DOGMEAT!

yet to find him though.

11/4/2008 8:22:33 AM

One thing I did not think about before I got to level 10 or so, is that you only make it to level 20, so that means you only get 20 perks! Choose wisely! And, I also tried to be too balanced with my skill points in the beginning, blah. Anyway, I'll be playing this game again as evil anyway

11/4/2008 8:27:28 AM

do i seriously have to have 100 lock picking to get into the bow of the Rivet City ship? this is crap!

11/4/2008 9:21:24 AM

^^^ I <3 him


^ There's a platform right in front of the carrier. Use the intercom and they'll activate a draw bridge

11/4/2008 9:29:42 AM

Can somebody tell me just how badass is the Pip Boy 3000 clock?

11/4/2008 9:56:47 AM

wait i just stumbled across the ant quest last nite - how do you get this naughty nightwear?

i'm assuming i really don't want it since my character is male???

11/4/2008 10:25:39 AM

It in the tunnel in a locker or metal box or something. Its tiger stripped pjs for men, lol. I think it give you like +1 PER and +1 something else.

11/4/2008 10:28:58 AM

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"^ There's a platform right in front of the carrier. Use the intercom and they'll activate a draw bridge"

i don't mean to the main city. i mean to the bow of the ship to do an optional quest for the main chick.

11/4/2008 10:29:16 AM

There's an underwater entrance on the broken part of the ship.

11/4/2008 10:32:51 AM

So, I liked Morrowind, I like first person shooters, and getting an involved game might be pretty fun right now, esp since my laptop is dead. Is this worth picking up?

How annoying is the VATS or w/e? Are there skills like in Morrowind that you could work on and skill up (alchemy, etc)?

[Edited on November 4, 2008 at 11:13 AM. Reason : on the 360]

11/4/2008 11:13:39 AM

V.A.T.S. ... annoying? HAHAHAHA

11/4/2008 11:14:42 AM

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"One thing I did not think about before I got to level 10 or so, is that you only make it to level 20, so that means you only get 20 perks! Choose wisely!"

Eh, that's still more than you were limited in the first game. It was kind of nice not having a limit in the second game, but back then to get 20 perks you'd have to be about level 60 since it was once every 3 levels instead of once every level.

11/4/2008 11:18:18 AM

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"How annoying is the VATS or w/e?"

VATS is awesome. And you don't have to use it if you don't like it.

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" Are there skills like in Morrowind that you could work on and skill up (alchemy, etc)?"

No, this game is experience point based. Thank God, no more jumping around while casting tiny heals on myself everywhere I go.

11/4/2008 11:19:07 AM

I am willing to say that it probably impossible to beat this game without using V.A.T.S., as you will soon find out that the FPS shooting is rather clunky (I am sure it was designed this way) but not enough to be annoying, and you will take so much more damage it would get out of hand when you cam across a swarm of super mutants.

11/4/2008 11:25:27 AM

I actually find it a bit easier to not use VATS in closeup combat with something like a combat shotgun or a sledgehammer. Aiming for the head isn't that hard when they are close.

11/4/2008 11:26:41 AM

I understand that. But run up on 2-3 Raiders with guns and don't use V.A.T.S. and tell me how much you like it LOL.

11/4/2008 11:27:34 AM

well I mean, I'll use VATS at first, always, but in the ^ scenario I probably use VATS on the guy with the best weapon and then sort the rest out in FPS style

(as opposed to running away/ducking/hiding and waiting for my AP to recharge)

[Edited on November 4, 2008 at 11:29 AM. Reason : .]

11/4/2008 11:28:28 AM

I love V.A.T.S. especially when I string together 3 shotgun shots to a dome that is point blank range away from me, you should try it with the Bloody Mess perk

11/4/2008 11:30:06 AM

I was gonna pick bloody mess, but I read that the total explosions got old after awhile

Like you shoot someone in the foot and their whole body would explode

Plus it might be harder to loot the corpse when its in 100 pieces

11/4/2008 11:34:49 AM

iirc it shouldn't matter how many pieces the corpse is, each piece has the same collective "stuff". that's a carryover from fo1/fo2

[Edited on November 4, 2008 at 11:35 AM. Reason : .]

11/4/2008 11:35:30 AM

Each piece can be searched as the corpse. Also, I got the Mysterious Stranger perk last night right before I quit, can't wait to get home today and V.A.T. -a-tat-tat

11/4/2008 11:36:28 AM

Oh well that makes it easier then.

I'll probably pass on it tho...I like the perks that adhere better for my evil sniper long distance Malvo type character

11/4/2008 11:39:11 AM

I got it because it gives 5% more damage. I am just trying to make my weapons and health stronger mainly.

11/4/2008 11:40:30 AM

anyone actually get an NPC that isn't dogmeat yet?

11/4/2008 11:41:53 AM

mysterious stranger is pretty crazy, a dude in a trench coat pops up and unloads with the magnum.

11/4/2008 11:48:55 AM

when using the hunting rifle and v.a.t.s sometimes its so loud that my receiver will cut off

and its actually easier to search bodies with bloody mess - i took out arkansas the sniper and was able to search his giblets on the ground instead of climbing up to his body

11/4/2008 11:52:16 AM

i started playing on my main pc and installed it on my home theater pc too. when i load my saved games over from my main pc to the home theater pc... there are no sound effects. only music. if i start a new game on the htpc, it works.

11/4/2008 11:55:32 AM

I read a thing online that there were 4 roving traders going predetermined routes across the wasteland

You can invest in them on some quest and they start carrying better items and you get money periodically

I wish I had known that before because I think I've already murdered 2 or 3 of them lol

11/4/2008 11:57:26 AM

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"anyone actually get an NPC that isn't dogmeat yet?"

Yeah I have had 2.

First I had some brotherhood chick with a super sledge (I gave her a plasma rifle), now I have a super mutant with a gatling laser.

11/4/2008 12:07:09 PM

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"mysterious stranger is pretty crazy, a dude in a trench coat pops up and unloads with the magnum."

About how often does he show up?

11/4/2008 12:11:11 PM

I picked up the perk yesterday and only have seem him once. I'm not sure what conditions have to be present for him to appear but it was after a missed shot. Since then I haven't seen him again but also have hardly missed my headshots in VATS so I can't say for certain that missing has anything to do with it.

to those of you having issues with crashing, the game has only crashed on me twice. both times I was alt+tabbed and fallout immediately shut down when I switched back.

[Edited on November 4, 2008 at 12:20 PM. Reason : .]

11/4/2008 12:16:35 PM

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"anyone actually get an NPC that isn't dogmeat yet?"

I've got two. One is a ghoul with a combat shotgun. The other is a temporary quest NPC armed with an SMG.

[Edited on November 4, 2008 at 12:20 PM. Reason : spellin'.]

11/4/2008 12:20:14 PM

I'm excited. Haven't gotten to play much yet though. I just got through the supermarket. It was awesome to activate the robot and have him running around helping you out.

11/4/2008 12:46:36 PM

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"temporary quest NPC armed with an SMG."

You need to get your hands on that SMG, it is one of the best small arms weapons in the game. I found a note from her father somewhere (I think the hotel with the Rangers) and gave it to her after doing the quest with her, and she gave me the gun.

11/4/2008 12:52:45 PM

Planning on doing that the next chance I get to play. I must resist temptation over the next several nights so I can finish a paper for a class.

11/4/2008 1:19:46 PM

i've only found 2 bobble heads i search EVERYWHERE in quests and what not - or so i think

are many in lockpicks that need like 75-100?

11/4/2008 1:22:42 PM

I went to mycheats and got all of the bobblehead locations, lol, going to pick them up when I play this evening.

11/4/2008 1:24:39 PM

I was super pissed when I beat it. I guess I just kinda got stuck on the main quest.

11/4/2008 1:24:51 PM

Can you go back to your other saves and play from there? If so, I would save right before I beat the game, then explore then do everything else that I could.

11/4/2008 1:27:17 PM

i do a new save like every 5 minutes max

11/4/2008 1:44:25 PM

I save all the time and never overwrite old saves so far

I'm on save like 130 right now

11/4/2008 1:46:29 PM

I need to delete some demos to free up space.

11/4/2008 1:46:45 PM

I wish it had a quick save like pressing down on the d-pad or something.

11/4/2008 1:56:34 PM

I've been playing for a little while and haven't yet used VATS. I'm suspicious that I'll start micromanaging my combat like in Baldur's Gate or something and won't really enjoy shooting people as much.

11/4/2008 3:17:50 PM

i do mostly Power Fist up front combat where VATS is worthless

11/4/2008 3:25:11 PM

^^^F5 ftw!!

^^VATS is a necessary part of the game, plus it's fun.

11/4/2008 3:45:29 PM

what do you do with the bobble heads?

11/4/2008 3:51:05 PM

yeah

you can't really micromanage your combat too much because you only have so many action points to use in VATS, plus I don't think you can switch weapons from inside of VATS. Just helps to get off a couple of accurate shots.

11/4/2008 3:51:41 PM

I don't know what you guys are talking about. Lets say there are 5 raiders. I can use VATS to kill 3 of them with heat shots, then exit VATS, use an AP booster, and kill the remaining 2 with more headshots. Used with AP boosters, plenty of ammo, and the right timing you can continue to kill enemies as they come without ever leaving VATS for very long.

11/4/2008 3:54:21 PM

>>>

11/4/2008 4:02:07 PM