1. Ignored VATS for my entire first playthrough, as I thought it was better to shoot from the hip ... incredibly stupid
2. Didn't even know ablut the Wait function until about the middle of my 4th playthrough
3. Constantly repairing normal weapons with unique ones .... so annoying. Actually, they should have made this impossible to do.
4. I too wasted 120 caps on Nova's "services". Hey, thanks for lying down beside me, full dressed, for 8 hours. Was it good for you??
5. Took the "Bloody Mess" perk. There has never been a bigger waste of time in any game. Ever.
6. Allowed some Mirelurks to follow me into Arefu, where they pwned the whole town.

Probably did a lot more stupid crap in my first playthrough, but I've listed enough, methinks. :wink_smile:

BTW, this is an excellent idea for a thread, well done to the OP :foodndrink:

And then of course you get blamed for killing everyone in Arefu.

That's actually not a stupid idea, although that does depend on what weapons you are using. Free-fire mode (at least IMO) adds challenge to combat that VATS does not, and the lack of the ability to 'stop time' means you need to 'think on your feet' so to speak and keep moving while in combat unless you have huge amounts of DR.

That said, some weapons do perform far better in VATS than out of it, and vice versa, so it all depends on one's preferred combat style(s).

Hmm, I'm going to say charging into the DC ruins for the GNR quest almost straight out of Megaton. Paying Moriarty for the information, only to hear where my Dad was on the radio an hour later... (GNR talks a bit about your father near the start of the game (as in just visited Megaton if you listen long enough), jumping to do the Wasteland survival guide quests (robots are NOT my friends. Period.), running to help that kid with Grayditch (fire ants at a low level = BAD)...

Not so good times.

I know what you mean, I died so many times trying to complete that quest between levels 2-4 with a Chinese Pistol. :huh:

I eventually went back to it around level 14 and did it with ease. Decent small guns + a standard .32 hunting rifle made it quite enjoyable.

Selling A3-21's Plasma Rifle after thinking it was useless due to me taking small guns :cryvaultboy:

1. Right out of the Vault I went straight to the school and picked up almost everything I could find and didn't know how to “drop” items like burned books, etc. so I slow walked around for a looong time.

2. In Megaton I didn't realize that my home was just to the left of the entrance door and I would run down the slope and up the gangplanks and take a long left turn to get home. This went past level 20...

3. Took a while to discover the “Wait” feature as well.

4. Tried to tackle the ants at Greyditch before level 4. At lower levels I kept running out of ammo and stimpaks so I came back later at level 12 to finish the job.

This

-Within twenty minutes of leaving Vault 101, I met the friendly Raiders outside of Super Duper Mart. One of them had somehow gotten his grimy hands on an Alien Blaster. Having tagged Energy Weapons and armed with nothing but a battered Laser Pistol, I think "Hey, neato! That must be a plasma pistol or something!" Guess who was vaporized instantly by a Raider?
-Turning in the android component and missing out on A3-21's Plasma Rifle. GAAAH!
-Not watching my responses to get the right benefits during Wasteland Survival Guide.
-Taking a lot of skill perks.
-Maxing out skills to 100 without the bobbleheads or skill-boosting gear... I thought I may be able to get a boost 100, but no.

Never used V.A.T.S (Just starting the game my aim was just awful)
Using up my ammo early ;D
Going into Springvale Elementary School (I was scared and stayed in one spot most of the time)
Freaking out and running the first time i saw a supermutant and a centaur

Played many hours before realizing I had a "flashlight"....

Omg mine had to be the time when i dicided to disarm the bomb and go good... I went good then went to the store place and got killed in the parking lot by 2 raiders.... I then dicided to restart and went evil... It made the game way easier for me... of course i went to megaton and did all the quests before blowing the thing up... But i then got way farther.. only till my hard drive crashed cause my little brother threw it... Good times, Good times.. (I also got good at killing stuff and surviving stuff..)

1. Walked off the scenic overlook just outside the vault, after enjoying my beautiful night view of the Wasteland.... Somehow did it again when I reloaded the save... :thumbsdown:
2. Figured bottle caps were trash.
3. Couldn't figure out VATS until about level 18 when I dropped the controller.
4. Figured the counting system of items was exactly like Oblivion, didn't realize I could fine-tune counting items so well, thus, didn't realize it until my third play-through.
5. Actually screamed "wtf" out loud at my television when I tried to attack a wounded DeathClaw at level 3. With a knife. I went to pieces.

To name a few... I've done many from the above posts. I've been laughing reading this thread.

EDIT: For the Simms conversation, my two caps: I keep Simms alive. HIs kid has a dad. How great is that in this Armageddon? As a dad and son, I relate to this. I did whack him on my second play though, I wanted the hat. Didn't know about RPP until fourth character. Now I just wait til I have a better sneak skill and a stealth boy, then get the hat and give him something different.

Exactly what I did. D'oh!!!!

• thinking cigarettes were the currency, not caps
  
• selling several Quantums before I knew about the quest and their other uses
  
• hiding behind cars. Not making the connection and continuing to hide behind cars ... for at least a week.
  
• mines. I never played a game with mines so it took me a long time to learn the proper habit of LOOKING DOWN ONCE IN A WHILE.

Something I did just yesterday. I successfully snuck into Old Olney at level 3 and got the Prototype Medic Power Armor...only to find out that the manual which is rumored to teach Power Armor training does not, in fact, do so. I then had a go at a Deathclaw, which went as well as can be expected at level 3, and reloaded the save after picking up the PA, then successfully snuck back out of Old Olney.

Had only ONE save file. Saved the game right before the behemoth super mutant smashed me with his fire hydrant. I reloaded my own death, many, many times. Started game over. TT

I had quite a funny 1st playthrough, got lost looking for megaton, endede up in none other than Smith Caseys Garage (Vault 112), didnt know about the fat man nd tried taking on a behemoth with spiked knukles (not the best weapon, i must admit), i also decided to take on the Brotherhood of Steel in their Citadel HQ and the battle ended in 'bout 4.7 seconds and i sold all my Vault items at the start to crazy wolfgang with 19 barter. If anyone can beat this i will be amazed! :fallout:

Exactly lol. Now Lucy West hates my guts. I want to scream at her: "The f****** Mirelurks did it, please sleep with me!" :wink_smile:

exact same thing here
1. i always kill simms for his inventory
2. i kill every caravan and loot all their stuff at Canterbury Commons, on every playthrough

1. Level 2, found Fort Bannister
2. Got a Fat Man and out of curiosity, shot it below me to see what it sounded like and did when I shot it...

I've used a Fat Man to good effect at Adams AFB - INSIDE the Base Crawler no less. I don't care how elite the Enclave Squad Sigma is, they can't withstand a blast from a fully-repaired Fat Man wielded by someone with 100 Big Guns skill (actually it wasn't quite fully repaired, but it listed over 1400 damage in the Pip-boy).

Of course, I think we all have had mishaps with the Fat Man

At level 5 or so I heard the quest from the kid about the ants in grayditch so i think "why not". I'd just gotten my first flamethrower from the pitt, and Im like I can kill anything with. then I found out: fire doesnt work against fire ants

i forgot 2...
1. i went into a little random store (i think by Jury Metro?) and there was food stacked up on a shelf, and a pressure pad. i was about to disarm the pressure pad, when a First Aid Kit caught my eye, so i went to it. i grabbed the stuff and turned around, and watched as the food fell like dominos... onto the pressure pad. What came next you might ask? That store turned into a fire ball with no where to run to... everything turned red, and then loading screen...

2. i now currently have 5 games at level 30, and i have yet to find the Firelance... i keep forgetting about it...

1. Didn't repair anything
2. Blew up megaton
3. Sold the T-51B power armour

You're supposed to trigger the trap then either stay put or retreat towards the door. It sounds like you got caught in the igniting gas, or have a mod that causes explosives in the game world to be volatile (in which case, you can't really trigger the trap and hope to survive).