It's All Over But the Scavenging of Typewriters and Glue - The Fallout Thread

Doesn't look as sweet when you've got a dozen high-level super mutants shooting up the place.

That said, it did get attacked by high-level feral ghouls today when I was working on it. Between the machine gun turrets (which can potentially have incendiary or explosive bullets), the heavy laser turrets and the Defenderbot (armed with dual Gatling lasers)... the results were impressive. Every single one was dismembered with little to no intervention from me. Bodes well for future attacks.

 

I don't really mind. Still got some perks to grind before I'm ready. Want to max out my damage / energy resistance perks (I've already done it with radiation), so I can put the difficulty level up a notch or two.

Edit: So, since getting Automatron, I've put a couple of points into the Robotics Expert to unlock some robot upgrades. But what the perk mainly does it let you remotely hack robots to give them commands. The first rank lets you shut them down and / or initiate self-destruct, the second rank lets you frenzy them and the third (which I don't have) lets you give them commands like a companion. Even with just the first two ranks, it is so useful when up against robots. Robot taking too many hits / dishing out too much damage? Shut it down, and shoot it without fear of retaliation.

This morning, I also discovered that using a scoped weapon can increase the hack range. I frenzied two Gunner Assualtrons, which proceeded to cause havoc with the guards at Vault 95, all from at least a hundred meters away.

 

I have some good news, and some bad news.

The good news is I found a Fat Man with a legendary effect on it.

The bad news is it's rubbish.

 

Mind you, the RNG did try and make it up to me a bit later.



I also discovered that the pink lighting bug is indeed caused by an Assaultron head laser, but can easily be fixed by going into VATS. I didn't realize that earlier since it happened in the middle of a building session.

Edit:
So, the Wasteland Workshop DLC is out, and... it's alright. I'm mostly just so happy with the fact that you can now build a fusion generator, which produces 100 units of power. I've already started going to my larger settlements and replacing patchworks of smaller generators with a single, fortified fusion one. The decontamination arch should also prove handy, but I've yet to try it. The new concrete building elements (foundations, walls, roof, etc.) are also a Godsend, as I was starting to hurt for wood and steel a bit.

There's also a powered water pump that can be placed on land, providing a much-needed intermediary between the basic water pump and all the water-based purifiers (which can't be built at settlements lacking an open water body). The garden plot might also be interesting for farming, but since all my settlements are already at least self-sustaining in terms of food, I've not needed to use it yet

Then there's the whole arena thing, which I probably won't use much. I don't much like the idea of risking my settlers' lives for entertainment. I might try some of the trap cages to either tame some animals, or kill them to farm exp.

 

@Asriel Dreemurr, I've had the chance to try out the Intimidation perk you were asking about at one point. It's rubbish.

There are two problems I have with it. First, it doesn't always work, even if you're more than a hundred levels superior to the enemy. Second, it's not permanent, and pacified enemies will turn hostile again pretty quickly. If the perk had some way of giving a higher success chance the higher your level is compared to the enemy's, and then made them passive permanently, then maybe it'd be a worthwhile perk. It'd save you having to shoot low-level enemies, at the expense of not getting loot. But even then, sooner or later low-level enemies are easy to kill and good for nothing but loot.

Ah, well. At least the Robotics Expert perk is still awesome. Pretty much any robot I come across now I can remotely shut down and / or set to self-destruct. They're pretty much out of the equation.

 

My theory is that they put a lot of time and resources into the new combat system and as a result didn't get to really flesh out alternative approaches. Disappointing, but not catastrophic quite yet. As far as I'm concerned, the game is a case of "three steps forward, one step back". I'm sure they can turn it around, or at least let Obsidian do another interquel.

On a side note, I really want to find a pipe gun with the 'Kneecapper' (20% chance to cripple an enemy's legs) legendary effect. I generally keep a heavily upgraded pipe rifle with me for 'quantity over quality' attacks, given the low damage and high rate of fire (plus plentiful ammo). With so many bullets being fired, having the Kneecapper effect would practically guarantee the enemy's legs (and, hence, mobility) is crippled.

 

I think I had a Quick-Draw pool cue at one point, and a VATS-Enhanced walking cane. Poisoner's Fat Man definitely took the cake for me, though.