Fallout: New Vegas: Ain't that a cuck in the bed?

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Mulva: Sep 13, 2011; It's about time for my once per decade ban for being a consistently terrible poster.

The Courier's Stash pretty much gives you everything you need to walk straight to Vegas, and gently caress *everything* that gets in your way. I personally am a fan of the Caravan portion of it. The leather armor, the shotgun, the repair kits? Throw some slugs in that shotgun and use a repair kit to fix up the machine gun in Doc Mitchell's house for instance, and that's like a thousand caps right there. If you happen to have high Luck [You got shot in the head and buried alive, and walked it off. You should have high Luck], you can bust the Vicki and Vance. And then the Atomic Wrangler. And then all the other casinos.

At which point you can set yourself up.

E: And that's just playing it straight, if you use/sell all the free crap you get with all the packs, you don't even need to stop at Primm.

Mulva fucked around with this message at 23:10 on Sep 28, 2011

# ? Sep 28, 2011 22:14

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# ? Apr 25, 2024 05:44

SeanBeansShako: Nov 20, 2009; Now the Drums beat up again,
For all true Soldier Gentlemen.

My best friend is an idiot who still won't play Fallout New Vegas for PC or X-Box 360.

He still is thinking like a fifteen year old and that FF7 (top notch JRPG, but come ON!) is the best RPG ever maaaaan. Weirdest thing is he saw the trailers for this game and got all pumped up then lost interest.

I wish I had a best friend who liked this game as much as me :smith:

# ? Sep 28, 2011 22:16

Cousin Todd: Jul 3, 2007; Grimey Drawer

SeanBeansShako posted:

My best friend is an idiot who still won't play Fallout New Vegas for PC or X-Box 360.

He still is thinking like a fifteen year old and that FF7 (top notch JRPG, but come ON!) is the best RPG ever maaaaan. Weirdest thing is he saw the trailers for this game and got all pumped up then lost interest.

I wish I had a best friend who liked this game as much as me .

I'll be your friend. :smith:

# ? Sep 28, 2011 22:28

Deep Thoreau: Aug 16, 2008

SeanBeansShako posted:

My best friend is an idiot who still won't play Fallout New Vegas for PC or X-Box 360.

He still is thinking like a fifteen year old and that FF7 (top notch JRPG, but come ON!) is the best RPG ever maaaaan. Weirdest thing is he saw the trailers for this game and got all pumped up then lost interest.

I wish I had a best friend who liked this game as much as me .

Here's what you do. Get a sock, write 'Fallout: New Vegas' on it. Fill the sock with a couple of bars of soap. Beat your friend with it until he comes to his senses.

# ? Sep 28, 2011 22:30

CommanderCoffee: Feb 27, 2011; Ladies.

Bash Ironfist posted:

Here's what you do. Get a sock, write 'Fallout: New Vegas' on it. Fill the sock with a couple of bars of soap. Beat your friend with it until he comes to his senses.

Why soap? Bricks are heavier.

# ? Sep 28, 2011 22:41

Assumethisisreal: May 21, 2007

CommanderCoffee posted:

Why soap? Bricks are heavier.

His friend has a low DT, so he doesn't need to waste the condition on his GRA Brick. It's like 10 caps per % to repair, man.

# ? Sep 28, 2011 22:49

juggalo baby coffin: Dec 2, 2007; How would the dog wear goggles and even more than that, who makes the goggles?

Well, I found my new weapon with which to bring terror and pain to the Mojave with

Kaboom!

juggalo baby coffin fucked around with this message at 23:15 on Sep 28, 2011

# ? Sep 28, 2011 23:13

Mulva: Sep 13, 2011; It's about time for my once per decade ban for being a consistently terrible poster.

Yep, that would do it. You look like the world's strongest and most deranged hobo.

# ? Sep 28, 2011 23:14

SeanBeansShako: Nov 20, 2009; Now the Drums beat up again,
For all true Soldier Gentlemen.

Bash Ironfist posted:

Here's what you do. Get a sock, write 'Fallout: New Vegas' on it. Fill the sock with a couple of bars of soap. Beat your friend with it until he comes to his senses.

Dude has a heart of gold, he needs a soap beating though I agree. He owes me at least for going halfsies on that pile of linear poo poo known as Final Fantasy XIII.

# ? Sep 28, 2011 23:15

Yodzilla: Apr 29, 2005; Now who looks even dumber?

Beef Witch

I'm really enjoying Old World Blues but does it have a problem with spawning cyberdogs right on top of you? I've had a few instances where I'll enter VATS with one target nearby and when i leave VATS boom I've got three cyberdogs up in my face where before there weren't any around me.

# ? Sep 28, 2011 23:38

Ironslave: Aug 8, 2006; Corpse runner

poptart_fairy posted:

So in my 'do everything and destabilise the gently caress out of both factions' run, with Gannon can you do his quest and then sell him to Caesar? I want to squeeze out as much content as possible this run. All the DLC, all the time in the world before Saint's Row 3.

You can do one better. With Gannon, you can start his quest, get the Remnants into the bunker, sell Gannon into slavery, then talk the Remnants and get them to support the Legion come the Dam/. It's what I did in my 'sociopath rear end in a top hat' run.

# ? Sep 28, 2011 23:41

boo_radley: Dec 30, 2005; Politeness costs nothing

Yodzilla posted:

I'm really enjoying Old World Blues but does it have a problem with spawning cyberdogs right on top of you? I've had a few instances where I'll enter VATS with one target nearby and when i leave VATS boom I've got three cyberdogs up in my face where before there weren't any around me.

Lonesome road is all about this, just fyi. I had a perception of 10 and things still managed to surprise me, even after I started 360ing every few seconds out of paranoia.

# ? Sep 28, 2011 23:41

Isaacs Alter Ego: Sep 18, 2007

I like to kill people and sit on their things.

Is there anyone else whom I could kill so that I can sit on their things? I don't think the NCR president or Oliver tend to sit on things, and most other important people you talk to through screens or they stand around.

Also, any suggestions on how to make my screenshots look a little higher res and how to remove the HUD would be appreciated.

# ? Sep 28, 2011 23:56

Ironslave: Aug 8, 2006; Corpse runner

The King! The King has a seat! He has several!

# ? Sep 28, 2011 23:57

Stay Safe: Sep 1, 2008; by FactsAreUseless

Isaacs Alter Ego posted:

I like to kill people and sit on their things.

Is there anyone else whom I could kill so that I can sit on their things? I don't think the NCR president or Oliver tend to sit on things, and most other important people you talk to through screens or they stand around.

Also, any suggestions on how to make my screenshots look a little higher res and how to remove the HUD would be appreciated.

Be sure to check the OP's FAQ. I added a "how to remove HUD" in the "How do I get my image in the OP" section.

Basically the way I do it is make it fully transparent in display settings. Well, before I got HUD mods that automatically hide them when not in use.

# ? Sep 29, 2011 00:00

Wolfsheim: Dec 23, 2003; "Ah," Ratz had said, at last, "the artiste."

Assumethisisreal posted:

Spears/throwing knives+poison let me get Raul as a companion at level 6. Just have enough stealth to get away with pricking the Super Mutants from the shadows, and run away if they do see you, and Bleak Poison just ruins their loving day. Bonus points if you use vats to throw your poisoned projectile into their legs so that they can't catch you anyway with their scary, scary bludgeons.

Note: You need a lot of loving poison to do this, so a high Survival skill and foraging for ingredients ahead of time is a must.

Edit: Also, it might just be me, but I think Centaurs are part bloodhound. They are much harder to sneak up on than Super Mutants.

Look at this widdle baby, getting Raul at Level 6 :smug:

Here's what you need to get him at Level 3:

-1 Stealth Boy
-20ish Sneak
-gently caress-all combat skills
-60 Science (or 46 Science, a Programmer's Digest, and a box of Mentats)

There are huge blindspots in the Black Mountain patrols, and you can pretty much avoid being seen by anything long enough to get up near the irradiated mountaintop. Once up there, contact Tabitha on the radio in the dome and tell her you're a huge fan (probably optional, but hilarious). She'll immediately send a shitload of Super Mutants your way, but immediately active your stealth boy and sneak out, and head towards her compound. Take care not to bump into any of the also-invisible Nightkin, and your stealth boy should last long enough to get you to the shed. Repair Rhonda with that 60 Science I mentioned, leave the shed, and boom: huge experience bonus(you will hit Level 5), huge armory's worth of loot, and Raul, and not a single shot fired.

# ? Sep 29, 2011 00:03

Isaacs Alter Ego: Sep 18, 2007

Dead Man Posting posted:

Be sure to check the OP's FAQ. I added a "how to remove HUD" in the "How do I get my image in the OP" section.

Basically the way I do it is make it fully transparent in display settings. Well, before I got HUD mods that automatically hide them when not in use.

Ahhh. Thanks. I shall try that immediately.

I have a date with The King.

# ? Sep 29, 2011 00:06

thebardyspoon: Jun 30, 2005

Wolfsheim posted:

Repair Rhonda with that 60 Science I mentioned, leave the shed, and boom: huge experience bonus(you will hit Level 5), huge armory's worth of loot, and Raul, and not a single shot fired.

I got up there without this amount of science so just broke Raul out and gave him my armour, he was at least smart enough to shoot the mutant with Annabelle first. After that it was just pure carnage with me having almost no input whatsoever.

# ? Sep 29, 2011 00:15

Orange Crush Rush: May 7, 2009; You don't need thumbs for revenge

Isaacs Alter Ego posted:

I like to kill people and sit on their things.

Is there anyone else whom I could kill so that I can sit on their things? I don't think the NCR president or Oliver tend to sit on things, and most other important people you talk to through screens or they stand around.

Also, any suggestions on how to make my screenshots look a little higher res and how to remove the HUD would be appreciated.

Old Lady Gibson likes to sit on the O from the Repcon HQ sign

# ? Sep 29, 2011 00:19

wafflemoose: Apr 10, 2009

So I decided to start over on account of poor perk choices (took Intense Training too many times) and the fact the Charisma doesn't do squat for DLCs. I bought the Courier Stash and Gun Runner Arsenal DLCs and let me you tell you, Courier Stash makes things alot easier by starting you off with some fully repaired weapons and armor, I am one-shotting the geckos with the Weathered 10mm pistol. I also find it funny how the "Weathered" version looks shinier and newer than the regular 10mm pistols lying around.

I tired doing Dead Money at Level 32, but the Ghost People have way too many HP at that point and crappy weapons they give you don't scale in damage. Considering doing it as soon as I get Light Step, there's way too many loving camouflaged bear traps to go without it. Getting my legs crippled all the time sucks. Also going to deal with Father Elijah in the most satisfying way, with a shotgun blast to the face, assuming I find a shotgun there. My characters in all games do not negotiate or sympathize with their captors.

wafflemoose fucked around with this message at 00:38 on Sep 29, 2011

# ? Sep 29, 2011 00:30

Isaacs Alter Ego: Sep 18, 2007

My character doesn't really have a story. He got shot in the head, so he decided to shoot that guy in the head. Then he found a bunch of people wanted to make him do things, so he didn't take that poo poo and killed them.

Vilified with nearly every faction and lovin' it. Yes Man is my only true friend.

(I shall visit Lady Gibson next. I already killed her a while ago for spare parts, but didn't recognize her chair.)

# ? Sep 29, 2011 00:33

Cousin Todd: Jul 3, 2007; Grimey Drawer

Papa Khan has a nice throne.

# ? Sep 29, 2011 00:36

Cousin Todd: Jul 3, 2007; Grimey Drawer

Did they every fix the sturdy caravan shotgun so that it works with the shotgun perks?

# ? Sep 29, 2011 00:38

Cicadalek: May 8, 2006; Trite, contrived, mediocre, milquetoast, amateurish, infantile, cliche-and-gonorrhea-ridden paean to conformism, eye-fucked me, affront to humanity, war crime, should *literally* be tried for war crimes, talentless fuckfest, pedantic, listless, savagely boring, just one repulsive laugh after another

Stuff new players might not know:

You can holster your weapon by holding the reload key. This is handy because two-handed weapons slow you down slightly if you have them drawn.

You can turn on your pip-boy light by holding Tab, but keep in mind it makes you easier to spot while sneaking.

You can assign stuff to the number keys (except 2) by going into your inventory, selecting the item and pressing the key. This is mostly handy for weapons, but also works for consumeables like stimpacks.

Some enemies are armored, if you see a shield icon next to their health bar when you shoot it means that your shots are being deflected by the armor, and you need to try something else

# ? Sep 29, 2011 00:45

Boogle: Sep 1, 2004; Nap Ghost

Isaacs Alter Ego posted:

(I shall visit Lady Gibson next. I already killed her a while ago for spare parts, but didn't recognize her chair.)

You can also try Colonel Moore's office at Hoover Dam.

# ? Sep 29, 2011 00:49

Ygolonac

Nov 26, 2007

pre:

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CLUTCH  NIXON
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The Hero We Need

Isaacs Alter Ego posted:

My character doesn't really have a story. He got shot in the head, so he decided to shoot that guy in the head. Then he found a bunch of people wanted to make him do things, so he didn't take that poo poo and killed them.

Vilified with nearly every faction and lovin' it. Yes Man is my only true friend.

(I shall visit Lady Gibson next. I already killed her a while ago for spare parts, but didn't recognize her chair.)

There's a lot of third-person sitting that can be done; the Omerta bosses both have offices, and a couch they loiter on in the hallway. The NCR Ambassador has a nice desk. The Great Khans Longhouse has three different chairs at the head table. The BoS Elder has a swanky science-desk. The base commanders at McCarran and Forlorn Hope have lovely military-surplus chairs, but the Ranger CO at Camp Golf has both a crappy office, and a nice balcony seat. Pearl at Nellis appears to have some older furniture, and don't forget McLafferty at the Crimson Caravan. Easy Pete, Miguel's Pawn Shop and Mick & Ralph's all have places to park your butt. Kick Boxcars onto his busted-rear end legs, you need to relax.

Don't forget Joshua Graham's Table of .45s and Dean Domino's Den of Inebriation, too.

I hope this improves your SitDown: Chair Vegas experience!

# ? Sep 29, 2011 00:51

King Vidiot: Feb 17, 2007; You think you can take me at Satan's Hollow? Go 'head on!

I played completely through the game with two people so far and I had no idea you could bind weapons and items to hotkeys. That would've made shooting up as soon as each drug fades away a hell of a lot easier, not to mention oh, I don't know, shooting people in the legs and their weapons out of their hands, then whipping out a chainsaw and chasing them down.

# ? Sep 29, 2011 00:51

CJacobs: Apr 17, 2011; Reach for the moon!

God drat it, I've just encountered the most ridiculous drat bug. It happened in the NCRCF specifically: I opened a cell door, but it swung toward me instead of outward, so I hit E to close it again and instead hit a couch. My character froze in place for five seconds, likely while doing the "sitting down" animation that I couldn't see because the door moved me away from the couch, and now he freezes every five steps. Restarting, saving, and loading have not fixed this. What the gently caress why did this even happen this is so stupid.

# ? Sep 29, 2011 01:08

Jerusalem: May 20, 2004; Would you be my new best friends?

I don't know why, but I was tickled pink that sitting at the bar at the Mojave Outpost actually has you lean forward against the bar instead of just sitting bolt upright in your seat.

# ? Sep 29, 2011 01:13

Floodworks: Apr 6, 2010; Our bones will bleach in the sun.

I don't know why, because i actually didn't really even hate the guy that much, but one of the most satisfying things i have ever done in a video game is lure benny alone up to the presidential suite, tell him i forgive him, and then immediately enter VATS with my lever action shot gun and put three in his dome.

# ? Sep 29, 2011 01:15

Rush Limbo: Sep 5, 2005; its with a full house

New Vegas can be very pretty when you add the right stuff.

House never looked so good.

# ? Sep 29, 2011 01:16

rope kid: Feb 3, 2001; Warte nur! Balde
Ruhest du auch.

Orange Crush Rush posted:

Old Lady Gibson likes to sit on the O from the Repcon HQ sign

I am glad that you are probably the only person in the world to have noticed this.

# ? Sep 29, 2011 01:19

Rush Limbo: Sep 5, 2005; its with a full house

Heh, I'm still impressed by the level of detail they put into this game. I just for the first time lured Benny up into his suite and blew his head off. Far less cruel, but much more satisfying, than leaving him to Caesar

# ? Sep 29, 2011 01:23

Assumethisisreal: May 21, 2007

rope kid posted:

I am glad that you are probably the only person in the world to have noticed this.

I noticed it had the same rocket logo, but I never made the connection! That's a nice touch.

# ? Sep 29, 2011 01:24

Bobby The Rookie: Jun 2, 2005

rope kid posted:

I am glad that you are probably the only person in the world to have noticed this.

She says as much to you if you ask her, doesn't she?

# ? Sep 29, 2011 01:25

Isaacs Alter Ego: Sep 18, 2007

First, I stopped at the bar. Can't sit on an empty liver, can I? Of course not.

After drinking some empty glass for a while, I made my way to another seat. After a short fight with an NCR patrol and some dogs, I sat victorious, taking my rightful place in the wasteland hierarchy.

Then, the great khans. I had already killed them long ago because someone wanted me to get to know them. I didn't really want to bother, so I got to know them from about 20 yards away with an assault rifle.

Finally, I stopped at my old pal Benny's for a quick chat and a well-deserved sit.

# ? Sep 29, 2011 01:42

ClearAirTurbulence: Apr 20, 2010; The earth has music for those who listen.

Dead Man Posting posted:

Will do. Let's also make a "What are the most common things Goons didn't know about" list as well.

I didn't know you could scroll the map and thought you could only fast travel to places you could see on your map when zoomed out all the way. I played through about half of my first game fast-travelling in stages. I also did not know about the inventory sorting until after my first game.

Oh yeah, also didn't know for a long time that you could take Intense Training more than once. I spent a lot on implants because I wanted to save Intense Training for if there was an ability I needed one more point in after getting all the implants.

# ? Sep 29, 2011 01:52

vandalism: Aug 4, 2003

I'm trying to make a melee dude but I just can't do it. I tried in Fallout, Fallout 2, Fallout 3, and now. I can't do it. The temptation to pick up a gun always overpowers me. I did use some console commands to make a guy level 40 and give him the energy swords and all the perks and poo poo and it was pretty fun. I just don't know what it is but that kind of thing seems like a gimmick. I may try lasers, especially now since the GRA added some really cool energy weapons.

I don't know, my playstyle has always been a guns guy. Snipers and shotguns are both hilariously awesome.

# ? Sep 29, 2011 02:23

Blunt Force Trauma: Mar 16, 2008; No one gives a fuck about shit.
So fuck your shit.
We fuck shit up,
Cause shit's fucked anyway.
Shit is run in to the ground.

I don't wanna think about it,
I just wanna get down.

SeanBeansShako posted:

My best friend is an idiot who still won't play Fallout New Vegas for PC or X-Box 360.

He still is thinking like a fifteen year old and that FF7 (top notch JRPG, but come ON!) is the best RPG ever maaaaan. Weirdest thing is he saw the trailers for this game and got all pumped up then lost interest.

I wish I had a best friend who liked this game as much as me .

If it makes you feel any better, I bought this game brand new at release prices for a friend of mine who isn't a hardcore gamer but loves pc RPGs (Arcanum is his favorite game ever). He played for about five minutes and then said he was too confused to continue and never even attempted to play it again

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SeanBeansShako: Nov 20, 2009; Now the Drums beat up again,
For all true Soldier Gentlemen.

vandalism posted:

I'm trying to make a melee dude but I just can't do it. I tried in Fallout, Fallout 2, Fallout 3, and now. I can't do it. The temptation to pick up a gun always overpowers me. I did use some console commands to make a guy level 40 and give him the energy swords and all the perks and poo poo and it was pretty fun. I just don't know what it is but that kind of thing seems like a gimmick. I may try lasers, especially now since the GRA added some really cool energy weapons.

I don't know, my playstyle has always been a guns guy. Snipers and shotguns are both hilariously awesome.

Put points in unarmed too, and find Pushy. I had hella fun being a big melee lunk kind of guy. You get all smug in the moments where NPC's attempt to set your weaponless rear end up.

# ? Sep 29, 2011 02:27

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