LadyCrimson

Yup, HBO...just cable's version of HD. Plus, it wasn't in 3D. The 3D in the theater wasn't that "awesome" or eye-pop stuff, but it did add a little dimension, and at home I could easily tell what bits were filmed w/the 3D in mind...also distracting.

Count me in the camp that would've been more interested in the Legion is they didn't feel so obviously "the EVVVVVILLLLL ones." If they had been a bit more grey. 'Cause while I often play semi-evil, I rarely play EVVVVILLLLLL.

So testing exp. lowering mods I snuck over to Novac at lvl2 on very hard, that was fun. But when I got there I decided to try and kill Boone. Heard he might have a letter on his corpse. What I found interesting was that I only got one critical hit on the guy but HE only got one on me. So it was very very close thing, but I killed him with about 10-12 bullets. I was expecting to die? Now I'm interested if I reload and hire him, if he'll waste everything like usual even tho I have him at lvl 2, which would mean it's only the player character that he sucks at hitting. I had the varmit rifle (at low repair), a 6DT leather armor, a red baseball hat...that's it. p.s. almost forgot...no letter on him. If he gets one it must be after you've gained history, or not at all...

I make Boone angry.

Raising both those bases by 50 makes the experience needed for next level increase by about 30-35%. Like to get from 16 to 17 need to reach 28000xp instead of 21200xp. Maybe that's a little too much. I just don't want to reach high lvls before I even start the Vegas main stuff simply because I like to explore and roam & randomly kill "everything". Agree about the stimpacks, I have over 220 of them and I think I only bought about 40. I also have about 180 Sas. sodas in storage. Doesn't bother me to have too many since I can volunteer not to use them, the thing for me is I haven't needed to use them much at all since lvl 8....not even to heal companions. Oh, that's another one...maybe auto-self-healing of companions could be removed. Most of the time they seem to do that after they put away their weapon, unless they're crippled.

I think I've found the basic settings for XP related things, but there must be 60ish of them. Specific rewards seem to go in series like: iXPRewardHackComputer 20 iXPRewardHackComputerAverage 40 iXPRewardHackComputerEasy 30 iXPRewardHackComputerHard 50 iXPRewardHackComputerVeryEasy 20 But then there's also (many) ones like these: iXPKillCreatureAverage 6 ...which look like multipliers. And then these two: iXPBase 200 iXPBumpBase 150 But can't tell what they really mean/would do if I altered them or if they're even the right ones. I guess it's time to put on the experiment hat. Maybe just changing the "Reward" ones to be very low would at least help a lot. (edit:I can't search Beth's fora without signing up. Phooey....) (2nd edit:doh, LC, doh... http://geck.bethsoft.com/index.php/Experience_Settings ... still doesn't tell me what kind of ratio they might be but I can try lowering/increasing the bases by 50 and see how that works...

I'd still love a slower-leveling mod. I feel like I level up with every 2-4 quests and/or a few bunches of monsters, even post-lvl 20. Too fast for my liking.

I'm becoming more annoyed at quests that break other quests. Killed Motor Runner for someone and now I can't do one of the options in a Khan's series. One could argue that it's 'realistic consequences', I get that, but it's still extremely frustrating when you encounter it, because when you get that quest failed message you may have no idea if it'll be something you'll care about until maybe hours later. On the plus side, those NCR quests that dealt with the King etc. sure gave me a lot of experience, and I didn't have to kill anybody. It's one thing I've liked a lot about FONV...so many non-violent options. 80-90% of the time for actual quests I haven't had to kill anyone. Except for Legion, of course. *looks askance at Boone*

Just watched Avatar on the 50" tv, via HBO. It's the 2nd viewing for me. On the big screen I think I gave it a B+, maybe a little higher. On the TV I'd give it a B- or slightly lower. All the bright, over-saturated/shiny CGI that I could tell was CGI +story weakness became that much more noticeable when not being awed by huge screen and really detracted for me. Older action movies like Aliens translate to the small screen a lot better.

Ok, thank you! Rex is adorable. I like him much better than EDE. Can't recruit Arcade right now but he seems nice enough on intro. Pleasant voice tone. Might try him for a few minutes if I can make myself send Boone back to his dinosaur.

lol, don't you love new games where half the info are still 'maybes?' I'd heard that the original elder had to still be in place for that to work. I guess only one way to find out for sure what works in your game. I'm a bit confused tho...I've decided I want to stick with NCR because of Boone-roleplaying, but I have no NCR quest that seems related to the chip at all. The Ambassador sent his messenger when I arrived, but his quests don't seem very related...am I on the right path?

No, I think there's no way around it.... I'm having 'moral' dilemma because I've been siding with the NCR for a long time but I have the feeling its' going to come down to House vs. everyone else. Haven't given the chip to House yet, can't decide. All I know is I don't want YesMan this time.

I left Boone to 'wait' outside the bunker and had no difficulty getting in/them turning violent. No NCR armor, that's a no-no. I think one of the companions is supposed to make a negative reaction but it isn't Boone. edit:checked, think I was wrong, no companion makes a bad reaction. Just the NCR armor (any kind/form). They "arrest" you the first time I think no matter what. But I don't know about the crash. Some report that wearing the rebreather causes consistent crash there. Come to think of it, I think I did crash when I first entered their stairways after being 'arrested' but I reloaded and it was fine. :/

Yes, I'm at the point where I have the chip. Guess I'll just go for it. I can always reload if it turns into game-break bug disaster or something.

I'm level 19 or 20, I forget. Boone pretty much wipes everything to the floor now, toe to toe or ranged, but of course sometimes enemies get repeated lucky crits on him. Myself...8Luck, 95Guns, +Boone's hat +Finesse & other perks +Sniper rifle +booster drugs and even w/my slow reflexes I'm not terrible. Besides, as hard as the worst baddies can hit in Very Hard, I don't think another 30 or 60 hit points is going to make too much difference.

(sorry the color's a bit wonky. So dark...had to alter stuff...)

Ok then, how about this....what I mean is, I read there's stuff to do with House in the space beneath the Fort...does killing Caesar break this in any way? Or do they give you other options, like I'm hoping & that they have in other things. I don't know if that part is integral to the main plot, hence my slight worry. (p.s. in case it's not obvious I'm going the House/NCR route...not the YesMan or other route)

I'm fine with Boone wiping Legion. I only care if it'll break the game by not letting me talk to Caesar when I have to, or whatever.

Getting to the Boomers was aggravating, lol! But their chain of s hort quests was kinda fun to do. In terms of meeting Caesar...I assume Boone wiping Cottontown off the map means I can still take the ferry to get to Caesar, right? Boone won't kill the ferry service dude or something?

I've definitely found it ridiculous to think that the NCR, or bar/store owners or whatever, who keep telling me how awesome I am, would mind if I took some soda's out of their vending machine. It's a vending machine. Sure, maybe if I broke into a high level security room and stole their tools and parts, but hey, I'm a buddy, it's hot out there, and I'm thirsty.

I'm with Enoch. This average joe uses good butcher/larger knives but cheap everything else. It works just fine. Heck sometimes if others are dirty, I use steak knives to slice carrots. Hubby doesn't know how I can do that effectively ... it's all in the wrist. haha I like the idea of wood cutting boards but everyone I've had wouldn't hold up in the dishwasher or in giant buckets of bleach-water. So I prefer plastic now because I'm (overly) paranoid of nicks in the surfaces & germs. In fact I have three cutting boards ... one only for raw meat, one for vegies/breads only, and the third for actually slicing a cooked roast or whatnot.

This is not related to yoomazir's problem above, since Pushy's a lone item, but I finally figured out that sometimes when I think something has disappeared from my inventory, it's because the game has stacked the items but has failed to put the number in parenthesis to indicate it, like it's supposed to. But if I click on what looks like a single item, it'll still split into two (into a container, or companion inventory) again.

I guess I'm the only one who thought Benny's lines/voice was great....for comedy. Benny's an idiotic sleezeball, the voice was perfect for it, imo. I figured he's supposed to sound a bit wonky, vs. an actual 'wise guy' type. How seriously can you take ring-a-ding-ding and "I hear dig from you, baby, and all I can think of is a shovel,"...to me it sounded like an absurd version of Bogart.

What I'm wondering is if I kill Caesar will there still be a showdown at the Dam? I guess the Legions soldier on without him? Or maybe there's other plots in there I'm ignorant of/forgotten already. Heh. Maybe. I had considered an entire thread of Dear Diary, a concept loose story let's play or something, but figured I'd never be able to maintain it. Game too big. lol

The "problem" with these types of games, imo, is the difficulty is often dictated by what you do within the game. If you do every quest you encounter, pick up/sell everything, play caravan/gamble until you're rich, use companions all the time, etc, it's definitely not a hard game beyond the first 5-7 levels or so. But if you don't use companions/explore than you feel like you're missing half the game or whatnot. Always a conundrum. I'd suggest Very Hard, don't play caravan, and no human companions - or at most, hire them then leave them in a room for the entire game on 'wait' (you still keep their perk). In terms of time...most of mine is spent exploring. Walkwalkwalkwalkwalk......I think I'm finally getting close to having seen the whole above-ground map w/1character. (edit) I would like it more if I didn't feel like I leveled up so fast, too.