Fallout 4

[UnderOpenSky]

Do i need to bother with building settlements? Whats the advantage? I'm loving the quests but have done very little building so far! (level 14)

Crops, place to store and build stuff. Get trader's to earn caps apparently.

My charisma was far to low really early in the game to get the local leader perks, which was a shame as I'd have liked to have a play but not sure I can be bothered really.

I just one as a place to grow crops to make glue and have all the stuff I need there.

 

[8den]

Do i need to bother with building settlements? Whats the advantage? I'm loving the quests but have done very little building so far! (level 14)

There are some advantages. At level 2 local leader you can build shops which provide a source of revenue, and somewhere to sell all the junk you. Growing taters, corn and mulitfruit give you lots of adhesives crucial for weapons and armour mods, water purifiers give you lots of purified water.

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[ffsear]

Cheers, sounds like i better get building then!

 

[ffsear]

Also, do you build one mega settlement? Or have a few smaller ones?

 

[8den]

Cheers, sounds like i better get building then!

Dont feel obliged to build a massive network of settlements just cause Preston tells you to. You can have a handful or even one or two and just leave it at that.

 

[8den]

Also, do you build one mega settlement? Or have a few smaller ones?

You can go either way. The more settlements you have the more work you'll have to put it. You'll have to build defences otherwise there will be raider attacks. I found it very annoying, some people love it.

 

[Vintage Paw]

Your defensive number should equal or exceed that of your food and water added together, so if you go all out on water purification and crops as I have at Sanctuary you'll end up needing something like 380 defence which is bonkers (and still I've done it anyway).

Some settlements already specialise in one type of thing, like corn at Sunshine coop or tatoes at Tenpines. You can expand their crop in that one thing and do a round trip to harvest if you want, or just set up a farm at Abernathy's or something, have one place for all of it.

I find it useful to have just one main hub, where I go to harvest, cook, make chems, upgrade weapons and armour, and store all my stuff. It's easier that way. But I just enjoy building anyway, so I've still gone ahead and built up all the settlements I've come across so far, just because.

 

[UnderOpenSky]

What do you need it so big for?

Tbf I quite liked the raids as I always seem to be short of shotgun shells (which Raiders often drop) and it's the weapon I take on serious nasties like Deathclaws with

 

[8den]

What do you need it so big for?

Purified water can be sold to traders for quite alot of money.

Tbf I quite liked the raids as I always seem to be short of shotgun shells (which Raiders often drop) and it's the weapon I take on serious nasties like Deathclaws with

I find the raids fucking annoying, as I can be in the middle of doing something and then dragged off to kill raiders

Just a recommendation, A shotgun is weapon better suited for unarmored targets death claws have a high DR, so it's better to hit them with armour piercing weapons.

If you are having trouble getting shotgun ammo, set up a few gun shops in a settlement, and buy them there.

 

[8den]

dp

 

[Cid]

There are some advantages. At level 2 local leader you can build shops which provide a source of revenue, and somewhere to sell all the junk you. Growing taters, corn and mulitfruit give you lots of adhesives crucial for weapons and armour mods, water purifiers give you lots of purified water.

More tips here

Essential Tips for Playing Fallout 4

Mutfruit, it's called MUTFRUIT. Pronounced mute-fruit. And tatos.

 

[8den]

Mutfruit, it's called MUTFRUIT. Pronounced mute-fruit. And tatos.

I'm sorry I misspelt imaginary food.

 

[UnderOpenSky]

Purified water can be sold to traders for quite alot of money.



I find the raids fucking annoying, as I can be in the middle of doing something and then dragged off to kill raiders

Just a recommendation, A shotgun is weapon better suited for unarmored targets death claws have a high DR, so it's better to hit them with armour piercing weapons.

If you are having trouble getting shotgun ammo, set up a few gun shops in a settlement, and buy them there.

My shotgun nails death claws. So does my 45 assault rifle though to be fair. I'm actually starting to wonder if the rifleman perk is overpowered. It currently adds 80% to already upgraded weapons and covering both shotguns and rifles is very generous.

I started the game with such low charisma it didn't seem worth chasing local leader, but I guess I could now.

 

[Vintage Paw]

Since I've taken the first level of the rifleman perk things have suddenly been taking longer to die, but then I've levelled up a bit to something like 37 so they're probably spawning higher too and I'm not used to it.

 

[Vintage Paw]

Also, tatoes annoys me because they're not potatoes, they're tomatoes and Americans say it all wrong, but saying tah-toes is just weird, so it has to be tay-toes, but that's potatoes, not tomatoes

 

[8den]

Also, tatoes annoys me because they're not potatoes, they're tomatoes and Americans say it all wrong, but saying tah-toes is just weird, so it has to be tay-toes, but that's potatoes, not tomatoes

Yourself & Cid have put WAY too much thought into this. At least they're not Gords which are v heavy not very nutritious and useless. Once again fuck Gords...

 

[UnderOpenSky]

Since I've taken the first level of the rifleman perk things have suddenly been taking longer to die, but then I've levelled up a bit to something like 37 so they're probably spawning higher too and I'm not used to it.

I'm not sure Fallout does that, but it gives you slightly different names for similar enemies that are tougher.

 

[UnderOpenSky]

On the food thing I think there should be more vegetarian recepies that give you decent amounts of health but can all be grown on your farm.

 

[8den]

On the food thing I think there should be more vegetarian recepies that give you decent amounts of health but can all be grown on your farm.

There are in soups.

 

[8den]

I'm not sure Fallout does that, but it gives you slightly different names for similar enemies that are tougher.

No, as your level progresses your opponents level up, and their weapons get better. I early find raiders with less than combat shotguns and rifles for example

 

[UnderOpenSky]

I thought they needed stuff like dirty water. I've got sheds loads of purified, but it's not dirty.

 

[UnderOpenSky]

No, as your level progresses your opponents level up, and their weapons get better. I early find raiders with less than combat shotguns and rifles for example

Oh ok. They still die very easily. I'm finding it way easier then near start.

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

Shippy has that manga.

I tend to skip the power armour and go straight to the mecha porn

 

[Epona]

I thought they needed stuff like dirty water. I've got sheds loads of purified, but it's not dirty.

Trade your excess of purified water for ammo with a merchant or trading caravan!

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

I'm finally playing Fallout 4 and loving it. unfortunatly my PC is only just playing it so often it just stutters like scatman john hitting the main chorus.

 

[Epona]

I'm finally playing Fallout 4 and loving it. unfortunatly my PC is only just playing it so often it just stutters like scatman john hitting the main chorus.

Although I started off alright, I did have some performance issues later on in more heavily populated areas. I think in my case this is due to the fact that my CPU is in desperate need of upgrade. I'm considering going Intel next time, because they apparently cope better with games due to hyperthreading stuff?

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

damn i migh re-overclock my machine.

although i do have spare ram so i might just boost that to see what happens

currently i'm

Intel Core I7 950 Processor (3.07 GHZ)
Chillblast GeForce GTX 580
8GB RAM

machine was a beast when i got it but that's like 5 years ago now

 

[UnderOpenSky]

Thus is why I went against a lifetime of PC owner ship and bought a PS4 to play it. It's more portable then a PC as well, which I didn't think would matter, but has proved quite handy recently.

 

[Epona]

damn i migh re-overclock my machine.

although i do have spare ram so i might just boost that to see what happens

currently i'm

Intel Core I7 950 Processor (3.07 GHZ)
Chillblast GeForce GTX 580
8GB RAM

machine was a beast when i got it but that's like 5 years ago now

You've got sufficient RAM for gaming (unless you're running a load of other things in the background at the same time) but CPU and GPU both a bit slow these days. My CPU is an AMD 3.4 GHz and it cries a bit at times when I play FO4 or Witcher 3!

 

[Crispy]

If you're thinking about a graphics upgrade, be patient. Both red and green teams will finally be switching to a new fabrication process this year, which will mean an effective doubling of performance for the same price.