Fallout: New Vegas, Revisited. Options

[Stahlseele]

I wish stuff like that added something to your character so NPC's go:"See that one? don't go near him, he ripped apart a deathclaw with his bare hands . . if you have to do something, grab the biggest gun and shoot him from as far away as possible and hope he does not manage to get close to you before you can reload"

[_Pax._]

..or, "find group of deathclaws. Go into VATS, pop each one with a single shot from a Dart Gun, then kill them from closest to furthest with whatever weapon you prefer."

[X-Kalibur]

..or, "find group of deathclaws. Go into VATS, pop each one with a single shot from a Dart Gun, then kill them from closest to furthest with whatever weapon you prefer."

Works great in FO3. Not so much in FNV.

[_Pax._]

Works great in FO3. Not so much in FNV.

Well, duh - since the gloriously-broken Dart Gun doesn't exist in FNV.

[bannockburn]

You guys made me finish my game (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
Had it lying around for about a year, bought all addons, tried to load my old save, couldn't.
60h later, I finally finished the main story line and the DLC.
Have to say, Dead Money was a mixed bag, wouldn't replay it probably. The other three were really good IMO, with Old World Blues one where I had to laugh all the time and Lonesome Road giving me the wicked awesome looking elite riot gear (made me replace my Remnants Power Armour, even).

[Stahlseele]

Yeah, in terms of pure play-time, both FO³ and FNV were top notch . .
At least, if you did not accidentally stumble into the end scene <.<;,

[Irion]

@bannockburn
Geez, dead money was my favorite....
Because you had to start from scratch. Really looking after your supplies. Somehow brought back the fallout 1 or 2 feeling...
(Then honest hearts. But the others were great, too)

@Stahlseele
Well, lets say you could play it for 100 hours or you could do it in 30...

if you have to do something, grab the biggest gun and shoot him from as far away as possible and hope he does not manage to get close to you before you can reload"

Well, I would go for sneak criticals with a sniper rifle (silenced) or a veronicas rifle.
Pop two in the leg and finish it off with a headshot. If you are good, it won't even notice you.

[bannockburn]

Dead money felt too forced to me, all in all. I enjoyed that I had to check supplies and all that, but it felt tedious with all the chips strewn around, and the story was too drawn out for my tastes. I just wanted to leave ^^

[X-Kalibur]

Dead money felt too forced to me, all in all. I enjoyed that I had to check supplies and all that, but it felt tedious with all the chips strewn around, and the story was too drawn out for my tastes. I just wanted to leave ^^

The hardest part is letting go...

[bannockburn]

No, it wasn't. Only the bearded tosser who didn't want me to leave got in my way! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

[Stahlseele]

@Stahlseele
Well, lets say you could play it for 100 hours or you could do it in 30...

Well . . if you did the main quest only in FO³, then you would be at it between 20 and 30 hours.
With sidequests and exploration you are looking at 40 to 60 hours easy.
If you made a wrong turn at a certain point, you were looking at 5 hours for the main quest <.<

[bannockburn]

For FO3 I had about 120h and felt like I've explored most of the world (including DLC) ... NV ate 60h this playthrough, but I had done a LOT of sidequesting on the other save, so I knew where to go and what to do to get all the cool stuff. I guess, I missed something or the other, but next time, I'll take explorer and just go to ALL THE PLACES!
I thoroughly enjoyed Honest Hearts' Survivalist's logs. I took more time to hunt those down after I found the first one than I did for the main story (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[X-Kalibur]

No, it wasn't. Only the bearded tosser who didn't want me to leave got in my way! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

The real trick is getting all the gold bricks out.

[Tanegar]

I didn't feel like gaming the system to get them all, but I did take one gold bar. Pretty sure I still have it, if only because it's worth like ten thousand caps, and nobody has that much, or even enough merchandise to make an even trade.

[LurkerOutThere]

Does anyone ever manage to do a legion play through? I always start out to do so but just can't bring myself to do it. Ceaser speaks some sense but the rest of his guys are varying degrees of assholes and sociopaths. NCR and House both have their flaws and lots of them, but at least they are trying.

[bannockburn]

I'm too soft-hearted to go with the Legion. I can't bring myself to play an evil character (IMG:style_emoticons/default/frown.gif)
Maybe the next one ... We'll see when I'm in Nipton *g*

[bannockburn]

I didn't feel like gaming the system to get them all, but I did take one gold bar. Pretty sure I still have it, if only because it's worth like ten thousand caps, and nobody has that much, or even enough merchandise to make an even trade.

Gun Runner's Vendortron (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
That's where I pawned mine, together with a custom action for my Anti-Materiel Rifle (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[Stahlseele]

i never manage for the simple fact that there is just not enough early / mid game questing for the legion to be HAD . .

[bannockburn]

That's not a real hindrance, is it? With the reputation reset available when needed?

[Stahlseele]

That's not a real hindrance, is it? With the reputation reset available when needed?

the what now? O.o

[bannockburn]

Well, when Caesar invites you to his camp, everything that came before gets reset, so that your reputation with the Legion is neutral. Same for the NCR when you go the the ambassador on the strip.

[_Pax._]

I didn't feel like gaming the system to get them all, but I did take one gold bar. Pretty sure I still have it, if only because it's worth like ten thousand caps, and nobody has that much, or even enough merchandise to make an even trade.

... Gun Runners outside of Vegas, especially if you have the Arsenal DLC. Just soaking up all the ammunition (and ammunition _parts_) they have, can sometimes run you six or ten thousand caps.

[Stahlseele]

Well, when Caesar invites you to his camp, everything that came before gets reset, so that your reputation with the Legion is neutral. Same for the NCR when you go the the ambassador on the strip.

ah, interesting O.o

[LurkerOutThere]

I'm too soft-hearted to go with the Legion. I can't bring myself to play an evil character (IMG:style_emoticons/default/frown.gif)
Maybe the next one ... We'll see when I'm in Nipton *g*

I think that's the biggest problem I had with the legion, their not just evil, they are mustache twirling evil. They walk around the world with the basic statement of "our way is right because we are the strongest." It just cries out for a punchy centric rebuttal.

[X-Kalibur]

I think that's the biggest problem I had with the legion, their not just evil, they are mustache twirling evil. They walk around the world with the basic statement of "our way is right because we are the strongest." It just cries out for a punchy centric rebuttal.

To quote Cloud Atlas - The weak are meat and the strong will eat.