Morning Discussion: Election Day Edition

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  guys please tell me that somewhere other than Megaton ammunition becomes more plentiful. Also - is t... : flagg209
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    How far are you in the game? I've been collecting ammo from building, sewers, and enemy camps. As for t... : skitzo
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      Level 6; I am focusing on Moira right now exclusively and just got done getting the card catalog from the : flagg209
      • Hrmm, as far as buying, there are traveling sales men all throughout the world, I know there was a ton o... : skitzo
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        Don't get the 'Scrounger' perk. Trust me, ammo isn't an issue later on. : Totenjaeger
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          I got scrounger during the early no-ammo levels and, while I am awash in ammo now and will never run out,... : wendigo
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            I am level 14 and I have about 700 rounds of 5.56mm, 600 rounds of 10mm, 240 shotgun shells, 55 .308 roun... : deject
            • Same level, but I'm at 950 of 5.56mm, 1060 of 10mm, 550 shotgun shells, 140 of .308, 250 of .32, 24 missi... : Totenjaeger
        • Really? I picked up the scrounger perk, and I sell any ammo I don't use (as previously discussed here on ... : Ormsbee
        • Lots of ammo is awesome. Ammo is like money that kills people. : Finestaut
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    You need a schematic and the work desk thingie for custom shit. I don't understand the complaint about am... : Mad Brahmin Disease
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      I have a combat shotgun, a 10mm pistol, a 10mm smg, a sniper rifle, a hunting rifle, a laser pistol and a... : flagg209
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        What are your small arms, energy weapons, and big gun levels at? : skitzo
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          small arms is at 25, energy weapons and big gun at 20 - my accuracy does suck - I know that's part of the... : flagg209
          • Yeah, you have to pump more points into those skills for the weapons to be at all affective, they not onl... : skitzo
      • Use melee more - most of the things like the ants, cockroachs, radscorpions can be taken down with a lead... : mroizo40
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        Are you using VATS or just fighting like a standard FPS with aim and shoot? I find if you use VATS you k... : riptyde
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          If I get the chance, I use VATS, I like it for crits while hidden, but more often than not it seems I kee... : flagg209
          • You can always just run. : mroizo40
          • I think using VATS gives you a bonus to crit. So using it is advantageous. I use it so much that I hardl... : Modulus
          • If you put some points into perception, you'll sense the enemies earlier while sneaking. : riptyde
          • I use VATS + sneak and vaporize things with the laser pistol all the time. I have no ammo issue. : mikefr24
    • Agreed, if you use a few guns and you are using VATS, it's pretty hard to run out of ammo. : lplasmatron
    • Heh, I find that as an unarmed character I have no ammo problems. Seriously, I sell so much ammo back, i... : crimrOw
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    There is a cubic fuckton of ammo in the Family compound if you feel like picking some locks. : riptyde
    • a cubic fuckton. i like your units, sir : delataur
    • That's impossible since everyone knows ammo is weightless. : Totenjaeger
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    It really depends on how you play. I was really conservative with ammo and by the end of the game (beat i... : mroizo40
    • If you find the brotherhood outcasts, you can also trade scrap metal/sensor modules/energy weapons/power ... : mroizo40
  • get the Scrounger perk when you can. Make sure you look in every desk and locker and whatever for ammunit... : Modulus
  • I can barely find enough ammo in megaton. I am constantly running out and it's a pain in the ass. : baconisgod
  • megaton is the poorest place I ran into, and I wandered the wastes. of any civilized place, megaton had : Luminair
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  Damn you. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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    My sneak is at 80. : skitzo
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      100 here :D : zerog83
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        Mine is 60 and people see me from a mile away. I wish there wasn't a level cap :( : MagicWishMonkey
        • Just find a shit ton of books. : Totenjaeger
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          stop running while trying to sneak : zerog83
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            I have the perk that supposedly makes it ok to run while sneaking : MagicWishMonkey
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              same, and I've been having great fun with it :D : zerog83
              • best perk I've taken so far. : deject
          • Hrm. I feel kinda dumb for not thinking about this. I was wondering why it was completely impossible to... : crimrOw
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  i broke the game with my new guy :( totally ruined that character, atleast i have previous saves where i... : oHnOES
  • wtf hax : ass-street
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    has anyone else come across this? my skills and some of the quests ive done are 100 repair, 100 lockpick : oHnOES
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      You could just play the game without taking advantage of the vendors? : MagicWishMonkey
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        but now my repair skill is worthless because i use that shit : oHnOES
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          How is repair worthless? You can have all the money in the game but that won't help you repair anything ;... : MagicWishMonkey
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            He said the items he buys from vendors are fully repaired : mroizo40
            • Oh that's fucking cool : MagicWishMonkey
  • someone else HAS to have had this happen. i dont want to start over :( id delete all the fallout data i... : oHnOES
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  I don't wanna set the world on fire... : stgulik
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    I just want to start a flame in your heart... In my heart I have but one desire.... : Wolfanoz
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      Those songs have been stuck in my head for a week now. : Totenjaeger
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        No doubt, I always play my radio when I'm in range. : nodge69
        • I always love hearing what he has to say about my new title. : Totenjaeger
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  I've for like 60 points in small weapons and I'm level 8. Should I start putting points in other weaponry... : Clay
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    my first gal was all small weapons and kicked ass. nothing gave me much trouble towards the end, almost : stgulik
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      where is abe's rifle located? which museum? : judge
      • It's right next to the Underworld. : Totenjaeger
    • i got that taken away from me in another quest and when i killed him it wasn't on his body :( : buzzbat
  • I think you already know the answer. : ezanga
  • Depends- you can either rush to max small guns, which is what I did and rewards you with crazy-ass headsh... : tashtego
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  Question I'm level 17 right now and I've been dumping extra points into energy weapons so it will be a... : MagicWishMonkey
  • There are xx9xx more, no idea where they are though. : skitzo
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    There's at least one unique laser rifle and two heavier energy weapons. The heavier weapons use microfusi... : mroizo40
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      Oh the weapons are Waser Wifle from Biwwy in little lamplight, buy for 500 caps or 250 if you've got spe : mroizo40
      • If you have the perk Child at Heart you'll get it for free : geedeck
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        Oh cool, I wan't a plasma rifle, the laser rifle isn't really worth my time... 28 dmg vs. 50 dmg with my ... : MagicWishMonkey
        • I used the laser rifle because it's accurate out to like ten times the range of the AK. If i can make out... : mroizo40
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          MWM, you should try the laser rifle. Once you get in the headshotting groove it is the bee's knees, espec... : geedeck
          • Yeah it was pretty easy to vaporize enclave soldiers in single shots at end game. : mroizo40
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            I've used it a few times but it only does like 20-something damage... is it more accurate than the Chines... : MagicWishMonkey
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              I wasn't using VATS for the really long range shots. VATS would show ~2% chance or something, but if I sh... : mroizo40
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                Hmm... that's pretty sweet. Definitely gonna max out my energy weapons then. : MagicWishMonkey
                • I didn't even have energy weapons maxed. I spent most of the game at around 60 energy, 10 perception. I e... : mroizo40
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                Can someone clarify the difference between using VATS and going free-aim? My understanding is that sin... : Attica Blue
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                  You're wrong. Try it with very long range stuff - targets you can just barely trigger VATS on. It'll show... : mroizo40
                  • If you're crouching, it'll tell you you're getting sneak criticals and cripples. That's the way to know f... : mroizo40
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                    If this is the case, what's the point of using VATS at all (other than to see some cinematic kills, or kn... : Attica Blue
                    • At close range VATS is much better for hitting specific locations than manual aiming. Especially with fas... : mroizo40
                    • I mostly use VATS for when I turn a corner and go "ohshi, there's 3 guys here! Ow my face! Why don't I ... : ]aratex[
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              It's hella more accurate for me and my small vs energy skills are about on par. VATS headshots will almos... : geedeck
              • Plus pew pew lasers. Why wouldn't you use it? : mroizo40
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                Ok now I'm sold, definitely going to give my laser rifle another shot tonight :) : MagicWishMonkey
                • I've actually queued 4 head shots with the laser on 4 different raiders and vaped them all before, in a s... : mroizo40
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  Seneca station question When you talk to the ghoul in Seneca Station, he says there is a second entran : Attica Blue
  • It's in the back next to a glowing barrel of nuclear waste I explored all through that back area and n... : MagicWishMonkey
  • You have to Go through his work area into the back room and I think there is another door : skitzo
  • yeah it's there where the ghoul is. Look a little more, it's in a back room. The actual "door" is a circu : Modulus
  • From his office go right, then left. Open the door and there will be some barrels of toxic waste. On th : riptyde
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  It's been a few days, Has anyone else found the ghoul Gallo and have him not be hostile? Something tells... : skitzo
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    No luck there. I just ended up killing him and looting his stuff : SolrFlare
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      With all the stuff that he has, and being named, you would figure he would have a role. : skitzo
      • He does! Giving me all the components I'll ever need for making customer weapons after looting his rotti... : SolrFlare
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        I think like the sniper guy in Minefield he has a role, but not story wise: Give you cool loot. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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          Yeah, unfortunately he's the only guy i've found with a sniper rifle. : skitzo
          • There is another great spot. In arlington national cemetery. To access this you need to explore along t : SolrFlare
          • i found two sniper rifles in the bethesda ruins area. : ass-street
          • if you kill Tinpenny then he has a sniper rifle. : sKetchflow
        • Apparently some NPC actually wants you to go over there and kill him! : Majuju
        • There is actually a quest with slavers to bring him back to them alive. there is a bounty on his head. w : Ormsbee
  • You probably need the ghoul mask that you get from the Tennpenny tower quest to have him not be hostile, ... : sreyes22
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  I've found that putting a bunch of points into small weapons and stealth and getting the bloody mess perk... : Dynotaku
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    Bloody mess is entertaining for a while, but doesn't seem as fun as in the previous fallouts. I'm wonder... : nodge69
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      I got gunslinger myself instead of Bloody Mess. Now my one handed small gun accuracy is ridiculous lol. : SolrFlare
      • Yeah I went with that one too. : SatansFist
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  I can't get the flashlight to work on my Pipboy and I know the 'B' button on my computer works, anybody e... : Totenjaeger
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    the problem might be that you need to hold tab for a second or two to toggle the flashllight : nem00
    • Thanks man. I thought I would finally try it out this morning after going to RobCo and couldn't get it to : Totenjaeger
  • Have you tried holding down the Tab key? : malevolence
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  Minigun question. I was using the Minigun in VATS to take out some SuperMutants, but for some reason I n... : Modulus
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    it sure seems that way. you get tons of crits with the sniper rifle. : dirge23
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      The hunting rifle is the same way. : Totenjaeger
      • So is the laser rifle. : SockMonkeh
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    Pretty sure it has to do with the weapon skill, as...i get non stop crits with my rifles with small guns ... : sreyes22
    • oh yeah, and also the perk that increases crit chance with two handed weapons like rifles. : sreyes22
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  http://riptyde.shackspace.com/ScreenShot1.bmp Dr. Lesko, this is why one should not question me. The ... : riptyde
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    You... didn't just post a bitmap. : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • That's the way the screenshot is saved and I was too lazy to convert it. : riptyde
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    So you decided to pick his brain for answers huh? Also I guess, going that route, you didn't get the fir : SolrFlare
    • No. At the time I didn't think of the best of both worlds approach: spare the Queen, get the perk, and t : riptyde
  • lol I followed him down after I did his missions. Nothing much happened, although if you hack his comp... : deathofrats
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  Fallout 3 just ordered and Far Cry 2 sold - should arrive in a couple of days :D : niceguynick
  • you screwed up in far cry 2 if you didn't make it beyond the the north map. sucks dude. fantastic game. : mwasher
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  Anyone figure out the morse code radio signal? : ShadowRam
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    Yeah I found like 4 of them and don't know what they do : mroizo40
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      They start to get more and more faint the further you go from where the signal originates. If you find th... : lplasmatron
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        But I had to turn them on by going to radio towers, so I know where the source is. : mroizo40
        • The source isn't the tower itself, that just turns it on so it will broadcast. The actual station where t... : lplasmatron
        • yeah I don't get these either. Maybe the antenna is just repeating the signal and there is some other ori... : tashtego
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  Enclave Radio is creepy as hell...the President's voice is so damned evil and harsh. : EvilDolemite
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    This is President Eden. President of the Enclave. President of America. President . . . of your hea... : mroizo40
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      Baseball WILL LIVE AGAIN : dirge23
      • My sweet AMERICA : Mondo
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      i hope i meet this guy in the game. I have been holding onto my first baseball bat to use on his face. : jedi_27
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        You do. : mroizo40
        • That should be spoilered :( : OverloadUT
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          FUCK YEAH!! Dogmeat will have his way with him. : Mad Brahmin Disease
          • Let me know how this goes. Take lots of screenshots. : mroizo40
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      Am I wrong in thinking the voice is Malcolm McDowell? Ha! IMDB says I'm not. : Wadmaasi
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        It's all Nathan's fault. He shouldn't have helped him destroy the world. : avatar_58
        • wtf this better not be a fucking spoiler. : deathofrats
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        IMDB is wrong. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rlz=1C1GGLS_enUS291&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&c... : rasputinreborn
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          read his post again : dirge23
          • You is right. : rasputinreborn
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    I have met the voice in real life... been in his house even. : rasputinreborn
    • Is it a shacker? : skitzo
    • Did you look through his desk and find any stimpacks ? : r3ckless
  • I like his conversation on baseball. : stump
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  Anyone else annoyed by weapon and armor degrade? It seems like such a chore to upkeep a weapon, and also... : Modulus
  • On one hand it is annoying, on the other hand, it makes repair more useful, and one thing I noticed since... : skitzo
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    I'm actually not a fan of how you need similar guns/armour to repair. Nice idea, but for guns like the Co... : avatar_58
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      like I said. I think I would be ok with it if you only have to repair new items, but once you have someth... : Modulus
      • No, the combat shotgun does degrade more quickly than other weapons. I haven't had much difficulty in ke... : Arcanum
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      How do you repair one weapon using a weapon of a similar type? All I ever see is the choice to repair a w... : Attica Blue
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        Select the one you want to repair. Then press the repair button (Y on the 360.) It will then show you a l... : OverloadUT
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          Hmm, I'm on PC where you press R to repair. But I've yet to see any option to use other weapons. The weap... : Attica Blue
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            Sounds like you're using someone else to repair your stuff, starting in the dialog menu. The other way... : Finestaut
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              No, I'm in the Pip-Boy and trying to repair my own items. I'll mess around with it some more. I'm probabl... : Attica Blue
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                mouse over a weapon you want to repair and hit R. It will go to a new screen that lets you pick another w... : mroizo40
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                  OK, that must be it then. Although isn't it odd that if I have two or three 10mm pistols, I'm not getting... : Attica Blue
                  • If your repair skill is too low, it'll 'top shape for your repair ability' and won't let you repair it. : mroizo40
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    Not a fan of it either. I liked it better when repair was another skill that let you complete quests/tak... : Finestaut
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      I didn't. That's actually one of the big flaws in the first two games, actually: a number of the skills... : Arcanum
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        Maybe a decent compromise would be to make parts more readily available. If they could add in items alon... : Finestaut
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          It's not terribly expensive or difficult for me. I always try to keep an extra of whatever weapons I use... : Arcanum
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            I have a problem with using weapons that aren't terribly common, though. I never find combat shotguns, f... : ]aratex[
            • I'm really looking forward to doing a small arms playthrough, because the railway rifle seems like a whol... : Finestaut
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            Are you going with big guns? I've been using a combination of grenades, melee, and big guns. Over time,... : Finestaut
            • I want to clarify, this didn't become a real problem until recently, The enemies are getting a little too... : Finestaut
      • I have to agree with this. As annoying as the thought of minigames for lockpicking and hacking were in th... : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • I love the degredation system. Adds a layer of grime and grit to the world. Although I'd love to wield ... : EvilDolemite
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    Well at least your guns fire more than 3 magazines before exploding like in Far Cry 2. Seriously gun degr... : mroizo40
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      The shell casings also eject the correct direction in Fallout. Although I think the laser rifle model mi... : Modulus
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        I look at the model for the laser rifle and see the dial to change the wavelength of the laser and I imag... : mroizo40
        • Someone should mod that in. I'd set it to a rotating frequency and have it play some techno music. I'd b : Modulus
    • In FC2 you can just buy a gun and then you don't have that problem. : OverloadUT
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      Are you picking up enemy guns? The game specifically tells you that you are crap. If you buy from the g... : riptyde
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        Even with a brand new gun from the store with a weapon reliability upgrade, it doesn't take long for them... : mroizo40
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          Explode? Really? I swear you are talking about a different game because I have never had weapons explode ... : OverloadUT
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            You fire enough from a microUZI or a dart gun and your character eventually just throws the weapon away. : mroizo40
            • The dart gun has definitely jammed on me when I've fired too many times quickly. Haven't used the uzi mu... : riptyde
  • I completely disagree; I love the repair system. I have only paid a vendor to repair one item. I love the... : OverloadUT
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    Don't complain about degradation until you play System Shock 2. A pistol will degrade a point (out of 10... : deject
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      Finding a jammed shotgun with one shell in it on every mutant. At least in system shock your wrench didn'... : mroizo40
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        the hell?/ are you playing on very hard : Mondo
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          No in SS2. That's all you'd ever find, a jammed shotgun with 1 shell in it. Not in fallout. Fallout is a ... : mroizo40
          • seriously, SS2 was rather ridiculous. when they patched in support for modifying the degradation rate, I... : deject
  • Only on big guns, mini-guns I find degrade until they break before I even run out of ammo. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  FUCKING DEATHCLAWS : alarm cock
  • Instantly vaporized in a single shot with my Waser Wifle! : mroizo40
  • tip: get the dart gun. The instant you see a deathclaw hit it with the dart gun; either in VATS, or just : Modulus
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    Punch them in the face! I do! : guido anchovy
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      you also punch behemoths though : Degenerate
      • I'm an equal opportunity puncher. : guido anchovy
  • sneak up behind them and kill them in one shot with the combat shotgun :o : Luminair
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  It's hard to be evil but I proved once again how bad ass I am. I rescued Reilly's Rangers then went t : pukerat
  • While I was trying to get to the Museum to get the dish to put on the Washington Monument, I somehow got : deject
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  THIS GAME IS FUCKING AMAZING. Last night I completed the Lincoln Memorial quest as well as the Declaratio : OverloadUT
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    My favourite quest so far was from Moira when she asked me to hurt myself. First I tried leaping off the : avatar_58
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      Moira is one of my favorite characters in the whole game, I think : alarm cock
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        I thought the same thing until I met Button Gwinnett. Holy shit best character in the game. : OverloadUT
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          hell fucking yes! http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=18352646 : Degenerate
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            Did you get him the ink or did you pass the speech check (which I assume lets you skip getting the ink?) : OverloadUT
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              I passed the speech check, so no ink. What was the 'ink' ? : mroizo40
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                If you fail the speech test, you can still resolve it peacefully by agreeing to go get some special ink f : OverloadUT
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                  Yeah I never completed that quest because I used Sydney as a free extra gun instead. Saves a ton of bul : mroizo40
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                    She died at like the second robot I found. I saw her walk ahead of me and as soon as she passed a doorway : OverloadUT
                    • I told her to stay put until I cleared out the big robots. I added two more members to my team, then add : mroizo40
            • I went and got it. I just couldn't bring myself to fight him. :D : Degenerate
    • I left off the railing and died, so I just went a few feet lower on the railing until I was crippled. I n... : Hello Kitty
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    The Lincoln Memorial quest is bugged for me. :( I met up with the ex-slaves at the Temple of Union who : stump
    • i had this problem as well (they didn't show up). I travelled back to the old TOU then went back to the M... : Foxhawk
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      Activate the quest and then zoom in on your map when you go to the Lincoln Memorial to see where the ques : OverloadUT
      • Oh yeah? Okay, I'll take a look over there to see if that's where they are standing. : stump
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      If you set your quest to "meet them at the memorial" you'll see your map marker point to exactly where th... : mroizo40
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        Damnit!!!! You mean I didn't have to lead them the whole way there? GODDAMNIT!!!!!!!!!! : Totenjaeger
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          Baha. Did you seriously walk them all the way from the Temple? HAHAH : stump
          • I almost did that, but they were walking so fucking slow I could not believe the designers would actually... : OverloadUT
          • It took me all last night. The problem was that every time I met up with them along the way, it would say... : Totenjaeger
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    How the fuck did you get a picture of the Lincoln memorial?!? : Juno
    • it's a poster on one of the walls : mroizo40
    • Same way I get everything else: Walk towards the quest marker. :P It might have been on a second story... : OverloadUT
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  Behemoth's - Completely destroyed Strategy - Sneak Attack Criticals with Sniper Rifle while it's aggro... : sreyes22
  • I've pulled Super Mutants off of my allies. It's not reliable, but it can work. : Arcanum
  • All the Behemoth's I fought (at least 3) allowed you to get someplace where it couldn't get to - in a bui... : mroizo40
  • Ah, the MechCommander 2 AI paradigm. : Wadmaasi
  • Strategy: experimental MIRV launcher. : Majuju
  • I fought my first one yesterday on the 'follow in his footsteps quest'. When it broke through the wall wi... : avatar_58
  • I'm level 14 and I haven't picked up a companion yet. The only guys I found were a ghoul who I had to bu... : Horn
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  This might be a strange request or comparison, but how does Fallout 3 compare to Vampire: Bloodlines? ... : Rag and Bone Man
  • it's less buggy : dirge23
  • The conversations definitely do : Mondo
  • Yes play Fallout 3 : xxx2xxx
  • Shame Bloodlines falls apart in the end though. It becomes 100% combat oriented throwing all 'choice' out... : avatar_58
  • Fallout 3 is way more open in terms of the world. I've spent so many hours not even doing the main quest,... : Modulus
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  SP GOTY! : zebosausamite
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    signed (although to me it is my most favorite game ever) : eeeealmo
    • Signed. This one may just be at the top of the list at the end of the day. : DinK
  • For the PC, I'm still giving that to Mass Effect PC. Fallout 3 is still amazing though. : deject
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  How many hours did you all put in BEFORE heading to find the galaxy radio station, essentially the second : deathofrats
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    I avoided going there until I accidentally advanced the main quest in another location. Then I spent arou... : Degenerate
    • Seriously. That place is just a maze of Metro stations. I kept heading in the direction I thought I shoul... : malevolence
  • Just guessing, but 15 hours at the minimum. : guido anchovy
  • about 35 - 40 : mroizo40
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    I advanced the mail story by accident at a different location but I still haven't gone any further. I'm a... : OverloadUT
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      That's what I am afraid of doing. Is it rivet city? because I am being directed towards there by that k : deathofrats
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        yes it is. if you want I can spoiler the thing that advances it for you so you dont stumble into it. : Degenerate
        • nah, I'll just avoid Rivet City altogether until I've already done the other stuff : deathofrats
  • thats where i am in the main story and my save is about ~20 hours and i have plenty of other shit going o... : eeeealmo
  • A lot. Maybe like 12-15. : Conan
• How many behemoths are there in the game? I've seen 2 so far. I killed one and didnt fuck with the second... : Degenerate
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  Who said the reward for Reilly's Rangers was shit? HOLY SHIT....Armor FTW! Crazy damage resistance. : Skoal^Fyfan
  • sweet! I was planning on doing this quest tonight! :D : Degenerate
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    Yeah that armor is really good. It's the best non powered armor I found. : mroizo40
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      I think it's better than the powered armor if you use guns- luck is way better than strength : tashtego
      • Well I had luck already maxed (started maxed) and I had no small guns skill anyway so I used the Tesla ar... : mroizo40
      • this is even better news since all I use is small guns! I've got a shit ton of mini-guns, flamethrower... : Degenerate
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    Just finished this quest as well. The armor is pimp and the quest is fun, if long. Definitely got into a ... : Psigun
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      I liked most of it, but near the end I got pretty sick of that hotel. : Finestaut
      • I hated that hotel, probably the worst part of the game for me thus far was getting lost and wandering ar... : R0CK
  • yup very nice. also free healing and caps for exploration : Foxhawk
  • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=18365312 I hope nothing terrible happens to me later in the game :... : pukerat
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    Also- the reward armor can be repaired using Talon Merc armors. : Psigun
    • And combat armor : mroizo40
  • I love that armor, plus its inspired by ALIENS.. : Mondo
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    I use this armor, the sneaky hat from Moira and Lincoln's repeater from the history museum. It's such a ... : brickmatt
    • I finally picked up that gun last night and am impressed. It does 51 damage for me but I don't have a lo... : stump
  • yup it's great. : Mad Brahmin Disease
• Fallout 3 I rerolled my char and made a sneak sniper. It feels more fluid, and i'm saving much more amm... : loke662
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  Fuck this worthless automap in this game. I'm in this stupid Memorial place after placing the observer in... : tcs
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    Wouldn't that defeat the whole purpose? : Totenjaeger
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      The purpose of Fallout 3 is to spend 30min wandering aimlessly through some underground structure after y... : tcs
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        Did you kill them all off. I got a little lost, but not completely, and I was running from the entire col... : Totenjaeger
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          I killed all the guys, my sneaking is too bad to pull it off perfectly. I just managed to find my way out... : tcs
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            Since you finished the quest, if you have it marked it still it will direct you to the next step which is... : AgentPothead
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              I was just confused because the building has like 3-4 floors, but thanks for the tips : tcs
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                No problem man. I know exactly the building you are talking about and I hated it. Pretty sure there is ev... : AgentPothead
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                  Yes, same on the 360. I'm still very often confused by the GUI and other game aspects. What a game. Somet... : tcs
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                    I can see how some of that would be rough on a controller, especially scrolling through tons of inventory... : AgentPothead
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                      They have sort filters that work really well so it hasn't been an issue for me on the 360. : Simulacrum
                      • Yeah PC has the weapon/ammo/items filters too, but I am a pack rat even with the PC ui mod where I can se... : AgentPothead
  • Just stick to a wall and follow it. I don't remember getting out of that area to be too tough. : Horn
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    Set a map marker outside the building. It'll show you which doors to take to get out of the building. : mroizo40
    • But there's already a quest marker pointing to megaton and it doesn't seem to do that ;-( : tcs
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    I agree. I really wish the local map had support for multiple floors because as it is any place with mult... : OverloadUT
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      Exactly, that's my real issue here : tcs
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        Yeah the marker DOES point to the right door, it just might be on another floor. : mroizo40
        • And in this particular dungeon there are like 5 or 6 floors. : OverloadUT
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      Yeah, the map is completely worthless for places with multiple floors. : stump
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        that kid was right, your pipboy is a piece of junk : dirge23
        • If only it were a new version. :( : stump
        • Doesn't mean it was wrong to smash that kid's mouth in though. : mroizo40
        • I'm so glad I killed him. : ieGod
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    Where do you get that questline? I found that place by accident, and even made it to the mirelurk king b... : deathofrats
    • Do the book quest from Moira : mroizo40
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      It's part of the Wasteland Survival Guide from Moira in Megaton. : malevolence
      • Damn. I am on chapter 2, the part with the mole rats..is it the next part afterwards? Also, I found ... : deathofrats
  • Set a waypoint on the world map. : tree8
  • I jumped down the center into the water, placed the quest item, and just took the stairs all the way back... : sreyes22
  • that's my 1 beef with the game, the map is total trash. I cant tell what's a wall and what's not, what's ... : -=kodiak=-
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  please post with spoiler tags =( : grandmasterlee
  • I think you should just avoid these threads. They're pretty terrible for spoilers. : ieGod
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  Last night I quick traveled to a location and a traveling merchant (Crazy Wolfgang) was being attacked by... : Simulacrum
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    Wolfgang is awesome, I just met him for the first time yesterday. The craziest of all possible Wolfgangs... : ]aratex[
    • Yeah I figured, but it would suck if they died through no action of my own. More realistic, yes. : Simulacrum
  • In the end game, I lost one of the merchants - Crow was standing outside the Jefferson Memorial Gift sho : mroizo40
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  Does the goofball dialogue get any better? I just got out of the vault, spent about 10 minutes exploring... : dedgecko
  • The dialog is pretty poor, without proper prerequisites and background in lots of places. In certain que... : Finestaut
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    The goofball dialogue is supposed to be funny. I'm guessing you don't find it funny. I do find it a bi... : Attica Blue
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      I thought he was complaining about quest progression. I keep finding my character knows things I don't. : Finestaut
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        This is what I'm referring to. The humor so far in the game is pretty good. Though I was completely tak... : dedgecko
        • Oh, OK, I misunderstood you when you said "goofball." : Attica Blue
• God damn this game just crashed on me again. : Sgt_Boomstick
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  I'm gonna go ahead and post this again because there are multiple FO3 threads going on here. This game n... : Delaric
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    I pound my VATS key as I walk around all the time. : OverloadUT
    • This is what I do. : riptyde
  • right click will zoom in a little. And different weapons have different zoom levels when you right click.... : Modulus
  • You have an early warning system with the compass + red lines for enemies. Higher perception means those... : mwasher
  • totally agreed : Fredrik S
  • If you are running on low or medium, you can probably do this without much of an fps hit, I know it didn'... : AgentPothead
  • Even though I'm running on fairly low graphics settings, I have Actor fade pegged to the top : indosauros
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    If you've got the sniper rifle, sue its zoom as binocs. I walk around the Wastes with that as the default... : Attica Blue
    • er ... "use," not "sue" : Attica Blue
  • You can always turn up the draw distance on characters and lower it on vegetation :) : SeaLlama
• This game will destroy my life. Every time I walk to a quest I discover 5 new places. And still I get the... : tcs
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  Isn't the Swift Learner perk completely pointless? : trelain
  • yeah, it really is unless you are just intent on doing the main quest only maybe. Otherwise you'll cap ou... : judge
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  Be honest, how long ago did you get the idea to post this thread on election day and did you sit there wa... : OverloadUT
  • Prolly 20 minutes before MD was posted, I had to wait since ER was still going on. Both Geedeck and Fayl... : skitzo
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  What does "tagging" a skill do in the beginning? Is it a 1 time boost of points or do those skills that y... : Sgt_Boomstick
  • 1 time boost. : TShandy
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  Y[MYSTERIOUS STRANGER]Y anybody else get this perk? It's my favorite one so far. The bastard shows up may... : AgentPothead
  • Shit I fail at shacktags I need to install that greasemonkey script ffs. : AgentPothead
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    I got that one and I love it. There's that little spy tune that plays when he pops up too. Here's a s... : stump
    • Nice job getting one where he's not a blurry mess. Everytime I try to screen grab him he's near the edge... : AgentPothead
  • One of my fave perks too. He always pops up at the best times too. : DrZettl
  • I had to get this perk just for the fun of it. I've had him appear 10 times total and I'm level 14. So fo... : Simulacrum
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  Is Child at Heart useful at all? : Sgt_Boomstick
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    So far I've only found one use for it in megaton the girl tells you the combination to the safe in the ho : AgentPothead
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      There are other places where it owuld be useful, mainly if you don't have high speech i'm guessing, speci : mroizo40
      • Yeah, I got into town with Child at Heart by making a your mom joke. : nurglich
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      I can't find the god damned thing. : Wadmaasi
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        It's literally a safe in the floor I don't remember where exactly but It wasn't too hard to find, it migh... : AgentPothead
        • I will look harder, thanks. : Wadmaasi
  • I've used it a few times. It's not always used on Children either. : zakazi
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  Also, are there a lot of books to read, Is the Comprehension skill decent? : Sgt_Boomstick
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    I ended the game with over 80+ books read, and i threw away probably a dozen because my stats were maxed ... : mroizo40
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      That is indeed how many there are. : lplasmatron
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        That's insane. That means you can max every skill with a paltry 40 points in each one if you have the com... : mroizo40
        • Yeah if you find those books, good luck with that. haha : lplasmatron
        • And you spend the entire game meticulously tracking down every single book. : Arcanum
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          So much for int being the best stat... Of course, good luck finding all of the skill books without a gui... : ]aratex[
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            I probably found a third without a guide, and passed up quite a few because they would've been considered... : mroizo40
            • I love stealing so much. : ieGod
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            One of the nice things about Fallout 3 is that there aren't definitive "best" stats and skills (although ... : Arcanum
            • I was pleased to see they got rid (somewhat) of END as a de-facto dump stat (as it was in FO1/2) by tying... : Fayk
      • I have been disappointed to not find a book in every bathroom. :( : DarkWolf5
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      What are the max stats anyway? I have no idea how good my 50 in small guns is relative to whatever is the... : Attica Blue
      • 100 per skill, 10 per special stat : mroizo40
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  So these Talon Company guys are now going after me because I have high karma, is there a way to stop them : sanchez
  • shoot them in the head : dirge23
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    I love it when they show up because it means lots of easy kills and good loot : tashtego
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      seriously. killing them means free armor repair for me. : Degenerate
      • They're like pizza delivery, but for ammo and armor. : brickmatt
    • Me too, I get to repair my armor and my laser rifle and I get ammo for my laser rifle too! : SockMonkeh
    • Yeah, also you can repair your Ranger armor with their Talon armor. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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    At end game I never found a way to stop them. I went to their fort and wiped them all out, including the : mroizo40
    • yeah same, and he had a nice unique gun on him . Was hoping there would be more to it : judge
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    They're a good source of decent armor, weapons, and ammo. Why would you want them to stop? : Wadmaasi
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      They do sometimes show up at inconvenient times. They jumped me on my way out of the Metro station after... : ]aratex[
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        That's when you cap one or two in the head, and then make a break for cover. : Arcanum
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          Oh, I handled it. VATS, killed 2 with pointblank combat shotgun headshots, took some Jet, repeat. All 4... : ]aratex[
          • You can also just exploit the nature of the game and go back into the metro station to let your APs recha... : sanchez
      • they'll almost always jump you at times like that. : Degenerate
  • I was walking back to Megaton and happened upon one of their bunkers. Hope that doesn't bite me in the as : DarkWolf5
  • The Regulators are a joke compared to Talon company, they only have dusters not combat armor. : ErikTehRed
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  lols @ what my friend sent me: http://www.modillion.net/ws/fallout3/icanexplain.jpg : liqker
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    I think someone just accidentally a Nuka-cola bottle. : nurglich
    • They just that?!!?! : zebosausamite
    • The whole thing? : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • I need a new computer confirmed ;/ : japoneez
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  People won't respawn right? One of the girls in megaton must have committed suicide or something. I just ... : DarkWolf5
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    That lady is notorious for suicide! She died on mine so I stripped her and sold her goods. Hopefully you ... : AgentPothead
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      Walter did that in mine. Kept on looking around for him to give him some scrap metal, and he was never i... : lolpatrol
      • I wish when things like that occur, it got added to the town discussion. : DarkWolf5
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  I just put on the radiation suit for the first time...reminds me of Yantar from STALKER, which was scary ... : sanchez
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    I found a place last on the West side of the map that had crazy radiation. I took a rad-x and still could... : Degenerate
    • I took a rad-x, had +6% rad resist base, and charged in. It hit over 500 rad/s. The suit wouldn't have he : mroizo40
    • The suit is +30 resistance, so you'd still be boned after about 30 seconds. : riptyde
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  Has anyone else found The Terrible Shotgun? This thing is the fricken' great equalizer! Takes out those Y... : Juno
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    Nope but if you kill the Ryleys Raiders or something I cannot remember the name, one of them is carrying ... : AgentPothead
    • Eugene. It's also a possible quest reward. : Finestaut
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    no but I found a new sniper rifle last night. Think its called the Reservists Rifle and it seems like it ... : Degenerate
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      where did you find it? I love my sniper rifle, but would like to be able to do a bit more damage with it. : MisterPhoton
      • There is a church, something tabernacle, a bit northwest of the center of the map. There's a sniper in t : mroizo40
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        where mroizo40 said. If I remember I'll try and get you a more accurate location once I get home. : Degenerate
        • There's a better version of that one in an abandoned shack with one of the Keller tapes (unmarked on the ... : Majuju
      • ok, it's called Dickerson Tabernacle Chapel. It's on the west side of the map on the North side of th... : Degenerate
    • The damage is about the same for me, I think : megarust32
  • I take them out with two unarmed punches with Fisto! : zebosausamite
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  Fallout 3 = GOTY I thought I was excited for GTA4, but that game didn't deliver on the experience I w... : Killrig
  • SP GOTY! : zebosausamite
  • This is how I'm feeling right now. I'll have to weigh my ultimate Fallout 3 experience versus MGS4 thoug... : sevogajre
  • OWG has replay. GTA4 I've played a total of 3 hours since I beat it, and that was to try and fail having... : Freon
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  Is there anywhere to get Power Armor training aside from the Citadel? : ErikTehRed
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    Nope. : lplasmatron
    • :( I found that prototype medic power armor under the city with all the deathclaws and I got all excit : ErikTehRed
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    So will the game eventually tell me how I can get in the citadel? Does it require certain karma leaning? : byorn
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      it's part of the main quest : mroizo40
      • cool...just curious : byorn
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  Vault 92 is so fucking creepy, reading all these log entries...especially Zoe Hammersteins. I still have ... : sanchez
  • Yeah I just finished 92, there's a couple places in this game where they really nail the creepy atmospher... : ErikTehRed
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    Hope you picked up the violin in there. : stump
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      I did, what's it for? : mroizo40
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        Yeah is that for a quest or something? : ErikTehRed
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          There's an old lady living in an isolated shack who wants the violin, after handing it over she gives you : Majuju
          • That's all I listen to now. : stump
    • Yup just got it. : sanchez
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  What's with the random broadcast towers you can activate in the Wasteland? : ErikTehRed
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    Go to where their signal is the clearest and you'll find a door. They are small caches of loot where peop... : lplasmatron
    • oh what the hell, i hadn't figured this out and i've been unlocking all of the radio signals : megarust32
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      Does the volume increase with the clarity? I found an SOS signal and just gave up searching :( : daedraug
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        Although I did find the recon craft, very awesome :) : daedraug
        • I will keep replying to myself and say that I hope there are more of those. : daedraug
    • I guess I'm hunting for SOS signals tonight. I went to a lot of the tower sites and got the radio statio... : stump
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    It's basically a game of hot/cold: the station will fade in and out, and when you find the point where th... : Majuju
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      wait, why would there be a surprise in a spot that is not the tower yet it is the strongest place to rece... : Luminair
      • post-apocalyptic radio: actually just mutant pixie farts. : Majuju
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  The pipboy needs a "personal notes" section! : daedraug
  • it also needs a "personal spankbank" section, can a wastelander get a little stimulation up in here : Luminair
• I stumbled across paradise falls lastnight and got the business from the guy at the gate, i decided to ta... : alphablu
• I'm just so fascinated with the random settlements that aren't waypoints really or related to the main st : eskimo spy
• Question about Burke: Anyone use the Black Widow perk on him and find him later? I'm assuming he supposed : daedraug
• this is the best game i have played in a long long time. By far. Bar none. It is the best total rpg fps h... : italiano3d
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  Anyone playing on Hard mode? Experiences? I tried a bit and was getting creamed but I'd like to stick w... : grandmasterlee
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    I'm playing Very Hard. I do fine in fights most of the time. The major concern is ammo conservation. I am... : SockMonkeh
    • Man, I've got THOUSANDS of rounds for my Wazer Wifle. .44 Magnum is the only one that doesn't seem to tur... : Juno
  • First I played it in normal mode, wandered along a street, past the Super-Mart and into DC, killed a Bot,... : Marauder IIC
• I'm at the SatCom Array NW-05a and you can order a satellite to drop bombs around you, does this impact t : sanchez
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  So every time I go to one of the 3 broadcast towers I've found and load up the radio feed, the game crash... : stump
  • And so does the 4th one I just ran into. What the fuck? : stump
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  Is there any way to swim or do you just sink like a stone? : Haku-Jin
  • Nevermind, I'm a dumbass. : Haku-Jin
• Did any of you guys let Dukov live? I stole the bottle of nuke cola quantam from him and he started sh... : shavenewok
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  I might have broke this game for me. So i made it to rivet city and i was trying to get down into the ... : krym3
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    Marketplace is closed during the night, you just have to wait until morning before you can get in. : sanchez
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      Will they be hostile to me because i lockpicked it? : krym3
      • yeah if someone saw you, I hope you have a previous save game :D : sanchez
      • yep, you've been shunned by society, it's time to enact your revenge. : Juno
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    hahaha "and for some reason i had to lockpick the door" is that anything like accidentally walking out of... : Luminair
    • there's a sign that says "Market closes at 12:00" lol : prime8

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  I logged on last night and sat in a T2 queue for like 10-15 minutes and nothing popped so I logged. I was... : skinlab133
  • Did you queue for all? I started a black ork late Sunday and haven't had too much trouble. At least not... : capt tripps
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    There is so much more to do than scenarios. If your guild is not in an alliance you should try to form on... : Nihil ME
    • I'm in the shack guild. Yeah, I mean I could have probably "worked" to get into some RvR but I just wante... : skinlab133
    • That's probably what Shack guild needs to stay alive. A healthy alliance so the few that's on can actual... : Edges
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  I am on a regular basis. It's totally dying down though. : Edges
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    Within the shack or overall? : -efx-
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      according to the release yesterday they're up to 800k subscribers so I think just in the shack, but who k... : skinlab133
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        That doesn't necessarily mean they're all playing. I bet a portion are people that either forgot the canc... : Prozium
        • I am the opposite.. I forgot to reup after 30 days. : TreMetal
    • Too many games coming out, even though they claim 800k . Who knows what their basis counts for actual sub... : Iwannaacura
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      Shack moreso than overall. Shack is down to about 7 or 8 guys on a night from 20+. Overall, scenario qu... : Edges
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        How is the wait on the shack server? I went to Ostermark when the lines were bad. : capt tripps
        • There is no wait at all now, not even during weekend peak times. : Edges
      • At least during the witching night stuff there was pretty much constant fights in Black Fire pass during ... : boredguy
• I still play, but I think the shack guild is done. Not much activity there : jonin
• I still play and intend to do so for awhile. : Nihil ME
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  Yup. Playing on Phoenix Throne in whats gotta be the largest guild on the server. Having a blast. He... : Tommy Toolbag
  • ive killed you =( : italiano3d
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    <- born of steel lol : italiano3d
    • Hello there fellow destruction player :) I'm in Anti-Sanctus Chaotica myself : gendail
• im in a 200 man guild that and a crazy amount of people alliance. : italiano3d
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  http://realmwar.warhammeronline.com/realmwar/CharacterInfo.war?id=60302&server=2 I'm staying for the l... : eisencc
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    Here's my Chosen 22 http://realmwar.warhammeronline.com/realmwar/CharacterInfo.war?id=44824&server=181 (s... : capt tripps
    • He looks like mine! http://realmwar.warhammeronline.com/realmwar/CharacterInfo.war?id=955&server=166 ... : gendail
  • LOL... that is one hilarious bug. : Edges
  • aforementioned bug details: 'Discordant Turbulance' http://warherald.com/warherald/NewsArticle.war?id=4... : eisencc
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  ATTN Devs: Stop releasing MMORPGs around Oct and Nov. I like WAR, but I have no time to play. : byorn
  • seriously, these are the types of games you release during the dry spells IMO. : skinlab133
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  Strange question, but . . . Anybody know where of a good source of dirt (about lvl 100)? I'm trying to... : capt tripps
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    I don't know if that is the kind of dirt you are looking for : http://www.wardb.com/item.aspx?id=82832#d... : Nihil ME
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      Thanks for the link. More like this (for growing). From what I understand, getting dyes results from ... : capt tripps
      • I haven't bothered much with the trade skills, but from what i have noticed you get dirt with scavenging ... : Nihil ME
• Fallout 3 =( : zakazi
• Fallout 3 + Wrath of the Lich King are gonna fuck WAR :( It's a shame too, cause from what I played of... : Modica Sol Solis
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  I hope people are still playing - I've have the box sitting right beside my comp for a month but have too... : dumb.
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    well that's dumb. : Slowtreme
    • Honestly - I wish there was some kind of 'game addiction' sick leave I could take. : dumb.
• Playing regularly with a 40 main and a few alts in the 20's. Order on Red Eye Mountain. : graah
• my gaming PC died and my backup and laptop can't handle WAR :( I'm playing console until some time in ear : Joseph
• Fallout 3 right now, and my wife just agreed that I could get gamefly if I dropped WoW and WAR : dysfunctional
• I'm trying! None of my friends that play wow are playing this game though, so I'm having to find new f... : fleabug
• I am still playing quite a bit on Badlands. I have a 28 Zealot, 21 Marauder and a 19 Squig Herder. I wi... : SeanJuan04
• I'm still playing, all the big winter releases are definitely cutting into how much i play though. : boredguy
• I'm still playing a fair bit. But im in T4 and there isn't alot to do except hit 40 and then keep rasing ... : thewindcriesmary
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  I'm not. The grind lost me at 27, and even I, a chronic alt-addict, can only roll so many new characters.... : Noobler
  • Also - Deadspace, Fallout, Valkyria, Mirror's Edge, etc. : Noobler
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    Maybe it's the beer but I am confused on why 800k would make you wait with a closed account. : gendail
    • Maybe it's an odd sentiment, but with the two servers I play on becoming increasingly quiet and inactive,... : Noobler
• I havent played in a couple of days, but thats because of fallout. Ill probably play some during thx/x... : krym3
• I am, but havent played much in the last few days due to Fallout 3 and Familial obligations. : hirez
• I got bored with it. : mrwolf710
• Wife and I and a couple buddies are still playing casually. : sixfoot6