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[Phantom]

Slowly make it go higher to represent his ever stronger echolocation.

[USEC_OFFICER]

Character is finalized. 2 Perception*, and small guns melee weapons as a tagged skill. This shall be fun.

EDIT: I totally did not say small guns. (I had a 62% chance to hit a rat. A rat! At point blank range!)
^{*Gifted prevented me from taking anything lower.}

[Thexor]

Character is finalized. 2 Perception*, and small guns melee weapons as a tagged skill. This shall be fun.

EDIT: I totally did not say small guns. (I had a 62% chance to hit a rat. A rat! At point blank range!)
^{*Gifted prevented me from taking anything lower.}

Now, be honest; rats are bloody small. You try shooting one accurately, even at point blank range! 

What are the other two tagged skills, out of curiosity? Sneak? Or do we have a different tactic (besides "Absorb bullets with face") for getting close to things that tagged Guns instead?

Also, posting to watch. A bit disappointed we won't get awesome lazory goodness, but hey, slicing things into finely sliced, post-apocalyptic ham is always fun to watch. 

[Phantom]

But, but melee weapons aren't spectacular!

Besides, it's a rat. Buggers are skittering around like douchebags. Just wait until you see the human enemies.



And magical rifles of DOOM.

[USEC_OFFICER]

What are the other two tagged skills, out of curiosity? Sneak? Or do we have a different tactic (besides "Absorb bullets with face") for getting close to things that tagged Guns instead?

The other two tagged skills are sneak and first aid. Plus our agility is at 10, so we can quickly get into whacking range. But honestly I wish I took doctor instead of first aid. Doctor heals 3-4 times more, and can fix crippled limbs. Oh well. You live and you die horribly learn.

A bit disappointed we won't get awesome lazory goodness

Yeah, I wish we took energy weapons too. But with the terrible perception taking energy weapons would not be feasible.

[Itnetlolor]

I usually begin the game by meleeing all the intro targets (including radscorpions ala hit and run tactics), and stepping up to firearms against humans and heavier targets. Heavy weapons against supermutants, unless I have better smaller/short-range/melee stuff. Sorta like I do in FO3. Get a few distant shots to soften them up (FO3 is where the Dart Gun becomes my favorite weapon. Slow them down first (or 1-hit kill them if sufficiently weak enough) with a shot anywhere on them, and cripple them instantly while letting poison damage them for a few seconds and change weapons while behind cover), and then sledgehammer or slice them up close when you can't run any further. Tactic also seems to work against geckos in FO2. Haven't run into wanamingos yet, so I'm uncertain if this tactic works against them.

EDIT: ↓
I agree, chosen max base stats should cap off at 9 or 8. For similar reasons.

[Stworca]

Yeah, I wish we took energy weapons too. But with the terrible perception taking energy weapons would not be feasible.

Sniper rifle eye-shots from 50 squares is where the fun is at!
10 Agi? While i absolutely agree with as high Agi as it goes, 9 is a better idea! Why? Thou shall not get any spoilers from me!

[Sappho]

Wait, did you really take bloody mess? I hope not! Sure, the gory deaths are fun, but you miss out on all the fun deaths which aren't the "goriest possible." The sheer variety of death animations is one of this game's most fun little perks, and with bloody mess you miss it all! Besides, when I see a mutant's head explode, I want to feel like I *earned* it.

I always take Chem Reliant as one of mine. Damn the cost, these drugs are lovely. The other is usually finesse, if I remember correctly. Been a while. I'll have to dig out my old copy sometime...

[loose nut]

Nah, Stworca is right, Gifted is the best. You don't even really need Skilled to counterbalance it. I don't know if I've ever actually gone Chem Reliant though!

If you're going melee, you might want to use grenades as an alt weapon when you find them. You don't have to be very accurate with them to knock guys down and they don't use a lot of AP either.

[USEC_OFFICER]

Yeah, I wish we took energy weapons too. But with the terrible perception taking energy weapons would not be feasible.

Sniper rifle eye-shots from 50 squares is where the fun is at!
10 Agi? While i absolutely agree with as high Agi as it goes, 9 is a better idea! Why? Thou shall not get any spoilers from me!

Is it worth creating a new character? Or should I just continue with my old one until he dies horribly?

[Stworca]

Is it worth creating a new character? Or should I just continue with my old one until he dies horribly?

Don't worry, the game is beatable by almost any character. 
With your 10 agi you are uberhaxx0rbuff anyway!

[USEC_OFFICER]

Excellent. Then I shall work on typing up the turn.

[USEC_OFFICER]

Rent-A-Cop of the Vaults

Spoiler: Not my first choice... (click to show/hide)

Crime. Crime never changes. As a United Security (USEC) officer, I've seen it all. Murder, thief, rape. Except paedophilia. Damn, what I wouldn't give for a good case of paedophilia. Err, um... Yeah... After walking the beat for ten some odd years you can't help but pick up a few skills. I'm a competent knife fighter, I can patch up small wounds, and I can move around like I wasn't even there. I'm strong, smart, lucky and I can dodge anything that comes my way.


Provided that I can see it coming, of course.

I wasn't surprised when the Overseer called me to his office.
"Hello... Devlin, is it?"
"Yes sir!" I said, giving off my crispest salute.
"Err, I'm over here... Wait a second, are you blind?"
"Only legally sir!" I shouted.
"Right... Look Devlin... Sorry, I meant pay attention. Pay attention Devlin. I have an important job for you."
"Yes sir?" What could it be. Did I have to bust up a crime ring? Stop an assassination? Paedophilia?
"Our water chip has given up the ghost. It's dead, broken, kaput. An ex-chip."
"Oh. Okay."
"We've got no spares, and creating a work-around is about as likely as find a giant scorpion. Until someone can get to Vault 15 for a replacement chip, we have no way to produce clean water."
"So someone has to go to Vault 15?"
"Well, yes eventually."
"As in go outside and brave a journey through mutant-filled wastelands?"
"I doubt that they're filled with mutants, but yes, you are basically correct."
"Well... Thank you sir! This is such an honour! I doubt that you'll find a better person for this highly important job!" I began to vigorously shake the Overseer's hand in celebration.
"What?" The Overseer looked confused. Or he had diarrhea. Either way I didn't want to stick around...

Spoiler: But what do we have to lose? (click to show/hide)

... The door closed behind me with a soft click. I only had the clothes on my back, my trusty knife and the world's most powerful hand-held computer. I took in my surroundings in one quick glance.


Wait. Is that a body? Is that, Ed?

Ed? Ed! ED!?! Wait. Who's Ed? Eh, a mystery for later. I have to focus on the living, not on the dead. But I'm sure that nobody would begrudge me if I took some evidence for later. Can let it fall into the hands of the mutants, can we?


Hey, we use the same type of knife! Damn it, got to focus. Now's not the time to compare knives. Ahem. I took the time to fiddle with my Pip-boy. I'd be damned if this thing broke in the middle of the desert. Heh. 'fiddle with my Pip-boy.'


Hmm... Some type of inventory sorting system. Also seems to display information about different items. Quite useful.


Some sort of auto-mapping program. With my intellect, I doubt that I'll need it. Huh. I wonder what the scanner button does...


Figures.


This part seems to be some sort of internal ranking thingy. Hey, I do not have a two in perception! I'm just legally blind, is all. Jesus...


I guess that this is one of those electronic note organizers. About as useful as the auto-map.

With my Pip-boy stored away I began to explore my surroundings. The cave system was not mentioned on the maps I was given. Neither did they mention the giant rats.


GIANT RATS!


GIANT FREAKING RATS! WHY THE HELL DID NOBODY TELL ME ABOUT THE GIANT FREAKING RATS!


Huh. I guess my knife is more than enough to deal with these rats.


Ahem. As the bright sunlight pierced my corneas, I realized that I was finally look at the outside world. The air was hot and smokey, like a speakeasy with too many chain-smokers. The dirt was dry and cracked beneath my feet, calling for water like a Russian for vodka. The land might be barren, harsh, deadly even, but... Uh... Yeah...


I hope it isn't to far to Vault 15.


GIANT SCORPIONS!


GIANT FREAKING SCORPIONS! WHY THE HELL DID NOBODY TELL ME ABOUT THE GIANT FREAKING SCORPIONS!


Actually they aren't so tough. A couple stabs with the knife, and they die like any other animal. You just have to make sure that they don't stab you, is all.

Where was I? Right, Vault 15.

The entrance to Vault 15 could be described in many different ways.


Most of them uncomplimentary. Everything that wasn't nailed down was taken from the shack. Latter even the nails would be taken. Undoubtedly they would have been useful, godlike even to the irradiated mutants. But I wasn't here for easy loot or mutants. No, I was here for the salvation of my
*BEEP*
Damn it, it's been beeping like that for a while now.
*BEEP*
What is it. INV? No. MAP? No. PIP? No.


CHA? Yes. Seem like I levelled up or something. Heh. Go me.

Due to compatibility issues, the cutscenes look like they're made of wax. Hot wax. Hot, dripping wax. But it was either that or having the rest of the game look like someone vomited a bunch of pixels on it. Therefore I won't be showing any cutscene. Don't worry, there's always Youtube

United Security is an actual thing. They don't do security though, they're just some sort of gaming group. I managed to stumble upon them while I was bored, so...

For the skill points, I'll be dumping them into melee, sneak and first aid (in that order). It looks like I have a dungeon crawl ahead, so I figure that increasing those two skills will help me immensely.

Any questions? Comments?

EDIT: Is the rope inside the vault or somewhere else? Found it.

[Fikes]

You are in for a tough road. So often people will be shooting at you and you won't have any cover. It is a harsh harsh wasteland... Make sure if you go to sneak you aren't running. Other than that, best of luck!

[Stworca]

Try conserving grenades if you find any. You MAY face an enemy that breaks balls in melee.