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itsinmyveins
Gets to pilot the crappy patrol labors
I just started playing the game yesterday and I'm just wondering if there's anything I ought to know on my first run through?
JayDubya said:Game is wonderful.
I should have done more main quest, but I've been wandering the wastes and there's a lot to do out there. So when I finally went to GNR Radio, the Super Mutants in DC proper were pretty lulsy. I charged at them with my Shiskebab. I think my DR is about 40 now thanks to combat armor, combat helm, toughness, and barkskin. I think you're probably meant to do this pretty early and hide behind Lyons and crew.
Incidentally, Barkskin is only +5 DR, which is lame. Strategy guide / FAQs said +10 DR and +1 Endurance.
The thing right before the radio station is where I had to save and quit last. Can't wait to tackle that.
I also hope I can convince Dogmeat to stay the fuck away. :lol Dogmeat's proven pretty tough so far, but deathclaws nearly owned him, as well deathclaws should, and I'm afraid that thing will hit harder than a deathclaw. At the very least, it has a lot more armor and / or HP.
I'm also quite concerned at the obscene rate I'm levelling up. If this doesn't slow down I'll be at the level cap for much of my exploration. I intend to do everything.
(I'm also a bit concerned about something I forgot to do / didn't do / shouldn't have done - I got Dave voted out from his Republic, and he had some key that didn't do anything, and then Dukov also has a key that doesn't do anything, so I'm thinking they're really important. I also found a door in a National Guard Depot that I simply must open and yet, only 2 of the 5 codes.
Massive timesink, difficult, good curve of difficulty, good scripted events... only complaints are some buggy areas. Oasis in particular was fucked up.
HOW? In the strategy guide it says he'll win no matter what
wolfmat
Confirmed Asshole
I FINALLY bought the game - I resorted to the Steam version (and then bloodpatched it, fuck you german censorship, die in a fire etc.).
And I have to say, it takes 2 hours max until I pull up the console, type tgm, run to the next city and bomb it to the ground with a rocket launcher.
It's awesome.
And I have to say, it takes 2 hours max until I pull up the console, type tgm, run to the next city and bomb it to the ground with a rocket launcher.
It's awesome.
itsinmyveins
Gets to pilot the crappy patrol labors
Aaron said:
Alright.
Yeah, I didn't save for a while at one point and stupidly decided to see if you could jump down from like a few floors up and not take damage (I wanted go agross Megaton fast and not walk to the nearest little slope down to the middle). Luckily, I didn't have to replay more than a few minutes I think.
How many actual options do you get for different missions? Like the bomb in Megaton, I wanted to say that I was gonna turn it on, then take the money and just disarm it instead. Didn't see any options about that, though.
You only get paid for blowing it up after you actually blow it up. Mr. Burke just isn't going to take your word for it. Most missions are good about giving you three or four choices in going about them. Megaton was pretty much a binary choice due to the consequences.ItsInMyVeins said:
BigBlue1974
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This may have been posted before, but I found it worked well for me. There are a total of 9 achievements for reaching level 8, 14 and 20 at Good, Neutral and Evil karma levels. I was able to "cheat" this system. It works best for evil characters. Just before hitting any of the levels, just do a save. Kill something a level up and you'll level up and get the achievement. Reload the save game and go to any town where you can make donations to a church. This will give you good karma. Do so until you are neutral karma level, go kill something and now you have the achievement for neutral, reload the save, donate enough to go up to good karma level and repeat.
I'm actually on my second playthrough and I'm at about 60 hours of play on this character but noticed I had a few achievements missing there so this helped me a lot rather than making a whole character just to play neutral.
I'm actually on my second playthrough and I'm at about 60 hours of play on this character but noticed I had a few achievements missing there so this helped me a lot rather than making a whole character just to play neutral.
Red Blaster
Member
Aaron said:
Repair is important, but you can also get by fine if you don't invest in it. And yes, invest in either lockpick/science/medicine.
twilitesparklemotion
Member
Look at my post on the last page with the spoiler tag in response to a similar question.ItsInMyVeins said:
Duck Amuck said:
I'm a melee guy and I've been playing on Hard, so their fire burned the crap out of me when I first tried to beat them ~L3-4. I believe I beat that quest ~L7, though. Used a combat shotgun and chinese assault rifle mainly. Didn't have Dogmeat yet, but he wouldn't have helped, as the fire did way too much damage. Be sure to use that fire ant nectar they drop.
I could have melee'd them all down if I didn't mind spending all my caps on stims. Don't want to do that though. At L13, I finally have a nice stash of about ~125 stims and that's kind of a nice place to be.
crowphoenix
Banned
Duck Amuck said:
It's
on the other side of the mall
Duck Amuck said:
Well, you could probably kill a trader; they don't use the best armor and weapons they carry. If you can kill a raider, you could kill a trader. If you couldn't kill a raider... wait, yes you could, you've got grenades or something. You've got to have chems and stims and you could go to Minefield to pick up some more explosives on the cheap, which could then be used as easy money.
Use what you have to kill shit, then sell shit and get the best stuff repaired as best you can. Raider armor repaired by splicing together as many dead raider's armor as possible is workable.
I wouldn't just go murdering though on a "good" character, but I'd be lying if I said I don't steal skill books and Quantum Nuka-Cola when I see them.
It sounds like you need to do more side quests; do Moira's if you haven't, and wander the wastes for new zones / ask about locations from people in towns. If you don't mind some spoilage / assistance, use a FAQ to find bobbleheads, skill books, and easy opportunities to gain supplies.
JayDubya said:
Fighting her is possible at a lower level. In her lair, there is a dead tree or a post that you can hide behind(towards the back) so that her shots hit it and not you. It's just a matter of selective shooting after that.
I had trouble with the miruluk king though, nowhere to hide because he was so agile. kept running around the offices with a shotgun until he was dead. messiest fight in the game so far for me.
Duck Amuck said:
story related, you can't miss it
ironically, you get 4 stealth boys from Moira after completing that quest. I had 2 at the time, but don't remember where I got them. I think it's also possible to rush through that facility, it doesn't take long to find a spawn pit.
Darunia said:
Lol I was just about to post about vault 112.
I was just running around looking for one last nuka cola bottle to finish that quest
and i stumbled unto vault 112, well hidden and totally out of nowhere.
and then, O M G
mind was blown. I simply turned off my 360 and called it a day.
twilitesparklemotion
Member
I got to Vault 112 on accident (before fixing the radio tower!) and then ACCIDENTALLY DELETED MY FILE AHHHHHHHHHHH
Does the game ever end, where you can't go back and play anymore?
Does the game ever end, where you can't go back and play anymore?
crowphoenix
Banned
Duck Amuck said:
That's the ruined area with all the trenches in front of the Museum of History. That rectangle of land is called the mall. I had actually forgotten that too.
Red Blaster
Member
Duck Amuck said:
I usually lure the mutants back to the front of the Washington Monument where the Brotherhood guys are staked out. They make pretty short work of them.
A Human Becoming
More than a Member
Ourobolus said:
That's what I did as well. It was so fun to go back there later with Fawkes and get my revenge. :lol
A Human Becoming
More than a Member
F-Pina said:The year is not finished yet but to me this is almost GOTY!
I'll get back with more information in January
Right in time for DLC! It's my GOTY as well.
Keep in mind, though, that after so long they'll abandon where you left them and go to pre-set waiting areas. I left Fawkes at the Citadel to wander around some more and then at one point got a message saying that he had left for Underworld when I didn't come back.F-Pina said:
Moria Brown vs Nuka Cola Girl?
Is it me, or does the Nuka Cola girl give Moria a run for her money in the stupid department?
Do these have an equivalent male type in the game?
Finishing the quest, I didn't understand why I got bad karma by giving the colas to the guy so that he can score on this dimwit. Without his help she would be either a slave or dead somewhere. Bad karma? I should have gotten a high five out of it.
Is it me, or does the Nuka Cola girl give Moria a run for her money in the stupid department?
Do these have an equivalent male type in the game?
Finishing the quest, I didn't understand why I got bad karma by giving the colas to the guy so that he can score on this dimwit. Without his help she would be either a slave or dead somewhere. Bad karma? I should have gotten a high five out of it.
twilitesparklemotion
Member
I like Moira
Red Blaster
Member
Damn!
Knew I should've wasted Roy Phillips when he was at the gate of Tenpenny. Returned there to find that they killed the humans and threw their bodies in the basement. Also noticed bloodstains by Alistair's bathtub. Gave Roy a nice lead salad up the nose.
Vangellis
Member
Coverly said:
lol @ the high five.
Moria doesnt come off as stupid, shes just very "chipper" and upbeat... which at first annoyed me. After she says "try not to get killed" with an upbeat affection its apparent they are trying to make you laugh at the irony of her disposition. No way would anyone be chipper like that in a nuclear fallout. lol
I actually think shes one of the funnier characters. Most characters you come across are forgettable. Only others that really stand out are, the mayor of lamplight(that kid has to be modeled from Mad Max Beyond ThunderDome), Fawkes and a few others
It always felt like Moria talked to you the way a person would talk to a 3 yr old. I sort of miss that now. Every time I walk to her supply store is like she doesn't even know me anymore. I feel used. Plus, I don't know, maybe I stared or zoomed in too close, but does Moria sport a soft mustache?
Vangellis
Member
Red Blaster said:
I actually
hacked the computer around back in the basement without ever talking to the ghouls. I went down there to see what it was. I was like hey a computer.. wonder what that does. I hack it and hear, thanks bud i will see you out front. Im thinking dude who the fuck are you, but ok. Next thing I know i get a ghoul mask and its a fucking massacre going on. I wasnt too broken up about it, I was borderline wanting to shoot a few of the snobs in there anyway. Now i think its funny that I walk around with a ghoul mask and tesla armor and people talk to me normally. I look like a fucking psycho. Love this game