Encumbrence is becoming such a fucking annoyance now. I can barely scavenge anything without quickly becoming over-encumbered. How do you guys play? Am I just carrying too many weapons? I have a missile launcher, assault rifle, pipe rifle, 10MM pistol, shotgun, and the Righteous Authority. For armor just the simple military fatigue with some typical leg/arm armor.
I don't want to keep pumping perks into strength and I like having Piper with me some going with the Lone Wanderer perk (+50 weight) isn't really an option :-/
I'd suggest you stick to a rifle, a sniper, a shotgun and a heavy to limit the weight, especially early on when your weight limit is low. It all depends in wat you invest and how you develop your character, though. Right now my carry weight is 490, 572 in my T-51 power armor. I've got around 200 pounds filled up at all times now, carrying around a Fat Man, a Gauss Rifle, a Sniper Rifle, a Combat Rifle that does extra energy damage, Righteous Authority as my main, a Shotgun that spits fire and an SMG that does explosive damage.
It becomes really easy to manage later in the game, though you can still struggle a bit sometimes. I was exploring and looking for bobbleheads and ended up with over 1000 pounds encumberance. Popped a Vertibird signal grenade, let the Brotherhood fly me to Sanctuary, and went on a selling and dismantling spree.
Also, try and take notice of what you pick up. Ammo is always good, because it has no weight and can be sold for relatively high amounts. Weapons are good if you want to sell them, modded weapons are good for dismantling into rare parts. Armor is pretty useless if you want to sell it, since their price is usually too low to offset the weight penalty. So unless you really need the leather, leave armor pieces you don't need behind. Chems are also good, but I would recommend against picking up meats and fruits/vegetables unless you want to earn XP by cooking.
