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Fallout New Vegas |OT| Obsidian does what Bethesdon't
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Diomedeskun
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Visualante said:
It's a cool extra and nicely bound, but the comic is really short- it's only 22 pages and basically serves as an extended intro sequence to the game. You just get to see a little of what happened beforehand with Benny and the Khans, nothing too special, although Benny is entertaining as always.
The comic was the main part of why I wanted the special edition and I was sorely disappointed, but the awesome deck of cards helped make up for it.
Pyke Presco
Member
Stopped my first playthrough at about level 13, I was too scatterbrained with what I wanted to do and just ended up being okay in all areas and excelling at nothing. I rerolled a new character this morning who is completely melee focused and extremely intelligent and persuasive (at level 8, guns, explosives and energy weapons are at 5, sneak and unarmed at 10, while speech, melee, survival and barter are all between 40 and 60).
Tagged skills were melee, speech and survival, took good natured and heavy handed as my traits at the start. And I've also decided that I'm gonna side with the Legion, since I can totally see Legionary armor, melee weapons and throwing spears being my style (plus the NCR just seems to be power-tripping and in charge of everything, and I could go for taking them down a few pegs). I'm trying to talk my way out of any conflict if at all possible, and when that doesnt work I go in and carve people up. Having a lot more fun this time around but some fights are becoming tough and I may need to pick up a follower soon.
Which leads me to my question: what followers can I get that won't mind me being all buddy-buddy with the Legion? Boone is a no go, the man is crazy and kills legionaries on sight, and I get the impression from reading the thread Cass won't be too keen on my chosen company(or maybe will just hate the evil murderous villain I intend to become). Since those are the only two I found on the first playthrough, along with ED-E, I need some advice on who to get and where to find them.
Tagged skills were melee, speech and survival, took good natured and heavy handed as my traits at the start. And I've also decided that I'm gonna side with the Legion, since I can totally see Legionary armor, melee weapons and throwing spears being my style (plus the NCR just seems to be power-tripping and in charge of everything, and I could go for taking them down a few pegs). I'm trying to talk my way out of any conflict if at all possible, and when that doesnt work I go in and carve people up. Having a lot more fun this time around but some fights are becoming tough and I may need to pick up a follower soon.
Which leads me to my question: what followers can I get that won't mind me being all buddy-buddy with the Legion? Boone is a no go, the man is crazy and kills legionaries on sight, and I get the impression from reading the thread Cass won't be too keen on my chosen company(or maybe will just hate the evil murderous villain I intend to become). Since those are the only two I found on the first playthrough, along with ED-E, I need some advice on who to get and where to find them.
Sub_Level said:
I bought the
Robot Combat perk (the one that lets you sneak up behind hostile robots and deactivate them) in preparation for this building and then ended up not needing it at all since I was able to sweet talk the robots and hack all the terminals (Speech 80, Science 80). But hopefully there will be some badass robots I can use it on in the future.
I'm also bummed that I focused on energy weapons instead of guns. Energy weapons were so powerful in FO3 but in New Vegas they seem to bounce off most high level enemies (deathclaws, supermutants, flying insects) in comparison to the damage caused by guns. I have an energy wep score of 80 and the perk that reduces the strength requirements for big guns and I'm still doing very little damage to high level enemies with my laser/plasma rifle. Though I have Boone, even he's getting two-shotted by Deathclaws (and I'm doing absolutely no damage to them :lol).
We were only able to defeat the supermutants because he switched to a supersledge on the mountain, instead of relying on his guns and my energy weps.
KibblesBits
Member
thorin said:
Yes, I actually won off him. You know... he has a house. He's not homeless or poor. He's just crazy as fuck.
I have the exact same specs and get 50-60fps with 4xAA @ 1080p most of the time. I was getting the same performance as you until I used the D3D9 fix:Septimus said:
http://www.newvegasnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=34970
I also use this which removes a lot of stutter:
http://www.newvegasnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=35262
water_wendi
Water is not wet!
i really like how the skill checks during dialogue have different text depending on whether you can pass or fail it.
edit: i wanted to use Bill Rontes choices and his response to being a sissy but didnt want to spoil it. i laughed hard at his thoughts on being a real man :lol
edit: i wanted to use Bill Rontes choices and his response to being a sissy but didnt want to spoil it. i laughed hard at his thoughts on being a real man :lol
Argh, I'm doing the quest at Helios One and theres bots everywhere. I have no problems killing organic enemies, but my weapons are pretty much useless against them, I'm forced to just run like a bitch from them.
Is there any way to shut them down or am I screwed for not bothering with energy weapons?
Is there any way to shut them down or am I screwed for not bothering with energy weapons?
I'm nearing the end part of the game, well over 30 hours of play time (maybe over 40 too, lazy to check now), I think I've discovered 70-80 locations, but I haven't killed a shit ton of enemies because I'm playing mostly a speech character. I'm level 25-26 now. I think I'll probably hit 30 before I complete the game, but the level cap seems pretty tight. Obviously if I played a combat heavy character who gets to kill a lot more enemies (and higher level ones to boot) the cap can be reached much sooner.
Cheech said:
Thanks. I actually made it to my destination despite being shot by 10 robots at the same time but it turns out I need one piece of scrap metal and somehow I don't have one and there weren't any in the room. Dammit! It sucks that that junk is everywhere except for the one time you need it.
So I took 1 charisma and didn't invest anything into Speech in my new character, figuring that I would fail every speech check... but there's surprisingly a lot of intelligence/medicine/science checks in dialogues. With those three and Confirmed Bachelor, I haven't had trouble convincing people in quests.
Confidence Man
Member
Snuggler said:
Kill a robot for scrap metal.
Argh I hope I didn't fuck this up
No spoil please just yes or no:
About the Thing at the Top of the Tops casino and about the boomers:
Please answer me without spoiling anything.
No spoil please just yes or no:
About the Thing at the Top of the Tops casino and about the boomers:
Does saying to Benny's robot that they're my allies make them his allies?
I talked to the ambassador about them before I did to the robot.
I want to be with the NRC so I don't want to have them on his side.
I talked to the ambassador about them before I did to the robot.
I want to be with the NRC so I don't want to have them on his side.
darkjedi187
Member
Almyn said:
I have the same issue. I'm trying to wait 3 days and see if he stops being aggresive
darkjedi187
Member
Seems a bit disappointing the feedback about energy weapons. I rolled an energy weapon character to start and haven't gotten any good energy weapon that does decent damage. Any suggestions were to find one?
miladesn said:
Well, if you get that gun, then go to Helios One and do the questline there, you can power it up to fire a super beam from space every 24hrs or something. I didn't do it personally, but someone else said earlier the gun was underwhelming.
edit: It may auto-start that quest if you've got Veronica in your party. Also, her companion quest has an option (one of three) to find the gun.
edit: It may auto-start that quest if you've got Veronica in your party. Also, her companion quest has an option (one of three) to find the gun.
kyo_daikun
Member
Not quite sure whats going on, was playing the game on my PS3 and it wouldn't load my save back up after I got killed, tried reloading my saves about 4 times and my PS3 just crashes every time, really lame...
I just had a weird glitch.
You know that old lady at the scrap yard with the dogs? So I was at a location on the other side of the map, I leave a building and all of a sudden her dogs are there and they're attacking me. There was a couple mole rats two, like 5 animals coming at me at once. And it was making this weird noising that sounded like the metal barrels when you knock them over.
Maybe that was a Wild Wasteland moment.
You know that old lady at the scrap yard with the dogs? So I was at a location on the other side of the map, I leave a building and all of a sudden her dogs are there and they're attacking me. There was a couple mole rats two, like 5 animals coming at me at once. And it was making this weird noising that sounded like the metal barrels when you knock them over.
Maybe that was a Wild Wasteland moment.
Foliorum Viridum
Banned
18 hours in, level 23 and absolutely no sign of any companion.
:lol
Also, where the fuck can I buy Stimpacks? I've gone to every major location, as well as the doctor in the first town, and any traders I can find and I got two in total. That doesn't even recover my health fully! I'm finding it hard now just because I never have health. Some pointers on where to find them would be appreciated!
:lol
Also, where the fuck can I buy Stimpacks? I've gone to every major location, as well as the doctor in the first town, and any traders I can find and I got two in total. That doesn't even recover my health fully! I'm finding it hard now just because I never have health. Some pointers on where to find them would be appreciated!
Easiest place is the Silver Rush in Freeside. Just drag whatever weapon you want to a corner, Sneak, then steal it. :lol Or get a stealthboy.darkjedi187 said:
Restrooms and enemies, along with merchants... steal from every first aid box you see as well. You shouldn't need to use them outside of battle, though. Pay caps to doctors or use food to heal up. Sarsaparillas are pretty great.
kyo_daikun
Member
Foliorum Viridum said:
Think im about 10 hours in, level 13 and ive found 3 companions, look harder! :lol
Foliorum Viridum
Banned
I'm okay with not having them, as I'd rather be a lone wanderer, I just thought it's quite funny since it's a big focus on the game and I haven't encountered it. I guess that speaks volumes about the amount of content within the game - I've done a lot of missions, so clearly there's still a heap of stuff left to do!kyo_daikun said:
I've been searching the dead and not finding any. First aid boxes are few and far between, too...Dresden said:
I've just played the last hour or so without any Stimpacks and it was quite frustrating.
fizzelopeguss
Banned
water_wendi said:i really like how the skill checks during dialogue have different text depending on whether you can pass or fail it.
edit: i wanted to use Bill Rontes choices and his response to being a sissy but didnt want to spoil it. i laughed hard at his thoughts on being a real man :lol
And who could forget this classic "perception" check.
CaptainCamerica
Member
Anyone have any idea where Sergeant Astor is in Camp Searchlight? I'm having difficulty finding him, I found Private Edwards but I am running low on Radaway and I need to find Astor.
edit: disregard, found him
edit: disregard, found him
Pyke Presco
Member
So, I found Veronica. And apparently despite her background she doesnt give a flying fuck if we just go and annhilate the NCR and side with Legion, so her and I have been a pair of tag-teaming, melee-wielding crazy scholastic monk chicks (got some of those Bright Ghoul monk robes for myself). God damn this shit is crazy. Got myself a fancy machete from one of the Legion leaders after I wiped out an NCR camp for him. It's pretty fucking badass, and V and I just blitz right into the middle of every situation swinging left and right annhilating any foolish enough to get in the way.
darkjedi187
Member
Dresden said:
Thanks
water_wendi
Water is not wet!
i really want to post pics of that Barter conversation. Hilarious stuff :lolmiladesn said:
fizzelopeguss said:
weekend_warrior
Banned
fizzelopeguss said:And who could forget this classic "perception" check.
I like the charisma check more. :lol
water_wendi
Water is not wet!
Ah.. havent seen that one. ill have to remember when i do a low IN meathead run :lolduckroll said:
The Lamonster
Member
I loved FO3 but I just can't get interested in New Vegas. Maybe it's the setting...I don't know.
Can someone please explain exactly how it's supposedly way better than FO3?
Can someone please explain exactly how it's supposedly way better than FO3?
water_wendi
Water is not wet!
Choice and consequences, writing, quest design, factions, pacing, characters, voice acting.The Lamonster said: