Buddy Bradley
Pantheistic solipsist
I only just reached Diamond City, around level 8.
Fallout 4
- Thread starter Vintage Paw
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8den
No I'm pretty sure that was 8ball...
I only managed to get to Diamond city at level 14
Crispy
The following psytrance is baṉned: All
You are now forced into a life of crime.
8den
No I'm pretty sure that was 8ball...
But piper won't approve...
Cid
Proper break this time
Scavenge.
Cid
Proper break this time
Have you got a settlement with a water purifier? that will deposit purified water into your workbench automatically. Also see whether you've got ingredients for health recipes at the chemistry/cooking stations. You could also go around your settlements scrapping stuff then selling it... Mostly I'd advise just heading out though. Stay in the north where the enemies tend to be weaker, explore random locations. Explore in detail too, check all the desks etc... I always end up with a surfeit of carefully hoarded chems. Is it because you're finding fights particularly hard and hammering the stim packs or because you're not finding enough?
Private Storm
Smell The Glove
I seem to have acquired a crap load of everything and am doing ok for caps and stim packs. Setting up traders back in wherever you count as your home base helps as you can sell all the rubbish (weapons, armour, excess drugs) you pick up when doing missions, just make sure you pick up every thing. Have a couple of items to up your CHR stat before selling anything (dress and wig for me 
). If you have a few settlements on the go, making sure you have plenty of crops growing is not a bad idea as you can fast travel between them, harvest the crops, cook something up and then sell them.
I'm also a slightly OCD "check every box, corner and nook and cranny" kind of person and that does make a difference when having things to sell.
). If you have a few settlements on the go, making sure you have plenty of crops growing is not a bad idea as you can fast travel between them, harvest the crops, cook something up and then sell them.I'm also a slightly OCD "check every box, corner and nook and cranny" kind of person and that does make a difference when having things to sell.
8den
No I'm pretty sure that was 8ball...
I just got mauled making it to the witch craft museum (detoured via that abandoned mine full of ghouls and raider) shotgun ammo got completely depleted and low on the making of stim packs. I just set up trade routes to most of my settlements so I'll see what loot that gave me.
(And PS I'm a veteran of both 3 & NV I'm a pack rat it just never fails that I reach s point in the games were I don't have the caps to keep going
(And PS I'm a veteran of both 3 & NV I'm a pack rat it just never fails that I reach s point in the games were I don't have the caps to keep going
Cid
Proper break this time
Yeah, I do that... I've hardly used the traders though. Bought a shipment of oil off Carla, but other than that only one random purchase because I felt guilty. I'm finding shotgun ammo a bit tight, so may have to dip into that though. Is anyone playing survivor mode? I imagine that makes it a fuck of a lot more tricky.
Private Storm
Smell The Glove
I accidently extorted money out of Carla and now she won't trade with me, but it's no big loss I don't think - I've set up weapons/armour/trading posts in Sanctuary and make sure I trade enough rubbish with them every now and then to get all their caps.
ruffneck23
front left
Vintage Paw
dead stare and computer glare
I started playing at the same time as someone else, and we have played probably for the same amount of hours. I'm level 23 and he is level 51. This is a common pattern. He finished DAI weeks before me. And he's as much of a completionist as I am. I just don't get it.
Cid
Proper break this time
Does he stop to take carefully arranged pictures?
Vintage Paw
dead stare and computer glare
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ohmyliver
poppin' like a cork
*cough* reloading until idiot savant activates when handing in quests *cough*
8den
No I'm pretty sure that was 8ball...
You don't know many RPGers. [emoji4]
I play through again because I want to take a character in a different direction or explore a different route to the finish. Fallout games have multiple endings.
Besides there's no right or wrong way to play it.
Cid
Proper break this time
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
Nah, I typically do my first run as a roleplaying "I don't know what will happen and react to events on the spot and deal with what I find" runthrough, then I'll play again to do a completionist run with a walkthrough in front of me.
At times like this the Cannibal perk is a beauty, despite its moral questioning
Vintage Paw
dead stare and computer glare
My next character is going heavy into melee and will most definitely be taking the cannibal perk
8den
No I'm pretty sure that was 8ball...
My next character is going heavy into melee and will most definitely be taking the cannibal perk
stealth assassin for me
Vintage Paw
dead stare and computer glare
That's sort of what I am now. I have a nice silenced 10mm, and I'm slowly putting more perks into stealth. I tend to carry around my .45 rifle when just roaming though, and that can be used from stealth in a pinch. Just got another 10mm that does limb damage too. A nice collection of legendary items now. A legendary gamma gun too!
Private Storm
Smell The Glove
I tend to spend most of my time sneaking about....but for some stupid reason, haven't put any points into it. However, the only things that are giving me trouble are the Super Mutants. I've managed to get two legendaries that each do 50% extra dmg to ghouls and humans respectively, so I make quick work of them. Super Mutant encounters tend to consistent of me sneaking around them, working out who is where, trying a few headshots and then running away screaming as they all charge me, throwing mines down and repeatedly injecting myself with stimpacks. Seems to work, but is definitely not elegant
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
8den - Cid gives some excellent advice about a water purifier -
If you have The Castle yet (Minuteman HQ) if you look around just outside the walls on the sea side of the fort, there is already a water purifier built - all you need to do is build a large generator on the land next to it and hook it up and you'll get a supply of purified water going into the workbench there (to either use or trade), there is also plenty of room to set up another purifier, I think you can run 2 from a large generator? (and you can also hook up the generator(s) to a nearby conduit to get the fort's interior lights up and running, which helps with settlement happiness).
If you have The Castle yet (Minuteman HQ) if you look around just outside the walls on the sea side of the fort, there is already a water purifier built - all you need to do is build a large generator on the land next to it and hook it up and you'll get a supply of purified water going into the workbench there (to either use or trade), there is also plenty of room to set up another purifier, I think you can run 2 from a large generator? (and you can also hook up the generator(s) to a nearby conduit to get the fort's interior lights up and running, which helps with settlement happiness).
ruffneck23
front left
I really didn't know what i was doing leveling up my perks at the beginning and immediately maxed out my intelligence, so I'm leveling up pretty quickly , now added some perception and I'm a master lock picker , but then I went and added a load of gun perks, it all seems to be working but I'm not sure quite what i can describe this character as , a smart arse , robbing, gun slinger possibly ?
Lever 23 and still not been to diamond city yet
Lever 23 and still not been to diamond city yet
