Fallout 4

But you can get all that without anyone joining the minutemen. You can have settlements without ever meeting Preston

So.... again, why am I getting all those settlements to join the minutemen?

I'm not questioning the use of settlements, I'm questioning the use of settlements joining the minutemen specifically, when they don't do anything to help or protect each other.

I guess the benefit is "The Wastelands' Whipping Boy will take care of all your needs" but that still happens even without the Minutemen.

edited 23rd May '16 4:58:03 PM by Ghilz

IIRC, doesn't having those settlements as part of the Minutemen make it possible for you to access their workshop?

In other words, what you gain is power.

The minute men are the excuse quest honestly. I don't see what the big deal is aside from having to manage settlement under attack.

To be fair, when you beef up their defense to acceptable level (read:lots of turret and guarding post), you'll rarely get call for help. At this point, the time you got emergency call is when they got raided by something really big and mean. Like super mutants big raid. Or Gunners.

Also, trading stands basically paid themselves after a month or two. Ignore them for a while, and while return, you'll find yourself quite a bit richer.

And when you got Abernathy farm, you won't have to worry about glue anymore.

So I just started Far Harbor on my 15 frames a second laptop and found out that geckos have returned as enemies. The latter part of that sentence pleases me.

They aren't geckos!

...They are salamanders.

And now there's nothing left of that sentence that pleases me.

...I really need a new gaming rig.

edited 23rd May '16 7:54:53 PM by Spirit

I can't imagine playing Fallout 4 on a laptop.

I get good fps (45) on max settings on mine.

Anyone know what the next F4 DLC will be?

Nothing has been announced yet, but Far Harbor had strings for 2 new workshop DL Cs and an DLC called "Nuka World".

edited 23rd May '16 11:57:23 PM by Kiefen

@gulper-not-gecko: What's your problem? They're lizard, they can spit fire, the can grow to unbelieveable size, they regularly snacking on Deathclaws....

Really, I fail to see why you are so upset with lack of Capital Wasteland's geckoes.

They're obviously mini T-rexs guys, geeze, learn some science.

@badlaptopguywhosnameimtoolazytobackspacefor: There were some mods for skyrim that downgraded the graphics for lower powah rigs, there might be the same thang for 4.

https://twitter.com/BethesdaStudios/status/734777844207890432?lang=en

The Xbox One mod beta is underway.

Sooo.... am I the only one who wants to ship Kasumi with Isabel?

I don't have any one in Fallout I want to ship.

curiexpiper

curper? piprie?

Currie more like Cutie >.>

>I can't imagine playing Fallout 4 on a laptop.

Magical things do happen.

The poor thing (I hope you have enough ram and don't over heat!)

So I can inform either the Institute or Railroad of the synth refugees in Far Harbor. That's a nice touch connecting it back to the main game, but what happens if I do?

I told one of the Railroad agents and near as I can tell they just go to Acadia and sit around and eat their food.

I told the Brotherhood of Steel, and they gave me a mission to wipe out Acadia.

Ditto with the Institute.

I often struggle with whether or not "my character would do this". Cue Fallout 3, I leave the Vault, high tail it to Them!, and fight giant, fire-breathing ants. But my Lone Wanderer wants to find their father, they wouldn't stop to handle this situation with a pistol and a baseball bat.

Nearly ran into that problem with 4. Leaving the Vault, you can join the Minutemen, you can deal with raiders. I rejected those quests and fed an old woman drugs so she could use her psychic visions to tell me where my black son was. She told me Diamond City, and in-universe, I have no idea where that is. So I take off on my merry way.

I find the Brotherhood. Cool dudes with cool stuff. They ask me to join because I'm Level 7. And I stop here. Should I? I just want to find my son, I don't want to hook up with some gun-toting power armored mercs I just met. I spend a good 5 minutes debating this, then shake my head, because if I ignore the settlement system, the side quests, and the factions - I'm not going to have much fun in this game. So I tell myself my Survivor simply is a decent soldier, and he'll get guns out of it.

Right as I make up this dialogue in my head, one of the Brotherhood questions my loyalty to the cause, and one of my dialogue choices is, "The Brotherhood might be the only way I can find my son."

I love that.

So now I'm tracking down a lost Brotherhood team - they seem to have bitten it, and their final guy is in a Super Mutant camp.

Oh, Super Mutants. -pops out sniper rifle- Those bullet sponges from Fallout 3. Well, since I'm using a keyboard now, this might actually be a challenge.

Attempt #1: Pack of Vicious Mongels show up and scare me away.

(Note: Forgive me if I sound a little hysterical, but what the sh't is with these Legendary enemies regaining full bars of health?]]

Attempt #2: Suicide Mutant shows up with red blinking device.

Attempt #3: I run in like a maniac trying to snatch up the Brotherhood log and head for the hills. I don't find it, get chased into the water, explosions filling my ears, and swim to a nearby pier, where a swarm of Bloodbugs engages the Super Mutants, thankfully. I tiptoe through the carnage back to the Super Mutant camp, hoping for luck. 4-5 Super Mutants gank me seconds later. I hit the ground like a sack of bricks.

edited 24th May '16 11:11:12 PM by Soble

On those muties, I basically invest 2 level of Science and 1 level of Gun Nut, and upgrading that dinky Short Laser Musket into Regular 4-Charge Laser Musket. With scope.

Well, sniping is really a fun job.

EDIT: Also, to hit the muties reliably with .308 rounds, you need Rifleman perk. Don't have 'em? Well, let's hope you can hide really good, since Suicider will always appear on that site, and he'll the first to make beelinw to you....

edited 24th May '16 10:52:46 PM by RBomber