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

[Renee]

Tuesday, November 6, 2281, 11:00 pm: A lot has happened in Karen Aboucha's game, yet (as usual) nothing has happened.

She managed to kill a couple bark radscorpions, which don't seem so tough. But as a budding survivalist, Karen already knows about the poison glands these creatures possess. They will come in handy later, when she learns to make poison antidotes.

She also found the NCR Correctional Facility. Talked to a couple of guys there, but she doesn't like their rhetoric. At the time she was limping and hurt from a couple frag mines she stumbled upon, yet even though there was some dialog to go inside their facility, she chose not to pursue this. Karen is very picky. And she doesn't like the sound of what NCR is all about.

But she just found Goodsprings Cave. She's not just a survivalist, she's also a scavenger. And a cave-delve just seems too tempting to ignore.

[Lopov]

There's always some good loot to be found in the Goodsprings Cave.

Guys at the NCRCF aren't actually NCR, they're convicts that took over. The "real" NCR you meet for the first time in Primm and then you keep seeing more of them as you get closer to New Vegas.

[Winter Wolf]

It would not quite be a Fallout game if somebody did not take something over. After the world goes to hell people love to move in and set up shop. The Legion, Khans, convicts, ghouls, etc, are all groups that take every opportunity that they can. Fallout NV is a hard game to explore if you expect it to be the same as FO3, but it is quite tasty when it comes to factions and companions.

[SubRosa]

it is quite tasty when it comes to factions and companions.

Loviatar found it to be quite tasty...

[Winter Wolf]

Yes, I do remember that the Legion discovered that they were teddy-bears compared to a certain lady that had to use a tooth pick between her teeth...

[mirocu]

In the middle of nowhere, I suddenly decided to teleport back to Megaton.


Yes. It is time. Time to prepare for the annual trip to Point Lookout!

[Renee]

In the middle of nowhere, I suddenly decided to teleport back to Megaton.


Yes. It is time. Time to prepare for the annual trip to Point Lookout!

Huh? Annual trip to Lookout? Can you tell us more about this phenomenon, crow? How long has this tradition been going on?

Last time I saw Cho, he finally did find Olney Paper Works. But he couldn't get the stupid deathclaw transmitter thingie (whatever it is) to work. And he was by himself, he decided to leave his C-team behind, so he could do some stealth-shots without them jumping all over the place.

But then, he began to run out of ammo. Nobody has 5.56 bullets up there, they're deathclaws, after all! I decided to add a vendor into one of the Minefield houses, so he doesn't have to walk all the way back to Megaton or Citadel. Minefield is already done, its houses all abandoned so it's conceivable some people could move in there.

I'll make a proper Cho update hopefully soon.

[Lopov]

By reaching the maximum possible level in New Vegas - Level 50 - Blondie has now officially become a t00n. The last chosen park was Just lucky I'm alive. After 275 hours Blondie's most prominent stats are:

Energy Weapons, Lockpick, Melee Weapons, Speech - 100.

Survival - 99

Sneak - 90

Barter, Medicine, Repair - 80.

As of now she had killed 1339 people, 1426 creatures, picked 133 locks, took 210 stimpaks and consumed 2193 chems (cigarettes mostly). She disintegrated 2023 enemies and dismembered 1769 limbs.

[mirocu]

In the middle of nowhere, I suddenly decided to teleport back to Megaton.


Yes. It is time. Time to prepare for the annual trip to Point Lookout!

Huh? Annual trip to Lookout? Can you tell us more about this phenomenon, crow? How long has this tradition been going on?

Only since, oh, maybe five years now


Yes, I always go to Lookout in the fall to enjoy shooting the neckreds and whatnot. And since last year, I now have a tradition to go hunt some ghouls on the special safari offered up north-east

[Renee]

Wow, congratulations to Blondie! She definitely must be your longest-lasting "toon" so far. How many hours? Oh wait... 275 you say. That still doesn't touch Mirocu, or Renee Gade III or Lady Saga, but still. I guess 275 is a long time for Mister Lopov.

Thanks for explaining, crow. You really are a man of traditions and rituals, ha ha.

[RaderOfTheLostArk]

Completed a bunch more content in Fallout 3 recently. The other day I did the Krivbeknih quest and destroyed the book, because I am not helping crazy occultists. Obadiah Blackhall was unsurprisingly displeased with my choice and told me basically that I should not criticize things that I don't understand and walked away.

Little did he realize what was coming to him. Mariah taught him a rather painful lesson.

[mirocu]

Thanks for explaining, crow. You really are a man of traditions and rituals, ha ha.

I sure am!


In fact; I have just now boarded Rivet City in prep for the journey. Sold some stuff at the market and now I'll re-explore the rest of the ship. Always fun to go look at it

[SubRosa]

In the middle of nowhere, I suddenly decided to teleport back to Megaton.


Yes. It is time. Time to prepare for the annual trip to Point Lookout!

Have fun storming the castle!

I used to love reading the reviews on Point Lookout in Google Maps. They used to be filled with comments about mirelurks, tribals, and so on. But it has been so long since Fallout 3 that those reviews have dropped to the bottom.

In the middle of nowhere, I suddenly decided to teleport back to Megaton.


Yes. It is time. Time to prepare for the annual trip to Point Lookout!

Huh? Annual trip to Lookout? Can you tell us more about this phenomenon, crow? How long has this tradition been going on?

Last time I saw Cho, he finally did find Olney Paper Works. But he couldn't get the stupid deathclaw transmitter thingie (whatever it is) to work. And he was by himself, he decided to leave his C-team behind, so he could do some stealth-shots without them jumping all over the place.

But then, he began to run out of ammo. Nobody has 5.56 bullets up there, they're deathclaws, after all! I decided to add a vendor into one of the Minefield houses, so he doesn't have to walk all the way back to Megaton or Citadel. Minefield is already done, its houses all abandoned so it's conceivable some people could move in there.

I'll make a proper Cho update hopefully soon.

5.56 vs Deathclaws? Maybe you should try to arm up. Bottlecap mines, .44 Magnums, and Fat Men are excellent Deathclaw hunters.

By reaching the maximum possible level in New Vegas - Level 50 - Blondie has now officially become a t00n. The last chosen park was Just lucky I'm alive. After 275 hours Blondie's most prominent stats are:

Energy Weapons, Lockpick, Melee Weapons, Speech - 100.

Survival - 99

Sneak - 90

Barter, Medicine, Repair - 80.

As of now she had killed 1339 people, 1426 creatures, picked 133 locks, took 210 stimpaks and consumed 2193 chems (cigarettes mostly). She disintegrated 2023 enemies and dismembered 1769 limbs.

Blondie is teh L33T!

Completed a bunch more content in Fallout 3 recently. The other day I did the Krivbeknih quest and destroyed the book, because I am not helping crazy occultists. Obadiah Blackhall was unsurprisingly displeased with my choice and told me basically that I should not criticize things that I don't understand and walked away.

Little did he realize what was coming to him. Mariah taught him a rather painful lesson.

A fitting end for a Cthulhu Cultist.

[Renee]

5.56 vs Deathclaws? Maybe you should try to arm up. Bottlecap mines, .44 Magnums, and Fat Men are excellent Deathclaw hunters.

Oh it's no problem. Cho has a few explosives, he already used some mines and grenades! ... 5.56 ammo does just fine against those beasts, especially since Cho got his new Hechler & Koch replica gun!

Problem is, he already wasted a lot of his ammo on random encounters as the C-team traveled from The Citadel. He left Citadel with just over 750 rounds, now he's down to about 200. I just have to add a vendor into Minefield, so he doesn't have to go all the way back to Megaton.

This post has been edited by Renee: Sep 14 2018, 11:26 PM

[Lopov]

5.56? .44 magnums? Bottlecap mines even?

Learn from the Hobo, he went against a deathclaw with a dart gun - and won.

[SubRosa]

The Dart Gun is overpowered. It automatically cripples both legs on a hit anywhere. Then they can never reach you.

Persephone fights Deathclaws with a sword

[Lopov]

It's definitely overpowered but on the other hand, its schematics aren't easy to find unless one purchases them or reads online where to find them, so it's a fitting reward that it's a powerful weapon.

I just fired up the Hobo's game again and found him right at outskirts of Old Olney, so those pics from above were taken about two years ago, when I played his game for the last time.

Today together with Dogmeat he ventured deeper into the infested town and fought deathclaws with shishkebab, mines, grenades, railway rifle, dart gun and of course his trusted hunting rifle, so he used every weapon from his arsenal of lethal weapons except binoculars.

The Hobo also left some handy stuff for any children that might come to Old Olney in the near future like Cho for instance . He placed the stuff inside a crate to one of the ruined houses east of Old Olney. This stuff can be found here.

This post has been edited by Lopov: Sep 15 2018, 03:26 PM

[SubRosa]

The last thing the Deathclaws heard was "Haw Baw!"


I have been listening to the HPLHS radio drama The White Tree today. One of the characters made me think of Renee. Sheriff Morpain. That sounds like a future character!

[Renee]

Ha ha you two are cracking me up! .. Good to see THE Hobo back. Time for some popcorn.

Yes Sherriff Morpain sounds like a funny name. I'd use it if I didn't already have a list of names to get to. Stay tuned for Linda Hand, for instance.

We're getting the remains of Florence this weekend, so this means even more rain and drizzly weather. And I only play Fallout if it's sunny. No sunny weather though until Wednesday.

This post has been edited by Renee: Sep 15 2018, 09:42 PM

[Lopov]

There is silence now in Old Olney.

No longer can one hear deathclaws stomping around.

"But they'll come back," the Hobo says to Dogmeat, who happily barks in return. "They always do. First from eggs, then they grow up and then they climb up from sewers. I can feel them beneath us, blasted hooligans."

The Hobo feels sad as he's leaving Old Olney. He can feel souls of too many adventurers that died in this place, some from his world and some from the other worlds. He feels a soul of a young girl called Marge who had entire life ahead of her but fell under claws of death. The Hobo can't explain how but upon feeling Marge's soul he knows that she was from some vault. The Hobo was also born in some vault but the only thing that remains from his vault dwelling days is a PipBoy on his left arm.

Then he senses another soul - an evil, foul being, a devil impersonated. The Hobo's head hurts as he's overwhelmed by monstrosities this snake creature had committed but if the Hobo could sense his soul, it means he's dead. And this is good. The Hobo puts his backpack down and opens it - he wants some beer but in a backpack full of random junk from all over the wasteland, from tin cans to mini nukes with everything like magazines, pool balls, metro tickets, vacuum cleaners, pencils and other junk in between, it's hard to find anything. Finally, he finds an unopened bottle of freshly irradiated beer. He opens the bottle with a lighter and quickly throws the bottle cap away as it were on fire. The Hobo knows that wealth makes people unhappy so he never carries more than one bottle cap. But he always has one just in case he needed to pay for some thing. Not that this is going to happen because the Hobo doesn't trade with anyone. As he's leaving Old Olney behind, Dogmeat is faithfully following him, curious where his master will take him now.