[Sammi Jones]

I'd say that every time you kill someone that fired on you first, you shouldn't get negative karma no matter what their karma was - you just defended yourself.

And what if you are in their house without their permission; (raiding their safe and their medicine cabinet)?

I recall reading somewhere years back about a guy who sued a home owner for having a shoddy roof that fell through where he stepped on it, injuring his leg.

(This fellow was apparently a would-be cat burglar trying to break into the man's house; IIRC he won the lawsuit. We live in a crazy world.)

[Greg Cavaliere]

I had a thought the other day (it happens sometimes), and its based on the introduction of dual-wielding in Skyrim. Basically, Skyrim is a likely precursor to Fallout 4, and because of that, I'd be amazed if dual wielding wasn't included, at least in some form.

And you know what, I don't want it. It looks cool, but it would completely throw the entire concept of weapon balancing and perks out of the window. In a FPS, its fine, but in a RPG game like Fallout, I don't think it belongs.

Also, on another level, dual wielding suffers horribly due to the UI. Basically, hotkeying items is nigh on impossible when you have two hands to cater for. That's why the 'Favourites' menu appeared in Skyrim - to allow you to assign commonly used weapons to each hand. Fine, but it accounts for an extraordinary amount of game time spent in menu screens, rather than switching weapons on the fly.

Just my two caps.

[Natalie Harvey]

on the subject of cat-burgulars, did anyone else find a bos member robbing their megaton house? i followed him out of curiosity, and when he died from ant-attack i found my firelance on his corpse! the cheeky bugger!

yeah, so my next 'great idea for fallout4' is...

start as eigther a human, ghoul or super-mutant and if you start as a human you could still turn into one of the other two during the course of the game.

ive already said it, but i think it warrants another mention - bionics. selectable from the start with the possibility of gradually turning yourself into one of the robo-brains or 'replicated men' from fallout3 possibly? to get an idea of what im thinking look at the picture that goes with the 'cyborg' perk or maybe 'the borg' from star-trek...

honourable man out.....

[RObert loVes MOmmy]

And what if you are in their house without their permission; (raiding their safe and their medicine cabinet)?

I recall reading somewhere years back about a guy who sued a home owner for having a shoddy roof that fell through where he stepped on it, injuring his leg.

(This fellow was apparently a would-be cat burglar trying to break into the man's house; IIRC he won the lawsuit. We live in a crazy world.)

Exactly! See how hard it is to determine what is right and what is wrong I have heard something here in Sweden where an old man hit one of two burglars in the face with a frying pan, and the old man got sued or whatever for that (we don't really have suing in Sweden). Another example is someone shooting a burglar in the ass with a shotgun as he tried to flee through the bathroom window and the man defending his home also got punished instead.

But you get my idea at least, killing is wrong except in self-defence. But self-defence when you are threatening someone who is clearly innocent? Or assassination of an unarmed but evil mob boss? Or indirect kills of innocents, like, collateral damage? (like in Fallout when you shot people with burst and accidentally killed children)

[neen]

Exactly! See how hard it is to determine what is right and what is wrong I have heard something here in Sweden where an old man hit one of two burglars in the face with a frying pan, and the old man got sued or whatever for that (we don't really have suing in Sweden). Another example is someone shooting a burglar in the ass with a shotgun as he tried to flee through the bathroom window and the man defending his home also got punished instead.

But you get my idea at least, killing is wrong except in self-defence. But self-defence when you are threatening someone who is clearly innocent? Or assassination of an unarmed but evil mob boss? Or indirect kills of innocents, like, collateral damage? (like in Fallout when you shot people with burst and accidentally killed children)

Fallout is a hard and dangerous world and karma is a thing IMO that shouldnt be exsistant

[Chrissie Pillinger]

Another example is someone shooting a burglar in the ass with a shotgun as he tried to flee through the bathroom window and the man defending his home also got punished instead.

This... is.. worse...
http://www.thisissurreytoday.co.uk/Ex-soldier-faces-jail-handing-gun/story-12659234-detail/story.html

But you get my idea at least, killing is wrong except in self-defence. But self-defence when you are threatening someone who is clearly innocent? Or assassination of an unarmed but evil mob boss? Or indirect kills of innocents, like, collateral damage? (like in Fallout when you shot people with burst and accidentally killed children)

Well... Planescape did allow the PC to (at times) indicate PC intent; you could deliberately lie to people. Perhaps the game could run some sort of heuristic action tracking... If the the PC is picking a lock, and it's 2 in the morning, and/or they don't seek out the home owner forth with, but instead try to open his safe... they are likely robbing his house.

[Justin Bywater]

I'd rather not have any form of multiplayer but if it absolutely had to be included (since a lot of games seem to be doing this now) then i'd prefer co-op rather than real multiplayer. 2nd player could control a companion or something.

All I can say that I really want for F4 is that it should be open ended like Skyrim. I love the guy talking at the end of New Vegas, telling what happened to everyone....but at the same time I really want to be able to continue with my wanderings and side questing.

[Neliel Kudoh]

I would like to have more facial features like missing eyes, ears, nose and some scar options. Oh and ability to alter bodybuild so you can be fat or big footed and so on.

[Darren]

I hope they get rid of the pip-boy on my arm, so when I wanna roleplay an average wastelander I don't got that on my arm. Other than that, just an interesting area -cough-Kentucky-cough- and more roleplay stuff

[carley moss]

I hope they get rid of the pip-boy on my arm, so when I wanna roleplay an average wastelander I don't got that on my arm. Other than that, just an interesting area -cough-Kentucky-cough- and more roleplay stuff

Rather then get rid of it all together, I think they should add more customization to it and different types. I'd like to see something like http://newvegas.nexusmods.com/downloads/images/36646-1-1289027878.jpg as an option in the next Fallout.

[Jessica White]

Rather then get rid of it all together, I think they should add more customization to it and different types. I'd like to see something like http://newvegas.nexusmods.com/downloads/images/36646-1-1289027878.jpg as an option in the next Fallout.

I think that one looks too modern, I mean, for being in a world where computer chips were never invented. I rather have the http://www.duckandcover.cx/gallery/albums/userpics/10004/normal_pipboyrend.jpg, which is handheld.

[Jack Walker]

I have a few ideas of what city the next Fallout game should take place in:

• Detroit, Michigan (Referred to as the Motor City Wasteland, Old automobile factories as hideouts )
  
• New York City, New York (It would be so cool to walk around NYC and see what had happened to the Big Apple after the bombs fell)
  
• Philladelphia, Pennsylvania (After playing through the Fallout 3 DLC The Pitt, there seems to be more Raiders in the Pennsylvania area which means more Raiders to fight)
  
• Seattle, Washington (Self-Explanatory)
  
• Los Angeles, California (Home of the New California Republic from Fallout New Vegas)

[El Khatiri]

• Los Angeles, California (Home of the New California Republic from Fallout New Vegas)

Los Angeles is not the home of the NCR, it's called The Boneyard for a reason. I'd say NCR's home, Shady Sands, is closer to San Francisco even. And San Fran is the home to the mighy, high-tech Shi - decendants of a chinese nuclear submarine. Though they could be a state under NCR by now, that is unknown. Either way, any place inside NCR would be rather boring because... there would just be NCR in it.

[Kelly Osbourne Kelly]

I think the handheld Pipboy is better, nothing against the glove. I just don't like roleplaying the savior of the wasteland, and I guess I associate the glove with that xD

Also, I want the factions to have a lot more to them, and I don't want the Brotherhood to play a big part. Though I do want them as a side faction, and I want it to be a great questline, haha

[remi lasisi]

hardcoe mode applies to companions. Sleep, Food, H20, Rad, Limbs, the works. It would definitely have to work differently with robot companions though (and ghouls and super mutants for that matter), but I guess that goes without saying because I'm pretty sure even bethesda would not make it the same all around, despite their lazy approach when it comes to robots (paralyzing palm, poison, stimpacks, permanent death, etc.).

[SUck MYdIck]

Also, I want the factions to have a lot more to them, and I don't want the Brotherhood to play a big part. Though I do want them as a side faction, and I want it to be a great questline, haha

a good questline i think is first in everybody's list on things to do. Second for me is more customablity to your person armor and guns

[LuBiE LoU]

Exactly! See how hard it is to determine what is right and what is wrong I have heard something here in Sweden where an old man hit one of two burglars in the face with a frying pan, and the old man got sued or whatever for that (we don't really have suing in Sweden). Another example is someone shooting a burglar in the ass with a shotgun as he tried to flee through the bathroom window and the man defending his home also got punished instead. But you get my idea at least, killing is wrong except in self-defence. But self-defence when you are threatening someone who is clearly innocent? Or assassination of an unarmed but evil mob boss? Or indirect kills of innocents, like, collateral damage? (like in Fallout when you shot people with burst and accidentally killed children)

I don't believe that, some people need to die.

[Klaire]

1. More recognition for what you've done.
2.Weapon degrading needs to comeback in Fallout 4 becauseit works really well in Fallout.

I'll have to think more about this...

[Jordyn Youngman]

1. More recognition for what you've done.
2.Weapon degrading needs to comeback in Fallout 4 becauseit works really well in Fallout.

I'll have to think more about this...

Weapons degradation in Fallout, never went away.

[jennie xhx]

Some things I am looking for in the next fallout...

- I would like to see more focus on truly playing around a certain character type, one i enjoy is a stealth character. In Skyrim when I want to play as a certain type i find it a better expirence. I can select a stealth type character to start off, progress perks based around my skill, armor weapons etc.. But above all I feel like there is more situations and oppurtunitys to play as a stealth character. In combat I can choose to stealth fully take out a bandit camp, or run through an ancient Norm tomb without knowing im there. Also they have factions and quest lines which are built around a certain play style..

Dark Brotherhood = Stealthy assainations
Companions= Heavy armor and brute force
Mage and Theives guild are self explanatory....

I know you can build a specific character type in Fallout games but i would like to be able to truly feel like I can play like that character. When I try to build a specific character type I never feel like i can play to its strengths. Just my opinion though.

[Javier Borjas]

Another thing I want to see....

One of the things I loved the most about New Vegas was the ability to use perks to select your sixuality. Even if we can't 'romance' people like in BioWare games, I loved having the option to flirt with females as a female character. A lot of games are going in this direction now and that is awesome. It's not doing anyone any harm (if you don't want those flirt lines in your game, don't choose that perk. Simple) but it's just little things like that which can make the game so much better for those who do want it.

[Stephanie Valentine]

No essential characters - No hand holding
Force consequences for the deaths of certain NPCs - if the PC killed them or a companion

Since no one is essential implement a get out ending - Like Yes Man in New Vegas

No children unless killable

[katsomaya Sanchez]

No essential characters - No hand holding
Force consequences for the deaths of certain NPCs - if the PC killed them or a companion

Since no one is essential implement a get out ending - Like Yes Man in New Vegas

No children unless killable

There shouldnt be children but midgets or hust differnt sized people some skinny aome bigger taller shorter and maybe physical differneces eyepatches balding missing limbs and even more no-barks

[Alyesha Neufeld]

Crazy people with tinfoil hats!

[Melanie]

Crazy people with tinfoil hats!

And tin can gloves and shoes!