Fallout: New Vegas

[TheCreep]

Re: Fallout: New Vegas

Damn, I haven't even finished FO3 yet.

[Jistic]

Re: Fallout: New Vegas

Question about a very early quest in the game. The one where the town is protecting that dude from the powder keggers.

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How to you find that one powder kegger that says to meet him outside of town to help them in stead of the town that's protecting him. I can't find him!

[n8ccwa]

Re: Fallout: New Vegas

Question about a very early quest in the game. The one where the town is protecting that dude from the powder keggers.

Spoiler

How to you find that one powder kegger that says to meet him outside of town to help them in stead of the town that's protecting him. I can't find him!

Spoiler

I found him inside the Prospector's Saloon. I ended up killing him so I didn't get a chance to help out the Powder Gangers and instantly had a bad reputation with them.

[allBthere]

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I'm playing hardcore mode and I like it, but wonder if I'll ever get to progress very far.

nothing about it is annoying like I thought it could be, or even relevant - for example stim-packs healing over time = like 6 seconds. Ithought itwould be more like 10-15minutes.

The real challenge so far is venturing away from the starting town and having to find water. It's mildly disappointing that there are cans and buckets everywhere yet I can't fill them with water for long road ventures.

But my progression comment was about getting whipped easily by 1 smack from a deathclaw. Same from some other flying beast. I'm not sure if that's my difficulty or the hardcore mode (i had set to hard before game started and chose hardcore...not sure if that is it's own difficulty or simply a mode)

anyway, it's great fun so far...I just don't see too much opportunity to explore without leveling significantly. I wonder if there are difficulty 'zones' like fo3.

One last thing to nitpick. I was hoping to go through the game punching people and hitting them with tire irons, but imo too many people have guns in the game almost making my specialties pointless. I'll wait more to comment on this, but so far every little powder enemy save for 2 have some sort of gun...in fo3 even, i feel like there were less.

in hardcore mode so far, ammo and guns are a non-issue. Still, having a great time though.

[CC]

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But my progression comment was about getting whipped easily by 1 smack from a deathclaw. Same from some other flying beast. I'm not sure if that's my difficulty or the hardcore mode (i had set to hard before game started and chose hardcore...not sure if that is it's own difficulty or simply a mode)

Was it one of those Orange Wasp looking things? These and the Nightkins are the new thing to be wary of in this game.

I was out in the middle of nowhere and all of a sudden about 5 of those orange things swarmed me and I was dead in about 5 seconds, so if I spot them I usually try to avoid them at all costs (although I have a companion now so fighting the big things isn't too hard any more).

I've only seen one deathclaw so far, but it nearly got me as well.

Also... 4 Freezes in 12.5 Hours. Not horrible, but certainly frustrating. Still, this game currently owns my soul, put in 6 hours both Tuesday and Wednesday and loving this like I did FO3, if not more.

[42]

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Was it one of those Orange Wasp looking things? These and the Nightkins are the new thing to be wary of in this game.

I was out in the middle of nowhere and all of a sudden about 5 of those orange things swarmed me and I was dead in about 5 seconds, so if I spot them I usually try to avoid them at all costs (although I have a companion now so fighting the big things isn't too hard any more).

Those things are the absolute WORST!

When did you pick up a companion - I could really use one right now.

Any chance we'll get a companion like Fawkes in this one? Because that would be awesome... I miss him.

[n8ccwa]

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Those things are the absolute WORST!

When did you pick up a companion - I could really use one right now.

Any chance we'll get a companion like Fawkes in this one? Because that would be awesome... I miss him.

Fawkes was an absolute beast in the last game. After he joined up with me and I didn't have any problems wandering the Capital wasteland.

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I got my first companion in the town with Dinky (Novac?). He's the night-time sniper in Dinky's mouth.

[BooShay]

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You guys are lucky
freezing is the only thing to complain about. I played for 15 minutes then my ps3 passed away

[Burns11]

Re: Fallout: New Vegas

Question about a very early quest in the game. The one where the town is protecting that dude from the powder keggers.

Spoiler

How to you find that one powder kegger that says to meet him outside of town to help them in stead of the town that's protecting him. I can't find him!

Spoiler

I never looked for the guy, but I did have a save from there and knew where he came from so I ran out to find him, he's behind the white house with the rusted out trailer in the SE corner of town. Follow the road from the saloon like your going to Primm and you can't miss him.

I never did much melee in FO3, but last night I was ballin with the lead pipe! That thing was f'ing deadly. Nothing like getting geeked up with Jet and running into a room swinging a lead pipe!

That's just another thing Bethesda got wrong that Obsidian fixed.

[CC]

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Those things are the absolute WORST!

When did you pick up a companion - I could really use one right now.

Any chance we'll get a companion like Fawkes in this one? Because that would be awesome... I miss him.

It involves doing one full and one partial mission, and you have to find the right person to get the initial side quest. You could easily walk right past the person that gives you the Mission. Her joining me was somewhat random to me, and I was really surprised when she suddenly became my companion, but she is doin' work so I'm not complaining.

I will use spoilers.

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You first meet Cass at Mojave Outpost, in the sothwest corner of the map (a quest will send you there). She is sitting at the bar in the barracks. You get to talking about how she lost her caravan, and she tells you to go work from Crimson Caravans. This is a long trip, as it's right outside of New Vegas. But, once you get there, you ask for work, and they will give you 3 or 4 errands to run. Go do the one that tells you to buy out Cass' caravan company. You will need your speech to be at or above 50 to convince her to sell. Then when she eventually caves you start talking about where she is going to go. She doesn't know what she wants to do and eventually a speech option comes up and says something along the lines of "it could be nice if you are traveling with the right company". Again speech at 50 is a necessity, and she decides that maybe you are right and decides to join your cause and is now a companion.

[CC]

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Fawkes was an absolute beast in the last game. After he joined up with me and I didn't have any problems wandering the Capital wasteland.

Spoiler

I got my first companion in the town with Dinky (Novac?). He's the night-time sniper in Dinky's mouth.

I got to try that, I'm currently Idolized there, so I should be able to get him, but he wouldn't talk to me when I tried because he was off duty.

EDIT: If you want a follower, do this one instead of the one I wrote about on the previous page, it's much quicker.

[n8ccwa]

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I got to try that, I'm currently Idolized there, so I should be able to get him, but he wouldn't talk to me when I tried because he was off duty.

EDIT: If you want a follower, do this one instead of the one I wrote about on the previous page, it's much quicker.

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I talked to him when he was on duty and he gave me a mission to do for him. Take care of that and he should help you out.

[CC]

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Yeah I got him... this mission was much shorter. I'm disappointed though, because you can't have multiple followers. I thought I read somewhere that you could.

[Chizzypoof]

Re: Fallout: New Vegas

Question about a very early quest in the game. The one where the town is protecting that dude from the powder keggers.

Spoiler

How to you find that one powder kegger that says to meet him outside of town to help them in stead of the town that's protecting him. I can't find him!

Spoiler

He was next to a house in the town. It should be the last white house on the right as you take the highway to Primm.

[MachoMyers]

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Awesome game, but I've restarted like 4 times because I haven't been happy with my character.

Now I've created a Han Solo like character...good with plasma guns, bartering and speaking.

I read somewhere that you definitely want to level up bartering and speaking. Is that the consensus?