Yeah, I´d sure like New Vegas´ companion system in Fallout 3

I did the Lookout MQ for awhile where you go to a special bog to collect seeds. Although I didn´t like how it turned out so I reloaded a save and made it all a dream And now, I´m back in the Capital Wasteland. The marshes really didn´t strike my fancy as I´d hoped.

I never did like companions in games, so the FONV companion wheel is sort of lost on me. But I do love the way you can craft ammunition in FONV. It makes playing an energy weapon character a lot more viable. That and the bulk ammo.

You know you haven't been playing enough Fallout 3 when..

...you start missing the feel, the sound, the warmth of a gun in your hands.

...you start missing parade music, and Enclave's Radio in general *GUILTY*

...you start to think Moira Brown is just too cute. Not annoying. Or devious. Or twisted in any way.



I am guilty of #2 up above. I started hearing parade music in my head today at work, and realized I ... I .. I kinda miss it!

I pity the fool who doesn´t play Fallout 3 on a regular basis!

Thanks to some console magic, I finally got it!
Makes my head look big though
Friend?
Guard my home for me
Apparently, Jenny sells these things now
Guess I had a good time in Point Lookout!
But I made the right choice

Oh, yeah. I´m back

Ok, in my NV game, grenade rifles spawn, but, get this, the ammo doesn't. So I had a Viper charge me with NO WEAPONS.

That's the kind of glitch I like!

Hey Renee, you console deserter! Plannin´ on getting New Vegas for your PC?

Nahh. Not anytime soon, anyways. I finally got Sims 3 for PC and WOW I am pretty obsessed with that game. But that would be o/t, of course.

You´re welcome to talk about it in my Sims thread

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Something unique happened today. As I was walking north from Rivet City and passing Grandma Sparkles on the other side of the river, I could see gunfire going on right outside her house. I could see a Super Mutant running backwards whilst firing a missile launcher at something. When I narrowed my eyes to see what he was shooting at, I could see it was another Super Mutant! I´ve never seen a fight amongst their own ranks!

Other than that, nothing special happened. I´m pretty much back to the old running-around-aimlessly-while-collecting-stuff-to-sell-and-looking-for-patrols-to-follow routine. But it´s so good to be back in the Capital Wasteland!

you have a Sims thread? Where? Wait, you play Sims 3 as well?

That's wild you saw a fight between 2 Super muties. One of these days I'll get back into FO3 again, but I guess I kinda needed a break after getting completely obsessed with that game back in August/September. I didn't see that coming, that's for sure.

I just learned something new & interesting. In the vanilla game, most NPCs (the random ones, anyways) respawn in exactly the same spot on which they died. This creates some interesting situations. If I take the time to drag an enemy, they will stay wherever I put them.

I have not tested this yet to see if it's true, but it certainly explains a few things--like the multiple enemies which kept respawning in front of Megaton. These enemies were mostly radscorps and a variety of giant ants. They'd all respawn after 3 days, and this is why Deputy Weld kept getting his @$$ handed to him.

Anyways, assuming this is true, what I'll start to do is (for instance) remove the raiders Marge encountered above one of the subway stations completely away from their safe hiding spot. In theory, they'll respawn far away from this spot, meaning my next character will be able to just utilize it as a free storage place. Also, if this is true, it means I'll be able to drag two differing types of enemies (like raiders and super-mutants) near one another. When my next character shows up, BOOM! They're too busy fighting each other (wearing their health down) and all I'll have to do is wait until the fighting's done.

I realize that this is a bit of a cheat, but you know what? I don't care. Let's have some fun.

I have a pretty good idea for my next character. I'm giving it a bit of time, but he should be a good one once I've got a few things sorted out.

What you do in Marge´s game won´t affect your next character´s game. So if I read your post correctly, what you suggested won´t work since it´ll be a whole new game which means everything resets.

Interesting revelation, though. I didn´t know that about respawning enemies. I thought wherever they die didn´t matter and that they respawned at a set spawn point.

It´ll be interesting to see your new character. But you have Marge on PC, right? How ´bout a few more pixies of her before she retires?

You misunderstand, Talking Crow; I know Marge's game is seperate from any others I create. I mean, c'mon! My new character (whose name will probably be Mike Hunt) will encounter enemies. Let's say there are Raiders, located in a rather tough hideout area. He'll kill these raiders, and once they're dead, I will try dragging the bodies away.

What this means: the next time Mike heppens to walk by this hideout area, not only will the raiders not be there, but Mike will be able to utilize this spot for his own.



No, Marge's game is on Xbox. I'm not playing Fallout 3 on PC at all, I like the vanilla game just as it is. But I'll see if I can get some more pix of her. She is rather photogenic.

I knew you couldn´t have believed that! But to me it sounded like you did and... Well, lets move on, shall we?

Sure.

By the way, which name do you like better? .. Mike Hunt or Major Prick? .. my next FO3 char. will be either an ass, or an ass with a military background of some sort. And by 'military', I mean like one of those idiots who is not actually in the military, but he goes around collecting guns and camoflauge gear and pretends he's in the military.

We have this sort of stereotype here in America, people who are slightly wacked in the head who think they are military, or they like to pretend they are. They have bunkers and stash way too many weapons (more than is considered for personal use). And of course, it's always "God" who tells them to commit any atrocious acts. David Koresh is an example here.

I know this is a pretty wacky idea for a RP, but heh heh, I'm a pretty wacky roleplayer sometimes.

I always like when you add Major to some funny word. Like in How I Met Your Mother when they say "That´s a major buzzkill" and they make a salute and repeat "Major Buzzkill" like it´s a real military guy

Maybe you should go with Major Buzzkill??

How about Major Paine? Or Kaptain Kaos (he could be German - or look like Dom Deluise). If he's an older guy with white hair, he could be Colonel Sanders.

LOl @ video. I am picturing him kinda young, and actually in the vanilla game we're stuck with 19 year-olds for our character. I am picturing my Major to be young, with a small moustache. Probably dark hair, and Caucasian.

I have this picture in my head of an actor who looks just like the guy I'm gonna create, but I don't know this actor's name.

I love it (by the way) when y'all pitch in with helpful ideas. Well whatever his name is, I've got the day to myself tomorrow (finally) and it's supposed to be sunny. Fallout 3 is my 'sunny day' game, so I'm definitely starting my new one tomorrow.

Oh, and don't forget Corporal Punishment!

Or General Misfortune!

Ahem...Major Bummer and Private Caller are insulted!

Private Dancer is too

As well as the bloke from Spaceballs!

Oh my goodness I am laughing so hard.

Major Fallout and General Waste approve

And do not forget Lance Corporal as well!

Sorry, but I really can't resist this:

Sounds like you're new character's this close *holds finger and thumb a certain disance apart* from being an asshole.


Edit: Has nobody here seen Small Soldiers? Major Hazard. Well, Major Chip Hazard in the film, but close enough.

He's an Asshole sir, Major Asshole. That's his cousin, Gunner Private First Class Phillip Asshole.

I haven't played ANYTHING for the past month as my Xbox has broken! I am absoloutley gutted

But... before it broke Capitol Wasteland Eva Bree was doing something inspired by very wise man... for her own amusement she was collecting Nuka Cola Quantums! She had gathered 5 (she'd only just started ) when my Xbox had killed itself It was so much fun!

Oh, so we share a common interest! I also collect Quantums Too bad your box broke down, but unless you are broke you can always get a new one

Hmm... my subtle 'wise man' hint went unnoticed it seems? Hehe.

It's not a problem, I'm going to get my dad to fix it when he's back from his holiday at the end of the year! Haha. Why waste money when you're a daddy's girl? Haha

I always politely ignores obvious facts about myself


Ah! You already picked the Daddy´s Girl perk!

PAHHAAAHAHAHAA!!!! OMG That's actually Hilarious mirocu

You already said it yourself!

I know, but I meant it literally... I didn't mean it as a witty haha. It eluded me when I wrote it! Haha

Oooh! A fallout thread!

I can't wait to download NV off steam, as I will be reviving my character Lori. I've never really had a major interest playing FO3, but that said I might check out some mods to improve my game.

BUT back to NV, I cannot WAIT to download a mod to add a player home in Primm. The only thing missing from the vanilla game! Haha

I just started a new FO3 character yesterday, his name is (get ready....) Joe King. He's an Af. American with Repair, Small Guns, and Sneak as top skills.

That was actually a really good name!

Thanks, I agree! I was lying in bed a few days ago running random names through my head when 'Joe King' popped up. It just sounds like a name we'd see down in Washington D.C. on some run-down (but booming) business. JOE KING'S MINI MART or JOE KING'S USED CARS.

Joe left Vault 101 and just found Megaton. Before he left, he wound up killing the Overseer, something Marge did not do, and it was interesting because Agata became quite angry with Joe at the end of the Tutorial. She was genuinely pissed at him! .. Joe had no choice though, the Overseer was coming at him with a weapon; otherwise Joe wouldn't have offed the man.

Same with me, if he hadn´t attacked me ( or even Amata; I defended you, girl! ) I would have left him alone too.

I reeeeaaally should fire up Fallout 3 again soon

Hail to the King baby!

Only one of my characters ever killed the Overseer. Like you said, wow, does Amata get ticked off. I mean just because you killed her father... Nevermind that he had been torturing her just moments before. If you go back to the Vault (there is a quest where this can happen), she will still be mad at you too.

I am with Mirocu, now I am feeling like firing up FO3 or maybe NV again!

We had a lot of fun last summer & fall, all three of us were playing FO3, those were good times. *nods*

I say we do it again this year!

Deal me in... pardner.

I just rolled a new toon for New Vegas. Dove. She's Lonesome.

Well, it seems ole' Doc Mitchell has put Lonesome Dove's pieces back in the right parts. After helping Sunny Smiles clean out some varmits by the waterholes, she lent a hand to poor cowpoke who had some badmen after him. They were ornery cusses, had to kill 'em all. Now Dove is settin' a spell on the porch, 'afore she moseys along down to highway.

Love that wild west lingo...

I am going with an Old West kind of angle with Dove. She's only going to use rifles, dynamite, six-shooters, etc... It seems to fit with NV.

Last night Lonesome Dove continued her adventures, getting some target practice in against a bunch of varmints in the hills south of Goodsprings. Then she headed east, and ran afoul more of the same gang of badmen that had been after that cowpoke in Goodsprings. Lots of killin' ensued. Now she is looking for a new sheriff for the town of Primm, which has just been de-badmenized thanks to her new cowboy repeater.

Stats? .. Did you buff your avatar with uber stats?

ph3R M3 N00bS!

WOO! Another new vegas player! haha.

I love the Primm Sheriff quest. Picking off the Powder Gangers in the prison one by one from far away (Lori is a sniper). I'm sure Dove will have no trouble picking the prison clean... she sounds a force to be reckoned with! haha.

Still cant quite pursuade myself to get FO3, though. I have no idea why but it just doesn't appeal to me. I have played it a few times on console but I just couldn't connect to it.