Or quit posting on a game forum, trashing a video game, and (re)up for Af/Stan. High Desert, 1sk, wounds that will affect your combat performance, and realistic medical healing to boot. I've seen enough of that crap not to wish it on anyone. I'm sick of reality...that's why i play games.

These games are supposed to be fun, and they are designed for the average RPG player. We like realism...to a point, but it has to be fun.

Well im ex British Army (not that this makes any difference, but hey I want to join in!), and love the game, but sort of agree with the weapons thing. Having faced an enemy that had .50's and were happy to use them against British Forces in the 80/90's (Yes im talking the PIRA here), it would be good to see the weapons in the game (on the hardest levels) work sortof! real.

But lets be honest this is a game, not a military simulation! - If you want "real" join up, get out of training, and follow NATO around the world fighting wars.

This. I enjoy realism when it applies to fun things, like eating, sleeping, and defecating. I'd rather not have to sit my character down after every 5 in-game miles walked and massage his blistered toes.

It wasn't hard. More annoying as since battles lasted so long, and the hydration and that really did little to intensify the game. Bullet weight was the only notable thing. (2000 MF + E cells FTL)

It's a shame this thread turned into a mass pat youself on the back and flame others thread. The original post actually did bring up some points, that had crossed my mind before too, that would be interesting options to add into the game. I find, as a larger portion of RPG gamers seem to find too, that the more options and non liner you make RPGs the more enjoyable they seem to become. Having a hardcoe mode is an awesome step to making a more compelete and emmersive game.

Perhaps having options which entail:

Original Fallout- Typical fallout rules in the gameplay

Basic Needs- Adding in Food, Hydration, Sleep and exposure to elements beyond radiation.

Tactical Mode- Adding in elements such as weight to ammo and perhaps a simple volume of items issue (such as with weapons mentioned in the original post)

Realistic- Combine the two above elements but also putting in place a reduced carrying capacity, or scale you characters speed to the weight you are carrying logically to the strength trait.

I always found it interesting carrying 200 pounds in this game and being releaved I didn't have a ruck sack, or backpack, I needed to drop in order to crawl up a hill or sufficently take cover and move. I supose its good too keep in mind though that this isn't a tactical shooting game where you are always rolling around with the optimal combat setup for engaging hostiles. Much of it is also based on simply surviving, trading for necceisities and building rapport. The addition of having a pack in this game just as a visual item would be kind of cool in its own right, if you choose to carry it around. Seems like some of these topics would be practical for a community mod and the post itself seems more suited towards that thread. I havn't taken the time to see if it had made it's way over there yet or not...

Side note on previous posts... Knowing that your an intelligent individual is good if it gives you confidence. But trying the flaunt that in any aspect of life is likely to give people the impression that, your eaither full of crap, or just a [censored]. Sharing personal experience and how it can be applied to the game is great when its constructive. But the best teachers I've always had are ultimitly humble and have a good sense of humor. Be practical and don't take life too seriously, in other words keep it real.

Hence as I said, I don't put nearly as much stock into the online/software test score in the 170s as I do into the one I took in the physical presence of the test administrator, which was in the mid 140s.

If you go back a few pages you may notice all I did was make an honest assessment of what I figured my SPECIAL numbers would be, at which time somebody decided to fling some crap my way by saying I was probably a 310 best-buy clerk. I don't make it a point to toot my own horn but when somebody makes it a point to call me a liar, loser, or some 310 pound retail clerk, I tend to get a bit defensive. When somebody goes on the offensive against me, I usually assume a defensive posture. It is a typical human response/reaction, to defend when attacked.

However, after thinking about it for a bit more, I really don't care if some person online wants to jab me or doesn't believe me about my accomplishments because it in no way diminishes anything I have done nor does it diminish what I know my capabilities are. I'm not going to argue with people online, particularly people who think they know me better than I know myself based on their reading of two posts I made.


If you were an accomplished physicist and you were talking about an aspect of theoretical physics you understood quite well, and some punk made a remark that you were nothing more than a high school science teacher or a glorified research assistant, or just a liar who was reading wiki, you'd probably become offended. But as I said, I'm not here to debate anybody, especially those who think they know more about me than I myself know.

Indeed, and that is one flaw of mine, I don't like to leave lies/slanders unanswered, although I am working on it. If somebody claims I am some 310 pound cow I have a natural desire to prove how they are just a liar slinging mud. Aside from posting about my own assessment of my expected SPECIAL numbers, I never would have gone any further had the mug slingers not come in suggesting I was 310 pounds working at Best Buy, and then suggesting I was a backwater idiotic hick due to the Confederate flag pillows evident in the picture I showed (which clearly shows I am NOT anywhere near 310 pounds).

I'd wager that those who suggest others are cows are probably themselves cows, but I'm not going to start slinging mud at them. I will say that I've exercised a lot of discipline and I've sweat hard to stay in shape and maintain what I've worked for in regards to physical fitness. Not everybody has that discipline and some people take to scoffing at those who do as a way to feel better about themselves. I'm not here to beat up on anybody who out of shape and indeed I won't do so, as long as they're not scoffing at those who have it together in regards to physical fitness. I know what I need to work on and that is basically strength training, but I am very proud of my endurance and stamina, and I believe I have a right to be proud of my accomplishments.

Would people prefer some emo queer crying about being unable to do a single chinup?

I'm not one for tooting my own horn unless somebody tries to claim my horn won't sound, then I wind up having to prove it does sound properly. It's a problem of mine, I get svckered into debating with trolls and idiots on a regular basis, and that's another problem I am working on.

If you just wrote a novel and wound up published and some punk online said, "you couldn't write a novel, you're an idiot" your natural reaction, and likely first reaction, would be to post a link to the novel and tell them to shove it. It is simply how most people operate. People don't like being told (especially by strangers) that they have not accomplished the things they know they have, or that they do not have the capabilities they know they have. I'm not out to put anybody down or take away from any of their accomplishments, but I don't like being pushed onto the defensive for making honest statements about myself. If I were making claims about having been a Navy SEAL or being a winner of a Nobel Prize for Physics, or an international chess champion, or 20-2 in MMA, it would be reasonably acceptable to demand some solid evidence/proof of the validity of such claims.

I came here to find some game hints, but man, I gotta chime in on this guy.

dOOd... why are you writing all this about yourself? Who are you trying to impress?

It boggles my mind why someone would spend to much time posting so much personal information on a game forum. WTF are you doing? And, the information you post makes me think you are an egotistical ass, or a big liar. But you shouldn't care what I think... why? Because this is an internet forum! Learn2internet, Chief!

Here is my suggestion, Mr. self proclaimed "Billy Bob Badass", turn off the internet and go outside. Don't make another long reply to my post, which will probably state more personal information than anyone cares about, because I'm not going to read it. I'm about to go outside, you know... outside? I'm going to go a sports bar, drink some beer wirh my friends, and try to find a beautiful skank to take home tonight. Trust me, I'm going to forget this post.

Turn off your internet, Sport, because from what I am gathering, you have some serious acceptance/social issues. Find help.

The only real problem I had was when I still had crappy gear and I was trying to kill death claws. That was the only time I couldn't do something in the game.

Other times is when my companions charged head first into 5 enemies and I had to reload because they died (didn't want them to die lol). Especially rex, hes annoying. At the end of the game I sent him back to the lucky 38 instead of fighting, he was dieing too many times. Me and boone complete ownage though no problems. Could probably destroy deathclaws like they are nothing now but I never went back to that area.

As far as food/water/sleep. Not a big problem. I drank a lot, I ate a lot, but I never found myself in a tight spot. I think the worst was when my dehydration level got to around 500 because I forgot about it. Happens a lot when you fast travel a lot.

But nah, Never had a problem with that type of stuff. Going to enjoy a nice re-roll on regular and I'm going to spawn all the best gear at my feet and enjoy myself this time. Don't give a damn if I spawn quest gear either LOL.

So you're just a typical mainstream zombie who is a slave/servant to sin chasing after your own lusts?

Good to know, it's nice when lecherous skirt chasing scum are open about their scummy values and ways. I imagine you could even tell the woman she's a skank and she'd still put out because that's how sad the majority of the people in the nation are today.


If your life goals involve nothing more than putting drugs (such as alcohol) into your body to induce certain feelings, along with random sixual encounters with random tramps, than you have a very sad life indeed.


Enjoy this life while it lasts, because you have no part in the life that is coming next, why would you need a part in it anyway? You're getting everything you want in this life, drugs, six, pleasures of the flesh, etc.

You style yourself pretty smart, don't you? Wise in your own eyes walking after your own lusts, there's nothing new about you, lecherous creeps and people who turn to drugs to make it through life are nothing new, they've been around for a long while.

Note I don't have any real problem with beer, but you're probably not a beer drinker who knows/cares about the differences between ale, lager, etc, you're probably an alcohol drinker who will down anything put in front of you, particularly if it gets you closer to your objective of bedding some visually appealing tramp.