What's with the Ravens? : Fallout: New Vegas

» Wed Mar 24, 2010 11:51 am

Every so often I see ravens standing about and can be shot for 1xp an no lootable body and if they fly away they are gone forever. Why are they here? My guess is that is serves as a trail to New Vegas.

» Wed Mar 24, 2010 5:55 pm

I think they're just there for atmosphere - although sometimes they mark corpses which may or may not have stuff on them.

» Wed Mar 24, 2010 6:29 am

free experience? maybe they just mark a safe path to vegas.

» Wed Mar 24, 2010 6:13 am

Screw with your radar.

Ooh, a settlement or merchants are over that ridge, look at all the people!
Dag nabbit, it's just birds.

» Wed Mar 24, 2010 4:09 am

Screw with your radar.

Ooh, a settlement or merchants are over that ridge, look at all the people!
Dag nabbit, it's just birds.

that happend to me lol

» Wed Mar 24, 2010 12:10 pm

that happend to me lol

Yep, happens to me all the time too. I shoot every one I see now just in case there's some sort of achievement. That and they tick me off.

» Wed Mar 24, 2010 5:16 pm

Yep. those things tricked me too. "OH MAN A MERCHANT JUST OVER THE HILL" -sees nothing but a raven- ":stare:"

Now I go

"So help me god if its another raven Im gonna be pretty mad."

» Wed Mar 24, 2010 2:39 pm

Happens to me all the time
Im like. OH! Merchant over the next hill :drool:
Runs over hill and see bird. :facepalm:
Stupid bird :swear:
:gun: :spotted owl:

:rock:

» Wed Mar 24, 2010 8:11 am

Killing them counts toward the kill count challenges.

» Wed Mar 24, 2010 9:49 am

Every so often I see ravens standing about and can be shot for 1xp an no lootable body and if they fly away they are gone forever. Why are they here? My guess is that is serves as a trail to New Vegas.

Some people griped that FO3 lacked birds and other creatures that didn't immediately try to rip your face off. So now we have crows that fly around, and little fishes in some of the lake areas. I enjoy the presence of non-hostile creatures. Coyotes, bighorners, and some geckos leave you alone unless you get too close. Helps my sense of immersion.

» Wed Mar 24, 2010 6:27 am

bad karma/rep since they arent red tics?

» Wed Mar 24, 2010 10:06 am

bad karma/rep since they arent red tics?

Nope, only humans are marked as "good", they're marked neutral so they won't net you bad karma.

» Wed Mar 24, 2010 7:44 am

Screw with your radar.

Ooh, a settlement or merchants are over that ridge, look at all the people!
Dag nabbit, it's just birds.

Yep...

» Wed Mar 24, 2010 11:19 am

Is there a perk associated with killing the ravens?

» Wed Mar 24, 2010 7:50 am

Personally, I think there's no point to them. I've never found them to make way to a safe path of anywhere (I commonly find them around things that are entirely NOT safe, including raiders and giant ants) and they're just here because they make the game better. And also,

Ooh, a settlement or merchants are over that ridge, look at all the people!
Dag nabbit, it's just birds.

Punishment. Wha-Bam.

» Wed Mar 24, 2010 9:16 am

Is there a perk associated with killing the ravens?

Define "associated"? Do you mean like giving you an extra million Xp every time you kill a raven or having Karma linked to killing them??

To my knowledge, no and no.

» Wed Mar 24, 2010 7:16 pm

Define "associated"? Do you mean like giving you an extra million Xp every time you kill a raven or having Karma linked to killing them??

To my knowledge, no and no.

I was thinking more along the lines of being able to summon a horde of undead crows in VATS in the same manor as the Mysterious Stranger appearances.

» Wed Mar 24, 2010 4:31 pm

I always thought they would give you away when you were sneaking. I always avoid them when I'm approaching enemies in Stealth.

» Wed Mar 24, 2010 4:38 am

I murder them all because I don't like them to tap tap tap on my Presidential Suites window and doors.

» Wed Mar 24, 2010 12:14 pm

I love that the birds actually land in New Vegas. You could see birds flying overhead in Fallout 3, but none ever came close to the ground. This adds to the realism, and also to the atmosphere. It feels a little more lonely out in the wastes when you try to find the friendly person on the radar and it turns out to just be an animal flying away.