Current Events > TheDogfather tries Fallout: New Vegas. (SPOILERS)

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masterpug53 posted...

If after a few tries you feel like it's more trouble than it's worth, just

Bring ED-E.

He burned the fuck right through them when I tried.
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DrizztLink posted...

masterpug53 posted...

If after a few tries you feel like it's more trouble than it's worth, just

Bring ED-E.

He burned the fuck right through them when I tried.

Yes, at this point you should definitely have ED-E. If you don't, head back to the Mojave Express in Primm and perform whichever option works best for you to repair him.
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masterpug53 posted...

Mojave Express in Primm

masterpug53 posted...

ED-E

Can companions die forever like Cosmog from Skyrim?
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Only if you specifically kill them.

Enemies can't.
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TheDogfather posted...

masterpug53 posted...

Mojave Express in Primm

masterpug53 posted...

ED-E

Can companions die forever like Cosmog from Skyrim?

Companions only die in hardcore mode
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Hm. Besides Ratslayer, what other bullet-guns are good for inept noobs?

I'll look around for ED-E once I return to the game.
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TheDogfather posted...

Hm. Besides Ratslayer, what other bullet-guns are good for inept noobs?

I'll look around for ED-E once I return to the game.

For starters, once you can open Hard locks, make sure and go back to that floor safe in the Bison Steve I mentioned earlier.

When you get to Novac soon, you can buy a unique 5.56 Pistol from the town merchant if you've got the caps. You can also try pickpocketing a unique weapon off of Old Lady Gibson at the Scrapyard (save before trying and reload if you get caught, will probably take awhile until you're successful).

Finally, way back when, I recommended making Explosives a secondary combat skill. Once you leave Nipton, you'll start running into Jackals and Vipers, who have a high chance of carrying Grenade Rifles. GRs are one of the best all-around explosive firearms in the game; excellent crowd control, ammo's fairly easy to find, and if you're lucky enough to find an Extended Barrel mod at merchants, its range is outstanding. A modded GR will carry you until you find its unique variant later in the game, and then that will carry you for most of the game. Trust me, you'll need the AoE damage and crippled limbs that explosives bring to the table when dealing with swarms of enemies, especially Cazadores. Don't get suckered by its big brother the Grenade Launcher later on; it has more power, but a modded GR's range massively outclasses it.
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masterpug53 posted...

When you get to Novac soon, you can buy a unique 5.56 Pistol from the town merchant if you've got the caps.

Or just sneak into the closet right behind him and yoink it for free.
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DrizztLink posted...

masterpug53 posted...

When you get to Novac soon, you can buy a unique 5.56 Pistol from the town merchant if you've got the caps.

Or just sneak into the closet right behind him and yoink it for free.

Or that too, lol. TBH That Gun's never really been one of my go-to weapons, but I know a lot of people favor it.
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I can't repair the ED-E bot...
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TheDogfather posted...

I can't repair the ED-E bot...

Yeah, it might take a while until you get the skills to do so. Just remember the lovable little bot is there.
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TheDogfather posted...

I can't repair the ED-E bot...

Go across the street, you can find all the parts in the Bison hotel.

3 scrap metal, 2 sensor modules, one scrap electronics.
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DrizztLink posted...

Go across the street, you can find all the parts in the Bison hotel.

3 scrap metal, 2 sensor modules, one scrap electronics.

Noted.
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I'm lost trying to reach Norvac or wherever.
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Novac's right along a main highway, so it's hard to miss. Look for the dinosaur.
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Shotgunnova posted...

Look for the dinosaur.

...A live one?
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Turn off all autosave options (e.g. "save on rest," etc.) and don't quick save.

Just make a new save file every time you save. Saving over your previous saves increases the chance that you will have a corrupted save file.

Not a live one, it's a big green one you'll see from the distance
Wait how the fuck did you get told to go to Novac? Did you just skip going to Nipton?
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Ic3Bullet posted...

Turn off all autosave options (e.g. "save on rest," etc.) and don't quick save.

Just make a new save file every time you save. Saving over your previous saves increases the chance that you will have a corrupted save file.

*shrugs* Alright.

RdVEHfJqAvUPIbk posted...

Wait how the f*** did you get told to go to Novac? Did you just skip going to Nipton?

I keep going "as the crow flies" and it keeps biting me in the butt.
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TheDogfather posted...

I keep going "as the crow flies" and it keeps biting me in the butt.

Yeah it's kinda a bad idea honestly early on.

So you start at the red line in good springs up north, go down to Primm, get sent from Primm down south (yellow line) then go lfet on the map, get sent right (green line) to Nipton and then kinda go north...ish to the green hexagon but you really should stick to the main roads for a while. The reaso nfor that is that the developers sort of had a whole "go south, go around, go up north" rather than "just go wherever".
Yo ucan do that of course but you'll probably miss out on a more direct story.

To put this into perspective you can skip like 30% of the stuff early on and just go the main area where the quest starts forming properly and continue on from there
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RdVEHfJqAvUPIbk posted...

Yeah it's kinda a bad idea honestly early on.

A massive scorpion just proved your point...

Did you make or find that map? I'm facing a large radar dish near Hidden Valley. It looks alluring.
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Novac is the intersection on the map circled in green. Been awhile since I played, but you might be looking at the radar dishes on Black Mountain.
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How do Reloading Benches work?

I reached Novac with ED-E. Do I attack Boone?
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TheDogfather posted...

How do Reloading Benches work?

I reached Novac with ED-E. Do I attack Boone?

Reloading benches let you break down ammo which gives you materials to craft other ammo.

Don't attack Boone he is good guy
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MC_BatCommander posted...

Reloading benches let you break down ammo which gives you materials to craft other ammo.

Huh?
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When you use a reloading bench it lets you breakdown ammunition, the materials gained can then be used to craft other types of ammunition.

It's useful for ammo types you don't need, just break em down and craft ammo types you do need.
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MC_BatCommander posted...

When you use a reloading bench it lets you breakdown ammunition, the materials gained can then be used to craft other types of ammunition.

It's useful for ammo types you don't need, just break em down and craft ammo types you do need.

Ammo conversion?
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Yeah there's a bunch of different ammo in the game. 9 mm, 10 mm, 5.56, etc.
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The main draw of a Reloading Bench is if you take the Hand Loader Perk. What this allows you to do is break down regular ammo and convert it into hand-crafted ammo, which is (for the most part) ammo that does more damage at the cost of faster weapon degradation (you will usually get roughly 2 hand-loaded rounds for every 3 regular rounds you break down, but this can vary). Definitely something you should look into mid and late game once you start getting an ammo surplus, to give your weapons an extra punch. Hand Loader requires a 70 in Repair, but if you're on the path to getting Jury Rigging, this shouldn't be too much trouble.

Ammo conversion is another feature the Reloading Bench offers. Say you have a surplus of 20 gauge shells and badly need 12 gauge - with the right materials you can break down the 20s and convert them to 12s. In this case you will need empty 12 gauge shells to start with; breaking down the 20s will give you the rest of the necessary materials (but since 12s are more powerful than 20s, you won't get as much 12 gauge ammo back compared to the 20s you broke down). Similar ammo types need to be broken down for this to work: break down pistol rounds to make different types of pistol rounds, rifle rounds for rifle rounds, etc.

One thing to keep in mind if you start crafting ammo in bulk is to get rid of your Lead every now and then, because it's the only component in ammo crafting that has weight. Each piece doesn't weigh much, but it can easily pile up into the thousands and put a dent in your carry capacity. So when you craft in bulk, make sure there's a merchant in walking distance so you can sell your Lead to them; you won't get any money for it, but at least you'll be rid of it.
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A tip if you're planning on using stealth throughout the game:

Silent Running perk makes you completely silent when crouched and moving. So the only way an enemy can detect you is by sight, or an extremely high Perception stat.
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Should I sell my grenade rifles if I plan on keeping ED-E?

Is Sneak worth dumping points into? I'm trying to be a good guy.

Give me some insight on Repair and Survival.

I'm having a hoot despite getting lost. Manny told me to go to a rocket factory and defeat the enemies. Are there Feral Ghouls in there? I like Ghouls.
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Sneak is fantastic.

Repair is probably the most important skill in the game, with Jury Rigging being the best perk.
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DuranOfForcena posted...

dump stat

A what?
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DuranOfForcena posted...

a stat that you can safely not worry about ever spending points to raise

But...

I like crafting things. ;_;
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DuranOfForcena posted...

the only things leveling Survival lets you craft is food items at a campfire, none of which is really that necessary or useful. maybe if you are playing in Hardcore Mode it might be marginally useful. but if not, really the only reason to level it would be for roleplaying. but hey, if that's what floats your boat, go for it.

*blinks*

Duly noted. I'll spend points elsewhere.
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Some of the food is pretty good in hardcore for the hard fights in the DLCs. If you know you're going to be taking damage, you eat it before the fight and it helps keep up since everything is gradual. The good ones heal for 30 seconds or a minute.

On non-hardcore it's completely worthless because of stimpacks.
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I'm playing on Normal...
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Since you chose Skilled, and (I'm guessing) have Comprehension, you're likely going to be able to max nearly all your skills by the time you reach the level cap anyways.

I always get Survival up to at least 45 for the Travel Light perk. It's the only thing you can do in the game to increase movement speed, and is well worth it unless you plan on adding some mods in for dashing or something.
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Survival makes some neat Gecko armor.
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TheDogfather posted...

Should I sell my grenade rifles if I plan on keeping ED-E?

No, keep one. ED-E is an ideal companion for a character who uses Explosives because he's always ranged, so you won't have to worry about him being in the fray until the enemies are close enough that you shouldn't be setting off explosives anyway.

The best effect you can get out of explosives is to get a first strike on a cluster of enemies, either outright killing them, or crippling them so that you can pick away at the remainder of their health with guns as they limp toward you. The Grenade Rifle is quicker and more accurate than thrown explosives when you need to get in that early ranged strike before a group of enemies can close the gap on you.
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Yeah, a grenade rifle is good up until midgame even with minimal investment in the explosives skill. If you get the drop on a group of enemies, and you should plenty often thanks to VATS ability to highlight anything in vision, you can drop a few grenades in that have a decent change of crippling some limbs even if they don't do all that much damage.
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DrizztLink posted...

Survival makes some neat Gecko armor.

Whoever called Survival a dump stat is a joke poster, but it's importance doesn't really shine until you're playing on Very Hard + Hardcore. So it's not something TC should really be concerned about on a 1st playthrough.
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Travel Light is a must have perk if you're using light armor no matter the difficulty. Light armor is pretty much the best armor in the game, too. Almost all the hard enemies ignore armor or have poison, so moving fast and not getting hit is pretty much always better than trying to tank.
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TheDogfather posted...

I'm playing on Normal...

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