Fallout New Vegas...7 days...

[ruffneck23]

this thread has made me want to play this again, think il fire it up again...

 

[8den]

Well there's this thing called the internet...

Yeah and you're on it.

 

[Citizen66]

As are game manuals.

 

[8den]

But if I didn't asked you, you wouldn't get that thrilling ego boost from answering questions that could be found out after a simple googling.

And I wouldn't dream of taking one of the rare pleasures in your life away from you!

 

[Citizen66]

ah, but you didn't ask me. My help was completely unsolicited.

 

[Random]

Bah, there must be a bug. The head waiter wouldn't take the fake human meat and the whole dinner party script didn't start, so I just rescued the guy in the meat locker. Still got rep for it, so not too bothered.

If you do Boone's quests all the way, will he still stay with you? I heard that he'll rejoin 1st recon.

 

[Citizen66]

Boone becomes a follower if you want him to (after you sort who stitched his wife up) yeah.

 

[Random]

Boone becomes a follower if you want him to (after you sort who stitched his wife up) yeah.

It's going to bitter springs I'm worried about. Don't want him to have a flashback and jump in the river or kill himself.

 

[Citizen66]

Could that happen? Choose another follower then. Or are you roleplaying or something?

 

[Random]

Could that happen? Choose another follower then. Or are you roleplaying or something?

:X

 

[8den]

Have to admit am loving this. Have gotten as far as Nelles with Boone.

Must admit to have ignored all the workbench/campfire stuff/reloading stuff until now, and then looked what a piece of piss it is to make stimpacks and weapons repair kits using the bench.

There's a few thousand wasted bottle caps I'll never see again.


Quick question about skill levels I kept coming across safes/challenges early on that I failed because my barter/repair/lockpick was very low (evened out my skill points at the start and spread the skill points evenly when leveling up. I'm right in thinking I fucked up and should have just chucked 10/15 points into one attribute each time.

Oh I'm at level 13 at this point. Should everything be really hardcore and high level now (50 plus).


I remember why I have avoided RPGs for years and years FF VII on the playstation. I didn't spend fucking hours in the game slaughtering monsters and maxing up my levels before the end and then discovered my characters were too weak to win the game. I don't need to do this shit in Fallout do I?

 

[Citizen66]

I tried to complete the main quest too quickly recently and got my arse handed to me. So yeah, if you try to complete the game too quickly it won't let you.

 

[8den]

I tried to complete the main quest too quickly recently and got my arse handed to me. So yeah, if you try to complete the game too quickly it won't let you.

I don't mind arsing about in sidequests for a while. The world is fantastic.

What I don't want to do is have to wander into the wasteland and grind away blasting at coyotes and geckos getting XP for XP sake in order to level up.

 

[Citizen66]

Well the level cap without DLCs is 50, so I probably wouldn't attempt to finish the main quest until you're at least past 40 (I was something ridiculous like lvl 17 when I tried).

 

[ohmyliver]

Can I be a pedant and point out that it's 30 without DLC, 50 with

 

[Citizen66]

Can I be a pedant and point out that it's 30 without DLC, 50 with

Shit so guess who did a quick google then?

 

[8den]

Shit so guess who did a quick google then?

Just out of curiousity is the DLC still available?

 

[Citizen66]

Just out of curiousity is the DLC still available?

It is on steam, yeah. Is that where you bought it? If not you could register it under steam and still get the dlc from there afaik. Otherwise check amazon.

 

[ohmyliver]

the DLCs are worth getting if they're cheap, just for the level cap rise, and also you'll never have to grind to hit the level cap.

 

[Citizen66]

the DLCs are worth getting if they're cheap, just for the level cap rise, and also you'll never have to grind to hit the level cap.

You also start the game with some decent weapons/equipment (and by extension, caps) with a couple of them.

 

[ohmyliver]

you get the pre-order packs then?

 

[Citizen66]

You can buy them as DLC now yeah. I didn't buy them when I first bought the game.

 

[8den]

It is on steam, yeah. Is that where you bought it? If not you could register it under steam and still get the dlc from there afaik. Otherwise check amazon.

No playing it on borrowed X-Box while a broken leg heals doesn't have ethernet.

 

[Random]

I don't mind arsing about in sidequests for a while. The world is fantastic.

What I don't want to do is have to wander into the wasteland and grind away blasting at coyotes and geckos getting XP for XP sake in order to level up.

I've been sidequesting and wandering a littel, and now I'm level 22, I've killed Caesar for the lulz, and feel like I'm pretty much ready power-wise to finish the game. I'm now holding off from doing the last quests in order to explore all locations. Unless I get bored with my laptop getting scaldingly hot and pausing every few minutes...

Agree with you on the crafting. I'm kicking myself at letting all that duct tape and wonderglue go and cross that I chose to give the fucking Gunrunners all my scrap metal...

 

[Citizen66]

No playing it on borrowed X-Box while a broken leg heals doesn't have ethernet.

well you'd need it to have a decent hard drive for starters.

 

[Citizen66]

Agree with you on the crafting. I'm kicking myself at letting all that duct tape and wonderglue go and cross that I chose to give the fucking Gunrunners all my scrap metal...

The problem though, unless I've missed something, is a lack of anywhere to store anything meaning you have to either use or sell what you have. Apart from followers but that isn't really a lobg term storage solution.

 

[8ball]

The problem though, unless I've missed something, is a lack of anywhere to store anything meaning you have to either use or sell what you have. Apart from followers but that isn't really a lobg term storage solution.

Psst - hotel.

 

[ohmyliver]

you get a hotel room in the town you meet up with Boone to store stuff in. I'm pretty sure that Mr House/NCR/Caesar give you living quarters too.

 

[The39thStep]

The problem though, unless I've missed something, is a lack of anywhere to store anything meaning you have to either use or sell what you have. Apart from followers but that isn't really a lobg term storage solution.

I use a house in Nipton , one of the rooms has ammunition and device making facilities

 

[Citizen66]

I use a house in Nipton , one of the rooms has ammunition and device making facilities

Does your stuff not disappear? In the elder scroll games unless you 'own' the property you run the risk of the game generating loot and your stuff vanishing in the process.