Will you start on hardcoe? : Fallout: New Vegas

» Wed Nov 03, 2010 5:24 am

Wondering whether people are going to start on harcore game mode or normal mode to start off with? i was thinking of starting hardcoe so i get used to it .

» Wed Nov 03, 2010 12:17 am

Not until my 2nd play trough.

» Tue Nov 02, 2010 11:36 pm

Yeahh I think I will definitely start on hardcoe mode. I'm quite bad at getting a second play through character that I actually like.
So I want to start off with it from the word go.

Plus it will really add to the challenge especially when everything is so new to me. Where as by my second play-through I usually know the best ways to make caps the things I should do, nice places to go and such.

» Tue Nov 02, 2010 10:37 pm

First playthrough. (Didn't mean first as in first reply >_<) [edit]
If this game is gonna be more of a challenge than fallout 3 was then I'm going full out man.
I'm sure I'll die a lot and I'll like it. :goodjob:

» Wed Nov 03, 2010 1:00 am

Not for my first play-through.

» Wed Nov 03, 2010 2:03 am

First.
If this game is gonna be more of a challenge than fallout 3 was then I'm going full out man.
I'm sure I'll die a lot and I'll like it. :goodjob:

:L same i think thats what im going to do.

» Wed Nov 03, 2010 5:22 am

First.
If this game is gonna be more of a challenge than fallout 3 was then I'm going full out man.
I'm sure I'll die a lot and I'll like it. :goodjob:

Yeah! Take the pain! Take it like a man and/or woman, because I'm not sure which gender you are! Yeah, hardcoe!! Ahhhh!!! :gun: :flamethrower: :banghead: :nuke:

All kidding aside I will be playing hardcoe on my first playthrough. Whether or not I decide to play hardcoe on any subsequent playthroughs remains to be seen.

» Wed Nov 03, 2010 6:18 am

I will play hard core on my first play through. Mainly because I want a different experience from Fallout 3, and including the hardcoe mode would make New Vegas an even more different experience.
Not because I don't like F3, I just like variation.

» Wed Nov 03, 2010 8:30 am

I've grown so used to modded Fallout 3, I won't play without it.

» Wed Nov 03, 2010 7:16 am

Yeah! Take the pain! Take it like a man and/or woman, because I'm not sure which gender you are! Yeah, hardcoe!! Ahhhh!!! :gun: :flamethrower: :banghead: :nuke:

All kidding aside I will be playing hardcoe on my first playthrough. Whether or not I decide to play hardcoe on any subsequent playthroughs remains to be seen.

I'll be playing my first time around, due to more challenge the game will go at a slower pace IMO and thus giving more time to look at my surroundings, or more time to be frustrated.

:brokencomputer:

» Wed Nov 03, 2010 6:19 am

A bit of a topic change but being in hardcoe mode do you think by making a stealth cunning thieving character would benefit or someone who wears power armor and is basically a human tank? bearing in mind a lightweight agile thief over a heavy shining walking target? keeping in mid even ammo uses weight in hardcoe mode!

» Wed Nov 03, 2010 12:52 am

A bit of a topic change but being in hardcoe mode do you think by making a stealth cunning thieving character would benefit or someone who wears power armor and is basically a human tank? bearing in mind a lightweight agile thief over a heavy shining walking target? keeping in mid even ammo uses weight in hardcoe mode!

Don't get it, do you mean for a stealth character it's going to be a pain to kill a PA enemy because of ammo weight?

» Wed Nov 03, 2010 11:18 am

Don't get it, do you mean for a stealth character it's going to be a pain to kill a PA enemy because of ammo weight?

That shouldn't really be a problem. armo(u)r piercing rounds are in the game for a reason. Taking down someone in PA shouldn't really be that hard as long as you're using an armo(u)r piercing bullet.

» Tue Nov 02, 2010 11:32 pm

Don't get it, do you mean for a stealth character it's going to be a pain to kill a PA enemy because of ammo weight?

No, im asking if in hardcoe mode do you think a lightweight hard to find character would be better than a PA character bearing in mind the hardcoe game mode.

» Wed Nov 03, 2010 2:35 am

No, im asking if in hardcoe mode do you think a lightweight hard to find character would be better than a PA character bearing in mind the hardcoe game mode.

Hmmm. Well PA isn't suppose to make dehydration quicker.
And with ammo weight, PA gives +strength so I don't think it will be too much of a problem.
So it depends on how you wanna play.
But keep in mind that enemies will have more health on very hard so instant kills with a stealth character isn't always a given.

» Tue Nov 02, 2010 11:05 pm

First playthrough what one will you take?

» Wed Nov 03, 2010 9:22 am

First playthrough what one will you take?

Me?
Neither, I'll go with something... Different.
Best armor I'll wear is Metal Armor so I wouldn't call myself a tank.
And she's not going to be using sneak attack criticals so not a stealth character either.
She's gonna be, different.

» Wed Nov 03, 2010 12:03 pm

Me?
Neither, I'll go with something... Different.
Best armor I'll wear is Metal Armor so I wouldn't call myself a tank.
And she's not going to be using sneak attack criticals so not a stealth character either.
She's gonna be, different.

Just do what I do; Whatever works. :foodndrink:

» Wed Nov 03, 2010 10:48 am

re: hardcoe

I won't (also, Normal difficulty). And probably won't on any subsequent plays, either. Playing on the PC, I had access to similar mods (like FWE, etc) and had no desire to install one, so I doubt I'll use the built-in version either.

First play with be stock, as provided. Additional plays will depend on what mods are around.

» Wed Nov 03, 2010 12:55 am

Ehhhhhhhhhhh, it's debatable. I'm to lazy to travel to half the places in Fallout 3. So hardcoe Mode is more likely to be awhile or never used. Who knows.

» Wed Nov 03, 2010 2:44 am

Ehhhhhhhhhhh, it's debatable. I'm to lazy to travel to half the places in Fallout 3. So hardcoe Mode is more likely to be awhile or never used. Who knows.

cant you use fast travel in hardcoe???

» Wed Nov 03, 2010 11:31 am

cant you use fast travel in hardcoe???

You can, but since you HAVE to drink and eat, you're meter runs low if you fast travel from one end to the other. So if you FT from Rivet City to Raven Rock for example, it'll likely kill you when you are loaded there. hardcoe mode isnt about being a badass shooter, it's about survival in the wastes

» Tue Nov 02, 2010 9:39 pm

i know but surely you wont just load and die? it must say insufficient supplies or something?

» Wed Nov 03, 2010 6:24 am

i know but surely you wont just load and die? it must say insufficient supplies or something?

POSSIBLY. But as far to my knowledge, if you're in the middle of the Mojave and you Fast Travel all the way to New Vegas. It will kill you if you started the fast travel with next to no water in your hydration meter.

» Wed Nov 03, 2010 8:05 am

You can, but since you HAVE to drink and eat, you're meter runs low if you fast travel from one end to the other. So if you FT from Rivet City to Raven Rock for example, it'll likely kill you when you are loaded there. hardcoe mode isnt about being a badass shooter, it's about survival in the wastes

Except for that Fallout 3's fast travel is way too fast. Fast travelling from the Republic of Dave to Rivet City takes under one game hour. I hope that in New Vegas fast travel takes more time, otherwise there aren't any real consequences to using it.