Originally posted by: zinfamous
Originally posted by: Slew Foot
Originally posted by: pontifex
i learned a few things so i decided to start a new character but i still can't decide where to put attribute points and what skills to take.
attribute points right now are 6, 6, 6, 5, 5, 7, 5. not sure i want to spread so thin or specialize more.
anyone have a list of what all of the stats do exactly, like how much extra carry weight each point of ST gives, or how many HPs each point of endurance gives?
i like sneak, small guns, and lockpick, because i think they will be useful, but i'm wondering if I should drop one of those for maybe medicine or repair or even other ones.
oh, and hacking is ridiculously hard...why do they have to make stuff in these games so difficult? i just keep clicking different words until i get the right one.
Theres a faq over at gamefaqs which details out all the attributes and their effects.
FOr hacking, you can eliminate the dummy words by finding all the sets of [], {}, (), that appears in a line, then you strategize the words that will give you the most bang for the buck in terms of finding the correct one.
This game is awesome so far, im taking it slow, exploring things very carefully.
traditionally, sneak is pretty useless. if you're into small guns, then focus on perception and luck. As I mentioned in the other thread, each previous game gets you power armor at some point, which when equipped will boost your strength, added to the likelihood of finding a doc that can permanently boost stats permanently. Perception increases your hit chance, and luck increases your criticals. Luck also increases your rare encounters--not sure if that's a factor in this one, but it allowed you to get the better weapons before.
strength doesn't affect damage from guns, so anything more than 5 was always a waste before. (as power armor + boosts would get you to 9-10 near the end of the game) Charisma can be lower than you think--put ~7 into intelligence, and tag speech.
Does this have the attribute that lets you boost all stats by 1 from the start? I always chose that, much better than "skilled," as skill points become rather meaningless the further you go.
I usually went with S: 5, P: 7-8, E: 4-5, C: 1-2, I: 7-8, A: 6-8, L: 7-9. I always tagged small guns, speech, and lockpick. In the previous games, that pretty much opened up all the possibilities and you become devastating with the rifles. Once you start finding energy weapons, start putting some points into that.
Does Fallout 3 limit your level max?
Oh yeah: this is all based on the design before Bathesda took over...so not sure how much those numbers apply now...
Originally posted by: ZzZGuy
Man, this game can be a mind F*** at times.
Go to small town for quest, search house and find the skeleton of a small girl in bed with all her toys still out and wearing the tattered remains of the dress she was wearing when she died. After moving through the town I find a dog owning about 5 bandits and comes over to me all nice and friendly, now I have a pet dog that can hold his own in a fight. Shortly after from out of nowhere a woman comes up to me screaming "THE BOMB IS GOING TO EXPLODE!", she then runs away and promptly explodes, right about then is when the homicidal robot from the old Lost in Space attacks me. THEN as I'm sneaking my way though a ruined downtown area of some place two guys in ragged clothing run past me screaming followed by this MASSIVE scorpion which totally ignores me and proceeds to chase down and kill the two guys.
I LOVE THIS GAME.
Originally posted by: zinfamous
Originally posted by: Slew Foot
Originally posted by: pontifex
i learned a few things so i decided to start a new character but i still can't decide where to put attribute points and what skills to take.
attribute points right now are 6, 6, 6, 5, 5, 7, 5. not sure i want to spread so thin or specialize more.
anyone have a list of what all of the stats do exactly, like how much extra carry weight each point of ST gives, or how many HPs each point of endurance gives?
i like sneak, small guns, and lockpick, because i think they will be useful, but i'm wondering if I should drop one of those for maybe medicine or repair or even other ones.
oh, and hacking is ridiculously hard...why do they have to make stuff in these games so difficult? i just keep clicking different words until i get the right one.
Theres a faq over at gamefaqs which details out all the attributes and their effects.
FOr hacking, you can eliminate the dummy words by finding all the sets of [], {}, (), that appears in a line, then you strategize the words that will give you the most bang for the buck in terms of finding the correct one.
This game is awesome so far, im taking it slow, exploring things very carefully.
traditionally, sneak is pretty useless. if you're into small guns, then focus on perception and luck. As I mentioned in the other thread, each previous game gets you power armor at some point, which when equipped will boost your strength, added to the likelihood of finding a doc that can permanently boost stats permanently. Perception increases your hit chance, and luck increases your criticals. Luck also increases your rare encounters--not sure if that's a factor in this one, but it allowed you to get the better weapons before.
strength doesn't affect damage from guns, so anything more than 5 was always a waste before. (as power armor + boosts would get you to 9-10 near the end of the game) Charisma can be lower than you think--put ~7 into intelligence, and tag speech.
Does this have the attribute that lets you boost all stats by 1 from the start? I always chose that, much better than "skilled," as skill points become rather meaningless the further you go.
I usually went with S: 5, P: 7-8, E: 4-5, C: 1-2, I: 7-8, A: 6-8, L: 7-9. I always tagged small guns, speech, and lockpick. In the previous games, that pretty much opened up all the possibilities and you become devastating with the rifles. Once you start finding energy weapons, start putting some points into that.
Does Fallout 3 limit your level max?
Oh yeah: this is all based on the design before Bathesda took over...so not sure how much those numbers apply now...
Originally posted by: ZzZGuy
Man, this game can be a mind F*** at times.
Go to small town for quest, search house and find the skeleton of a small girl in bed with all her toys still out and wearing the tattered remains of the dress she was wearing when she died. After moving through the town I find a dog owning about 5 bandits and comes over to me all nice and friendly, now I have a pet dog that can hold his own in a fight. Shortly after from out of nowhere a woman comes up to me screaming "THE BOMB IS GOING TO EXPLODE!", she then runs away and promptly explodes, right about then is when the homicidal robot from the old Lost in Space attacks me. THEN as I'm sneaking my way though a ruined downtown area of some place two guys in ragged clothing run past me screaming followed by this MASSIVE scorpion which totally ignores me and proceeds to chase down and kill the two guys.
I LOVE THIS GAME.
Originally posted by: Imp
Originally posted by: ZzZGuy
Man, this game can be a mind F*** at times.
Go to small town for quest, search house and find the skeleton of a small girl in bed with all her toys still out and wearing the tattered remains of the dress she was wearing when she died. After moving through the town I find a dog owning about 5 bandits and comes over to me all nice and friendly, now I have a pet dog that can hold his own in a fight. Shortly after from out of nowhere a woman comes up to me screaming "THE BOMB IS GOING TO EXPLODE!", she then runs away and promptly explodes, right about then is when the homicidal robot from the old Lost in Space attacks me. THEN as I'm sneaking my way though a ruined downtown area of some place two guys in ragged clothing run past me screaming followed by this MASSIVE scorpion which totally ignores me and proceeds to chase down and kill the two guys.
I LOVE THIS GAME.
I didn't have anything close to that. My closest 'wtf' moment was today when I was getting ready to attack a raider town. As I turn around, what do I see? A deathclaw chasing some settler around. I think there were 2 more guys, but I couldn't find the corpses.
The gibbing is absolutely beautiful. I am now regularly blowing limbs and heads off, yet I still grin like a retard everytime. I love melee too. I found a sword and played out Pulp Fiction's gimp scene with Raiders...
Also, I finally bothered to find out how repair works. Can'r believe you need duplicates of items. I was looking for a hammer somewhere. Wish I'd known earlier, then I may not have had to take 20 realtime minutes to walk back to Megaton from a town after looting the shit out of it.
Does anyone know what the deal is with the Chinese in this game? I've found a bunch of items and signs. Were they the nukers? What's the back story?
Originally posted by: ZzZGuy
Originally posted by: Imp
Originally posted by: ZzZGuy
Man, this game can be a mind F*** at times.
Go to small town for quest, search house and find the skeleton of a small girl in bed with all her toys still out and wearing the tattered remains of the dress she was wearing when she died. After moving through the town I find a dog owning about 5 bandits and comes over to me all nice and friendly, now I have a pet dog that can hold his own in a fight. Shortly after from out of nowhere a woman comes up to me screaming "THE BOMB IS GOING TO EXPLODE!", she then runs away and promptly explodes, right about then is when the homicidal robot from the old Lost in Space attacks me. THEN as I'm sneaking my way though a ruined downtown area of some place two guys in ragged clothing run past me screaming followed by this MASSIVE scorpion which totally ignores me and proceeds to chase down and kill the two guys.
I LOVE THIS GAME.
I didn't have anything close to that. My closest 'wtf' moment was today when I was getting ready to attack a raider town. As I turn around, what do I see? A deathclaw chasing some settler around. I think there were 2 more guys, but I couldn't find the corpses.
The gibbing is absolutely beautiful. I am now regularly blowing limbs and heads off, yet I still grin like a retard everytime. I love melee too. I found a sword and played out Pulp Fiction's gimp scene with Raiders...
Also, I finally bothered to find out how repair works. Can'r believe you need duplicates of items. I was looking for a hammer somewhere. Wish I'd known earlier, then I may not have had to take 20 realtime minutes to walk back to Megaton from a town after looting the shit out of it.
Does anyone know what the deal is with the Chinese in this game? I've found a bunch of items and signs. Were they the nukers? What's the back story?
I forget where I read/heard it but the USA was at war with China which is what sparked the nuclear exchange.
On a side note the USA also annexed Canada.
Originally posted by: Jschmuck2
Some helpful things I've learned while playing this stupidly addicting game:
Hold down tab (or your pip boy button) to turn on the flashlight. This will affect your sneaking.
Hold down R to holster your weapon.
Originally posted by: Imp
Spoiler
Something weird in Megaton. After I disarmed the bomb, I took a n ap in my house. Upon coming out and walking around town, I found the Sheriff dead. No one mentions it except his son. WTF happened? It's possible he walked off a ledge, but it's not that far up. Do I need him later?
Originally posted by: Chaotic42
Were any of you who were skeptical about the big changes to Fallout actually impressed with the game once you got it? Is it really Fallout 3, or is it Oblivion 2?
Originally posted by: stumben32
One thing I have not figured out is repairing my gear.
I get the (R) highlighted, hit R to repair then theres is an arror on my pip boy telling me to select what to repair with but I cannot select anything...I hover over the arror and it disapears.....
What the heck is going on with this? Maybe I just dont have the proper item to repair my gear....but I certainly am lugging around a ton of junk.
So hooked on this game
Originally posted by: Jschmuck2
Some helpful things I've learned while playing this stupidly addicting game:
Hold down tab (or your pip boy button) to turn on the flashlight. This will affect your sneaking.
Hold down R to holster your weapon.
Originally posted by: novasatori
its liam neeson
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1073664/
I didn't catch it at first, my wife did hehe.
Originally posted by: stumben32
One thing I have not figured out is repairing my gear.
I get the (R) highlighted, hit R to repair then theres is an arror on my pip boy telling me to select what to repair with but I cannot select anything...I hover over the arror and it disapears.....
What the heck is going on with this? Maybe I just dont have the proper item to repair my gear....but I certainly am lugging around a ton of junk.
So hooked on this game
Originally posted by: Powernick50
Originally posted by: stumben32
One thing I have not figured out is repairing my gear.
I get the (R) highlighted, hit R to repair then theres is an arror on my pip boy telling me to select what to repair with but I cannot select anything...I hover over the arror and it disapears.....
What the heck is going on with this? Maybe I just dont have the proper item to repair my gear....but I certainly am lugging around a ton of junk.
So hooked on this game
Your repair skill isn't high enough to do the repair then.
I don't understand the nuiance of it yet but..if you have 2 identical items...you can use the parts from one to repair the other. If your current Item is at roughly 35% condition and your repair skill is 25 that means that in order to do a meaningful repair on the item you need at least a 35 or better in repair (I'm guessing) if everything is greyed out after you select repair its because your repair skill isn't high enough.
Originally posted by: pontifex
Originally posted by: Powernick50
Originally posted by: stumben32
One thing I have not figured out is repairing my gear.
I get the (R) highlighted, hit R to repair then theres is an arror on my pip boy telling me to select what to repair with but I cannot select anything...I hover over the arror and it disapears.....
What the heck is going on with this? Maybe I just dont have the proper item to repair my gear....but I certainly am lugging around a ton of junk.
So hooked on this game
Your repair skill isn't high enough to do the repair then.
I don't understand the nuiance of it yet but..if you have 2 identical items...you can use the parts from one to repair the other. If your current Item is at roughly 35% condition and your repair skill is 25 that means that in order to do a meaningful repair on the item you need at least a 35 or better in repair (I'm guessing) if everything is greyed out after you select repair its because your repair skill isn't high enough.
it also appears that some things can't be repaired beyond a certain amount, which seems dumb to me. for instance, i found the caravan trader outside megaton and he can repair stuff. when i select some items, it says "can't repair past 52%" or something like that. unless that means his skill level can't repair it past that much?