Fallout 4 - spoiler version Options

[hazmick]

Exciting news. Today Alice found some pieces of that nice looking power armor I mentioned. It's called the X-01. So far she has the head, arms, and chest pieces. Apparently the power armor you find in the wasteland is different depending on your level, so we should hopefully find the leg pieces soon.


Alice has also been helping the Brotherhood of Steel a bit more. They have several types of side quests available, like getting farms to supply food or finding technical documents for their scribes. Alice's favourite kind of quest is the Squire escort. Basically you get a young kid to follow you as you clear a location of enemies. Since Squires are children Alice doesn't need to worry about them in combat, and she gets paid well to do it.

Had a really great fight earlier on. We saw some BoS folks out on patrol so we followed them and helped them fight some Super Mutants. Then the vertibird that arrived to pick the squad up attracted some raiders. During the ensuing fight, the vertibird got shot down and landed in a parking lot - massive explosions everywhere, bits of raider flying around. It was so chaotic and exciting. Random encounters like this are one of my favourite things about Fallout, and it makes the world feel so alive.

The Squire seemed to have fun too.

[SubRosa]

The first car to break the sound barrier!

That is a different suit of power armor than I have seen in all the other screens. It is the FO2/Tactics armor, with the dog-face helmet. It is good that they have multiple types of power armor out there. Is the T-51 out there too?

[hazmick]

Is the T-51 out there too?

It is indeed So far Alice has found the T-45, T-51, T-60, X-01, and Raider power armors. I think that's all of them. Each can be upgraded, modded and painted and you can mix and match different pieces.


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Alice unlocked some new hairstyles earlier. I'm not sure how, it might have been a magazine she found. Regardless, she finally has style options other than '40s housewife' so we're both happy.


Got some screenies of that armor. ft new hair:

Number 1

Number 2

It's painted with Vault-Tec paint which gives Alice a charisma bonus (not that she needs it) and also makes her look like an Ultramarine. *Side note* - Super Mutants are often referred to as 'Greenskins' in FO4.


Here's another screenie. I don't think this is a spoiler...it's not quest related...just an unexpected side character. If you've seen the first few minutes of the game then you'll understand. Number 3.

This post has been edited by hazmick: Nov 19 2015, 04:26 AM

[mALX]

Exciting news. Today Alice found some pieces of that nice looking power armor I mentioned. It's called the X-01. So far she has the head, arms, and chest pieces. Apparently the power armor you find in the wasteland is different depending on your level, so we should hopefully find the leg pieces soon.


Alice has also been helping the Brotherhood of Steel a bit more. They have several types of side quests available, like getting farms to supply food or finding technical documents for their scribes. Alice's favourite kind of quest is the Squire escort. Basically you get a young kid to follow you as you clear a location of enemies. Since Squires are children Alice doesn't need to worry about them in combat, and she gets paid well to do it.

Had a really great fight earlier on. We saw some BoS folks out on patrol so we followed them and helped them fight some Super Mutants. Then the vertibird that arrived to pick the squad up attracted some raiders. During the ensuing fight, the vertibird got shot down and landed in a parking lot - massive explosions everywhere, bits of raider flying around. It was so chaotic and exciting. Random encounters like this are one of my favourite things about Fallout, and it makes the world feel so alive.

The Squire seemed to have fun too.

Holy Cow, your character is most def bigger than Squire, lol.

Is the T-51 out there too?

It is indeed So far Alice has found the T-45, T-51, T-60, X-01, and Raider power armors. I think that's all of them. Each can be upgraded, modded and painted and you can mix and match different pieces.


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Alice unlocked some new hairstyles earlier. I'm not sure how, it might have been a magazine she found. Regardless, she finally has style options other than '40s housewife' so we're both happy.


Got some screenies of that armor. ft new hair:

Number 1

Number 2

It's painted with Vault-Tec paint which gives Alice a charisma bonus (not that she needs it) and also makes her look like an Ultramarine. *Side note* - Super Mutants are often referred to as 'Greenskins' in FO4.


Here's another screenie. I don't think this is a spoiler...it's not quest related...just an unexpected side character. If you've seen the first few minutes of the game then you'll understand. Number 3.

Wow, is that power armor ever huge compared to Alice !!!! She is beautiful, I love the first hairdo a lot!

Yeah, I saw the ghoulified Vault Tech Agent in a vid a week ago, lol. I think you can make him a follower, if you wanted to, that is

By the way, this thread is also marked for spoilers; so don't worry about that. Your spoilers are welcome here! Bring 'em on! lol.






This post has been edited by mALX: Nov 19 2015, 06:08 AM

[mirocu]

Number 3.

Oh, that´s just awesome! I love when they do stuff like that!

[mALX]

Number 3.

Oh, that´s just awesome! I love when they do stuff like that!

Me too! My all time favorite was Moira,

[hazmick]

Wow, is that power armor ever huge compared to Alice !!!!

I love the huge shoulder/neck area of that set. I think it makes it look even bigger than other suits.

Underneath that power armor she's wearing a full set of heavy combat armor, and underneath that she's wearing a skintight BoS uniform. When she takes all the armor off she looks tiny! I'll get a screenie later to compare.

[mALX]

Wow, is that power armor ever huge compared to Alice !!!!

I love the huge shoulder/neck area of that set. I think it makes it look even bigger than other suits.

Underneath that power armor she's wearing a full set of heavy combat armor, and underneath that she's wearing a skintight BoS uniform. When she takes all the armor off she looks tiny! I'll get a screenie later to compare.

Oh how cool that you can layer their clothing now and get the DR beneflt from every piece? Awesome!

[hazmick]

Oh how cool that you can layer their clothing now and get the DR beneflt from every piece? Awesome!

Yeah the clothing system is really good. There are 8 parts of the body that can equip clothing - Head, eyes, face, left arm, right arm, left leg, right leg, torso.

Some clothing covers multiple parts of the body - for example, a dress covers the torso and legs so you can't equip anything on top of those areas, but you can still equip arm armor with it. Skintight clothes like the Vault Suit cover everything from the neck down but can still have stuff equipped on top.

The damage resistance of each piece of clothing is split into three parts - Physical damage (melee and bullets), energy damage (laser and plasma weapons), and radiation. Not all clothes protect against radiation though.

Alice currently wears combat armor, which protects against physical and energy damage equally well. She then upgraded each piece to protect against radiation, but this also made it heavier since she used lots of lead in the crafting process.

[mirocu]

Oh how cool that you can layer their clothing now and get the DR beneflt from every piece? Awesome!

Yeah the clothing system is really good. There are 8 parts of the body that can equip clothing - Head, eyes, face, left arm, right arm, left leg, right leg, torso.

Ah! No "dumbing down" in that area then

[mALX]

Oh how cool that you can layer their clothing now and get the DR beneflt from every piece? Awesome!

Yeah the clothing system is really good. There are 8 parts of the body that can equip clothing - Head, eyes, face, left arm, right arm, left leg, right leg, torso.

Some clothing covers multiple parts of the body - for example, a dress covers the torso and legs so you can't equip anything on top of those areas, but you can still equip arm armor with it. Skintight clothes like the Vault Suit cover everything from the neck down but can still have stuff equipped on top.

The damage resistance of each piece of clothing is split into three parts - Physical damage (melee and bullets), energy damage (laser and plasma weapons), and radiation. Not all clothes protect against radiation though.

Alice currently wears combat armor, which protects against physical and energy damage equally well. She then upgraded each piece to protect against radiation, but this also made it heavier since she used lots of lead in the crafting process.

These changes are very welcome ones, I love this!!!!

[hazmick]

Alice joined up with the Railroad today. As factions go, this one is pretty cool. Lots of sneaking around, dead drops, secret passwords etc. You even get to pick a nickname for your character. Alice went with "Charmer", though there were some other good options.


Oh, she also went back and found out what 'Swan' was. Turns out he's a big Super Mutant Behemoth who wears/has grown around part of a swan boat. Alice has never been so glad she was wearing power armor than the moment that thing jumped out of his pond.

[mALX]

Alice joined up with the Railroad today. As factions go, this one is pretty cool. Lots of sneaking around, dead drops, secret passwords etc. You even get to pick a nickname for your character. Alice went with "Charmer", though there were some other good options.


Oh, she also went back and found out what 'Swan' was. Turns out he's a big Super Mutant Behemoth who wears/has grown around part of a swan boat. Alice has never been so glad she was wearing power armor than the moment that thing jumped out of his pond.

I love the sneaking type quests/questlines - one of the things I missed so much in the Thieves Guild in Skyrim! They really made that fun, I like that a lot!

Ooh, that Swan thing - did Alice kill it? Urk, that thing was gross! I know it was a tough fight!

[SubRosa]

It is nice to hear more about factions. That was one thing the Fallout 3 really lacked. The Brotherhood of Steel was pretty much the only one there was to join, and that was automatic with the main quest.

[hazmick]

Got the jetpack upgrade installed on some power armor earlier. Alice is going to have a lot of fun playing with this.

Using the jetpack drains the power armor's currently equipped power core AND the player's action points, so the length of the flight can vary but it will never be more than a couple of seconds. I'd say it's more of a jump pack than a jetpack, but it looks cool.


Alice is also putting her technical expertise to use aboard the USS Constitution, helping the robot crew fix up the ship. It's really fun so far - she even got to fire the cannons!

This post has been edited by hazmick: Nov 21 2015, 03:31 AM

[mALX]

It is nice to hear more about factions. That was one thing the Fallout 3 really lacked. The Brotherhood of Steel was pretty much the only one there was to join, and that was automatic with the main quest.

Got the jetpack upgrade installed on some power armor earlier. Alice is going to have a lot of fun playing with this.

Using the jetpack drains the power armor's currently equipped power core AND the player's action points, so the length of the flight can vary but it will never be more than a couple of seconds. I'd say it's more of a jump pack than a jetpack, but it looks cool.


Alice is also putting her technical expertise to use aboard the USS Constitution, helping the robot crew fix up the ship. It's really fun so far - she even got to fire the cannons!

That Constitution quest looked like fun; a bit like Buttons in FO3,


Your backpack's got jets, huh? I've been waiting 3 weeks to post this; ever since I found out you could get them in FO4:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2z9XTeeA43o



BWAAHAA!


Aw, I am surprised the jet packs don't give you a lot of time flying around, darn it!

[SubRosa]

Got the jetpack upgrade installed on some power armor earlier. Alice is going to have a lot of fun playing with this.

Using the jetpack drains the power armor's currently equipped power core AND the player's action points, so the length of the flight can vary but it will never be more than a couple of seconds. I'd say it's more of a jump pack than a jetpack, but it looks cool.


Alice is also putting her technical expertise to use aboard the USS Constitution, helping the robot crew fix up the ship. It's really fun so far - she even got to fire the cannons!

Now you are making me wish for a Mandalorian Armor mod, jetpacks and all.

[hazmick]

Now you are making me wish for a Mandalorian Armor mod, jetpacks and all.

Ooh I'd love a set of that gear, and Pre Vizsla's Darksaber too.

The power armor jetpack feels bigger though, more like the original Iron Man suit in the films - you know that huge grey one?

Here's a screenie.



Oh and here's one of Captain Ironsides, shortly before Alice helped him and his crew.

[Lopov]

I love his hat, hopefully it's lootable.

[mALX]

The power armor jetpack feels bigger though, more like the original Iron Man suit in the films - you know that huge grey one?

Here's a screenie.



Oh and here's one of Captain Ironsides, shortly before Alice helped him and his crew.

That looks Awesome! I guess it is def worth being able to jet out of a fight or up onto a rooftop to loot some hidden stash only found while using a jet pack or toggling clipping - have you found anything like that?

Ah, Buttons! Captain Ironsides! I got a kick out of him, lol.

I love his hat, hopefully it's lootable.

BWAAHAA!!! Already planning his death, huh?