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Gynovore posted:I agree here. Unless you have a $5000 liquid-cooled gaming "rig" and the reflexes of a hyper-caffienated 14 year old, you'll make a lot more shots in VATS than you do hipfire. Or you could just pop some psychojet and use the power armor mod that highlights targets. Comedy option: use an explosive minigun and lay waste to the entire area in front of you in a matter of seconds.
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captain innocuous posted:I want a mod that removes all of the terrible story missions, and just spits me out of the vault. You are free to do any of the radiant missions if you want, and you can go explore the wasteland. That, to me, would be the game at its best. I would really only play F4 again to shoot raiders and play minecraft-lite. There's a Skyrim mod called Live Another Life that does exactly this and gives you a bunch of backgrounds to choose from that determine your starting location/gear/faction friendliness. I'm hoping a version gets made for Fallout 4.
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Feb 1, 2016 06:16
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VATS is incredibly useful for finding mines and dormant feral ghouls. 
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Feb 1, 2016 06:16
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VATS is awesome because it still has that cam that zooms in on the bullet as it slams into some poor fool's face and makes his/her/its head explode.
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ulmont posted:Yes. You can find Deacon in a number of random places around the Commonwealth before you ever meet the Railroad, and that's one of them. He's spying. THAT rear end in a top hat  xxEightxx posted:Don't most people use vats so you can drop out of vats with the target lined up and pull the trigger so you don't waste vats points? I usually only use it when I'm trying to line up my sight to a huge sloppy pile of ghouls, because they like writhing around on the ground around your feet like loving idiot children.
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Feb 1, 2016 06:24
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Deacon has to be a synth right? Because the things his say and his mannerisms are more modern day then any other character. Hell he talks about the Consitution being there for Tax Evasion purposes, taxes haven't even exist for 200 years that's not a joke anyone from that timeframe would know to make.
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socialsecurity posted:Deacon has to be a synth right? Because the things his say and his mannerisms are more modern day then any other character. Hell he talks about the Consitution being there for Tax Evasion purposes, taxes haven't even exist for 200 years that's not a joke anyone from that timeframe would know to make. I'm fairly certain that most large settlements have some form of tax. the NCR certainly did and he has travelled a lot. Plus if you highlight him with the console. He doesn't have the synth marker that other synths like Gloria, Danse and the Mayor has.
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I am stuck towards the end of the game I was working for the Railroad to get inside of the Institute. I have done bunker hill, sided with the Railroad and let the Synths go. I had basically no contact with the brotherhood of steel throughout the game so I betrayed them doing the mass fusion quest which is fine. I got to the point where Father asks me to kill Desdemona. I don't want to do this obviously because I am siding with the railroad. I went and told her and she basically said "oh man that sucks this is progressing fast." Then sent me on some mission to kill a courser. I did that mission and came back and now I don't have any dialog with her. The only missions I have is one radiant mission for PAM to kill a courser, Prestons crap, and Kill Desdemona and the Undercover Railroad mission to free the synths that just says keep working with Father. Is this some kind of bug or am I overlooking something?
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Gynovore posted:I agree here. Unless you have a $5000 liquid-cooled gaming "rig" and the reflexes of a hyper-caffienated 14 year old, you'll make a lot more shots in VATS than you do hipfire. I did a low perception run with rifles. One shot to the chest is all it takes, especially if they don't know you're there(actually 30 meters away). I only use vats on stingwings now.
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So in my first game I took two ranks of ammo scrounger early on, and in my current game I only took one, and I'm level 50 and regretting it, because gently caress I am going through fusion cells like crazy, even as a sniper. My combat rifle is pretty badass - does more damage than a missile launcher - but it doesn't have good range like my laser rifle.
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RenegadeStyle1 posted:I am stuck towards the end of the game I had this happen to me as well. I think it was because I went and killed everyone in the brotherhood which locked me out of a certain quest or something. I just ended up siding with the institute and finishing the game that way
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captain innocuous posted:The same thing happens with the institute. I found a terminal that listed all of the institute spies, including trashcan carla but I couldn't do anything about it. But you also have bits like Mr. Warwick being a synth or basically everything in Quincy that never go anywhere.
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I'm not sure how I feel about some of the synth revelations, like I just found out that (post-game spoiler) McDonough really is a synth as Piper said all along. It's like it's trying emulate some of the more ambiguous parts of Electric Sheep, only there isn't much in the way of additional commentary to go with it. How is Cait the only person left with a strong Irish accent? It's like when Zoe Bell turned up in New Vegas with her very distinct New Zealander voice.
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Feb 1, 2016 18:37
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Alabaster White posted:Anyone else just get a patch? YEP! https://bethesda.net/?utm_source=tw...e/2016/02/01/70 quote:New Features Svanja fucked around with this message at 19:17 on Feb 1, 2016 |
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Feb 1, 2016 19:14
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I just got the game a few days ago and I'm enjoying a bit I guess. It feels really different from Fallout New Vegas and 3 with the whole speech thing but is there any way to reallocate points? I wish I had put more into Charisma. I'm failing speech checks at the orange level sometimes. It kinda sucks. I'm used to just maxing out charisma and getting 100 percent speech checks in New Vegas.
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Feb 1, 2016 19:25
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socialsecurity posted:Deacon has to be a synth right? Because the things his say and his mannerisms are more modern day then any other character. Hell he talks about the Consitution being there for Tax Evasion purposes, taxes haven't even exist for 200 years that's not a joke anyone from that timeframe would know to make. A dude posted:I'm fairly certain that most large settlements have some form of tax. the NCR certainly did and he has travelled a lot. In Tradecraft, he talks about the HQ having mines, turrets "and other fabulous prizes". There hasn't been a game show in 200 years. Still I doubt the Institute could sneak a synth spy into the Railroad, so... more Bethesda  , I guess.
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Feb 1, 2016 19:32
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That looks like the existing beta patch(es), just getting pushed out to everyone else. Where IS that "settler menu", though? I haven't been able to find anything except the indicators when you look at them in build mode that show which jobs they're assigned to. Gynovore posted:In Tradecraft, he talks about the HQ having mines, turrets "and other fabulous prizes". There hasn't been a game show in 200 years.
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Feb 1, 2016 19:34
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FronzelNeekburm posted:
I thought that icon was 'it', but it is worded like there's more to it in the patch notes. 
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Feb 1, 2016 19:49
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Gynovore posted:In Tradecraft, he talks about the HQ having mines, turrets "and other fabulous prizes". There hasn't been a game show in 200 years. In this case I'm almost 100% positive it's not Bethesda being lazy because Deacon is meant to be a confusing character- aside from his endless supply of anachronistic comments, there's banter in Railroad HQ about who he really is and Tinker Tom has a theory that he's a time-traveler. And it's not like there aren't any sources for information on old world culture- there are enough magazines, comic books, and non destroyed book books (not to mention pre-war ghouls) that anyone could learn a great deal about more generic aspects of American life circa 2077 if they were willing and able to.
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About Deacon, Doesn't he just tell you he is a synth, and he gives you a code to reset him so he goes back to his old personality. He said I could use it if I needed some info on the Institute that no one else could get(or is he playing a joke on me?). I think it was after I got a certain level of affinity with him. I love the guy though and his every changing clothes. I put him in a tuxedo and gave him the Deliverer, so now he is one suave motherfucker. Glory and him are making me want to go Railroad, but I'm waffling between the sides forever now, and I'm level 50 already.
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AgentHaiTo posted:About Deacon, Did you at least read the note?
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AgentHaiTo posted:About Deacon, The Deliverer is alright I guess, but I personally find that the only true match for a tuxedo is a Fat Man.
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Feb 1, 2016 20:30
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So did they ever re-enable mod support? I haven't played since that first patch.
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Zephyrine posted:Did you at least read the note? I hadn't because I was worried it would trigger some kind of dialog with him. I put it away in a box somewhere, so I wouldn't accidentally read it. I guess it's a prank then?
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4000 Dollar Suit posted:So did they ever re-enable mod support? I haven't played since that first patch. There's a work-around. I am all updated and use mods, I just can't remember what I did.
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AgentHaiTo posted:I hadn't because I was worried it would trigger some kind of dialog with him. I put it away in a box somewhere, so I wouldn't accidentally read it. I guess it's a prank then? Yeah he's loving with you. You've got to read the note to him to progress his affinity, it's a really lovely thing to do if you think he's telling the truth! Luckily he doesn't give a poo poo either way and just laughs at you for trusting him.
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eating only apples posted:Yeah he's loving with you. You've got to read the note to him to progress his affinity, it's a really lovely thing to do if you think he's telling the truth! You don't have to read the note. Once he reaches the next affinity level he will ask you if you read the note and then you can say "yes" or "no" regardless of if you read it or not.
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Zephyrine posted:You don't have to read the note. Once he reaches the next affinity level he will ask you if you read the note and then you can say "yes" or "no" regardless of if you read it or not. Oh, he got stuck in a loop for me and wouldn't talk about anything but the note until I read it to him, so I just assumed.
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Feb 1, 2016 21:20
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quote:MacReady’s Killshot perk now calculates headshot percentages properly Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
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Feb 1, 2016 21:25
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It really bothers me that this game only has like 20 side quests, not including Preston and the other radiant bullshit.
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Feb 1, 2016 21:48
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Bah, I should have known Deacon was pulling my leg. It makes me like him all the more though. He seems a lot less whiny than some of the others, but maybe he has some deep, dark past he will eventually come out and tell me about.
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drat, according to the patch notes they fixed MacReady’s Killshot perk. Now I'm going to need a lot more ammo.
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Gynovore posted:In Tradecraft, he talks about the HQ having mines, turrets "and other fabulous prizes". There hasn't been a game show in 200 years. Maybe he talked to that one robot in Graygarden.
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Are there certain companions that are better to bring along on story quests for :my immersion: ? Will I get a better dialogue exchange using Nick for the main story, Danse for BOS quests, Deacon for RR? Or do all companions have similarly detailed responses to quest events? Id like to have more variety in who I bring along on quests, but feel I will miss out on additional background story due to one particular companion being associated with that storyline.
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Here's where I'm at with my game right now, in case anyone's curious haha - oh and this is all on the Xbox One. I went high intelligence and high charisma from the outset, so I've always been getting a lot of XP for the leveling I do. After something like 9 days of play time (according to my save file. holy poo poo) I'm sitting midway through being level 76. I've mostly gotten to that point from crafting lots of chems, weapons, armor, and building settlements. I've been using the exploit of putting on max-CHA clothing/hat/glasses and popping drugs to get my charisma to like 24. The idea being that I'm building up about five settlements into enormous, awesome fortress-states and sending everyone to those. It's cool having like 30 people living in one of your towns, because it enables you to actually assign jobs out to be done at defense points and shops. I've mostly abandoned or scrapped everything else, included Sanctuary. It was embarrassing to go back there and Red Rocket and have to put up with my early attempts at base-building. I was actually using junk fences. Derp. I've also been using the exploit of storing guns into my workshops to far-exceed the build limits of the settlements I'm focusing on. Learning I could do that made settlement building a lot more fun for me and that's basically all I do now, with some random walking around and exploring and fighting. That being said, I'm starting to get concerned about what might happen to my settlements if Bethesda patches that gun/workshop glitch. Having played the game quite extensively by now, I have to say I'm a little disappointed with the way INT and CHA stats actually mattered. In previous Fallout games, high or low levels of those two areas actually affected your dialogue choices and made things like Mentats actually matter. There were various points in the game where I struggled to understand why Mentats were even available, because all the skill checks aren't relevant anymore. I'm also curious to see how they're going to address the fact that the removal of a level cap means I might be loading up future DLC with a level 80 demigod. Sidenotes: I sided with The Institute. Was originally working with the Railroad but I "roleplayed" that meeting my son changed my mind about things, and I gave them a shot. I was disappointed that the white paint you unlock through them only works on one kind of power armor. Same goes for the paintjob limits of all the factions. I was disappointed that my taking over the Institute didn't allow me to change their attitude towards synths and other things at all. Felt a little hollow. I completely avoided working with the Brotherhood of Steel for almost my entire game, and never used Codsworth or Curie or Dogmeat as companions. If I do wind up creating an alt character, I'm going to make a fascist BoS sympathizer that mostly sneaks and uses Melee/Unarmed attacks. It can be tempting to just make one ultimate character who does literally everything in these games, but I'm glad I left myself some unplayed content. Finding a legendary Gauss Rifle that fires explosive rounds has been game-changing. Filling up the Strong Back perk and being able to fast-travel while overencumbered has been game-changing. What's the deal with like 1/3 of the map being water that does nothing and serves no obvious purpose? I remember reading this game was going to be like 5x bigger than Skyrim and it doesn't really seem that way. Even stranger is how all the underwater areas are fairly well-decorated with junk and poo poo. What's the deal with modding this on the Xbox One? Have they announced any information about how it will work yet? I have a really nice gaming PC and I'm a little sad I didn't buy this for PC instead, just because I think I'd be able to handle the eventual graphics mods that would make it look amazing. My guess is the Xbox mods will be heavily regulated to avoid breaking people's consoles. If someone figured out a tool for converting my Xbox save games into PC files, I'd mail them money. AwkwardKnob fucked around with this message at 23:17 on Feb 1, 2016 |
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I'm kinda confused about how so many people are quickly comparing this game to Fallout3. It came out 8 years ago, I've played it for 6 months and then forgot about the stupid thing. Do you people still play it or something? Or is your memory that good?
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AwkwardKnob posted:What's the deal with like 1/3 of the map being water that does nothing and serves no obvious purpose? I remember reading this game was going to be like 5x bigger than Skyrim and it doesn't really seem that way. Even stranger is how all the underwater areas are fairly well-decorated with junk and poo poo. I think it has something to do with the geography of real-life Boston.
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Skyrim benefited from the map design, which allowed them to break up the terrain with giant mountains that helped make the world feel a lot larger than it was, while allowing more diverse environments in the different holds. Fallout 4 only has three truly different environments-rural, urban, and the Glowing Sea-and few major map barriers that force the player to take the long way around. Like Clawson said, a lot of this has to do with the real-life topography of Boston-they're only so much you can do in an area that's even halfway consistent to reality.
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