Fallout 4 - The Long Con

[faefrost]

Hehe, reminds me of a clip from Angry Joe's review in which Joe was trying to find a way to disarm a hallway filled with laser-trip mines. Then Cogsworth came up with an idea of his own: just float down the hall and set them all off, obliterating both himself and Joe.

Yeah, Dogmeat does that too:
http://i.imgur.com/6Z9PbRq.gifv

One of the best perks is the one which prevents you from triggering mines and traps. And even better, the perk applies to your companion too.

That's the exact hallway in the AJ review that I was talking about...and yeah, Cogsworth did the exact same thing: just "hum-de-dum-dum"s his way right down the hallway and sets them all off. xD

I tried to find a gif of it, glad you did at least. :3

Yeah. It's actually part of the Stealth perk. So generally useful. The weird thing is Stealth and mine/trap avoidance does not seem to apply to all companions equally. Or perhaps there is some distance component from you? I find I can just glide over mines and generally never notice them. If my companion is following me closely the same. But if they wander off on their own path ing BLAMMO! Similarly while stealthier I have Repeatedly had Fwral Ghouls and Super Mutants simply shove me out of the way to go chew on Paladin Dunce. (Not a typo. After listening to 5 minutes of his dialogue you will understand why.)

 

[Devieus]

So, by reading the posts here, I now know this comic is based on a FO4 side quest where you can optionally be a complete dick and screw with people. And here, I thought this was Erin's payback for her shitty bomb defusing instructions on October 7th.

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/comicsandcosplay/comics/critical-miss/14785-Keep-Talking-and-Nobody-Explodes

But, the final zinger didn't make sense under my interpretation. Thank you Escapists for the enlightenment!

I'm thinking more a FO3 quest where you help a certain Moira Brown write the actual Wasteland survival guide, where you can either complete the quest, complete the bonus quest, or just lie to her and tell her some nonsense; one such case you can indeed tell her exactly what's depicted in the comic, just jump up and down on the mine. Erin encounters a wasteland survival guide, reminding herself of her FO3 days.

 

[Zykon TheLich_v1legacy]

So, by reading the posts here, I now know this comic is based on a FO4 side quest where you can optionally be a complete dick and screw with people.

Fallout 3, hence "the long con". The result of that quest (the wasteland survival guide) then crops up in the later games, but with the assumption that it wasn't written by a total douchebag.

Edit: Goddam ninjas, they're everywhere these days.

 

[The Rogue Wolf]

When I said I wanted a gratuitous crotch shot of Erin, this was not what I meant!

 

[Buckets]

Would be a great feature, if my new PC would actually load Fallout 3.

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

That's odd; usually my dauntless companions are the ones who sweep for mines.

Spoiler: Ready to move out, soldier?

[HEADING=2]* IN MEMORIAM *[/HEADING]

[HEADING=2]"HE WAS ABOUT AS MUCH USE AS A COCK-FLAVOURED LOLLIPOP."[/HEADING]​

Spoiler: I usually leave that to my most reliable NCO

 

[sageoftruth]

Ah, Stalin's favorite method for mine clearing.

 

[rgrekejin]

I wish there was a Witcher-like save upload system for Fallout 3 -> Fallout 4, just so your own dumbass choices could come back to karmicaly haunt you.

 

[LenticularHomicide]

When I said I wanted a gratuitous crotch shot of Erin, this was not what I meant!

I think you can see her kidneys!

 

[008Zulu_v1legacy]

I liked being able to leave my footprints in steel floors, ahh to be heavily radiated.