C-4? more like C-POOR! : Fallout: New Vegas

» Sat Jan 31, 2009 11:17 am

Ok correct me if im wrong.....
the only explosive ive found used with the detonator is C-4 witch would be fine with me if i had plenty of them as i love putting them in peoples pockets and detonating far away at a safe viewing position.
even buying them costs me 999 caps when i find them
i think they should add more detonator usable explosives or atleast make c-4 more common and affordable

» Sat Jan 31, 2009 11:11 am

C-4 is basically the AMR of the explosives skill - only it appears 50 skill points sooner, and can take out far more targets at once. You can literally wipe out the Fort with enough planning ahead and a mere 3-4 pulls of the detonator trigger. It's far more devastating than a missile launcher, more accurate than grenades, better area of effect than mines, and farther reach than the grenade machine gun. The price is fine, as well as the rarity.

» Sat Jan 31, 2009 11:19 am

Look up C4 locations on the Vault.

I had 15-20 at one time or another and I used them.

» Sat Jan 31, 2009 11:39 pm

C-4 is basically the AMR of the explosives skill - only it appears 50 skill points sooner, and can take out far more targets at once. You can literally wipe out the Fort with enough planning ahead and a mere 3-4 pulls of the detonator trigger. It's far more devastating than a missile launcher, more accurate than grenades, better area of effect than mines, and farther reach than the grenade machine gun. The price is fine, as well as the rarity.

Nah, Missile Launcher and GMG are way better. C4 does 250 damage, missile does 200 and a HE Missile does 270 damage. And missiles cost a fraction of C4.

But to the OP, explosives suffers a bad case of over priced. 200 Caps for a Frag Grenade and 1000 caps for C4? Silly, you can buy a whole armory of guns for that! Not sure what the devs were smoking when they set up explosives.

» Sat Jan 31, 2009 6:30 pm

I agree with the idea that the game would be better with the addition of more remote-detonation capability. It would be nice if we could combine, say, 3 sticks of dynamite, an energy cell, and a sensor module into a "remote detonated dynamite". Works just like C4, but a lot cheaper/easier to find, and not as powerful.

» Sun Feb 01, 2009 12:32 am

It would be nice if we could combine, say, 3 sticks of dynamite, an energy cell, and a sensor module into a "remote detonated dynamite". Works just like C4, but a lot cheaper/easier to find, and not as powerful.

You mean something like http://newvegasnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=35804?

» Sat Jan 31, 2009 12:02 pm

But to the OP, explosives suffers a bad case of over priced. 200 Caps for a Frag Grenade and 1000 caps for C4? Silly, you can buy a whole armory of guns for that! Not sure what the devs were smoking when they set up explosives.

Same thing as they were when they set up Energy Weapons

Atleast they patched those up.

» Sat Jan 31, 2009 9:39 am

Same thing as they were when they set up Energy Weapons

Atleast they patched those up.

So true. Energy Weapons and Explosives were totally off base in this game. But EW has more fans and there was lots of wailing on the forums, so they had to fix that. I fear explosives may never get fixed. That is what custom mods are for!

» Sat Jan 31, 2009 9:03 pm

I agree with the idea that the game would be better with the addition of more remote-detonation capability. It would be nice if we could combine, say, 3 sticks of dynamite, an energy cell, and a sensor module into a "remote detonated dynamite". Works just like C4, but a lot cheaper/easier to find, and not as powerful.

"I'd buy that for a dollar!"

You mean something like http://newvegasnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=35804?

ooops! Looks like they're free! Much better than a time bomb. Kudos