I have traveled all around the capital wasteland, completed all quests, and have done all dlc except point lookout. I have experimented with alot of weapons, and now i want you guys to help me figure out the best weapons for each class and the best armor.

I really like the destabilizer, A23 plasma rifle, but the Novasurge owns plasma rifle, vengence ,lincolns repeater, terrible shotgun ,perferator shiskabab and other weapons I forgot right now but will update. For armor I think Tesla armor, Chinese stealth armor(Stacking bonus!) Tribal power armor, or winterized 51-tb something. List your own favorites!

I always use the Winterized T-51B Power Armor, for the fact that its near INDESTRUCTIBLE.
Both pieces of the kit have an item health of nearly 10 million, meaning they take condition damage at an immensly slow rate.
If you get point lookout you can replace Lincolns Repeater with a nicer bolt action rifle though, and then a very powerful variant of that.
I loved my Hunting Rifle and its old-style feel, so to get a gun more powerful than the Plasma Rifle with the same feeling is pretty awesome.

Cool ideas, yea I always carry around Chienese stealth armor and Winterized t51 b armor, they are just beastly. I thought ol painless is the best hunting rifle what else? And i was thinking of getting point lookout cuz i heard there was a guy who repaired armor to 100! (Winterized t51b?FTW!) Yea in broken steel, super mutant overlords have something called a tri beam laser. I picked up a few and repaired them, turns out they have about 70 to 80 damage, fire pretty fast and are good at all ranges. Plus 3 beams...i was thinking if it was 70*3?!
Anyway what is with that microwave emitter I hear about? and what about the Better lincolns repeater you talked about? Post guys! I love hearing about thoughts of the people!

I find the Tri-Beam Laser a bit of a pain to use.
At 100 Energy Weapons its still not accurate enough at any kind of range, and it takes COND damage way to fast. I tend to keep it just incase I need it.
The Microwave Emmitter is a bit useless. Its the exact same as the Mezzer, but fires a much more powerful... blue ring thing. It fires very slowly and is impossible to aim out of VATS however, since A. It takes up at least 1/2 of the screen and B. It fires about 1.5 seconds after you click to shoot, so moving targets require a large amount of prediction.
I do like Ol'Painless, but its too weak. Thats why I like the Bolt Action Rifle from Point Lookout. This can be upgraded with the Backwater Rifle which is kick ass.

So far I love lincolns repeater but will get point lookout in the next few days. I guess best armor has been solved being Winterized t-51b for DR resistance and a BEASTLY look, and CSS for stealth and piling things for W. T-51b. Now I guess we should find coolest looking armor for male/female.
I think:

Male:Sheriff duster, Sheriff hat, and tinted black glasses.

Female: Havent played much really, but so far maybe Merc Charmer outfit (Sexy look plz )

About the weapons, I find eight slots (the hotkeys)available, so you should fill one weapon up for where you think it would be.(Preferably melee first, then pistols, primary, energy,Big guns, sniper.

Mine:1.Shiskebab or Deathclaw Gauntlet(All three schematics)
2.Novasurge(84 damage pistol? Plasma? VATS?=critical every time
3.Either A 23 plasma rifle or waser wifle (is there better en.?
4.Xualong rifle( for backup and lots of ammo.
5.Terrible shotgun (Huge damage and cool look)
6.Vengence (Speaks for itself ) http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Vengeance
7. Lincolns repeater or 7even (more 308 ammo for 7even, but lincolns is just funny with hat and music.(7even is in a mod called Silenced snipers and more 308 ammo. At fallout 3 nexus
8.Maybe backwater? Or some uberlauncher like destabilizer, missle launcher, or fatman.

Cheers, post yours

I dont have hotkeys for my weapons since I know where they all are in the Pipboy, but I think if I did have hotkeys it would be something like.

1. I dont really use melee weapons, but I do have a Shishkebab I use sometimes.

2. Dont really use pistols, but if I had to I have the Alien Blaster and some Energy Cells stashed away somewhere.

3.Plasma Rifle/Metal Blaster(Better than Biwwys).

4. Chinise Assault Rifle, very powerful when fully repaired, plus I have nearly 6000 bullets for it. I'll have to go get the Xuanlong Assault Rifle at some point since the Vault Wiki article look very nice.

5. Terrible Shotgun as you said. I'm somtimes tempted to use the Double-Barrel Shotgun but it takes CND damage so quickly its often not worth it.

6. I would use Vengeance a lot more than I do, what with it being insanely powerful, but I save it for the much tougher enemies like Super Mutant Overlords/Albino Radscorpions. Ammo is too scarce to dice up everything with it.

7. Miss Launcher. Its pretty powerful and I love imaging the look on some Raiders face as the missle lands at they're feet and blows off they're legs.

8. Experimental MIRV. I've never used it against an enemy without console commands on so that I dont lose ammo (I dont use console commands anymore), but it can just about killing everything in one shot.

Miss launcher? I heard of it but wasnt sure where it was. I find the MIRV a waste (heheh) to carry around because 1: Basically no mini nukes, and even if there was, its only like, 9 rounds.(God mode isnt really fun anymore).2:30 fricken lbs rules it out immedeatly.

Firelance>Alien Blaster. hands down.

I have metal blaster, but never tested out. Is that really strongest laser wep?

Xualong is awesome for crowd control, usually on ghouls (unless ghoul mask)

No way, I find Vengence so nice, I wonder how I got without it! I find gatling lasers on mutants and enclave all the time and that takes care of repair. I have a ton of ammo too. Flak and Shrapnel at Rivet city have like 1000 Ec cells ever 72 hours and so does the guy at tenpenny. Ammo problem solved. It has 3000 health so even if it drops fast, you have plenty of time to find new gatling laser. It is way better than percision G.L. and better than eugene also. Also with point lookout perks, it cuts through behemoths in 2 seconds.Enemy problem solved

Yeah the terrible shotgun is probably better than the Double-Barrel Shotgun.

What is your most used weapon, and what about the best outfit?

I have completed most of PL, and I find the dismemberer and the backwater rifle VERY useful and creative. I find the Microwave emmiter a piece of S*** because of low damage, accuracy and overall crappy design for a gun.(Mesmetron doesnt count it is not really a weapon,more of a slave device:) ) I didnt find any good armor so far. But I heard of Grifters fit that Tobar carries.

Yea, Double barrel shotguns are awesome in damage, but around that good in repair, accuracy or reload:( So I would still choose the Terrible Shotty.

About the Double shotty,By around I mean arent* sry.

I decided to get an account so ManSlayer=FAWKS.I find the Gauss a VERY formidable weapon and up there for sniper with Backwater and Lincoln's. I had an idea. Instead of just limiting weapons to eight slots, put your top one or two weapons for every category.(big guns, small guns, explosions, etc.) Note:Sniper can also but a category, including any scoped rifle and Ol' painless, Lincolns repeater, and backwater etc.

I will update my list soon. Cheers

The Gauss Rifle is awful.
The accuracy is terrible.

No, they fixed it in the new patch. If your get 100 in energy weapons, the sway stops, so it should then be the users fault. Also it has a 90% critical hit chance, so 9 out of ten times there is a critical hit. also, some people might not know how to use the Gauss. Since there is only one bullet per mag, you have to use wisely. Like if there is an overlord, you cant kill in one hit even in sneak critical. So aim for weapon and it knocks out of hand and also gives 4 seconds of knockdown period. Plenty of time to reload for the kill, switch to another weapon, plant a mine, or get the heck out of there.(There is even a mod to change Gauss bullets to 4,10, or 20 before reload!)You can also get sim version in pc(infinite repair) or patch up with alien epoxy!

Need more proof? Check it outhttp://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/genmessage.php?board=939933&topic=51392026&page=1

Nonetheless, I can take down 2 Supermutant Overlords with Vengeance in 3/4 of the time it takes the Guass Rifle.

Im not saying gauss is better than vengence. They are both completely different weapons. But I dont think you can snipe with vengence though. xD And if I was facing overlords, I would use Vengeance too. Unless sneak attack...

You've clearly not used Vengeance enough.
It has a very long range and is incredibly accurate.
Imagine if the Guass rifle was an Automatic Shotgun whilst still shooting the same Guass bullets, then increase its damage massively. Then you get Vengeance.