Fallout 3 Help

[The Unworthy Gentleman]

If you're having trouble then you'll want to start completing more side quests. Also, while it doesn't make a huge difference, get some combat armour. Also increase your repair skill so you can repair your own weapons (most importantly the hunting rifle and the assault rifle, you'll find them on super mutants everywhere). I also suggest being evil on your first run through so it's easy to get money and items. If you didn't blow up Megaton then go get Jericho to follow you for 100 caps to make that easier and find Dogmeat. Companions really help a lot.

If you need any help with quests and finding unique weapons (they help a lot, much better than the ordinary version) check out the Fallout wikia.

http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Fallout_Wiki

That has everything you need to know and more. After all that, you're on your own.

 

[Nom Pretentieux]

Siuki, thanks for being a man and posting this topic, I got stuck at the same place as you and just stopped playing, exact same problem. I've started playing again now. Thanks^^

 

[imaloony]

You probably should have put those two last perks in Intense Training instead of Thief. I like to have a high Luck (Gives you a high Crit Chance) and Intelligence (Gives you more skill points per level).

You really need to abuse VATS in this game to make things easy. Not necessarily to kill enemies, but to figure out where they are, how many there are, and stuff like that.

Late in the game, if you built your character right, you'll have a crit chance of like 15% per shot and VATS will be so buffed that you can pretty much kill everything in the game with it while ignoring real time.

 

[sageoftruth]

I found something useful when trying to get a sneak attack. If you don't like the odds presented to you in VATS, aim down the sight (Right mouse button) and fire manually. As long as you have a steady mouse hand, you can get stealth head shots that your current stats and perks normally wouldn't allow.

 

[LightOfDarkness]

When you get to the metro by Arefu (forget the name) the one where you can sell sugar bombs to the Ghoul there for 15 caps apiece, kill him and his partner. His partner has a Chinese Assault Rifle as well as combat armor, which is pretty good. Also, you can find tons of crap in their boxes, and some ammo as well.

 

[Mr Montmorency]

When you get to the metro by Arefu (forget the name) the one where you can sell sugar bombs to the Ghoul there for 15 caps apiece, kill him and his partner. His partner has a Chinese Assault Rifle as well as combat armor, which is pretty good. Also, you can find tons of crap in their boxes, and some ammo as well.

Or you can make massively more than that by haggling him to give you 300 caps per sugar bombs, instead of playing like an idiot and killing everyone who could be of use.

 

[Housebroken Lunatic]

Well, if all else fails, turn the difficulty down. Oh and if you see fire ants, I'd run, unless you have a ton of stimpacks.

Hehe, since I made my pyromaniac/explosives-based character, I found that hordes of fire ants were relatively easy to deal with. All I did was place mines and backed up. Eventually one of the mines tended to cripple the antennae of one of the fire ants and make it attack it's friends rather than attacking me. So while they just stand there and spray fire at eachother, I can lob a few grenades at the bunch until they die.

Fallout 3 while playing as a crazy pyromaniac = awesome!

 

[Rhymenoceros]

It gets easier at later levels so keep going. However I would recommend not walking round with the hunting rifle as it's a long range weapon. I would suggest finding something faster firing for snap decisions then taking out the rifle when you can see an enemy in the distance.

Other than that there is no wrong to make a character. Each character is relevant to the user.

 

[Rhymenoceros]

You probably should have put those two last perks in Intense Training instead of Thief. I like to have a high Luck (Gives you a high Crit Chance) and Intelligence (Gives you more skill points per level).

You really need to abuse VATS in this game to make things easy. Not necessarily to kill enemies, but to figure out where they are, how many there are, and stuff like that.

Late in the game, if you built your character right, you'll have a crit chance of like 15% per shot and VATS will be so buffed that you can pretty much kill everything in the game with it while ignoring real time.

I'm guessing you went for the grim reaper sprint option then.
FYI: For people who don't know it fully refills your VATS points when you kill an enemy in VATS

 

[the_abhorsen]

I'm at the beginning of the game right now, and these are my stats:

Quest: Find the Museum of Technology

Level: 5

Wearing: Armored Vault 101 Jumpsuit, Vault 101 Security Helmet

Using: Hunting Rifle (Current Damage 17)

Actual Stats(SPECIAL):

STR: 6
PER: 6
END: 8
CHA: 3
INT: 5
AGI: 8
LUK: 4

Skills specialized in:

Small Guns: 60 points
Lockpick: 50 points
Sneak: 76 points

Perks:

Educated
Gun Nut
Thief(2)

I'm having trouble in the game and I'm wondering if I'm doing anything wrong. I've typed in my basic character sheet as an aid to the experienced Fallout 3 players of the Escapist in hopes of critiquing my current build and seeing if they have and tips or recommendations for me.

Go find the alien blaster. Alien blaster=Things are looking hairy, they're no longer looking hairy.

 

[Dexiro]

You could try putting more points into Medicine, it makes Stimpaks more effective which is super useful early on when you don't have many. If you're having problem with health that is.

You can always do other missions to level up a bit too, it's very non-linear.

 

[E-Penguin]

Go find the alien blaster. Alien blaster=Things are looking hairy, they're no longer looking hairy.

Before you do this, read my last post CAREFULLY.

If you want to get it you HAVE to disable the Mothership Zeta DLC. You can't get close to it without activating the DLC. Afterwards it will be missing.

DO IT.

 

[Chrinik]

You have Sneaking and Smallguns...I give you a tip.
Near the back of Megaton is a "hollowed out rock"...someone left someone else a Sniperrifle and some ammo there. Have fun finding it.
Makes for some nasty sneak critical headshots if you can snipe.
I´m also a Small Guns player...I´m shit with energy weapons.

Well, I´m nearing level 30 and I have just completed the mainquest+Broken Steel addendum and started the Anchorage reclaimation simulation just today. I still have the Pitt and Point lookout aswell as Mothership Zeta to attend to and I´ve not yet been to Canterbury commons...plus a shitload of other places I have not yet been. The game is HUGE.
Also, the higher the level, the more difficult are the monsters you face...
If you are around level 20 when you finish the last Broken Steel quest "Who dares wins.", you find a SHITTON of Feral Ghoul Reavers (fucking hard enemies, even moreso then a Deathclaw) in the Presidential Subways...you have backup by Sentry Bots, but the Reavers are Bitches.
At lower levels, you get some glowing ones<.<
Sure, when you regularely dispatch Supermutant Overlords they turn to be no threat anymore, but one with a Gatlinglaser almost killed me because he just did so much damage to me and got me cornered. I almost ran out of healing items. But when you run around the Wasteland and would NORMALY find some Molerats and Raiders, you now find Yao Guai and Deathclaws.
Where normal Feral Ghouls are stalking, you find now Glowing ones and Reavers...
If you move around the Subs in DC at a too high level, you get some nasty enemies.
But the higher the level, the better the stuff you carry around with, of course... I almost exclusively carry unique weapons that do more damage then the regular ones, but still can be repaired to full with the normal ones.
Only ununique weapons I use are the Fat Man, Missile launcher and Sniper Rifle. And I use them rarely because of my Xhulong Assaultrifle and Ol´Painless aswell as Eugene do plenty of Damage in most situations.

 

[micky]

put points into medicine, it helps alot also you should have a high int its very important.

 

[Nom Pretentieux]

When you get to the metro by Arefu (forget the name) the one where you can sell sugar bombs to the Ghoul there for 15 caps apiece, kill him and his partner. His partner has a Chinese Assault Rifle as well as combat armor, which is pretty good. Also, you can find tons of crap in their boxes, and some ammo as well.

Or you can make massively more than that by haggling him to give you 300 caps per sugar bombs, instead of playing like an idiot and killing everyone who could be of use.

snarl snarl grrr...

Yeah, so basically I was doing the same thing here I did in the first mass effect, I kept thinking "The game probably wants me to progress a bit more in the story before I do these sidequests", but contrary to ME, Fallout actually bit me in the ass for it. I am plowing through sidequests in and around megaton now, and am starting to see the appeal of the game!

 

[Oktanas]

If you missed a perk that increases your damage you are a moron.

 

[LWS666]

When you get to the metro by Arefu (forget the name) the one where you can sell sugar bombs to the Ghoul there for 15 caps apiece, kill him and his partner. His partner has a Chinese Assault Rifle as well as combat armor, which is pretty good. Also, you can find tons of crap in their boxes, and some ammo as well.

Or you can make massively more than that by haggling him to give you 300 caps per sugar bombs, instead of playing like an idiot and killing everyone who could be of use.

snarl snarl grrr...

Yeah, so basically I was doing the same thing here I did in the first mass effect, I kept thinking "The game probably wants me to progress a bit more in the story before I do these sidequests", but contrary to ME, Fallout actually bit me in the ass for it. I am plowing through sidequests in and around megaton now, and am starting to see the appeal of the game!

you just wake up from cryosleep or something? why did you reply to a year-and-a-bit topic?

i'm not critiquing (a word i can't spell) i'm just curious.

 

[E-Penguin]

This thread is only a DAY old, not a year.

 

[imaloony]

I'm guessing you went for the grim reaper sprint option then.
FYI: For people who don't know it fully refills your VATS points when you kill an enemy in VATS

My "VATS Abuse" build requires these things:

- Action Boy/Girl
- Commando
- Wired Reflexes
- Sniper
- Nerves of Steel
- Grim Reaper's Sprint
- Concentrated Fire
- 10 Agility
- Gunslinger (Optional)
- Paralyzing Palm (Optional)
- Items that increase your AP (IE, Tribal Power Armor)

With this build, your shots in VATS will be super accurate, and your action points pool will be huge, refilling really quickly.

My "Critical Abuse" build requires:

- 10 Luck
- Fineness
- Better Criticals
- Ninja

It's very simple, but very effective. With this, while using unarmed or melee attacks, you have a whopping 30% critical chance with a +50% damage on your crits. Melee not your thing? No problem, ditch Ninja, and you still have a 15% crit chance per shot, which, when combined with an automatic weapon, is devastating.

 

[Chrinik]

People say how Important Inteligence is...
I´ve been doing fine in F3 with just mediocre Intelligence...I dont need to max out all skills to feel good. Sure it helps gaining 20 Skillpoints instead of 15 or something per level, but really?
I maxed all of my primary skills by about level 15 I think, maxed Big Guns by 19 and maxed Lockpick in just 3 or 4 more levels, I can make do with just HIGH Skills and I can actually waste some Skills I just don´t need. I ran around with pretty low Lockpick actually which prevented access to some pretty nifty stuff actually, but I didn´t care, It was the way I played...and I don´t play RPGs for maximum efficiency.

Like Energy Weapons.
I think all energy weapons in F3 are butt ugly. I love the sound of shell casings hitting the ground and loud bangs and small metal slugs being propelled by a chemical charge into someones frontal lobe. So I´m a smallguns player. Never touched an Energy weapon (only to repair and sell which I´m having a hard time because almost noone is rich enough to pay for a fully repaired Plasmarifle) and been doing fine without.
My 2000+ 5mm Bullets need to be put into somebody.

Friend of mine actually said to me that I am a noob for using Smallguns...Really, I´m shooting 3 rounds per VATS attack (or more) and the only normal "fullauto" energy weapon is the Gatling Laser, which is actually affected by Big Guns.
Sure yes, energy weapons have high damage per Shot and are more accurate or something, but I just don´t like them, and I think my Xhulong Assaultrifle can compete with a Laserrifle any day.