Fallout 4

[MadBurgerMaker]

Oooo   I found a special laser rifle called Limitless Potential that never has to be reloaded (if you use it though, be aware that it still uses ammo, just no reloading) and modified it with the sniper barrel, reflex sight, and some other stuff.  The thing now does better than "normal" .50 damage but without the small capacity the sniper barrel comes with. 

[Razgovory]

I have a cane that makes enemies more radioactive.  I don't really get much use out of it.

[grumbler]

Oooo   I found a special laser rifle called Limitless Potential that never has to be reloaded (if you use it though, be aware that it still uses ammo, just no reloading) and modified it with the sniper barrel, reflex sight, and some other stuff.  The thing now does better than "normal" .50 damage but without the small capacity the sniper barrel comes with.

Lots of cool unique weapons, but many of them are not very useful.  An exception is Pickman's knife.

[The Brain]

I have a cane that makes enemies more radioactive.  I don't really get much use out of it.

Why not?

[Razgovory]

I have a cane that makes enemies more radioactive.  I don't really get much use out of it.

Why not?

Because the last thing I need when fighting a giant radioactive scorpion is to make it more radioactive and possibly larger.

[MadBurgerMaker]

I think that would heal Ghouls too, at least the radiation damage would.  There would be melee damage that might offset it like with the gamma gun, but meh.

[grumbler]

One of the drops is a 10mm machine pistol that doubles in damage inflicted at midnight, and halves in damage at noon, and varies (not sure exactly how, yet) between those values between those hours. At night, it is quite deadly - took down a supermutant butcher in one (surprise) burst.

[MadBurgerMaker]

One of the drops is a 10mm machine pistol that doubles in damage inflicted at midnight, and halves in damage at noon, and varies (not sure exactly how, yet) between those values between those hours. At night, it is quite deadly - took down a supermutant butcher in one (surprise) burst.

Nice.  Speaking of 10mm do you, or anyone of course, know if the unlimited follower ammo is tied to their weapon or to the ammo type?  Like if I were to find your nighttime 10mm and give it to Piper, would she have unlimited ammo for it since her default weapon is also 10mm?  Right now, I just hand her extra .45 for the combat rifle I gave her, but it would be nice not to have to mess with it.  I guess I could just console in 10,000 rounds for her.

[Razgovory]

I gave Piper my 10mm and she seems to have unlimited ammo.

[11B4V]

I gave doormat a teddy bear.

[Solmyr]

One of the drops is a 10mm machine pistol that doubles in damage inflicted at midnight, and halves in damage at noon, and varies (not sure exactly how, yet) between those values between those hours. At night, it is quite deadly - took down a supermutant butcher in one (surprise) burst.

Nice.  Speaking of 10mm do you, or anyone of course, know if the unlimited follower ammo is tied to their weapon or to the ammo type?  Like if I were to find your nighttime 10mm and give it to Piper, would she have unlimited ammo for it since her default weapon is also 10mm?  Right now, I just hand her extra .45 for the combat rifle I gave her, but it would be nice not to have to mess with it.  I guess I could just console in 10,000 rounds for her.

It seems they have infinite ammo for their default weapon and any modded/legendary versions of the same. So since Piper uses a 10mm pistol, she has unlimited ammo for it and any other 10mm pistol you give her. For any other type of weapon she will need ammo. Note that this applies to exact same weapons, not just ones that use the same ammo, so double-barrel shotguns and combat shotguns are different weapons.

Oh, and followers sometimes have a habit of picking up weapons and ammo from killed enemies during battle, if it's better than their current weapon. I had Preston grab a flamer and start using it, and Piper once picked up a minigun. So keep an eye on what they are actually shooting.

[grumbler]

Nice.  Speaking of 10mm do you, or anyone of course, know if the unlimited follower ammo is tied to their weapon or to the ammo type?  Like if I were to find your nighttime 10mm and give it to Piper, would she have unlimited ammo for it since her default weapon is also 10mm?  Right now, I just hand her extra .45 for the combat rifle I gave her, but it would be nice not to have to mess with it.  I guess I could just console in 10,000 rounds for her.

You don't see follower weapons.  Piper has a 10mm with unlimited ammo that is invisible to you.  She'll use other weapons if you tell her to, but then you have to provide ammo and she doesn't seem to use the pistol when her assigned weapon runs out of ammo - she does melee.

[grumbler]

It seems they have infinite ammo for their default weapon and any modded/legendary versions of the same. So since Piper uses a 10mm pistol, she has unlimited ammo for it and any other 10mm pistol you give her. For any other type of weapon she will need ammo. Note that this applies to exact same weapons, not just ones that use the same ammo, so double-barrel shotguns and combat shotguns are different weapons.

Oh, and followers sometimes have a habit of picking up weapons and ammo from killed enemies during battle, if it's better than their current weapon. I had Preston grab a flamer and start using it, and Piper once picked up a minigun. So keep an eye on what they are actually shooting.

I'll give piper a 10mm auto pistol and no ammo and see if she uses that.  I'll get back to you.

[MadBurgerMaker]

I'll give piper a 10mm auto pistol and no ammo and see if she uses that.  I'll get back to you.

Just tried it.  She didn't use it (switched back to her regular 10mm).

[grumbler]

I'll give piper a 10mm auto pistol and no ammo and see if she uses that.  I'll get back to you.

Just tried it.  She didn't use it (switched back to her regular 10mm).

Had the same thing happen.  She was firing single shots, so wasn't using the auto-pistol.