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Post » Thu Mar 14, 2013 5:25 pm

Hey all! Got a bunch of questions and if anyone could help me out I'd be most appreciative! I would look on the wiki but not 100% what to search for and I know if I start looking on the wiki I'll be there for hours and start spoling stuff for myself.

Weapons:
1) Whats the best way to acquire throwing knives? Just for the aesthetic look really. I understand they are exceedingly rare, but I've played NV for hundreds of hours now and in my entire time I think I've seen around seven in total and can't remember for the life of me where I got them from
2) What would be a good end game sniper? I'm currently sticking to my anti-material rifle but also haul around a scoped hunting rifle for when I don't want to waste expensive ammo on say, a freeside thug. I have enough for Medicine Stick, or should I go hunting for the All-American? My character is geared towards criticals but it doesn't matter too much with sniping because of the sneak critical. the 47 gov't ammo is expensive and rare, but I feel as if I will need a lot more ammo with the All-American and so will increase my carry weight. Can't get the gobi rifle because
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I don't have 100 lockpick, nor do I want to break my roleplay just to get it. Spoilering this in case anyone else doesn't want to see where to find it and just find it by themselves

Chems:
1) Currently playing a no-chem playthrough, but I must admit I'm beginning to miss the effects of Steady and Turbo. Are there any non-addictive substances which have similar effects?
2) I have 100 survival and am playing around with some poisons, however I have completely exhausted Goodsprings of their cazadores and radscorpions. How long do these take to respawn and where are some other locations for these that I could have a look at?

Play:
1) Halfway through the Sierra Madre (I hate it so much, always have done. A lot easier with light footed though!) and finding it very difficult to sneak around the ghost people even with 100 sneak, silent running, pipboy off, assassin suit on. Any tips? They seem to just be able to detect where I am from quite a long distance away too.
2) For anyone with experience being a ninja, how do you get close enough to land the sneak critical bonus with a melee weapon? I can do it fairly often but occasionally scuff it up at the last moment and it's irritating and I'm sure there has to be a better way. My tactic at the moment is to take is slow, stick to bushes/pillars etc and then sneak up behind whilst their back is turned. Any tips?

Lore:
1) I'm not exactly up to date with the latest Mormon scripture, but from what i can understand Joshua Graham was actually a Mormon and a big one at that. But what happened with him and Caeser? I've listened to the dialogue in Honest Hearts, does he literally
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just abandon his faith and go along with Caeser and then come back as a mormon after his whole "Thrown off a mountain covered in burning tar" ordeal? Or is there something more to it? In his time with the Legion did he think he was doing right by God?


And thats all I have for the moment! But if anyone could help me out with any of these, thanks in advance! I'm sorry if these questions are trivial/get asked a lot.
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vanuza
 
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Post » Thu Mar 14, 2013 3:56 am

W-1: No idea, but there's a LOT of spears in The Sierra Madre
W-2: the GRA Anti Materiel Rifle is pretty hard to beat, but Christine's COS Sniper ois pretty geat too. If you're dealing with Freeside thugs, let your companions kill them or use a melee weapon, they can't possibly hurt you......

C-1: No? I don't believe so.
C-2: I believe every three days is a safe bet for respawning but finding radscorpions is easy enough, Scorpion's Gulch is a good spot for one, plus there's two PLENTIFUL spots in the Goodsprings area. One is behind the Quarry Junction.

P-1: It is my advice, that you take Dog all around the SM before you even do a quest and go kill every GP you see. Makes running through the Villa cake since the GP don't respawn.
P-2: No idea, I'm a sniper type.

Lore: I'll have to let others answer this, but I think in a nutshell, yes.

When in doubt, check the Wiki ......... http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Portal:Fallout:_New_Vegas
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Post » Thu Mar 14, 2013 4:56 pm

throwing knives are sold at mick & ralph's i would suggest.......sniper rifle (i found one in a abandoned house near new vegas) if you want 47 gov't rounds the great khan armory sells 200+ 47 gov't (you have to be idolized by the great khans) rounds...you will...no matter what... you will be detected by them...try sticking to the balconies they cant get you there (well they can kill you with their spears) and joshua and caesar were both mormon's (caesar was a follower) they found zion and it's tribes caesar taught one of the tribes to feed themselves how to repair weapons etc. after caesar "killed" joshua he ordered the white legs to take out the dead horses and the new canaanites ( i forgot the name) and joshua is simply taking vengence for his brothers and sisters...i think this covers everything...oh... and i'm not sure of any non-addictive chems that serve the same purpose of steady jet rocket etc. hope this helps :)
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