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Caufman posted:Yeah, you should see this word for word. Brilliant, thanks man
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I hope in FO4 there's a perk called "bro-love" and its picture is just two dudes boning and high fiving.
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Jan 19, 2014 15:00
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Actually, the original meaning of confirmed bachelor was "heterosexual playboy who will never settle down." This made it very convenient for gay men to use the term to their advantage. "Why won't he settle down with a nice girl?" "He's a confirmed bachelor." Eventually people caught on, and it has become synonymous with gay, with some younger people at least. My dad was just as surprised as Bloody Hedgehog was to think it meant gay when I mentioned it to him. If you use the term literally it still can mean hetero stud. Really it should only be when you use the term sarcastically that it means gay guy. Still the modern usage of the term is changing, and it may be losing the earlier meaning entirely among younger people.
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Jan 19, 2014 17:40
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It's one thing to be confused by the use of a term, but the story that Bloody Hedgehog makes up in his head while looking at the Confirmed Bachelor cartoon is beyond sense. Did he really think the game was going to give him a special perk to beat up on "weird" gay people who threaten his ultra-masculine heterosexual character? Given all the context clues that point Confirm Bachelor as the gay seduction perk, Hedgehog's mistake goes beyond misunderstanding and into some hilarious and pretty hosed up thinking.
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Jan 19, 2014 21:07
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People do get rather weird about that sort of thing. I remember reading a comment on Nexus on ST's Traits and Perks that he shouldn't use the name "Flower Child" for a perk, because it's derogatory. Really? I guess it could be used so, but I always thought it was a term that a lot of people embraced.
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Jan 19, 2014 21:12
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You can tell how shallow of a life people lead by how quickly they get offended--that kind of outrage is something people claim when they're trying to storm a moral high ground, of course--but it kind of blows my mind that those offenses are even a consideration in a game as hyper-violent and as brutal as Fallout. Who complains about Flower Child when body parts fly off in bloody chunks and a whole faction is about rape and slavery and genocide?
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Jan 19, 2014 22:15
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Caufman posted:It's one thing to be confused by the use of a term, but the story that Bloody Hedgehog makes up in his head while looking at the Confirmed Bachelor cartoon is beyond sense. Did he really think the game was going to give him a special perk to beat up on "weird" gay people who threaten his ultra-masculine heterosexual character? Given all the context clues that point Confirm Bachelor as the gay seduction perk, Hedgehog's mistake goes beyond misunderstanding and into some hilarious and pretty hosed up thinking. I'm not really arguing about that post, since it was drat weird. I'm not really sure how he got from "hetero stud" to "abuser of gay dudes." Edit: Also the Flower Child thing was stupid, cause it was in Fallout and Fallout Tactics. sweet geek swag fucked around with this message at 06:14 on Jan 20, 2014 |
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Jan 20, 2014 06:11
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Jesus, is the .45 SMG supposed to have 400+ DPS? It's fully upgraded and loaded with 45 Super, but it just makes things melt. Not even my fully tricked out endgame melee character had weapons that put out that kind of DPS.
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Jan 20, 2014 07:16
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Rogue 7 posted:Jesus, is the .45 SMG supposed to have 400+ DPS? It's fully upgraded and loaded with 45 Super, but it just makes things melt. Not even my fully tricked out endgame melee character had weapons that put out that kind of DPS. All SMGs have super-high DPS, they are balance by the fact that they will not do well against armored enemies, because each shot doesn't do a lot of damage. That said, the .45-auto SMG is powerful enough that you really don't have to worry about that kind of thing until you see super-high level enemies, or Brotherhood mooks in power armor.
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Jan 20, 2014 07:18
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Samuel Clemens posted:Even the normal 5mm rounds have a DT modifier of -10. It's what makes the Minigun so amazing. ...The latter of which was wielded by a ghoul in The Long 15 the last time I nuked it.  I survived. Barely.edit: I have actually not loaded up that .50 minigun with incendiary ammo yet. Why have I not done this? BRB going to find more things to kill Friar Zucchini fucked around with this message at 07:39 on Jan 20, 2014 |
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Jan 20, 2014 07:36
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I pick that stuff because by level 40 or so, all the other perks are useless as you are maxed out on stats and super strong, so there's no real point to conserving caps or ammo.
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Jan 20, 2014 08:49
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Incendiary? Load that thing up with .50MG explosive! ...I actually can't think of any place where a .50MG Explosive minigun would be useful. That giant deathclaw in the cave near the end of Lonesome Road?
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Jan 20, 2014 09:04
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I have been roleplaying as Artoym from Metro and is currently attempting an "ammo = money, I only use caps as payment for medical and paying you silly capitalists services" playthrough and I wonder what would count as military grade ammo? And where would power cells count into the equation. I make it that Artoym does not comprehend the concept of "caps" except for services and that everytime he trades he must make it a zero sum payment.
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Jan 20, 2014 09:21
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I've played games where I've avoided using caps at all, not even for services.
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Jan 20, 2014 10:15
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It's not the modern world- while the NCR military does seem to (to some extent) standardize on Service Rifles that load 5.56, I don't think they're well-supplied enough to be picky.
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Jan 20, 2014 10:17
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Friar Zucchini posted:I was pretty pissed at the giant gun mod I got because it modifies the armor system to make DR a much bigger deal than DT, so a typical set of armor would have DT 3 and DR 25 or something. 5mmm ammo now has DR -15 instead, so now my precious assault carbine and minigun are pretty worthless against armored things like Bro'hood paladins and deathclaws. It made up for it with a couple new miniguns in .308 and .50MG though. 
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Jan 20, 2014 10:30
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Pope Guilty posted:Incendiary? Load that thing up with .50MG explosive! Courier's Mile 
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McTimmy posted:Courier's Mile Everywhere
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Pope Guilty posted:Incendiary? Load that thing up with .50MG explosive! Deathclaw Promontory, of course.
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Jan 20, 2014 23:58
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Pope Guilty posted:Incendiary? Load that thing up with .50MG explosive! The better question would be "Where would a .50MG Explosive minigun not be useful?" The answer, of course, is nowhere.
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Jan 21, 2014 00:55
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2house2fly posted:This is the link I have saved. Please God tell me there are more. There were a couple on rope kid's form spring. That second one especially takes the cake. http://new.spring.me/#!/JESawyer/q/1792563742 http://new.spring.me/#!/JESawyer/q/1781305307
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Jan 21, 2014 02:37
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Wolfsheim posted:ED-E is pretty lovable for something that communicates only through beeps and prerecorded audio. SlothfulCobra posted:I hope in FO4 there's a perk called "bro-love" and its picture is just two dudes boning and high fiving.
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Jan 21, 2014 04:14
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57/75 Steam Achievements down. Lonesome Road, some casino crap and 3/4 ending paths left. I finished up the GRA ones. Just went on a massacre killing all the NCR and Legion people with the right weapons. Felt good to be bad.
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Jan 21, 2014 12:20
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I had absolutely no idea you could do I Put a Spell on You from the Legion's perspective. It's rather easy to miss out on too, as you need to have high legion/ncr rep so you can't get to the point where the NCR labels you as a terrorist. Also I'm very stupid and only just realized that when using melee weapons with vats, you can press different keys to use special attacks. Unlaboured Flawlessness is now my go-to attack.
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Jan 21, 2014 12:38
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Ddraig posted:I had absolutely no idea you could do I Put a Spell on You from the Legion's perspective. It's rather easy to miss out on too, as you need to have high legion/ncr rep so you can't get to the point where the NCR labels you as a terrorist. I remember being disappointed by how rigid the division between the NCR and the Legion paths is. During my first playthrough I basically was loving around with all the factions before deciding what to do, and really wanted to keep the monorail functioning, but the game didn't give me the chance to tell Hsu about Curtis even after he had revealed himself to me. Ended up having to catch him at the radio tower.
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Jan 21, 2014 12:56
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Ddraig posted:I had absolutely no idea you could do I Put a Spell on You from the Legion's perspective. It's rather easy to miss out on too, as you need to have high legion/ncr rep so you can't get to the point where the NCR labels you as a terrorist. There's a saying among Nethack fans that reflects the depth of the interaction between elements that goes: "The dev team thinks of everything!" New Vegas may not quite be up to Nethack's standard in this, but it's not for a lack of trying.
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I'm somewhat disappointed they didn't try to blur the divide more. The "Don't Tread on the Bear" quests etc are rather limiting. An excellent playthrough would be to use the faction disguises to play both sides of the conflict, have them both go head to head with the understanding that the people they've asked to help are actually backing them up, but they get bombed by the Enclave/Boomers and the Courier sweeps in with his robot army to kick them both the gently caress out and take over. I guess Wild Card sort of lets you do this, but I would really like the opportunity to have more stuff like Arizona Killer where you're a double agent.
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Jan 21, 2014 14:06
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Ddraig posted:Also I'm very stupid and only just realized that when using melee weapons with vats, you can press different keys to use special attacks. Unlaboured Flawlessness is now my go-to attack.
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Jan 21, 2014 19:22
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Ddraig posted:I'm somewhat disappointed they didn't try to blur the divide more. The "Don't Tread on the Bear" quests etc are rather limiting. An excellent playthrough would be to use the faction disguises to play both sides of the conflict, have them both go head to head with the understanding that the people they've asked to help are actually backing them up, but they get bombed by the Enclave/Boomers and the Courier sweeps in with his robot army to kick them both the gently caress out and take over. To be fair by the time you're getting to Kimball's visit you're pretty well-known in the Mojave. It stands to reason that the NCR might just figure out something's wrong after the fifth time you strolled into Cottonwood Cove to have a chat with Caesar. Similar situation with the Legion, as their spies are basically everywhere.
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"We were somewhere around Novac, at the edge of the desert, when the Mentats began to take hold."
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Jan 22, 2014 20:32
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Wolfsheim posted:To be fair by the time you're getting to Kimball's visit you're pretty well-known in the Mojave. It stands to reason that the NCR might just figure out something's wrong after the fifth time you strolled into Cottonwood Cove to have a chat with Caesar. Yeah, I know it doesn't really make logical sense but it would have been fun anyway. It would have been good if they'd just used faction disguises more. I guess the faction disguises are supposed to disguise you as an anonymous member of that faction. If you change into a legion costume in the middle of nowhere, and you don't have anything that identifies you as you (your face is covered, you have no companions with you etc) then as far as most people are concerned, it should just be another dude from that faction and only when you talk to people should they be able to figure out something is up.
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Ddraig posted:Yeah, I know it doesn't really make logical sense but it would have been fun anyway. It would have been good if they'd just used faction disguises more. I guess the faction disguises are supposed to disguise you as an anonymous member of that faction. If you change into a legion costume in the middle of nowhere, and you don't have anything that identifies you as you (your face is covered, you have no companions with you etc) then as far as most people are concerned, it should just be another dude from that faction and only when you talk to people should they be able to figure out something is up. And then you travel back to the Fort, forgetting to remove the disguise and all the Legion attack you without you understanding why.
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Jan 22, 2014 22:35
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Nordick posted:"We were somewhere around Novac, at the edge of the desert, when the Mentats began to take hold." That facewear is loving kickass.
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M3wThr33 posted:And then you travel back to the Fort, forgetting to remove the disguise and all the Legion attack you without you understanding why. There really should be some kind of confirmation every time you try to fast travel in a disguise - at the very least to faction owned locations.
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Jan 22, 2014 23:47
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There was only one road back to The Boneyard.
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Synonymous posted:That facewear is loving kickass. Looks like Michael Jackson
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Jan 23, 2014 00:03
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steinrokkan posted:There really should be some kind of confirmation every time you try to fast travel in a disguise - at the very least to faction owned locations. Do you need constant affirmation that your clothing will not spontaneously disappear?
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Jan 23, 2014 00:03
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Merry Magpie posted:Do you need constant affirmation that your clothing will not spontaneously disappear?
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Wolfsheim posted:It stands to reason that the NCR might just figure out something's wrong after the fifth time you strolled into Cottonwood Cove to have a chat with Caesar. loving cable not working again! :v [SPEECH 100]
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Ever since I had to abort my second playthrough because wearing NCR armour erased a bunch of reputations and caused the NCR to shoot me on sight when I took it off, I've steered clear of faction outfits. I've read that re-equipping the outfit, or equipping a different outfit, can get you back to normal, so next playthrough I'm going to give them another try because some of them look extremely nifty (I adore the Centurion armour where they use one of those gigantic Fallout 3 Brotherhood pauldrons to over the entire right arm  ). Also I want to wear Caesar's outfit to Zion and imagine that Joshua Graham is trying very politely not to mention it.
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