Mojave Meanderings and Wasteland Wanderings, The Fallout "Where are you now" thread Options

[SubRosa]

I reckon someone has traveled to Arkansas

Yup, Avner shot through, but didn't remain long

I'd intended to have him find Big Town on the way, but I've only ever found that place when lost, so I've no idea where it actually is

I've also found out why I was getting mauled when using a laser pistol. The difficulty was set on hard.

I made a couple of mods to help playing an energy-based character in FO3. The first was one that lets you craft energy ammo from fission batteries. The second was one that improved the damage of energy weapons, to make them equal to small guns. I never put them on the Nexus, but I could email them or put them on Dropbox if you want to try them out.

[Callidus Thorn]

Thanks for the offer, but I play on the 360.

I've also found out why I was getting mauled when using a laser pistol. The difficulty was set on hard.

Callidus!

I think I've got some setting on my 360 somewhere that sets the difficulty on first-person shooters to hard. I started playing one yesterday, Bioshock, and that had hard selected by default too.

[mirocu]

Today whilst roaming Lookout I came across some baddies at the Ritual Site. Was cautious but they still killed me once because of the time needed to reload during which I couldn´t open the Pip-Boy and apply Stimmies. Anyway, second attempt went better and when I checked one of the Creepers he had 50 handgrenades on him! Biggest stash I´ve ever seen!


I found the named Yogi Bear but failed to locate the T-Rex, mainly because I have so little time before running out of air. Though I did get some goodies from the safe and other containers down below. Will prolly return home to the Wasteland soon as there´s nothing much else to do now.

This post has been edited by mirocu: Oct 25 2016, 07:30 PM

[Lopov]

I guess you're not used to dying in the wastes anymore, eh?

[mirocu]

I guess you're not used to dying in the wastes anymore, eh?

Pretty much


Those Scrappers and Creepers etc are very lethal with their guns. Even if you run all around, their projectiles still hit you. I wish I had taken a Fat Man with me so I could have dropped a nuke in their midst

[SubRosa]

The Point Lookout tribals and swamp folk do an extra 35 points of damage with their attacks, which armor does not apply to. That is why they are so lethal. There is a mod that reverses that.

This post has been edited by SubRosa: Oct 27 2016, 02:46 AM

[Lopov]

I only had so powerful tribals on my 1st playthrough when I didn't yet know about mods. Since then I use the PL difficulty fix.

[mirocu]

So, today I simply ventured from the Lookout boardwalk and back to the Capital Wasteland. Walked all the way from the boat to Megaton with very little resistence. No vendors had any caps to barter with and I´m sorry to say I did not reach my goal for this year which was 500.000 caps. I´m short about 89.000 caps.
I have parked my character, helmet off, on a chair next to his chemistry set where he will be waiting for the next season to arrive.


And with that my Fallout season is over! Can´t believe it frankly, seems like only moments ago I was reclaiming my patrol routes. Oh, well.



Thass awhl, fokes!

This post has been edited by mirocu: Oct 28 2016, 03:45 PM

[Renee]

and I´m sorry to say I did not reach my goal for this year which was 500.000 caps. I´m short about 89.000 caps.

Aw dang, say it ain't so, crow. Some people have the worst luck.


/sarcasm

This post has been edited by Renee: Oct 28 2016, 06:27 PM

[mirocu]

Hey, there´s another Renee character: Sahr Chasm!!

[Renee]

Ha ha very nice, mirocu. Actually I like Sarge Chasm better.

Looking in my Cho Zen-Wahn folder, it seems this is the last of his Pipboy App updates. I'd like to thank everyone who read & commented on these messy updates, and although I'll probably bring Cho over to PC from Xbox eventually, I'm not sure he'll be doing any more of these. We'll see.




*clicka!*

Pipboy App ON, Date: Friday, 02.05.78, 5:50 AM



Man, so much has happened, I don't even know where to begin, or where I left off. I've been wanting to record so many more of ... the events which have happened over these past few days. Break.

My Pipboy App has been glitching out though, I think. Last time I saw Marge she told me the App might have problems as time goes on. Has something to do with its "optimazation quatification" something or other. Some [censored] I don't understand. Basically what it boils down to is the recording App is not part of the original programming of my Pipboy, meaning that it's not ... um ... "hardcoded". I think that's the word. So I am what's called a "alpha tester". No. "Beta tester". Pretty sure it's "beta". Break.

Well, it's working now. And guess what? I have been captured by the Enclave. Yes, that's right. I have been captured by those jocked-over bastards, and taken into their custody. Long story alert. Break.

I had to find this place called Little Lamplight or some such. Place was full of kids. So I find this "little lamplight" place and the kids, I mean literally kids, run the place. No adults allowed in there. So I try to explain that I don't want to [censored] move in with them, all I wanted to do was pass through, because I happen to know that Vault 87 is apparently part of little lamplight. But they wouldn't let me in. Break.

One of them has this idea though. He says "go to this Paradise" place. "Paradise Falls". Apparently a bunch of kids got kid-napped, imagine that? And so this Lamplight kid gets an idea for me to rescue all these kids. I say "no problem". So I go do that. Takes me ... what? .... Like 3 days of dealing with their [censored]. But I did it. I got it done. Because I'm good. I'm really good at being a mostly-unpaid mercenary. Break.

I get back to Lamplight. Now they let me in. I finally get in there, and they're mostly pretty cool about it, those kids were. Some of them were *unidentified word*, but most of them were okay. Break.

I get into Vault 87. Place full of super-mutants. Which is fine with me. They can all get a little taste of what I've got, know what I mean? "Oh, you want some lazer-fire? Sure. Here you go, buddy." BAM! ... You know, I took them all down. But then I met this one mutant, and he changed everything. He was locked up in a cell, for one thing. And he was showing up as "green" on my Pipboy compass. He even had a name for me: *unidentified word*. That's spelled F A W K E S, Pipboy App. Break.

Fawkes and I wound up working together. Because as it turns out, he knew what the G.E.C.K. was, and where I could find it. And I trusted Fawkes, and it's a good thing I did. Because as it turns out the G.E.C.K was stored in some sort of super radioactive hiding place. I mean, I walked in there for like one second with a Rad-X in me, and my Rad Count starting zooming through the roof. And I got this burning feeling. So hey, if Fawkes wanted to go in there, [censored] it. Have at it. Break.

He did it. He got the G.E.C.K., but then all hell broke loose for me. Turns out, the Enclave must have had some sort of trace on me. I don't know. But all the sudden they were there. Those fuckers. Knocked me out. Took me ... somewhere. I don't know where I am right now. Some kind of metal room. And this colonel guy was screaming at me about some sort of password for the water system my father was working on. I go "I don't know any [censored] password." I mean, just because I'm his [censored] son, you think I know some random numbers? I say "My father was in charge of that. If you'd let the guy live, maybe you'd all be drinking fresh water by now. Asshole." Break.

Phew. Well, I'm all dressed in my metal armor now. And President Henry Eden apparently wants to speak to ME. Here I go. Wish me luck.

unidentified male voice: Hold it right there!

What?

unidentified male voice: You're supposed to be in that cell right there. There's a full compliment of guards in the next room. As soon as I get them you're going back in your cell, in a *unidentified word* if necessary.

You need to get the [censored] out of my face, assclown. Henry Eden wants to see me. Direct offcial orders. You think you want to disobey him? Go ahead. I'll enjoy seeing you carted off in a *unidentified word*

unidentified male voice: I'm not listening to anything you say, prisoner. Stand down at once!

You know, I've got this friend here I'd like you to meet. His name is "Shiny". Shiny the Chinese sword. You think your stupid gun can keep up with Shiney? Let's see.

unidentified sounds.... Pipboy App cannot decipher ... 10 seconds ... 20 seconds ... 30 seconds ... 40 seconds...

Uh. Maybe that was a mistake. Ha. Um, I'd better go. Just killed two Enclave soldiers just now. Fun, but now I'm nervous. I'd better go.

*click*

Pipboy App OFF, Date: Friday, 02.05.78, 6:31 AM



This post has been edited by Renee: Oct 30 2016, 02:41 PM

[mirocu]

Ha ha very nice, mirocu. Actually I like Sarge Chasm better.

Hey, I´m nowhere near Renee-level but at least I tried



Ugh. I remember Lamplight. Worst place evah

[SubRosa]

The Enclave got to meet Cho's friend Shiny!

[Lopov]

I'm really good at being a mostly-unpaid mercenary.

A funny update, too bad that Cho's recording App broke down after that. IIRC there quite a few options to deal with Eden but you can't exit his room until you choose one path - either to agree with him and help with his plan either to make him commit a "suicide" either to destruct him yourself.

[Lopov]

Yesterday I did some testing with reputation in FNV, and gained the Wild Child rep. in Goodpsrings. Turns out that Chet has some unique dialogue for you in this case, he says that you remind him of yourself when he came to town, and as such he gives you a wholesale discount. I didn't know about this but I never had the Wild Child rep. in Goodsprings either. In any case, this discount isn't mentioned on the official FNV wiki but I found it mentioned in the Users Talk section.

[Lopov]

Despite he saved Goodsprings from the harassment of Powder Gangers, residents of the small town didn’t complain too much when Alan Webb left. There was something about him that made most of them on edge when he was around, and when he was looking at you with his bright blue eyes, you had a feeling like he knows what’s on your mind. Webb wasn’t rude, far from it, in fact he was quite polite for wasteland standards, but as Sunny Smiles said to Trudy as they were sipping their still hot morning coffee: “Like his smile was somehow fake, you know? And there was another smile hidden beneath, but that one was cold… and scheming.�

“And let’s not forget how he dealt with Cobb,� agreed Trudy and made a sip of coffee. “Sure, Cobb was a scum and he deserved to be punished in some way but this Webb guy blasted his head off and then put his corpse on display over our town sign!�

“To lure the remaining Powder Gangers to town, that’s what he said,� continued Sunny Smiles.

“And I had a feeling that he had great fun doing so! However, at the end of the day, he saved us. His plan worked – Powder Gangers came and with your help he dealt with them. Now we should have some peace. I like our town being nice and quiet. But woe to those guys that shot Webb in the head. I bet his revenge will be bloody.�

“No doubt,� agreed Sunny and then they moved on to rumors about increasing Legion presence this side of the Colorado River.

Girls were right – when Alan Webb decided to kill someone, nobody would stop him. In his mind, his attackers were already as good as dead. Words like ‘surrender’ and ‘mercy’ might work for Followers of the Apocalypse but not for him. Many would disagree with his logic but one thing was true for Webb – he always got the job done. And he’s going to get back what was stolen from him and kill those that dared to steal from him.

[Acadian]

The girls' observations about Al's style - which included making cobb salad out of Joe - reveal not a bad man. But, indeed, a hard man. And some say that a hard man is good to find.

[SubRosa]

Alan is a lot like Persephone - cold filtered.

[mALX]

The girls' observations about Al's style - which included making cobb salad out of Joe - reveal not a bad man. But, indeed, a hard man. And some say that a hard man is good to find.

Who said that, Mae West? BWAAHAA !!!

[Lopov]

@Acadian - those were some good words about Webb. Thanks!

@SubRosa - he's cold indeed and he's one of my few characters who doesn't see the Legion as much greater evil than the NCR. As such, he finds some of their methods justified. Not all of them but some of them. Maybe his opinion will slightly change with time but for the time being he's staying on neutral terms with the Legion.
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Alan Webb passed through Primm and single-handedly killed former convicts that took over the town. Despite the NCR had a battalion stationed just over the bridge separating west and east Primm, they didn’t want to help the town in need, because it didn’t fall under their jurisdiction. “Incompetent as always,� thought Webb.

The town’s deputy Beagle who was kidnapped by convicts, was mostly responsible that the town was taken over in the first place. As such, he was taught a harsh lesson from Webb. The first reason why Webb beat him senseless was because he was asleep on duty, thus allowing convicts to sneak into town. The second reason was because he refused to tell Webb where the man which Webb was chasing, were heading. By the time Webb was done with Beagle, the deputy had a crippled leg, blackened eyes, a broken nose and was hearing ringing in his head. Before he was thinking that being kidnapped was the worst thing that happened to him in his prosperous career but now he knew better – Alan Webb was much worse.