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Don't stress yourself out when it comes to settlements. They're not that important and can be ignored for the most part.
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that it's the worst modern fallout game
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DarthAragorn posted...
that it's the worst modern fallout game
Nah 76
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It's a fantastic game.

Have fun. They made a cool world to live in.
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DarthAragorn posted...
that it's the worst modern fallout game

Who fuckin cares, go like something

Irony posted...
Nah 76

Who fuckin cares, go like something
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The Boston are is replete with water sources, including the seaboard, so it's helpful to get the Aquaboy/Aquagirl perk early on. This lets you swim at leisure (including to avoid enemies way more powerful than you are) and do so without being irradiated. Some items -- like loot-filled containers or power armor -- are found underwater in certain spots, so being able to search without worrying about oxygen levels is nice.
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Jerry_Hellyeah posted...
It's a fantastic game.

Have fun. They made a cool world to live in.

It's alright if you turn your brain off and like shooting things and exploring.
deathproof12 posted...
It's alright if you turn your brain off and like shooting things and exploring.

Bro don't act like you're reading a novel playing New Vegas, christ in heaven
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Jerry_Hellyeah posted...
Bro don't act like you're reading a novel playing New Vegas, christ in heaven

Why are you so aggro, God damn.
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NoMeLx22x posted...
Why are you so aggro, God damn.

Because schtick gets old.
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War never changes.

You're set from there.

Oh, also try not to have too high of intelligence and invest into idiot savant. It's a game changer if you save scum, but I don't recommend getting the 3rd tier of Savant cause it makes it annoying when trying to use the perk for quest exp.
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Unlike other games in the series, Fallout 4 lets you level up infinitely - in addition to stat growth, you can also gain a point to put into a perk at each level-up. So the Intelligence SPECIAL stat is quite useful, since it determines how much Exp. you get - higher INT will allow you to level up faster. There's no real downside to leveling up quickly and plenty to gain (better access to weapons, Power Armor, and more perks available), so I'd recommend starting with high INT.

You can end up having a tough go of it if you neglect to pick weapon damage perks. It also helps to focus on 1-2 weapon types at first instead of spreading your perks too thin; I'd recommend rifles and explosives for a first time, so put perk points into Rifleman and Demolition Expert when available. Crafting perks like Gun Nut are also advised.
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NoMeLx22x posted...
Why are you so aggro, God damn.
He must be trying to take Guns of Verwhatever's spot for CE's resident Bethesda shill.
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NoMeLx22x posted...
Don't stress yourself out when it comes to settlements. They're not that important and can be ignored for the most part.
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masterpug53 posted...
So the Intelligence SPECIAL stat is quite useful, since it determines how much Exp. you get - higher INT will allow you to level up faster. There's no real downside to leveling up quickly and plenty to gain (better access to weapons, Power Armor, and more perks available), so I'd recommend starting with high INT.

And this is why I made my post. You level up far quicker with Idiot Savant than investing heavily into INT for a slight bump in base EXP. The higher your INT the harder it is to make Idiot Savant proc.

I usually keep my INT at either 4 or 6, can't remember, for a specific thing I want unlocked for settlements.
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MJOLNRVII posted...
He must be trying to take Guns of Verwhatever's spot for CE's resident Bethesda shill.

Bro bro, ya'll decided to come into a topic asking about a Bethesda game to get in some Obsidian simping.
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Kradek posted...
And this is why I made my post. You level up far quicker with Idiot Savant than investing heavily into INT for a slight bump in base EXP. The higher your INT the harder it is to make Idiot Savant proc.

I usually keep my INT at either 4 or 6, can't remember, for a specific thing I want unlocked for settlements.

And I made my post because a first-time player who's never touched a Fallout game before doesn't need anything beyond the very basics advised to them imo. Save the more advanced build tactics for a 2nd playthrough. (I have a feeling you're inclined to counter with 'this isn't advanced lol,' but I'm willing to bet that you didn't naturally intuit this on your own first playthrough).
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NoMeLx22x posted...
Why are you so aggro, God damn.

Topic is a user asking for advice in tackling a game. Met with usual blah its worst Fallout.

For the record, New Vegas sucks.
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masterpug53 posted...
And I made my post because a first-time player who's never touched a Fallout game before doesn't need anything beyond the very basics advised to them imo. Save the more advanced build tactics for a 2nd playthrough. (I have a feeling you're inclined to counter with 'this isn't advanced lol,' but I'm willing to bet that you didn't naturally intuit this on your own first playthrough).

100% accurate assessment, however I personally wish I had someone telling me about it before I made those mistakes and learned way too late that I could have been leveling and gaining perks far more quickly. Especially the part about how the 3rd tier IS makes save scumming for the quest boost a huge headache without the mod that deactivates achievements/trophies.
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Jerry_Hellyeah posted...
Bro don't act like you're reading a novel playing New Vegas, christ in heaven

Boy CEmen sure do have a habit of pissing and moaning about people praising NV when they themselves are the first people to mention it in the topic .
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I didn't play through, so correct me if these were changed since 3/NV, but:

If you hold the action/drink button on a source of water, instead of just pressing it and letting go, you'll continue to drink and regain HP (and rads) faster

When hacking a terminal, look for strings of text in between signs, like {j3g4k1} These will remove a fake answer or restore your attempts.
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MisterPengy posted...
If you hold the action/drink button on a source of water, instead of just pressing it and letting go, you'll continue to drink and regain HP (and rads) faster

When hacking a terminal, look for strings of text in between signs, like {j3g4k1} These will remove a fake answer or restore your attempts.

Both of those still apply. The only catch is that virtually every water source in FO4 is highly irradiated, and radiation now lowers your max health instead of stats; so chugging is highly unadvised.

The terminal advice is still sound - highlighting and clicking any closed brackets (....) {....} [...] will either remove a fake password or reset your tries. Thing is though that FO4 Hacking has been made much easier in that you never get permanently locked out of a terminal, you just have to wait a few seconds before trying again.
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masterpug53 posted...
Boy CEmen sure do have a habit of pissing and moaning about people praising NV when they themselves are the first people to mention it in the topic .

Play dumb somewhere else, this ain't new. You can read the post I replied to.
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Jerry_Hellyeah posted...
Play dumb somewhere else, this ain't new. You can read the post I replied to.

I saw the post you replied to perfectly well. Plenty of people who've never played NV think Fallout 4 is a bland looter-shooter; it's not an opinion I necessarily agree with, but it's not one I can argue strongly against either.

Your comical overreaction is no one's responsibility other than your own.
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masterpug53 posted...
I saw the post you replied to perfectly well. Plenty of people who've never played NV think Fallout 4 is a bland looter-shooter; it's not an opinion I necessarily agree with, but it's not one I can argue strongly against either.

Let's try this again.

"Who fuckin' cares?"

You can play dumb all you want, but you're not convincing anybody looking at that post from that poster.

Your comical overreaction is no one's responsibility other than your own.
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One other suggestion TC, if it's not too late: play as a woman. I've never played a man so I can't verify this myself, but by nearly every account and anecdote I've picked up over the years, the female VA for the player character is worlds better than the male, to the point where going male might actively drag down your experience with the game.
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masterpug53 posted...
One other suggestion TC, if it's not too late: play as a woman. I've never played a man so I can't verify this myself, but by nearly every account and anecdote I've picked up over the years, the female VA for the player character is worlds better than the male, to the point where going male might actively drag down your experience with the game.

Also, there is a perk that gives you advantages against male npcs.
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NoMeLx22x posted...
Don't stress yourself out when it comes to settlements. They're not that important and can be ignored for the most part.
If you do want to mess with them, aside from Sanctuary go for Starlight Drive-in. It has a large, flat area, and with Drumlin Diner nearby you'll have access to Trudy and Trashcan Carla as vendors(plus Wolfgang if you talk him down).

The only caveat is that you'll need to Scrap the radioactive barrels in the crater to make it safe for yourself and Settlers. Oh, and sweep it for mines a few times. There's a Bottlecap Mine that drifts around outside until triggered.
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Devilanse333 posted...
Also, there is a perk that gives you advantages against male npcs.

There's one for each. I've only ever played male and for men it's called "Lady Killer", which has him talking to a woman and as he's holding a knife behind his back.
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Kradek posted...
There's one for each. I've only ever played male and for men it's called "Lady Killer", which has him talking to a woman and as he's holding a knife behind his back.

People used to suggest going woman for Black Widow in 3/NV since it was assumed there were more male enemies / speech checks in the game than female, thus making male / Lady Killer less effective. Dunno if that was ever true, but even if it was I doubt it's still true enough to be relevant in 4; iirc there's a pretty equal split between male and female raiders for instance, even with the named raider bosses.
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masterpug53 posted...
People used to suggest going woman for Black Widow in 3/NV since it was assumed there were more male enemies / speech checks in the game than female, thus making male / Lady Killer less effective. Dunno if that was ever true, but even if it was I doubt it's still true enough to be relevant in 4; iirc there's a pretty equal split between male and female raiders for instance, even with the named raider bosses.

I remember that and seemed to test it for one character, don't remember which particular game.

I know my previous post said "only ever", however I do feel like there was one exception for Fallout to compare the lady killer/black widow usage.
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HighSeraph posted...
Jerry being the contrarian he plays in every topic

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Jerry_Hellyeah posted...
Bro don't act like you're reading a novel playing New Vegas, christ in heaven
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HighSeraph posted...
Jerry being the contrarian he plays in every topic

TC didnt ask which was the worst Fallout game.
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masterpug53 posted...
People used to suggest going woman for Black Widow in 3/NV since it was assumed there were more male enemies / speech checks in the game than female
For Fallout 3 it might have been because males appeared twice in the spawn lists, weighting in their favor. For New Vegas it is because the Legion keeps all the women locked up in breeding pens, so all Legion scum are male.
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NoMeLx22x posted...
Don't stress yourself out when it comes to settlements. They're not that important and can be ignored for the most part.
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Fallout 4 is the worst modern Fallout, so Id suggest playing the good one )New Vegas) instead if your priority is writing, atmosphere, roleplaying, etc. rather than how good the gunplay is or being obsessed with micromanaging settlements.
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Asherlee10 posted...
I guess I'm in the minority that really loved the building aspects of FO4.

Oh, I wouldn't have logged a fifth of the hours I did on FO4 if I didn't love settlement-building.

But I've always been of the opinion that it's very much a "love it or hate it" arrangement, and anyone who'd love it doesn't need to be sold on it. As soon as the game opens up the option, the people who'll love it will naturally go "oh cool, you can build your own stuff? Okay let's see, I'll throw down some corn and a water pump and a couple turrets and hey I wonder what kinda stuff's in this menu... [10 hours and one immaculately-decorated scrap shack later] ...oh wait, wasn't I supposed to be looking for my kid or something?"

Conversely, the people who hate it won't change their mind simply because it's not their cup of tea, and that's perfectly fine; and honestly it's not worth selling them on it because the mechanic does have more than its fair share of warts. The only thing I'll say against that group is that settlement-building is a LOT more optional / negligible than some of them make it out to be; if you don't like it, with very few exceptions it's easy enough to ignore.
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