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  yeah the removal of real skill books mostly and bobble heads really makes rummaging around less fun than ... : gyokuro
  • Oh I find plenty of skill books but apparently I've been ignoring them all because it didn't say +3 Scien... : Hemtroll
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    I totally agree with this! I really wish they had put more skillbooks in and the bobbleheads too. The sno... : Dr_Cube
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      Balance isn't important in a single player game? : datoo
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        It's significantly less important in single player. With no competitive aspect to the game and no level p... : Dr_Cube
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          I guess most people don't care about stuff like that? It always bothers me, but I suppose a game like fal... : datoo
          • You really don't need to. It's more about providing more and more options and/or tools to the player so t... : Dr_Cube
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        Not in this game. You can farm super mutants and wind up with so much that the vendors don't have enough ... : noxiousgg
        • If they don't: save, quit (to desktop), restart. Their inventory will have restocked. : TShandy
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    neither of those have been removed : filthysock
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      hangon bobble heads are in fact, gone, whoops : filthysock
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        There are WAY fewer skill books is what he meant for that part. : Zeeliv
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          Yup. WAY less. At first I thought I was just being unlucky and that I was simply missing them but they really cut down on their numbers. The magazines are mostly worthless to me.

          Nov 05, 2010 7:26pm PDT
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          Yup. WAY less. At first I thought I was just being unlucky and that I was simply missing them but they re... : Dr_Cube
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            iirc, there are four of each skill book : dirge23
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              if you take the comprehension perk, then you get 4 skill points per book. not bad, considering they raise... : Drakoniac
              • yeah. there are less books but they give you more points so i think it all evens out : dirge23
          • They are invaluable for passing dialog checks, hacking, and picking locks. : TShandy
          • I've actually gotten along pretty well so far using only mags and chems but it took a while. I'm currentl... : Hemtroll
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        but there are snow globes. but so far as I can tell, they don't really do anything for you except an achi... : SolveChrist
        • they pay out pretty big : dirge23
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  I can't tell what is a magazine and what is a book. I just assume magazine because there are no books : not work safe
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    magazines are the ones that say +10 blablabla, the books are actual books and are named according to the ... : Hemtroll
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      Oh you mean the books like "Big Book of Science" that I have either just been selling or ignoring? /f... : rolecks
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        Yup, those books that I was also selling or ignoring because unlike the books in Fallout 3 they don't tel... : Hemtroll
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          It is kind of obvious something is different about them than other books, because they appear in AID not ... : bombay
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            also if you played FO3 they're all named the same things : dirge23
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              The Wasteland Survival Guide also makes an appearance. : deject
              • This is how I found out that books were still in the game. The Wasteland Survival Guide showed up in AID,... : thecray
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            Clearly it's obvious now that I know but if only it had said "+3 Science" or whatever it would have been ... : Hemtroll
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              I'm not sure it can say that, because that is probably fixed art, and the amount of points you get depend... : bombay
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                nah, the magazines switch from +10 to +20 when you pick the appropriate perk : dirge23
                • Never noticed that, don't use the mags much. : bombay
    • FYI, you find a shit-ton of magazines in mailboxes : at0micgarden
    • also the skillbooks have 2.0 weight as opposed to no weight magazines : On the Brane
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  You're bugged then. I get a message and an exact number (modified by perks even). : TShandy
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    NM, you meant before reading. : TShandy
    • yeah, the message after I read the Big Book of Science was what tipped me off : Hemtroll
  • I don't for books, just mags : bombay
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  Question: For those of you that are now above level 15, what is your lowest skill? : Dr_Cube
  • barter was on my first two playthroughs, but i made it a primary skill on my third : dirge23
  • unarmed and melee, always : opengl128
  • I have several on my character that I haven't touched even once at lvl 21, Energy Weapons, Melee, Explosi... : Hemtroll
  • No points into Energy Weapons, Explosives, Melee Weapons, Unarmed. Everything else is effectively maxed. : TShandy
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  I can't do Arcade's companion quest. Buggy piece of shit game. : freshyk
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    I have no idea how to do Boone's. He's been with me forever and I have no more dialogue options. I'm ou... : Moonbase Commander
    • You need to take him to 3 of several special locations that will initiative dialogue by him and then he'l... : freshyk
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    I didn't know there were companion quests. Do they give some sort of bonus? : Hemtroll
    • The companion will get a bonus like better armor or shit like that : freshyk
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  is surpluss ammo good or bad? it says CNDx3, does that mean it will run down your weapon 3x faster? : smax
  • yes. it's cheap ammo. : dirge23
  • Good in the start if you find a weapon but not a lot of ammo, later on when you can afford anything it's ... : Hemtroll
• Lol I sold a few before I realized what they were : vov1n