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[r1chard]

Anyone know if the Romance option comes up again in conversation if you ignore it? I have to get all dressed up for the Charisma boost to have a chance of it working, so ignored it. That worked for the Flirt option, but now Romance doesn't seem to come up again :/

 

[GavinUK86]

It's Christmas Day in Diamond City!

 

[N° 2048]

Ring bell, wait an hour. Ring bell again. Wait another hour.

100% way of getting my settlers to come to me.

 

[dity]

It's Christmas Day in Diamond City!

I got this today too. I was like "awwwshit that's cool, lemme take a picture."

 

[Admiral Woofington]

Anyone know if the Romance option comes up again in conversation if you ignore it? I have to get all dressed up for the Charisma boost to have a chance of it working, so ignored it. That worked for the Flirt option, but now Romance doesn't seem to come up again :/

You might have fucked up.

For the next time you can actually walk away from cutscene-like conversations. If you start wiggling the camera and trying to move around at the same time the game will eventually let you exit the cutscene-zoom mode. Many times I wasn't prepared for a charisma check, so I did this and switched to my black suit and glasses.

 

[Blue Ninja]

My full set right now:

- Green/black BOS uniform variant
- Heavy leather chest piece
- Heavy leather right/left leg
- Sturdy combat armor right/left arm

And all of them are the shadowed look (aka why it's all black) and ultralight weight (I can still use it while sneaking and not get spotted).

I'll be switching to the heavy combat armor right/left arms once I find them and that should be the only thing that changes. Well unless I magically learn of a different way to get the BOS officer uniform.

So shadowed turns 'em black, eh? Interesting. I'm rocking full sturdy/heavy combat armor, but it's at max. damage resistance so it's stark white. Wish we could just slap some paint over it.

 

[GavinUK86]

I got this today too. I was like "awwwshit that's cool, lemme take a picture."

I also just realised I inadvertently recreated the noodle bar scene from Blade Runner.

 

[Aces&Eights]

Well, I'm level 24 and think I'm OP. Got the

Spoiler

Overseers Guardian

around level 10 and the thing is just ripping though things. Turned it up to Survival and it still only takes 2-3 shots to drop a Ghoul, Raider or Synth. Deathclaws are another story but it's like damn, nothing can stop me when raiding buildings. Even my combat shotgun drops people with 2 shots. I kind of wish enemies scaled like they did in Oblivion because at 27 hours in, I've only saved

Spoiler

Nick Valentine

and then went and killed

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Kellogg

which means I have a shitton of story left. Maybe things get stronger as I progress in the story. Regardless, blasting things into a bloody mess never gets old.

 

[Admiral Woofington]

So shadowed turns 'em black, eh? Interesting. I'm rocking full sturdy/heavy combat armor, but it's at max. damage resistance so it's stark white. Wish we could just slap some paint over it.

yep. I wish they gave you the option to use paint and cloth to turn like say the hood into a black color. Did you find the heavy combat armor parts at a particular location or just from defeating high level enemies?

 

[Blue Ninja]

yep. I wish they gave you the option to use paint and cloth to turn like say the hood into a black color. Did you find the heavy combat armor parts at a particular location or just from defeating high level enemies?

Randomly found 'em. Have a chest piece and a right leg, but the chest piece looks so ridiculous that I'm using the sturdy variant instead.

 

[RedSwirl]

At some point in the game am I going to run into

Spoiler

a pre-war ghoul that my character knew before the bombs fell

?

 

[zer0blivion]

I too am having an issue with the stairs causing my second floor to be elevated above the first floor walls. There is a big gap in between my floors and I'm not sure how to fix it.

I don't know if you were able to find a solution to this. There's a "Second story floor" that is thicker than the standard wood floor. Using those will fill the gap between the top of the wall and the bottom of the upper floors.

 

[smokeandmirrors]

Is that your character or the lady with the cat by the pond on the west-central end?

It's Piper.

 

[Rhaknar]

man the glowing sea is so fucking creepy, I actually found some locations there too, im scared ;_;

 

[lastflowers]

Well, I'm level 24 and think I'm OP. Got the

Spoiler

Overseers Guardian

around level 10 and the thing is just ripping though things. Turned it up to Survival and it still only takes 2-3 shots to drop a Ghoul, Raider or Synth. Deathclaws are another story but it's like damn, nothing can stop me when raiding buildings. Even my combat shotgun drops people with 2 shots. I kind of wish enemies scaled like they did in Oblivion because at 27 hours in, I've only saved

Spoiler

Nick Valentine

and then went and killed

Spoiler

Kellogg

which means I have a shitton of story left. Maybe things get stronger as I progress in the story. Regardless, blasting things into a bloody mess never gets old.

I was the same way at that level, now level 40. Still pretty easy, but I'm only minutely past you (did the next quest)

 

[GavinGT]

At some point in the game am I going to run into

Spoiler

a pre-war ghoul that my character knew before the bombs fell

?

Yep.

 

[Shadow Broker]

I can't figure out the

Spoiler

Freedom Trail

puzzle.

Anyone has any input on it?

 

[Enduin]

I can't figure out the

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Freedom Trail

puzzle.

Anyone has any input on it?

What part?

Spoiler

Following it

or

Spoiler

deciphering the code

?

 

[GavinGT]

I can't figure out the

Spoiler

Freedom Trail

puzzle.

Anyone has any input on it?

Spoiler

Did you find all 8 letter/number combinations? Did you notice that the button in the basement has a wheel around it that spins?

 

[nubbe]

man the glowing sea is so fucking creepy, I actually found some locations there too, im scared ;_;

my first time was with a radiation storm at night... it was creepy

 

[Interfectum]

I don't know if you were able to find a solution to this. There's a "Second story floor" that is thicker than the standard wood floor. Using those will fill the gap between the top of the wall and the bottom of the upper floors.

Is there? Wow thanks for the heads up. I got some reworking to do... lol

 

[Admiral Woofington]

I can't figure out the

Spoiler

Freedom Trail

puzzle.

Anyone has any input on it?

I'll give you clues under spoiler just in case

Spoiler

start from the beginning and notice that each sign tends to have a letter highlighted in a specific word of the circle.

Basically (telling you how to do solution)

Spoiler

follow the order from the first sign, noticing which word and which letter they specify and notice the circle tool you spin has the same words.... hmmmm

Worst comes to worst I'm sure you could find the solution online.

 

[zer0blivion]

At some point in the game am I going to run into

Spoiler

a pre-war ghoul that my character knew before the bombs fell

?

General answer to your question:

Spoiler

____Yes____

Location spoiler:

Spoiler

At the Rexford hotel in Goodneighbour

Character spoiler:

Spoiler

It's the Vault-Tec sales rep from the beginning of the game.

 

[Shadow Broker]

What part?

Spoiler

Following it

or

Spoiler

deciphering the code

?

Spoiler

Did you find all 8 letter/number combinations? Did you notice that the button in the basement has a wheel around it that spins?

Following it. I don't know what you guys mean by the rest of it yet.

 

[GavinGT]

Following it. I don't know what you guys mean by the rest of it yet.

You'll have to discern where the path actually is even though it's covered by rubble for significant stretches. You see the path, right?

 

[-tetsuo-]

I'm 45 hours in and I've never had to buy or sell anything.

Not sure how I feel about it to be honest.

Caps are honestly kind of useless in this game.

 

[phierce]

Haha, just found a terminal in a police station or something that held a prisoner called Opie Hurst. He had 1 leather vest, 1 wool knit cap and motorcycle keys.

I haven't seen this yet, but that's fucking awesome!

 

[Shadow Broker]

I'll give you clues under spoiler just in case

Spoiler

start from the beginning and notice that each sign tends to have a letter highlighted in a specific word of the circle.

Basically (telling you how to do solution)

Spoiler

follow the order from the first sign, noticing which word and which letter they specify and notice the circle tool you spin has the same words.... hmmmm

Worst comes to worst I'm sure you could find the solution online.

You'll have to discern where the path actually is even though it's covered by rubble for significant stretches. You see the path, right?

Yeah it just clicked with me. Thanks for the tips!!

 

[Murray97]

Caps are honestly kind of useless in this game.

Not if you need to build lots of stores in a settlement. Then they are very useful.

 

[SirMossyBloke]

I cant believe it took two youtube videos and a walkthrough to finally find out about sharing stuff between settlements.

As soon as I highlighted a free settler and chose to set up a route to another settlement, ALL my stuff from Sanctuary was shared between everything else. God damned stupid game.

 

[Admiral Woofington]

Caps are honestly kind of useless in this game.

disagreed. They're great for quick material shipments of 25+ of a specific item, to get certain armor parts you might need, ammo if you find that you're always running low of a type you need, and buying special equipment.

 

[GavinGT]

I buy every bullet I can. That's all I spend money on. So I'm typically buying 5000 caps worth of bullets in exchange for a bunch of chems that I never use.

 

[Xion_Stellar]

Caps are honestly kind of useless in this game.

Only if you're steam rolling through the game without getting into Establishments but otherwise some of us are constantly running low on caps due to our investment into the Establishment system.

 

[Hawkian]

I've had no need to sell or buy anything just yet. I prbly have like 5k in caps. I guess it would be useful to buy some items to do crafting.

I scarp everything i am not using.

9627 caps as of my last trade session through Diamond City. No console commands to increase carry capacity or any other trickery, and I haven't gotten into the Purified Water trade yet. I'm more interested in the perk that lets you fast travel while encumbered, but it's sort of dumb that that perk is tucked all the way into the perk that actually expands your carry weight, bleh. I don't want to level strength.

Dunno why but I don't find it a chore to make a pass around all the vendors and sell everything off. I like the feeling of clearing them out of their caps as I swing through town.

I'm buying the

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Big Boy

from Arturo as soon as I have enough caps to have 2000 left after the purchase. Then it'll be time to start buying Copper shipments in peace (I'll never be getting the Scrapper perk on this character so copper is crazy tough to come by).

I'm 45 hours in and I've never had to buy or sell anything.

Not sure how I feel about it to be honest.

And I haven't done any weapon mods or worn anything other than a clean black suit. I think it's a solid feature of the game's design that you don't really have to take part at all in the stuff that doesn't interest you, and can kind of make your way successfully doing the stuff that does. My first trip to Diamond City I was overencumbered by 150lbs of stuff to sell and got a huge windfall when I got there, it was great.

 

[Rhaknar]

anyone that did as many BoS quests as possible before the choice, or even went with the BoS all the way, I have a big question

PM or something please!

 

[nubbe]

I'm 45 hours in and I've never had to buy or sell anything.

Not sure how I feel about it to be honest.

It is the first Fallout where I have never consumed a Nuka Cola... and I have about 250 stim packs

Must be the easiest Fallout yet... on normal anyways

Caps and aid just rain like mana from heaven

 

[Not Spaceghost]

I've decided on a radical course of action, after starting the brother hood of steel quests I've decided I don't agree with them at all so I am going to kill them all on sight.

I am going rogue! Time to suit up to go to war against the BoS and I have claimed my first victims.

 

[SirMossyBloke]

How are you guys getting so many caps? Even with the extra caps perk i'm always just around 1000, and I can't afford to buy much ammo let alone anything else. Thats with 5 shops set up in Sanctuary too. They give me about 125 caps every few days :/

 

[Chiggs]

Took down a Legendary Deathclaw at Level 18. I got some surprising help from a Protectron and some creative platforming on my part.

Finished the fight with a critical missile strike to the head.

 

[smokeandmirrors]

lol i have like 20000 caps right now. i dont know where i got them all from

 

[-tetsuo-]

Ahh yea caps probably are important for the settlement stuff. I have barely messed with that at all. As far as adventuring goes, definitely not. Aid and ammo and weapons just rain from the sky.

 

[LookAtMeGo]

I started writing down a list of all the places that have expert and master terminals to hack with nice stashes behind them so I can go back and collect after I get that hacking rank up

 

[Admiral Woofington]

How are you guys getting so many caps? Even with the extra caps perk i'm always just around 1000, and I can't afford to buy much ammo let alone anything else. Thats with 5 shops set up in Sanctuary too. They give me about 125 caps every few days :/

high charisma and doing sidequests all over the place. You keep telling them to up the price until the max which usually changes it like say from 150 caps to like 400 caps.

 

[nubbe]

I started writing down a list of all the places that have expert and master terminals to hack with nice stashes behind them so I can go back and collect after I get that hacking rank up

I bet that you find duct tape and pipe guns

Because, it's the same loot everywhere
The good stuff is on legendary mobs

 

[xkramz]

how can i back up my game saves on PC?

 

[Tal Shiar Agent]

Ran into a Gunner Commander that was wearing Power Armor. It was only a T-51 helmet, torso, and both arms though. I killed him. Is the only way to get the entire armor and fusion core to pickpocket the core? Killing people in Power Armor means you lose out on all but the pieces?

 

[Jams775]

yep. I wish they gave you the option to use paint and cloth to turn like say the hood into a black color. Did you find the heavy combat armor parts at a particular location or just from defeating high level enemies?

Speaking of,

Has anyone come across a paint mixer (with cans of paint around it)? I forget where I found one but it looked like you could actually mix paint with it. I remember it saying something about how you need blue and yellow to make green or something. Is that used for anything?

 

[Dre_G_Writer]

How are you guys getting so many caps? Even with the extra caps perk i'm always just around 1000, and I can't afford to buy much ammo let alone anything else. Thats with 5 shops set up in Sanctuary too. They give me about 125 caps every few days :/

OK, a few tips

The meat you get from animals, craft food with it and sell it.
Sell the drugs you don't use.
Sell all the preserve food like insta mash that has rads in it.
Sell the ammo you don't use. It's weightless.
Sell purified water that can be regenerated with a water purifier in settlements

 

[Wallach]

Ahh yea caps probably are important for the settlement stuff. I have barely messed with that at all. As far as adventuring goes, definitely not. Aid and ammo and weapons just rain from the sky.

Most of what I spend my caps on in that regard is getting all the available chems from vendors.

There are a few (very expensive) unique items on vendors that are worth buying, but otherwise I pretty much only use caps to fund my drug habits.

 

[blame space]

what's the quickest way to get aluminum? stealing alarm clocks?