Fallout 4

"Stitches wrote:

I probably made my guy too balanced to be very S.P.E.C.I.A.L.

S - 3
P - 5
E - 4
C - 4
I - 5
A - 3
L - 4

Did you base it on perks or did you YOLO it?

"TiP54 wrote:

Just curious, why you went with agility as your 2nd best skill, for the vats? And what was your starting carry capacity with starting 1 strength?

The AGI tree perks are great for combat.

I went with 1 STR because the STR tree perks are generally useless to me. I don't play melee or heavy weapons builds. The weapon bash feature is nice in a pinch though.

By the way, guys. There's already a website that lets you plan out your SPECIAL stats and shows you the perks you can get for each level.

"TiP54 wrote:

Did you base it on perks or did you YOLO it?

I did base it on perks somewhat.

I think I'm going to redo it as S-3, P-4, E-2, C-6, I-6, A-5, L-2.

"Desides wrote:

The AGI tree perks are great for combat.

I went with 1 STR because the STR tree perks are generally useless to me. I don't play melee or heavy weapons builds. The weapon bash feature is nice in a pinch though.

Same here, but I don't want to have minimum carrying capacity. What's your carry cap with 1 str?

"TiP54 wrote:

Same here, but I don't want to have minimum carrying capacity. What's your carry cap with 1 str?

I quickly ran out of capacity with 4 s. I think mine is 250.

"TiP54 wrote:

Same here, but I don't want to have minimum carrying capacity. What's your carry cap with 1 str?

I can carry 280lbs right now. More with power armor.

"Desides wrote:

I can carry 280lbs right now. More with power armor.

Gotcha, i'm assuming helps when you wearing STR gear.

I see you went with the high Charisma build, are you getting in settlement building off the bat or going to hold off on that?

"TiP54 wrote:

Gotcha, i'm assuming helps when you wearing STR gear.

I see you went with the high Charisma build, are you getting in settlement building off the bat or going to hold off on that?

I'm trying to get the settlement going early. One of the first side quests involves expanding your settlement's reputation by fighting a gang of raiders. I want to do it, but I also want the loot, and have nowhere to sell my stuff early on. I'm trying to make it to Diamond City but the routes are all dangerous.

Hoard it then fast travel back and fourth to sell it.

"Zeke0123 wrote:

Hoard it then fast travel back and fourth to sell it.

I don't have any merchants to sell to yet and I'm already at my max carrying weight from events in Concord.

So if you guys know of any merchants in the upper left corner of the map, I'm all ears.

"Desides wrote:

I don't have any merchants to sell to yet and I'm already at my max carrying weight from events in Concord.

So if you guys know of any merchants in the upper left corner of the map, I'm all ears.

Not optimal, but can't you stash at your work bench for time being at least?

"TiP54 wrote:

Not optimal, but can't you stash at your work bench for time being at least?

Didn't even know you could do that. Might have to try.

Pretty good article on settlements.

"TiP54 wrote:

Pretty good article on settlements.

Thanks again. Highly useful. I read the beginning, but only skimmed the latter parts to avoid spoilers. This is a part of the game that I'm really excited to dig into. Depending on what I stumble into when I start the game again tonight, I'm panning on going back to the starting point areas and seeing what I can do for practice.

Can't stop laughing at the plot twist.

"Unlucky 13 wrote:

Thanks again. Highly useful. I read the beginning, but only skimmed the latter parts to avoid spoilers. This is a part of the game that I'm really excited to dig into. Depending on what I stumble into when I start the game again tonight, I'm panning on going back to the starting point areas and seeing what I can do for practice.

No spoilers, just explains some basic stuff.

Finally found a merchant in the upper left corner of the map. There's a diner on the road leading south out of Concord. Resolve the stand-off and the diner opens up as a general store.

"Desides wrote:

Finally found a merchant in the upper left corner of the map. There's a diner on the road leading south out of Concord. Resolve the stand-off and the diner opens up as a general store.

Noted.
I'll probably install it tomorrow, or Friday and take it for a spin.

also, pip boy edition got here. TIS GLORIOUS

"Desides wrote:

Finally found a merchant in the upper left corner of the map. There's a diner on the road leading south out of Concord. Resolve the stand-off and the diner opens up as a general store.

I found a doctor not too far from Sanctuary as well. A little bit West, on a hill. She acts as a merchant too.

For those who have completed the early mission in Concord, here's what I did.

After killing the deathclaw (it fell into a hole and I just shot it in the face until it died. I think I got lucky there), I followed the Minutemen back to Sanctuary, rather than continue on in the direction suggested for the main story. When I got to the bridge to town, after a brief conversation with Preston, I earned enough XP to level up almost twice, from 4, which I had just earned in Concord, almost all the way to 6.

At this point, it seems that the entirety of Sanctuary becomes a settlement, and after a few quick "missions" talking to my new friends, I leveled up again by going through some crafting. What I found cool was that you can scrap virtually anything in the neighborhood and use those parts for new crafting, while at the same time cleaning up the surroundings. I cleared off the two ruined houses on either side of where the Minutemen are, and played around with the creation tools a lot.

I also stored my power armor, and all of its components, there at the workshop. That freed up a ton of weight capacity. After gaining a few crafting perks, I improved my weapons quite a bit, and my armor a little. I still need to find much better gear before I'll feel comfortable venturing too far. The crap I've pulled off of the raiders really sucks.

I found a legendary wrench named Big Jim at the Walden Pond gift shop. It has a 20% chance to cripple on hit. I've modded it to include a nasty hook.

There's also a ghoul doctor near ArcJet Systems. I believe she is north west near a umbrella.

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SO, what are you guys' thoughts on the graphics? Jumping on a game/developer over that usually isn't my thing. To me, when you take a look at big release titles on the same platform within the same time window, the differences are usually not that huge, and not something worth getting worked up over. I read all of the hubub about Fallout 4 and how it wasn't up to par, but I wanted to get my hands on it and make my own call.

After 7-8 hours of play (I can't be sure, since that aspect of the game is broken on the PS4, like it was on Witcher 3), I have to agree that the graphics are not only a signifigant step down from Dragon Age: Inquisition and the Witcher, but honestly, as a Sony guy, I wouldn't even call them high end for a latter PS3 title. Not to say that they're "game breaking", because I think that line of thought it over the top nonsense, but it is a little distracting, after spending the last year playing the other two titles and being immersed in their comperable beauty.