Settlement Crafting Has Ruined Me : Fallout 4

» Thu Dec 03, 2015 7:25 am

Before I start, I feel I should let it be known that I'm only lvl 16 so take what I say with a grain of salt. So one of the first things you do In F4 is start a settlement. I didn't care at all about finding my son and gravitated to the whole settlement thing so after just a few quests I had a lot of them (and have been enjoying the heck out of this aspect of the game). Just cleaning up settlement debris will leave you rolling in steel, wood, and rubber; but some of the other requirements have turned looting to scavenging to just picking up every single thing that isn't bolted down. It's to the point were I get more excited to see a lighter, a camera, a bar of soap, or anything I can break down into those "rarer" materials. This is where I'm having a problem.

I have put more hours into fallout 3 and NV than I care to admit. I have always loved pillaging through everything, looking for goodies, but I'm not looking for goodies. I'm literally picking up every single thing I can find just to keep up with settlement costs. Buckets, dirty ash trays, broken light bulbs; I shouldn't be dropping weapons or armor to make room for a telephone.

» Thu Dec 03, 2015 9:05 am

In FO3 I made megaton my main base and every time I dragged another huge sack of junk through the gates, Sims would just roll his eyes. I scavenged every single thing that was not nailed down in every building in the Wasteland and ended up owning Megaton lock stock and barrel as the wealthiest man in the wastes, in my own mind of course.

» Thu Dec 03, 2015 10:08 am

I'm a nomad

I only scavenge for necessity - Ammo, weapons, medical aids, and food/water.

» Thu Dec 03, 2015 7:09 am

You can probably benefit from the "Scrounger" perk under INT. It's one of those perks I had my eyes on from the begining but there are tons of other more immediate needs that I have not took it yet (I'm LV 13 I guess).
I get the frustration though, I usually did get obssesed woth loot in Beth games anyway, but this time litterally everything has value. Currently I'm enjoying it but it might feel like a chore later on..
I guess it all depends on how much you enjoy the Building/Crafting type of games...
I just found the JunkJet gun and to my disblief I was very reluctant to put stuff in it because i really wanted all them junks lol, atleast they don't seem to break and I was able to collect my precious source of screws and coppers and springs lol

» Wed Dec 02, 2015 9:30 pm

They should make it so that once you get a settlement going, you can assign people to tasks like scavenging for materials.

» Thu Dec 03, 2015 12:09 am

I think the key is to be practical, and have a focus. I am obsessed with the settlement building too, but I also only have a 1 Str. :nope: So I have to prioritize. I don't pick up items that will yield common materials like wood or steel. I have a specific "phase" of development, or build plan each time I return to base, and I just collect junk that will be useful for THAT next build.

» Thu Dec 03, 2015 11:24 am

You choose how to play