Official Fallout: New Vegas Thread

[Leftwich]

I let that chick die, those fuking gecos

 

Wait for the Fire Geckos... fuck them

 

[Boucher]

 

Wait for the Fire Geckos... fuck them

Looks like ill be waiting a while...

 

[JayDizzle]

speaking of gambling, does anyone know how to play that game against Ringo?

Ringo gives you a holotape with instructions on how to play Caravan.

The jist is to make 3 piles, each with a point total no greater than 26 but no less than 21.

You can also play cards on your opponent's piles to mess with whatever strategy they were using.

You win by 'selling' 2 or all 3 of your 'Caravans' (piles) at the end of the game.

Also, you can cheat at the game by collecting cards from all over the Overworld Map and certain locations to use in your custom Caravan decks... That way you can have 5 Kings or whatever.

There's also instructions on how to play if you pause the game and look in the Help menu.

Yo JayDizzle are you playing on Hardcore mode?

I feel like Hardcore mode is the way to go with this game, makes it that much more realistic. Plus you can still change the difficulty anyways but still have the Hardcore mode on. That said, I still haven't played it yet. lol

I'm playing on Normal first to get a hang of all the game locations and where to find all the good loot.

So far I noticed that if you have 7 or more in your Strength Rating, you can pretty much carry everything you ever pick up along the way.

Moreso with certain perks.

I'm planning on a Hardcore run next but after getting jumped by everything under the sun, I fear I may take more time pulling bullets out of my hide than finishing quests... :smh:

 

[Maynard]

i am not find hardcore to be to much of a big deal atm. maybe when i get into some battles it will matter. but its just about managing yourself beyond what we are used to doing in most rpgs. once you get a feel for it, the shit becomes second nature....not trying to lessen its appeal, because its fucking cool

 

[j.hen]

i am not find hardcore to be to much of a big deal atm. maybe when i get into some battles it will matter. but its just about managing yourself beyond what we are used to doing in most rpgs. once you get a feel for it, the shit becomes second nature....not trying to lessen its appeal, because its fucking cool

Exactly. I feel like it makes almost too much sense to not play Fallout with Hardcore mode on. It's like a whole new dynamic to the post-apocalyptic theme that makes you feel like you're on some I Am Legend/Terminator Salvation shit.

Anybody download the game to their hard drive? I would assume doing that and clearing your cache would get rid of at least some bugs.

 

[Pitty]

The Tops has started comping Dr. Toboggan free alcohol.

 

[j.hen]

To anyone on Hardcore mode: Can someone explain the whole starvation/dehydration aspect of it? Does it seem pretty fair about how long you can go? And what are the different status effects the longer you go without?

 

[Maynard]

they work like rad posioning from fo3. your rads would go up and u would take some radaway to reduce it. sleep, h2o and food work like that. they each increase at its own pace. h2o seems to increase quickest. think about how long yu can go without sleep, water and food and that gives u an idea of how it progresses in the game....its pretty realistic. u have a trusty canteen that u sip from all day long automatically. i come across water sources and drink from there as well. i havnt had my canteen run out on me though and it seems to only give you small reductions to your water need

i DL it to my hd. didnt clear the cache but im not seeing any of the problems we heard about. i saw a guy get stuck in a table, but it was no biggie

 

[Pitty]

I hate to say it, but having 2 table games is bullshit, a game centered around Vegas and they couldn't include Poker and Craps? Huge letdown.

 

[JayDizzle]

I hate to say it, but having 2 table games is bullshit, a game centered around Vegas and they couldn't include Poker and Craps? Huge letdown.

Not many card dealers after the end of the World... :shifty:

I suppose you could program a robot to do that for you but then again, can you really trust a mechanical man to not cheat at Fold'em?

 

[Pitty]

Not many card dealers after the end of the World... :shifty:

I suppose you could program a robot to do that for you but then again, can you really trust a mechanical man to not cheat at Fold'em?

Or, developer oversight.

 

[riley420]

Fuck Caravan. It's a stupid game.

Oh, and fuck stealth Super Mutants, too, while we're at it.

 

[Pitty]

Fuck Caravan. It's a stupid game.

Oh, and fuck stealth Super Mutants, too, while we're at it.

Meh, just spam the Rebar hammer on their face. The only hard one is the mini-boss, and he goes down pretty easily too as long as you have a Super Stim or two.

 

[j.hen]

Fuck Caravan. It's a stupid game.

I was reading on it in the guide and it seems complicated. Someone explain that shit.

 

[JayDizzle]

I was reading on it in the guide and it seems complicated. Someone explain that shit.

You build a deck of cards (minimum of 30) using all suits, numbers and face cards.

You can use a single deck type as well as multiple cards from different decks (you can use a card from The Tops and a card from another casino if you want... card are found everywhere and some can be bought through merchants).

From there, you play on three piles (or Caravans) as well as your opponent's if you so choose.

The goal is to get each of your piles to add up to a total number that is more than 21 but less than 26.

Meanwhile, you use face cards to determine whether any (or ALL in some cases) pile loses certain suits (clubs, spades, hearts, diamonds), particular cards or goes in a certain direction.

At the end, you want to reach the afformentioned point total before your opponent by 'selling your caravans.'

 

[j.hen]

You build a deck of cards (minimum of 30) using all suits, numbers and face cards.

You can use a single deck type as well as multiple cards from different decks (you can use a card from The Tops and a card from another casino if you want... card are found everywhere and some can be bought through merchants).

From there, you play on three piles (or Caravans) as well as your opponent's if you so choose.

The goal is to get each of your piles to add up to a total number that is more than 21 but less than 26.

Meanwhile, you use face cards to determine whether any (or ALL in some cases) pile loses certain suits (clubs, spades, hearts, diamonds), particular cards or goes in a certain direction.

At the end, you want to reach the afformentioned point total before your opponent by 'selling your caravans.'

So do you draw cards at the beginning or what? How do you build your caravans? Is there a tutorial for this in-game? lol.

 

[Diivox]

yeah... fuck caravan. i usually dont like it when a game has some bullshit card minigame, but sometimes its fun. in NV, its really not. going to skip this feature entirely.

hardcore mode really isnt all that hardcore, i havent encountered a situation yet where it wasnt easy to just map travel to a place to refresh. if anything, it makes it easier. all that bullshit _____ meat you collect from the random encounters is actually useful, so you just eat that. plus, if you follow the tutorial completely, you get a map location right at the start of the game that gives you the water, and thats the only thing that pops up. its a nice touch, but doesnt make the game signifigantly harder, just gives you one more gauge to keep track of. not a big deal.

explosives got improved in a big way, early game dynamite can let you totally dominate encounters that you wouldnt be able to handle with a gun (dynamite at someones feet and watching their torso/limbs fly off in multiple directions is kind of one of the coolest things ive done in a video game in a long time) and later in the game you get grenade launchers which are even more dominant. i cant even imagine how happy ill be to drop a fatman round on a boss and giggle like a little girl.

 

[JayDizzle]

So do you draw cards at the beginning or what? How do you build your caravans? Is there a tutorial for this in-game? lol.

Starting out:

After you build your deck, you and your opponent draw 8 cards from it for your beginning hand.

From that hand, you put down a card for each caravan that you will build throughout the game.

These cards have to be either Aces or numbered cards (no Face Cards).

Also of note, this is the only point of the game where you are unable to discard cards from your hand.

Playing:

After you set up your Caravans, your next turn involves either:

-Playing a card from your hand and drawing a new card from your deck

-Discarding a card from your hand and drawing a new card from your deck

-Discarding all the card from one of your Caravans.

Playing Pt. 2:

From here, shit gets more convoluted.

You're better off skipping it unless you REALLY want the Cheevo/Trophy for it.

 

[SethMode]

Is this is buggy as I'm reading? Looking to snatch it up for 360.

 

[Maynard]

Caravan makes no sense. Seems to have no flow to how the cards can be laid down. I thought I was getting it until the cpu was going 8, 3, 5, 7, using different suits. Just no rhyme or reason

Seth, I havnt had the issues being mentioned. But one of my online friends has seen a lot of crashes on his slim 360. but its been running fine for me

Starting out:

Playing Pt. 2:

From here, shit gets more convoluted.

You're better off skipping it unless you REALLY want the Cheevo/Trophy for it.

funny because this is the part that people dont understand