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[nomoetoe]

And one less libel to kill you when you set it up, even with 10 computers. Also easier to reload than a normal turret...

There is no reload.  The NX17 charge rifle is the only vehicle-mounted weapon that fires pure energy, drawn from the vehicle's power system.  No ammo involved, just a storage battery and a solar panel!

My experience with a mounted NX17 from a few versions back went a bit like this:
-rifle shoots pew-pew shots
-randomly goes "kaboom"; more annoying than effective
-went to sleep in the car with turrets on
-a zombie sneaks up on me and starts to bang on the door
-rifle decides to go "kaboom" on the zombie
-fuel tank explodes
-drinking beer with Abraham

At least you went out with with a boom.

[Darkmere]

My experience with a charge rifle with something like this:

miss, miss, miss, miss, miss, miss, miss, miss, hit for no damage, miss miss miss miss miss miss miss

I got bored and stabbed the zombie once. It died. I removed the gun and put it in storage where it stayed until I updated the game.

[Sheb]

You need to charge it for several turns to get it to do decent damage.

[Gentlefish]

Also to avoid base explosions, wire up some floodlights to light up the area around the maximum range of the turret.

[Flying Dice]

Does the old "six concentric rings of spiked pits" thing not work any more? Used to kill damned near anything that wandered by, and it's much less of a pain to set up now that you can get hundreds of 2x4s from mature trees.

[Gentlefish]

I'm actually working on that setup right now. I just realized how difficult the "sheltered survivor" setup is, even with the LMOE you're given, because you still gotta find food.

And all the wildlife is zombie.

No problem though, because it turns out that, even as a sheltered survivor with no real combat skill, if you have 0 torso encumbrance and a cudgel you can beat down an antlered horror without to much trouble

[Kaitol]

Secret to melee combat in this game that surprisingly few people get, you either need 0 torso encumbrance, or combat skills equal to or greater than your torso encumbrance, preferably much greater. Do not follow this and you're gonna be in pain. When it comes to fast dodgy enemies, you want at least several points more skill than encumbrance. Also, terrain with movement cost higher than 200.

Those are all you need to kill 90% of enemies in this game. It's really not hard once you get a handle on the game. Hence why tank bot needs to exist or none of my characters would die ever aside from horrible challenge characters or random alignments of massive bad luck streaks.

[Arcvasti]

Secret to melee combat in this game that surprisingly few people get, you either need 0 torso encumbrance, or combat skills equal to or greater than your torso encumbrance, preferably much greater. Do not follow this and you're gonna be in pain. When it comes to fast dodgy enemies, you want at least several points more skill than encumbrance. Also, terrain with movement cost higher than 200.

Those are all you need to kill 90% of enemies in this game. It's really not hard once you get a handle on the game.

Yeah, that's why I often start with at least the beginning two points in Melee and usually shuck my starting winter jacket before fighting a lot. A weapon with Parry and good To-Hit and swing speed helps a lot too.

Hence why tank bot needs to exist or none of my characters would die ever aside from horrible challenge characters or random alignments of massive bad luck streaks.

I'd say that tank bot does not need to exist/should be restricted to late game areas like military outposts/bunkers instead of randomly showing up in road barricades. We've got shockers and zombies and creatures with non-direct damage effects. Even the best character, if they lack gas mask/power armour is still vulnerable to bloated/smoker zombies. And EVERYONE without a viable ranged alternative is vulnerable to shockers. Tank bot is near instadeath for the non-sniper rifle equipped, except POSSIBLY if you're wearing good enough power armour. I prefer enemies that you need a specific[Possibly mutually exclusive with other useful qualities] quality obtainable through many means to be effective against, as opposed to enemies you need luck and a VERY specific combination of items and the skill to use them to be effective against.

[Flying Dice]

With sufficient melee skill, you don't need to worry about shockers either. Just find a bullwhip, high melee skill means that pretty much every shot with it will be a headshot, which means you can stunlock anything that can't shoot you.

[n9103]

Secret to melee combat in this game that surprisingly few people get, you either need 0 torso encumbrance, or combat skills equal to or greater than your torso encumbrance, preferably much greater. Do not follow this and you're gonna be in pain. When it comes to fast dodgy enemies, you want at least several points more skill than encumbrance. Also, terrain with movement cost higher than 200.

Those are all you need to kill 90% of enemies in this game. It's really not hard once you get a handle on the game. Hence why tank bot needs to exist or none of my characters would die ever aside from horrible challenge characters or random alignments of massive bad luck streaks.

QFT

Also, Wood spear, Baseball bat, and Nail Bat.
Shocker problem solved, even at low skill, with an obstacle of course.
High skill, I agree, whip is pretty nice.

[Girlinhat]

With sufficient melee skill, you don't need to worry about shockers either. Just find a bullwhip, high melee skill means that pretty much every shot with it will be a headshot, which means you can stunlock anything that can't shoot you.

Bullwhip is great against most enemies.  It stuns, which will prevent them from doing hostile things and make them wander.  Even if it can't deal damage, it'll still stun.

[Gentlefish]

The cudgel does the very same thing, and it's got rapid strike onto of an already low-cost attack. It's my new favorite starting weapon

[Flying Dice]

But does it have a three-tile attack range? 
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Question for y'all: Which should I mount on my Savage, the underbarrel RM121 (fires the 20x66mm caseless shotgun shells) or the M203 (40mm grenades)? I've got a decent selection of ammo for both, but I'm sort of leaning towards the shotgun since I've got lots more and it has a wider range of useful stuff.

[Girlinhat]

Personally, I keep a holster with a RM288 Short Shotgun, which loads 2 20x66mm caseless shotgun shells.  Flehcette rounds take care of pretty much everything.  So I'd put the M203 on the underbarrel.  But that's just me.  When I build a rifle, I make them so they can take out anything.  Shocker Brute, Jabberwock, Tank Bot, whatever it is I'll hit it hard with some FMJ or just obliterate it with a grenade.  The shotty is nice, but there's other options for close in damage.

[Flying Dice]

That's a good point -- I had one of those stuck in my pocket up until I got this mod. Don't really want to end up fumbling for a launcher when I need explosives instantly, I suppose.