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[Jobbs]

What difficulty are you guys playing on? I guess I chose Hard and I've died a lot more than I have in previous Fallouts.

Same, but at level 17 now and finally put some points into rifleman and it's getting easier.

 

[Fracas]

McGRIZZLE'S FISTS-ONLY ADVENTURES IN THE WASTELAND -- LOG 1

They say this is the end of the world. But I say it's only the beginning.

A world not ruled by men in suits hiding behind men with guns. A people not corralled by such nebulous concepts as "the social contract" or "decency," or people with their hand on your shoulder saying, "whoa, chill out, bro."

No. The time for chilling out is over. There are no more bros.
But I'm getting ahead of myself. How did we get here?

Spoiler

Right before it happened, I'm changing my face and shit, and goddamn do I look good. My wife knows what's up and constants on how goddamn good I look like constantly. It's like, bitch, I know, but anyway.

I head out to the kitchen and our robot butler is flying around and shit. I check out the Grognak the Barbarian biography because that guy is legit. It was a better time back then, you know what I mean? Simpler.

Anyway, there's someone at the door and my wife makes me get it. I have to do everything! Anyway, it's some Man In the Yellow Hat asshole wanting to sell me some shit. I tell the guy to fuck off like 50 times but he won't go away. I look the guy dead in the face and tell him he can go hide in a corner and hide from the nukes, but if some nuke comes around to MY neighborhood and starts some shit, I'm gonna punch that nuke right in the fucking face. That's how McGrizzle settles shit.

Anyway, my fists are getting clenched good and tight, and I'm feeling like warming up for that nuke fight by punching a hole through this guy's face. Then my wife tells me I have to sign his forms! Fuck. Why did I get married?

Then the baby's crying and the robot and my wife tell me to go handle that shit too. Do I gotta do everything around here? Fuck. Anyway I go into the baby's room and make that little punchless punk shut up. What kind of a man starts crying for attention? I feel like I don't even know this kid. Why should I care about him? I feel like I'm being forced into this whole thing, like this big, heavy responsibility about caring for a wife and child is just being thrust upon me and I'm supposed to just instantly change from McGrizzle to McHusband and caring fucking McFather. This is bullshit.

Then finally, a sign from the heavens. The nukes are dropping. We run outside and everyone's all scared and shit. I take my time saying hello to everyone, looking to see if anybody wants to get all jacked to get ready. Nobody bites. Fuck this town.

Long story short, I run up the hill to get my wife and child in the bunker so I can go fuck shit up. I laugh at that Curious George motherfucker on my way up because they won't let him in. Then we get in the bunker as the bombs go off, and everyone's acting all scared. But not me. As long as I got my fists, I'm ready.

They put me in some icebox and then at some point the icebox thaws just long enough for me to see them open up my wife's icebox across from me. She starts going nuts about the baby, the baby, goin' on like she's Metroid or somethin'. Dude shoots her and I can't even blame him.

Sometime later I get out of the icebox and everyone's already dead. My fists are aching for something to punch so I let loose on some giant cockroaches on my way out. I get out of the vault and see that everything's pretty much gone.

If nothing else, the apocalypse has shown me that nothing can be counted on.
Nothing except your own two fists.

Time to fuck some shit up.

- McGrizzle

After reading this and the PC Gamer guy that's playing a dude with nothing but capped charisma, intelligence and a nice suit, I really need to do a unique character build. Sounds fun as hell.

 

[NotTheGuyYouKill]

Maybe I should have chose The Witcher 3 instead of this.

Combat really stinks. I know I keep griping about this, but most of the games I play at least have decent shooting/melee.

This clunky shit just pisses me off.

 

[darkwing-buck]

Are there gun racks that I can set up that would hold my weapons?

 

[KyleCross]

I finally figured out a way where I don't have to look that ungrateful prick Marcy in the face anymore.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQnoz_v2KJ8

Spoiler

Sadly she shook out of it, damn...

 

[NotTheGuyYouKill]

Where can I get a suit and tie from?

My character needs a suit and tie. He needs it to tie himself back to the old world. He is the Sole Survivor, A Man out of Time. He should dress accordingly. Dapper.

 

[captjohnboyd]

Ugh. I guess I already did whatever it was you can't do if you want to get the cryolater. Too far in to start over anyone know if there's a way around it?

 

[DigiMish]

Maybe I should have chose The Witcher 3 instead of this.

Combat really stinks. I know I keep griping about this, but most of the games I play at least have decent shooting/melee.

This clunky shit just pisses me off.

Did you play Fallout 3 or New Vegas? Combat in this game is greatly improved than in those games, but it's still not up to modern FPS standards.

 

[bizzarewars]

Did anyone else notice that your flashlight color changes when you change the your pip boy color in the settings? Such a neat little touch.

 

[NotTheGuyYouKill]

Did you play Fallout 3 or New Vegas? Combat in this game is greatly improved than in those games, but it's still not up to modern FPS standards.

No, this is my first Fallout game.

 

[CheezyMac88]

Whoever designed the encounter at the assembly plant is a fucking scumbag.

Is it that

Spoiler

The Lost Patrol

quest with the

Spoiler

Super utants

?

 

[BeeDog]

Is there a way to see the relationship status as a stat instead of asking? Trying to get the Lovable trophy by maxing my relationship with Codsworth, and he seems to indicate we are as good as it can get, but I still haven't received my trophy...

 

[RDreamer]

Is it that

Spoiler

Lost Signal

quest with the

Spoiler

Super Mutant

?

"The First Step" quest.

Whoever thought it was a good idea to let enemies hit you through the fucking floor is just an asshole.

Seriously, outside and inside this plant have made me hate this game's combat a lot. I'm getting hit from some seriously fucky angles.

 

[robotrock]

Where can I get a suit and tie from?

My character needs a suit and tie. He needs it to tie himself back to the old world. He is the Sole Survivor, A Man out of Time. He should dress accordingly. Dapper.

1. Press the options button/select

2. Go to settings, display, and turn off dialogue camera.

Use imagination

Alternatively if you just stick with the main quest until it takes you to Diamond City you should find one there.

Spoiler

I believe there's a tuxedo you can grab in Piper's office

 

[Steel]

What difficulty are you guys playing on? I guess I chose Hard and I've died a lot more than I have in previous Fallouts.

Very hard. More than occasionally getting my ass handed to me.

Where can I get a suit and tie from?

My character needs a suit and tie. He needs it to tie himself back to the old world. He is the Sole Survivor, A Man out of Time. He should dress accordingly. Dapper.

I've had a tux laying around in my inventory awhile. Not sure where to find it.

 

[Beelzebufo]

Loving the quests now that I'm past the intro. omg this is all so much fun. Diamond City is one of the better locations in these games, and I'm interested in Danse and all those dudes even though I just met them.

I'm also on very hard.

 

[Labrys]

Where can I get a suit and tie from?

My character needs a suit and tie. He needs it to tie himself back to the old world. He is the Sole Survivor, A Man out of Time. He should dress accordingly. Dapper.

In sanctuary there's one in a suitcase outside on top of a car, and in one of the houses there's a tuxedo in a container.

 

[NotTheGuyYouKill]

1. Press the options button/select

2. Go to settings, display, and turn off dialogue camera.

Use imagination

Why would I use my imagination when Bethesda has made such a deep game that it's rendered my imagination useless?

 

[NotTheGuyYouKill]

1. Press the options button/select

2. Go to settings, display, and turn off dialogue camera.

Use imagination

Alternatively if you just stick with the main quest until it takes you to Diamond City you should find one there.

Spoiler

I believe there's a tuxedo you can grab in Piper's office

Very hard. More than occasionally getting my ass handed to me.



I've had a tux laying around in my inventory awhile. Not sure where to find it.

In sanctuary there's one in a suitcase outside on top of a car, and in one of the houses there's a tuxedo in a container.

Thanks guys!

 

[F0rneus]

A question about the Ninja perk. It says it affects Melee, but what about unarmed?

 

[Soulflarz]

FINALLY
found an assault rifle
36 damage
hehehe here we go

 

[MUnited83]

Regarding storing junk on workshops to craft things: is the junk only used by the specific workshop I stored it on, or do all of the workshops share the same pool.

I'm talking in the same location, there is a weapon workshop and a regular workshop. If I store junk in one will it count for the other?

 

[Stat!]

How do I select perks?

Im a level 3 (just before the concord mission where you meet the

Spoiler

minutemen

). I go into the pipboy. I hit triangle. And now what? I can't select X over any of the perks despite being a level 2 of anything. Ideas? Can I not pick perks yet?

 

[Beelzebufo]

Regarding storing junk on workshops to craft things: is the junk only used by the specific workshop I stored it on, or do all of the workshops share the same pool.

I'm talking in the same location, there is a weapon workshop and a regular workshop. If I store junk in one will it count for the other?

Only the specific workshop.

 

[JohnnyFootball]

Anyone got a location and/or quest for some armor or weapons for a level 11 character?

Im sick of this crap that I have right and getting killed way too easily and not doing enough damage.

Also is there a way to farm stimpack and/or radaway?

 

[Pseudo_Sam]

Maybe I should have chose The Witcher 3 instead of this.

Combat really stinks. I know I keep griping about this, but most of the games I play at least have decent shooting/melee.

This clunky shit just pisses me off.

What on earth is wrong with the shooting? Seems really solid to me.

 

[Beelzebufo]

Maybe I should have chose The Witcher 3 instead of this.

Combat really stinks. I know I keep griping about this, but most of the games I play at least have decent shooting/melee.

This clunky shit just pisses me off.

You're not gonna like the Witcher then lol

 

[Cubed]

You're not gonna like the Witcher then lol

Seriously. Its combat is as janky, if not more, than FO4's.

 

[the_batman]

Anyone got a location and/or quest for some armor or weapons for a level 11 character?

Im sick of this crap that I have right and getting killed way too easily and not doing enough damage.

Also is there a way to farm stimpack and/or radaway?

farm? just go out and find some, there's a ton lying around and in first aid kits everywhere.

 

[chubigans]

What do you guys do with Dogmeat? I find having him around an annoyance.

Traded him for Codsworth. It's awesome and he actually participates in some of the dialogue between characters.

 

[Zocano]

Been inching through on Survival difficulty with a super silly character (10 CHA/10 Luck/1 everything else). Everything is stupid tanky. I wish devs would balance each difficulty instead of just slapping on some multipliers and calling it a day.

 

[the_batman]

Jeez. Survival is no fun. Can't get anywhere near the Corvega plant without getting melted.

I'll probably switch down and put it back on later when I'm OP and the game becomes trivial

gotta work on that stealth, bruh

 

[Rizzi]

But I gave Dogmeat a cool bandana.
He is adorable.

 

[Meowster]

I fucking hate Radscorpians!!!!

 

[deim0s]

How is the difficulty for you guys? Seems Hard is the right balance.

It's those Feral Ghouls en masse and that first BoS related quest, help them out (

Spoiler

where they drop a ton of Synths at you, thank god he's there.

) is what likely kills you in the game.

 

[Kyoufu]

Did anyone else enter Corvega Power Plant from the top first and try to work their way down only to find themselves getting wrecked in like the first room? I was thinking to myself that it was way too difficult but then I realised there's a front door to that place which starts from the bottom where the enemies are easier to handle.

I did get a bobblehead from the very top though so it was worth the pain.

 

[ph1l0z0ph3r]

Need to know where I can find these guns!

 

[THE Caffeinated]

How do weapons work with companions? I heard their default weapons have unlimited ammo so what happens if you equip them with one of your weapons?

 

[Soulflarz]

the most important of questions clearly

can you not shoulder swap?

 

[Kyoufu]

Maybe I should have chose The Witcher 3 instead of this.

Combat really stinks. I know I keep griping about this, but most of the games I play at least have decent shooting/melee.

This clunky shit just pisses me off.

I stopped playing The Witcher 3 after an hour. Couldn't get past that combat/movement jank. Good luck, sir.

I recommend using VATS as much as possible.

 

[Mad Season]

question for those that get stuck using objects such as water pumps and terminals... have you adjusted the FOV?

 

[bizzarewars]

Couldn't help it.

 

[Mad Season]

I stopped playing The Witcher 3 after an hour. Couldn't get past that combat/movement jank. Good luck, sir.

I recommend using VATS as much as possible.

that has long been cleaned up, my friend

 

[Beelzebufo]

that has long been cleaned up, my friend

A little bit

 

[Kyoufu]

that has long been cleaned up, my friend

I tried it again after patch and it still felt bad.

Still waiting for an open world RPG that can nail both interaction and combat and not either one or the other.

 

[Vault Dweller 111]

The combat feels great to me...

 

[texhnolyze]

The combat feels great to me...

Fallout 4 has the best combat of all open world TES & 3D Fallout 4 games. Old fans will definitely appreciate the upgrade.
If you're new to the series and come from a FPS games in the core like Destiny though, that's a different story. Fallout is a RPG.

 

[Kyoufu]

Fallout 4 has the best combat of all open world TES & 3D Fallout 4 games. Old fans will definitely appreciate the upgrade.
If you're new to the series and come from a FPS games in the core like Destiny though, that's a different story. Fallout is a RPG.

That's no excuse. They can and should be doing better.

 

[Kamina777]

That's no excuse. They can and should be doing better.

So a company that has a history of doing rpg's magically should and could be doing better than how competent it currently it?

I think you have bethesda confused with ID i'm surprised the combat is this solid sans vats but i love vats so i rarely use it. It is an rpg first and foremost.

 

[Dan]

What does the + sign mean next to a weapon? Is it when you already have that exact weapon in your inventory? Not sure if I've identified the pattern.