Fallout 4

Thargor

Yeah Ive stopped right before I went into the Glowing Sea and am traveling around doing all the companion quests now and any secondaries I come across. It really is a great game tbh whatever about its flaws.

Frankie5Angels

When you do get to that 4th rank of gun nut, though, you're pretty much unstoppable. I ran into a Savage Deathclaw in a church yesterday and while I was a bit shocked to see him, I just blasted him with my incendiary combat shotgun. I'm level 43 and he had one of those icons to indicate he was a good few levels higher than me. Pretty much the same with everyone now.

Find myself using Kellog's pistol mostly now. I did buy a Gauss Rifle which has 345 ballistic damage, so that might change.

Maximus Alexander

Thargor wrote: »

They really were tight cnuts with the leveling for some of the perks such as Gun Nut and Science weren't they? The game will nearly be over by the time you get to access the high level mods...

You're doing it wrong :P Pick up weapons from slain foes and strip the mods off them. Throw the weapon away. Apply choice mods to your own weapon. Fully upgrade your weapons without ever getting Gun Nut or Science perks.

Thargor

Maximus Alexander wrote: »

You're doing it wrong :P Pick up weapons from slain foes and strip the mods off them. Throw the weapon away. Apply choice mods to your own weapon. Fully upgrade your weapons without ever getting Gun Nut or Science perks.

Think Ive picked up one incendiary laser rifle in the 40 hours or so Ive put in so far, will be waiting a while using this strategy!

Thargor

Frankie5Angels wrote: »

When you do get to that 4th rank of gun nut, though, you're pretty much unstoppable. I ran into a Savage Deathclaw in a church yesterday and while I was a bit shocked to see him, I just blasted him with my incendiary combat shotgun. I'm level 43 and he had one of those icons to indicate he was a good few levels higher than me. Pretty much the same with everyone now.

Find myself using Kellog's pistol mostly now. I did buy a Gauss Rifle which has 345 ballistic damage, so that might change.

Kellogs pistol? I barely ever used it, is there some perk to it besides refilling the AP on a crit?

Maximus Alexander

Maximus Alexander wrote: »

You're doing it wrong :P Pick up weapons from slain foes and strip the mods off them. Throw the weapon away. Apply choice mods to your own weapon. Fully upgrade your weapons without ever getting Gun Nut or Science perks.

Great spot.

My second play-though I will try this out!

Frankie5Angels

Thargor wrote: »

Kellogs pistol? I barely ever used it, is there some perk to it besides refilling the AP on a crit?

TBH I hadn't a notion that it did anything in relation to the crit AP! No perk that I know of, I just like the look of it and with the small guns perk maxed (I confused Gun Nut with this perk and Rifleman Perk), it's a pretty legend gun. Looks cool with the big barrel on it too, though not when you're in power armour - all small guns look like little water pistols when you're in that crap! :pac:

Zillah

Maximus Alexander wrote: »

You're doing it wrong :P Pick up weapons from slain foes and strip the mods off them. Throw the weapon away. Apply choice mods to your own weapon. Fully upgrade your weapons without ever getting Gun Nut or Science perks.

I'd have gone bonkers waiting to find the right ones. So much waiting.

Maximus Alexander

M!Ck^ wrote: »

Great spot.

My second play-though I will try this out!

I find it adds a bit of extra interest to looting corpses. Nice little surprise of "Oooh that's a nice little mod you've got there". It suddenly started to make sense to me why they put weapon workbenches in a lot of place too.

Zillah wrote: »

I'd have gone bonkers waiting to find the right ones. So much waiting.

You have to just take them as they come and try not to be waiting on specific things. That way madness lies! It does mean you free up... what, 8 levels worth of perks for other things? It's well worth it in my view. It means I've got 10 STR, 10 INT and Lone Wanderer instead. So I can carry loads and level up quickly. Suits my style.

Thargor

Shoot enemy power armour in the fusion core round the back with 2.0 sneak damage and a powerful weapon like a .50 cal sniper and watch the fusion core swell up and glow bright red before they blow like a mini-nuke

TitianGerm

I'm level 13 now. Came out of the BOS Training Centre last night and got attacked by a Sentry Bot. I had to leg it around the building twice and then up onto the roof. Took me a half an hour to kill the fecker from there but the explosion was glorious

Zillah

emmetkenny wrote: »

I'm level 13 now. Came out of the BOS Training Centre last night and got attacked by a Sentry Bot. I had to leg it around the building twice and then up onto the roof. Took me a half an hour to kill the fecker from there but the explosion was glorious

Great salvage, too. Love those guys.

TitianGerm

Zillah wrote: »

Great salvage, too. Love those guys.

I got two Fusion Cores out of him.

I'm finding it very hard to get into the game at the minute to be honest.

Nothing is explained at all in regards to Armour, Weapons, Settlements, Upgrading Gear or Mechanics ie Sneak Attacks (I'd no idea that was a thing until I say it mentioned here)

allibastor

Thargor wrote: »

Shoot enemy power armour in the fusion core round the back with 2.0 sneak damage and a powerful weapon like a .50 cal sniper and watch the fusion core swell up and glow bright red before they blow like a mini-nuke

I did that to a raider in Revere beach station. He rang at his friends and took them all out. Hilarious!!

Savage Tyrant

I romanced McCready because I wanted the headshot perk....

Then I couldn't look him in the eye so sent him to live in the Red Rocket Truck Stop on his own.

x43r0

Savage Tyrant wrote: »

I romanced McCready because I wanted the headshot perk....

Then I couldn't look him in the eye so sent him to live in the Red Rocket Truck Stop on his own.

That perk is unbelieveable - pretty much guarantees headshots in VATS at even super long distance

Soby

The OCD inside me is torn by the fact you cant remove dead bodies from your settlements

Wossack

can drag em outside if you like - hide em that way

ASOT

That kid who got mole rat disease is so lucky I only noticed I was infected after I had given it to him....

J Mysterio

Soby wrote: »

The OCD inside me is torn by the fact you cant remove dead bodies from your settlements

That and the shrubs are a curse

Soby

Wossack wrote: »

can drag em outside if you like - hide em that way

Cant move em at all ? . Maybe dead settlers or soemthing you can ?

Wossack

it saying they're too heavy? cause Ive had no issues dumping raiders back outside

hold down 'e' to move em (on pc)

Shougeki

Soby wrote: »

Cant move em at all ? . Maybe dead settlers or soemthing you can ?

Can you put them under the foundation blocks for a new shack? Havent tried that yet... Also would be fitting

Jordan 199

Found a 40lb barbell plus weights in some hardware shop. Sweet!

Soby

Wossack wrote: »

it saying they're too heavy? cause Ive had no issues dumping raiders back outside

hold down 'e' to move em (on pc)

maybe raiders you can but i mean bodies from settlements you've "cleared". So dead mole rants , gouls etc...

Also its a shame given you can paint your Power Armour and baseball bat you can add paint/camo to weapons

Thargor

Jordan 191 wrote: »

Found a 40lb barbell plus weights in some hardware shop. Sweet!

What does it do?

Jordan 199

Thargor wrote: »

What does it do?

I want to see if I can use it as a weapon or turn it into a weapon. Would be great for smashing raiders heads in.

Soby

40lb barbell
uses
Lead x10

Thats all :P

Jordan 199

Soby wrote: »

40lb barbell
uses
Lead x10

Thats all :P

So I was carrying Lead. Goodbye Lead.

AlmightyCushion

Jordan 191 wrote: »

I want to see if I can use it as a weapon or turn it into a weapon. Would be great for smashing raiders heads in.

Would it work in the junk jet? Something that heavy might do a lot of damage.