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Topic	Exdeath Plays Every Game in the GotD 2020 Contest Part 2 (ft FO:NV, Ghost Trick)
Evillordexdeath 12/05/20 7:54:16 PM #17:	I've played through the intro a ton of times, but even as someone who likes to vary choices between playthroughs I've never sided with the Powder Gang over Goodsprings. It just seems too cruel and irrational. The people at Goodsprings drag you out of your grave and nurse you back to health, and then you just immediately betray them for no real reason really. I'd only do that if I were role-playing as some kind of psychopath. In terms of SPECIAL allocation, I think the most questionable thing I did might have been reducing luck, so I was a little surprised to see you do the same. I guess the critical hit bonus from luck is pretty low all things considered, but given the number of shots you fire over the course of the game it still seems pretty decent. I think in the old Fallout games it also effected how likely you were to receive critical hits, which led to my low luck low endurance build getting 1HKO'd by a lot of random crits. It's true that getting a higher starting lockpick or persuade/barter skill has some value, but I think it's probably better to just tag those skills or pump a lot of points into them in an early level with a high intelligence build if you want to make use of them. There is also the companion nerve mechanic, but I imagine the issue with that bonus is that the companion AI isn't too good at the combat. I think Fallout 2 had a slightly better solution to making Charisma worth a damn since it impacted how many companions you could have at once to begin with, and I think it had a few more checks for the stat but they were all just for getting laid, lol. It was still kind of under-powered in that game. I think I get more riled when Charisma in particular is weak because I love persuasion builds in RPGs and like to pump it in every game I play. Incidentally, I only tagged explosives so I could pass the check in the goodsprings quest and then switched it over to barter when I got the opportunity to remake my character. I don't think I've prioritized it in any of my previous short-lived playthroughs, but it does seem to be paying off and has helped me get better supplied in terms of ammo and food/water (since I'm playing the survival mode) than I usually am. --- I'm playing every game from GotD 2020! Games Completed: 11/129 Currently Playing: Fallout: New Vegas <cite>Evillordexdeath posted [p:947962796] in Exdeath Pl... [t:79138705]...</cite> <quote>I've played through the intro a ton of times, but even as someone who likes to vary choices between playthroughs I've never sided with the Powder Gang over Goodsprings. It just seems too cruel and irrational. The people at Goodsprings drag you out of your grave and nurse you back to health, and then you just immediately betray them for no real reason really. I'd only do that if I were role-playing as some kind of psychopath. In terms of SPECIAL allocation, I think the most questionable thing I did might have been reducing luck, so I was a little surprised to see you do the same. I guess the critical hit bonus from luck is pretty low all things considered, but given the number of shots you fire over the course of the game it still seems pretty decent. I think in the old Fallout games it also effected how likely you were to receive critical hits, which led to my low luck low endurance build getting 1HKO'd by a lot of random crits. It's true that getting a higher starting lockpick or persuade/barter skill has some value, but I think it's probably better to just tag those skills or pump a lot of points into them in an early level with a high intelligence build if you want to make use of them. There is also the companion nerve mechanic, but I imagine the issue with that bonus is that the companion AI isn't too good at the combat. I think Fallout 2 had a slightly better solution to making Charisma worth a damn since it impacted how many companions you could have at once to begin with, and I think it had a few more checks for the stat but they were all just for getting laid, lol. It was still kind of under-powered in that game. I think I get more riled when Charisma in particular is weak because I love persuasion builds in RPGs and like to pump it in every game I play. Incidentally, I only tagged explosives so I could pass the check in the goodsprings quest and then switched it over to barter when I got the opportunity to remake my character. I don't think I've prioritized it in any of my previous short-lived playthroughs, but it does seem to be paying off and has helped me get better supplied in terms of ammo and food/water (since I'm playing the survival mode) than I usually am. --- I'm playing every game from GotD 2020! Games Completed: 11/129 Currently Playing: Fallout: New Vegas</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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