fallout 4 - general talk, no big spoilers

Toozin

2015-11-24 08:47:56 pm

Not impossible

just highly unlikely

arkarian

2015-11-24 08:51:40 pm

red chamber dream

rotfl awesome

you know, i've only played f4 three times, and my total hours played is 22 lol

this game is such a timesuck - when i start playing it i don't want to stop, so i've been saving it for the weekends

Toozin

2015-11-25 12:19:06 am

Not impossible

just highly unlikely

So apparently there is a cap to how many settlers you can have in each settlement, and it's 10 + CHR. That... explains a lot.

arkarian

2015-11-26 12:55:40 am

red chamber dream

take dogmeat, go to vault 111, have him fetch for items in the room with the gun behind the master lock. he'll take it right out ;)

Toozin

2015-11-26 01:24:51 am

Not impossible

just highly unlikely

He can also dupe items if you tell him to fetch something and then pick it up before he grabs it. That includes the You're SPECIAL book..

I knew about that trick, but I just went back after I got master lockpicking since I was getting it anyway. And then I put the gun in a box and haven't touched it since, haha.

arkarian

2015-11-26 01:35:00 am

red chamber dream

does it work with bobbleheads ?

Toozin

2015-11-26 01:36:41 am

Not impossible

just highly unlikely

I believe it copies the item but not the effect. Same for magazines. You're SPECIAL is the only stat boosting exploit as far as I know.

arkarian

2015-11-26 11:21:16 pm

red chamber dream

darn, i already picked it up

Toozin

2015-11-27 03:39:42 am

Not impossible

just highly unlikely

I found the Grognak game. It's actually pretty damn fun. I beat it in one sitting, which takes a while, but apparently it will save for you if you quit it but they never tell you that.

arkarian

2015-11-28 06:42:41 pm

red chamber dream

30 hours in and i'm finally heading to diamond city (level 26). did most of the minutemen quests and some of the bos's. i've seen most of the northern half of the map, so i feel like i'm ready to tackle the south. might have to bump up the difficulty so i can get better legendaries, too.

arkarian

2015-11-28 10:47:37 pm

red chamber dream

oh yeah, some of the companion perks are pretty good. i got codsworth's and preston's, and now i'm working on piper's. i also romanced preston, then sent him to sanctuary so that when i sleep before heading out i get the lover's perk for bonus xp.

Toozin

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Toozin: 2015-11-28 10:56:35 pm

2015-11-28 10:56:16 pm

Not impossible

just highly unlikely

Macready's perk is the best, but mostly because it's broken. It's supposed to give you a +20% chance to hit with a headshot, which would be great as is, but they forgot to put a decimal point, so 20.00% became 2000% and every headshot always hits no matter what. I'll be pretty surprised if it's not patched in the next update.

arkarian

2015-11-28 11:16:26 pm

red chamber dream

oh wow. even the 20% would be nice so i'll have to go for that one too

kind of weird to say this so early, but i hope there's lots of dlc. i can see myself easily wanting to hit level 60 or 70. so many perks that i want :)

Toozin

2015-11-28 11:24:04 pm

Not impossible

just highly unlikely

I'm hearing people say they are in the 60-70 range when they finish up. It depends on how much side questing you do, but there seems to be enough content to get there without DLC.

Toozin

2015-11-28 11:29:21 pm

Not impossible

just highly unlikely

For maximum leveling efficiency, apparently you should invest in Idiot Savant no matter what your INT is at. Number crunching smart people have found that having INT around 6 or 7 with Idiot Savant has a higher exp payout than 10 INT, but even if you have full intelligence the Idiot Savant payout is significant enough to be worth it.

arkarian

2015-11-28 11:42:57 pm

red chamber dream

already have it at level 2. ;)

i fucking love its sound effects lol. my int is at 6, which i kind of don't like, because 6 is all i need to get the perks i want, but i do want the bobblehead. oh well, i guess level 7 isn't comparably much worse then 6 when it comes to idiot savant. it seems like it pops for me super often even at 6 int.

i also highly recommend getting scrapper level 2 as soon as you can

arkarian

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arkarian: 2015-11-28 11:45:39 pm

2015-11-28 11:45:30 pm

red chamber dream

for idiot savant it helps because i started at 7 luck, then upped it to 8. gonna go on a bobblehead run tonight, and the luck one looks pretty easy to get.

one thing i'm lacking right now is endurance. it would be nice to be able to run faster and get more ap so i might have to pump a few points into that. otherwise i'm happy with the perks i've chosen so far. and good to hear 60-70 is where people are finishing. i guess that makes sense. it's where i finished skyrim, and i didn't play any of its dlc.

arkarian

2015-11-28 11:46:32 pm

red chamber dream

er run for longer i mean

Toozin

2015-11-28 11:46:40 pm

Not impossible

just highly unlikely

I got scrapper level 1, but I haven't been hard up for materials for a long time. I grab stuff like crazy and make constant trips back to Sanctuary to store it. I am going to start working on modding my power armor though, so it might be worth the point.

arkarian

2015-11-28 11:49:53 pm

red chamber dream

oh nice, that's something i should probably start on soon too. i haven't used power armor once though, aside from the mandatory part, so i haven't felt the need yet. and i've been playing on hard for the past few hours, but also i've been doing the diamond city missions which are early in the story. it's definitely worth the better chances of loot though

arkarian

2015-11-28 11:52:26 pm

red chamber dream

oh yeah is it just me or does this game remind anyone a lot of borderlands ... a better, more interesting borderlands ii heh

Toozin

2015-11-28 11:55:51 pm

Not impossible

just highly unlikely

Speaking of materials, you can scam the build limit in settlements by dropping weapons or armor out of your inventory and breaking it down or storing it. It tricks the game into thinking you removed structures and lowers your cap. This dude took advantage of that and built this insane city in Sanctuary:

arkarian

2015-11-28 11:56:38 pm

red chamber dream

wow damn

shame there's probably no way it would work on console ;(

Toozin

2015-11-28 11:57:00 pm

Not impossible

just highly unlikely

Borderlands always reminded me of Fallout, heh.

Toozin

2015-11-28 11:57:17 pm

Not impossible

just highly unlikely

That's on PS4 as far as I'm aware.