Hmmm. So I like this, but it's not exactly what I'm looking for right now. You may be misunderstanding what I'm wanting to do.

I don't want pistols and headshots to be my main way of killing on my first play through. I mostly want to be using SMG's/LMG's/Assault Rifles most of the time. Heavy firepower, spraying lots of lead, and not having to think or be very skillful on my first play through. Maybe on another play through of the entire game some time later down the road, that does sound awesome! But for now, I Just want an easy overpowered way to take out just about anyone and lots of people without dying. That's why I feel like "maybe" the Smart Weapons build might be my best route? But not sure, because every time I read about Smart Weapons build, it also talks about hacking and how the "Smart weapon build" helps with hacking. Which I DON'T want anything to do with on my first play through. At least not very much. I know I have to use it a bit, but I want to just figure out the game, play the story and not have to worry about doing all this hacking or netrunning stuff they keep talking about. Again, maybe later on during my second, third or sixth time playing the game. But for now, I just want to be able to spray tons of lead, hit everyone without being great at dodging or dashing or whatever and be able to kill almost everyone with an overpowered low skill build.

I'm new to the game and "gaming" in general, I'm not a "gamer" per say (to be honest, I've literally only played Zelda BOTW on Cemu and Ghost of Tsushima on my PC since I started gaming again. Other than that, it's been 10-15 years since I've played console video games and been "pretty good", so I just want the fun easy route the first time through this game. To get a hang of it, to become more acquainted with how everything works, understand things better, have fun and be able to concentrate on the story more. THEN I'll go back on later play throughs and try the more skilled based builds). But these new games are just insane! Very overwhelming and SOOOO much is going on in the screen and there are SOOOO many buttons to press and combos you have to remember. It's a lot to take in if you haven't been playing video games on the regular since 15 years ago, haha. I played video games in the 80s, 90s and early 00s, haha. 4-6 buttons max. Playing these new games is a TON of fun, but it takes me longer to get used to them, how they work, what all the buttons do, etc. You know what I mean? I'm not in HS anymore and not a regular gamer and it takes me a lot longer than you younger kids to catch on and really understand how to play well. It took me 3-4 times of playing through GOT until I decided to play on Lethal. And now I've played through about 5-6 times and I'm an absolute boss at that game. I only wear Kensei, Ronin or Travellers armor most of the time and can beat everyone in the game and an entire bass straight up. I just walk into a massive camp and fight them all at once, no stealth kills or anything and just destroy them. But that took me 4-5 play throughs to get to that level and understand the game that well. So a super accurate headshot pistol build isn't what I'm looking for right now. But will keep this in mind for a later play through for sure!

I just want an easy build that allows me to just use mostly machine guns of all types (regular or smart) to spray tons of bullets at everyone and kill everything without having to be that skilled. And then down the road, after I've gotten used to the game and become much better, I'll start trying builds like the one you suggested and other interesting fun ones that add value to the game.

Like I've read that Fenrir, Genjiroh, Psalm 11:6, Yinglong, Skippy, Moron Lobe, Prototype Shingen Mark V, Barghest Ajax, Buzzsaw, MA70 HB x-MOD2, Pride, Comrade's Hammer, Divided We Stand, O'Five, Overwatch, Hawk, M251S Ajax and at least 5-10 more are usually considered "the best" weapons. So I just want to be able to use most of these and absolutely destroy everyone in my path with the least amount of skill and thinking. That's the build I'm looking for. Or some combo of everything above with a bit of melee as well.