Please Fix maccready's perk. It Breaks the Game.

Post » Fri Dec 11, 2015 6:25 am

Duly noted. I don't really use chems at all anyway. I pop some graqe mentats when I'm making the rounds to all of the merchants to offload my huge excess of purified water, but that's basically it.

For the most part I prefer sniping outside of VATS too. I'm a huge FPS fan aside from games like Fallout, and I've gotta say that the first person was done well in FO4.

I know the feeling. I went to Covenant a couple days ago for the first time and part of the Human Error quest involved me picking an unfriendly lock. I had to send Codsworth outside the gate while I did it because I got a "Codsworth hated that" notification after doing it the first time. Luckily I quicksaved right before doing it because I'd anticipated this happening. I'm currently trying to max out his affinity for me, so I really don't want that kind of setback.

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Steve Bates
 
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Post » Fri Dec 11, 2015 5:43 am

I've never traveled with Codsworth or Curie. I should give it a try though. I prefer Dogmeat personally, especially when I max out his perks. He's a beast and awfully cute. I still want a radscorpion or deathclaw companion though. Maybe a horde of molerats would be cool too.

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Post » Thu Dec 10, 2015 11:23 pm

Codsworth and Curie are both incredibly entertaining companions. They're complete savages. Codsworth has a psychopathic streak that you don't see outside of combat. His commentary while traveling is quite entertaining. Curie is a total badass in combat too.

Curie spoilers here -

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After you complete the companion quest with Curie and transfer her personality and memories into a Gen III Synth body, she is an absolute beast with melee weapons. She doesn't even like using guns. I'll equip her with guns and she'll put them away and just use her fists. I've currently got her equipped with a Super Sledge, and she can destroy [censored] with it.

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Post » Fri Dec 11, 2015 6:44 am


No, it doesn't break it for you. "Gamebreaking" isn't some ephemeral and subjective thing that means whatever you want it to. The bug may lessen your enjoyment of the game, but it doesn't prevent you from playing.
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Post » Fri Dec 11, 2015 10:38 am

Clearly you've researched the perk but you didn't see the "Bugs" note on the Fallout wiki page? Also it's not a 100% success rate, you still have a 5% miss chance just like the body.

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Post » Fri Dec 11, 2015 1:20 pm

So what is a "game-breaking" bug then and who decides which bug is and which isn't?

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Post » Fri Dec 11, 2015 3:25 pm

I'll have to give good ole Coddie a try. I like his accent. Curie sounds like my ex-wife so I never mind having her around.

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Jessica Raven
 
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Post » Fri Dec 11, 2015 2:10 am

I gotta get this

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Your Mum
 
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Post » Fri Dec 11, 2015 9:17 am

Nothing but semantics, and inaccurate semantics too. The term "game breaker" has been in use for years in sports and games to identify someone with such skill that they single-handedly dominate a game. http://bfy.tw/3ChM if you like. It applies perfectly to this situation.

I understand that you want the term to mean "renders the game absolutely unplayable" but, unfortunately for you, you don't get to dictate how everyone else uses the language.

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Post » Fri Dec 11, 2015 5:59 am

Like LeBron?

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Post » Fri Dec 11, 2015 2:53 am


The first seven results in your link were entirely irrelevant to this thread. The eighth was "Yahoo answers."

Semantics are important. Without clear meaning, all communication breaks down.

But I can accept that you've elected to use an unsubstantiated and worthlessly vague definition of the term that renders it meaningless and makes it impossible to have a meaningful discussion about the bug in question.
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Post » Fri Dec 11, 2015 4:05 am

I cannot help how Google responds to you but if laziness is the issue, here ya go:

1 http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/gamebreaker

2 http://www.thefreedictionary.com/gamebreaker

3 http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/gamebreaker

4 http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=gamebreaker

Substantiated enough for ya there, Skippy?

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Post » Thu Dec 10, 2015 11:29 pm

Ah, I was wondering why I always had a 95% chance to hit with headshots in VATS. installing that fix now so it's a little bit fairer to the enemy now

As for if it's game breaking, I guess it depends on how breaking is defined, if something is broken if it doesn't work correctly, or if it's broken only if it's totally non-fuctional... Imma get the dictionary...

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/breaking

hopefully game is already defined correctly here, so we should be good with just this one.

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Post » Fri Dec 11, 2015 3:07 am


This isn't a "gamebreaker" it's a game breaking bug which is somewhat similar yet specific to video games. If you Google that then the TV trope page is the first result-http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GameBreakingBugfollowed by a bunch of pages concerning a game breaking bug in Fallout 4 which all speak about the bug at Monsignor Plaza...a true "game breaking bug"

The OP has a "gamebreaker" but it's not a "game breaking bug"

edit: quoted wrong post :P
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Post » Fri Dec 11, 2015 2:09 am

You just defined Hyperbole......i.e. it's not nearly as bad as your exaggerated original claims make it.

Yes, it needs to be fixed, but it is not "game breaking" in any sense of the term.

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Post » Fri Dec 11, 2015 11:50 am


Those were all among the first seven. As I said, entirely irrelevant. I'm not really interested in trying to convince you of anything anymore, but for some reason I felt it was important to address your personal attack.
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Post » Fri Dec 11, 2015 1:59 am

Semantic or objective. Which is it?

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Post » Fri Dec 11, 2015 3:16 am

So the fact that the most common definition of the word is exactly what I said and stands in sharp contrast to what you insisted it was is... irrelevant? Maybe you should be looking "irrelevant" up as well.

As to a personal attack, I intended no such thing. You were just wrong when you tried to correct me.

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Post » Fri Dec 11, 2015 4:26 am

Then what is a "game-breaking" bug and who decides what it is and what it isn't?

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Post » Fri Dec 11, 2015 12:08 am

Great, we had lengthy discussions on what constitutes an "RPG", and now terms like game breaking? Why do some of you get worked up over some words.

I also have this perk and while it doesn't stop me from palying the game, it is quite annoying because you can't turn it off and it affects your VATS. I can see how it is game breaking to some people if their character is built for VATS gunplay. It wrecks the balance of the game, single player or not, and removes the challenge... and you cant really say "just dont shoot them in the head" because that is just ridiculous.

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Post » Fri Dec 11, 2015 5:34 am

You don't have to steal to get affinity with him. Don't use chems, and every time you accept a quest make sure to pass all 3 speech checks for more caps. That will build max affinity incredibly quickly with him.

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Dawn Porter
 
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Post » Fri Dec 11, 2015 6:57 am

I love this broken perk. It's the only reason my sniper got the perk for shooting through walls.
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Post » Fri Dec 11, 2015 12:34 pm

I sound like such a greedy bastard though. After all, I'm a good guy. I'm not in it for the caps. Although they're nice to have.

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Post » Fri Dec 11, 2015 4:33 am

WHY COULDN'T HE JUST GROW A BEAK?

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Post » Fri Dec 11, 2015 6:13 am

The term has been used to describe imbalanced or overpowered things that make a game not fun. Its ruining his game experience.

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