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[LabouredSubterfuge]

I've no idea how I'll cope in the Boston Ruins, I'm getting lost in Cambridge for crying out loud...

I've just started the Cambridge

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Polymer Labs

quest. Is it good?

Yeah that's a good one. I liked it.

 

[toastyToast]

https://www.reddit.com/r/fo4/comments/3t3iyf/tip_if_you_find_dirty_army_fatigues_take_them/
Yah gotta do a couple quest for

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Railroad

first.

Know the location to start it at?

 

[Blue Ninja]

Xbox Live can't load my saved games. Thank god they're also stored locally.

 

[Newman96]

List here > http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Fallout_4_armor_and_clothing

Brilliant, thanks mate!

 

[Papercuts]

https://www.reddit.com/r/fo4/comments/3t3iyf/tip_if_you_find_dirty_army_fatigues_take_them/
Yah gotta do a couple quest for

Spoiler

Railroad

first.

I've been doing some of these and still don't have it, and seem to be getting repeatable quests instead of anything forward moving now. Wish there was some more info on it.

 

[Rixxan]

end game spoilers / question

Spoiler

i saved the 4 synths and my son basically said i was now an enemy of the institute, kicking me out - it seems ive also failed the railroad in the process by getting kicked out - lol. im now supposed to talk to preston and hes given me all these busy quests to establish settlements which i have little interest in doing - how far am i from the end?

anyone?

 

[everyday math]

I've been doing some of these and still don't have it, and seem to be getting repeatable quests instead of anything forward moving now. Wish there was some more info on it.

When Tinker Tom talks about the ballistic weave it's some time around there you automatically get the ability to upgrade.

 

[Not Spaceghost]

anyone?

I'm about where you are and I wanna say I'm feeling pretty close to the end but with some build up coming soon.

edit: Oh right we have a spoiler thread.

 

[Kamina777]

anyone?

Can you take that to the spoiler thread please? If you're talking endgame we have people who are 30 hours deep and still haven't met Preston.

Faction / nearing end game

Dude. Come on, there is a spoiler thread for all of this kind of stuff.
Edit: You are a ninja fast editor, good call

 

[Krappadizzle]

This game doesn't have the best gunplay in the world but I find it kind of unreasonable that people expect amazing gunslinging abilities

out of their fresh-from-vault character
who has zero skills besides actually being able to hold the gun
wielding the world's worst pipe weapons

I mean this is an RPG.

kind of.

right?

I don't even know anymore

Your character is a military veteran though. I dunno, I like the gunplay, but it's annoying when the framerate drops from 60 to 45 though and throws your aim off.

 

[lt519]

I still think people are taking the pipe weapons and going "Ugh, this gunplay is terrible." I have a .308 Combat Rifle with reflex sights that is basically a laser beam. Then the Righteous Authority with Reflex Sights and long barrel feels amazing. The starting weapons are piss poor with the exception of the 10mm pistols you can find.

 

[antitrop]

lol WHAT? The combat is easily one of the best parts from the game.

Ya, Fallout 3's combat is shit. Fallout 4's is such a substantial improvement that I can't call it shit no matter how hard it gets to aim properly on consoles when the framerate drops to 20.

 

[Nameless]

PSA for Melee users: Leveling Big Leagues to 5/5 halves your damage. Some are saying that it's just displayed incorrectly and you're actually still doing the increased damage, but my very brief tests were inconclusive to say the least.

Definitely disappointing for the part of my brain that wants to kill 200hp Raiders with 600 damage instead of 500+ damage, but I'm so OP at this point that not being able max melee isn't that big of a deal in practice--I could see it throwing a wrench in some people's builds, though. Hopefully it gets patched quick.

 

[Kamina777]

Ya, Fallout 3's combat is shit. Fallout 4's is such a substantial improvement that I can't call it shit no matter how hard it gets to aim properly on consoles when the framerate drops to 20.

I'm surprised by how much fine tuning for recoil reduction and hip fire actually helps the gunplay for me.

 

[Blue Ninja]

Man, (spoilers for main quest, Tactical Thinking)

Spoiler

I felt kinda guilty wiping out the Railroad. But I've committed myself to the Brotherhood at this point. Hadn't even done any quests with the Railroad yet. Still though, kinda guilty.

I'm already starting to think about my next playthroughs. Definitely two more (albeit one of them a short one) supporting the other two factions.

 

[aygomyownroad]

I'm not near the end however can I ask, after you have finished the main quest can you keep playing or is it like Fallout 3 and its all over

 

[Kamina777]

I'm not near the end however can I ask, after you have finished the main quest can you keep playing or is it like Fallout 3 and its all over

You Keep on trucking

 

[Kid Ska]

How do you get rid of Molerat disease?

 

[everyday math]

How do you get rid of Molerat disease?

Spoiler

You can take the antidote and not give it to the kid. Other wise it's forever

 

[amnesiac]

Is it possible to complete the main quest from the beginning without doing any side quests or grinding? Just curious.

 

[PhazonBlazer]

Spoiler

You can take the antidote and not give it to the kid. Other wise it's forever

Spoiler

What if you half it? Does the kid live and you get cured?

 

[Waylon Drums]

I die a fucking lot in this game. Good lord.

 

[Krappadizzle]

time to finish it

Spoiler

and then continue playing

I beat it last week and made a new character immediately after and gave myself 30 levels right at the start while also adding the harder enemy damage mod so I'm not overpowered. I'm having a lot of fun playing as Rick Deckard, reformed Blade Runner.

 

[Salty Catfish]

Trinity Towers/ Rex/ DJ marked questions:

Spoiler

1) I saved Rex and Strong. Rex mentioned he was going back to Radio. Haven't heard anything sense. What gives?

2) How do I trigger the quest for the DJ?

3) Do new music tracks open up in either scenario?

Spoiler

Rex

works for a different radio station whose broadcast station you can find. I forget where it is...maybe southwest-ish? But after that quest, he's there.

 

[DeaviL]

Screw molerat disease, i'm restarting damn it.

 

[johnsmith]

I love how the settler cap can be raised through charisma buffs from clothes and booze/drugs. Don't want to move to the castle because there's already 20 people there? What about now that I'm wearing a fancy new hat?

 

[antitrop]

I die a fucking lot in this game. Good lord.

Ya, I played on Normal and died quite a bit. Like... a lot. A whole lot.

I blame it mostly on my complete ignorance of Power Armor, didn't feel like doing the work to maintain those.

 

[DMTripper]

Does anyone know which key opens up the console command thingy if the usual key doesn't work? Also if anyone knows the command to get dogmeat back that would be great!

Actually a whole list of console commands would be cool :-D

 

[Waylon Drums]

Ya, I played on Normal and died quite a bit. Like... a lot. A whole lot.

I blame it mostly on my complete ignorance of Power Armor, didn't feel like doing the work to maintain those.

Yeah, the Power Armor is useless to me because I can never power it up. It also doesn't help that I wasn't using the VATS thingie because I thought you had to be in the Power Armor to use it. Derp.

 

[Steejee]

I still think people are taking the pipe weapons and going "Ugh, this gunplay is terrible." I have a .308 Combat Rifle with reflex sights that is basically a laser beam. Then the Righteous Authority with Reflex Sights and long barrel feels amazing. The starting weapons are piss poor with the exception of the 10mm pistols you can find.

I really like the weapon progression in the game so far. As it was, I did get a dropped pipe pistol after I had started using some nicer weapons that was better than most of the nicer guns I had. It was a bolt action pistol that could one shot most low level stuff despite little modding and no gun perks.

 

[Haribi]

How can I see if I'm a member of a faction or not?

I just started the quest for the BoS where

Spoiler

you first meet Maxson on the big Ventribird. I decided that I actually don't want anything to do with them but I don't remember if I already joined them or if the decision is still up ahead.


This quest was such an immersion breaker btw. It's just silly when they talk about destroying all synths when Nick Valentine is right in front of them and they don't seem to give a fuck.

 

[antitrop]

How can I see if I'm a member of a faction or not?

I just started the quest for the BoS where you first meet Maxson on the big Ventribird. I decided that I actually don't want anything to do with them but I don't remember if I already joined them or if the decision is still up ahead.

The decision on which faction to join is an end-game thing and VERY, VERY CLEAR when you get to it. Until the end of the game you can just be allied with everyone.

 

[Krappadizzle]

Does anyone know which key opens up the console command thingy if the usual key doesn't work? Also if anyone knows the command to get dogmeat back that would be great!

Actually a whole list of console commands would be cool :-D

Tilde key to bring up console.

If your using Steam, just bring up the overlay and there is a steam guide that has all the console commands and values for items/weapons/skills.

 

[DeaviL]

Does anyone know which key opens up the console command thingy if the usual key doesn't work? Also if anyone knows the command to get dogmeat back that would be great!

Actually a whole list of console commands would be cool :-D

Tilde. US keyboard layout may be required.
I just dumped azerty myself.

 

[Blue Ninja]

How can I see if I'm a member of a faction or not?

I just started the quest for the BoS where you first meet Maxson on the big Ventribird. I decided that I actually don't want anything to do with them but I don't remember if I already joined them or if the decision is still up ahead.

You're a member at that point, I think. At least I was.

Doesn't mean you can't make like a tree and leave, though.

 

[Jisgsaw]

Any way to force the game to keep my difficulty level? ini file I'd suppose (I'm on PC)
It resets back to normal every single time I start the game...

Edit: Holy fuck, I just fast traveled. At respawn point, I was greeted by a super mutant kamikaze...

 

[DMTripper]

Tilde key to bring up console.

If your using Steam, just bring up the overlay and there is a steam guide that has all the console commands and values for items/weapons/skills.

Tilde. US keyboard layout may be required.
I just dumped azerty myself.

Thanks guys.

Only issue is the tilde key doesn't work for some reason. I'm in UK.

Yep I'm on steam will check out the guide, thanks.

 

[Krappadizzle]

Thanks guys.

Only issue is the tilde key doesn't work for some reason. I'm in UK.

Yep I'm on steam will check out the guide, thanks.

There is an option with the Fallout configuration mod on the Nexus to activate console commands if it doesn't work for you. I'm sure there are other ways to do it as well, but if your on PC the configuration mod makes editing all the .ini's very very easy.

 

[Jisgsaw]

Thanks guys.

Only issue is the tilde key doesn't work for some reason. I'm in UK.

Yep I'm on steam will check out the guide, thanks.

My post on this from a couple days back, if it helps:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=185785016&highlight=#post185785016

 

[Unmoses]

Finally found an Endless ammo weapon, Laser Pistol, makes my quality of life for easy encounters go up.

 

[AppleSautts]

How do I equip Dogmeat with the dog armor? I put it in his inventory but nothing happened.

 

[alexbull_uk]

Thanks guys.

Only issue is the tilde key doesn't work for some reason. I'm in UK.

Yep I'm on steam will check out the guide, thanks.

UK here too. Press the '@ key.

 

[ChoklitCow]

How do I equip Dogmeat with the dog armor? I put it in his inventory but nothing happened.

Depending on your system, when you have the inventory open you have to push a button while highlighting the item in their inventory to equip it. On PC it is T.

 

[Krappadizzle]

How do I equip Dogmeat with the dog armor? I put it in his inventory but nothing happened.

Hit the equip button when it's in his inventory. It'll say at the bottom of the screen.

 

[BreezyLimbo]

How do I equip Dogmeat with the dog armor? I put it in his inventory but nothing happened.

Open up his trade menu/inventory again and hit Triangle/Y(PC equivalent) while highlighting the dog armor.

 

[SDCowboy]

I feel like I've been playing the game wrong. When exactly should I wear and not wear the power armor? Is it something I should be wearing all the time, or only in tough situations?

 

[BattleMonkey]

I am about to finish the game, and I feel like the game's quests are not really that good. It's been quite stale so far.
The game also lacks nice little hidden areas like Little Lamplight or Oasis from Fallout 3. There is just one city i.e. Diamond City and then there is a smaller one i.e. Good Neighbourhood, where you barely spend any time and they are also quite small. Nothing like The Strip, Rivet City or Megaton (although Megaton could equal to Diamond City, but it had a lot more stuff/quests associated with it). The final missions are all played in areas you have been wandering around many times.

It also lacks the writing and faction war of Fallout New Vegas ofcourse.

The scale of everything in 4 blows away all those tiny locations in the past Fallouts. Boston itself is bigger than almost all the other "cities" combined from other games. Megaton is far smaller than Diamond City alone, with so many quests in it too.

The major difference I can only see is the lack of variety since so much of the game was put in a huge recreation of the city of Boston instead or a bunch of small settlements like in past fallouts. Even New Vegas is tiny location.

 

[Ushay]

Ya, I played on Normal and died quite a bit. Like... a lot. A whole lot.

I blame it mostly on my complete ignorance of Power Armor, didn't feel like doing the work to maintain those.

I die a whole lot on Survival, spent the first 20 levels running from Legendaries with tears streaking my down my face haha! Things are taking a turn of the better now that I'm close to 30, Rifleman perk doing some serious work finally feeling like a badass.

Power Armour is a game changer, feels soo good jumping into it for tough areas.

 

[Krappadizzle]

I feel like I've been playing the game wrong. When exactly should I wear and not wear the power armor? Is it something I should be wearing all the time, or only in tough situations?

Just wear it when you think you'll need it. I tend to wear it if I know there is a high likelihood of tough enemies or exploring an unknown area.

 

[AppleSautts]

Depending on your system, when you have the inventory open you have to push a button while highlighting the item in their inventory to equip it. On PC it is T.

Hit the equip button when it's in his inventory. It'll say at the bottom of the screen.

Open up his trade menu/inventory again and hit Triangle/Y(PC equivalent) while highlighting the dog armor.

Got it. Thanks!