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    Zen VulgarityZen Vulgarity What a lovely day for tea Secret British ThreadRegistered User regular
    edited November 2010
    I'm poor all the time because I want one of every gun and armor to fuck around with

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    BlackDoveBlackDove Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    For energy weapon guys, I suggest you use the regular guns until you get to Freeside and the Van Graffs.

    Then, it's downhill from there.

    Like. The entire game.

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    Zen VulgarityZen Vulgarity What a lovely day for tea Secret British ThreadRegistered User regular
    edited November 2010
    It drops off entirely once you get a tesla cannon

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    Zen VulgarityZen Vulgarity What a lovely day for tea Secret British ThreadRegistered User regular
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    DouglasDangerDouglasDanger PennsylvaniaRegistered User regular
    edited November 2010
    I am job searching, like a responsible person, but I wish I had already found a new job so I could play NV.

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    jwalkjwalk Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    How to Beat Every Casino Without Even Trying:

    1. get about 3000 in chips, save the game
    2. bet 200 on a slot machine
    3. repeat until you either break the bank, one hit on lemons or higher will do it, or if you lose all your chips reload your save.
    4. (optional) buy every gun and armor from gun runners and van graffs, kill the planet

    lookin bad in my Reinforced Combat Armor Mk II

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    JordynJordyn Really, Commander? Probing Uranus. Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    I killed the van graffs and piled their bodies in a dumpster.

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    DouglasDangerDouglasDanger PennsylvaniaRegistered User regular
    edited November 2010
    jwalk wrote: »
    How to Beat Every Casino Without Even Trying:

    1. get about 3000 in chips, save the game
    2. bet 200 on a slot machine
    3. repeat until you either break the bank, one hit on lemons or higher will do it, or if you lose all your chips reload your save.
    4. (optional) buy every gun and armor from gun runners and van graffs, kill the planet

    lookin bad in my Reinforced Combat Armor Mk II

    I don't see the appeal in this mindset. I enjoy the challenge of everything. I'm kind of disappointed in Hard Core Mode, because it is too easy. You need strength 6 to use the majority of the guns. Strength 6 lets you carry hundreds of KG of junk, thereby making it really easy to walk around with two sets of armor, five doctors bags, 25 stimpacks, 12 doses of med-x, 300 .357 cartridges, 200 .223 cartridges, 200 .308 cartridges,, a revolver or two, a rifle or two, a knife, a club and a power glove, and 20 KG of scrap, AND still have room to carry enough food and water to walk from Freeside to the Mojave Outpost.

    I'm on the ps3, so I am thinking about imposing some artificial limits on myself, but I shouldn't have to do this. Restrict my character to one long gun, one medium gun (the lever shotgun or an smg), two pistols and a melee weapon... You could feasibly carry that-- a gun in your hands, a gun on your back, two handgun holsters...

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    DichotomyDichotomy Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    very hard hardcore mode is painful enough

    "shouldn't have to do this" what

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    LanglyLangly Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    jordyn, eventually there will be no one to hide bodies from

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    DouglasDangerDouglasDanger PennsylvaniaRegistered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Dichotomy wrote: »
    very hard hardcore mode is painful enough

    "shouldn't have to do this" what

    Does changing the difficulty merely change hitpoints and damage dealt/received?

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    jwalkjwalk Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Oh I'll probably kill the van graffs later on too, because ooo shiny stuff I want.

    Also they are assholes.

    I guess you can't buy energy ammo from them if you do, but then again /console add.item 999999999 ec pack, kthx.

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    LucentLucent Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    I was just wondering, mostly because I can't recall a historical Beaton but-- is that gun (the Tesla-Beaton prototype) some sort of quirky developer's nod at Kate Beaton comics? (Since Tesla is like a featured dude in her comics).

    Or is there some sort of historical Beaton who is famous for lasers or electricity?

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    CabezoneCabezone Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Dichotomy wrote: »
    very hard hardcore mode is painful enough

    "shouldn't have to do this" what

    Does changing the difficulty merely change hitpoints and damage dealt/received?

    Yup

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    LanglyLangly Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    No, it's kate beaton, because of her tesla comics.

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    LucentLucent Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Langly wrote: »
    No, it's kate beaton, because of her tesla comics.

    That is some pretty serious awesome on whatever person greenlit that reference.

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    FirmSkaterFirmSkater Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    There are a bunch of Something Awful references in this game too

    Like Johnny Five Aces, and the named Gauss Rifle is like YCS/186 Gauss Rifle

    But then, in FO3 there were references to GoonSwarm (Something Awful's EVE alliance)

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    jwalkjwalk Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    jwalk wrote: »
    How to Beat Every Casino Without Even Trying:

    1. get about 3000 in chips, save the game
    2. bet 200 on a slot machine
    3. repeat until you either break the bank, one hit on lemons or higher will do it, or if you lose all your chips reload your save.
    4. (optional) buy every gun and armor from gun runners and van graffs, kill the planet

    lookin bad in my Reinforced Combat Armor Mk II

    I don't see the appeal in this mindset. I enjoy the challenge of everything. I'm kind of disappointed in Hard Core Mode, because it is too easy. You need strength 6 to use the majority of the guns. Strength 6 lets you carry hundreds of KG of junk, thereby making it really easy to walk around with two sets of armor, five doctors bags, 25 stimpacks, 12 doses of med-x, 300 .357 cartridges, 200 .223 cartridges, 200 .308 cartridges,, a revolver or two, a rifle or two, a knife, a club and a power glove, and 20 KG of scrap, AND still have room to carry enough food and water to walk from Freeside to the Mojave Outpost.

    I'm on the ps3, so I am thinking about imposing some artificial limits on myself, but I shouldn't have to do this. Restrict my character to one long gun, one medium gun (the lever shotgun or an smg), two pistols and a melee weapon... You could feasibly carry that-- a gun in your hands, a gun on your back, two handgun holsters...

    lol ok. play that way if you want.

    I just did this while watching some footballs on sunday. didn't even have to look at the screen, just ding ding ur a winnaR! (or ding and then you don't get any money).

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    Cilla BlackCilla Black Priscilla!!! Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Sara Lynn wrote: »
    having trouble with the Beef-related Ultra-Luxe quest
    I wanted to cook a fake meal and expose Mortimer, but everytime I bring Ted out into the dining room everyone attacks me and I can't find Mortimor. I understand there is a bug with wearing the mask, but I'm not, so idk. I'll probably just drug the wine or something so it's easier? How did you do this?

    You may have already been answered but...
    I didn't drug the wine, the only way I was able to pull it off (had the same issue) was to sneak directly to the guy making the speech. Talk to him immediately and go through the reveal. Anyone who aggro'd you will stop immediately after you're done.

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    DouglasDangerDouglasDanger PennsylvaniaRegistered User regular
    edited November 2010
    I'm kind of dissapointed with Wild Wasteland. I didn't get the johnny five aces thing at all, and it took me way too long to get the thing in nipton. I never saw the latest Indy movie, so I didn't get that either.

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    Cilla BlackCilla Black Priscilla!!! Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    It's only something they threw in at the last minute because they wanted to give people the choice between a silly, reference-laden experience and a somewhat more serious one. Originally I suspect they were all intended to be in the game from the start. So it's not entirely fair to judge it as a perk alone.

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    DepressperadoDepressperado I just wanted to see you laughing in the pizza rainRegistered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Just used the GECK to put a tunnel snakes outfit and a customized switchblade in Doc Mitchell's office.

    this is gonna be great.

    the switchblade is Butch's Toothpick, I just changed the stats on the switchblade to match and the name.

    gonna cut some dudes.

    gonna feud with the Kings.

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    Zen VulgarityZen Vulgarity What a lovely day for tea Secret British ThreadRegistered User regular
    edited November 2010
    God you're a debbie downer

    Play on very very hard and play hardcore and have fun dying when someone sneezes at you

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    CabezoneCabezone Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    jwalk wrote: »
    jwalk wrote: »
    How to Beat Every Casino Without Even Trying:

    1. get about 3000 in chips, save the game
    2. bet 200 on a slot machine
    3. repeat until you either break the bank, one hit on lemons or higher will do it, or if you lose all your chips reload your save.
    4. (optional) buy every gun and armor from gun runners and van graffs, kill the planet

    lookin bad in my Reinforced Combat Armor Mk II

    I don't see the appeal in this mindset. I enjoy the challenge of everything. I'm kind of disappointed in Hard Core Mode, because it is too easy. You need strength 6 to use the majority of the guns. Strength 6 lets you carry hundreds of KG of junk, thereby making it really easy to walk around with two sets of armor, five doctors bags, 25 stimpacks, 12 doses of med-x, 300 .357 cartridges, 200 .223 cartridges, 200 .308 cartridges,, a revolver or two, a rifle or two, a knife, a club and a power glove, and 20 KG of scrap, AND still have room to carry enough food and water to walk from Freeside to the Mojave Outpost.

    I'm on the ps3, so I am thinking about imposing some artificial limits on myself, but I shouldn't have to do this. Restrict my character to one long gun, one medium gun (the lever shotgun or an smg), two pistols and a melee weapon... You could feasibly carry that-- a gun in your hands, a gun on your back, two handgun holsters...

    lol ok. play that way if you want.

    I just did this while watching some footballs on sunday. didn't even have to look at the screen, just ding ding ur a winnaR! (or ding and then you don't get any money).

    With luck 10 you can pretty much hit to 21 almost every hand of blackjack. It only takes a few minutes to hit the max.

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    jwalkjwalk Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    I have 7 luck I think, but I'm sure it would be a lot faster using the slots, any of the higher jackpots are 12-16k with a 200 bet, not going to win that in 1 hand of BJ.

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    captainkcaptaink TexasRegistered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Blackjack is sort of a constant stream of money at high luck. Slots and the high payout roulette are still more of a crapshoot.

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    CabezoneCabezone Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    I tried the slots, it took a lot longer to get anywhere.

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    captainkcaptaink TexasRegistered User regular
    edited November 2010
    I don't know why I love video game gambling so much. I wish NV had poker like Red Dead Redemption.

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    captainkcaptaink TexasRegistered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Also for gamblers: Mick and Ralph's has a pair of pajamas that gives +1 luck. That and the luck implant give you +2, I haven't found any luck hats or anything like the lucky 8-ball from FO3.

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    LanglyLangly Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Yeah, I wear my lucky pajamas to the slots

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    Burning OrganBurning Organ Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Slot machines give the most money in one hit.

    Get three oranges and oh my.

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    LanglyLangly Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    there are no slots at ultra luxe, right?

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    DouglasDangerDouglasDanger PennsylvaniaRegistered User regular
    edited November 2010
    I still have a great time with this game, sorry for being such a downer.

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    Burning OrganBurning Organ Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Langly wrote: »
    there are no slots at ultra luxe, right?

    I couldn't find any so I played some face slots instead.

    That is where I punch three people in the face and if I get all of them to die the same way (For example I separate three heads from bodies) I am a winner.

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    GaslightGaslight Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    So you can now play New Vegas as Batman.

    This is a mod which exists.

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    PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    can you play it as a nude anime batman yet?

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    Cilla BlackCilla Black Priscilla!!! Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    There was a mod for that before release, doubtless.

    I'm tempted to go find the mod that turns the Vault Boy image from the Pip Boy into an anime. It's horrifying.

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    DepressperadoDepressperado I just wanted to see you laughing in the pizza rainRegistered User regular
    edited November 2010
    there's a couple of those now.

    I was pokin' around in NVnexus the other day, lookin' for rad mods, and found those.

    game's barely even out and already I am disappointed with the modding community.

    at least morrowind waited a few years to get weird.

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    luckystrikeluckystrike Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    So I fast traveled to the crashed B-29 to do the Volare! quest, saved it as soon as I arrived like a dick and Rex and Arcade have both gotten stuck in the frame of a boat. I've tried waiting for 24 hours, fast traveled all over the place. Nothing. Am I screwed here?

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    JordynJordyn Really, Commander? Probing Uranus. Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    captaink wrote: »
    Also for gamblers: Mick and Ralph's has a pair of pajamas that gives +1 luck. That and the luck implant give you +2, I haven't found any luck hats or anything like the lucky 8-ball from FO3.

    I always wore my Lucky Shades in F03

    They were hella easy to get and they made me look cool.

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