LadyCrimson

Haven't played the other Fallouts, but that's been my general experience with other games attempts at romance. Kotor2 was kinda close but then at the end it was like, Denied! I don't know what the actual proportions are, but maybe games need more female writers.

I know, that's why he's appealing! ....seriously, I want a subtle romance option with someone. I don't care about whether they get into bed w/a visual sex scene (don't care to watch pixels do it, thanks) I just want the romance or tragic-romance options/influence.

It's not so much misrating as not descriptive enough and/or could use another rating or two, ala pg-13 (or whatever). That is, "Mature/M" titles "may contain more intense violence, blood and gore, sexual themes/content, use of alcohol/drugs, and frequent use of strong language" but on the box itself the descriptions seem stunted/not specific to the game itself, enough. Just my opinion tho. It's like how some R movies are "harder" R' than others, either in violence or sexual content (or both). There also seems to be a missing rating...at least according to wiki...you have Teen which "might be considered unsuitable for children under 12 years of age" and then M, (17+). Is there one in the middle I'm unaware of? Edit: sorry, that sounds confusing. I mean, is there one that might be more like "not for under 14 or 15?" Social mores these days (because of increasing easy access to 'net, movies on TV etc that makes such exposure more common) seem to be that a lot of parents may not mind their 16 year old see a lot of those R rated horror movies, for example, but would object to their 12-13 year old doing so. There's a big difference between 12 and 16/17, imo.

This.

@Rosbjerg - Orly? Interesting. *rubs palms together* @Thorton_AP Ah. I figured it was something like that. Just wish I could've done it. Next time! --I'm not sure I want a Companion. I assume they Fast Travel with you, because if they don't I definitely don't want one. I keep hearing how bad their pathing can be too. But if I can romance the sexy bald Boone I'd do it. Can I? :D

I only like the music-only station. I find it really distracting/startling to hear low-volume, soothing music then suddenly this loud announcer voice. But yeah, because the songs are split up, it means I hear the same 3-4 songs over & over again. Didn't bother me for a long time because I loved each song. But at this point it's like white noise so I think I'll be listening to my own music soon, now.

(just reporting) The game has frozen on me total 4 times now. But that over 20-22 hrs total so it's not a big deal as I manual save very often. Only the game freezes, not my whole desktop, & always very random, usually when I'm in mouse motion tho. Still nothing else besides the minor graphical stuff, no quest bugs or anything. Oh wait, I do occasionally get this strange audio issue, where I hear something that sounds like a cross between rice krispies & rat-tat-rat-tat gunfire while standing/walking over one particular spot (the 'spot' changes), but nothing is around. And I do mean nothing. No Legions around the hill firing at wolves. I check. First time I heard it I thought maybe it was a dust-devil against metal sound effect, but if I save/reload, the noisy 'spot' is gone.

Wow, that "Come Fly With Me" quest was a long chain w/some great little pieces of chr. stories. I loved it. That was a lot of fun, thanks Obs! I loved getting a free hotel room too (but I didn't love moving all my "stuff", haha). Did anyone have enough Science to activate the launch flight navigation panel? I wanna know what that did. All I could do was do the lift off button. Now I have to figure out who to take out into the street for angry Boone. And go back & fix the robot and rescue some ppl from the Legion. I'm guessing that might put me at not-neutral with them. Too bad, I was liking both Legion & NRC being green. Unless there's an option to do it non-violently. There seems to be a lot of non-violent options at times, which I really appreciate. There's the "Going to kill you now" dialogue option or some other path that takes you to optional quest within a quest. Not always skill-check related either. I love my .357 cowboy repeater! (ps) I'm already thinking of a 2nd chr. & noticing not many perks require more than 6 in an attribute. A few need 7 but that's it. I'd have done those stats a bit different if I'd known that.

Hmm? Why would they get mad about FNV threads? I think they don't want there to be an actual FNV titled Forum here, so their fora can be the "Officiall" place, but there's no issue with ppl discussing the game here? And there's already a link to Beth's forums from the forum index page.

--I like how you see fights between groups/traveling merchants sometimes & you can help or just watch & loot the bodies. --The Legion seems like a bunch of arses. I'm not going with them this run...although at the moment I'm still neutral with both Legion & NRC. --There are all these info notes lying around. Some I've figured out what they mean/lead to, others I haven't. Nice details. --I found the plane crash that has this nice energy weapon next to it, but no ammo for it yet. :/ --It's fun to dash into animal caves, steal the loot I can reach and run out again before they can get me. --Bonus perks w/silly reasons are funnyl. "You get this perk because you like to kill everything." Hah. --radiated ghouls are fast and hit hard. --I guess killing certain amounts of monsters like ghouls gives you fame? Is that the same as rep?

Legion Underwear, DT+2

But is there some big end prize for playing enough or some such? Yeah, I noticed that too, which is why I still use it (with night scope/bigger magazine) for distant sniping even w/out VATS.

I can't remember 100% but at this point I'm fairly sure not. Most of my current weapons have fallen from enemies, but perhaps the game considers that 'stolen.' I rarely steal red items unless/until I'm either hated anyway, it's something must-have like a skill book or very late in the game when I don't care anymore. I have a hard time being seriously evil even in fantasy.

Yeah I did have more frequent time to spend per day once, plus I still have some minor physical issues (back/arthritis) sitting too long at a desk sometimes. Even with that tho, per hour played I think I just get a lot less 'done' than many. Not very focused.

From the weapon screen in your pip-boy, press and hold any number key except number two (number 2 is already slaved to switching ammo) and a sub-screen will pop up. From that screen you can click a weapon and it will be assigned to whichever hot key you were just holding down. That's definitely not noted under "Settings/Controls". heheh. Much better, you're a lifesaver. Also...I accidentally dropped my own weapon in a town & it turned 'red' on the ground. That feels so wrong. lol

Thanks again Tale...so then no, not really. Only if you want a melee route I guess then. It always boggles my mind when ppl say they finished a game in a weekend. I don't think I've ever been able to finish a 1st run thru a game (rpg's in particular) in less than 2.5 weeks, usually longer.

--I don't suppose I'm missing some alternate weapon switch key option somewhere? It's becoming annoying having to go into PipBoy to switch weapons mid-fight :/ --Is the Caravan game worth bothering with? I don't usually like mini-games...haven't been buying cards either, tho someone gave me a deck & I have ones that were findable.

Does anyone know how much a point of STR adds to weight carrying capacity? Wondering if it's worth pumping STR next time...

Are you using the cheaper boxed ammo? That's supposed to degrade them faster. I haven't had a problem with them degrading much at all, but I fix them past 75% as soon as possible, too. They seem to stay past 75% for a long time. Ah. I'm another lvl from being able to Repair him. I didn't know there would be so many skill-based options & I spread my points out a little much at first. lol, indeed. That's why I collect everything. I read that EVERYTHING in the game is/can be used for something, and since I have no idea as to when/how many...I'm so OCD...

Hide & Seek has to be one of Robert DeNiro's worse films. The first 30 minutes was somewhat enticing but after that....

I just caught a big Devil's Coach Horse rove beetle in the garage. They're weird creatures, the way they rise their hind end in threatening gesture, but useful in the garden. I see the smaller rove beetles a lot, but the Devil's one, full grown, not too often. I guess I shall be polite & release it back outside where it can kill worms and snails and such.

...yeah, I was hoping for something like 3rd quarter of 2011 but knowing Blizzard it'll be 2nd-4th quarter 2012. Maybe.

I'm only level 8....lol. I spend far too much time experimenting w/monsters and also too many pack-rat trips. I figure I'll just be selling most of it later but I can't help picking it up. Only being able to carry 200 weight bites. I spent some time trying to dynamite the giant scorpions from the cliffs near the graveyard close to Goodie town but that didn't work out well. I ended up using the NRC for the Sheriff of Primm. I did reload to try the other route (robot) and nothing seemed any different, but the robot marching around town muttering to itself was cute. Mr. Beagle is still grumpy either way, however. I've reached Nipton & almost time to move on. I don't have quest overload yet but I am starting to feel like rushing the main plot line a bit now. I want to get to Vegas. Crafting is helpful but I'm not really finding it to be truly necessary (non-Hardcore mode). So far the only thing I've really used it for is to make .357 shells since I'm now using a rifle w/that ammo. And some repair kits, but you don't need a very high repair level to make those. Beyond that Repair increases % results for self-repairing your gear and the usual dialogue/quest options. I noticed the merchants do replenish/add to their inventory as you level up, or something. The guy in Goodietown suddenly had a lot of caps again (1200+ this time) as well, recently, after I'd taken them all away long ago. Fine by me. I'll take them all away from him again.

Yea, I saw that a couple days ago I think. Looks like a revamped Assassin w/some Amazon-like ranged skills. Could be interesting. I have the feeling it's still going to be the Monk & Wizard for me. In that order. Then maybe I'll try out the new Assazon....er I mean Demon Hunter.

Bling is so over-rated! ....Wat? I'm not jealous, no wai. Is that a quest reward or just a whole lot of caps spending?