Lopov – Ah yes, I see Snake’s new pretty red beam weapon. From a safe distance – wise idea! Some nice action shots. Yes, desolation is a good description of that terrain.

SubRosa – I agree with Victioria that most art is, indeed, weird. So it’s back in the Navy . . . as a SEAL?

Same here. I think Cho tried to put some on one time, but don't we need some sort of special skill or something to even wear PA? Whatever the answer, he wasn't able to put it on.

Lopov: Wow, so Snake really likes that dog, huh? ... Glowing Sea looks rather gross! Reminds me of the poison rooms in some of Oblivion's Ayleid ruins.

Miss Rosa: Looks like Victoria found some sort of avant-garde museum, huh? I like the rowhouses in the Continental pic. The Big Blast didn't destroy all of Boston's common architecture, the way it did in Washington, where mainly the museums, Capitol, and Monument survived.

Renee: In FO3 and NV you need the Power Armor Training perk before you can wear power armor. In FO3 the only ways to get it was by doing the main quest (in which case the BOS teaches you), or by doing the Operation Anchorage dlc. In F4 you don't need any special training to use it. You just climb in and you are ready to Hulk Smash!!!

I liked the power armor in FO3/NV. I admit I was underwhelmed by the game stats. But I liked the look, so a few of my characters wore it. Loviatar started wearing a black and red Outcast suit in her later game. Hecate took to an all black suit when she did the end of FO3's main quest and broken steel. Molly Hatchet started wearing the Tribal Power Armor after doing the Pitt.

I was put off by the F4 power armor at first. The dashboard at the bottom of the screen somehow made it feel constricting and claustrophobic to me. Eventually I found a mod that made it invisible, but kept all the gauges. With that I don't mind wearing it. But I still keep wearing it to a minimum, usually only for certain big quests where I know they will be a huge battle, like the end of the Mechanist questline.

I do like that the F4 version is really a vehicle, and not just an outfit you wear. It feels like that in every way, from it size, and even down to its sounds. Or how it just stands there when you exit it. But unfortunately its very size makes regular weapons looks kind of silly when you are wearing it. They just look too puny in your power armored hands. You need big weapons like the minigun to really look right.

TheCheshireKhajiit: The Prydwyn is triggered by killing Kellog. I have only see it once, since I have only gone that far in the MQ that one time. I still have not had a character who did the BOS in F4. It never feels right for any of them.

Acadian: Victoria prefers her art more fartsy, less eyeballs and blood. Why can't they just paint a picture of a bowl of fruit?

I guess she is back in the Navy, as a Marine? Now that is ironic isn't it!


Renee: The artwork is in The Pickman House. Edward Derby Pickman is... well... Read Here for more

Boston was missed by the nukes. Instead they all hit in the countryside to the south and west. That might not be by accident, as there is a Chinese nuclear sub still in Boston Harbor, and its captain is may have deliberately spared the city. In any case, that is what created the Glowing Sea. Boston would have looked that way if the nukes had been on target.


Victoria's new home is the USS Bunker Hill

The boat by moonlight, with its namesake in the background

The main deck, looking forward

The main deck, looking to the stern

Scanning for Romulans in the second floor

The back of the second floor

The 'Hill in daylight

Victoria is ready for General Howe

Head on

@SubRosa - when "Snake" Logan got pwned again by suiciders later on, we learned exactly what you're saying - that a key to success is to shoot the nuke on their hands. It was spectacular indeed as the suicider killed all of his mutant companions except one that was standing too far.

I like the Glowing Sea in its own way, when we went there for the 2nd time wearing power armor, it was a far better experience than the first time.

Any art is better than the raider art.

Victoria reporting to the Sentry Bot with a cool hat.

Great home, I like the lights and decorations outside.

Her home is cozy, useful but nothing too fancy or over the top, just what I like.

mirocu would be proud of that teddy bear collection.

Does the old cannon actually work?

@TheCheshireKhajiit - the arrival of the airship is probably scripted to occur after Kellogg's death as you step out of Fort Hagen.

@Acadian - like in previous games, deathclaws are among the most dangerous enemies. But my overall impression is that Mojave deathclaws were still much more dangerous than the Commonwealth ones.

@Renee - that's Dogmeat alongside "Snake" Logan. At first he didn't care much about him but the dog faithfully accompanied everywhere him, so he began to like him with time. If you ever try out Fallout 4, you'll like the Glowing Sea, it provides a good challenge.

Melancholy

The statue of...what? Logan is having a duel with a veteran raider right below it.

Shortcut

A wrench can fix anything

Demateralized

The Courser eliminated

Logan liked his uniform

Close-up

Sad Snake...

I forgot about that statue! That was a very artistic raider

I think Snake tightened up on that guy's head a bit too much!

Logan is looking future-stylish in his courser duster.

And a Lopov shot!

SubRosa –

Another fine SubRosa mod as Victoria showcases her new tugboat home for us. A beautiful shot by moonlight; where is the other moon by the way. . . oh. . . nvm.

Love the Bad Wolf tee shirt; probably better than one that says Nice Puppies.

Heh, scanning for Romulans or just checking the laundry?

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Lopov –

Wow, leading and ending with Lopov shots. Very nice. That melancholy shot is a beautiful one of your very handsome Snake.

Heh, still carrying that wrench in his tool kit.

Well, at least that Courser dude’s uniform fit the Snake.

@ Subbie- The boat looks great! Sadly, Khajiit hasn’t had a chance to check out your latest update for it, but this one plans to do it tomorrow.

Could you do this one a favor? If you wouldn’t mind, could you take a screenie inside of the “Raider Mausoleum” at Wildwood Cemetery with an emphasis on the walls? Khajiit is thinking the textures somehow got messed up in there and I’d like something to compare mine with. It’s cool if you don’t want to do it though.

@Lopov- Looks like Logan has been quite busy! Coursers are tough enemies, so congrats on taking that one down.

Doh! I totally didn't know being part of the Brotherhood allows somebody doing the MQ to wear PA. Oops.

Ha! Look at Vicky's boat. That's so wicked-cool. I love how colorful it is.

Does anybody say "wicked" in this game? Lopov, just so you know, people say wicked in Boston a lot. "Wicked cool ... wicked awesome..." stuff like that.

Snake Logan looks like a movie star in those final pics. Look how shiny his jacket is too!

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Ugggh, yep. It’s messed up. Khajiit has what looks like black paint all around the lower 1/3 of the walls. Guess this one needs to start taking down mods to see what’s causing it.

Khajiit wants to say he’s heard “wicked” used a couple of times. There is a truck shipping warehouse called “Wicked Shipping” and a guy in a holotape found there says “wicked sheisty”. They also do a “paak da caa in da yaad” bit too!

This post has been edited by TheCheshireKhajiit: Aug 5 2018, 04:09 AM

@SubRosa - it's never tight enough for raiders.

The courser uniform is a handy outfit and by wearing it "Snake" Logan bears a message for the Institute:"I'm coming for you."

@Acadian - the wrench is a must, whether it comes to crafting or killing.

@TheCheshireKhajiit - he used Kellogg's gun on the Courser, so he went down quite fast.

@Renee - speaking of movie stars, IIRC in Fallout 2 you could become a porn star. Yep, I was right.

Hostile Spike

Its owner wasn't any more friendly

But now Dogmeat has new dress

Suciding the suicider

The Catacombs

By the time "Snake" Logan finished his smoke, the guy on the computer still wasn't finished

Woo woooooooo!! All aboard the Railroad!

Khajiit: Yes, yes, that's exactly what I'm talking about. WICKED sheisty.... that's what they say up in that paaht of New England.

Lopov: Okay, so that porno star mod I almost added into Janet's game last summer is actually lore-friendly then. I found some mod which allows the PC to make it into a porno mag or movie (something like this). Maybe I should ... explore this mod in more detail then.


Hot dog! (couldn't resist). Poor Dogmeat.

What's the guy on the computer supposed to be doing? And is it my imagination or did Logan get a new haircut?

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I recognize that Raider stronghold on the Charles River.

Dogmeat is all prickly now!

Big Boom at Faneuil Hall!

Snake is down in the Old North Church. One if by land, two if by sea...

Looks like Snake is now a conductor on the Railroad!

@TheCheshireKhajiit - at that point Logan hadn't yet joined the Railroad but later on he did. It was fun walking the Freedom Trail, not just to follow the clues but to learn new things about the American history.

@Renee - I slightly changed his hairstyle, it's a modded variant of the vanilla one he had before, this one's slightly more unkempt. The guy on the computer - Tinker Tom - is deciphering a chip.

@SubRosa - some time later in the game the Brotherhood tried to kill those raiders from their vertibird but barely scratched them, so guess who had to finish the job to pass through. There always seems to be a vertibird flying above that area.

Raindrops

Raider in troubles

Wrench vs tire iron

Small head, big body

Painting

Modified (head & torso painted in Vault style, BoS signs removed from all other parts)

In your face

The synth killer

Lopov: Raindrops keep fallin' on my head... I like how the rain dots up like that on your hud when you are in powered armor. It reinforces the feeling that you are piloting a vehicle, rather than just wearing armor.

I think you need to step up your game from using a wrench if you are wearing powered armor. How about a lamp post instead? Or a bus?

Snake is looking to check his oil and top off the wiper fluid at Diamond City?

Looks like he disarmed that synth!


Acadian: I am guessing you are not a Dr. Who fan. Bad Wolf is from the first season of the show's reboot. It was cool, because the phrase kept showing up the entire season. Then at the end it was finally revealed what it meant.


TheCheshireKhajiit: The boat did turn out good. I am happy with it, even in spite of the LOD issue.


Renee: Victoria is totally wicked...




The USS Constitution sets sail

Rocketing forward

Liftoff

They are the Continental Fleet's first Naval Aviators

Uh oh!

Run aground

Speechless

@Subbie ^
Lol! Those silly robots! Victoria’s reaction is perfect!

I saw this ship for the first time when Logan came out of the Railroad HQ via the escape tunnel and I remember from some of your previous screenies that the ship can fly only a short distance only to "land" again. Looks like it wasn't any different in Victoria's game.

Speechless pic is priceless!