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Really? What gun did you use that early in the game to easily dispose of those things? I had more trouble with them than deathclaws usually. Though by the time I got the balls to take on Deathclaw nests I was a walking fortress.

The Humanoid Typhoon wrote:

Really? What gun did you use that early in the game to easily dispose of those things? I had more trouble with them than deathclaws usually. Though by the time I got the balls to take on Deathclaw nests I was a walking fortress.

You can fuck them up proper with unarmed.

Still that's pretty early cuz they only attack in packs usually and it wouldn't take more than a hit or too at level 14 to end your shit. Guess he's just got mad skills.

Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.

with spiked knuckles with the unarmed perk that negates a lot of defense i know i can fight up to three with no problem. i'm level 17 now and just took out an entire nest of cazadors and fire gecko's.

i can handle around 4-5 decently, but when i fought 8 fire gecko's at once i nearly died.

also skip guns can be beast too, a hunting shotgun with choke, long tube, and the shotgun perks is a death sentence from short to medium range. i used that along with a silenced sniper rifle and love & hate knuckles in my first play through.

taking a look at the perks list i realised that unarmed looked stupidly broken if you stacked all the criticals and bonuses together
so this being a first run and not on hardcore i went with:

8 agility
9 endurance
1 strength
6 luck
6 intelligence
5 perception
5 charisma

using small frame i have +1 agility
four eyes -1 per but +2 with glasses which i found.
I then used that special +1 ability when i levelled to get luck to 7 as i decided that the faster reloading ability was essentially bollocks, gonna have to see if i've made somed horrible mistakes later.

I really don't understand the reason behind 1 strength. Can you enlighten me?

The Humanoid Typhoon wrote:

I really don't understand the reason behind 1 strength. Can you enlighten me?

Pretty much preparation for hardcore, as endurance is connected to upgrades i can just get more strength later.

Still that prevents you from a lot of very powerful weapons and severly limits your carrying compacity. I've never had the balls to go below 5 strength in any Fallout. Let me know how that run goes.

How do you plan on going Unarmed with 1 Strength?

1 strength will pretty much reduce your effectiveness with any weapon except pistols.

Superbuu3 wrote:

taking a look at the perks list i realised that unarmed looked stupidly broken if you stacked all the criticals and bonuses together
so this being a first run and not on hardcore i went with:

8 agility
9 endurance
1 strength
6 luck
6 intelligence
5 perception
5 charisma

using small frame i have +1 agility
four eyes -1 per but +2 with glasses which i found.
I then used that special +1 ability when i levelled to get luck to 7 as i decided that the faster reloading ability was essentially bollocks, gonna have to see if i've made somed horrible mistakes later.

I'm aiming for unarmed and melee as well. Though the scoped and expanded varmint rifle is a beast weapon early game.

Also apperntly i cant buy anyhting in shop without it freezing.

Still? I probably will end up never having done a hardcore runthrough because I don't want to sit through all that freezing bullshit.

The Humanoid Typhoon wrote:

Still? I probably will end up never having done a hardcore runthrough because I don't want to sit through all that freezing bullshit.

It's really annoying, that means I'll have to kill them for supplies eventually.

Neo wrote:

How do you plan on going Unarmed with 1 Strength?

As unarmed looks broken makes sense to use it in hardcore (my agility is high so i can just use pistols), also if i've got the highest carrying capacity in hardcore i won't be carrying ammo etc. So i will have all the more space for looting and hoarding. Can you fast travel in hardcore though?

The Humanoid Typhoon wrote:

Still that prevents you from a lot of very powerful weapons and severly limits your carrying compacity. I've never had the balls to go below 5 strength in any Fallout. Let me know how that run goes.

When i played F3 all i ever used was the basica rifle anyway, i'll just use a pistol for most of this one, and i'll have to be ineffectual with bigger guns on any boss type monsters, i'm guessing my leet gaming skills will kick in.

I'm the kind of player who hoards all of his best weapons for a boss/challenge that never even comes.

armor stats are very different in this game and pistols don't do shit to anything wearing armor unless the enemy themselves have crap for hp.

Yeah I have a feeling DT is going to fuck you over big time.

DT = An amount of damage that is completely negated by armor. This makes guns like pistols and shotguns (using anything but slugs, as each pellet in buckshot is considered an individual damage source) completely useless on more powerful enemies.
DR = A percentage that all damage is reduced by

shotguns can wear armor down really fast though and it has a perk that negates some DT as well as adding knock down effect. i love blowing enemies away then walking up to their stunned bodies and blowing there head off

Neo wrote:

Yeah I have a feeling DT is going to fuck you over big time.

DT = An amount of damage that is completely negated by armor. This makes guns like pistols and shotguns (using anything but slugs, as each pellet in buckshot is considered an individual damage source) completely useless on more powerful enemies.
DR = A percentage that all damage is reduced by

Guess it will make the end game interesting. Maybe i'll resort to sneak attacks or something. Assuming criticals ignore defnce or soemthing.

I survived with 4 Strength, using unarmed a fair bit with only 19 or so points in it and none of the perks. You'll be fine.

he said he was going to go without unarmed in his first playthrough

can you actually disguise youserlf as a gang member if they hate you?

The Humanoid Typhoon wrote:

You will reach max level long before you finish the game so glitching that is dumb. And Giant Rad Scorpions will be a bitch to kill until the end of the game.

At level 4, 2-3 shots with a shotgun took one out.

Oh shit lmfao I just teleported into a horde of radscorpions luckily i just got EDE he managed to help me clear them out. First time i had to use stimpaks.

Get Boone, he's a maddog.