Fallout 4

[Taernath]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CGgJ0DHUgAAQJPD.jpg

https://twitter.com/BethesdaStudios/status/605744940006670337

http://fallout.bethsoft.com/

IDS HABBENING

*edit* My postcount is 4444! Coincidence?!?!

[Fallen]

I NEED it

[Cereal Killer]

Damn. Now I'm going to have to play New Vegas again to satiate my craving.

[Glitch]

aaand I'm spent.

[iJin]

IM GOING TO THE BETHESDA CONFERENCE IN LA SUCK IT BITCHES.


FREE SWAG FOR ME.

NONE 4 U.

TURNT UP.


Not like I'm ever going to have time to play this but still. ;_;

[Taernath]

27 minutes!!!

eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[Taernath]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CGlLqhYWgAAFUsq.jpg:large

[Astray]

Has everything been tight lipped or have details come out on what we can expect?

[Taernath]

Has everything been tight lipped or have details come out on what we can expect?

I think there were rumors going around that the new one would take place in Boston and have a lot to do with MIT. Supposedly Bethesda employees were seen in the area scouting it out and there have been some leaked documents.

As far as the image, it's got more of a western feel to it but the armor is pretty similar to what the eastern Brotherhood of Steel uses.

[Astray]

I watched the trailer, definitely feels like the city they showed is huge. Boston? Maybe. I really wish game stuff wasn't so vague at times.

[Taernath]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GE2BkLqMef4

[Taernath]

I watched the trailer, definitely feels like the city they showed is huge. Boston? Maybe. I really wish game stuff wasn't so vague at times.

Yeah it took about 10 minutes for the website to post the trailer after the countdown ran out. :P

It's definitely Boston, they showed that Paul Revere statue.

DOGMEAT

[Fallen]

http://i.imgur.com/FYq7M.gif

[Enceladus]

I'm glad that even in the post-apocalyptic future, someone else looked at the USS Constitution and thought, "It's pretty, but it could really use a pair of rocket engines."

I'm hoping that's what they were, anyway.

[Fallen]

Apparently Fenway Park can be seen in the Demo, so it's definitely Boston.

[Astray]

I cannot wait to hear the accents.

[Taernath]

People are already bitching about the graphics. "They too low res!" "They're cartoony!"

[Astray]

People are already bitching about the graphics. "They too low res!" "They're cartoony!"

Uh... what?

[Taernath]

Uh... what?

I don't get it either. A buddy texted me saying they were "plastic", and a few websites have already posted criticism.

[Androidpk]

Looks awesome

[Astray]

I don't get it either. A buddy texted me saying they were "plastic", and a few websites have already posted criticism.

You punch your buddy in the kidney.

[Fallen]

Who cares? If you buy it for PC you will eventually be able to get mods to make it look like pretty much whatever you would want. The whole "look" of the people will likely be fixed with a good EMB.

[Ceyrin]

Love this series. Can't wait. Going to have to start up Fallout 3 again (because New Vegas sucked).

Also, that GSD had some pretty nice movement. Glad to see it wasn't all crippled and dysplastic (like so many of them). Though, the first thing it did was evoke feels from I Am Legend. I wonder if I can get a Will Smith skin for the game.

[Fallen]

It's already available for Pre-order on Steam.

[Taernath]

http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/06/15/e3-2015-fallout-4s-first-gameplay-and-story-details


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWuwLSFmATI


- Story begins pre-apocalypse.
- You can create a female character!
- Select specific facial features and sculpt in real time; no sliders
- Nuka Cola in the fridge.
- Vault-Tech sales rep comes to the door to pitch you to come to a vault.
- Recorded 1,000 names to be said in game.
- S.P.E.C.I.A.L. system is back for determining attributes.
- You emerge 200 years later as the sole survivor of vault 111.
- "Player freedom remains our absolute number one goal" - Todd Howard
- Built on the next generation of their "Creation Engine"
- Conversation choices are mapped to face buttons, no scrolling through options.
- Dialogue, and everything else can be done in first or third person.
- Dog companion can be ordered around by pointing at objects and giving contextual commands such as picking up items, attacking enemies, and activating switches.
- VATS returns, looks very similar to Fallout 3 and Fallout New Vegas iteration.
- Molerats sighted!
- Pipboy returns. Fully animated. You can find game tapes to play on it. Games copyrighted 2053. Donkey Kong clone, Missile Defense clone sighted.
- Real life Pipboy included in collector's edition! Can hold your smartphone, and will have a companion app.
- You can scrap most items in the game to create a multitude of items, structures and buildings
- This all happens in real time. Craft terminals that control activatable fixtures like turrets, light arrays, etc.
- 50 base weapons, 700 weapon modifications, each one craftable.
- Build and modify your own set of power armor, including individual leg and armor slots.
- Throw down smoke markers to call for an airlift. Unclear whether you can do that anytime/anywhere though.
- Fallout 4 will be released November 10, 2015!!!


Holy shit dat collector's edition tho

[Gelston]

Why is "You can create a female character!" a big thing? You could in the last two games....

[Astray]

So wait, you're actually building and stuff?!

[Makkah]

Doom 4 tho

[Taernath]

Why is "You can create a female character!" a big thing? You could in the last two games....

Yes but you can't turn them into a prostitute with an INT of 1 and CHA of 10 like you could in earlier Fallouts. We, uh, don't talk about that anymore.

[Gelston]

Yes but you can't turn them into a prostitute with an INT of 1 and CHA of 10 like you could in earlier Fallouts. We, uh, don't talk about that anymore.

I like the dialogue options for low intelligence. Especially since it gets ypu around this one quest for finding out a password in NV.

[Taernath]

I like the dialogue options for low intelligence. Especially since it gets ypu around this one quest for finding out a password in NV.

NV was developed by the same guys who did the first two Fallouts, so there were a lot of cool, immersion things you could do. I hope Bethesda takes some cues from them, because I don't remember there being any real impact from a low intelligence in FO3.

[Astray]

Why is "You can create a female character!" a big thing? You could in the last two games....

Because NOW, unlike in the past, you can CHOOSE YOUR GENDER. I would dare you to look back into gaming history to ever find a miraculous thing such as a gender option. Pft, you can't.

PROGRESS IS BEING MADE HERE FOLKS

[Taernath]

Because NOW, unlike in the past, you can CHOOSE YOUR GENDER. I would dare you to look back into gaming history to ever find a miraculous thing such as a gender option. Pft, you can't.

PROGRESS IS BEING MADE HERE FOLKS

YOU CAN CHOOSE YOUR SEX SHITLORD, I DIDN'T SEE TWO DADS OR TWO MOMS IN THE MIRROR.

[Astray]

YOU CAN CHOOSE YOUR SEX SHITLORD, I DIDN'T SEE TWO DADS OR TWO MOMS IN THE MIRROR.

Sir, your use of capslock is triggering me.

[Taernath]

Sir, your use of capslock is triggering me.

XIR

http://www.destructoid.com/bethesda-is-releasing-a-fallout-4-pip-boy-edition-with-a-real-pip-boy-293953.phtml
http://cdn.destructoid.com//ul/293953-VV1.jpg

Today at Besthesda's E3 conference in LA, the "Fallout 4 Pip-Boy Edition" was released. It will ship with both the game and a special edition package, which includes a real Pip-Boy accessory. To spice things up even more, the unit will hold your phone, which you can insert to run a special app that mirrors the actual Pip-Boy.

The Pip-Boy app will be released when Fallout 4 is out later this year. It will debut on both Android and iOS.

I don't know how official this image is is, but I can finally live out my dream of being the coolest kid on the block after missing my shot back in the 80's with the Power Glove (thanks for nothing mom and dad).

[Astray]

Well, goodbye money. You went toward a great cause.

[Fallen]

Thank you, your order has been placed.
An email confirmation has been sent to you.

[Androidpk]

So wait, you're actually building and stuff?!

https://gfycat.com/EmbellishedLikableIceblueredtopzebra#

[Androidpk]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-D8KDx2_eQ

[Astray]

Man, this is looking so awesome that I am now afraid this'll be another Watch Dogs debacle.

[Gelston]

XIR

http://www.destructoid.com/bethesda-is-releasing-a-fallout-4-pip-boy-edition-with-a-real-pip-boy-293953.phtml
http://cdn.destructoid.com//ul/293953-VV1.jpg

I don't know how official this image is is, but I can finally live out my dream of being the coolest kid on the block after missing my shot back in the 80's with the Power Glove (thanks for nothing mom and dad).

http://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/ref=pe_1845820_141032380_pe_row1_b1_t/?ASIN=B00ZGT8ILI


Man, this is looking so awesome that I am now afraid this'll be another Watch Dogs debacle.

Uhhhh, if you are afraid of that you've never played Fallout before... Also, Bethesda is like >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> UbiSoft.

[Taernath]

http://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/ref=pe_1845820_141032380_pe_row1_b1_t/?ASIN=B00ZGT8ILI

Did you SERIOUSLY link me the PS4 version? To the Tree of Woe with you.

[Whirlin]

Just been looking at some of the videos and stuff... and it appears that the game is integrating almost a Minecraft-esque, DayZ, or whatever survival game building options... Interesting addition, but a slight deviation from the core game mechanics, which can be slightly worrysome... I just remember weight management being such a pain in the ass during the previous Fallout titles, adding in too much utility to all of the junk you find will make it a hoarders paradise... but end up slowing progression to a standstill.

I just hope I don't get too sidetracked gathering scrap and junk to upgrade my hovel into the grand palace of the world.

[Gelston]

Did you SERIOUSLY link me the PS4 version? To the Tree of Woe with you.

That is the first version and so it links to that, just click the button and it changes.

[Tenlaar]

I just hope I don't get too sidetracked gathering scrap and junk to upgrade my hovel into the grand palace of the world.

That's the FIRST thing that I want to do!

[Whirlin]

That's the FIRST thing that I want to do!
Yeah... me too... Dunno how I feel about that though! That's Minecraft, not Fallout!

... Will definitely pick up... ... ... When it goes on sale during the steam Winter sale.

[Gelston]

Yeah... me too... Dunno how I feel about that though! That's Minecraft, not Fallout!

... Will definitely pick up... ... ... When it goes on sale during the steam Winter sale.

I don't think 4 will be on sale for that. It'll still be brand new. Probably the next summer sale. Unless you mean to winter sale of 2016!

[iJin]

PREORDERED MY PIP BOY.

[Gelston]

PREORDERED MY PIP BOY.

Enjoy it. I'll be playing before you. Digital ftw.

[Malisai]

Man, this is looking so awesome that I am now afraid this'll be another Watch Dogs debacle.

The guy heading up Fallout 4 also headed up Oblivion, skyrim, and fallout 3. Im rather confident it wont end up the same.

[Gelston]

The guy heading up Fallout 4 also headed up Oblivion, skyrim, and fallout 3. Im rather confident it wont end up the same.

Stop trying to reason with a 16 year old.

[Fallen]

Enjoy it. I'll be playing before you. Digital ftw.

I actually moved my special edition to free shipping for the added delay. As much as i'd like to play the game the second it is released, I have a feeling there will be a few very large bugs that will need to be sorted out immediately.

[Taernath]

I actually moved my special edition to free shipping for the added delay. As much as i'd like to play the game the second it is released, I have a feeling there will be a few very large bugs that will need to be sorted out immediately.

Amazon preorders generally arrive the day of release regardless of shipping speed.

[Fallen]

Amazon preorders generally arrive the day of release regardless of shipping speed.

Shipping estimate didn't seem to give that impression, but i'm not saying you're wrong.

[Taernath]

Shipping estimate didn't seem to give that impression, but i'm not saying you're wrong.

The Fallout 3 CE and my WoW CE's all arrived release day when I did either the 'free' 3-5 day option or the rush 1-2 day option (this was before I joined Amazon Prime). They'll send you an email later about release day guarantee and whether they can honor it or not.

I am wise in the ways of collector's edition preorders, grasshopper.

[Fallen]

The Fallout 3 CE and my WoW CE's all arrived release day when I did either the 'free' 3-5 day option or the rush 1-2 day option (this was before I joined Amazon Prime). They'll send you an email later about release day guarantee and whether they can honor it or not.

I am wise in the ways of collector's edition preorders, grasshopper.

I usually head down to Gamestop for collector's editions, but I figured i'd let them send it to me this time around. Like I said, I figured they'd need at least a massive day 1 patch to get this game somewhat operational so I didn't mind waiting. I won't be too upset if it arrives on launch day, though.


Have any of you guys played Fallout Shelter yet? It's the free IOS/android game. Pretty fucking addicting.

[Tenlaar]

http://giant.gfycat.com/RecklessSolidAchillestang.gif

[Gelston]

Amazon preorders generally arrive the day of release regardless of shipping speed.
Always been the day after for me.

[Taernath]

Always been the day after for me.

I got my release day guarantee email, so.... https://smileyshack.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/smooning_smiley_mooning_100-107.gif

[Gelston]

I got my release day guarantee email, so.... https://smileyshack.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/smooning_smiley_mooning_100-107.gif

I'll have mine preloaded and playing at 12:01 of release day. BAM.

[Taernath]

I'll have mine preloaded and playing at 12:01 of release day. BAM.

What's that? I can't hear you over the sound of my awesome working Pip-Boy.

[Gelston]

What's that? I can't hear you over the sound of my awesome working Pip-Boy.

My cell phone is better.

[Glitch]

I hope they get more into the twisted dark humor of the originals, something I felt was lacking a bit in 3. Even NV could have used a little more sass.

[Glitch]

Pretty interesting changes . I wonder if I'll miss pause VATS though. I expect I'll be sneaking even more than I already do.

http://www.gameinformer.com/games/fallout_4/b/playstation4/archive/2015/06/17/19-new-details-fans-need-to-know-about-fallout-4.aspx?utm_content=buffer9eb06&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer (http://www.gameinformer.com/games/fallout_4/b/playstation4/archive/2015/06/17/19-new-details-fans-need-to-know-about-fallout-4.aspx?utm_content=buffer9eb06&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer)

[Taernath]

Pretty interesting changes . I wonder if I'll miss pause VATS though. I expect I'll be sneaking even more than I already do.

http://www.gameinformer.com/games/fallout_4/b/playstation4/archive/2015/06/17/19-new-details-fans-need-to-know-about-fallout-4.aspx?utm_content=buffer9eb06&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer (http://www.gameinformer.com/games/fallout_4/b/playstation4/archive/2015/06/17/19-new-details-fans-need-to-know-about-fallout-4.aspx?utm_content=buffer9eb06&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer)

Half those things were added to earlier games by mods.

I don't think I like the idea of a 'critical meter'.

[Glitch]

I've always very slightly disliked the overall combat in Bethesda games, so I'm up for a change. If I had my way it would probably have a more new-age turn based feel instead of moving closer to FPS... We'll see I guess.

Critical meter is meh, I like the random nature of crits but I can see this way being satisfying to click.

[Gelston]

What I've always like about Bethesda games is modability. As long as they support that, I don't care what they put out.

[Glitch]

What I've always like about Bethesda games is modability. As long as they support that, I don't care what they put out.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iC38vuh1s9o

[Fallen]

I'm going to do a pure unarmed/thrown explosives build for my first playthrough. I figure that will help sort out the difficulty curve one way or another.

Who's with me?

[Astray]

I was always sneaky sniper guy.

[Gelston]

I'm going to do a pure unarmed/thrown explosives build for my first playthrough. I figure that will help sort out the difficulty curve one way or another.

Who's with me?
0 people

[Astray]

I'm going to do a pure unarmed/thrown explosives build for my first playthrough. I figure that will help sort out the difficulty curve one way or another.

Who's with me?

I tried this build in New Vegas, the melee is really awkward and doesn't pay dividends until you get the Power Fist. Even then it's so awkward because enemies like to shoot your face when you close in.

[Warriorbird]

0 people

Explosives with Sneak is actually pretty hilarious.

[Astray]

Explosives with Sneak is actually pretty hilarious.

"Hey man, do you hear hissing?"
"Yeah, it sounds kinda close."
"I could swear I heard that type of hiss somewhere before."

[Taernath]

I was always sneaky sniper guy.

Same. Looks like you might be able to create laser/plasma snipers, too. The Gauss rifle in the last two kind of sucked.

[Astray]

Same. Looks like you might be able to create laser/plasma snipers, too. The Gauss rifle in the last two kind of sucked.

I also played a Plasma heavy type. Super satisfying but every shot HAS to count since ammo sucks.

[Taernath]

I also played a Plasma heavy type. Super satisfying but every shot HAS to count since ammo sucks.

What I really want is to be able to go a pistol/sword route.

http://www.bigbosspainting.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Pictures/Products/Grey%20Knights/GK_InquisitorPowerSwordBoltPistol.jpg

[Astray]

Is dual wielding even a thing? If so, time to roll up a plasma/laser guy.

[Taernath]

Is dual wielding even a thing? If so, time to roll up a plasma/laser guy.

No. At least, not yet. I was hoping they'd take that inspiration from Skyrim.

[Astray]

No. At least, not yet. I was hoping they'd take that inspiration from Skyrim.

I'd imagine it's a lot easier to break the game with dual wielding since you're using guns, rather than say swords or axes. Double MG's, one with hollow point and the other with AP rounds.

[Taernath]

I'd imagine it's a lot easier to break the game with dual wielding since you're using guns, rather than say swords or axes. Double MG's, one with hollow point and the other with AP rounds.

That sounds like a viable tactic. In a single player offline-only game balance shouldn't really matter, hell, breaking the game is half the fun. Remember the alchemy exploit in Morrowind?

[Astray]

That sounds like a viable tactic. In a single player offline-only game balance shouldn't really matter, hell, breaking the game is half the fun. Remember the alchemy exploit in Morrowind?

True. I remember the exploits, though I only did that on a separate save because then the challenge is gone. Maybe that makes me an elitist dick, idk. Certain tactics like AP rounds in two SMG's would definitely come in handy for fighting things like Deathclaws though.

[Fallen]

0 people

Lord knows you're not up to the challenge, wuss.



Explosives with Sneak is actually pretty hilarious.
Agreed!

[Fallen]

That sounds like a viable tactic. In a single player offline-only game balance shouldn't really matter, hell, breaking the game is half the fun. Remember the alchemy exploit in Morrowind?

I find once you have enough caps/gear/equipment the game stops being fun. That's why balance overhaul mods are so popular.

[Glitch]

I find once you have enough caps/gear/equipment the game stops being fun. That's why balance overhaul mods are so popular.

Same here. Granted I put more hours into Skyrim and Fallout than rational people would, but it was disappointing to get really far in Skyrim to find out I was basically not going to have anymore challenges. Happened to me in Dragon Age too.

[Taernath]

I find once you have enough caps/gear/equipment the game stops being fun. That's why balance overhaul mods are so popular.

I like those but it's hard finding mods that make the AI play by the same rules.

[Fallen]

I like those but it's hard finding mods that make the AI play by the same rules.

Part of the problem is tweaks to the AI can cause massive amounts of lag due to how old the engines are for both games. I'm hoping this is not the case for this new fallout. My dream is they release an update which incorporates DX12. I figure if they do this then the game will be as moddable as possible.

[Taernath]

http://www.pcgamer.com/bethesda-says-there-are-currently-no-plans-for-paid-fallout-4-mods/

Bethesda says there are "currently no plans" for paid Fallout 4 mods

Bethesda was the first—and, as it turned out, the only—developer to take part in Valve's blink-and-you-missed-it experiment with paid mods on Steam. Given how it defended the practice, it's not unreasonable to expect it'll be at the head of the line again, if and when Valve ever decides to give it another shot, and that the next opportunity could well come in the form of Fallout 4.

But for now, that's not in the cards. "How long was the online payment system? 24 Hours? I can only speak for the present time, but currently there are no plans for a payment system," Game Director Todd Howard told German site Spiegel Online. The interview was Google translated from the original German and is thus a little rough, but the sentiment seems fairly straightforward, and Kotaku says it checks out.

[Astray]

You might say... there was a bit of fallout.

YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

[Taernath]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrX-QT19Ro0

[Taernath]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNfqQ7iJDg0

[Stanley Burrell]

How do I get the Pip-Boy version using ebgames/gamestop?

Fuck man, I am going to steal a super mutant behemoth's teddy bear.

[Fallen]

You'll likely need to buy one from a scalper at this point.

[iJin]

I'll sell my xbox version for 350 dollars. !

[Back]

The last time I played Fallout I went with a grenade/mine/explosive build. Had so much fun with it.

I might try clubs this time around.

[Taernath]

Bethesda unable to produce more Pip Boy units (http://nerdist.com/bethesda-unable-to-produce-any-more-fallout-4-pip-boy-units/)


It looks like making more Fallout 4 Pip-Boys just isn’t possible. Fallout 4‘s Pip-Boy Edition is arguably the most demanded video game collector’s bundle of the year, so much so that Bethesda has gone on record saying that they cannot produce any more. While speaking with Gamespot during QuakeCon this past weekend, Bethesda’s Pete Hines weighed in on what the Pip-Boy situation is looking like from his team’s end.

“We reached a point where we’d go back to the factories and they were like, ‘guys, this is it, sorry. This is as long as we can run the lines and as many of them as we can make’,” Hines explained.

“We’d go back to [the factories] and say, ‘Demand for this is insane, we’ve got to make more,'” Hines said. “And they’d move other projects off or shift stuff to other factories and it just came to [them telling Bethesda], ‘Final answer: sorry, this is as many as we can make.'”


Hope you guys have your preorder locked in. Maybe it's just a con. Maybe I should have ordered multiple to sell later.

[Stanley Burrell]

I NEED IRL V.A.T.S.!!!!!!!!!!1one.

From watching the videos in this thread, even though I'm trying to actually stay away from stuff because I want nothing even remotely spoilerish because I am a huge nerd, run on sentence, does the Vault Dweller have his/her own voice? I'd like to see all the Terrifying Presence perks with that. And there should've been more Terrifying Presence usages in FO:NV.

Oscar Kilo.

[Astray]

Okay, this honestly can't come quick enough.

These videos have turned the hype train into a fucking hype shuttle.

[Fallen]

Fallout 4 footage smuggled out of Gamescom has been posted on Pornhub.

http://kotaku.com/thousands-of-people-have-watched-leaked-fallout-4-foota-1723429196

[Androidpk]

​sigh.. *unzip*

[Astray]

Know what's blowing my mind? People are actually complaining about the graphics.

WHAT

[Androidpk]

You're surprised some people are complaining?

[Astray]

You're surprised some people are complaining?

About graphics? Yeah, kinda. I've seen some complaints like "It's no longer Fallout" and their reason behind that was because there's more color to the environment. Some people want this shit to be nothing but brown, grey and darker brown. Why? What does having some color do to the game?

[Androidpk]

About graphics? Yeah, kinda. I've seen some complaints like "It's no longer Fallout" and their reason behind that was because there's more color to the environment. Some people want this shit to be nothing but brown, grey and darker brown. Why? What does having some color do to the game?

Diablo 3 got the same complaints.

[Fallen]

Diablo looked like a cartoon. The difference here is it doesn't really matter what colors are used. Even now on consoles, you'll be able to change the colors around via mods to whatever you like.

[Androidpk]

Diablo looked like a cartoon. The difference here is it doesn't really matter what colors are used. Even now on consoles, you'll be able to change the colors around via mods to whatever you like.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhlkvO6NLnI

[Warriorbird]

Crazy people. I liked New Vegas better because it had colors. If it's moddable, people can make it how they want.

[Fallen]

Fallout 4 Has More Voice Lines Than Skyrim, Fallout 3 Combined
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/fallout-4-has-more-voice-lines-than-skyrim-fallout/1100-6430306/

[Fallen]

Fallout 4's season pass will grand access to all the DLC Bethesda creates for the game following its release in November. The season pass will cost $30.00 (£19.50) and the first DLC will be released in "early 2016".


Regular free post-release updates have been promised which will include "fixes and new features" and Bethesda also confirmed that mods will be coming to PS4 as well as Xbox One, the platform for which the feature was first announced at E3 in June.


"We've always done a lot of DLC for our games," reads Bethesda's blog (http://bethesda.net/?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=090915-F4SeasonPass#en/events/game/fallout-4-launch-and-beyond/2015/09/08/22). "We love making them and you always ask us for more. To reward our most loyal fans, this time we'll be offering a Season Pass that will get you all of the Fallout 4 DLC we ever do for just $30.


"Since we're still hard at work on the game, we don't know what the actual DLC will be yet, but it will start coming early next year. Based on what we did for Oblivion, Fallout 3, and Skyrim, we know that it will be worth at least $40, and if we do more, you'll get it all with the Season Pass."


Following the release of Fallout 3 in 2008 Bethesda released five expansions – Operation Anchorage, The Pitt, Broken Steel, Point Lookout and Mothership Zeta – within the space of a year, while The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim saw the release of three add-ons – Dawnguard, Hearthfire and Dragonborn.


Fallout 4 will be released on PS4, Xbox One and PC on 10 November 2015.

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/fallout-4-bethesda-reveals-season-pass-dlc-plans-ps4-xbox-one-pc-1519104

$30.00 for all DLC might be worth it. The expansions are typically pretty meaty and all but required for significant mods down the line due to the added assets.

[Taernath]

The FO3 expansions were a little hit and miss, with Mothership Zeta and Operation Anchorage feeling rushed and tacked on. I really enjoyed the New Vegas expansions though, each felt like they were part of the greater mythology. Hopefully they'll go that route.

I also hope MS isn't getting another 5 months of exclusivity on DLC.

[Fallen]

NV was actually done by Obsidian, not Bethesda.

For B's best DLC work i'd look to Dawnguard and Dragonborne.

[Taernath]

NV was actually done by Obsidian, not Bethesda.

Yeah, I know.

[iJin]

Anyone wanna buy my preorder for Fallout 4 Pip boy edition xbox one? 300!!

I don't have an xbox anymore, and can't switch it to ps4. :( Gonna just sell it on CL.

[Jarvan]

Anyone wanna buy my preorder for Fallout 4 Pip boy edition xbox one? 300!!

I don't have an xbox anymore, and can't switch it to ps4. :( Gonna just sell it on CL.

Awww.. that sucks. I almost bought a PC one... but.. then a friend made a better case for me.

My new comp is built.. and in testing.. so soon I will be ready for fallout 4.

[Erous]

If it wasn't for Xbox I'd buy it. I plan to live in my filth for several days when this game comes out

[Astray]

Anyone wanna buy my preorder for Fallout 4 Pip boy edition xbox one? 300!!

I don't have an xbox anymore, and can't switch it to ps4. :( Gonna just sell it on CL.

Fuuuuuuuuuuck.

[Astray]

New videos on the S.P.E.C.I.A.L stuff is up.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yuo7AuDGNN8

[Androidpk]

Today's video is brought to you by the letter P.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlC8cTvk9Us

[Taernath]

https://cdn2.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/qfF0fpomya2Ttfqe6USUEYlD9vU=/1000x0/filters:no_upscale()/cdn0.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/4212219/fallout-4-nuka-cola-quantum-photo_1352.0.jpg

You can buy Fallout 4's Nuka-Cola Quantum at Target next month

http://www.polygon.com/2015/10/29/9639824/fallout-4-nuka-cola-quantum-target-jones-soda

Fallout fans will soon be able to irradiate their taste buds with real-life Nuka-Cola Quantum — bottles of the carbonated soft drink will be available to purchase exclusively at Target this fall, according to the series' official Twitter account.

Bethesda Softworks, publisher of the Fallout series, has partnered with boutique soda manufacturer Jones Soda to make this happen. As seen in a photo posted to the Fallout Twitter account (full image below), the beverage comes in the same blue color as the in-game Nuka-Cola Quantum, which debuted in 2008's Fallout 3.

The drink isn't a unique variety produced specially for this promotion; taking a closer look at the full-resolution photo, you see that it appears to be a repackaged version of Jones Soda's existing berry lemonade flavor.

[Astray]

6 days till everyone calls out sick.

Don't know why my calendar is a day ahead.

[Taernath]

I have to go in that day, but the next is Veteran's Day.

[Fallen]

http://i.imgur.com/lhjhbB9.gif

[Astray]

I have to go in that day, but the next is Veteran's Day.

Ah shit that's right. Damn it. That's a busy day for us.

[Fallen]

What are you guys going to play it on? Console or PC?

[Astray]

PS4.

[Taernath]

What are you guys going to play it on? Console or PC?

PC master race.

[Astray]

PC master race.

I can't hear you over console mandated specs. Like Watch Dogs and anything from Ubisoft.

[Taernath]

I can't hear you over console mandated specs. Like Watch Dogs and anything from Ubisoft.

Have fun using mods incapable of using script extenders. Is PS4 even getting mods at all?

http://media.giphy.com/media/kS1aph1nPE1lm/giphy.gif

[Androidpk]

I'm going to pass on this and wait for Fallout 5.

[Astray]

Have fun using mods incapable of using script extenders. Is PS4 even getting mods at all?

It is! So is the Xbawx. Enjoy selling your soul to get the game to even run.

http://media.giphy.com/media/13Lq95U02jhABi/giphy.gif

[Taernath]

It is! So is the Xbawx. Enjoy selling your soul to get the game to even run.

I sold my soul long ago to get many games to run at a smooth 60 fps in 4k resolution. Maybe if you're lucky there won't be a Fallout 4 expansion debacle like there was with Skyrim.

https://media.giphy.com/media/amZfgEVrf84Xm/giphy.gif

[Astray]

I sold my soul long ago to get many games to run at a smooth 60 fps in 4k resolution. Maybe if you're lucky there won't be a Fallout 4 expansion debacle like there was with Skyrim.

I got nothing. I'm actually fairly unaware of the debacles and shit. Unless someone brings it to my attention, I have no idea what's superior and why.

[Taernath]

I got nothing. I'm actually fairly unaware of the debacles and shit. Unless someone brings it to my attention, I have no idea what's superior and why.

PS3 had it's Skyrim expansions delayed by... a lot. Everyone else got them all before PS got the first one. I think there were unresolved memory leaks and save file bloat as well, though that wasn't specific to PS3.

That's kind of the other thing, if you run into a bugged quest you can just use the console to bypass or restart it. I think every Bethesda game (the two recent Fallouts and Morrowind -> Skyrim) all had quests that would have been game-ending if I didn't have access to the console or user-made patches.

[Stanley Burrell]

::hugs knees and rocks::

[Astray]

I'll be able to pick it up but I won't even get to play till late.

[Fallen]

I'm taking the 10th and the 11th off. I would take the 12th off as well, but work got in the way. Still, should be a lot of fun.

[Astray]

Winter is coming and it's our slowest time of year so I'll likely get a good 2-3 days off after Tuesday. I plan to die playing.

[Taernath]

USAA has decided next week is a great time to cancel current Mastercards and reissue them as Visas. I should be ok though as the deadline for the switch isn't until the 15th.

[Astray]

I only have one day off but it's enough to at least dip my toes.

[Fallen]

Started my pre-install.

[Astray]

Started my pre-install.

I might actually go to the midnight release.

[Fallen]

My gaming mouse died literally 2 hours before Fallout 4 is released.

[Astray]

My gaming mouse died literally 2 hours before Fallout 4 is released.

How's that PC master race now, huh?!

[Fallen]

How's that PC master race now, huh?!

Seeing as how I can play a first person shooter with a mouse and keyboard, pretty damned awesome.

[drauz]

http://i.imgur.com/pTwXSEZ.gif

[Astray]

Is that fight in fucking Mexico?

[drauz]

Is that fight in fucking Mexico?

I would guess its a Bollywood movie given the lack of physics.

[Androidpk]

Totally Bollywood, it's Singham 2.

[blanks]

So... How is it ? Worth getting? TELL ME!

[Astray]

It's pretty great. Though I am struggling with combat a bit. I got butchered in the first Raider hunting mission and resorted to using the last of my power armors energy supply.

There are at least a minimum of 20 raiders inside the damn factory.

[Whirlin]

My CPU is in dire need for an upgrade, so I didn't reach min tech specs... but my friend gave me his XBox One... I'll try to twitch some gameplay tomorrow... yay for a true day off, finally.

[Vusit]

Got about a hour of game play and was finally getting going, then my daughter informed me I need to watch Barbie dream house.

[Taernath]

Solution: get her hooked on Fallout Shelter.

[Aluvius]

I installed a workaround to get rid of the mouse "acceleration" and damn, that made a big difference. It still sucks in menus though.

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2015/11/10/fallout-4-fixes/

[Fallen]

Pretty fun game so far. What difficulty are you guys using? Survivalist seems rough, but fair. Legendary creatures are a PITA. It's weird they didn't include a need for food/sleep.

[drauz]

I have the game but can only play about an hour a day until the weekend, any suggestions so far.

Was thinking about doing this once I had time on Friday.

http://www.techtimes.com/articles/105165/20151110/fallout-4-beginner-s-guide-how-to-get-a-legendary-laser-rifle-early.htm

[Fallen]

Anything you do that nerfs the difficulty early will result in reaching the point where nothing challenges you earlier as well. It happens in all these types of games.

[Astray]

Pretty fun game so far. What difficulty are you guys using? Survivalist seems rough, but fair. Legendary creatures are a PITA. It's weird they didn't include a need for food/sleep.

I was on Hard but kept getting smashed to pieces by everything so I went down to Normal. And does anyone else think there are turrets all over the damn place?

[azim17]

Damnit E - stop playing fallout and answer my PM

[Taernath]

Pretty fun game so far. What difficulty are you guys using? Survivalist seems rough, but fair. Legendary creatures are a PITA. It's weird they didn't include a need for food/sleep.

I don't increase difficulty if it only turns enemies into bullet sponges. FO3 was terrible for that, particularly with those high level giant versions of enemies. And yeah, I miss food/sleep from NV, but different dev, so... I'm sure they will be added in mods, but it's doubtful they'll make it to consoles due to script limits.

Not a huge fan of the 'no skill, all perks' direction, but I got used to Skyrim so maybe I will here too. I'm hoping for a dialogue tree reskin, it looks terrible.

Oh, and I bought a sound card! I haven't owned one since the 90's, but I was having issues with 5.1 and headphones.

[Silvean]

I have the game but can only play about an hour a day until the weekend, any suggestions so far.

Was thinking about doing this once I had time on Friday.

http://www.techtimes.com/articles/105165/20151110/fallout-4-beginner-s-guide-how-to-get-a-legendary-laser-rifle-early.htm

Stumbled on this by accident as soon as I left the Minutemen. Easy quest. Great reward.

[Jarvan]

My complaints are small so far really.

No need for food/sleep/water...

Crafting could be slightly better in some instances... and armor really really looks stupid. Wearing a full set of combat armor looks like 70% of my body is exposed.

AND WHY CAN'T I HAVE A CAR. I Mean... come on.. we rebuilt one in fallout 2. Where is my damn car!

[Whirlin]

I'm with you Jarvan;

Playing on the XBox One... I found that building up settlements is incredibly clunky... I couldn't tell I was installing my shack walls inside-out until I tried to place a roof... And even then, no idea what roof is supposed to be installed on the 90 degree wall segments... none click on the inside! I also wish there was an interface where I could control the settlers in a more macro-sense, rather than just finding people, whom are potentially assigned to something else, and assigning them to farming/etc.

Just kind of wish there was more UIs to manage settlement creation and settler management... as the minutemen seem to really stress getting like, a bajillion settlements for some reason.

I also noticed that my workshop stuff can't be moved between settlements... so if I built a beacon in one city, I can't transport it to a new one... but I've been told that there's a perk for that.


On the pro side... there were definitely a couple scenes that I saw that incredibly reminded me of sites around MA... The Beantown Brewery is physically located, and looks exactly like a museum in Waltham that I used to Kayak by on a near daily basis... Just cool to see places that I recognize.

It's also cool that if a settlement is under attack, it'll get an active quest associated with defending the place. For the UI issues that I've been having, it's been a blast. Can't wait to put more time into it.

[Taernath]

Yeah, the settlement building UI is really, really bad. I like the direction they're going with it, though. Same with the mix-and-match armor, it needs to be a little more obvious what is an undershirt and what isn't.

[Fallen]

Luckily, all of these concerns should be able to be addressed with mods. Even consoles should be able to handle the mods dealing with UI and labeling of things.

I have the perk that supposedly shares supplies. I'm not sure how it works, but it certainly doesn't pool the stuff you have transferred across all bases. That is what I was hoping it would do.

Also, this game is fucking hard. Every base I raid has 1-3 legendary defenders that take a lot of tomfoolery to put down. I also agree about there being too many turrets. Fuck turrets.

[Astray]

Also, this game is fucking hard. Every base I raid has 1-3 legendary defenders that take a lot of tomfoolery to put down. I also agree about there being too many turrets. Fuck turrets.

Every last base I have been in has had at least 3-4 turrets. That's not including the goddamn story bases, which the last one I completed had 10.

I just figured this out but if you "Tag for search" an item, it'll highlight stuff in your HUD when you're building that gives those materials.

[Taernath]

Even consoles should be able to handle the mods dealing with UI and labeling of things.

Doubtful. SkyUI required a script extender.

Bugs the shit out of me when you holster a weapon it just disappears. And this metal armor looks terrible! GAWD

[Whirlin]

I've heard they were planning XBox One mods to be released... somehow.

I actually also JUST unlocked that trade route skill, and needed to do some looking up online... turns out that you need to command someone in the base to handle the trade route... I guess there's a new prompt for trade route and other kind of routes that you end up unlocking.

I also completely agree that this is definitely more difficult than previous games... however, we all know the difficulty curve with open world games ends up dropping off of a cliff after a certain point, so I'm not terribly concerned with overall difficulty if it's a little difficult at the beginning.

[Astray]

I also completely agree that this is definitely more difficult than previous games... however, we all know the difficulty curve with open world games ends up dropping off of a cliff after a certain point, so I'm not terribly concerned with overall difficulty if it's a little difficult at the beginning.

The curve sticks with you, from what I gather. Enemies get better gear, tougher units show up, etc etc. If you drop a difficulty, yes it does get pretty easy but it's also that if you go up in difficulty, you have more of a challenge.

[Whirlin]

The curve sticks with you, from what I gather. Enemies get better gear, tougher units show up, etc etc. If you drop a difficulty, yes it does get pretty easy but it's also that if you go up in difficulty, you have more of a challenge.
I think there may be something more than that... Or does the game auto-adjust difficulty? I know I accidentally blew myself up on a mine 3 times... and it was gone the next respawn...

I dunno, never gone into the settings to even see what difficulty options there were!

[Astray]

I think there may be something more than that... Or does the game auto-adjust difficulty? I know I accidentally blew myself up on a mine 3 times... and it was gone the next respawn...

I dunno, never gone into the settings to even see what difficulty options there were!

It's your standard difficulty option wheel.

I honestly don't know. Aside from the pre-determined 'here is booby trap' places, I've only had a few encounters where I ran away and went leveling. Typically some monsters who I had no clue even existed. Like Swan. Fuck Swan.

[Thondalar]

Got this...installed it...haven't started yet...kinda nervous...

I'm super drunk atm....last 5 days been crazy...last Friday I worked about 15 hours, from 7am 'till around 10pm, left, came back at 5:30am to take the truck in, worked 'till about 5pm, came home and started working on the tailgate for the Bucs/Giants game....finished that around 2am...got a few hours sleep, back up for the drive to Tampa for the tailgate, then the tailgate and the game, and the after-party, then the drive back...then back at work the next day, slept in a little but went in at 2pm and closed, then was off Tuesday but got up at 6am to take my wife and kids to Disney...first time for my 3-yo son, crazy Mickey Mouse freak...was there from 8am to 8pm, dinner after, got to bed about 1am...woke up today at 7am to open up...Veteran's day, free Tonions and other discounts, God Bless our veterans, but damn...today was crazy....so...that was my last 5 days....home now, off tomorrow, got Fallout 4....gonna get'er done.

[drauz]

Anyone tried any mods yet?

http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/categories/?

[Fallen]

I think there may be something more than that... Or does the game auto-adjust difficulty? I know I accidentally blew myself up on a mine 3 times... and it was gone the next respawn...

I dunno, never gone into the settings to even see what difficulty options there were!

I've had this happen as well. I think it's done so that if you save right on top of a deadly situation it doesn't fuck you over if your last save was hours before.

[Taernath]

Anyone tried any mods yet?

http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/categories/?

Gonna wait until the modding tools are released, anything out right now is just tweaking of minor settings.

[Astray]

Nipple mods. Because your post-apocalyptic fantasy isn't complete without nipples.

[Androidpk]

Looking forward to some 30/40K mods.

[Astray]

Looking forward to some 30/40K mods.

I see infinite power core mod on the horizon.

[Thondalar]

Ok, so...granted, super drunk after the last 5 days I've had, but still...started playing...got out the vault...moved north-east-ish, ran into some sort of a I dunno...theater building or some such...killed a few dudes on the way up, found my dog...or, well, A dog I'm assuming is going to be mine...talked to a couple dudes, went back down stairs...killed by a random rampaging Deathclaw that suddenly showed up in the middle of my level 1 guy shooting his basic 10mm pistol at random bandits.

No shit. I come down stairs, I'm back out on the streets, there are some random bandit dudes, my dog runs off and attacks one of them, I start popping off shots....then HOLY SHIT MASSIVE DEATHCLAW comes charging down the street right at me...I take a few shots at him, most hit, but then he is on me and I'm dead.

?

[Androidpk]

Many deathclaws! Minus 50dkp!

[Thondalar]

Many deathclaws! Minus 50dkp!

Just one tho! I'll play it tomorrow when I wake up...gonna go play something safe like SWTOR.

[drauz]

Ok, so...granted, super drunk after the last 5 days I've had, but still...started playing...got out the vault...moved north-east-ish, ran into some sort of a I dunno...theater building or some such...killed a few dudes on the way up, found my dog...or, well, A dog I'm assuming is going to be mine...talked to a couple dudes, went back down stairs...killed by a random rampaging Deathclaw that suddenly showed up in the middle of my level 1 guy shooting his basic 10mm pistol at random bandits.

No shit. I come down stairs, I'm back out on the streets, there are some random bandit dudes, my dog runs off and attacks one of them, I start popping off shots....then HOLY SHIT MASSIVE DEATHCLAW comes charging down the street right at me...I take a few shots at him, most hit, but then he is on me and I'm dead.

?

Without saying a spoiler....

You are doing it wrong, go inside the courthouse looking place first.

[Thondalar]

Without saying a spoiler....

You are doing it wrong, go inside the courthouse looking place first.

Thanks for the attempt, I'll be fine...

Managed to get through Wasteland, and Fallout back in the isometric top-down days...I can get through this, too...just...not tonight.

[Astray]

So... uh... Raiders got some new tech.

[Taernath]

So... uh... Raiders got some new tech.

Power armor? Laser weapons?

[Warriorbird]

Power armor? Laser weapons?

Fat Men.

[Taernath]

Fat Men.

You're kidding me.

[Fallen]

You're kidding me.

They seemed to have toned down the damage from those things. One was launching them at me willy nilly but as it was an open space it didn't do any major damage.

[Warriorbird]

You're kidding me.

Not at all! There's a guy with one in close quarters fairly early on. It was actually a really fun fight.

[Astray]

Power armor?

Power armor.

[drauz]

http://i.imgur.com/PsuRf0D.png

[Taernath]

http://36.media.tumblr.com/0bb0fec62a6c29be3d3939d16cf1ecd2/tumblr_inline_nxnqocvkRz1sxr820_500.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/sknCgpv.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/nuaU01H.png

[Vusit]

Got the cryowhatever from vault 111, omg the fun

[drauz]

Also something I found out this morning the "e" key is the same as the enter key for just about any prompt that asks you to hit enter, no more reaching across the keyboard!

This is for the PC obviously.

[Whirlin]

Power armor.
Found a bandit with power armor... ended up using a laser rifle, which was SUPER effective against him... Damage type DEFINITELY is gonna play a HUGE role in this game.

[Astray]

Found a bandit with power armor... ended up using a laser rifle, which was SUPER effective against him... Damage type DEFINITELY is gonna play a HUGE role in this game.

Run into any football playing Mutants yet?

[drauz]

A collection of fallout faces

http://kotaku.com/the-best-character-recreations-in-fallout-4-1742087916

[Warriorbird]

Got the cryowhatever from vault 111, omg the fun

That's an amazing gun.

[Stanley Burrell]

SPOILER'Y

How do I remove my fucking power armor?! I can't wear anything, even when I remove my helmet, arm pieces, leg pieces and whatnot. Like I'll try wearing a leather chest piece, and it'll say "you cannot equip this while in power armor." I just finished the quest to get rid of the raiders + deathclaw with the minigun. :help:

SPOILER'Y

[Warriorbird]

SPOILER'Y

How do I remove my fucking power armor?! I can't wear anything, even when I remove my helmet, arm pieces, leg pieces and whatnot. Like I'll try wearing a leather chest piece, and it'll say "you cannot equip this while in power armor." I just finished the quest to get rid of the raiders + deathclaw with the minigun. :help:

SPOILER'Y

It's like E on PC I think.

[Stanley Burrell]

^

So I happened to be sprinting towards my next quest location and then all of a sudden it said my power armor was out of juice and that I had to hold A on the XB One to exit it. Hopefully that'll work for me to go back and forth between wearing and not wearing it, I think I figured it out.

[Warriorbird]

^

So I happened to be sprinting towards my next quest location and then all of a sudden it said my power armor was out of juice and that I had to hold A on the XB One to exit it. Hopefully that'll work for me to go back and forth between wearing and not wearing it, I think I figured it out.

Yeah, I blew through my first Fusion Core that way too. You'll find more. Sprinting burns a lot of juice too.

[Taernath]

Yeah, I blew through my first Fusion Core that way too. You'll find more. Sprinting burns a lot of juice too.

Sprinting from the south bridge of Sanctuary to the Red Rocket station burns about 30% of a fusion core.

Can't wait for mods to rebalance this.

[Cyphier]

^

So I happened to be sprinting towards my next quest location and then all of a sudden it said my power armor was out of juice and that I had to hold A on the XB One to exit it. Hopefully that'll work for me to go back and forth between wearing and not wearing it, I think I figured it out.

Woof it's tough past that Deathclaw!

[Astray]

I've got enough power cores to do whatever I want right now (close to 80). Just look for the military vehicles south of Diamond City. There's also a ton of military hardware at the docks.

[Stanley Burrell]

Woof it's tough past that Deathclaw!

Hah, that deathclaw was stuck in the hole that it tried to climb out of. I wasted most of my minigun ammo shooting just the ground.

[Astray]

Hah, that deathclaw was stuck in the hole that it tried to climb out of. I wasted most of my minigun ammo shooting just the ground.

I actually managed that fight without much damage done. Granted, the Deathclaw was more interested in raiders than fighting me.

[Androidpk]

http://i.imgur.com/iGbaZnQl.jpg

[Durgrimst]

The Deathclaw and other big mutants can't enter buildings through doors. All you have to do is stand a couple feet inside a house and shoots them while they claw away at the walls.

[Durgrimst]

Also if you go due north of your starting town until you reach the to of the map, and then follow it east, you find a robot graveyard with some fusion cores and the nuke launcher in it.

[Thondalar]

I actually managed that fight without much damage done. Granted, the Deathclaw was more interested in raiders than fighting me.

I stayed up on the roof of the museum and sniped him in the face about 1500 times...most of the raiders were already dead before he came into the picture, there were like 2 or 3 that he very quickly dispatched. It took me like 20 minutes because every time I'd snipe him in the face he'd run between buildings. Only good thing is I was in [ Caution ] the whole time so 2x damage. When he got to like 1/3 health I got bored and just jumped down in the power armor and finished him with the mini-gun.

I know that Deathclaw was set up, but I've also noticed some really tough enemies spawning in seemingly random places. On my way to the car factory to take out the raiders for that first Minutemen quest I ran into a huge super mutant with some sort of mutant dog just south of the railroad station...he killed the shit out of me. I reloaded and went back in power armor with the minigun and there was just a rabid dog and some brahmin where the mutant was.

[Astray]

Also if you go due north of your starting town until you reach the to of the map, and then follow it east, you find a robot graveyard with some fusion cores and the nuke launcher in it.

There's also a goddamn SENTRY bot you can assign to a select few locations.

[Taernath]

I kept the car between me and the deathclaw, then blew up the car. When in doubt, exploit the geometry. Easy peasy.

Super mutant suiciders have taken to spawning at my Red Rocket area where I do most of my modding/crafting. Time apparently still passes while you are sitting at a bench.

[Astray]

I kept the car between me and the deathclaw, then blew up the car. When in doubt, exploit the geometry. Easy peasy.

Super mutant suiciders have taken to spawning at my Red Rocket area where I do most of my modding/crafting. Time apparently still passes while you are sitting at a bench.

Oh shit. That is the worst. I once found a strange Mr. Handy and as I started to approach him, a fucking suicider ran right at him and nuked him like a dick.

[Whirlin]

I just finished liberating Fort Independence... I mean... the castle. Man... that battle was a bitch, glad I had Molotov cocktails on me.

Still haven't hit Diamond City yet though. Joined the Brotherhood of Steel and got that nice gun for joining that I modded out to be wonderful. After the first Brotherhood quest, I had a shit ton of ammo for it.

I feel like a trash collector in this game though... pick up all the things.

[Astray]

I just finished liberating Fort Independence... I mean... the castle. Man... that battle was a bitch, glad I had Molotov cocktails on me.

That battle was Hell. I went into it with a full set of Power Armor and walked away with only an arm and torso still functioning.

I didn't think there would be an actual acid mechanic. Oh and have you run into hostile Children of Atom? Pack plenty of RadAway, because they do upwards of 99+ radiation damage in one shot.

[Fallen]

Accidentally read a big spoiler for the game in a completely non-game related comments section. Disappointing.

[Thondalar]

There's also a goddamn SENTRY bot you can assign to a select few locations.

I knew I shouldn't have killed that thing. I figured I'd get some mad lootz from it, but not really. Just a couple cores. I activated it, but couldn't do anything else with it so I just blew it up.

[Thondalar]

I feel like a trash collector in this game though... pick up all the things.

I've stopped picking up ALL the things...just the things with adhesive, screws, gears, springs, crystals, fiber optics, copper, nuclear material.....

[Astray]

I knew I shouldn't have killed that thing. I figured I'd get some mad lootz from it, but not really. Just a couple cores. I activated it, but couldn't do anything else with it so I just blew it up.

Did you check the console? You can send it to Diamond City too.

[Taernath]

That battle was Hell. I went into it with a full set of Power Armor and walked away with only an arm and torso still functioning.

It wasn't hard, just long. Pop out to take a shot at it's face, then hide in the tunnels when it turns toward you. Melee the little bugs or use them to build up your crit meter. Lucas Sim- err, Preston whatever and Dogmeat don't die, and distract the thing when they're up. Pretty standard Bethesda-style exploit battle. There are also missile launchers and flamers hidden around.

I told Nick to wait at the Red Rocket station, and he took off running in the opposite direction. I haven't seen him since. :/

[Astray]

It wasn't hard, just long. Pop out to take a shot at it's face, then hide in the tunnels when it turns toward you. Melee the little bugs or use them to build up your crit meter. Lucas Sim- err, Preston whatever and Dogmeat don't die, and distract the thing when they're up. Pretty standard Bethesda-style exploit battle. There are also missile launchers and flamers hidden around.

I told Nick to wait at the Red Rocket station, and he took off running in the opposite direction. I haven't seen him since. :/

I went in kinda cocky. I was smashing all the little bugs and just shotgun blasting the adults. I saw the big bug, switch to my Plasma and started to go to town. When I noticed my attacks weren't doing much, I grabbed my Fat Boy and nuked her.

Lmao... par the course. I told Dogmeat to go back to Sanctuary and he ran off. I came back to find him on the roof of my house.

[Whirlin]

It wasn't hard, just long. Pop out to take a shot at it's face, then hide in the tunnels when it turns toward you. Melee the little bugs or use them to build up your crit meter. Lucas Sim- err, Preston whatever and Dogmeat don't die, and distract the thing when they're up. Pretty standard Bethesda-style exploit battle. There are also missile launchers and flamers hidden around.

I told Nick to wait at the Red Rocket station, and he took off running in the opposite direction. I haven't seen him since. :/
Pretty much exactly what I did... replace shoot him in the face with lob a Molotov cocktail at him.

Not too much play time for a Saturday, but got through the Valentine quest... Killed 4 Legendaries on the way... Managed to pick up:
Boxing gloves with +Leg damage
Submachine gun with -Recoil
I dunno, some equally worthless stuff.

[Jarvan]

Ok.. little less pissed about the armor, as there are heavy versions and they don't look half bad.

[Stanley Burrell]

My thoughts so far:

#A) WHERE'S THE AMMO?!?!?!?! (I've had a snub nosed .44 in my inventory and can't find anyone who sells .44s)

2. I think ... ... yeah ... ... My initial S.P.E.C.I.A.L. were 4 on everything, 1 on Intelligence and 7 on luck. I've raised Intelligence once, but yeeeah, gonna get the Idiot Savant perk, even though experience-boosting perks are eh.

III - Getting Strong was a bitch. How many of you dudes and ladies are Survival mode'ing it?

[Taernath]

My thoughts so far:

#A) WHERE'S THE AMMO?!?!?!?! (I've had a snub nosed .44 in my inventory and can't find anyone who sells .44s)

2. I think ... ... yeah ... ... My initial S.P.E.C.I.A.L. were 4 on everything, 1 on Intelligence and 7 on luck. I've raised Intelligence once, but yeeeah, gonna get the Idiot Savant perk, even though experience-boosting perks are eh.

III - Getting Strong was a bitch. How many of you dudes and ladies are Survival mode'ing it?

When I first got a .44 (Kellogg's) I had ~16 rounds that I found lying around earlier. I don't think anything drops it, but most vendors have a handful in stock so I buy them when I see them.

The new SPECIAL system was kind of a shock to me. I think I went with around 4 in every attribute except luck. The good part is that there aren't too many stats that are worth getting more than 5-6. Perception and Luck, maybe. Intelligence only if you want to focus on a gamma weapon.

Also, what's up with these BoS chumps getting shot down all the time? Every other time I see a vertibird they crash because some bandit is shooting a pipe rifle at them.

[Fallen]

Found a certain special crash site. Thought I lost it for a bit due to random attacks while searching, but I got lucky.

[Warriorbird]

Found a certain special crash site. Thought I lost it for a bit due to random attacks while searching, but I got lucky.

I love the connection to a certain religion.

[Androidpk]

Does the game have M-14/M1A rifles? It shows one in the most recent commercial but none of the game guides seem to show it.

[Warriorbird]

Does the game have M-14/M1A rifles? It shows one in the most recent commercial but none of the game guides seem to show it.

I believe so, though it's one of the seemingly multiple "sniper" or "assault" rifles I think.

Gun nerdery from my cousin, given hunting weekend, suggests that it's more a mini-14.

[Taernath]

There are no direct weapon transpants from RL that I've seen, except for the drum fed m1a1. The mini-14 looking thing is a modded 'combat rifle' with an expanded magazine that fires .45. This is the one I'm using:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=555979855

The assault rifle looks like the one from Bioshock. Haven't seen anyone actually use it, and the only place I've 'naturally' found ammo for it is via destroyed turrets.

[Androidpk]

This one


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQvUww6fQWY

[Taernath]

That's just the hunting rifle.

[Androidpk]

Lame!

[Astray]

Before any of you get too excited, the Jetpack kinda sucks. It drains fusion core and AP so don't expect to go flying around like crazy.

[Fallen]

I'm very much enjoying FO4, especially as it seems the difficulty scales fairly well as you gain in power. I will admit that some enemies do feel a bit bullet spongey on Survivalist, but in all fairness, with companions that don't die this is somewhat of a necessity. I think there were several instances where I should have gotten my power armor, but I gutted it out with a whole lotta being repeatedly murdered by legendary creatures/people. My one gripe is the Gunners merc group. If I shoot you 9-10 times in a head with a sniper rifle, you should die. I don't care what difficulty i'm playing on. Especially as 2-3 body shots from their pistols or whatever put you down easily enough.

At any rate, what build are you guys using? How about weapons and playstyle?

I put a 9 in Intelligence, a 1 in Luck, and 3-5 in the remaining stats. I haven't taken any direct combat perks and am around level 22. I like to be able to open any lock/computer I come across, so I invested heavily in support skills. No real combat perks to date. Just armor/weapon/science upgrade unlocks. Stuff like that.

I sneak a lot and use basically every weapon class available assuming I have the ammo. I build all of my armor for extra pockets and can hold 310 pounds of crap with only 5 strength. I like to scavenge!

[Thondalar]

At any rate, what build are you guys using? How about weapons and playstyle?

I put a 9 in Intelligence, a 1 in Luck, and 3-5 in the remaining stats. I haven't taken any direct combat perks and am around level 22. I like to be able to open any lock/computer I come across, so I invested heavily in support skills. No real combat perks to date. Just armor/weapon/science upgrade unlocks. Stuff like that.

I sneak a lot and use basically every weapon class available assuming I have the ammo. I build all of my armor for extra pockets and can hold 310 pounds of crap with only 5 strength. I like to scavenge!

I haven't had a whole lot of time to play since it came out, I've got about 9 hours into it. My guy is level 10, and I'm doing almost exactly the same thing as you...lockpick/hacking/etc. I went like mostly 4's in stats with a 3 strength and 5 INT, so I could get the perks I want now and get others as I pick up bobbleheads and/or put points in the stats. I haven't taken any combat perks yet because I'm still not sure what weapon I want to use long-term. I've always been a sneaking/sniping sort in all the sandbox games I play, and this is no different. I've been using a modded-out .38 sniper pipe rifle most of the time, though I just picked up a pretty nice .308 hunting rifle that does quite a bit more damage. I'm pretty big into crafting, so I've been doing gun nut and armoring and all that, and I've probably spent more time working on and around Sanctuary than exploring/questing. I've scrapped everything in the workshop area that I could, including trees, fences, damaged buildings, etc...I've got enough food, beds, and water for like 20 people, and machine gun turrets all over the place.

I put up a beacon to draw new settlers, but only one has shown up so far, putting me at 6...but then the old lady died because I gave her too many chems, so back to 5.

Pretty annoyed you can't craft ammo. New Vegas spoiled me with +P loads.

[Astray]

At any rate, what build are you guys using? How about weapons and playstyle?

I went pretty balanced on my stats. I've got a plasma sniper rifle that does some pretty awesome things to tough enemies. I also have a shotgun for ghouls.

I've basically been attempting some form of stealth but enemies are kinda touchy and a bit oversensitive at times. Then I ran into a stash of Fusion Cores and am damn near in my Power Armor 24/7.

[Stanley Burrell]

WHERE'S THE AMMO?!?!?!?!


Pretty annoyed you can't craft ammo. New Vegas spoiled me with +P loads.

Ding ding ding!

Seriously though, I'm gonna have to frickin' get four ranks in Scrounger. It's a little bit ridiculous.

[drauz]

I've stopped picking up ALL the things...just the things with adhesive, screws, gears, springs, crystals, fiber optics, copper, nuclear material.....

Once you get a settlement running with some food getting made, start making vegetable starches. These handy things turn into 5 adhesives. Takes like a tato, mutifruit, purified water, and one other vegetable. Cheap as fuck to make. And setting the other rare ones you listed to be watched for is a huge help with not picking up every little thing.

[drauz]

At any rate, what build are you guys using? How about weapons and playstyle?


I went 6's in INT & CHR. Started with hacker, locksmith, and crafting perks (gun nut and armorer). Went into single shot rifles and pistol perks.

Current gun - upgraded is with a .308 receiver. It is now god. The extra projectile is free and costs no ammo.

https://i.imgur.com/oK7oG1g.jpg

[Taernath]

Pretty annoyed you can't craft ammo. New Vegas spoiled me with +P loads.

Yeah I miss that ammo system. Plasma requiring its own special ammo is balls, too, because nobody uses it. That will be one of the first things I mod out.

[Astray]

The extra projectile is free and costs no ammo.

There's a fucking Fat Boy that has the same effect.

[Taernath]

At any rate, what build are you guys using? How about weapons and playstyle?

I'm playing a sneaky sniper with lots of points in Gun Nut and Science for crafting, but mostly average stats. I'm playing on normal though, and even though it's too easy (1-2 non crit bodyshots from my combat rifle take down almost anyone) the alternative is bullet spongiform encephalopathy so I put up with it. My weapons right now are: Chinese Officer's Sword (unmodded because blacksmithing kind of sucks), that silenced .38 you get from Deacon, a fully modded combat shotgun, and a fully modded combat rifle.

I used my power armor like once.

[Thondalar]

Once you get a settlement running with some food getting made, start making vegetable starches. These handy things turn into 5 adhesives. Takes like a tato, mutifruit, purified water, and one other vegetable. Cheap as fuck to make. And setting the other rare ones you listed to be watched for is a huge help with not picking up every little thing.

Ah, good tip. Yeah, I've actually got three pretty decent settlements up and running right now...I was off today so I spent a few hours working on stuff. I've got Sanctuary, Red Rocket, and the Drive-in all set up with food, water, beds, buildings, and machine gun turrets, and they're all supply-linked. I've only got a few settlers at each one now, besides like 8 I think at Sanctuary, but they're all ready to go, just waiting on the beacons to draw more settlers in. I'm going to go ahead and do some quests to level up so I can get the rank 2 Local Leader perk and start building shops and stuff.

[drauz]

I knew I shouldn't have killed that thing. I figured I'd get some mad lootz from it, but not really. Just a couple cores. I activated it, but couldn't do anything else with it so I just blew it up.

The sentry bots heat up when firing. When they get too hot they will enter a cooldown period. This opens their back panel and you can run up to them and steal their fusion cores.

[Androidpk]

You guys are making me feel weird for not liking Fallout :/

[Fallen]

I love making enemies fight each other. I lured a Sentry bot guarding an Army Depot over to a bunch of Super Mutants at a satellite site. Before they finished him off, he managed to put down a good 3 or 4 and got a Legendary Super Mutant into second state and took half his health too. Fun times.

[drauz]

You guys are making me feel weird for not liking Fallout :/

It's ok, it's not the only reason you're weird.

[Androidpk]

It's ok, it's not the only reason you're weird.

I know :/