiautomatic is 1 bullet per trigger pull. Fully automatic shoots as long as you hold the trigger. Fully semiautomatic doesn't mean anything.

[@anneyoder1157]

Mr. Papageorgio ikr

[@wizzlewazzle2412]

I think he meant completely* semi automatic

[@tokahontas9990]

Jewish Worm uhh no

[@CallMeElwis94]

New drinking game. Take a shot, everytime you hear Puma say "rifle".

[@kingweeb3365]

Are you trying to kill people you fucking nutcase !?

[@CallMeElwis94]

@@kingweeb3365 Made that comment 2 years ago, so fair to say since then I might be responsible for some fatal cases of overdrinking.

[@МаркТамазин]

@@CallMeElwis94 if its beer you only get into a coma

[@Dan__W]

☠☠☠

[@SuperDriver379]

You had me at “Fully-Semi automatic” because It’s the most evil of operating systems.

[@nucleus691]

Can use suppresors. Good accuracy and recoil. High mag capacity. Best weapon for all ammo types it can use (except Far Harbors Radium Rifle). And of course very good damage!

[@ESPorygon]

It's also extremely common from mid-game onwards, and still deals respectable damage even without the applicable perks or high-end receivers, making it a very solid choice for equipping to your settlers. I always try to carry home as many combat rifles as I can so I always have a decent stock to equip my settlers with, giving them a significant upgrade over their usual assortment of pipe weapons.

[@mrhunthunt7315]

Combat rifle + combat shotgun is a great combination

[@gabrielaranguiz1258]

Especially if you have the justice shotgun or the le fusil terribles shotgun

[@Nick-nf1kd]

Faty fireball i just bought the Justice before the whole covenant attacked me after the quest...

[@Nick-nf1kd]

Faty fireball And i noticed that the SAFE test is the same as GOAT test in Fallout 3 :O

[@ronny_1990]

depends a lot to the play style i leke to use it for a run and gun charakter or a shotgun power amor build

[@noxy4966]

I have an explosive combat shotgun. Its so fun.

[@jking7991]

Gotta have love for the Handmade Rifle, because you know... AK-47

[@stefanstoyanov7460]

Feels great in your hands, not like the combat rifle or the assault rifle.

[@xtoast4140]

Yeah I agree there's like no recoil so u miss less but the damage is low

[@deanjameson5916]

@@xtoast4140 yeah unless you get the splatter cannon

[@MyH3ntaiGirl]

You commie loving son of a

[@engineerxero7767]

@@xtoast4140 I mean with the right mods the assault rifle also has effectively no recoil

[@nickm9123]

Fully semi automatic is NOT a thing. Its either FULL AUTO or SEMI AUTO.

[@bosknight7837]

nick m he meant that it’s semi automatic,as opposed to being bolt-action

[@bosknight7837]

nick m or...he’s simply not a gun nut/lives in a country with next to no guns? It’s not like it didn’t bring his point across or anything

[@nickm9123]

BoS Knight no,i know, it doesn't make it any less cringy though.

[@newdefsys]

Actually its semi-automatic or automatic and/or burst.

[@survivalhax6594]

CNN would beg to differ

[@dread7582]

There is a combat rifle a 100% of the time in the remains of the dead caravan near Covenant even at level 1. + If you "magically" have the caps at level 1, you can buy the Combat shotgun in covenant store to have the rookie couple from the start ;].

[@Lord_Phoenix95]

Friendly Hoofed Ball of Gore Or you could buy the Overseer's Guardian in Vault 81.

[@dread7582]

So very true, if you get that gun at level 1 you can kill or at least have a good chance to kill pretty much anything from the very start. After all "If you're not cheating, you're not trying" :]

[@leonaldobrum]

Thanks, Friendly Hoofed Ball of Gore! I'll certainly use that information on my next playthrough!

[@Kos4Evr]

Friendly Hoofed Ball of Gore to be fair the combat rifle is terrible that early in the game because you can't change the ammo to .38 til much later and .45 is not common that early. Get the combat shotgun instead. Good from start to finish.

[@dread7582]

Kos4Evr Ammo is never really an issue, you can cheat, get the Scrounger perk from the very start... AND especially don't expect to be buried with all your caps ones you die and actually use them to buy bullets/stuff. My favorite way when I was not cheating, was to drop a gun and a single bullet next to it and let an enemy pick it up. As long is a better gun than what they are using they will pick it up and refill a full clip from that bullet. For a minigun this was amazing creating 500 bullets from a single one, practically without cheating. Because it is a high risk high reward thingy, if you don't kill them fast they will waste ammo and they will kill you with a better gun in they're hands :]

[@Sleepy.Time.]

If anyone is wondering how to get a combat rifle early on you can get one from the lost caravan off a guards corpse at lvl 1

[@willrose5930]

Where is that though

[@Sleepy.Time.]

@@willrose5930 Head like you are going to Covenant then keep going past it along the road to its north towards Malden Center and you will find the dead caravan right between them on the road. Dead guard always spawns with a combat rifle.

[@eden20111]

@@willrose5930 but what about the explosive combat rifle? There are no attachments in the crafting station to make it explosive.

[@Da_maul]

I ended up having 3 combat rifles in my inventory when I finished the game. One firing .38 (because I hate pipe guns) one firing .308 (for that sweet damage boost) and december's child firing 5.56 for the most ammo coverage.

[@povotaknight2063]

I agree with the ideal of pipe guns do about as much dmg as a wet sponge

[@gabrielaranguiz1258]

The overseer's guardian is my favourite gun in the whole game. My character has 9 charisma, and it cost me less than 3000 bottle caps. Time to murder some raiders!

[@jackfrost8636]

3000 BC??? damn that's expensive as hell... With charisma gear (I usually play with natural 3-4 charisma + bobblehead) and a Grape Mentat and 5 wasteland trader magazines + the trader bobblehead (all easily obtained before level 15-20) the price goes down to 1350 BC (and that is without using the perks to lower vendor prices, I usually only use points on that past level 40s). If its your first run, then I understand you don't know how to lower the prices, but after the first run, you should know some tricks to lower buying prices by A LOT.

[@barateza16]

Faty fireball word. The best one against robots and shit

[@DJLuckeyLu]

Jack Frost 3000 caps is not even that much. You'll be drowning in caps if you get any level of the first perk under Luck.

[@SvenTviking]

An “Instigating” legendary is a better sniper than a two shot rifle because it’s a double damage on an unwounded enemy, which is then multiplied by perks, where the 2nd bullet in a two shot is straight damage without perks such as rifleman, bloody mess, lone wanderer etc which only multiply the first bullet.

[@gabrielaranguiz1258]

This is my first run of fallout 4, so I do have much to learn. Thanks for the advice!

[@davyrando1203]

Overseer's Guardian + Kellog's Pistol is my go-to combo, with some perks invested into Critical Banker and the 4-Leaf Clover perk. Shoot 7 shots from the Overseer's Guardian into a target. You will have a crit or two saved up after the 8 shots. Then switch to Kellog's pistol, and use the critical to regain your AP. Then start the process all over again. its crazy!

[@elvispresley2284]

Do this but with the Rigtheous Authority. I legit cleared Survival by having infinite Vats and a hard hitting combo

[@biostemm]

The combat rifle would be great with one of the portable weapon station mods - carry around the different receivers with you, and change it up as you go...

[@christopherconard2831]

Weapons benches are common enough. I often carry an upgraded receiver for my preferred gun in case I find a legendary while exploring.

[@zombiehunter5923]

Or you you could carry two combat riffles With different modifications Like an automatic combat rifle And a sniper combat rifle

[@carloscolon606]

O no the Oversee's Guardian is way better than the December child.

[@Kos4Evr]

Carlos colon because doing an extra 38 damage is so huge. 2 shot is the most misunderstood and over rated legendary effect in the game. It's only good on guns that have low damage or no damage modifiers. On a gun that has such a drastic difference between base damage and max damage you are better off with another legendary effect.

[@boblarson7694]

Modding weapons must be something you don't know how to do. Since a fully modded out overseer's guardian does 200 plus damage times 2 . Dumbass.

[@carloscolon606]

Boblarson does it matter

[@Kos4Evr]

Boblarson no it is not times 2. It has been tested and proven that 2 shot does not fire 2 shots of same damage. The 2nd bullet will always be the damage of the default receiver +1. Always. Your mods and perks have no effect on the second bullet of a 2 shot gun. Do some research.

[@oaksparoakspar3144]

Ah, but that is why it is so good on weapons with higher base damage and in full auto where the difference between base and fully modded is smaller. Instigating is better for a sniper, sure, and a junkie build is superior to anything, but other than that it is great. Not explosive great, but great.

[@dillonc7955]

I personally think the pipe rifle is the most versatile. It's ammo is easy to salvage and it can be transformed from a sniper rifle to a fully automatic assault rifle with just a few upgrades.

[@sp3v0nhotrocks93]

Dillon C but it’s damage is just so bad even with perks

[@TillTheLightTakesUs]

It's good if u got explosive with commando/demo exp

[@addisonvigil163]

@@sp3v0nhotrocks93 I use normally till after Automatron. Rarely have any problems, and by the time the vanilla gun is being hard, i got enough legendary ones to make it ok.

[@christopherconard2831]

And you only need Gun Nut II for almost all of the upgrades. Even without investing in Gun Nut, raiders and supermutants drop them by the dozen. So it's fairly easy to find the mod you want.

[@andrewolson5471]

The combat rifle is my favorite Fallout 4 gun. I got a VATS Enhanced version from a legendary drop, and I use it to wreck everyone's day.

[@jabezhane]

Overseers rifle was handy early on to use with all the .38 ammo I had built up. Was still able to do some decent damage while increasing my stock of better ammo for later.

[@jessegitchell8114]

Standard Laser can be anything you want. Pistol, rifle, full auto, semi-auto, shotgun, sniper. You can make any combo you like, so any legendary you find can be modified to fit your style.

[@reignfire85]

Currently have a rifle/chems build, Overseer's Guardian on Psychojet is viciously overpowered and can shred through many legendary enemies. Loving it.

[@ThatOneguy-cg2sw]

He said "fully semi-automatic"

[@petrsukenik9266]

its make sence its not a half automatic

[@petrsukenik9266]

@Jaden Kaiser well the example of half semi automatic is ar 15 without maitenance its semi automatic but only sometimes

[@henryviiifake8244]

Didn't want you thinking it was _semi_ semi-automatic 👍

[@demondog108]

Your videos are my favorite covers of FO4. Keep up the good work!

[@christianwolfe1564]

5:13 "fully semi automatic" that just made my day

[@foamsmasher7220]

I love that when ever he's doin one of these videos he is just killing shit.

[@bobosims1848]

Great review, Puma. One thing I didn't hear you mention, though, is the fact that the Suppressed Combat Rifle makes hardly any sound, whereas the Suppressed Hunting Rifle can be heard on the other side of the big pond! When one-shotting one among a group of raiders at a fairly long range with the Hunting Rifle - even suppressed - the others immediately target me, and fairly accurate as well. When doing the same in a similar or virtually identical situation with the Suppressed Combat Rifle, the others *may* occasionally go "WTF?", but they never even *look* my way, let alone shoot at me. Yeah, Combat Rifle is by far the best weapon that I know of - especially the Overseer's Guardian. Unless I play a Gunslinger/Bloody Mess/Ninja specialized stealth build, in which case I choose decked-out Two Shot or Explosive Pipe Revolver Pistol.

[@Corristo89]

My favored playstyle is that of a one shot, one kill sniper and for that the gauss rifle with the right mods and effects is easily the best. A fully charged shot will take down most enemies instantly and not charging the shot provides you with enough firing speeds to "panic fire". The problem with the combat rifle early on is that the .45 ammo is rather rare at first (and expensive) and enemies don't drop it until later (~ level 20). The same applies to .308 rounds. The most common round early on is the .38 and 10mm round, with 5.56 coming into play more and more (since it's the main round for the assault rifle, an automatic rifle with high ammo usage). And early on in the game every round of powerful ammo (especially .50 cal rounds) is valuable. I would usually save the more powerful rounds for long range semi-automatic or bolt-action sniper rifles and using the more abundant .38 and 5.56 rounds for rapid fire.

[@randomcommentator4332]

This is so right, my old combat rifle was 45. and because it was maxed out and had the two shot effect, it did at least 800 ballistic damage.

[@gjits5307]

No issues with a single thing in the video, but some addendums: 1) The video emphasizes ammo economy, but .45 guns also have the advantage of ammo commonality. That is, there is more .45 ammo in the game than almost any other ammo type, once you combine number of locations with number of ammo per location (esp. vendors). And the triggermen stock up the player in the earliest part of Act 2 of the main story. 2) the .38 mod is a very interesting match for Overseer's Guardian, since the second shot in two-shot prefixes always adds the weapon's base damage (the higher .45 value) to the current (.38) value, and even better since the DR calculation sums these values before applying enemy damage reduction. This applies to any two-shot weapon that has a retro-progression receiver upgrade, but iirc the O.G. is the only such example guaranteed to appear in all playthroughs. 3) The combat rifle can be a uniquely good automatic VATS /non VATS combination-pizza-hut-taco-bell weapon. Short stock, reflex sights, short ported barrel, and powerful auto receiver yield a uniquely low-AP three round burst with very high usability out of VATS as well. The Radium and Handmade come close with the right mods, but with their own drawbacks which push them further away from the jack-of-all-trades center, and obviously neither is in the base game nor in the early game. These three platforms blow the other auto-capable long arms (SMG, assault rifle, pipe rifle) and "submachine guns" i.e. auto pistols out of the water in jack-of-all-tradeyness, but the Combat Rifle really wins out on damage / ap / accuracy / recoil balance. (With that said, on a VATS minimal build, the AR drives like a Cadillac)

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

Completely agree. It is a good automatic gun, with good use of ammo. It is a good semi-auto. It is a good sniper,, little less dmg than the hunting rifhe but much higher fire rate for suceeding hits. Not even mentioning the magazine size.

[@hans-joachimtenhoope1744]

There is also a combat rifle on the roof of Mahkra Fishpacking, it almost always spawns as a hardened version with a full wooden stock, long barrel and medium scope. Even on starting level.

[@ghost.mercury8208]

It's currently 12:53am and I'm so cold but I can't leave my bed because as soon as my blankets come off I'm fully awake what do I do?

[@captainobvious5416]

I agree. The December's Child (5.56 ammo) from Far Harbor is one of the best weapons in my opinion.

[@newdefsys]

(Combat Rifle w/ 308 receiver , 10mm Pistol suppressed, and Combat Shotgun SBR'd w/ drum mag). Pretty good set of gear for general purpose against light enemies, (raiders, gunners, small packs of super mutants, ferals, etc)keeps the weight under 100 units. IIRC

[@SinnerBeta]

Great vid, how about an analysis of Laser and Plasma weapons and the options they have ? They can act as pistols, shotguns, automatics, semi-automatics and even as a flamer.

[@Xarl-VIII]

i usually watch the scene where diamond city guards are fighting some super mutants near by diamond city's wall and loot after the fight ends

[@rubensanchez2840]

Good shit bro you covered everything

[@damokalis5007]

Love your fallout 4 vids

[@spicymilkshake6600]

You can easily get the Overseer's Guardian early. Just go to Diamond City, do the Diamond City Blues quest and raid the chem deal to get the caps, (make sure you get Paul to let you confront Henry alone with the speech check so you can sell the chems) then use the speech check to get into Vault 81 without fusion cores. You should have high charisma to pass the speech checks, but charisma increasing clothes are easy to find and grape mentats are easy to make.

[@olliemakesvideos125]

If you do a couple of missions for the Railroad, they’ll give you an almost maxed Combat Sniper Rifle.

[@christopherconard2831]

Save before you turn in Boston After Dark. They give different rewards randomly, modded armor or weapons. Just keep reloading until you get the variant you want.

[@dekuzilla91]

Its basically a BAR in Fallout 4

[@mr.slothmcnugget5191]

kek i use an actual BAR mods for life

[@BubbaGumNDB5]

Mr.Sloth McNugget Now if only the actual BAR was as good as whatever mod you made it seem

[@sik3xploit]

The model of it is just about an exact cosmic replica which was able to load the .308 among other types of ammo. Being able to load more than 20 rounds into a BAR? Savage.

[@ThrillaWhale]

Conbat rifle is a BAR, assault rifle is a Vickers...what is the logic of Bethesda going even further back to WW1 for weapon designs??

[@sik3xploit]

Those were just the time those weapons were invented. Despite it's advanced technology, Fallout still has a 1950's Cold War theme to it. Both guns were in service during that real world time period. But that's merely speculation as to why they may have been chosen.

[@george7184]

In my fallout 4 playthrough i’m a gun runner with the minutemen. the combat rifle and shotgun are some of my most carried weapons

[@connorfrancis6022]

You should do a vid like this on the Hunting Rifle & 10mm pistol (not the deliverer)

[@SirKaldar]

I'm going to describe my favourite rifle and setup in the game. It's not necessarily the most effective or the most efficient, but I find it the most fun. Hunting Rifle with: Glow sights, short light barrel, full stock (the wooden one), bayonet, large quick eject mag, .50 receiver. If possible I try to get one with a Violent, Powerful/Mighty, or Two Shot (I haven't managed to get one of these yet), legendary effect. The Rapid and Nimble legendary effects are interesting too, but extra damage is the best for this. I should mention here that this is not intended for VATS use, as I don't use VATS and I have no idea if this is viable for that or not. It will require you to have fairly good aim. Also it isn't a sniper weapon, you can take some fairly long range shots but it's intended for mid to close range use. I use the Glow sights because they don't obscure the screen when you aren't aiming through them, but they are still fairly good for longer range shots. When aiming with this weapon, align the center of your screen with your target as if you were shooting from the hip, then hit the ADS button and make any fine adjustments as quickly as possible before firing and releasing the ADS button. You shouldn't stay sighted in any longer than absolutely necessary. Basically quickscoping. This allows you to move at full speed, stopping only briefly to take a shot. The short light barrel and full stock are to keep the weapon light and for A S T H E T I C. You won't be shooting super long range with the Glow Sights, so the reduced range from the short barrel won't hurt. The short light barrel is best as recoil reduction doesn't really matter on the Hunting Rifle. The choice of stock on the Hunting Rifle is mostly cosmetic (I believe it effects melee damage slightly, the two longer stocks increase melee damage over the short one). The recoil reduction effects of the better stocks don't matter on the Hunting Rifle. Better recoil reduction makes the recoil animation less violent, but the time between shooting and the sights settling enough to fire another shot is unaffected. This is because it's a bolt action and the refire time is long enough that the recoil has settled by the time you can fire again anyway. Once you get used to the visual feedback extra recoil just doesn't matter on this gun, I usually use one with the Violent legendary effect which causes %25 more recoil. The only difference is the animation, I can fire just as fast and accurately with a non-legendary one with all the recoil reducing upgrades. The Bayonet is one of the most important parts of this weapon, as it allows you to do decent damage reliably at point blank range, and is useful if you run out of ammo. I often will go out into the wastes with just this weapon, I can rely on it in almost any situation. A technique that I recommend in close quarters is to bayonet your enemy, then immediately fire without sighting in. You can then repeat this as long as you have bullets in your magazine, once that's empty just keep using the bayonet. It's also tremendous fun when you are down to your last couple of rounds, you fire them off then spring out from your covered position and charge right at your enemy. I recommend yelling "URRRAAAAAAA!", or "Tenno Heika Banzai!". :P The large quick eject magazine is a straight upgrade, it adds weight but there is really no reason not to use it. The .50 receiver is another straight upgrade, but it is fine with .308 until .50 ammo becomes more common. Just use the best receiver you can get until you can get a .50 one. Building this can take a fairly high Gun Nut perk, however you can collect other Hunting Rifles and make low level mods for them to take the mods you want off of them. So it's usually possible to build this before you have the perks to. TLDR: Quickscope and Bayonet Charge your way around Fallout 4 with a short, light, hard hitting, bolt action rifle.

[@francisco5434]

If you want to try out any specialty gun, like the two-shot sniper you mentioned, and you don't mind a lot of repetition, you could get one through spamming locations where legendaries carry them. I've found hunting rifles on Super Mutants like the ones in Copley station attached to the Boston library (level 10 minimun I think). Look up how to loot-lock and set up your save menu to NOT save on exit from Pip-boy and to SAVE on travel. The rest is easy, if not tedious.

[@mrvex6695]

Overseers combat rifle is a weapon i still use even above level 65. Its just soo good in survival in every aspect if you are playing rifleman. Massive damage, abundant ammo, long range accuracy....

[@thenecropolis_ov_former_lo3396]

I agree. its prolly my favorite rifle in fo4

[@Matt-md5yt]

I love the Combat rifle and Combat Shotgun. I had a Unique Shotgun with Explosive prefix. both look awesome modded well, making the Combat Rifle fire 308 and making the Hunting Rifle fire 50 Cal is dope

[@ultimaterecoil1136]

Matt combat shotgun is in general better then the double barrel except either in a crit build ( sawed off barrel means better crit damage) or if you find a neverending double barrel highest dps of the shotgun shell because of the double barrel's absurd fire rate. ) so the double barrel is a more situational weapon.

[@skeltonslay8er781]

The one thing I never liked about the combat rifle is that it didn’t have a drum mag. Also a combat rifle could be found in the attacked caravan by covenant.

[@uni4rm]

38 cal Pipe rifles are just fine. The ammo is everywhere, cheap to upgrade, and do more than enough damage to do anything, can take almost any upgrade for any playstyle (not an energy weapon), and will last you well into the 20's (which you can get just by building up your settlement and a few quests) where you get the Vault 81 quests where you can go get the overseer's gun and you'll be easily able to afford it. no need to wander the wastelands for drops.

[@guyjperson]

Medford Memorial. You can walk up the road between it and Taffington. There's a destroyed caravan there. One of the dead guards has a combat rifle on (HER. It was a woman thru 3 playthrus for me). You don't have to meet the Super Mutants down the road. You don't have to fight all the bugs at your spot.

[@sim.frischh9781]

You did not mention how common .45 drops on enemies and containers. In my commando build i used primarily 10mm and .38 until i realized i had little reserves of both those ammo types. But over 4600 on .45! To be fair, i got the scounger perk up while using the other types and simply did not check which type i got how often, so the amount just kep growing.

[@Poke-ladd]

The mine near vault 111 isn’t loading properly in my game

[@louiesatterwhite3885]

Have any funny glitch pictures?

[@HideousConformity]

My favorite setup for this weapon is a .308 receiver, short ported barrel, marksman's stock, medium quick eject mag, short scope and suppressor. In short, a suppressed carbine for short to medium range sniping.

[@Justanotherconsumer]

The flexibility of the rifle was actually somewhat annoying, as it meant that finding new gear was rarely interesting. The Gauss makes for a better sniper rifle, of course, but the Overseer’s Guardian is so good enough for pretty much any other situation that finding new stuff becomes pointless, and new stuff is a big part of the game.

[@christopherconard2831]

Three of the most powerful guns in the game. Deliverer, Spray n Pray, and Overseer's Guardian. And you can get all three before 10th level. Unless you are looking for a specific combo, it does kind of defeat the purpose of exploring.

[@dragonfell5078]

It may be a good weapon, but it'll never be as sexy as the Service Rifle.

[@shizyninjarocks]

Great breakdown.

[@dylanharshman712]

I think the radium rifle does rad damage after ballistic damage. no mater how high I upgrade mine, it does the same low amount of damage to level 23 enemies. I found mine off of a legendary rust devil if u were wondering.

[@mateigameruls.a.3321]

I really hope my game didnt turn into a cake walk after finding this

[@larrywilliams9139]

for a vats/crit build the light receiver is outstanding. it increases shot/ap better than any other weapon mod with minor loss of damage per shot. IT is particularly good with the two shot legendary..

[@christinaedwards5084]

I’d have a 2nd weapon with calibrated/agitated receiver on it, so crits did 3x damage and it’d be more powerful too.

[@larrywilliams9139]

@@christinaedwards5084 Yup. furious or lucky legendary for a cherry on top.

[@christinaedwards5084]

@@larrywilliams9139 why stop there? have a luck skill of 10 so crits every 3 shots with a lucky weapon, bit of four leaf clover, and grim reapers sprint and just laugh at whatever wishes to challenge you. So nice to come across another player who understands game mechanics and not play it like an fps. I salute you good sir.

[@larrywilliams9139]

@@christinaedwards5084 Ditto.

[@celtickiller01]

South Boston military checkpoint has a hardened combat sniper on the bunker roof, go around back to the power armor shed then jump up on the table then jump on top of the shed. Also drinking game time, take a shot every time combat rifle is said or appears in text.

[@rusherpb9337]

I have some mod that made the concord raiders leveled really high so I got a .308 one in concord

[@gordyrroy]

new fallout video. Yeses, I love it

[@tlivelife_waag1150]

Hey Puma Gaming ! I have one important question,but i am sure you won't read it.. What do you think is the best faction for the Commonwealth ? Do you think it's the best ending if you decide for the Minuteman,Brotherhood,Railroad or the Institute ? In my opinion: I think the Brotherhood is the best you can decide.But what do you think ?

[@barateza16]

Tobi yoloboy he made a lot of videos on that matter, go search

[@tlivelife_waag1150]

But no videos about what he thinks is the best decision for the Commonwealth.

[@tlivelife_waag1150]

Ah ok he did,i didn't see the video, thanks ! :)

[@wir3wlf732]

Tobi yoloboy minutemen is the best

[@nucleus691]

We can already exclude the Minutemen and Institute because you can always be allied with the Minutemen and rebuild settlements and for the institute... they are straight up evil. Their plan for humanity is to wait until surface dwellers have all died so their synths can be the "new" humans. The Railroad is retarded. Synths can be reprogrammed to do anything, you cant trust them. The BoS is trying to protect humanity and kill all ghouls and mutants which are all nice things. The BoS wants to protect humanity and not rebuild the Commonwealth, thats what the Minutemen are for.

[@cannancursed820]

not even two months ago I'd be talking shit. because handmade... cmon lol. but... ever since I started using a shorter stock and muzzle break. I'm actually falling in love with it. reminds me of some of the early German and Russian smgs

[@hisoj]

I've downloaded other mods for .45 weapons including the UMP. I always get rid of them and go back to the combat rifle.

[@henryfiguero3886]

I like the CR because i like it better then the Assault Rifle and i have certain types for specific jobs. For example i have a sniper combat rifle, a "extended mag" auto, my silenced, and my hard hitting rifle (between silenced and sniper combat rifle).

[@ricashbringer9866]

Was just watching this, but ended up picking up a combat rifle of one of the caravan guards after starting the quest in Covenant.

[@smookie2044]

I got a armor piercing legendary combat rifle in level 13 at fort strong i was so happy!!

[@buddhacris4148]

Tru. I do this with Overseer's. I just carry the .38 and .308 receivers everywhere. Super weight efficient method for 3 different ammo types.

[@ncrveteranranger9126]

We should get more of this for our infantry troops

[@svetlanarodriguez7429]

My combat rifle is named "Shoot yo ass" and my 2nd favorite weapon the rpg is a 4quad and is named: Mr, Fuck U.

[@louiesatterwhite3885]

PLASTICPUMA jogos e comentários Or Paradox if you can get a freezing flamer to drop

[@louiesatterwhite3885]

Black Cougar lol I just realized he said that.

[@Captainoob]

You should call it "Lord 4quad" ;)

[@justuriah2737]

My Missile Launcher is name OHNO1.0 and my Fat Man is named OHNO2.0

[@Lark88]

After 8 years, I finally got a combat rifle with the legendary Deadeye perk.

[@zombiehunter5923]

Thanks for the info its really the combat rifle

[@saltgame5823]

10:50 is anyone else triggered when he reloads a 40 bullet magazine after a single shot only to fire another shot and reload again?

[@saltgame5823]

i should have finished watching after he took the second shot. apparently he keeps doing this. idk why but this aggravates me more and more.

[@sik3xploit]

This is my go to gun in the game. Or a laser gun depending on the enemy you could say.

[@mikecobalt7005]

:) I was very lucky and found a "Short Combat Rifle" early in the game; afterwards that's by far my primary only being supplanted at times by the short double barrel shotgun for shooting flying bugs and mole rats (move too fast and hard to hit). I can two shot nearly every human enemy (scumbag) I've found so far. First upgrade, soon to be Hardened receiver.

[@tahabashir3779]

If you have good aim and can hit precision shots while sniping, go for the .50 cal hunting rifle. If you don't have a good aim and miss frequently, go for the .308 cal combat rifle.

[@therealkillerb7643]

There is one problem with the combat rifle at early levels that you do not mention; the availability of ammo. I cannot find a vendor source apart from Diamond City or Vault 81. Even then, the amount is limited. Hence even if you manage to get one at level one, you can't use it because you have no ammo. Since the combat rifle is the default rifle, it makes sense that by the time you have access to plenty of ammo, you can also mod it as desired. However, the very concept of a .45 caliber for the combat rifle is just ridiculous - .45 is a pistol/sub-machine gun round, not a rifle round. It makes NO sense that it is more expensive than 5.56 or does more damage. Just mod in one of the excellent M4 guns available and relegate the combat rifle to something you sell for caps.

[@AvengerofWarcraft]

The real-life VSS Vintorez shoots 9mm rounds and the M41A from the Aliens franchise shoots 10mm rounds. Your point is?

[@Botclone]

StrawberryJuice Knight nice bait

[@AvengerofWarcraft]

@@Botclone No, really. www.militaryfactory.com/smallarms/detail.asp?smallarms_id=585 alienanthology.fandom.com/wiki/M41A_Pulse_Rifle

[@cashliermo4009]

the combat rifle is one of my favorite weapon in the game!

[@sneeringimperialist6667]

You need gun nut 4 to really make the most of your combat rifle mods. Pipe guns only take level 1 or 2 to max out. Science is needed for a recon scope , which is really so useful I don't use the regular scopes, even if you can see more detail with them. Tracking a foe out of line of sight is always useful...

[@sergeantdornan]

Hey Puma, you can also get a combat rifle at the Slocum's Joe Corporate HQ

[@Hankbob_Hillpants]

I got a plasma infused combat rifle pretty early on, I can make as many glow sights and night vision scopes as I want

[@kingbeaner858]

I agree especially with mods

[@whisperzzar3321]

Its all well and good telling us where to get one early on in the game, and to be fair, i love the combat rifle, but get mine from the insane asylum. ( Rifles plus early combat chest armour). The only downside is the ammo. Finding enough .45 shells that early on in the game is just not viable or cost effective. So while i agree with a lot of what you say here, using one from level 1 is just not viable.

[@jackfrost8636]

Well, here's a small trick: Before I even go to concord proper and fight the raiders there, I go first to the coop farm, kill the ghouls, get the double meat magazine, /scrapall then go to the Drive In and to the same there. Return to sanctuary hills and use all the resources you gathered to build a big settlement in preparation to get Preston's party (if you find intelligence gear like the lab coat and the usanka hat use it to make more xp). This should get you to level 7-10 depending on what you build. Put a point in Gun Nut and 1 in Science. Build an ammo factory and make .45 ammo (it uses 2 steel and 1 fertilizer per 10 bullets). Fertilizer is easy to get early on (even more if you use the mod scrap everything like I do) and steel also very easy to get (the Drive In has tons of it even unmoded). Then go get the combat rifle near Covenant (the dead trader convoy its easier to go at lower levels since you don't need to kill anything to get there unlike the blood bank which is filled with insects).

[@thelonewolf6209]

I got the same effect of the deliverer on a Combat rifle the mods are Recoil compensating stock 308 receiver suppresser Short light barrel and reflex sight this is my rifle equelenvent of the deliverer

[@thelonewolf6209]

I named my weapon Derliverer Rifle

[@SvenTviking]

If you pick up a “VATS enhanced” Legendary combat rifle, it is a rifle deliverer. Pick up a VATS enhanced 10mm and with full upgrades and a suppressor, it’s considerably better than the Deliverer.

[@frostydaplug6896]

What is the most common/cheapest ammo the combat rifle can use???

[@twowheelseatingmeals-motoj8080]

Overseers Guardian. OP AS HELLLLLLL

[@nucleus691]

Higher recoil, lower accuracy and ony like 18 or so more damage per shot than a non legendary version IF THE SECOND BULLET EVEN HITS! It kinda sucks.

[@Huy-G-Le]

You know? I thinks this Combat rifle is meant to be the M1-Garand types lines in the Fallout Universe, next to the actual M1-Garand in Fallout which is out of service surplus. This rifle is clearly meant to chamber in the 308 or 5.56mm round, which the Ruger-Mini 14 takes the roles of an intermediate round rifle, and the 308 battles rifle of the M14 which are both variant To come out of the M1 Garand, not to mention the Combat Rifle default chamber in .45, which is Bethesda M1/M2 Carbines, because they didn't made the 30-30 rounds. So the Combat Rifle, through modification, can fills the roles of the M1/M2 Carbines as but Submachine gun and supporting Carbine, along with the Intermediate Assault rifles, and the Battle Rifles, Not to mention the shotgun configuration. If you thinks about it, it is actually really smart, and Bethesda developer definitely puts in the work to do the research, but dues to time and resource limitation, they was unable to change the magazine to one fitting of the .45, whichever .45? Who know.

[@ashleighelizabeth5916]

If I had only one ballistic weapon choice for the entire game but I could mod it at will I might choose the combat rifle. It is a great jack of all trades weapon but that's also it's greatest weakness. It does many things well but is not the best at anything. By the time I got into modding guns and turned one into a sniper rifle I already had a .50 cal sniper rifle I had picked up. Yes it has better range than a shotgun but if the bad guys are that far away from me I'm using a sniper rifle anyway. And at close range I want something that I can point in the general direction of my enemies and still do damage because if they are that close there is a good chance I've walked into something I wasn't expecting like getting swamped by ghouls.. When clearing buildings I prefer an auto pistol with a suppressor because it is easier to control in tight spaces IMO. The fact that I found a 10mm that shoots explosive rounds was just icing on the cake for me. I can use any weapon in the game if I have to but my playing style just didn't evolve in a way that is a good fit for the combat rifle. I think highly enough of it to outfit my settlers with it whenever I can though.

[@GreekGeek-dh2kh]

8:58 Dat ass shot.

[@dianebattaglia6525]

Sup love the vids!!

[@mr.slothmcnugget5191]

fallout 4 weapon system was straight up lazy they just said fuck it and used guns model for multiple purpose, and when you loot an enemy you never know what you get...(garbage). the customisation system is fine i guess (grip, barrel length , stock and all that jazz is fine but i dont think it should affect how the weapon works semi/auto/bolt action. pipe guns are just garbage and its EVERYWHERE the enemy only have pipe guns and .38 you even find them in unopened pre war safe are you fucking serious the only way i see pipe weapon as an actual fun gameplay mechanic is if they bring back the weapon degradation system and you have to frankenstein a gun out of multiple different gun parts. but the worst is the .50 cal... do you get a barrett styled gun or no even better an anti material sniper... nope just shove that shit in the hunting rifle it'll work just fine... BTW Fallout New Vegas rules Obsidian is the shit and I love you Chris and Feargus

[@PoizonousGamer]

Go fucking play New Vegas then.

[@mr.slothmcnugget5191]

XD that's what i'm doing but ya know when you wait 5 years for a game from your favorite franchise and you get this... well let's just say i was a tad disapointed. fallout 4 is good game its just a bad fallout

[@RicoTheExMongolianSlave]

Mr.Sloth McNugget playing new vegas as im watching this video

[@bosknight7837]

Deadshot _ it looks like an assault rifle from the sixties is supposed to look like tho

[@bosknight7837]

Mr.Sloth McNugget oh yeah nv with its 5 different guns was much better wohoo

[@RedShocktrooperRST]

My problem with the Combat (and Assault) rifle is purely the fact that it demonstrates that Bethesda doesn't know how to design a firearm. Take a good hard look at the magazine well (and the fact that it shoots a pistol caliber) to figure out why I specifically got a mod to switch it out with Fallout 3's AR.

[@bitequation314]

Can we all agree that the gauss rifle is best because it has that nixie tube charge display.

[@T3860ifyDubstep]

I like the fully upgraded stock, short .308 barrel and suppressed for my main squeeze.

[@michaelmacdonell4834]

Agreed. It's a sniper's dream, too.

[@djpyco5677]

which is better a suppressed semi auto combat rifle or the one he used in this video?

[@uni4rm]

Suppressed is usually better because you can get sneak attacks far more easily, which do more damage, and when dealing with groups, allows you to hide longer while you take out more enemies from range. If you play up close in enemy faces more often than not, or use explosive damage, then the suppressor isn't worth it, and the others offer slightly more control and range.

[@AvengerAtIlipa]

Ultimate survival mode guide. 1. Go to robotics disposal ground, pick up the fusion core and cause the sentry bot to self-destruct to get 2 more. 2. Level 1: Cap Collector 3. Level 2: Aqua Boy/Girl 4. Horde ALL the stimpaks, radaway, radx/valuable items in sanctuary hills area 5. Pick up the three gold bars in the bunker in sanctuary hills (very valuable) 6. Go to the river and swim down to vault 81. 7. Pass the speech check or give your 3 fusion cores to get inside. 8. Purchase Ogre-seer's Guardian 9. GG.

[@Luciferofom]

Nice that you cam fire the weapon on full semi-automatic.

[@eltxbox2496]

Makra fish plant or under a tank on nordhagen beach always spawn too. Bit dangerous though