Fallout 3 Help

[Blatherscythe]

There really isn't a wrong way to build a character.

The beginning of the game can be somewhat difficult until you really start to gather armor and weapons and ammo, and get some more perks and points into your skills.

Just stick with it for a bit and you'll start to notice that those Raiders are pushovers.

I prefer the term, walking target practice. Even Pitt Raiders call the DC Raiders weaklings.

 

[Iron_will]

I think you should consider starting over.

The only stat that really matters is INT. You should always start with 9. The INT bobblehead is the only reason you don't push it all the way to 10. Your skills will increase much faster, and skills are everything in this game.

STR, END, and CHA can stay at 5. Go with 6s for PER, AGI, and LUCK so you meet the prereqs for some very enticing perks. If you run out of points, spend your spare perks on Intense Training for additional stats.

For skills, go with repair, small guns, and lock picking. Small guns are by far the most common early on, so you'll be able to keep your weapons in great condition - and condition dramatically impacts damage output. Lock picking will grant you access to tons of additional ammo and gear as well.

If you can help it, don't spend perks on "skill increasers" like Gun Nut. With a high INT, you should be maxing your primary skills right about the time you hit level 20. You're better off spending perks on bonuses that help you survive in combat. Anything that increases your damage output or improves your damage reduction/avoidance should be a priority.

Finally, make sure you fully exhaust the quests in Megaton before you embark on the main story quests. You'll grab a ton of skills, perks, gear, and combat experience finishing off the various side quests, all of which should make your treks into downtown more bearable. Moira's survival quest to the supermarket should outfit you with absolutely everything you need to, well, mow down raiders, ghouls, and super mutants.

Oh, and shoot super mutants in the head with the combat shotgun at close range. That really solves their whole "having a head" problem.

This. Totally this. Except that I recommend having your Charisma stat at 1. You can just place points into Speech.

And assuming you've got Broken Steel, you will have probably maxed out quite a bit of your skills before even reaching level 30; you also will NOT need Comprehension there are enough skill books to max every single one of your skills (Educated is still useful, at least, in my opinion).

 

[Westaway]

5 INT? are you mad???
Anyway, I just got to the mall yesterday on my 3 playthrough, and I'm level 5 too. It's really easy, just go straight to GNR and Evergreen Mills to get tons of ammo and guns

 

[open trap]

do side quests and not the main story first, thatway you get better gear and level up more first.

 

[Peteron]

You really need to start exploring dude. You should not have the security armor at that level. You can find loads of valuable items by taking your time to look, so do yourself a favor and do just that. HOWEVER, in my eyes you made the correct choices(or recommended anyway) for your skills that you specialized in. The hunting rifle is good for now, but you should be able to find better weapons along the way, such as Chinese Assault rifles, the Terrible shotgun, etc. Also, as a side note, don't put many points in energy weapons just yet, they wont be very available until later on.


(And when it comes to the point you are ready to choose a companion, definitely go with Fawkes. You have to be good to get him though!)

 

[MONSTERheart]

Are the DLC enemies relative to yours? I'm at lvl 5 right now.

With the exception of Broken Steel, all of the new enemies only appear in the new areas added with them. The bad thing is, Broken Steel adds Super Mutant Overlords, Albino Radscorpions, Feral Ghoul Reavers and all manners of ill shit. You should be fine for the most part if you avoid DC and most of the far left portion of the map.

As for skills to focus on:
Lockpick
Repair
Sneak
Small Guns
Speech

You don't have to do those, but you'll find that most of the challenges you face will revolve around those 5. Science may be useful if you explore buildings a lot because those tend to have turrets (and their respective control panels).

 

[Kenko]

If you find the game too hard you can change the difficulty at any time.

 

[Kuchinawa212]

I suggest sneaking to your target, and since you are level five, I suggest operation anchorage, you'll get a ton of XP =]

 

[Magnesium360]

That's similar to the build I used and it turned out really good.

 

[Mr Montmorency]

Here's a trick I use to get a handy weapon:

On the bridge to the Anchorage War Memorial (with the ribbon of mines) save your game. Then approach the memorial and reload until you either hear an explosion or absolutely nothing at all. If this happens, check the top of the memorial around the statue for any glowing items, it would help if you did this at night. If you find any, look for a blaster energy weapon.

You now have a Firelance, which makes killing a Mirelurk king a piece of piss, even early on in the game. I'd recommend saving the ammo, though, as there's a limited amount and you can only get further refills by investing in the traders or planting ammo on a raider and having his buddy regenerate ammo.

 

[Siuki]

I've read all of your comments, and I might consider starting anew.

Maybe. I like the character I already have.

BTW, Operation: Anchorage will have enemies "my level" right?

 

[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