Fallout 3 Thread

[Joe Molotov]

Did you not get the thing that said "The Lone Wanderer found the wastelands an inhospitable place...blah blah..."? That's the end, the only end there is. It changes a little if you're good or bad, and a few of the side-quests change what it shows.  If you're good and you freed the slaves, it shows a repaired Lincoln Memorial. If you didn't and you destroyed Megaton, then it shows a destroyed Megaton to symbolize your badness. That's pretty much all there is to it.

[Great Rumbler]

Is it just me or do the Super Mutants sound exactly like the Heavy from Team Fortress 2?

[MrAngryFace]

I thought it was a great ending:

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The image of jefferson's statue as the machine hummed to life and you died, the code being tied to something at the beginning, and of course nothing is as cool as sacrificing yourself for the good of all. Hardcore!

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[MyNameIsMethodis]

The ending is really, really, really, stupid.

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Fucking Bethesda are shitty game makers. You mean that "Resistant to Radiation" that Fawkes has all of a sudden doesn't work?

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[Brehvolution]

I was only level 12 when I finished it. What level were you guys?

[MrAngryFace]

20, hit 20 right when the last quest started haha. It was awesome.

Mud: The logic was stupid, but then again you had so many problems with the game its only the truth when someone like me says it. I can imagine you running into a wall screaming "BUGS"

[Eel O'Brian]

i was level twelve, and hadn't even explored 2/3 of the wasteland

so i loaded an earlier save so i could explore with this good character for a while before wrapping it up

then i think i'll put it away for a month or so, and start over with a thoroughly corrupt character

[Joe Molotov]

I was level 20, but I probably would have been like 25 at least if you could keep leveling. I messed around for a long time before I even bothered doing any of the main quest.

[Kestastrophe]

Yeah, I have a problem with the level cap as well. Next time I play I am not going to waste any perks on experience bonuses. I levelled way too quick and I have hardly touched the main story.

[demi]

There's a Bobblehead in your dad's office. But you go back to the Vault (optional) for a mission so I wouldnt fret if you miss it.

[MrAngryFace]

energy weapon skill isnt great until late game when plasma rifles are everywhere. small arms is a good place to dump points early on

[MrAngryFace]

yup

[MrAngryFace]

You can start dumping points into energy weapons around level 15ish, which is when you'll start seeing things like laser rifles instead of pistols and maybe some plasma rifles if you come across enclave troops

[TakingBackSunday]

I have energy and small weapons about equal now, around 60 something for both.  Energy rifle and 50mm uzi, mmmmm

[demi]

Just an added 1 point

[Don Flamenco]

whoa, the new nvidia driver gave me a ridiculous fps boost.  Literally from 25-30fps outside to a solid 60fps at medium settings.   

that kinda support is making me reconsider a radeon 7850.

[Eric P]

Okay, one more question. If you tag a skill, does that just give it a one-time point boost, or can you level up that skill faster for the rest of the game?

one time, unfortunately

not like FO/FO2

[Eel O'Brian]

i'm gonna go find

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harold

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tonight

think i'm about ready to wrap it up and be done with it for a while, though, getting kind of burned out on it

when the pc version drops in price in a few months i may pick it up to do my antichrist character

[Brehvolution]

I just got to Megaton. I need caps, so I want to sell some of my plundered items. But this bitch Jenny Stahl only wants to give me half of the listed value of my items. Is there any place around where I can get a better deal?

 
Up your barter skill. No one give you market value. It's a fake number IMO. The best way to make caps is to pick up the same stuff and repair them. It makes things worth more without the extra weight.

[muckhole]

I hit level 20 last night. Depressing, considering how much of the actual game I have yet to go through. I already miss the little "cha-ching" sound from getting XP for hacking, killing, lockpicking etc. Whoever though 20 levels was enough for a game this size was crazy. I think half the fun I was having was from exploring and grinding my character, as opposed to doing quests. Damn XP ceiling.

[Brehvolution]

Seems like I'm always out of ammo, and every battle ends up with me getting crippled, meaning I have to use one of my scarce stimpaks.

For some reason I'm not digging this one as much as I thought I would. At what point does it start to get really awesome?

Are you using VATS?

[Don Flamenco]

Seems like I'm always out of ammo, and every battle ends up with me getting crippled, meaning I have to use one of my scarce stimpaks.

For some reason I'm not digging this one as much as I thought I would. At what point does it start to get really awesome?

There isn't really a point where it suddenly becomes awesome.  You have to really get into exploring and loot hunting, especially at the beginning of the game before you've discovered locations.  Pick up missions, find weapons, level up, always explore more, and search buildings. 

[MrAngryFace]

Yeah, if you arent into the experience yet then you probably won't end up being there.

[Don Flamenco]

nice, found a pair of lucky shades w/ luck + 1.  yay!  They look so cool with my shady hat and handlebar mustache.

[MrAngryFace]

Nope

[Don Flamenco]

I killed the Sheriff of Megaton within minutes of entering the town. Did I fuck myself over in any way by doing this?

I think you miss out on one possible quest, maybe.  you can raid his house for some good items now.

[MrAngryFace]

you wanna go in his house for his bobblehead anyway

You can get a lucky 8-ball for saving some guy from bigtown from the super mutants. Boosts your luck a bit.

[Don Flamenco]

Cool, I'm on the big town quest right now, actually.  my last save was right outside germantown police HQ...should be fun if it's crawling with super mutants (no spoilage!)  I'm armed to the teeth.

[MrAngryFace]

make sure you just fast travel with them once you get them out of the building, way safer

[Sysgen]

make sure you just fast travel with them once you get them out of the building, way safer

Personally the fun of the game is not doing that.  Give them weapons.  Though I have to admit I reloaded, which I rarely do, because one wandered off and got killed by a super mutant.

[Eel O'Brian]

man, when you get up north the deathclaws start popping up everywhere

i entered a building and one was standing right behind the door like "hey, howya doin" and slapped the shit out of me

[GilloD]

man, when you get up north the deathclaws start popping up everywhere

i entered a building and one was standing right behind the door like "hey, howya doin" and slapped the shit out of me

There's a city- Old Olney- that's INFESTED with them. It also has a super amazing treasure hidden in it.

[Eel O'Brian]

cool, going there next

i can kill them pretty quick now, but they still do crazy damage if they hit me

[Brehvolution]

The only death claw I saw in the game was when I release one when I was escaping the enclave base. When the door swung open, I was like "Oh shit!" but it just stood there and did nothing.

I think I'm going to start over tonight and do everything but the story.

[MrAngryFace]

make sure you just fast travel with them once you get them out of the building, way safer

Personally the fun of the game is not doing that.  Give them weapons.  Though I have to admit I reloaded, which I rarely do, because one wandered off and got killed by a super mutant.

There's other ways to have fun

[GilloD]

cool, going there next

i can kill them pretty quick now, but they still do crazy damage if they hit me

Just go get Lincoln's Repeater.

[T234]

man, when you get up north the deathclaws start popping up everywhere

i entered a building and one was standing right behind the door like "hey, howya doin" and slapped the shit out of me

There's a city- Old Olney- that's INFESTED with them. It also has a super amazing treasure hidden in it.

bullshit there is nothing there but sewers.

[Don Flamenco]

make sure you just fast travel with them once you get them out of the building, way safer

Personally the fun of the game is not doing that.  Give them weapons.  Though I have to admit I reloaded, which I rarely do, because one wandered off and got killed by a super mutant.

There's other ways to have fun

yeah, if giving them weapons and having them fight means repeating the mission a million times on account of shitty AI, I'd rather not. 

[Eel O'Brian]

i have lincoln's repeater, but for some reason .44 ammo is hard to come by for me

[Positive Touch]

is there a certain type of weapon that works better on robots?  I'm trying to go through the Historical Society quest an the fucking robots are owning me and my partner constantly.  I'm only at level 10 right now so I might have to come back later.

[GilloD]

man, when you get up north the deathclaws start popping up everywhere

i entered a building and one was standing right behind the door like "hey, howya doin" and slapped the shit out of me

There's a city- Old Olney- that's INFESTED with them. It also has a super amazing treasure hidden in it.

bullshit there is nothing there but sewers.

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THE TALKING ARMOR DUH

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[MrAngryFace]

i have lincoln's repeater, but for some reason .44 ammo is hard to come by for me

yeah .44 ammo isnt all over the place sadly. There's a perk to increase amount of ammo from containers

[Joe Molotov]

is there a certain type of weapon that works better on robots?  I'm trying to go through the Historical Society quest an the fucking robots are owning me and my partner constantly.  I'm only at level 10 right now so I might have to come back later.

Plasma Grenades do about 50% damage.

[MrAngryFace]

assault rifle is what I had the most success with. The robots in stealing independence are bitches, killed the lady that was with me. Her fault tho, i've never seen someone stand directly at the end of a gatling laser gun barrel before.

[MyNameIsMethodis]

You guys are making me want to play this game again 

[Eel O'Brian]

whenever i am escorting someone i make them stay in the rear with the gear until i clear out any threats

except for that grace jones brotherhood lady, she kicks ass

[TakingBackSunday]

assault rifle is what I had the most success with. The robots in stealing independence are bitches, killed the lady that was with me. Her fault tho, i've never seen someone stand directly at the end of a gatling laser gun barrel before.

Hhaha yeah I commented about that a page or so ago.  She got completely fuckin zapped to ash.  Got her kickass uzi though 

[Hitler Stole My Potato]

Lincoln's Rifle - uber alles

The only gun you'll ever need in the entire game.

[TakingBackSunday]

Where's that at?  I haven't really been around the DC ruins since the sad part at the Jefferson Memorial, and I was thinking about exploring the area tomorrow.  I only can imagine the rife is somewhere in there.

[Joe Molotov]

It's in the Museum of Natural History with all the other Lincoln swag.

[TakingBackSunday]

Haven't even set foot in there, woot

[Brehvolution]

So I went to tenpenny tower and some shit. I went to take out that Roy ghoul but told him I was sent to kill him and we hedged out a plan for me to open the subway entrance. But while they were sleeping, I stole a magazine and the all woke up and started shooting me. So I quit.

Should I take him out or let the ghouls into the tower?

[cool breeze]

If you do either it will get you bad karma.  apparently you're supposed to be diplomatic and convince Tenpenny to let them stay or some shit.  I killed Tenpenny and am fucked on that mission.

I really need to finish Fallout 3.  I just have the story missions left, so one day when I'm not lazy I'll finish it off.

[Joe Molotov]

If you do either it will get you bad karma.  apparently you're supposed to be diplomatic and convince Tenpenny to let them stay or some shit.  I killed Tenpenny and am fucked on that mission.

If you walk right up to Tenpenny and shoot him in the face for no reason, you get positive karma. 

Anyway, Ghoul suck and so do those rich fatcats. I say use the ghoul army to overrun the tower, then once they've settled in, kill them too and rob the place blind.

[Robo]

If you destroyed Megaton, you might want to just kill the ghouls as they'll run off all but two of the shopkeepers in Tenpenny Tower.

Killing them was neutral karma, iirc.

[Positive Touch]

Where the fuck is Tenpenny Tower anyway?  I've been playing for about 25 hours and haven't heard shit about it in-game.

[cool breeze]

If you do either it will get you bad karma.  apparently you're supposed to be diplomatic and convince Tenpenny to let them stay or some shit.  I killed Tenpenny and am fucked on that mission.

If you walk right up to Tenpenny and shoot him in the face for no reason, you get positive karma. 

Anyway, Ghoul suck and so do those rich fatcats. I say use the ghoul army to overrun the tower, then once they've settled in, kill them too and rob the place blind.

When you get awarded for shoot some rich old guy in the face for no reason other than him being a mild annoyance, anything goes.

[cool breeze]

People want to kill you for justice now, and you're evil.

[Brehvolution]

DLC outlined here:
http://ve3d.ign.com/articles/news/43194/Fallout-3-Downloadable-Content-G-E-C-K-SDK-Announced

[Joe Molotov]

Operation: Anchorage sounds sweet.