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I believe there is also a scanvenger perk which you can get later on in the level's, GET IT.
One problem for me was that ammo was always severely limited, so that perk is useful, once you have it, ammo scarcity is seldom a problem. I also chose to only specialise in small arm's and not the heavy weapon's. That meant i could make quite a few caps from selling boxes of 5mm round's and rocket's i didn't need. However, there is an obvious drawback to that method.
One problem for me was that ammo was always severely limited, so that perk is useful, once you have it, ammo scarcity is seldom a problem. I also chose to only specialise in small arm's and not the heavy weapon's. That meant i could make quite a few caps from selling boxes of 5mm round's and rocket's i didn't need. However, there is an obvious drawback to that method.
Repair, Science and Small Guns are your friends. They are your ONLY friends.
Also this. Selling off ammunition you'll never use is a great way to score caps. It's completely weightless!Nickolai77 said:
One advice. Once in a while you will find books that you read to increase some of your stats. DON'T. At least, not now. Wait until you can get the perk "Comprehension" (I think is available after level 4)... That should make it more worthy.
Also, complete the "Power of the Atom" quest early (go to Megaton to start it). It is fairly short, and when you do, you get a house in Megaton or Tenperry (depends of your decision), which is a good way to store items you may want to keep but not use right now. If Megaton is not friendly to you, just exit the city, wait a few days in-game and they will reset.
Also, complete the "Power of the Atom" quest early (go to Megaton to start it). It is fairly short, and when you do, you get a house in Megaton or Tenperry (depends of your decision), which is a good way to store items you may want to keep but not use right now. If Megaton is not friendly to you, just exit the city, wait a few days in-game and they will reset.
Don't bother starting with 9 int, 1 is better.
Comprehension and Educated make Int only affect your first few levels. Playing on Very Easy(reduces exp gained) until you have at least 20 of every book and Comprehension means you can add 40 points to every skill. Also, reaching 100 in every skill before level 20 means you can't leave the level up screen. And broken Steel has completely fucked with this, getting 10 int, bobbleheads, skillbooks and educated means you're guaranteed to reach the skill cap before level 30.
Other than this.. run around killing shit until you get that ammo-increasing perk. Then start exploring individual buildings.
Disarming the bomb is also smart because Talon Company mercenaries aren't too strong and their armour is one of the better ones in the game because it's common and easy to repair. the megaton house also has a number of features that make the game somewhat easier like a health station to remove basically any negative effect, and a station to remove addiction.
And evil being easier when you kill one of the best fucking traders in the game? Good luck trying to do that when a hard-to-reach guard and a robot defend the trader, who, if it's the weapon merchant, attacking is completely retarded because he can have possibly the highest repair skill in the game of all NPCs. the only othe roption would be to make Moira stop her book, which is even dumber because the choice is a high NPC repair skill and discount or a huge critical increase.
Somewhat unrelated, sujet [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sujet]?
Comprehension and Educated make Int only affect your first few levels. Playing on Very Easy(reduces exp gained) until you have at least 20 of every book and Comprehension means you can add 40 points to every skill. Also, reaching 100 in every skill before level 20 means you can't leave the level up screen. And broken Steel has completely fucked with this, getting 10 int, bobbleheads, skillbooks and educated means you're guaranteed to reach the skill cap before level 30.
Other than this.. run around killing shit until you get that ammo-increasing perk. Then start exploring individual buildings.
Disarming the bomb is also smart because Talon Company mercenaries aren't too strong and their armour is one of the better ones in the game because it's common and easy to repair. the megaton house also has a number of features that make the game somewhat easier like a health station to remove basically any negative effect, and a station to remove addiction.
Repair should be 100 as soon as possible.steevee said:
And evil being easier when you kill one of the best fucking traders in the game? Good luck trying to do that when a hard-to-reach guard and a robot defend the trader, who, if it's the weapon merchant, attacking is completely retarded because he can have possibly the highest repair skill in the game of all NPCs. the only othe roption would be to make Moira stop her book, which is even dumber because the choice is a high NPC repair skill and discount or a huge critical increase.
Somewhat unrelated, sujet [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sujet]?
Level up small guns and repair as soon as you can, then lockpick.
Collect and repair every weapon you can carry and sell them to the traders.
Wait for 3 days and the traders' money will recharge.
For the big bucks, invest in one of the traders by talking to uncle roe in canterbury commons. They will have 1000 + caps and new items from then on, so so useful.
Collect and repair every weapon you can carry and sell them to the traders.
Wait for 3 days and the traders' money will recharge.
For the big bucks, invest in one of the traders by talking to uncle roe in canterbury commons. They will have 1000 + caps and new items from then on, so so useful.
I would highly advise NOT doing this. You're killing one of the most useful NPCs in the game.steevee said:
This.Yudas said:
The game was more fun before I made my maximized character with 9 starting strength, marched straight to rivet city and grabbed the intel bobble head...
Meh. My most fun playthrough?
The first thing I did was go to Canterbury commons, and bust a cap in the Mechanist's ass. I took his costume, and spent the rest of the game solving crime with RL-42 and using only energy weapons. "This looks like a job for THE MECHANIST."
I was like a lame Iron Man.
Finish all missions in Megaton for caps and XP.
Then decide wether or not you want to blow it up.
If you don't want to blow it to smitherenes, use it as your home.
If you do want to, make sure you get the bobblehead from the sheriff's house before you destroy it.
Then decide wether or not you want to blow it up.
If you don't want to blow it to smitherenes, use it as your home.
If you do want to, make sure you get the bobblehead from the sheriff's house before you destroy it.
If you have Point Lookout, go there and buy a Level-Action Rifle. You'll need a bunch of caps to pay the ferry dude, or a high sneak skill to pickpocket a ticket off him. With the LAR, the game becomes a breeze for the first 10-15 levels.
But that's only if you want it to be easy...
But that's only if you want it to be easy...
Arm your Bat, swing away
Myself I started looking for places right away, hoarding skill books until I got the perk that doubles the reward, then I activated the job of turning in scrap metal for cash, hoarded and sold drugs, picked the same lock over and over again (In megaton one of the houses continues to relock itself after you leave and come back) and just let nature take its course.
I would of been rich if my battle and med skills weren't so poor.
Just make a character befitting your preference and go location hunting, easy levels.
Myself I started looking for places right away, hoarding skill books until I got the perk that doubles the reward, then I activated the job of turning in scrap metal for cash, hoarded and sold drugs, picked the same lock over and over again (In megaton one of the houses continues to relock itself after you leave and come back) and just let nature take its course.
I would of been rich if my battle and med skills weren't so poor.
Just make a character befitting your preference and go location hunting, easy levels.
Clamlappers and Sonic the Hedgehog!Yudas said:A fellow Hicksican? On the Escapist? It cannot be!Daedalus1942 said:You have a young Bill Hicks as your avatar, so you're still rolling in instant win, regardlessYudas said:
No point really in leveling up specifically for quests. They scale the enemies. Not Oblivion-esque-bend-over-and-take-it level-scaling, but still a bit futile. You get massive EXP bonuses from quests anyway. Do sidequests for a change of pace, trust me, you'll hit the level cap in no time at all. You can do that fetch-quest involving Scrap Metal for Walter in the water purifier for a good bit of EXP and caps.suhlEap said:
If you ever get the chance, try to re-enact my fondest Fallout 3 memory of walking into the Super-Duper-Mart with a pair of Brass Knuckles and 30 Unarmed skill, and beating everyone to death. On Very Hard.
http://www.screwattack.com/node/15564 SOme good info here on base stats, and some solid sound advice on what perks to go for and when to get them..If your interested. Cool thing about fallout is that you can pretty much do what you want.. when you want..just explore and get stuff. You said that you already played the game already so im not exactly sure what sort of advice your looking for? Mayeb how not to get the ppl in megaton to hate you.. You can start being nice to them, stop stealign their thigns. and donate caps to the children of the atom, their perception of you will change along with your karma. Keep in mind though it's best to play the game IMO as a survivalist, stealing and lockpicking will keep you well better equipped and redy for action rather then playing goodie two shoes and only using drops off baddies. Of course that doesn't mean that you have to murder them in cold blood. As tempting as it is and as fun as it sounds it gets old fast. Look out for yourself but mindless killing sprees make the capital wasteland a lonely and boring place.