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Wasteland 2 |OT| Explode 'em like a Blood Sausage
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Captainbojanglesiii
Banned
This game does look really great though. Gonna have to buy this sometime soon.
Metroidvania
People called Romanes they go the house?
End-game spoilers (and potential shenanigans/glitches/weird shit) below.
I don't suppose anyone's made it to
If for any reason I try to drop Scotchmo from the party, he instantly turns hostile, gains bonus armor, and tries to kill me.
I don't suppose anyone's made it to
What I presume is the last 'choice' of the game?
Unless this is some secret 'go-down-fighting' end, fuck this shit.
Due to my choice, I've killed 10+ synths, don't have optimal ammo resources (as I assumed there would be a vendor before the last charge back into the citadel) and more and more keep coming out of the woodwork.
And to add insult to injury, Rose was a synth (as was hinted at, to be fair), and I lost my primary medic, + another source of damage.
I'm not seeing a 'shut-off' switch like the Demonta synth either. Is there somethign I'm missing?
Unless this is some secret 'go-down-fighting' end, fuck this shit.
Due to my choice, I've killed 10+ synths, don't have optimal ammo resources (as I assumed there would be a vendor before the last charge back into the citadel) and more and more keep coming out of the woodwork.
And to add insult to injury, Rose was a synth (as was hinted at, to be fair), and I lost my primary medic, + another source of damage.
I'm not seeing a 'shut-off' switch like the Demonta synth either. Is there somethign I'm missing?
If for any reason I try to drop Scotchmo from the party, he instantly turns hostile, gains bonus armor, and tries to kill me.
How long is
Angela missing from the group in the canyons? Because if it's not long I'll just do without totally reshuffling my companions for the time. I doubt I'll really need weaponsmithing, brute force or hardass since they barely come into play.
Metroidvania
People called Romanes they go the house?
Uh.....
Permanently, unless I've missed finding her again in California.
Weaponsmithing is super useful for breaking down extra guns to get mods (eventually, mods from later tier weapons give pretty crazy bonuses), or turning in scrap to the Citadel vendor, incidentally.
LurkerPrime
Member
The "keyword" dialog system is so weird. Keywords that have (or will have) a use in other conversations do nothing, and everything else is a "DIDN'T CATCH THAT, SAY AGAIN. OVER" This, coupled with the way words are highlighted, makes me suspect they originally had this dialog system without the keywords on the bottom. They made the right choice in the end.
That said, I actually like the dialog system. It is flexible in a way that most aren't, and using it with a party of characters gives players a lot of flexibility in their roleplaying options. It is a great way to justify a lot of... admitted odd decisions.
Don't be crazy. Water is important; like the Vita, it is life.
That said, I actually like the dialog system. It is flexible in a way that most aren't, and using it with a party of characters gives players a lot of flexibility in their roleplaying options. It is a great way to justify a lot of... admitted odd decisions.
Don't be crazy. Water is important; like the Vita, it is life.
I kind of enjoyed Highpool, I've only seen AG Center after shit hit the fan, but there were way too many melee enemies for me to not hate it by that point (when nobody hit anything).
In other news, I'm being forced to make some uncomfortable skilling decisions because of how I placed some seemengly important skills on the same characters that are also my fighting beasts so I can't actually level them all so now not only do I have 3 characters with at least 1 point in Surgeon (decision made during a crisis where I was gonna wipe), but I'll probably have 2 character with over 3 in Mechanical Repair because I'll have to level from 0 to 7 one other character to close a certain section the way I want it (yes, I have 26 skill points saved on said character).
The problem surfaced because I basically before now I wasted like 8 points on the character that already has Mechanical Repair and he is nowhere near close enough to do what I need him to do.
But it doesn't seem like speeding up the leveling of the weapon trees is that important, at least for now (single shots are at about 90% accuracy when crouching and I usually setup my fights so that that's the case).
Sadness,
she was easily my best offensive member, going to have to really rethink my party now that I don't have that double assault rifle action she brought with her super fast turns.
Wait, what?
I hope that's not the case because that would fucking sucks, she not only was my secondary Assault Rifle angel of death, but she was also my Hard Ass talker. And also my Brute Force user.
I gave her the letter and she just shot herself in the head 
I suppose that's what I get for picking smart ass over kiss ass
I suppose that's what I get for picking smart ass over kiss ass
Happened to me too,I gave her the letter and she just shot herself in the head
I suppose that's what I get for picking smart ass over kiss ass
then I went back to her brother and told him about it and then got him arrested.
My Rangers are monsters.
My Rangers are monsters.
I did exactly the same
though I got him arrested by accident while clicking through the dialogue options
though I got him arrested by accident while clicking through the dialogue options
"Gotta click every dialogue option" disease?I did exactly the same
though I got him arrested by accident while clicking through the dialogue options
I suffer from a bad case of it.
Metroidvania
People called Romanes they go the house?
From where you start, the temple entrance is
basically going around in a maze/giant-clockwise circle to get to the south-southwest area.
At some point you should encounter two cart-vendors fighting. After that, loop around back up the hill and you'll find the monk who leads to the exit
At some point you should encounter two cart-vendors fighting. After that, loop around back up the hill and you'll find the monk who leads to the exit
Ah, that explains it. Thank you kindly.
Yeah, I just got into the Citadel now. Egg on my face. I thought you had to finish the whole of that first task and not the initial part. Game's uh... definitely got a lot easier.
I did exactly the same
though I got him arrested by accident while clicking through the dialogue options
I just never
delivered the letter, and never spoke to the sister. One day Pitbull steps to me in town all "fuck you" and I think "fuck me? Fuck YOU" and blow him away. The brother then gets upset about my not buying his shitty guns so I hard ass him in to crying off back home.
I then show up in the railcamp and find the two of them in a car together and everything's great (although they don't know I iced Pitbull).
I then show up in the railcamp and find the two of them in a car together and everything's great (although they don't know I iced Pitbull).
Chance Hale
Member
Never trust a raider
Sanctuary
Member
Seeing how these events play out differently is pretty nice. {at the rail nomad camp)
In my abandoned playthrough, Katy ended up killing herself and I met Pitbull later in Prison - after freeing all the girls in his 'Fuk Shak' - but here, I managed to convince Robert to go help his sister, and in doing so triggered Pitbull to appear at the camp, where I killed him. Upon leaving the camp, we intercepted a radio transmission from Danforth to Vargas talking about this. Curious to see how it plays out once I reach Happy Valley again.
The Illiterati
Member
I am so unbelievably pissed off at this game. Assault rifle users are OP right? So I guess that's why I just had her as my only one, and the game made her leave my party with absolutely no warning and no way of ever getting her back.
She was so overpowered I let her carry the entire weight of most battles, not knowing that the game was going to remove her out of my control.
Now I'm completely underpowered. SHe sits at base unable to talk to me, with no reason why she can't join us. What a crock.
She was so overpowered I let her carry the entire weight of most battles, not knowing that the game was going to remove her out of my control.
Now I'm completely underpowered. SHe sits at base unable to talk to me, with no reason why she can't join us. What a crock.
Kind of inconsistent. I dismissed him once just to add a dude and he was at the Citadel in the lunch room. I did lose Chisel somehow. He just never showed at the Citadel.
This game is 100% playable so far, but I'm gonna wait a year to do a second play-through.
I waited on Shadowrun for them to add save anywhere and it seemed to have made a diff in the reception of that game. I was positive on the experience because I never had a "lose an hour" moment due to save shenanigans.
I just got Divinity: OS as well, and they're still patching that so I'm good to wait on that.
Has inXile commented on when the first patch is expected to drop? There are clearly a lot of bugs. I sent them a bug report yesterday about the Katy Bowling sidequest:
The Illiterati
Member
Chisel is in the museum area for me. Check there.
Fallout-NL
Member
I picked him up too... but for some reason after a few battles he just unceremoniously exploded. Never got hit or damaged, just poof, gone. Still not sure if it was a bug or what the heck to make of it.
Yes that's the one. It works perfectly, except that some regular portraits might reset.
Fallout-NL
Member
Right, thanks!
AHA-Lambda
Member
I know the feeling, I (shamefully) admit I edited the xml files, after someone in this thread mentioned it.
I really wish there was a respec option or something, you just can't appreciate how to build a balanced party until a good few hours in
plus when Angela leaves it'll pro throw you totally off too!
Ps: even with that said, the fights in the canyon are hard, and I'm playing on rookie; I feel like I'm missing something!
But I don't have a lot of experience with old school crpgs, hence easy mode.
Just keep at it. There's almost always another way around problems if you can't make the right skill checks. Personally, my favorite is hoarding explosives for whenever I need to get past something I can't meet any of the checks for. 60% of the time, it works every time.
I've also started piling some of my best equipment onto companions to make up for the fact I don't ever increase their skills... until I need it. I think Rose has nearly 40 unallocated skill points for any emergency my rangers can't cover.
I've also started piling some of my best equipment onto companions to make up for the fact I don't ever increase their skills... until I need it. I think Rose has nearly 40 unallocated skill points for any emergency my rangers can't cover.
LurkerPrime
Member
I know what you mean.
Perhaps I'm misunderstanding the progression, but skill checks seem really badly tuned. Success rates of 50% might be their goal, but too often it just means the skills are useless. The only truly valuable skills have been perception, demolitions, weaponsmithing, and outdooring, along with the weapon and medic skills. Let's say about half the skills are useful, with the rest being extraneous -especially the persuasion skills (which are unpredictable and erratic in difficulty). The increased lethality you would receive from focusing on weapons would more than offset the decreased flexibility in how you approach encounters.
This game could've been so much better if they did a polish, balance, and fun pass on the entire thing.
Decided to restart the game, a lot of skills turn out to be so useless and you need to focus more on combat. Now I need to look for better portraits because holy crap InXile couldn't even be bothered to include some decent ones by default? I also need to remember never to bring along any NPCs who are specced for melee, they pretty much suicide themselves when they go out of control and you're fighting enemies that explode themselves or animals that are strong in melee.
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
Some great custom portraits in this thread: https://forums.inxile-entertainment.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=7440
Just put them in your documentsmy gameswasteland 2custom portraits folder. Use the Save edit tool if you want to apply them to your already existing characters.
Examples:
hot damn am i going to have to grab those!
DiscoJer
Member
The save games are just xml files. It's trivially easy to just give your characters more skill points.
Just edit the file (notepad works) and look for <availableSkillPoints> and put whatever you want after it.
UncleSporky
Member
Keep at it, the very start of the game is pretty narrow but once you get to the point where you explore more, some things open up.
From what I understand the quest design changes completely in the second half.
They may be wandering around the Citadel, not necessarily in the lunch room. At least, I found Chisel in the museum area after I dismissed him, although Scotchmo was in the lunch room.
UncleSporky
Member
It's in the northwest, a little more central, around the corner from the room with the requisition lady. There's a water refill inside and a guy who gives you credit for each person you recruit.
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
I think the game even says that they are either in the museum or the lunch room.
Moff
Member
north of the requsition lady then? I dont think I've been there, I'll check that out, thanks.
I'd rather not cheat, and anyway I've already restarted and found an optimal way to get some decent party NPCs early on.
UncleSporky
Member
No, one room directly east of her.