Fallout 4

[Baz]

Also, probably the best thing you can do early is seek out The Railroad and play through until you can unlock the Ballistic Weave armour mods.When I read that I couldn't upgrade my clothing of choice, I honestly think that kille a bit of interest for me. Obviously I treat all games like The Sims, it seems.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I'm trying to play the game steathily so I take Deacon as he's a stealth expert and gives good stealth perks.

Despite this the clueless WANKER seems to always wonder off and get spotted. My perks/skills aren't fucking set up to start killing people up close, personal and right in their fucking face you prick.

[Raoul Duke]

I swear on one of the older games you could tell them how to engage (e.g. hang back).

[Raoul Duke]

Also: http://www.polygon.com/2016/4/26/11511762/fallout-4-mods-beta-pc-xbox-one-ps4


https://youtu.be/hdGr8MH4pPU


Mods are available only on PC for now; they will be available on Xbox One in May (thanks to Bethesda's exclusivity contract with Microsoft), and on PlayStation 4 in June.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

That's brilliant.

Edit: Deacon now decides to open a door which leads to a machine gun turret fucking his shit right up.

Luckily, I like to explore rooms thoroughly so was able to jump over to a terminal to shut it down before it fucked me up too.

Christ alive, he's a fucking liability. I have no idea how he survived missions before me.

[Yevrah]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdGr8MH4pPU

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Getting to the end of the story, I'd imagine.

http://i.imgur.com/oFm4rnW.png

http://i.imgur.com/aDFj7SI.png

The institute are going to be absolutely battered by me and the synths :drool:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I done sort of goofed in the Synth Retention quest.

After X6-88 read the recall code to shut down that synth I decided to kill him. As soon as he died he was teleported back to HQ. Now he's constantly outside my room trying to kill me. I'll don him senseless, he lays down as he's close to death then pops back up and tries to kill me again.

So yeah, don't kill him after you go to take down the synth with him :\

[Raoul Duke]

Been ploughing some more time into this. I've picked up a couple of nifty weapons (Spray & Pray from Cricket and the Overseer's Guardian from Vault 81). That plus having a robot companion means I've hit god level now and can quite easily kill anything and everything. Mauled a Legendary Deathclaw earlier without even breaking a sweat. I frequently just send in my robot to clear a room whilst I pick off stragglers with a sniper rifle.

I'm currently doing the mission with Buddy, which has been pretty great so far, although walking the idiot back across the entire map probably wasn't the best decision :moop:

[Raoul Duke]

This is good, re: settlement building: https://www.reddit.com/r/fo4/comments/43rcts/the_math_behind_your_settlers_happiness/ - explains the maths behind the calculations

[Yevrah]

Very useful that.

[Yevrah]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0wSCFBJcSs

[Yevrah]

Oh and Survival update out on console on Friday apparently.

[Raoul Duke]

Hmm - nothing particularly exciting in that Far Harbour trailer. I hope there's new settlements.

[Yevrah]

It's out. :drool:

[Raoul Duke]

What spec are you starting with?

[Yevrah]

After much deliberation:

S 1
P 4
E 1
C 6
I 6
A 5
L 5

Are you in?

[Raoul Duke]

I'm still playing my first character and haven't even completed the story missions yet :D

Seems like it's right up your street, but I'll probably not bother. I might do a second play through once mods are a thing, but even then I don't think I'd go on survival.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Ballistic weave takes the piss.

My trilby hat giving 110 damage resist and 110 energy resistance is mental.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Fuck sake.

I decided to take the perk Night Person for extra perception at night, brilliant I thought as I'll be more deadly sneaking around doing VATS.

Problem is that the fucking morons at Bethesda decided to make it night vision even if you're in an extremely well lit place.

As such I can't crouch in bright spaces as I cannot see a fucking thing, my screen is just pure fucking white.

In the institute during the final fight and I have to keep standing which is against what my skill set is because I can't see shit.

Even in dark places it's shit too.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KldSg20UXxI

Just look at that bullshit.

[Raoul Duke]

I have some kind of armour that does that - can't say it's ever bothered me. It's shit if you try and use the Pip Boy though (but then all the menu UI is utter bilge).

[Yevrah]

Up to level 15 on survival mode and absolutely loving it. Just finished building a fuck off concrete wall around Sanctuary as well.

[Raoul Duke]

Saw a post on Reddit the other day which was pretty interesting: http://fallout.gamepedia.com/Far_Harbor:_A_Size_Comparison - comparative sizes of different Beth maps. Skyrim is massive, and Far Harbour is about 20% of The Commonwealth :cab:

[Raoul Duke]

Been ploughing through a load more of this today:

- Finished up the Silver Shroud quest, which was pretty cool. The last bit is hard though. I ended up just flying at them with a shotgun and managed to pull it off
- Did the quest at the meat packing factory and unlocked Trader Rylee
- I'm now looking to pick up the remaining 5-6 Bobbleheads I don't yet have. Endurance is next up, as it's the last SPECIAL one I've yet to get

Going to try and finish off the main story this weekend so I'm all set for FH next week.

[Raoul Duke]

Far Harbour out at midnight :drool:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Not being able to take control of the boat and it skipping to Far Harbor is so shit.

[Raoul Duke]

They always do that. It's just a loading screen really.

I've spent an hour or so there. Pretty interesting so far, and some of the new weapons/perks seem cool. There's an annoying bug with my camouflaged armour that makes me go invisible for some reason though :moop:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

The chameleon one? That's meant to happen.

I've got a couple of pieces and can even take a few steps whilst crouched before becoming visible again. It's great for my stealth build.

I had a nice little bug early on in the Far Harbor bit where the old dude wanted me to show him that I could kill people. I took two out and couldn't find the third, he was just dry humping a shack where two of them were. Took me a minute or so to realise he was on the roof and killing him would make the old man finish up.

[Raoul Duke]

No, the invisibility is permanent (until I reload the game). Not a big problem, as I can just do without it. I could probably ditch that armour anyway: I've got rank 5 in sneak now so I'm pretty ninja-tactic.

Also - did you take Nick with you to FH? Seems like a pre-requisite to me.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Nope, Deacon.

[Raoul Duke]

I'd consider switching back - it seems like half the story is focussed on Nick (lots of extra dialogue etc. around him).

[Yevrah]

Up to level 23 on my survival game and I still haven't left zone 1 of the map, let alone hit Far Harbor. I have, however built a barn. :cool:

[Raoul Duke]

It's all about building top-notch shitters now :cool:

I've built a couple of mega concrete things in FH. The side-missions have been a bit meh so far, but the main quest looks tasty. Oh and one thing - be wary around any vans you see...had a bit of a shock earlier :|

[Yevrah]

Yeah, I saw a clip of that. Cracking design d:

[Yevrah]

What's the best way to manage supply lines? I've got about 7 coming out of Sanctuary at the moment, which is where all my gear is, but it's a right clusterfuck everytime I go back there as a result.

[Raoul Duke]

Just go A -> B -> C etc. Their trips will be shorter then, so (in theory) there's less time for them to be attacked walking all over the shop. Also, if you've got Automaton, set up some brutal Sentry Bot as the Provisioner. Make sure you take them as a follower first, dismiss them and then set them though, so they're set as Essential. Once you've got routes set-up it's a bit of a ballache trying to undo them. You have to intercept the Provisioner.

I've been playing Far Harbour for a few days now - cleared up most of the side quests/settlements and will crack on through the rest of it over the weekend (maybe even tonight). It's been pretty enjoyable overall. The new enemies are decent and the writing has been pretty solid throughout.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Whoever came up with the Dima memory recovery thing is a real cunt. I managed to do 3 in a row and I think I've now lost the will to live.

[Yevrah]

What happens when Provisioners get attacked? I thought all settlers were essential....

Have sunk over 50 hours into my survival save now and am up to level 32 With pretty much everything done in zone 1 it'll soon be time to leave that area of the map. My Deathclaw zoo at starlight drive in is :cool:

[Raoul Duke]

Robots aren't essential until you make them a companion, even if it's for a minute. Settlers can die, as far as I'm aware - although it might just be if it's by your hand.

What's zone 1? Up above the Glowing Sea? Also - what kind of character are you playing?

I'm just about level 80 now I think. The new perks in FH + upping Action Girl mean I'm pretty able to lug a metric shit-tonne of stuff about. I think if I get another level I might be able to carry infinitely.

[Baz]

Sacked this off long ago, prematurely.

Post some screenshots? Might hook me back in.

[Raoul Duke]

Finished Far Harbour today. Cracking set of stories in there. Still got a nice chunk of it to explore then it'll be back to the mainland. Sunshine :drool:

[Raoul Duke]

Three new DLCs announced for this today:

Contraptions - build automated things. Out next week.

Vault-Tec Workshop - build your own vault (:cab:)

Nuke World - brand new story DLC about a theme park taken over by Raiders

[Disco]

Automated 'things'


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m59vc77hp6Y&list=WL&index=10

[Raoul Duke]

Completed the main quest on this for the first time the other day. Went with the Minutemen in the end and thought it was a pretty good ending overall.

Awesome game, and I've still got hours of stuff left to do. I'll probably go through nearly all of it on this run with one character and then do a shorter run to play through the other endings when mods are released.

[Yevrah]

A mod that reduces the special points available at the start of the game to 7 is out on XB1. :drool:

[Yevrah]

On mods, I hate they way they're so fucking janky. I understand some of them might be restrained by the options available, but having installed a fair number my chemistry bench menus now look shambolic - how hard can it be to get the capitalising of letters consistent with the main game?

[Raoul Duke]

You get what you pay for, I guess. The problem I had with mods is that I'd just keep adding new ones until I ended up with a crash-fest. Picking a few, solid ones was key.

Vault-Tec workshop out next week :cool:

[Raoul Duke]

Final bit of DLC here:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIneiOpuS2M

[Yevrah]

Finally got a solid mod-rig up and running, but my Xbox One S doesn't play disks properly. :moop:

[Raoul Duke]

Nuke World out now - you still playing this Yevrah ?

[Yevrah]

I am indeed.

Had to start again when I got the One S due to some mods no longer being available, but I still love it.

[Raoul Duke]

Nice one. Where are you up to now?

I've still got Vault-Tec Workshop to compete (just finished gutting the place after opening up all the workbenches), then will build a quick vault and then am off to Nuka World!

I still think I've got another character in me, but I'm going to have to squeeze it in before Skyrim in October.

[Yevrah]

Closing in on Level 23 having just unleashed Preston Garvey. Think I'll get his never-ending settlement quests out of the way next.

[Raoul Duke]

I'm level 100 now, and just getting stuck into Nuka World.

I don't really want to be a raider though, so I might just kill everyone...

[Yevrah]

Level 100? And not on Survival? Jesus, you must have ploughed days into that....

Up to level 32 now and speculatively tried to start Nuka World. Got my arse handed to me at the gate. :moop:

[bruhnaldo]

been watching a buddy play and that's got me back interested in the game again.

fired my old character up and surprisingly really enjoying it now. To be honest before I never really used the VATS or anything like that (never played FO before) so I kinda was lost on how to play I guess.

Anyways.

[Raoul Duke]

Level 100? And not on Survival? Jesus, you must have ploughed days into that....

Up to level 32 now and speculatively tried to start Nuka World. Got my arse handed to me at the gate. :moop:

This is still my first character and I've been on it since day 1.

NW has been cracking so far, but as I approach the end of it I'm a bit torn about how to play it out. It kinda goes against my good character lore to start becoming a raider.

[Yevrah]

So no mods on PS4.

What the hell happened with that?

[Raoul Duke]

Sony are dicks, apparently. They're blocking cross-platform play too (for multiplayer games).

[Shindig]

There's got to be more to that. Probably something security related which might put the console at risk.

[Raoul Duke]

Nothing that couldn't be fixed with software updates.

Mods - http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2016/09/months-after-xbox-one-support-were-still-waiting-for-fallout-4-mods-on-ps4

Multiplayer - http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2016/07/sony-is-the-only-remaining-hurdle-to-cross-platform-play-developers-say

[Shindig]

... developers say.

"The tech's not bad, guys. We're just asking so much of it." A door needs to be open somewhere. A door on a console that might not just have been designed with that in mind. All the noise is coming from Bethesda and, if the last week has taught us anything, its that developers hold more cards than the platform holders.

[Raoul Duke]

It's definitely going to cost them sales. I was all set on buying the PS Pro and Skyrim, but now I'm not so sure. Might switch over to Xbox, now that the hardware seems to be getting closer in parity.

[Yevrah]

Are you on PC Raoul?

[Raoul Duke]

Nah, PS4. It's been the better console up until now, but this mod shit is balls.

Sold my PC a while ago and just have a MacBook now, which is fine for internet/FM.

[Raoul Duke]

The new weapon upgrades from Nuka World are a bit mad - I went on a melee rampage through Gunner Plaza last night and mashed the fuck outta everyone there in about 10 minutes. Electrified rocket sledgehammer :drool:

Also, building a vault is fucking hard!

[Yevrah]

What makes it so difficult?

[Raoul Duke]

As usual, they've taken something simple and put weird restrictions all over the shop. For example: to create a room you need to have a door piece (of which there are multiple variant). A door piece needs a hallway with a door connector on it which then connects to the door piece of the room. Woe betide you if you then try to remove a part as it'll then need you to go through and delete a load of other shit to make things fit again.

Also, like the other settlements, the layout is weird and there are immovable things in there which should just be removable but aren't.

[Raoul Duke]

Mods coming to Fallout 4 and Skyrim on PS4: https://bethesda.net/#en/events/game/mods-and-4k-coming-to-ps4-for-skyrim-and-fallout4/2016/10/04/221


Mods and 4K Coming to PlayStation 4 for Skyrim and Fallout 4
We’re excited to announce that mod support is coming to PlayStation 4 for both Skyrim Special Edition and Fallout 4. Additionally, we’ll also be supporting the new PlayStation 4 Pro with both titles.
Skyrim will have these features when it launches on October 28. The new power of the PlayStation 4 Pro has allowed us to make Skyrim render in native 4k, and it looks better than ever. Here are some screens to show you just how great it looks.
Mod support will come to Skyrim first. We and Sony have worked hard to make this possible. Mods on PlayStation 4 will allow you to modify and create your own content by using our Creation Kit available here. You will not be able to upload external assets with your PlayStation 4 mods, but you will be able to use any assets that come with the game, as most mods do. By creating a Bethesda.net account, you’ll be able to browse and try mods right from within the game.
We are excited finally to get modding to our PlayStation fans who have supported us for so long. Modding has been an important part of our games for over 10 years, and we hope to do even more in the coming year for all our players, regardless of platform.
After the work is complete on Skyrim, we’ll be updating Fallout 4 for both mods and PS4 Pro. We expect Fallout 4 to take advantage of the PS4 Pro in 4k along with enhanced lighting and graphics features.
Thanks again for all your support. We can’t wait to hear about your new adventures.

So basically no external assets, but things like scripts/tweaks will work. Not ideal, but better than nothing.

[Raoul Duke]

:thbup:

798918942492360704

[Yevrah]

Are the PS4 mods any good?

[Raoul Duke]

I'm giving it a bit longer for some killer ones to emerge. The main ones I see are 1) Ballistic Weave on everything 2) Free crafting and 3) more clothing items (making previously unavailable ones available)

They Skyrim ones have been surprisingly decent, so I'm holding out hope. I'd like to run through a new game with RR/BoS and some mods.

[Baz]

Ballistic Weave on everything is actually enough to get me back in.

[Raoul Duke]

Did you buy the DLCs Baz ?

I think it'd be quite a different game starting with Automatron kinda early.

[Baz]

No. I didn't get very far at all, really.

[Yevrah]

Stuck at a save long enough finally and am closing in on level 90.

Still not been to Diamond City.

[Yevrah]

:mad:

I can only assume mods have caused this, but half of my building materials have vanished from my workbench in Sanctuary (where I kept them all).

[Raoul Duke]

There are upper limits of what you can have, but generally it's either a) mods, b) Bethesda

[Yevrah]

Anyone tried the Frost Survival Simulator mod? Looks the bollocks.

[Yevrah]

Had a go at Frost, but my laptop's too shit to run it comfortably so aborted that idea. It looked very interesting though.

My next project is around a fully modded game - I've been through Bethesda.net and shortlisted absolutely loads of stuff (including things that will make survival mode even harder. :drool:), so just need to sort through what to install now.

[Raoul Duke]

Started a new game up on this last night, with mods. Just got to Concord and saved Preston and the gang. Now fixing up Sanctuary.

You kinda forget how weak and rubbish you are to start out with in Beth games, until you hit the tipping point and become a living god. I got killed by some Bloodbugs last night :cab:

Feels ace to be back in this world though.

[Raoul Duke]

Decided to trek down to get Pickman's Blade which, considering I'm only level 8, is pretty naughty. I was using it over level 100 on my previous game, so it should wreck people at this level.

I've started putting my water empire in place so I can start rinsing that for cash as well.

[Yevrah]

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

Haven't played this for ages, but that looks the bollocks.

Are there any other mods I've missed?

[Yevrah]

Anyone still playing this?

After an 8 month hiatus I'm quite tempted to give another save a go.

[Yevrah]

Turns out the above was well timed with the launch of the creation club, which has the modding community up in arms. The whinging fucks.

[Disco]

Not entirely unjustified given the shambles that was their previous attempt to make money off mods. At least they're planning to curate it this time.

[Yevrah]

I wasn't aware of the previous time due to never having played on PC, but this effort seems pretty good.

Ok the prices are a bit steep, but it's new, official, (and more importantly) fully integrated content for a game I've sunk hundreds of hours into.

[Raoul Duke]

I"ve put it down at some point through my second play through. Might go back to it after I'm done with Horizon Zero Dawn.

[Yevrah]

I mean, listen to this whinging fuck.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3wbvkrcJQM

Anyone would think Bethesda had pissed on his children.

[Mike]

That is some grade A whinging. You can still get all the stuff you could get before, for free right?

[Yevrah]

You can indeed.

[Disco]

If you're looking for Jim Sterling to do anything other than bitch about unnecessary monetisation then you're watching the wrong channel. Plus he's not wrong, it's a pretty shameful money grab.

[Shindig]

That'd be like asking Total Biscuit to stop going on about PC ports.

[Yevrah]

To be fair I just watched his Modern Warfare Activision rant and it was pretty good (and justified for the most part).

[Yevrah]

Well I'm back in again.

Spunked the free credits on the Onyx Power Armour Paint job and then chucked some cash in to get the backpack and the modern furniture stuff from the creation club. Gone with the following build:

Strength 10 - I pick up everything.
Perception 4 - For lockpick and (with the you're special book) Demolition Expert, the latter of which I've never tried properly before.
Endurance 1 - To keep things difficult to start
Charisma 6 - For Local Leader
Intelligence 1 - Dump Stat
Agility 1 - To keep things difficult to start
Luck 5 - For Idiot Savant

It's been such a long time I'm quite looking forward to this.

[Disco]

He does a great line in shitty Steam game reviews too.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2a-v7XO8jlo

[Raoul Duke]

Well I'm back in again.

Spunked the free credits on the Onyx Power Armour Paint job and then chucked some cash in to get the backpack and the modern furniture stuff from the creation club. Gone with the following build:

Strength 10 - I pick up everything.
Perception 4 - For lockpick and (with the you're special book) Demolition Expert, the latter of which I've never tried properly before.
Endurance 1 - To keep things difficult to start
Charisma 6 - For Local Leader
Intelligence 1 - Dump Stat
Agility 1 - To keep things difficult to start
Luck 5 - For Idiot Savant

It's been such a long time I'm quite looking forward to this.

:drool:

Survival or normal?

[Yevrah]

Survival. Always Survival. :drool:

Played for a few hours tonight, up to level 5 now and sporting a Glow Sighted Hardened 10mm pistol, with matching Drifter Outfit, Eyeglasses and Hard Hat.

Mooched around Sanctuary, kitting out the house with the workbench in it to store supplies and installed a shooting gate thing on the roof hooked up to a firework mortor so I can change the weather to clear. Just need some gold and fertilizer for it now.

Took Idiot Savant Rank 1 at level 2 and have saved the three perk points since then while I work out how to shape the build.

Other than that just picked off the low hanging fruit around that settlement and am now off to kill some mole rats in the den behind red rocket. I was going to go with the dog as a companion to start, but his propensity to block my path has already pissed me off so I've left him pining back at sanctuary.

[Mike]

Do you install any mods before you play, other than that Sim Settlements you've linked to? Yevrah

[Yevrah]

Nah, no mods at all this time round, well, if you don't count the Creation Club ones.

I have done in the past, but you just spend ages fucking around with them and inevitably install something that's irritatingly janky and causes me to want to start again.

Up to level 14 now, having cleared out Sunshine Tidings, Walden Pond, Starlight Drive in, Station Olivia and Wicked Shipping, amongst others.

Picked up a Wounding Pipe Pistol in Olivia, which is a bit weak as it's a pipe weapon, but the legendary effect does 25 points of bleed damage with every shot, which is glorious to watch. Might try and convert that into either an automatic rifle or a sniper rifle.

[Mike]

Just restated, I didn't get very far when it first came out.

[Yevrah]

What build have you gone with?

[Mike]

I just made it up rather than using any sort of online guide.

Strength 6
Perception 3
Endurance 4
Charisma 4
Intelligence 4
Agility 2
Luck 5

No doubt I've made some huge mistake?

[Yevrah]

Looks fine and it's pretty subjective anyway. If you'll be using VATS and sprinting a bit I'd whack some perk points into Agility, but other than that everything's in a good place to unlock the reasonably good perks.

[Mike]

Cheers, I'll work on Agility as I plant carrots for these idiots I'm helping.

[Raoul Duke]

You're insane not to use the unofficial patches. They fix so much Bethesda nonsense.

[Mike]

Do they work with the latest update?

[Raoul Duke]

Yes, I'd expect so

[Adam]

Got back into this recently on the PS4 using an unofficial patch as mentioned, but the main reason is the mod 'the world is dying' it makes the game insanely tough, high level enemies as soon as you leave the vault! Festering and glowing bloatfly's in the Sanctuary houses and glowing mole rat mother's at Red Rocket the mod author has also made some big changes to crafting and cooking. Purified water is super rare, my character has 3 charisma and a bottle of purified water sets me back 600 caps with Trashcan Carla. I highly recommend it on survival mode it makes the game so exciting when you are in the middle of a fight.

[Yevrah]

Sounds right up my street that. Is there anything janky in it?

[Yevrah]

Just checked the changelist and it's so big there's bound to be.

[Adam]

Just checked the changelist and it's so big there's bound to be.

I haven't noticed any major flaws so far bud, been playing for about 20+ hours. One of the best aspects for me is that you only get 25% of the total xp you would normally get, so choosing the right perk is super important.

[Yevrah]

Really enjoying the save I started a couple of weeks back. Closing in on level 35 and haven't done much outside of zone 1 yet.

Built mutfruit, tato and corn farms at Sanctuary, Abernathy and Sunshine Tidings respectively and now on the process of building an an arena to farm Radstags, Yao Guai and Deathclaw at Starlight drive in.

Been fairly conservative with perks, only really taking the convenience based ones and have pumped 5 into Perception allowing me to take the bobblehead to raise it to 11.

On the weapons side I found a bleeding pipe pistol which I've converted into an automatic rifle which is cutting through zone 1 foes.

Plan is to finish off the settlements and then head penniless and equipmentless, clothed only in jeans and a shirt to Diamond City.

[Raoul Duke]

Plan is to finish off the settlements and then head penniless and equipmentless, clothed only in jeans and a shirt to Diamond City.

Why?!?

[Disco]

This is Yev in a Bethesda game, I'm surprised he's allowed himself the luxury of trousers.

[Yevrah]

I've misplaced my bleeding pipe rifle. :moop:

[Yevrah]

Bought an xbox one x the other day and this looks amazing on it.

Started again and decided to avoid settlements entirely, not even using the workbenches etc that are there. The game is so much better for it.

[Raoul Duke]

I've been back on this recently for a second play through. I've been tempted to get a One X to play it properly and get some awesome mods.

[Alex]

I restarted this recently after buying a PS4 and getting the Game of the Year edition. I've gone for a survival play through, which really makes it a much more involving game. Although the illnesses are a bit too frequent, which is a little annoying.

I can't remember how far I got with it when it was originally released (I didn't finish it though) but I've just hit level 21 on my new game and I've not yet gone to Diamond City. I've just been trekking around the northwest corner of the map clearing out ghouls, raiders and taking any side quests that come my way.

Also, since I hit about level 15 I'm being regularly set upon by roaming gangs of homicidal robots. I don't remember this happening last time. I think it might be something to do with the Automatron DLC? Absolute bastards, they are.

[Raoul Duke]

Yeah Automatron means a load of Rust Devils mooching about. They're pretty hard bastards but have some decent gear.

[Alex]

Yeah Automatron means a load of Rust Devils mooching about. They're pretty hard bastards but have some decent gear.

Yeah, that's them. They are pretty tough but you're right, they do have decent gear. The robots seem to drop fusion cores quite regularly too.

I've put some time into the main story today and I've just killed Kellogg. I was a bit worried about that fight on survival mode to be honest, thought it might be the first major stumbling block. But, in a very lucky turn of events I not only found a Fat Man minutes before confronting him but also had a critical hit charged up as well, so the ensuing critical, mini-nuke direct to the face pretty much alleviated any concerns that I had. :D

I also accidentally started the Far Harbour stuff earlier than I would have liked, which is mostly the Brotherhood's fault for sending me there on one of their regular "go here and kill stuff/bring us something back" quests. I didn't clock that it was sending me out that way until I got to the location the map was pointing me to and realised that was where the boat that takes you to Far Harbour was.

[Raoul Duke]

If you use mods, the unofficial patches fix up a lot of those oddities.

[Alex]

I've not delved into the world of mods, although they do exist on console now from what I understand? It keeps popping up with messages about that "Creation Club" thing, which I assume is trying to sell me stuff.

I only just worked how yesterday how to transfer Power Armour onto the rack properly and work on it. I never knew you could fucking upgrade it at all prior to this. :moop:

It's now got a very fetching, military green paint job. I never wear it like, I just like to display it in the Red Rocket and look at it. :cool:

[Raoul Duke]

Creation Club = paid mods

https://bethesda.net/en/mods/fallout4 = free mods

[Alex]

I think I'm going to go all in with the Brotherhood on this play through. I know they're sort of arseholes, but they are pretty cool too. Plus, riding around in the Vertibird, raining down lead with the mini-gun, is fucking cool. :cool:

Being able to call it in and hop a ride is also an absolute godsend on survival mode on the occasions when I can't be arsed trekking cross-map to drop shit off back at the my main base at the Red Rocket.

[Raoul Duke]

Playing a pretty strong/agile build on this and have been playing more of melee style.

Just unlocked a couple of points in Ninja and Blitz - makes it pretty fun flitting about chopping everything up using VATS. Currently running with a Ripper (with bleeding damage) and a Shishkebab which looks awesome when it fries people.

[Yevrah]

My latest masochistic run, if anyone's interested.

Straight to Far Harbor on Survival.

https://mixer.com/Chemical_Locust

EDIT: Brb.

[Raoul Duke]

Went back to my original save (level 110) and have been polishing off the quests I never got around to doing. Just completed Open Season in Nuka World and got myself Aeturnus (infinite ammo laser gatling gun :drool:)

Still quite a bit I've not done on this save, which is bananas seeing as it's the one I started on launch day :cab:

[Boydy]

Bought this on sale for a tenner. Not really played a Fallout game before (have 3 and New Vegas in my Steam library but don't think I ever even installed New Vegas and I never bothered getting out of the vault in 3). What should I expect/know before getting stuck in?

[Baz]

Bought this on sale for a tenner. Not really played a Fallout game before (have 3 and New Vegas in my Steam library but don't think I ever even installed New Vegas and I never bothered getting out of the vault in 3). What should I expect/know before getting stuck in?Spend ages making your character’s appearance (it’s probably worth making your wife look like you want her to look too) cos you’ll see a lot of them. Especially yourself.

[Raoul Duke]

Bought this on sale for a tenner. Not really played a Fallout game before (have 3 and New Vegas in my Steam library but don't think I ever even installed New Vegas and I never bothered getting out of the vault in 3). What should I expect/know before getting stuck in?

You don't need to know all that much - just get stuck in and explore. It's probably best to do a pure mod-less run first before you get into all that.

Settlements are pretty fun but a bit "gamey". Mostly you're putting effort into them because you think they look cool.

This is a decent read: https://www.reddit.com/r/fo4/comments/3shl9i/fallout_4_tips_everyone_should_know/

[Boydy]

This Deathclaw thing in that first town is a cunt. All my guns are shit and I ran out of ammo with the minigun way too quickly. I'm just hiding on rooftops taking potshots at it now. Not sure it'll ever die.

[Yevrah]

There's a house near the tunnel it spawns from (on the right hand side as you're walking from the Museum). The deathclaw can't get through the door so once you've cleared the Raiders out that are in there you can just kill it while standing inside.

[Baz]

I got stuck there until the Deathclaw got stuck down a hole and couldn’t get to me. I was close to quitting to never return though, so stick with it.

[Boydy]

I think I'm about to give up. This is shite.

[Kikó]

Typical Boydy. One of the best games ever and he gives up within a day.

[Boydy]

I carried on. It was a fucking tedious fight though. I can't see this being one of the best games ever. Not for me, anyway.

[Kikó]

It's a slow burner. I actually think doing the missions is better than exploring. The weapons are balls.

[phonics]

Fallout 4, specifically, is in no way one of the best games ever.

[Baz]

You’ve gotta carry on though; do it for Shaun.

[Yevrah]

My latest masochistic run, if anyone's interested.

Straight to Far Harbor on Survival.

https://mixer.com/Chemical_Locust

EDIT: Brb.

Right, I'm gonna do this again, with a better character build. Starting now if anyone's interested.

[Baz]

Given up on Fallout 76 so soon? :huhu:

[Yevrah]

There's a patch coming out that changes a few things and no doubt there'll be another one, so I'd rather not play it while they're fucking around with it.

[Vercetti]

I've been meaning to start this up again, as I've completely lost track of where the hell I was at with it, previously. Last thing I remember doing was bowling around some kind of shanty town hub, after getting involved with a gay Terminator.

I was holding off, waiting for 76, and almost dropped £50 on it on release day without realising it was an online shitefest.

[Yevrah]

I couldn't do Far Harbor from level 1. Too hard. :moop:

So I started again.

[Vercetti]

I cracked on from where I left off in May 2016, and attempted to get my head around where I was up to. Level 23, and an inventory full of crap. As with all of these types of games, I'm all over the place, story-wise. I seem to have been bumming around with the Brotherhood, mostly, but Danse is such a sappy knob. I thought he was breaking up with me earlier.

I've just released the doctor blokes dad from his chamber, rather than killing him. When I pick up tomorrow, I'm going with him to murder his family, apparently.

[Yevrah]

Tempted to do a survival no settlement run of this, with the caveat being I can store unique and legendary items in the workbench at Sanctuary.

[Yevrah]

Decided on to go with the above.

S 6
P 10
E 2
C 3
I 1
A 1
L 5

https://mixer.com/Chemical_Locust

[Yevrah]

So, who's playing this at the moment then?

[Alex]

Not Fallout 4 related (sorry Yev) but this trailer for the new content (an actual story and shit, presumably) for Fallout 76 actually looks not bad.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6gKivqVPdA&feature=emb_title

I have a copy of it that I picked up for a tenner or something a few months after release just out of curiosity and played for a couple of hours tops. I'm semi-tempted to give it another go now though.

[phonics]

My friend has been playing some Fallout New Vegas mod that looks wild where the game looks like old school Doom.

[Yevrah]

I might be tempted too.

Far Harbor is really good by the way and playing it from level 1 has been so rewarding. Up to level 12 now and finally progressed the main story. Now to meet The Children of Atom formally.

[Mike]

I wish I could get into fallout 4.... is that mod to do the base building stuff for you so you can ignore it any good?

[Yevrah]

I haven’t used it but you can ignore it anyway Mike.

[Yevrah]

30 hours into Far Harbor now and it really is brilliant. The setting, story, enemies, loot, are all so good. There seems to be enough content there for it to be a game in its own right.

Met all three of the factions on the island now and up to level 20.

[Raoul Duke]

Did you take Nick with you? He has some unique dialogue options.

[Yevrah]

Sadly not, went straight there from level 1 out the vault.

[Yevrah]

Have already seen something that would have been very interesting were Nick around mind.

[Yevrah]

I now have this armour.

https://i.postimg.cc/g0ZDJMn8/17-04-2020-16-48-27-fjk0j0rv.png (https://postimages.org/)

Game changer. :drool:

[Raoul Duke]

A big fave of mine. Looks badass :cool:

[Yevrah]

I now have an exploding radium rifle. :cool:

[Bam]

Started this today, played it ages ago but can't remember where I got to. That fucking Deathclaw in Concord though. :mad:

[Yevrah]

Need any advice Bam just give me a shout.

[Bam]

Cheers, yeah I might take you up on that as I get into the game. Looking forward to doing some exploring.

[Yevrah]

No probs.

Up to level 25 in Far Harbor now and just got my 4th settlement. The grind has won through.

[bruhnaldo]

Tempted to redownload this as I never actually finished it because my save got bugged somehow and kept freezing on me :(

I remember once that happened I started a new save and decided I was going to immediately kill off the people in the first settlement but it literally wouldn't let me so I just deleted it lol

[Yevrah]

Get on it Bru!

[Lofty]

I was enjoying a fresh save at about level 25 having not encountered any dlc content except Vault 88 and Automatron but have been sidetracked by the FF7 remake. I have the overseers rifle and maxed out affinity with curie who I plan to stick with for the whole save. Havent decided who to side with yet though. Thinking I will try and max everything out this save and do all quests, dlc etc then maybe try survival hell after.

[Yevrah]

Stumbled across this mod:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIsglJcool4

Which I might give a go.

[phonics]

Yev, your dedication to 1-3 games per decade has gone from me mocking you to the ultimate respect.

[Yevrah]

You know it. Giving it a test run now then I'll stream. It looks rock hard.

[Yevrah]

Played it for 3/4 hours last night and I really like what he's done but annoyingly there's one issue that's a bit game breaking.

Effectively you still lose health once combat is over, but I've no way of seeing how much is left to lose or how to stop it. Bit gutting that.

[Yevrah]

Finally got back into a save of this.

No mods or Creation Club wank, but on survival mode with all of the DLC installed.

Closing in on level 21 and just liberated Lexington from that arse with a Fatman. Main aim is to rebuild sanctuary and the surrounding settlements before leaving to FIND MY SON.

[Lofty]

Nice. I got as far as Nuka World on my last save with just quality of life mods enabled, all DLC. I had done enough of Far Harbor to know the truth without picking a side, I enjoyed wandering about Nuka World but wasnt sure if it fit with my goody two shoes play through so havent touched the save since.

[Yevrah]

https://i.postimg.cc/PqgD67vM/Fallout.jpg (https://postimg.cc/3yZWNnBy)

Project rebuild zone 1 is now taking pace. Built a bar at Sanctuary and just chilling with my dog. At this point I'm basically playing it like the Sims.

[Yevrah]

Up to level 36 now and still rebuilding zone 1. Sanctuary and Red Rocket are almost complete, but much still to do on the others.

While looking at the XP required per level I was inspired by Sincere's Gran Turismo grind and that combined with needing a properly long term target I'm tempted to see if I can stick with this save long enough to max out my character. To get all base Specials stats at 11 and all of the perks you need to reach level 286. I'm at level 36 now, giving this as the state of play:

Level 36/286
XP 51,625/3,092,751
% Complete = 1.7%

Don't know whether this is more nuts or less nuts than Sincere's effort.

[Kikó]

More but please don't stop.

[Yevrah]

I'm actually loving it Kik's, so no danger of that yet.

I'll whack up some screenshots later (would stream, but RIP Mixer), but here's the current state of play:

Level 47/286
XP 86,825/3,092,751
% Complete = 2.8%

A whopping 1.1% increase and 35,000 XP gained since last time.

Some strange things happen in Zone 1 (top left on the below) when you reach level 47 without having left it. Enemies should be level 1-5 and most of the preset ones are, but random encounters and settlement attacks now involve packs of Deathclaws. :drool:

https://i.postimg.cc/jSD7f2g3/zQWyWlq.jpg (https://postimg.cc/v4dTFYd5)

Play time is now just over 3 days, so extrapolating that I'll need to play the save for 118 days to hit level 286.

[Yevrah]

Oh and my charater's base SPECIAL stats are now:

Strength - 10
Perception - 11
Endurance - 10
Charisma - 6
Intelligence - 1
Agility - 10
Luck - 5

I have 12 perk points to play with. 4 will soon go into Charisma so I can get more people in settlements and luck will also get raised to 10. Intelligence I'll leave at 1 for a while to max Idiot Savant, but that will need to go up eventually as Science is needed for so many crafting based things.

I've taken perks sparingly, mostly quality of life ones like strong back and have avoided any damage boost/VATS ones to this point as I don't yet need them. The balance on that bit will be key as if I take too many of those too early the game becomes far too easy, but if I don't have the perk points to play with when it does ramp up the difficulty then it'll be a real (Jet based) slog to progress.

Been watching Many a True Nerd's Survival run on Youtube and the stark increase in difficulty of enemies seems to kick in around level 50-60. I'd imagine I'll be well above level 50 before I leave zone 1.

[Yevrah]

Level 50 just reached and still in zone 1.

Level 50/286
XP 98,000/3,092,751
% Complete = 3.2%

Deathclaw attacks on the settlements I've decked out are now almost constant, but my loyal troops (and their many machine gun turrets) are holding the fort well.

It's getting closer to the time when I can leave zone 1 properly as the 8 settlements I control (2 are just inside zone 2) are coming on well with almost full populations at each. Gears, Steel and Glass are the big barriers to getting this done quicker. Steel is ok as you can buy shipments of 250 pieces from 3 sources in zone 1, but glass and gears are a right ball ache. I keep having to do circuits of the settlements (picking up crops for vegetable starch cooking as I go) to allow enough time for the vendors to re stock, which works, but I must admit it's getting quite tedious now.

Occasionally when an area inhabited by enemies resets I'll pop in to hit them all in he face with my bladed tire iron/combat rifle old 1-2, but that also takes ages so I'm averaging one kill every 10 minutes of play time now. A self imposed rule I also had was I wouldn't buy anything from traders apart from junk or legendary items, which mixes up what weapons I use/can get hold of quite nicely and because I have no relevant perks yet it's quite rewarding picking up a mod from the weapon of a fallen foe I can now utilise.

Starlight Drive In in is nearly done, just need to do the interior electrics of most of the buildings (my massive fortress is sorted already), some decorating of them and arm the settlers properly.

https://i.postimg.cc/qMZvWL7R/Starlight-1.jpg (https://postimg.cc/YhY7WQYK)

https://i.postimg.cc/MGL4SnQ1/Starlight-2.jpg (https://postimg.cc/QBpSgxSM)

[Yevrah]

Level 53 hit today and I'm edging ever closer to leaving zone 1.

Level 53/286
XP 109,850/3,092,751
% Complete = 3.6%

Built a cracking staircase around the towers in Sunshine Tidings Co-Op. :cool:

[Kikó]

That is sensational Yev. Love it.

[Yevrah]

Orly?

[Kikó]

O rly.

It makes me want to go back to the game and make my bases better than pure hodge pogde.

[Yevrah]

This is definitely the most I've ever got into doing it and it's crazy how much of a game in its own right doing it is.

Unfortunately I lack the flair for this stuff and mostly just build concrete monstrosities - my brother, who got all the creative genes can build stuff that looks like it's been put there by Bethesda.

He improved on this hugely since, but this is from 4 years ago with no mods:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkkLmDmrv68

Other issue is I'm going to have to rip most of what I've done up when I finally unlock Science and the mahoosive nuclear generators that and the Vault DLC bring, but that will bring more XP in my pursuit for 3 million and there's no point doing it now as I don't have access to anywhere near enough materials in zone 1.

[Kikó]

The lift is a nice touch :cool:

[Yevrah]

Two more levels achieved this evening.

Level 55/286
XP 118,125/3,092,751
% Complete = 3.8%

And Red Rocket pretty much finished, no settlers there as they kept stealing my stuff.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BqgXSc8kg0

[Kikó]

That secret bunker :drool:

Love the Christmas tree on the roof as well. Wish you could pave over things so that the bottom level wasn't so uneven.

[Raoul Duke]

There are some mods that clear up all the unsightly shit from settlements and fixes up a load of their weird bugs, making them more of a blank canvas.

[Yevrah]

Yeah, Clean the Commonwealth is one of the better ones on Xbox, but decided against any mods for this run.

Level 60 reached:

Level 60/286
XP 140,125/3,092,751
% Complete = 4.5%

I was making some vegetable starch at Sanctuary (having done another circuit of my settlements to collect the ingredients and not saved for ages) when this bastard deathclaw sneaked up behind me as part of a settlement attack. Overencumbered and with some frame rate issues (brought about by how much I've fucked with the build limit) I managed to get off the cooking pot as my settlers (who're now all armed with Hardened Double Barrelled Shotguns as a minimum) took the fucker down.

Was so pleased to loot the corpse of the magnificent beast afterwards and find this bad boy on him:


https://i.postimg.cc/1X15hc2g/Fallout.jpg (https://postimg.cc/G8z1vYcr)

[Raoul Duke]

Two Shot is great. I still end up using Overseer's Guardian a load

[Yevrah]

Realised like an idiot that I can stream on Twitch on the Xbox.

Just need to arm some more of my settlers and do a few more building improvements then it's time to venture fully outside of zone 1.

Choices are:

Take Preston Garvey with me to liberate some more of those settlements he's been banging on about. Sort of makes sense given what I've been doing to date and helps me get his perk early doors so I can go raider later if I want to without locking myself out of it.

Take Dogmeat and myself to Diamond City to start doing shit around there.

[Raoul Duke]

How do you have your supply lines set up? Mine were a shitshow when I first played as I had no idea what I was doing, but then went with something like this (https://www.pinterest.com/pin/863917140990668732/) - much more efficient setup

[Yevrah]

I may have oversimplified things, but I just have a provisioner going from Sanctuary to Red Rocket and (another one going) from Red Rocket to Abernathy Farm and from Abernathy Farm to Sunshine Tidings, etc.

That picture looks pretty, but what are the benefits vs the above approach?

[Raoul Duke]

I may have oversimplified things, but I just have a provisioner going from Sanctuary to Red Rocket and (another one going) from Red Rocket to Abernathy Farm and from Abernathy Farm to Sunshine Tidings, etc.

That picture looks pretty, but what are the benefits vs the above approach?

Maximum shared resources with fewer connections. Setting up hubs means your map doesn't look like a Diljeet colouring book with lines everywhere.

[Yevrah]

I might be being dense, but I really don't get it. The hub thing is nice and makes sense in the real world, but there are 30 settlements in the vanilla map, so I need 29 supply lines. Looks like that chap has more if anything.

[Raoul Duke]

Yeah, it's mostly cosmetic and a bit easier to manage/neater. I like it from a lore/roleplay POV too

[Yevrah]

Fair enough on the rolepplay bit, it ticks that box massively.

Do you have a save on the go all the time?

[Yevrah]

We are on our way to County Crossing, via sorting an attack on Outpost Zimonja out.

https://i.postimg.cc/K8dSZWg9/Fallout.jpg (https://postimg.cc/v4LSh3h9)

:drool:

[Yevrah]

Some stats:

Level 61/286
XP 144,750/3,092,751
% Complete = 4.7%

Base SPECIALS:

Strength - 10
Perception - 11
Endurance - 10
Charisma - 10
Intelligence - 1
Agility - 10
Luck - 10

Perk Points in Hand - 17

Perks Taken

Awareness
Cap Collector 2
Idiot Savant 2
Local Leader 2
Lone Wanderer 2
Strong Back 2

Caps on hand - 40,423

Locations Discovered - 45
Days Passed - 180
Caps Found - 311,048
Junk Collected - 9,796
Bright Ideas - 1,493

Quests Completed - 9

People Killed - 219
Animals Killed - 121
Creatures Killed - 222

Plants Harvested - 13,568
Chems Crafted - 1,927
Food Cooked - 2,784
Objects Built - 10,218

Settlements Owned - 8
Settlers - 162

Play time: 5 days, 4 hours.

So after 6 months in the Commonwealth it's time to leave zone 1. I've no idea what this will have in store at level 61.:drool:

One thing is for sure though, I should up my kills per minute played ratio, which currently is sitting at 1 kill every 13 minutes.

[Yevrah]

Hmmm, I might need to invest some perk points.

[Yevrah]

Revere Beach Station cleared (managed it without using any perk points in the end) and County Crossing is my 9th settlement.

I forgot how completely useless Preston Garvey is. Gets in the way, does nothing with that massive hand cannon of his and fucks both my ranks of lone wanderer. Only benefit of having him around while taking settlements is you don't have to trek across the map to turn the quest in.

[Raoul Duke]

Fair enough on the rolepplay bit, it ticks that box massively.

Do you have a save on the go all the time?

I've had one save I played since launch which I completed all the DLC and got up to level 125 or something. Basically became a living god. Then I had a modded save which ended up dying due to Mod-AIDS.

I've not played for a while but was thinking of giving it another spin at some point (possibly on Survival). I keep running into loading bugs with mods and stuff though.


Revere Beach Station cleared (managed it without using any perk points in the end) and County Crossing is my 9th settlement.

I forgot how completely useless Preston Garvey is. Gets in the way, does nothing with that massive hand cannon of his and fucks both my ranks of lone wanderer. Only benefit of having him around while taking settlements is you don't have to trek across the map to turn the quest in.

Do Automatron and get a killer death robot set up. They actually kill stuff :drool:

[phonics]

I'm going to mod dialogue choices into Minecraft and we'll never see Yevrah again.

[Yevrah]

Some streaming now of me trying to build a sniper tower. So finicky.

https://www.twitch.tv/chemicallocust

[Raoul Duke]

Anything to do with circular concrete is like a staple gun to the nut sack

[Yevrah]

:lol:

It so is.

[John Arne]

Some streaming now of me trying to build a sniper tower. So finicky.

https://www.twitch.tv/chemicallocust

I can't see anything. Is the video only available if watched live?

[Yevrah]

Maybe, I might have needed to tick a box to save previous streams. I'll have a looksie for next time.

Played a bit more last night. Went to Diamond City, met Nick and then helped some residents.

Level 66/286
XP 169,000/3,092,751
% Complete = 5.5%

[John Arne]

Maybe, I might have needed to tick a box to save previous streams. I'll have a looksie for next time.

Played a bit more last night. Went to Diamond City, met Nick and then helped some residents.

Level 66/286
XP 169,000/3,092,751
% Complete = 5.5%

Cheers - I'd like to watch a few.

[Lofty]

Surely the best way to patrol the wasteland is with your sex robot by your side in matching outfits?

[Shindig]

"Of course we're a couple."

[Yevrah]

Back on the uber character and off to meet the Railroad.

https://www.twitch.tv/chemicallocust

[Yevrah]

Couple of hours of Friday afternoon Fallout.

https://www.twitch.tv/chemicallocust

[Mazuuurk]

Is Fallout 4 any good then, Yev? Cause all I've read about it is it's a shadow of what 3 and NV was?

[Yevrah]

I love it.

It's different to its predecessors and less of an actual Fallout game as a result, but there's so much there to do that it's still an excellent game in its own right.

I'll be back on this weekend too.

[Raoul Duke]

I much preferred 4 to 3 and NV. Probably liked it more than Skyrim too.

I'm tempted to fire it up again but I keep getting issues with loading a new game :(

[Raoul Duke]

Managed to get it working, so started up a new game with mods. Main one I'm using as a quality-of-life improvement is removing encumbrance (setting my max carry weight at like 500k or something). Means I can crack on through things without having to constantly play the Inventory Manager 2020 side-game.

Currently up to Level 10, still pottering around the Sanctuary area. Went to Diamond City and picked up Piper, currently just going through a few settlements and starting my freshwater empire.

Mostly a melee-focussed build this time after picking up a Bladed Tire Iron, which is pretty effective. Might also get into Chems this game as I've never really used them before. Feels good to be back "home", in the game I've probably sunk more time into that any other.

[Yevrah]

Any streaming Raoul?

Many a True Nerd has got a "Fallout 4 is better than you think" video landing soon too.

[Raoul Duke]

Not really into streaming stuff. Well, never really tried.

Up to level 13 now and just got Pickman's Blade. Went into Hardware Town which is a fun set-up and amusing turning the tables on the Raider scum when they tried to lure me into their shitty trap only for me to stab their heads off :D

[Yevrah]

So on the news that Microsoft have bought Bethesda, apparently the former also own Obsidian, which makes the possibilities immense.

[Raoul Duke]

Better not make it Xbox exclusive though. I don't want to have to buy two consoles.

[Mazuuurk]

Hmmmm ok maybe I'll have to do this after Wasteland 3 then. Which is soon I think.

[Yevrah]

Any streaming Raoul?

Many a True Nerd has got a "Fallout 4 is better than you think" video landing soon too.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQr70sDtxsg

[Mazuuurk]

I bought it, Yev. Gonna start as soon as I manage to finish Wasteland 3. Should be tomorrow :cool:

[Raoul Duke]

I bought it, Yev. Gonna start as soon as I manage to finish Wasteland 3. Should be tomorrow :cool:

Did you get the GOTY version with all the DLC? Worth doing so as it's all pretty good.

[Kikó]

An hour into the video Yevrah - it's brilliant. Did not realise you could do a jet pack/nuke bomb combo (about 39 mins in).

[Yevrah]

I bought it, Yev. Gonna start as soon as I manage to finish Wasteland 3. Should be tomorrow :cool:

Great stuff. Any advice needed, whack it in here.

Progress update would be good too.

[Yevrah]

An hour into the video Yevrah - it's brilliant. Did not realise you could do a jet pack/nuke bomb combo (about 39 mins in).

I've played it to death and there are a few things he highlights I didn't really know about/hadn't thought to do.

[Raoul Duke]

I'm up to Level 21 or so now. Just got through Vault 81 (cheesed the molerat shit as having the little indicator on-screen for the entire game made me seethe last time). Kitted myself out with Overseer's Guardian and Spray n Pray so now I'm set weapons-wise for a good while.

Just been through Thicket Excavations which was mostly simple but the main guy was a bit harder than I remember. A few Molotovs to the heid and some complimentary shotgun to the face finished him off though.

So far I've only got shit Legendaries so far :moop: Nearly all wank arm protectors or terrible weapons with bad effects. Want my time-slowing magnum I had on a previous play through back...

[Mazuuurk]

Did you get the GOTY version with all the DLC? Worth doing so as it's all pretty good.

Dont think so. Didn't find that in the PS4 store.

[Mazuuurk]

Great stuff. Any advice needed, whack it in here.

Progress update would be good too.

Will do for sure! Any tips on character creation and builds? I'm usually not that into playing sneaky in fallout games (never seem to have the patience to walk around slowly enough not to get jumped by something).

[Yevrah]

If you like using VATS luck and agility are mega.

Oh and play it on Survival mode. Much better game on that mode.

[Mazuuurk]

Alright started yesterday. No fucking clue how to build my character so just sort of evenly distributed stuff with a bit more on INT, LUCK and AGILITY I think. But quickly died from a fucking mosquito in the firs village I came to so once I levelled up I added some endurance straight away.

And the fact that I died from a mosquito on Easy probably tells you why I shouldn't be even getting near something like Survival mode :D

[Raoul Duke]

Practice using VATS if you're more used to turn-based RPGs rather than FPS. Maybe take higher Agility and Luck to help with Perks in those areas (Action Boy for sure). You don't need to be particularly sneaky and can still make a valid Melee build if you want to play that way. Also worth focussing on Toughness/Medic/Life Giver if you're having trouble with survivability.

Use this (https://mmartinx.github.io/fo4/#eyJzIjpbIjEiLCIxIiwiMSIsIjEiLCIxIiwiMSIsIjEiXSwic iI6W119) to plan out your rough build but don't worry about it too much.

[Mazuuurk]

Well I mean I've played Fallout 3 and NV so I should be familiar with the system tbh, I've just sort of forgotten completely.

In both of those cases I tended to start with an idea of a sneaky or clever/flairful character but as time went by I just sort of ended up charging deahtclaws in a power armour with a chainsaw or something (I really, really do not have a lot of patience when I'm doing gaming).

But then I think I sort of ended being a powerful kind of assault-rifle character in NV, or maybe something like a gunslinger with some electricity weapong or something.

I always like the idea of using VATS but never seem to get how to do it properly. Like when I was playing yestterday I came upon a radier who almost fucked me up because when I was in vats, I couldn't press "X" to actually attack where I was aiming, and I couldn't understand why...


Anyway, now I'm past that raider village and back in Sanctuary. I've got a fucking power armour already so it sort of seems like it should be a breeze from here.

[Raoul Duke]

I always like the idea of using VATS but never seem to get how to do it properly. Like when I was playing yestterday I came upon a radier who almost fucked me up because when I was in vats, I couldn't press "X" to actually attack where I was aiming, and I couldn't understand why...

Either you're sprinting about and you've used up all your AP (bottom-right bar) or you had no chance to hit (indicated by the scores on the individual sections like head/arms/legs)



Anyway, now I'm past that raider village and back in Sanctuary. I've got a fucking power armour already so it sort of seems like it should be a breeze from here.

In FO4 Power Armour runs on Fusion Cores which are limited, so it's unlikely you'll be able to run around indefinitely until you're much later level/rich. Also, pro tip: remember to take your Fusion Cores out of the PA otherwise people can nick the suit!

[Raoul Duke]

Played a bit more this evening - went through Dunwich Borers and picked up the knife in there. Also, to top it off, got an Explosive Minigun off some random Legendary drop :drool:

I need to crack on with one of the factions really. Probably the Railroad to start with to unlock Ballistic Weave but still unsettled as to which way I'll go finally. Did MM in my first run and got someways down the RR path before, but not far. Either them or BOS are most likely options.

[Mazuuurk]

OK so yesterday I did my first real quest and went to some Factory to clear out some raiders. Got slaughtered like 5 times before even getting there. How am I so shit at this? I play on easy.

Anyway. Before I reached the factory itself, I ran into about 30 ghouls and managed to just get out of that alive but with barely any ammo left. Somehow, I managed to clear out the power plant though (fucking took me ages finding all those raiders though) with like my last little bit of ammo.

Went back to those two people in a shed I helped and they want to join the Minutemen who I'm now a leader for. I feel like if you want to call yourself something, maybe a "minuteman" isn't whats gonna get the ladies going exactly but ok that guy with the hat in Sanctuary seems nice.

After that I spent an unreasonable amount of time building some walls next to that shed and I really don't know what the point of that was but I did it.


Back in Sanctuary now and have built some stuff there. Now I got some other setttlement to go to so I guess I'll go do that. Doesn't seem like I should be heading to Diamond City yet...

But I have a problem which is like half my health is red from Rads, but I can't seem to get a hold of any radaway at all. Where is there like a merchant close to Sanctuary?

[Raoul Duke]

You'll get merchants who come to Sanctuary (one called Trashcan Carla, who's a right sort). If you take the Local Leader perk you can set-up trading posts so that mean the Trading Caravans come through too. Or build stores which you can get settlers to man.

Nearest chem dealer to Sanctuary is either at Abernathy Farm (SSW of Red Rocket) or at Drumlin Diner which is south of the Museum of Freedom between the Gorski Cabin and Starlight Drive-in.

If you want to earn some cash then start focussing on building up Industrial Water Purifiers in the water at Sanctuary. These deposit Purified Water in your Workshop every so often.

[Mazuuurk]

Guys what Mods should I get for PS4...?

[Raoul Duke]

I'm currently playing with:

Freefall patches - fixes loads of bugs, restores cut content
All you can carry - unlimited weight
SimpleGreen - adds a bit of colour back into the world
AWKCR - used by a bunch of mods for simplicity
Clean & Smooth - Complete - tidies up loads of mess in settlements
Buffed Minutemen Militia - improves the patrols around the wasteland
Moddable Robot Settlers
Insignificant Object Remover
Dogs Not Brahmin - replaces one with the other as the cows are annoying as shit
Jetpack - No AP or Fusion Core drain - unlimited jet packing :drool:
Clean Prydwen
Companion Overhaul - means they can wear PA without it getting damaged and have infinite ammo
Daswolfen's Sanctuary Hill Bridge - fixes the bridge and removes the corpses
Slower Respawn Rate - means you don't have to continually clear places you've been to
Craftable Vault 81 Cure

[Yevrah]

I really wouldn't bother with mods, they're diseased.

[Mazuuurk]

I'm currently playing with:

Freefall patches - fixes loads of bugs, restores cut content
All you can carry - unlimited weight
SimpleGreen - adds a bit of colour back into the world
AWKCR - used by a bunch of mods for simplicity
Clean & Smooth - Complete - tidies up loads of mess in settlements
Buffed Minutemen Militia - improves the patrols around the wasteland
Moddable Robot Settlers
Insignificant Object Remover
Dogs Not Brahmin - replaces one with the other as the cows are annoying as shit
Jetpack - No AP or Fusion Core drain - unlimited jet packing :drool:
Clean Prydwen
Companion Overhaul - means they can wear PA without it getting damaged and have infinite ammo
Daswolfen's Sanctuary Hill Bridge - fixes the bridge and removes the corpses
Slower Respawn Rate - means you don't have to continually clear places you've been to
Craftable Vault 81 Cure



I really wouldn't bother with mods, they're diseased.


So this has me a little conflicted.
Raoul Duke - are all of these mods applicable on an already existing Save-game? Some of them seem like they are a little bit cheaty like unlimited carrying weight. I don't really give much of a shit tbh. But stuff that may fix bugs or maybe liven up the world around you I wouldn't mind so much.
Yevrah - Why...?

[Raoul Duke]

I've started a new game, so I'm not bothered about keeping it vanilla. These things tend to work better when you start a new game (e.g. the bug fixes) but some work fine applied afterwards.

It can be a risk as they can bork your save.

[Baz]

Down with mods. :thbdn:

[Yevrah]

My issue with mods is Maz that as they're made by amateurs there's generally always something in them that's immersion breaking and/or a bit janky. I can also never decide what set-up I want to go with, which makes me restart even more than I normally do.

If it's your first playthrough I'd just go with the vanilla game.

[Mazuuurk]

Well yeah I'm sticking with it since I already started.

So far have just been basically helping settlements and pouring most of my Level Perk points into my SPECIAL stats for lack of idea of what I want to commit to. But looking like I'll play some sort of Automatic-rifle / Sniper combo (picking off one or two enemies from afar before rushing in guns blazing basically).

I have high INT and also got the Idiot Savant 1&2 perks which doesn't synergise well, but I noticed quickly that building a shit ton of picket fences and signs and other useless shite in your settlements is a stellar way to earn XP early on.

Up to level 19 now and I'm still dying ALL. THE. TIME. but really enjoying the game so far.

Oh and I've also randomly joined the Brotherhood of Steel. Those fuckers always have me a bit ambivalent.
I like my Minutemen for a faction so far so if given the choice I feel like I'll go with them.

Quite a lot left to explore in northwestern part of the map still. Haven't gotten around to going to Diamond City yet.

[Mazuuurk]

Sorting out your settlements is surprisingly fun and addictive :blush:

[Yevrah]

Indeed. If you get into it it's a proper game in and of itself.