I must have gone through 10 games before I finally have settled on a build that I like. I put more points in strength and others in fortitude that I've never placed before and don't feel like any of them are wasted.
Just wish I could speck into the SMG. I've got the drum schematic. Looted the crack tower and a crack store and didn't find it.
If you're investing in Fortitude, then there's no reason to settle for an SMG, the poor-man's automatic.
Go Whole Hog and put that drum-mag on an M60. My gun can hold basically a whole stack of 7.62 and rips dudes apart in two bullets.
If you want to conserve ammo, the Tactical Assault Rifle accepts the single-fire receiver.
Or put the drum-mag on an auto-shotgun, since you said you were going strength.
Yeah, sometimes I wish I could invest points in weapon-skills without having to invest in that attribute too. I like hunting rifles, but a hunting rifle isn't going to save me on horde-night, so i'll have to prioritise fortitude for my machine-gun, and i'm the group engineer too, so I gotta go INT, with advanced engineering and grease-monkey.
I'd like to go with a baseball bat instead of a brawling weapon too, but... well. I don't get the bonuses unless I invest heavily, so I'm better off with my fists.
Oh well, at least steel knuckles will let me harvest meat without having to haul a machete around with me.