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[Chairhome]

Finally started playing this game... a couple hours in now, I just got to Nipton

Spoiler

And killed all of the legionaires. Cause... screw them.

After I left Goodsprings, it told me I could revise my character if I wanted to, so I did, then it made me re-do my stats, too? that's normal? I feel like my stats were better before it made me redo them. I guess its moot now cause I'm LV 5 now. Game is pretty fun though. Hoping to blow through this before Batman PC comes out.

 

[Woorloog]

After I left Goodsprings, it told me I could revise my character if I wanted to, so I did, then it made me re-do my stats, too? that's normal? I feel like my stats were better before it made me redo them.

It is normal. And all you do is to set your SPECIAL, tag skills and traits again and if you set them as they were, they're the same. There are no random factors involved.
And you didn't have to redo them.

 

[zkylon]

Finally started playing this game... a couple hours in now, I just got to Nipton

Spoiler

And killed all of the legionaires. Cause... screw them.

After I left Goodsprings, it told me I could revise my character if I wanted to, so I did, then it made me re-do my stats, too? that's normal? I feel like my stats were better before it made me redo them. I guess its moot now cause I'm LV 5 now. Game is pretty fun though. Hoping to blow through this before Batman PC comes out.

The game offers everybody a second chance to review your character before heading into the world. You can change everything: name, gender, stats, skills, traits, everything. You didn't had to, it's just there in case you want to.

And the game's pretty long if you steer away from the main campaign, there's easily over a hundred hours of gametime if you do. Arguably the best section of the game isn't tied to the main campaign at all, so it'd be a shame for you to miss it, and Fallout's always been about the side stuff, so bear that in mind if you're intending to breeze through it. There's a lot of content out there.

 

[Chairhome]

The game offers everybody a second chance to review your character before heading into the world. You can change everything: name, gender, stats, skills, traits, everything. You didn't had to, it's just there in case you want to.

And the game's pretty long if you steer away from the main campaign, there's easily over a hundred hours of gametime if you do. Arguably the best section of the game isn't tied to the main campaign at all, so it'd be a shame for you to miss it, and Fallout's always been about the side stuff, so bear that in mind if you're intending to breeze through it. There's a lot of content out there.

Yeah, I'm starting to get sucked in, now. I'll probably do occasional side missions, are there any that would be a shame to miss (if you can mention them without spoiling, of course!)?
Also, any mods that don't change gameplay that I should install? I saw something about a fixed .dll file, but is that needed?

 

[Lakitu]

Well, I finished Lonesome Road a week or so ago. I thought it was very well done. Especially the ending. Props to Obsidian they've done such a fantastic job with the game and it's DLC. I've put nearly 200 hours into a single playthrough.

 

[zkylon]

Yeah, I'm starting to get sucked in, now. I'll probably do occasional side missions, are there any that would be a shame to miss (if you can mention them without spoiling, of course!)?
Also, any mods that don't change gameplay that I should install? I saw something about a fixed .dll file, but is that needed?

I'll try to keep it as unspoilerific as possible, so i'll just list some worthwhile locations with some good quests:

Spoiler

Vault 11
Camp Golf
Freeside
Jacobstown
Red Rock Canyon
Camp McCarran
Black Mountain
Hidden Valley
All the DLC, if you have it, in release order: DM, HH, OWB, LR

You may run into some of these along the main campaign, but you'll probably want to dig a little deeper into them.

 

[Chairhome]

I'll try to keep it as unspoilerific as possible, so i'll just list some worthwhile locations with some good quests:

Spoiler

Vault 11
Camp Golf
Freeside
Jacobstown
Red Rock Canyon
Camp McCarran
Black Mountain
Hidden Valley
All the DLC, if you have it, in release order: DM, HH, OWB, LR

You may run into some of these along the main campaign, but you'll probably want to dig a little deeper into them.

Thanks, I'll keep this stuff in mind as I go along!

 

[webrunner]

Just finished my New Vegas playthrough.. you can see it here: http://meleenamcfallout.tumblr.com/
I've started a Fallout 3 playthrough as well.

 

[DaBuddaDa]

I just realized this game is now over a year old and there has been zero word of a "Collector's Edition" or "GOTY Edition" or anything. I am steamin' mad here!

 

[nicoga3000]

I just realized this game is now over a year old and there has been zero word of a "Collector's Edition" or "GOTY Edition" or anything. I am steamin' mad here!

I've been holding out for a PC super pack, or a Steam sale. -_-

 

[morningbus]

They just released the last bit of DLC a few weeks ago. They aren't going to cannibalize its sales by announcing the GOTY just yet. It'll come.

 

[hemtae]

They just released the last bit of DLC a few weeks ago. They aren't going to cannibalize its sales by announcing the GOTY just yet. It'll come.

Actually it was almost exactly a month ago.

 

[jim-jam bongs]

Fallout: New Vegas GOTY White Mojave Edition

- Comes with collectible Pip-Boy "angel" for your tree
- Features a new radio station playing all your favourite Bing Crosby hits
- New Fiend hideout: Santa's Village

Yeah!

 

[Labadal]

Fallout: New Vegas GOTY White Mojave Edition

- Comes with collectible Pip-Boy "angel" for your tree
- Features a new radio station playing all your favourite Bing Crosby hits
- New Fiend hideout: Santa's Village

Yeah!

Pfft, GOTY edition comes with a real Pip-Boy.

 

[zkylon]

Fallout: New Vegas GOTY White Mojave Edition

- Comes with collectible Pip-Boy "angel" for your tree
- Features a new radio station playing all your favourite Bing Crosby hits
- New Fiend hideout: Santa's Village

Yeah!

Only on Gamestop!

 

[Sub_Level]

Having a very crispy Halloween.

 

[_Isaac]

Crispy?

EDIT: What the? I thought this was the "Post New Pics" thread. Heh.

 

[jim-jam bongs]

Awesome!

 

[Slayven]

I just started New Vegas, about an hour in and I already like it more then FO3. The atmosphere isn't so oppressive and depressing.

 

[Plasmid]

I just found out there are some of those real life cazadores here in Argieland. A friend took this last summer:

Fuck everything about this.

 

[GreekWolf]

Think I've decided I'm done with Arkham City. I tinkered around with it for several days, but kept wishing I was playing New Vegas instead.

I've just downloaded Old World Blues, and have been hooked all over again. I honestly believe that I could be perfectly happy just playing the Elder Scrolls and Fallout franchises for the entire generation. There's really nothing else that compares.

 

[Kung Fu Grip]

I just realized this game is now over a year old and there has been zero word of a "Collector's Edition" or "GOTY Edition" or anything. I am steamin' mad here!

Can't believe its been a year. It doesn't feel like it.

I just started New Vegas, about an hour in and I already like it more then FO3. The atmosphere isn't so oppressive and depressing.

But thats what i loved about FO3 and why i think its a better game than NV. There would be times i wouldn't play because i didn't feel like being in a sad mood. Heh.

The music worked so well. Walking around in an abandoned building or house with human bones on the floor, pre war clothes in the closet, and a childs teddy bear laying around while this is playing- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sILAANrfcpM&feature=related

affected my mind state so much i would fall into daydream and imagine what the fuck happened here? Many more tracks evoked similar responses like-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuYwAB9p8Lk&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3CPk56BOOM&feature=related

The game is just overall perfect to me. I hope FO4 is like this.

 

[Labadal]

Started a new playthrough now that I have all the DLC and some spare time to actually play the game. Going Unarmed, with lots of sneaking and repair. Chose Wild Wasteland this time. Will probably side with the Legion.

My question is: Will I be ok as an unarmed fighter in the DLCs?

 

[zkylon]

Started a new playthrough now that I have all the DLC and some spare time to actually play the game. Going Unarmed, with lots of sneaking and repair. Chose Wild Wasteland this time. Will probably side with the Legion.

My question is: Will I be ok as an unarmed fighter in the DLCs?

Yup, use the appropriate powerfist variants and you'll be fine. Lonesome Road might give you trouble, though.

 

[fizzelopeguss]

Can't believe its been a year. It doesn't feel like it.



But thats what i loved about FO3 and why i think its a better game than NV. There would be times i wouldn't play because i didn't feel like being in a sad mood. Heh.

The music worked so well. Walking around in an abandoned building or house with human bones on the floor, pre war clothes in the closet, and a childs teddy bear laying around while this is playing- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sILAANrfcpM&feature=related

affected my mind state so much i would fall into daydream and imagine what the fuck happened here? Many more tracks evoked similar responses like-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuYwAB9p8Lk&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3CPk56BOOM&feature=related

The game is just overall perfect to me. I hope FO4 is like this.

New vegas has mark morgan original fallout pieces (the good stuff) and music from FO3 (the forgettable filler)

 

[Marvie_3]

Can't believe its been a year. It doesn't feel like it.



But thats what i loved about FO3 and why i think its a better game than NV. There would be times i wouldn't play because i didn't feel like being in a sad mood. Heh.

The music worked so well. Walking around in an abandoned building or house with human bones on the floor, pre war clothes in the closet, and a childs teddy bear laying around while this is playing- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sILAANrfcpM&feature=related

affected my mind state so much i would fall into daydream and imagine what the fuck happened here? Many more tracks evoked similar responses like-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuYwAB9p8Lk&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3CPk56BOOM&feature=related

The game is just overall perfect to me. I hope FO4 is like this.

Agreed. I absolutely love the atmosphere in FO3.

 

[Blue Ninja]

New vegas has mark morgan original fallout pieces (the good stuff) and music from FO3 (the forgettable filler)

I loved the FO3 music. The whole "bleak beauty"-aspect really spoke to me. Kinda sucked they didn't release a full soundtrack for it.

Inon Zur did some good work for New Vegas, too.

 

[OMG Aero]

Could someone fill me in on what karma does in this game?
I just reached level 50 and I'm not sure whether to take the perk that resets karma but gives bonus damage, health (Depending on your karma when you take the perk) and critical hit immunity for it.
I've read that the ending of the main game changes slightly depending on your karma, so I'm wondering whether taking this perk means I'll now get the neutral ending instead of the good ending that I was on track to get.

 

[zkylon]

Could someone fill me in on what karma does in this game?
I just reached level 50 and I'm not sure whether to take the perk that resets karma but gives bonus damage, health (Depending on your karma when you take the perk) and critical hit immunity for it.
I've read that the ending of the main game changes slightly depending on your karma, so I'm wondering whether taking this perk means I'll now get the neutral ending instead of the good ending that I was on track to get.

Karma makes slight differences in New Vegas, i think the most significant effect is Cass leaving your party. It's kinda important for the endings, though, for instance, (hypothetical case) you rule New Vegas with an iron fist or in a benevolent manner.

 

[Ponti]

Could someone fill me in on what karma does in this game?
I just reached level 50 and I'm not sure whether to take the perk that resets karma but gives bonus damage, health (Depending on your karma when you take the perk) and critical hit immunity for it.
I've read that the ending of the main game changes slightly depending on your karma, so I'm wondering whether taking this perk means I'll now get the neutral ending instead of the good ending that I was on track to get.

Karma won't change the ending you get, except for a different narration. Though the end result is pretty much the same.

 

[OMG Aero]

In that case, is it easy to reach the karma point that changes the ending again or do you know if the karma based health increase from the perk increases as I gain more karma?
As it is, the perk only gives me 40 extra health so it doesn't really seem worth it if it's going to mess up my ending. Even if it's just a little narration, I've played the game as the good guy so I'd like to get an ending that reflects that.

 

[Sub_Level]

Started a new playthrough now that I have all the DLC and some spare time to actually play the game. Going Unarmed, with lots of sneaking and repair. Chose Wild Wasteland this time. Will probably side with the Legion.

My question is: Will I be ok as an unarmed fighter in the DLCs?

The worst enemies of melee builds are Deathclaws and of course Cazadors if you don't have poison supplies but they're otherwise viable most of the time. Remember that Veronica can teach you a good counter move.

Going through Lonesome Road right now and found an Ammo Box with hundreds of AP .308 rounds. Guess the game designers agree with my love for the Gobi Campaign Sniper Rifle. Also, dat thermic lance.

 

[zkylon]

In that case, is it easy to reach the karma point that changes the ending again or do you know if the karma based health increase from the perk increases as I gain more karma?
As it is, the perk only gives me 40 extra health so it doesn't really seem worth it if it's going to mess up my ending. Even if it's just a little narration, I've played the game as the good guy so I'd like to get an ending that reflects that.

Just don't get the perk. You can go kill fiends or ghouls for a while but farming karma is no fun and even if you like it, anything hardly ever respawns in New Vegas, so you'll have to rest every 10 minutes.

 

[_Isaac]

So I chose the Wild Wasteland thing in the beginning of the game. I was expecting a lot more stuff to pop up, but I think I've only encountered one thing. This is 33 hours into the game, and I've only seen one thing. Did you guys have better luck with this?

 

[Ken]

My current look is pretty pimpin':

http://i.imgur.com/6hl40.jpg[MG]

Has that rugged wasteland survival look with a dash of high-tech for good measure. One thing I really dig about item mods (and was very disappointed that FO3 didn't do by default - should've done it like Morrowind with separate armor pieces to begin with) is that you can mix different armor pieces - a mismatched, rag-tag look is a MUCH better fit for a post-apocalyptic adventurer than a single piece of full armor.[/QUOTE]

Are those mods or can I find those in vanilla NV?

 

[odin toelust]

So I chose the Wild Wasteland thing in the beginning of the game. I was expecting a lot more stuff to pop up, but I think I've only encountered one thing. This is 33 hours into the game, and I've only seen one thing. Did you guys have better luck with this?

Its pretty worthless

 

[Syph Medwes]

So I chose the Wild Wasteland thing in the beginning of the game. I was expecting a lot more stuff to pop up, but I think I've only encountered one thing. This is 33 hours into the game, and I've only seen one thing. Did you guys have better luck with this?

Maybe you just missed some?
I'm only a couple hours into the game, but my favourite so far was definitely this one.

 

[nismogrendel]

Maybe you just missed some?
I'm only a couple hours into the game, but my favourite so far was definitely this one.

That one was cool. I also liked the fridge and the "rolling pin ambush" (trying not to give that one away).

 

[Sysgen]

Karma makes slight differences in New Vegas, i think the most significant effect is Cass leaving your party. It's kinda important for the endings, though, for instance, (hypothetical case) you rule New Vegas with an iron fist or in a benevolent manner.

You have Karma per faction and it's significant enough that if you don't have enough of it you won't be able to complete quests.

 

[zkylon]

You have Karma per faction and it's significant enough that if you don't have enough of it you won't be able to complete quests.

That's not karma, that's reputation, which does indeed matter a lot in the game. Karma itself i only know two instances of it getting in the way of quests: low karma for Cass and high karma for Mortimer in the Ultra-Luxe.

Are those mods or can I find those in vanilla NV?

From what i can tell, the scarf, helmet, accesories (gun holster, ammo bags, grenades), Pipboy-lessness and body shape are all mods. The armor itself is in NV vanilla.

 

[Syph Medwes]

Hey I just hit level 6, (lol) and I'm trying to decide between Gunslinger and Bloody Mess, thoughts?

 

[_Isaac]

Probably Bloody Mess.

Also, I don't remember what those two perks do exactly.

 

[Syph Medwes]

Probably Bloody Mess.

Also, I don't remember what those two perks do exactly.

Bloody Mess gives you 5% extra damage with all weapons and enemies explode when you kill them, while Gunslinger significantly increases your accuracy in V.A.T.S. while using a "pistol or similar one-handed weapon."

EDIT: Actually I think I'll go with Toughness, which increases your overall damage threshold by 3.

 

[nismogrendel]

Bloody Mess gives you 5% extra damage with all weapons and enemies explode when you kill them, while Gunslinger significantly increases your accuracy in V.A.T.S. while using a "pistol or similar one-handed weapon."

EDIT: Actually I think I'll go with Toughness, which increases your overall damage threshold by 3.

I'd take bloody mess. I got tired of the gibs after a while but 5% dmg is nice.

Are you using lever rifles/revolvers? If you are there is a good perk that requires (I think) like 25 guns 25 melee. It's cowboy or something like that. +25% dmg on those weapon types.

It sounds like you are already using pistols, so that will give ya something to work towards.

This should be it:

http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Cowboy

I can't check it tho, blocked at work

Also if you are looking for accuracy, the perk to fire slower/more accurate is really nice. Not much downside to it.

 

[zkylon]

Bloody Mess gives you 5% extra damage with all weapons and enemies explode when you kill them, while Gunslinger significantly increases your accuracy in V.A.T.S. while using a "pistol or similar one-handed weapon."

EDIT: Actually I think I'll go with Toughness, which increases your overall damage threshold by 3.

Don't get Bloody Mess for the gore. Takes all of what's satisfying about FO3 & NV's carnages and replaces it with balloon gibs explosions.

 

[nismogrendel]

Don't get Bloody Mess for the gore. Takes all of what's satisfying about FO3 & NV's carnages and replaces it with balloon gibs explosions.

That was my problem with it. I liked seeing the heads pop off and things like that.

 

[Syph Medwes]

Yeah I think I'll pass on Bloody Mess, take Toughness, and work towards Cowboy.
Thanks for the input.

 

[_Isaac]

I never noticed a difference in the gore when I got Bloody Mess.

 

[Slayven]

I only have enough points for one, so Courier pack or Gun Runners?

 

[Wallach]

I only have enough points for one, so Courier pack or Gun Runners?

Gun Runners, no contest at all.

I never noticed a difference in the gore when I got Bloody Mess.

The hell were you doing to people before you got it...?