Realistic things that were missing from the setting : Fallout: New Vegas

» Sat Oct 30, 2010 8:00 am

*facepalm*

Yes, but the topic is "realistic things missing from the setting". :shrug:

(the setting is the Mojave desert)

» Sat Oct 30, 2010 8:38 am

Yes, but the topic is "realistic things missing from the setting".

(the setting is the Mojave desert)

I was just commenting on the above post

» Fri Oct 29, 2010 9:22 pm

Gold has no value. None. Past being a shiny metal of relative rarity, it's useless. It can be used for conductivity, but there are better and cheaper metals for it.

As for religion, Caesar's Legion was founded in part by a Mormon.

There are quite a few religious organizations that have existed in Fallout. They vary in their degree of... yeah.

http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Mormons
http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Hubologists
http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Children_of_the_Cathedral

» Sat Oct 30, 2010 9:07 am

I was just commenting on the above post

:foodndrink:

Its often difficult for me to interpret single emotes, and exact meaning in posts... especially with the varied age and languages of the members.

» Sat Oct 30, 2010 3:48 am

I've heard a few characters mention god, and there is a giant cross somewhere in the wasteland. Also, im sure some pre-war books are bibles.

» Fri Oct 29, 2010 11:36 pm

Gold has no value. None. Past being a shiny metal of relative rarity, it's useless. It can be used for conductivity, but there are better and cheaper metals for it.

Gold tends to always be a reserve currency which people fall back on in hard times. People keep investing in it, in order to hedge against inflation and currency crises, because gold always has value to people. If the Dollar breaks down, it's likely that stores will prefer to trade in gold and silver instead.

In any case, I did a little bit of research. The Fallout Wiki says the following, which makes perfect sense:

NCR's gold-backed money has lost value after the Brotherhood of Steel ambushed and destroyed their gold deposits, so NCR's dollar is now backed by water.

» Sat Oct 30, 2010 6:26 am

I second that. As I have a little bit of arachnophobia, it would be certain to give me a few creepy moments. The mutated tarantula might have innate stealth capabilities due to the mutation, and might be stalking us at night, nearly invisible. We might hear some "spider sounds" drawing closer, and freak out trying to spot it. Also, few things are creepier than spider caves with coccooned human beings in it. Occasionally, when approiaching a human coccoon, the head might randomly explode and tiny spiders might crawl out.

ok i'm scared