Pro tip about the Novablast Disruptor: You can hold your fire button to charge your shot, and if that shot lands it's almost a guaranteed stun.
@dominicanbananas
11 ай бұрын
I was just about to write this lol. Yeah, that charged shot is great especially against robots
@Mazarbull420
11 ай бұрын
The Magsniper has the same effect.
@shokill
11 ай бұрын
Came here to say this, lmao. The disruptor is like an S Tier gun lmao. Stun, sneak, knife for hidden one shot kills. Too easy.
@dominicanbananas
11 ай бұрын
Interesting.. I'll have to try that setup out!
@noreplynecessary2322
11 ай бұрын
Don’t know why this information isn’t more common
@masondunn8386
11 ай бұрын
The Beowolf is absolutely top tier. Using it as a marksman rifle with sneak perks and a suppressor makes it easily one of the best rifles in the game.
@ReapeeRon
11 ай бұрын
That is true, and most of this list I was comparing weapons to the Beowulf.
@roberts.wilson1848
10 ай бұрын
Especially if you find one with extended clip size (double) I'm like sniping everything. Has a very good rof for a sniper use rifle, If you get some epic or legendary effects on top, it easily becomes worry free. As close range support i have barret as companion with magshear in his hands and his double, so is pretty much OP at this point.
@Morningstar-says-screw-YouTube
10 ай бұрын
@@ReapeeRonthe Grendel does the same thing, it’s not S tier but I’d say easy A tier under the Beowulf
@manicmarauder
7 ай бұрын
Truth. The Beowulf makes an incredible sniper, especially if you have the skill to add all the mods.
@aschergamer2213
Ай бұрын
Agreed, I prefer it with the burst fire and suppressed.
@SheevPalpatine
11 ай бұрын
The Beowulf is on the *lower end* of A tier? How dare you slander my baby!
@theimpureone4080
11 ай бұрын
Love the beowulf myself
@timeshark8727
11 ай бұрын
Its my main weapon for the entire game. I usually have it semi-auto with a short scope. Deletes virtually all human enemies in a few head shots, not as great for aliens.
@chill_will9816
11 ай бұрын
Yes! I found a legendary refined Beowulf relatively early on in my 1st playthrough and I carried it till the end
@christianglassel9950
11 ай бұрын
This is my go-to for human targets in most encounters. Semi-auto with a scope and suppressor. It puts in work.
@greggonzales9147
11 ай бұрын
I know the Beowulf should be with the Grendel
@myrirr
11 ай бұрын
Hardtarget can be modded with a silencer... so it's kinda the best sniper for range/accuracy/stealth factor.
@spartan2051
11 ай бұрын
True. But it’s a very bulky weapon with low mag size. I think the Beowulf is better. Starfield had some incredibly tight maps and that bulky snipers just doesn’t feel good. I will admit I’m playing on console though.
@rickyjanzen6684
11 ай бұрын
Yep. For a stealth build, I found this miles better than the magsniper just because the mag can't be suppressed. The mag may do more damage, but on most, overkill is overkill. But, the suppressed damage bonus helps close the damage gap and I more consistently get sneak attack damage even after combat starts with the HT. I think it looks cooler, too, but that's subjective. Last play, I got an Instigating Beowolf, though, and found I really never used the HT except for long range simply because I had a long scope on it vs the short on my Beowolf.
@myrirr
11 ай бұрын
@@spartan2051 i tend to switch over to suppressed pistols for CQBs... since my companions are always drawing the fire. LOL
@Gio102897
11 ай бұрын
I'm doing stealth and trying to avoid confrontation as much as possible, even disarming enemies when I can, but I feel like the stealth needs a slight touch up or buff. Sometimes it's just too difficult for no reason
@ReapeeRon
11 ай бұрын
That does make it pretty good.
@Aridanx
11 ай бұрын
The draw of the A-99 is the explosive shell mod which basicly turns this into a 40k bolt gun.
@jadangercorp
11 ай бұрын
The AA-99 also seems to scale way better at advanced than the other weapons. The storage lockers in listening posts usually have 2 and I have 2 differently customized guns. One silenced with high damage per shot and one explodey version. Also looks like the guns from Aliens which doesn't hurt.
@ReapeeRon
11 ай бұрын
For the Emperor!
@crimcrusader8459
11 ай бұрын
Personally, the A99 has similarities to the M41A Pulse Rifle from Aliens in terms of function and especially caliber (10mm for M41A, 11mm for A99). And with explosive shells, it will really feel like that iconic gun from Aliens!
@Aridanx
11 ай бұрын
@@crimcrusader8459 haven't seen it. Since they're both 80s not even sure who came up with the idea first.
@torodinson6958
11 ай бұрын
aren't explo rounds a nerf to the damage tho vs the other best ammo/mag?
@rodneyg9746
11 ай бұрын
Somebody else pointed out farther down how you are supposed to hold down the trigger for the Disruptor; generally doing so will knock them out in one shot; but I point that out to mention that you can also hold down the trigger to charge the Mag Sniper as well. If you are just tapping the trigger, you are getting a fraction of the damage of that weapon.
@AurioDK
11 ай бұрын
So glad I did read this, I was wondering why my magsniper was doing no damage.
@darkrai2007
11 ай бұрын
The problem is with the charging weapons is they shake, making perfect shots awful as the gun seems to do this even when you are holding breath.
@tiagonascimento4386
11 ай бұрын
@@darkrai2007 Furthermore, you can't put an silencer on the magsniper so you can't really use the additional stealth dmg advantage. I don't like the magsniper very much, for me it's only A tier. The real G.O.A.T 🐐 is the HARD TARGET. I love this weapon I one shot 99% of the enemy's with the right skills
@ONEWONDERSHOW
11 ай бұрын
@@tiagonascimento4386 this is exactly how i felt. i want to find one with the double damage to enemies with full health
@darkrai2007
11 ай бұрын
@@Riorozen Oh yeah they both need a charging bar, why would you make a charging weapon but no indication when you are at full charge,
@Jax_Destro
11 ай бұрын
Just so to set things straight, because there is a lot of confusion on this. Vender reset is based on UT, not local, and takes 48 hours UT. If you wait for 24 hours local in New Atlantis, vendors reset because it equals about 50 hours UT. If you're at the Den in Wolf, then it takes 48 hours local. It all depends on the conversion rate between Local and UT. If you find a vendor on a planet with a good conversion rate, you could potentially only need a couple of hours to reset them.
@JuryVGC
11 ай бұрын
I love the Orion. You can mod it to do incendiary damage, so it’s like a terramorph deleter
@arcanumelite4853
11 ай бұрын
yeah but... if you max laser skill ALL laser weapons do incendiary damage....including the most powerful weapon in all of starfield... the laser cutter you start the game with(only good with max laser skill cus then enemies basically get deleted by % based fire damage)
@AurioDK
11 ай бұрын
@@arcanumelite4853 I think a lot of people including myself see the cutter as a bit of cheesing, it´s good against all enemies at very high levels. It´s not a cheat though, I am not sure Bethesda actually tested that, don´t think they did.
@mikeoxmal1028
11 ай бұрын
@@arcanumelite4853 yeah but the laser skill is a 5% chance the incendiary mag is every hit
@arcanumelite4853
11 ай бұрын
@@mikeoxmal1028 yeah but still not entirely necessary... if you absolutely need something to burn (like terrormorphs) then just use solar flare spell... kills them basically immediately.
@krimeincorporatedod4895
11 ай бұрын
I hated this gun, then I found a legendary that just blows everything out the water so I love it now.
@pragmaticeagle4832
11 ай бұрын
The weapons have to be compared in their advanced versions, imo. Rarity is irrelevant for the comparison. I say this bc the maelstrom starts off as useless as the grendel until you start finding these weapons in their advanced versions. With this in mind, the equinox ends up D-tier & the drumbeat ends up c-tier. Both from a dps & a damage per sot perspective. As before, I'm not sure if the basis of the tier list shown in vid is from base, original models &/or simply personal preference bc there are a few misleading notes about certain weapons in the vid. Regardless, respectable list.
@ReapeeRon
11 ай бұрын
That is a fair point too, and I would like to do another list like this with the best/favorite builds of each of the weapons, but that is something to take into consideration.
@pragmaticeagle4832
11 ай бұрын
@@ReapeeRon Nice & of course. Builds definitely change the game. Especially when if the base of the build has a rarity perk or as said above, the base is advanced, advanced scout, assassin or advanced assassin versions of the weapons as that seems to completely change the functionality of the weapons as well (even before/without any workstation perks).
@whasian1487
11 ай бұрын
True. The AA-99 and the drumbeat are almost the same weapon until you get to the advanced versions.
@Talinoth
11 ай бұрын
Equinox becomes A-tier again when you tinker with it to have EM rounds. You can stun almost any enemy in the game in one clip, then execute with a silenced weapon or melee.
@ledocteur7701
11 ай бұрын
@@Talinoth expect the novablast disruptor does far more EM damage, and you can charge up it's shot to almost always guarantee a stunt.
@HalozillaEX
11 ай бұрын
So, funny thing about the lawgiver in particular. I found a legendary variant called "One Inch Punch Modified Advanced Lawgiver." It had Furious, Crippling, and "One Inch Punch" which basically turned it into a shotgun, and I loved it! Seeing as I was a rifle focused build, it gave me more variety in how I could approach combat situations: snipe from long range, shootout at mid-range, and run in with the lawgiver at close range.
@Mazarbull420
11 ай бұрын
Wish that had been the case for me. Every Lawgiver I've found has been trash. Damage so low that it takes 10 full clips to kill anything. Maybe all the Lawgivers in my game are just broken, but they are beyond useless. They work better when using them as a melee weapon in my game lol.
@HalozillaEX
11 ай бұрын
@@Mazarbull420 yeah, if it was a guaranteed drop from a mission/NPC, that'd be one thing. but it seems like i just got the singular good variant of it. next best thing is just use a shotgun with a choke mod lmao.
@ReapeeRon
11 ай бұрын
Yeah that sounds like it would be pretty strong! Nice find.
@zacharyjones2273
11 ай бұрын
That roll is amazing hahaha I had a roll like that but with the Grendel it was soooo fun hahahaha
@paulchurchill5045
11 ай бұрын
I came across the Magsniper when i was level 30 something,from a spacer during the Mantis mission but thankfully i had killed the spacer with a sneak attack before they got a shot off. I don't know if you are aware of this fact but the Magsniper has two fires modes,as you can hold down the trigger to power up the shot. 👍
@dh8203
11 ай бұрын
The damage bonus going to semi-auto is very high and really changes the gameplay, so I think it almost warrants a tier list comparing by type. For general purpose I don't think you can really beat the semi-auto Beowulf. With the right mods it packs a real punch with range and accuracy, and you never even have to think about ammo.
@Andy-im3zv
11 ай бұрын
I love my semi auto Beowulf!
@singledad1313
11 ай бұрын
My Beowulf is my go to weapon for clearing out wildlife and Spacers while exploring planetary surfaces. I'm using a modded legendary version I named Wolfmaster.
@razgriz4118
11 ай бұрын
I came looking for someone to mention the semi auto Beowulf, my first playthrough the first one I found cried me through the rest of the campaign found it maybe level 25-30 and beat the game at like level 58 or somewhere around there
@rickyjanzen6684
11 ай бұрын
Yep, definitely my go-to. Semi-auto really makes it shine. Then I have a Drum Beat with Whitehot rounds for CQB because it looks cool (was burst, but maxed out the crit stuff in combat, so reconsidering semi-auto on it). Last run, I ran 2 Beowolfs, one scoped, one not. Only saving grace for my Drum Beat then was it had the extended mag perk. If Beowolf could be modded with Whitehot rounds, I may not need anything else (Instigating Hard Target for long range?).
@ReapeeRon
11 ай бұрын
That is fair too, and I do plan on doing another video like this one going over the builds I like the most for the weapons and the strengths of each.
@sim.frischh9781
11 ай бұрын
Depending on their construction, robots CAN bleed. Just think instead of blood about battery acid, hydrolic liquid and coolant. All three are liquid and if the necessary components are hit, they flow out with the robot possibly getting incapacitated by it. Sadly most people don´t think that far, they hear "bleeding" and they think "blood it must be".
@chrishatcher5957
11 ай бұрын
I found a hard target with the legendary extended magazine perk puts the ammo count to 10 and if you put the extended magazine on it you can get 15 shots. I settled for 10 shots with depleted uranium ammo.
@aaronthompson2329
11 ай бұрын
As someone who has modded his Magsniper to over 1,000 damage I still think the Hard Target, (modded to about 750 damage) is the best rifle in the game. Being able to clear a base from stealth without an enemy taking a shot is too much fun.
@snowboarder9832
11 ай бұрын
Yeah, it didn't seem that he was factoring in much practicality when comparing the sniper rifles. Sure, the magsniper outclasses the hard target in sheer damage output (when charged), but it also 1) Cannot be suppressed 2) Must be charged to do high damage, and does far less damage than the hard target if not charged, making its true fire rate pretty slow 3) Loses aiming stability when it is charged, making it tougher to land shots at long range than the hard target In practice, the hard target outclasses the magsniper by at least a tier imo. I'd put the magsniper in A tier and the hard target at the top of S, that thing is awesome
@igormilutinovic6753
11 ай бұрын
You should rename your video to Tier 1, zero skills and mods factor rifle Tier list. How can you possibly skip the fact that the ability to mod a weapon and the mods available for it play the absolute biggest factor when it comes to ranking weapons? How can you not differentiate weapons between automatic and semi-automatic firing mode? How do you not take into consideration that some weapons are better then others at tier 1 basic, but fall behind massively when going through tiers up to Advanced version of it. Just the fact that you put the Grendel, which in semi-automatic version can carry the player through more than half of the game and then some, in C Tier is just mind blowing. I have a fully modded advanced Grendel that does 96dmg per hit with a 100 round mag and 60 firing rate. Don’t get me wrong, I appreciate the effort to make this video, I love all tier list videos because you get a lot of insight into what you might have missed, especially from the comments. However, you gotta get more into details, the details matter. Whether the rifle is viable all game or just in the beginning is a huge factor when doing the tier lists. Do another Tier list video and separate it into chapters. Vanilla rifles with no mods, first tier weapon compared to Advanced version and the changes that matter, take skills into consideration and finally the modded versions and how they impact the weapon. You do that and you got my sub no matter whether I end up liking or agreeing with the video or not
@gracecalis5421
11 ай бұрын
Honestly it felt like I was just going through rifle after rifle until I got an AA-99 with good rolls. That gun's just super reliable and solid.
@ReapeeRon
11 ай бұрын
Very nice, I like that one too.
@TheTWH9
11 ай бұрын
AA 99 in semi auto with armor pen is insane. Most are, but this one especially in my experience.
@loomzoom
11 ай бұрын
Well I got advanced aa 99 on level 25ish so automatic rifle with 50 damage per bullet was insane for the level...later I upgraded it tp max damge so now its 80 per bullet with uranium rounds...easily best weapon in the game...
@JurzGarz
11 ай бұрын
My biggest frustration with the AK is that it doesn’t have a stock. Really awkward to just exclude that part of the design IMO.
@emagz8
11 ай бұрын
The grendel becomes much much better with semi auto internals that boosts up damage per shot by 4-5X
@IIchicgo
11 ай бұрын
And reduces DPS by pretty much that same factor, causing the DPS to stay about the same and it's still a shitty gun...
@zacharyjones2273
11 ай бұрын
Although I agree the Grendel can be absolutely a beast with the right perc. I would choose the Kodama everytime but furious, explosive, skip Grendel is NUTS man. I had a basic one with that roll and used it well into the wndgame.
@civilez7060
11 ай бұрын
I think you also have to consider magazine bonuses. Allied Armaments weapons get larger mag sizes which really makes the Orion and AA-11 shine. Meanwhile Laredo weapons get faster reloads and draw, which makes the Tombstone and Lawgiver the fastest reloading rifles. Meanwhile, Hard Target and Beowulf become extreme long range and highly accurate.
@ReapeeRon
11 ай бұрын
That is a good thing to consider too, and something that I will have to mention in future videos thank you very much.
@rharrison79
11 ай бұрын
I miss being able to change the receiver's and use all the different ammo like in fallout. I would swap out receivers constantly with the Overseer's Guardian during my playthrough.
@SapphirosCZ
11 ай бұрын
Its bad mind numbing grind till you get to reciever change. Overall crafting in Starfield is terrible at first. Having stuff locked behind research, which is in turn locked behind perks, which are in turn locked behind "Build (X) pieces of mod" challenge feels like so much completely unnecesary overblown mobile game level grind i expected seeing "Would you like to skip for $29.99?" message.
@darkrai2007
11 ай бұрын
@@SapphirosCZ "creation club content" I can feel it, so many tedious boring things in the game that they will shorten via a paid mod.
@Lee-wh3ht
11 ай бұрын
I need uniforms for my crew
@ReapeeRon
11 ай бұрын
That is very strong in Fallout 4, but I am liking this new crafting system too.
@jeambeam3173
11 ай бұрын
You know they were lazy when they gave us the AK without the stock for some reason and no way to add one
@LedCODprductions
11 ай бұрын
Magshear ammo isn’t hard to find if you go to higher level planets. Serpentis has a ton of enemies that carry a bunch of the Kore Kenetics guns like the magshear
@ReapeeRon
11 ай бұрын
They do seem to have those weapons more often then other factions.
@Mitsurugi2424
11 ай бұрын
I hate that the automatic variant of the guns do so much less damage than the semi-autos counterpart.
@ReapeeRon
11 ай бұрын
That is true, but they can be really good with legendary effects.
@peterhans3791
11 ай бұрын
Less damage per shot, but should be higher damage per second. A common video game balancing move.
@IIchicgo
11 ай бұрын
Tips for you next tier list: - Separate SMGs from rifles, possibly make a separate category for DMRs and Snipers too - Make a couple of categories to rank the guns in: Damage, DPS, Weight, Ammo availability, mods, etc. That way you get a more concise overview of the guns capabilities and then round it off with an overall ranking based off of the previous categories. Cool video tho. Agree with most of it, but it was a little chaotic
@ReapeeRon
11 ай бұрын
Thanks for the ideas!
@belsamethtaken4107
11 ай бұрын
The Array type ammo can easily be bought in Neon. Same building as the nightclub. Just grab the elevator to Kore Kinetics. As an added note, the magsniper can be charged by holding the fire button. Without doing that, the Hard Target does more damage.
@MattB90
11 ай бұрын
you can charge the magsniper?! mind blown
@XoRandomGuyoX
11 ай бұрын
@@MattB90 Yeah, that and the non-lethal Nova Disruptor. In the latter's case it can knock people out with one well placed shot.
@rico5393
9 ай бұрын
Neon is the best settlement for selling loot and buying ammo
@cavejohnson8665
10 ай бұрын
One plus for the AA-19 is the sound it makes. It makes gobs of noise and sounds really badass; kind of a cross between an impact wrench and dropping a jersey barrier down a flight of stairs.
@happisakshappiplace.6588
11 ай бұрын
I got a Legendary Drumbeat with explosive rounds, full auto and a drum mag. this thing kills everything even high tier.
@Holtijaar
11 ай бұрын
I got a Legendary Magshear with explosive rounds today. Oh boy, with a rate of fire 300 I get so many explosions it's like a hand-held rocket artillery barrage.
@happisakshappiplace.6588
11 ай бұрын
@@Holtijaar You just have to love it. :D
@bradwhiteuk
11 ай бұрын
Beowulf is a fantastic all-rounder. If you can find or modify one with semi-auto fire and a medium scope, it makes a great early/mid game sniper rifle. And the 30 round mag, high rate of fire (for a semi-auto weapon), and very high stability make it strong even in close and medium range scenarios.
@ReapeeRon
11 ай бұрын
Totally agree with that.
@james35813
11 ай бұрын
I found a legendary Beowulf on like my 2nd quest and ran it for the entire game. It never fully dropped off my quick select
@bradwhiteuk
11 ай бұрын
@@james35813 YES! Same! Within the first few quests I found one with "Instigating" for double damage on first shot, and two status effect abilities. Slapped a scope and suppressor on it as soon as possible and it's remained useful all the way up to lvl 70.
@paulsmalser3261
11 ай бұрын
Have you tried burst fire on a Beowulf? At least for me in that fire mode it is my favorite all arounder with short barrel , surpressor, armour piercing, high power, tac stock, recon laser and short scope.
@james35813
11 ай бұрын
@@paulsmalser3261 No. I just pull the trigger faster if I wanna shoot faster. The drop in damage and range isn't worth it to me.
@aesirgaming1014
11 ай бұрын
Grendel is a S-Tier if built semi-auto with armor piercing. For whatever reason, the damage with a semiautomatic mod is significantly higher than full auto (my Advanced is at 58 damage per shot). This is a weapon with very little recoil and a rapid fire rate on semi-auto, along with the 50rd capacity. This makes it ideal for close/mid-range combat. Long range, I found it suffers a bit more. You can also get the semi-auto Grendel basically at the start of the game with a little rest/save scumming. I got mine at Level 3 (right after turning in at Constellation) and never looked back. I still use it now as my go-to trash-clearing weapon, even with some of the best legendaries now in my inventory. Mine is an advanced with a tech barrel, reflex sight, ergo grip, semi auto, high power, AP rounds and a silencer. Silencer is not a great option (reduces range) but it looks cool so there it is. Pumping out rapid fire 58+ damage a hit (without any combat skills, mind) is really strong. The Grendel with full auto is a crappy weapon. It's the semi-auto and armor piercing mods that catapult it from F/C Tier into the S-Tier. With those mods (maybe white shot if you get the AP skill perks), this thing is a beast that slaps hard, fast and never runs out of bullets.
@JasterGhent
11 ай бұрын
I think the Tombstone feels weird for some people because of the lower rate of fire. I love that part about it as it increases damage accordingly and I specialized in Ballistics early which just increases the damage massively and any increase in speed for the weapon like hairtrigger or rapid makes the weapon a shredder, even with 20 shots base, as you can either get fast reload or more ammo with the large magazine, I also love it having the option for whitehot ammo, that makes it burn stuff
@Stovokor78
11 ай бұрын
Yeah, same! I love my Tombstone! I got a rare version with double mag, anti personal, and it totally melts people, and for some strange reason, robots! Even on Very Hard..🤔
@timothyarnold1679
11 ай бұрын
Yup. I picked up one with rapid fire and added a suppressor, hair trigger and large mag and it shreds.
@fahimfaisal7571
11 ай бұрын
Varun Inflictor can have upto 1000 base damage. No rifle other than snipers can reach even close to that number. Maybe some shotguns can, with higher skill investment, but Varun is just THAT good.
@gil7riviere
11 ай бұрын
15:46 THe magspniper only does its max damage when you charge the shot, which makes the screen shaking. After hours of sniping, it is less inferior than the hardtarget, even if the stats seems better in terms of damage. Other thing I noticed : The Beowulf gains a lot of damage by switching to semi-auto, and on the contrary, the AA-99 gains more by being automatic.
@fatherjimbo
11 ай бұрын
Do you talk about the semi-auto version? I have a semi-auto grendel and it kicks butt. I'm still using it at level 20.
@silverjohn6037
11 ай бұрын
Maelestroms and Grendels in semi-auto mode are both excellent fly swatters for lower health critters so you can save the harder to come by ammo for your main gun. Only down side is, unless you get a lucky drop, a pistol can do the same thing for less carry weight. If you're working on getting the kills for Rifle Certification though they are a godsend.
@TunaToona
11 ай бұрын
Not putting the mag shear at S tier is criminal
@Mofoshow
2 ай бұрын
Got the revenant yesterday havent even touched another weapon
@kayze009
11 ай бұрын
When it comes to the Grendel, Beowolf if you change it to semi it is amazing, I would say they go up a tier or two when you do that to them.
@tristanyoung9786
11 ай бұрын
Once you start finding advanced versions/higher rarities, the Inflictor is by far the best weapon in the game. With mine now I crit every 5-6 shots for over 1300
@ReapeeRon
11 ай бұрын
Yeah that thing is pretty crazy.
@Junkzillabox
11 ай бұрын
I find that the coachman with hornet nest modification beats it in sheer damage and ammo efficiency (very cheap, common and plentiful ammo).. but it's also dangerous to use it up close.
@inkarozu2309
11 ай бұрын
The three rifles I used for 90% of the game are all in S tier, therefore I agree with this list completely! Snipers are op, they just become pinpoint shotguns to anything balsy enough to get to you while you reload.
@jawbone78
10 ай бұрын
The magshear ammo, while hard to find lying around, is sold in large quantities by pretty much every vendor that sells ammo. You can basically trade in one or two advanced weapons for 300 or so shots with your magshear at most vendors, making ammo pretty much as unlimited as the 7.77. The downside is that's 5k or so per vendor that doesn't go to credits, but this game rains money on you anyway and this saves you from cheesing the vendors to sell stuff. By the time you get a magshear you won't need those credits unless you're compulsively editing ships, and spending it on ammo for the best gun in the game (IMO) is worth it.
@shadowcelebi3595
11 ай бұрын
12:47 actually, your meant to charge the weapon by holding left click and the game never tells you that. so if your just rapid clicking with the novablast, your doing way less than 100 EM damage
@graius6371
11 ай бұрын
I would use the charge effect, knockout mobs and the get my free attacks in. This is great when you are fighting underleveled
@CubeFrog
11 ай бұрын
Wait. YOU CAN CHARGE IT?!
@shadowcelebi3595
11 ай бұрын
@@CubeFrog yes they are chargable. again, the game NEVER tells you that and the only reason why i figured out they can be charged up was by watching a video. and there is no indication that the weapon needs to be charged. at least the gauss rifle in fallout 4 had the numbers to let you know it needs to be charged to deal full damage. and i think in one of the loading screens in fallout 4 tells you to charge up the weapon. but here, there is nothing telling you about charging up the novablast, not even in loading screens.
@pandorasflame7742
11 ай бұрын
So you just ADS and it charges? Does it have any indicators like the cutter?
@shadowcelebi3595
11 ай бұрын
@@pandorasflame7742 nope, nothing like that. all you get is the weapon shaking slightly. but you won't notice that if your rapid firing.
@urazz7739
11 ай бұрын
Sadly, the Equinox doesn't spawn with the advanced tier like a few other weapons. If it did then it would rank higher in my opinion.
@kudosiafirstbutyoutubestoleit
11 ай бұрын
Good to know, i can stop my extensive search for one
@jenathan76
11 ай бұрын
The one thing I didn’t hear you mention is that perks play a role, and can stack. That means that in addition to the rifle skill which applies across the board, most of these weapons are improved by either ballistic or laser skill, but the particle weapons benefit from both. Add to that the sniper skill that boosts scoped weapons, and you can get some pretty beastly numbers from the inflictor.
@peterhans3791
11 ай бұрын
But all ballistic rifles are gonna benefit from those same perks, so they are meaningless in comparison. The only real perk considerations are particles benefiting from laser and laser setting things on fire (which is why mining laser has highest dps in game with max laser perk)
@xenamere6757
11 ай бұрын
Magshear Advanced for me especially as you get it at level 1 by stealing it in hopetown , its fun to sweep it into the store room! Only downside i suppose is the cost of ammo early on as finding any is impossible , but it allows you to do the mantis quest freestar ranger quest , ryun industies , UC and all other quests before speaking to Sarah at constellation !
@somerandomassguyontheinter2869
11 ай бұрын
on my NG+ playthrough i’ve been running an advanced maelstrom with semi-auto, long barrel, suppressor and a scope since basically the beginning. i mostly do sneak crits to initiate the fight and even after i’m spotted it works well since i can just tap the trigger and make my shots count. semi-autos just feel way better to use in this game than automatics, mainly due to damage loss. only automatic gun i have is kryx’s rifle which i save for tanks like terrormorphs or high level enemies
@vexile1239
11 ай бұрын
The Va'ruun rifle deletes them super fast on very hard, just put some points into ballistics and particle beam perks and your dealing a ton of damage
@davidstokhom9729
11 ай бұрын
Beuwolf is litterally the only S tier weapon on the game currently... Especially because, of all the different ways you can mod it so it fits all situations you can experience in the game. And ammo is aboundant for it.
@docrob2236
11 ай бұрын
It’s far superior to all the others. He’s using everything on full auto which is garbage in this game. Hair trigger and you can tap tap the head on damn near anything.
@pdmerritt
11 ай бұрын
I had a legendary grendel with explosive rounds and because of how fast it fires the explosions came often. it was a fantastic grendel. lost it when I went to NG+ unfortunately
@ReapeeRon
11 ай бұрын
Yeah that is probably pretty strong.
@dillonmartin9413
11 ай бұрын
@@ReapeeRon literally until two days ago I would 100% agree that the Nova disrupter was definitely d tier but for the past two days now I have been running the nova disrupter as my main carry weapon.......I got a legendary one with one inch punch, berserker and handloading aka ( volatile rounds that pack a bigger punch but aren't as stable and can fail on occasion ).........I literally shoot any level alien or human enemy 2 times and they are stunned for a full minute so while they are stunned switch to big damage dealer and go ham.........its literally a god like weapon and the range us 20 meters 👌👌👌🔥🔥🔥👍👍👍
@Th3UglyP1atypus
11 ай бұрын
The Varuun Inflictor is my favorite weapon in the game. I picked one up early into my first NG+ run and it has been shredding things consistently for the past 20ish levels
@gdn86
11 ай бұрын
I just found one recently, and it takes out basically anything in a few shots. If the enemy is below level 90, its typically one shot. It's not as accurate as I'd like but something I'm going to play with with mods and see if I can increase the mag size as well. So far my favorite in the game.
@TheTWH9
11 ай бұрын
All mods considered (not legendary, just crafted ones), I think it's the second best rifle in the game, maybe the actual best. The only annoying thing is there's not a good way to control the recoil so you have to pace your shots, but if you do that it's just so incredibly OP.
@willd7596
11 ай бұрын
I agree with this heavily. I have found the Orion to be my favorite all around combat rifle. Once you start getting the specific laser mods it gets very strong.
@ReapeeRon
11 ай бұрын
Awesome, I really enjoy that rifle too.
@NiallStJohn
11 ай бұрын
The Old Earth Assault Rifle says its made in China, which would make it a Type 56, not an AK-47/AKM
@hengineer
11 ай бұрын
Swap beowulg and hard target. Low ammo mags suck on the hard target and the beowulf became my do all gun, especially considering the high armor mag. Ammo everywhere. Beowulf is absolutely S Tier
@ReapeeRon
11 ай бұрын
That is fair.
@Dutchmaster_88
11 ай бұрын
Great lost ranking. I agreed with most of your tiers. Beowulf is everyone’s favorite I think (semi-auto). I do think the Advanced AA is definitely A tier at least. One of the best fully automatic weapons out there. Right under Magshear for fully automatic rifles.
@davidm5846
7 ай бұрын
You can get the mag sniper at any level if you have the credits. Got to kore kenetics in neon and the only sell those and the mags shear with plenty of ammo. Also the particle beam rifle blows the Big Bang out of the water later in game by a large margin especially if you mod it for a shotgun spread which still hits like a truck at 66 meters
@SAITO2
11 ай бұрын
note for the disruptor: very good if your leveling stealth and stealing. knock some one out steal or do the melee stealth attack and boom. also about the shots you can charge your shot to do more em per shot
@justinlahaie5439
11 ай бұрын
Second tier third weapon, if you pick it up from the hunter or the emissary, I'm not sure which on the very hard difficulty. You get an electric rifle with a silencer that is absolutely devastating, it should be class A.
@nordicnugz
11 ай бұрын
I know you're only comparing vanilla weapons, but when you start to get into modding weapons, I think the Lawgiver far outclasses the Old Earth Hunting Rifle. First off, the OEHR only has 3 mod slots, where as the Lawgiver has 6 or 7. And fully modded for high damage, the Lawgiver has better single shot damage. Also keeping in mind that the .50 rounds are super common, it's just a better overall choice up until you unlock the Hard Target. Also, as a final note about the Magsniper. You CANNOT add a suppression attachment to it. So, it's practically useless if you are trying to use it for a stealth build. With both the hard target and the magsniper having the same range, I'd say the Hard Target is better than the Magsniper for the suppression reason alone.
@mercb3ast
11 ай бұрын
Hunting Rifle is better. It has a much higher rate of fire. It has a bigger magazine. I don't think of the hunting rifle so much as a sniper rifle, but more as a DMR or a marksman rifle. Think hybrid assault rifle/sniper. Lawgiver is bad. It's just trash. It's an F tier weapon. The rate of fire is bad. The magazine capacity is bad. It doesn't do anything good. It directly competes with the later big hitter quitter snipers that come online, which don't really do what the hunting rifle does. It has a unique aesthetic though!
@Sl1vers
11 ай бұрын
I'd love to see these done w/ Modifiers maxed out as it changes things quite a bit, especially on NG+ and beyond. For example, the fully modded Magshear is top-tier S class shredding absolutely everything faster than you can blink including endgame which you encounter on the last quest.
@georgevelez6388
11 ай бұрын
Currently on NG+0 at level 25, and my experience with the weapons I have found broudly line up with this video. I have an Old Earth Hunting Rifle for long range, the Orion Laser Rifle for mid range, and the Maelestrom for close range/back up (due to the thousands of ammo rounds). . Looking forward to watching the rest of this weapon series. :)
@isaacw8055
11 ай бұрын
There's just something calming about watching tier lists......isn't there?!
@haruchai
11 ай бұрын
I have a legendary explosive AA-99 it cuts through everyone/everything faster than anything else and it's so accurate at distance for an automatic rifle.
@PatThePauper
11 ай бұрын
I wish that ammo wasn't a consideration in your chart. If you play Starfield for more than 20 hrs ammo is never an issue. Between buying or just getting the skill to find more ammmo it's quijkly a non-issue
@trissmerigold7722
11 ай бұрын
The hard target with a suppressor and an advanced scope is op for stealth builds
@matilija
11 ай бұрын
Mod the Grendel to be semiauto and it does plenty of damage per shot, it's actually probably A tier, it's quite good.
@nathangregory_
11 ай бұрын
Question. I see you using a "Sniper" rifle at close range. It's not a close-range weapon, hence the name of the weapon. If you're going to be 30m or closer, change to a weapon designed for that range. For example, would you use a shotgun as a sniper rifle?
@ReapeeRon
11 ай бұрын
I guess it just depends. You can also use a shotgun with slugs in it in this game as a sniper weapon.
@mrjknight37
11 ай бұрын
The Magshear, inflictor, and hard target are my fav in the game besides some heavy’s and shotguns. advanced versions of each fully modified take down anything in the game in seconds
@snowboarder9832
11 ай бұрын
Really though. My magshear is named The Shredder, cause that's literally what it does to anything that moves 🤣 The inflictor is my go to for general combat, and the hard target is easily the best sniper. All 3 are true S tier
@whasian1487
11 ай бұрын
I have an extended mag hard target and it's the best rifle imo especially with a long scope. Everything else, I use a breach shotgun with slugs and a medium scope. But both can be used as no scope close range combat. I do about 10k damage per hit with my hard target since I'm usually playing as a sneaky sniper.
@RandomWandrer
11 ай бұрын
I adore my legendary kodama It has explosive rounds and melts all targets in a very satisfying mess of bleeds and booms.
@Telorath
11 ай бұрын
"Like if you took the P90 and scaled it up to a rifle" Actually a real thing, the FN F2000 bullpup rifle! Has a lot of the same design language as the p90.
@AlphaGuardianWolf
11 ай бұрын
I upgraded a rare version of the nova blast that has an increase rate of fire. I can usually knock someone out with 3 shots from it as I do well over 130 EM damage with it. Though I rarely use it I keep it with me as a just incase. Also I got a legendary Beowolf that has the one inch punch state effectively turning it into a shotgun as its range never goes above 20. But at 160ish damage after modding it I stomp on ANYTHING that gets close to me basically. It's rate of fire and mag capacity make it an amazing shotgun.
@ReapeeRon
11 ай бұрын
Very cool!
@Talinoth
11 ай бұрын
Thanks for the video! I liked your work overall. Some minor nitpicking - honestly weird you didn't put the Beowulf in low S. Super cheap and available ammo, 30 rounds, fantastic damage per shot, good range and accuracy, good modding options, excels with a Medium Scope and Semi-Auto - it's one of the best guns in the game for "how much damage can I do to this charging alien without reloading?". Also thrives with the "Instigating" effect - you wouldn't believe how many pirates I've wiped out in single headshots on Very Hard difficulty. It's the always-reliable, the old standby. Companions are also extremely effective with it on full auto, particularly Sam. Orion's mark is about right. I like it for the insane ammo efficiency and I have a Legendary one, and you can silence the beams for sneak attack shenanigans so that's cool. Any energy damage weapon becomes increasingly valuable the higher the enemy level is - afaik high level enemies have high physical resist but shit energy damage resist. I completely understand rating the Magsniper at S given its stats, I just wish it didn't suck to handle. It's very hard to actually hit anything at it's real max range because of the sway while charging a shot, so I just gave my Magsniper to Sarah and she cleans house with it. The Novablast Disruptor is S-tier with sneak builds. Put a scope on it, sneak, don't get detected, charge up a shot, and congrats you've one-shot-stunned a level 99 Pirate Legend. You know you can just use Camouflage to chain sneak attacks on boss enemies while they wake up so they die effortlessly, right? It's also fantastic for hunting tough aliens for the same reason - single shot to stun, then execute with a melee weapon or a silenced rifle for repeated sneak attack bonuses, saving time and ammo. Hearing you put the Big Bang anywhere below S tier in your last video is funny. That thing always crits (causing near-constant stagger on enemies), does way more damage than you'd expect against high level enemies because it's energy and not physical, has a tight choke/good shot grouping, and looks and sounds cool. My Advanced Big Bang doesn't even have any special effects and it just effortlessly cleans up Spacer ships with more than 20 level 50+ crew.
@Skyblade12
11 ай бұрын
I think you made a mistake by entirely discounting mods. Some weapons have entirely unique mods, like the Gut Punch on the Maelstrom that turns it into a shotgun blast on anyone behind the first target, and some completely change the way the weapon operates. A number of full auto weapons can be converted into very nice semi auto DMRs with longer range and accuracy. Modding also factors into weapon longevity. Part of why the Lawgiver is so bad is that you can't mod it nearly as much, especially in terms of optics. Also, the Equinox unfortunately can't last to endgame, as it doesn't have an Advanced version. So it's a full tier short of the others, a trait it shares with the Eon, Rattler, and Sidestar pistols (seriously, pistols are already so subpar compared to rifles, and then they go and make sure three of them literally can't even reach top tier?!). The MI rounds are Magnetic Induction, for the Coil guns. Unfortunately the Magsniper can't be silenced, require a charge time for good damage, and when charged have incredibly shake that reduces their accuracy, so I am not a fan of the Magsniper.
@biwamasa
11 ай бұрын
Ill be honest. Ive used alot of the guns but I love my legendary Grendel. Its just so good. A DPS god amongst pesants.
@TheTWH9
11 ай бұрын
What legendary mods? I'd imagine another gun with the same ones would be better, but that's easy to say and more difficult to do based on the combination you're looking for.
@TheOnefalcon07
11 ай бұрын
Lawgiver is an easy A tier. Put a relex sight and a suppressor and it works well for a sneaky midrange weapon. The magshear is s tier. Its the highest dps rifle in the game. And the magsniper starts spawning around level 35 or 40
@MrGovtCheese
11 ай бұрын
I love the 160 fire rate of the Drumbeat and raining bullets down on anything that moves, along with the Hard Target sniper rifle, and the XM-2311 as a sidearm. However, if there are lots of enemies or things get too hot then I'll switch to the Beowulf or Magpulse as my primary.
@ReapeeRon
11 ай бұрын
Very nice, sounds like a good mix of gear to me.
@Dedicated_Dad1
11 ай бұрын
Yes bruh, I put burst fire, explosive rounds and high powered mods, you don’t even have to hit the target to do damage
@everythingrc2324
11 ай бұрын
Setting to semi early on gives a little more damage? WHAT?! NO… it’s like 6 or 7x the damage… full auto hits for 3dmg semi hits for 18+!!!!
@Katie-hj5eb
11 ай бұрын
The other downside to the magpulse is you can't put a scope on it. But its very very good.
@LodanSD
11 ай бұрын
The Acid Rain, which you can by from Sal in the Well, is a really nice Grendel, and one I would consider for Early Game or Early NG+. Only issue with Sal is you gotta do a quest to unlock his shop, and also slowly wait for him to open his shop everytime you visit the Well.
@MrChadsimoneaux
11 ай бұрын
Also he will randomly change his mind on opening in my game. Only vendor I know that shuffles slowly into place and also has a cool down 😄.
@Kelticfury
11 ай бұрын
The orion makes a better sniper than some of the snipers. Edit for clarity: Energy weapon so no recoil, but it also has absolutely no sway when zoomed in. Modded it becomes a rock solid sniper.
@ReapeeRon
11 ай бұрын
It is quite good for long range.
@barefootcoolboy_3264
11 ай бұрын
Got a semi auto Grendel at level 6 and it carried me until I got a legendary Beawulf like 30 levels later.
@s8theninjawarrior916
11 ай бұрын
The Eternity's gate version of the Varun rifle is the single best gun in the game straight up. Nothing comparable
@Someothername2134
11 ай бұрын
I think it would be helpful to have ‘show damage’ on so we can see the damage these weapons are dealing in the video.
@ReapeeRon
11 ай бұрын
That would be a good addition. Thanks for the comment!
@FlynnTaggart23
11 ай бұрын
you have the option to mod a 10 round mag for the hard target, but then you dont get penatrator rounds...
@Habanero212
11 ай бұрын
love the Hard Target. love the sound it makes the reload and especially the scope. love circles for snipers. wish i could find a suppressed version for my build.
@LarrysLibrary
11 ай бұрын
I change all the full auto guns to semi....the game makes it do more damage (which is totally nonsensical except for game balancing) and I just have a lot more fun with slower more precise fire.
@ReapeeRon
11 ай бұрын
Yeah that does help. Unless you get some crazy effects like bleed or Relentless.
@evanevans5428
11 ай бұрын
I'm a level 37 and got a 378 Legendary Magsniper on a lvl 75 planet. Js.
@ReapeeRon
11 ай бұрын
Nice!
@the-real-tridder
11 ай бұрын
semi-auto beowulf with mods = S tier all day long.
@ReapeeRon
11 ай бұрын
It is really good.
@adulting5369
11 ай бұрын
no way kodama is stupid amazing once you have a drum mag on it, Id put it as S tiers just shreds everything's, I used it from start to finish of game
@ReapeeRon
11 ай бұрын
Awesome!
@denisejansen5642
11 ай бұрын
Beowolf is my absolute go to rifle. Especially higher level with mods. It’s great at almost any distance. I keep a magsniper for really long range which does around 1300 per shot plus goes through armor and other baddies. Then a shotgun for the real close encounters. And of course a Va’Ruun Inflictor … just for fun. Overall I think your ratings are fairly in line with my experience. I’m having a hard time finding a good Hard Target though 😢
@AurioDK
11 ай бұрын
Mine as well, I think what makes the Beowulf special is it´s diversity in usage, you can practically use it at any range except for really long distance sniping which I rarely do anyway. On semi-automatic it pretty much has the functionality of all other rifles including decent sniping abilities, the 30 round capacity makes it invaluable in sustained fights. And of course ... ammo is plenty.
@jzj114
11 ай бұрын
I've seen an advanced hard target for sale at the gun store in New Atlantis in residential. Just sit down and cycle 48 hours until it pops. Cheers!
@liuete
11 ай бұрын
that's the one i just bought after becoming lvl 30, it wasn't available before @@jzj114
@Redslayer86
11 ай бұрын
I run hard target and Beowolf pretty much all the time.
@sigmaoctantis_nz
11 ай бұрын
I don't agree with the Magsniper being S tier, the Hard Target is much better to use and benefits from a stealthy play style using a silencer for extra damage with stealth and concealment. The problem with the Magsniper is to get the full damage out of it, you have to charge it up for each shot. I would have also put the Magshear easily into S tier. I hardly ever find myself up against highly armoured enemies anyway so it melts through most targets. My 3 choices are: Magshear (close-mid range) Va'ruun Inflictor (mid-long range) Hard Target (sniping) If you can find the Va'ruun Inflictor and Hard Target with instigating, they're incredibly powerful.
@Poke-ladd
11 ай бұрын
What’s a decent early game sniper ? Or do I have to use non automatic rifles with suppressors
@ReapeeRon
11 ай бұрын
The Old Earth Hunting Rifle and the Lawgiver can be pretty good. They are both Sniper like weapons. You could also go with the Beowulf if you find one with a Scope and Semiauto.
@timjeezyy
11 ай бұрын
Advanced magshear itself, or even better if modded with magnetic rails, uranium rounds, and high powered once you level up your weapon modding skills. Very over powered so it's best low level gun, especially if you do the hopetown weapon shop magshear spawn glitch to get advanced level magshear that spawn on the shelf for you to grab at a low level, can also get advanced bridger to spawn and take it out of the corner of the glass case in same weapon shop-but you will need chameleon armor to be invis or you will be witnessed.
@ReapeeRon
11 ай бұрын
That is true, and all of these weapons change quite a bit with mods on them.
@civilez7060
11 ай бұрын
Are you charging your shots with the Novablast Disruptor?
@Three60Mafia
11 ай бұрын
AA-99 would be the best AR-type gun, it is just incredibly powerful in full auto. I found one fairly early on in the game and I still used it like 40 hour later. Modified and Advanced versions of it just add more damage.
@ReapeeRon
11 ай бұрын
Yeah it does fit that roll pretty well.
@AftershockXXL
11 ай бұрын
Can we get a more detailed weapon review that explains how legendary does not make or break a gun? How quality i.e. (Refined, Superior, Advanced) in the name determines the damage level of each weapon type. Legendary, Epic, and Rare just determine the type of perks and how many perks apply to a weapon.
@ReapeeRon
11 ай бұрын
Sure, I am actually doing that right now with my weapon guide series, and I will be releasing a new tier list about the legendary effects sometime later this week.
@imaencuru
9 ай бұрын
I got a one inch punch novablast as one of my first legendaries, and it still wasn't great at knocking people out. I also wish there was more reason to knock people out, it seems it's only ryujin who wants you to avoid killing, got a quest to investigate smugglers in NA once and figured they would prefer if they didn't die, but no dice.
@ReapeeRon
9 ай бұрын
Yeah, there isn't a great reason to knock enemies. Unless you are going for a pacifist run. Then it could be useful.
@imperator9343
11 ай бұрын
So I didnt see you doing this in the clips and you didnt mention it (and probably should have if you were aware) but the Magsniper is a charge weapon. It does WAY more damage if you hold the trigger for a couple seconds (at the expense of a lot of aim wobble) and is unequivocally the best long range weapon for one-shotting or taking out enemies without having to reload.
@BangsarRia
11 ай бұрын
Advanced Magsniper is great for MOVING targets because it fires on trigger release. Press, hold, track target's head and release - max damage.
@lil_old_man202
11 ай бұрын
dude, you glossed over the aa-99, which is the BEST low to mid-range sniper rifle in the game. definitely an A class. and if you use burst-fire on the drum beat, it too moves into A-class.
@ReapeeRon
11 ай бұрын
That is fair, I did want to keep this video kind of short and glossed over quite a few.
@timothyarnold1679
11 ай бұрын
The Inflictor is the best rifle for my money... but I primarily use the Starshard til I'm low on ammo. I've got a boosted advanced med theft Starshard that does almost 500 damage and the targets drop med packs.
@ReapeeRon
11 ай бұрын
It is quite good.
@huntercarney5525
11 ай бұрын
id switch the law giver and the old earth sniper rifle. i have a common, modded advanced law giver doing 400+ damage, the old earth sniper kinda sucks all around. and i think the magpulse and the kodama both deserve A-tier. otherwise pretty accurate tho.
@ReapeeRon
11 ай бұрын
That is fair.
@syzygy5271
11 ай бұрын
Bro doesn’t know about the Kodama. S tier right behind the inflictor.
@aschergamer2213
Ай бұрын
I feel the drumbeat is a really lovely weapon with good legendary effects, and feels the closest to the Colonial Marines from Aliens.
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