The Official Fallout 3 thread of post-apocalyptic proportions!

MotherFan said:
Ok, gonna get point lookout and broken steel. Now, should i get them now, or wait till I am almost done with the game?
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if you get them now they both become activated instantly. your level cap will go to 30 from broken steel and some new locations/enemies will show up (the enemies not til you hit a certain level).

You can go back and forth to point lookout anytime you want too so you dont have to do it all at once if you dont want to.

I would recommend broken steel now so you dont have to worry about wasting xp if you hit 20 before you finish the main story (which is so easy to do)

I have had a bug where three dog starts talking about the end of the game before it happened though with broken steel. Although that can be because I beat it on another character and maybe it got confused.
 
The alien DLC looks great and I know I'll probably be a sucker and end up buying it like I've done for all the other Fallout DLC but I don't know why I even bother. I finished Anchorage and The Pitt just because you really don't have much choice in the matter once you start them. You either follow through to completetion or you're stuck there forever. But Broken Steel and the new one....um...the hillbilly one whatever it's name is...I just lost interest in part way through. I think I'm just getting bored with it all. I thought I'd like having the 10 extra levels to earn in Broken Steel but quickly found out that I pretty much got all the perks I really wanted by level 23 and everything beyond is just kind of meh. The DLC makes the game feel more redundant, imo.
 
The only one with any real new territory is the last one....the swamp one....what the fuck is the name of that thing?? Anchorage and The Pitt aren't worth the money at all imo but if you have to get one I'd go with Anchorage purely for the equipment you get at the end of the thing. You get the best armor (no more repairs!) and the best gun (Gauss Rifle FTMFW) in the game after all that bullshit. The Pitt is just a depressing mess with no bonuses or redeeming value.
 
Gram Negative Cocci said:
The only one with any real new territory is the last one....the swamp one....what the fuck is the name of that thing??
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Point Lookout.

I'm thinking about starting up a 2nd character tomorrow, playing as evil this time around. I reached the cap making only good choices during my first play through. Figure I could at least get a little variety by switching it up.

I'll probably end up downloading Point Lookout too.
 
Point Lookout. Holy shit.

Holy shit.

No HUD, music off, and headphones makes this one of the creepiest games ever.

Props to Bethesda for this amazing DLC.
 
So, I realy love this game even tho it's bug ridden. Crashing out on me, locking, graphical glitches (sky becoming textured!), sound dropping out and quests not working correctly (Head of State, GRRRR).(PS3 Version)

I finished the game at the weekend but reverted to a save just before the final trip to the memorial with the intentions of collecting bobleheads and doing all the side quests, weapon building etc. I intend to play through again immeadiatly after so i can get all the level up trophies and do the 'Head of State' quest without it fecking up to hopefully get the platinum.

I have however come to another hurdle. I'm doing the 'Those!' quest at the moment, as I was unable to find Bryan (the boy) to start the quest I broke into the hut by the Diner in Grayditch and hacked the terminal to start it. All has gone fine, found the Doc, sorted out the ants and then susbsequently told to find 'Bryan in Grayditch' to finish the quest off. Thats where I'm stuck. I can't find the little blighter anywhere. I've checked the area around the Diner, checked the preservation chamber next to it, the hut, been back to the supamart, and cannot for the life of me find him anywhere. Any tips chaps? Would he be at his 'home'? where his father is lying dead? if so, where is his home as I can't find that either!?
 
That alien sniper rifle looks very appealing but I'll probably refrain from picking it up. I think at this point I had more than enough Fallout 3 for now (barely managed to finish Point Lookout and that one was my favourite of the DLCs released). I especially dread the prospect of another guided experience. Now if it was a piece of alien world I could explore a'la free form, than it would be a must for me regardless of my F3 fatigue.
 
Mothership Zeta looks really good (be interesting to learn more about aliens in the fallout universe as well) Seems that you will be stuck there until quest is finished though.

Also, since this is my first fallout game, are there any indications in fallout 3 about why the war actually started/why the bombs dropped or is it just "well, it happened" things. And why it is the Chinese and not the Russians? Lastly, I read some stuff in the promotional material about vault simulation, so are the fallout games just a simulation or have they actually supposed to have happened?
 
MotherFan said:
Also, since this is my first fallout game, are there any indications in fallout 3 about why the war actually started/why the bombs dropped or is it just "well, it happened" things. And why it is the Chinese and not the Russians? Lastly, I read some stuff in the promotional material about vault simulation, so are the fallout games just a simulation or have they actually supposed to have happened?
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Start here,

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

Then click around and read into other events. There's a nice bit of history that the series has established.
 
Playing through as evil for my 2nd play through and it's actually pretty fun.

Just blew up Megaton for the first time. Felt kind of bad after I went back there and saw Moira as a ghoul though lol
 
ILOVEASIANS said:
Playing through as evil for my 2nd play through and it's actually pretty fun.

Just blew up Megaton for the first time. Felt kind of bad after I went back there and saw Moira as a ghoul though lol
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She was the reason why I did it too. That quest was just too damn long
 
Right, for someone who has had this game since launch, but is just getting around to playing it (right now I'm level eight), is there any major advice, or do's and do not's. For example, anyway's I could accidentally kill the wrong person (I'm playing through as evil) and lock up the main story quest, plus any protips you fallout gods would be willing to pass onto me.
 
peetfeet said:
So, I realy love this game even tho it's bug ridden. Crashing out on me, locking, graphical glitches (sky becoming textured!), sound dropping out and quests not working correctly (Head of State, GRRRR).(PS3 Version)

I finished the game at the weekend but reverted to a save just before the final trip to the memorial with the intentions of collecting bobleheads and doing all the side quests, weapon building etc. I intend to play through again immeadiatly after so i can get all the level up trophies and do the 'Head of State' quest without it fecking up to hopefully get the platinum.

I have however come to another hurdle. I'm doing the 'Those!' quest at the moment, as I was unable to find Bryan (the boy) to start the quest I broke into the hut by the Diner in Grayditch and hacked the terminal to start it. All has gone fine, found the Doc, sorted out the ants and then susbsequently told to find 'Bryan in Grayditch' to finish the quest off. Thats where I'm stuck. I can't find the little blighter anywhere. I've checked the area around the Diner, checked the preservation chamber next to it, the hut, been back to the supamart, and cannot for the life of me find him anywhere. Any tips chaps? Would he be at his 'home'? where his father is lying dead? if so, where is his home as I can't find that either!?
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IIRC, his home is one of the buildings in grayditch and is indistinguishable from the rest of the ruins. There are actually a couple of houses IIRC. Just go up to all the doors on the main street and see which ones open. I remember this taking me forever too.
 
GhastlyGaseous said:
Right, for someone who has had this game since launch, but is just getting around to playing it (right now I'm level eight), is there any major advice, or do's and do not's. For example, anyway's I could accidentally kill the wrong person (I'm playing through as evil) and lock up the main story quest, plus any protips you fallout gods would be willing to pass onto me.
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"Killing" any major character will make them go unconscious, not dead.

Collect:
Chinese Assault Riffles
Nuka Cola Quantums
Scrap Metal
Pre-war books

I know there's more but can't think of any.
 
ggnoobIGN said:
"Killing" any major character will make them go unconscious, not dead.

Collect:
Chinese Assault Riffles
Nuka Cola Quantums
Scrap Metal
Pre-war books

I know there's more but can't think of any.
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I know that you can sell the scrap metal to that dude in the water treatment plant for some decent caps, and I realize that there is a sidequest later in the game that you need Nuka Cola Quantnum's for, but why are chinese assault rifles (I haven't found a single one), and pre-war books valuable?
 
GhastlyGaseous said:
I know that you can sell the scrap metal to that dude in the water treatment plant for some decent caps, and I realize that there is a sidequest later in the game that you need Nuka Cola Quantnum's for, but why are chinese assault rifles (I haven't found a single one), and pre-war books valuable?
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Pre-war books can be sold for a pretty cap later on in the game. I wouldn't worry too much about it though, I've only found like 5 out exploring.

I'm not sure about the Chinese assault rifles being worth much, I would use them instead of selling them.
 
ggnoobIGN said:
"Killing" any major character will make them go unconscious, not dead.

Collect:
Chinese Assault Riffles
Nuka Cola Quantums
Scrap Metal
Pre-war books

I know there's more but can't think of any.
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sugar bombs serial

some of the ingredients may be worth collecting as well. lunch boxes and cherry bombs are not as common as some of the other stuff.
 
KWA223 said:
Pre-war books can be sold for a pretty cap later on in the game. I wouldn't worry too much about it though, I've only found like 5 out exploring.

I'm not sure about the Chinese assault rifles being worth much, I would use them instead of selling them.
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there is an npc who asks for a large number of CAR in
paradise falls

aside from a quest quantum are good for
nuka grenades
 
Thanks for all of the advice so far. One other question though...

I always seem to be right on top of the weight limit, so much that I'm always becoming overburdened pretty much every time I venture out into the capital wasteland. This happened so much, that I bumped up my repair skill substantially, so that I could loose weight by repairing things together. Seeing as I don't remember this ever happening to much in Oblivion, am I doing it wrong, or is that just the way fallout 3 is built?
 
GhastlyGaseous said:
Thanks for all of the advice so far. One other question though...

I always seem to be right on top of the weight limit, so much that I'm always becoming overburdened pretty much every time I venture out into the capital wasteland. This happened so much, that I bumped up my repair skill substantially, so that I could loose weight by repairing things together. Seeing as I don't remember this ever happening to much in Oblivion, am I doing it wrong, or is that just the way fallout 3 is built?
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Try to balance the worth of an item with its weight. Things like a carton of cigarettes and pre-war money are great for caps and light.

Things like weapons and armor may be worth more but you end up getting over encumbered really fast. I usually just use enemy weapons to repair my own and leave whatever heavy items I can't use.
 
I usually pick up a lot and end up dropping the least valuable to get under the weight limit. I usually don't bother with armor lower than combat though. I fast travel to and from base a lot, it sucks.

I usually did the same in that area KWA but I was playing my last character differently for a change.
 
Alright, thanks for all of the advice, It's nice to know about people getting knocked out, now I can kill without fear. I really looking forward to playing through this game, hopefully multiplee times.
 
GhastlyGaseous said:
Alright, thanks for all of the advice, It's nice to know about people getting knocked out, now I can kill without fear. I really looking forward to playing through this game, hopefully multiplee times.
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Well you cant locked up main story quests but you can mess up side quests.
 
So I want to skip some of the main story line, I was just wondering if it´s possible after this point.

I have to go look for my dad in that cool mission where he turns into a dog and that german dude made his model 60´s black & white village. You play as a kid. It's an awesome mission..

But after that, can I skip some of the story? I want to get down to Broken Steel tbh.
 
MMaRsu said:
So I want to skip some of the main story line, I was just wondering if it´s possible after this point.

I have to go look for my dad in that cool mission where he turns into a dog and that german dude made his model 60´s black & white village. You play as a kid. It's an awesome mission..

But after that, can I skip some of the story? I want to get down to Broken Steel tbh.
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There's really nothing else you can skip from there, you're in it for the long haul I'm afraid.
If you take a trip to Paradise Falls you can do some things to make future missions a lot easier though.
 
KWA223 said:
There's really nothing else you can skip from there, you're in it for the long haul I'm afraid.
If you take a trip to Paradise Falls you can do some things to make future missions a lot easier though.
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Damn, I thought that would be the case. How will getting the mesmatron make future missions easier? I assume that's what you are getting at :p.
 
ggnoobIGN said:
IIRC, his home is one of the buildings in grayditch and is indistinguishable from the rest of the ruins. There are actually a couple of houses IIRC. Just go up to all the doors on the main street and see which ones open. I remember this taking me forever too.
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OK thanks, main street. I'll take a look later, may even check out the Lincoln Memorial and see if I can get that damn quest to finish too! (But I doubt it will)
 
MMaRsu said:
Damn, I thought that would be the case. How will getting the mesmatron make future missions easier? I assume that's what you are getting at :p.
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No the mes is pretty much useless :lol

If you can get into Paradise Falls without everyone attacking you, a mission you're forced on later will breeze by.
 
KWA223 said:
No the mes is pretty much useless :lol

If you can get into Paradise Falls without everyone attacking you, a mission you're forced on later will breeze by.
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Explain? You don't have to use spoilers for me, I've already finished the game once.
 
MMaRsu said:
Explain? You don't have to use spoilers for me, I've already finished the game once.
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Wondering the same thing and I am on getting 3rd character to lvl 30.

Anyway, remember getting money was a bitch. Best option was to get repair skill up and fix weapons to sell. Forget about collecting armor. Not worth value due to high weight. I am just thankful for Operation Anchorage item glitch and not having to worry about money on 2nd and 3rd playthrough.
 
knitoe said:
Wondering the same thing and I am on getting 3rd character to lvl 30.

Anyway, remember getting money was a bitch. Best option was to get repair skill up and fix weapons to sell. Forget about collecting armor. Not worth value due to high weight. I am just thankful for Operation Anchorage item glitch and not having to worry about money on 2nd and 3rd playthrough.
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Yeah that's what I did. Although I mostly leveled speech,repair and small guns. Small guns is 100 so I'm a pretty strong gal :p.

Only lvl 17 but able to kick ass with Charon taking out horde's of Super Mutants is awesome.
 
After more than 175 hours in the game and all DLCs I'm finally Fallout-fatigued. I guess after so many hours in a single player experience I shouldn't be surprised.. Overall a fantastic gaming experience.

So, I hope the developer aren't focusing too much on more DLC but are well into working on the next game, because even I as a big fan can't imagine buying more DLC for this game now.
 
Wow, have to love how fucking bug riddled The Pitt is. I'm in the Steelyard collecting ingots and every time I try walking on the factory roof I fall straight through the geometry. Save/environment reloading did nothing so I'm currently redownloading the content. This shit better not persist.
 
Eric WK said:
Wow, have to love how fucking bug riddled The Pitt is. I'm in the Steelyard collecting ingots and every time I try walking on the factory roof I fall straight through the geometry. Save/environment reloading did nothing so I'm currently redownloading the content. This shit better not persist.
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I didn't have any of that in my game.. strange. Hopefully redownloading works for you.

What is your character like? You need to buy point lookout as well, that DLC is really great.
 
Is Mothership Zeta the last DLC?

Now I've finished all the other DLC, I want to make room on my 360 HDD, but I read on the Fallout 3 Wiki that deleting some of the DLC, and re-downloading, will mess things up?
 
MMaRsu said:
Explain? You don't have to use spoilers for me, I've already finished the game once.
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Sorry about being so vague then. :P I didn't want to spoil anything

Anyway:
When you first get to Little Lamplight you're forced to do a quest to save some kids from slavers. Unless you want the whole Paradise Falls attacking you, you'll also need to catch a slave for another quest. Saving those kids as early as possible will let you speed though Little Lamplight and get to the GECK.
 
KWA223 said:
Sorry about being so vague then. :P I didn't want to spoil anything

Anyway:
When you first get to Little Lamplight you're forced to do a quest to save some kids from slavers. Unless you want the whole Paradise Falls attacking you, you'll also need to catch a slave for another quest. Saving those kids as early as possible will let you speed though Little Lamplight and get to the GECK.
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Ahh this is true. Good idea, but I think I'll blow those slavers to hell. That won't give me negative karma though right? Cause they are evil?
 
MMaRsu said:
I didn't have any of that in my game.. strange. Hopefully redownloading works for you.

What is your character like? You need to buy point lookout as well, that DLC is really great.
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It worked long enough for me to get the ones I needed in the back corner there, but when I was doing some backtracking to find a few I missed it started messing up again. According to some posts on another forum it's a problem caused by having Point Lookout installed at the same time. Fucking dumb. But anyway, I finally found them all and got the achievement.

My character is pretty well rounded. I began going Small Guns, Sneak, Lockpick, Repair mostly. But at level 19 and with all of the skill books I've found, I'm pretty well rounded now.

I'll probably tackle Point Lookout in a few levels.
 
Grayman said:
This may help with that http://speeddemosarchive.com/Fallout3.html
I have watched it(or another) but don't remember the specific tricks, you may be too late for some, who knows.
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wow, about 30 mins to do it

KWA223 said:
Sorry about being so vague then. :P I didn't want to spoil anything

Anyway:
When you first get to Little Lamplight you're forced to do a quest to save some kids from slavers. Unless you want the whole Paradise Falls attacking you, you'll also need to catch a slave for another quest. Saving those kids as early as possible will let you speed though Little Lamplight and get to the GECK.
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you don't have to save them, you just need to pass a relatively easy speech check from the mayor to get in.

http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2009/07/20/fallout-3-mothership-zeta-new-weapons-perk-revealed/

Once you've finished with the Mothership main quest, you'll still be able to return to the alien ship. There's definitely a reason to journey back, as the ship houses an item called "Alien Epoxy" which can automatically repair an item by 25%, even if you don't have a duplicate. Great news for all the Gauss Rifle fans who have only been able to repair it to 50% with vendors.
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I was hoping for a NPC with 100 repair skill, but this looks like it will do.
 
gstaff said:
Some new Mothership Zeta screens just went up

http://www.gametab.com/news/3054229/
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for the lazy
504x_mothershipzeta_cryo02.jpg

504x_mothershipzeta_dronecannon.jpg

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Mothership Zeta will be released on August 3rd for the Xbox 360 and PC.
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:(
 
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