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Strategy Guides for FO1 and 2
- Thread starter Mamon
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Per's Nearly Ultimate Fallout Guides, naturally. The only other resource I've ever used is Gamebanshee's Fallout equipment database.
I don't think they give specific information on how to avoid violence, but the detailed information on stats, quests and locations ought to help.
I don't think they give specific information on how to avoid violence, but the detailed information on stats, quests and locations ought to help.
Damit, where is the link to the rat diplomacy thread when you need it?
MisterStone
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So is there a compelling reason you cant just Play The Fucking Game (PTFG)?
elander_
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There isn't a no-violence path in Fallout but there is a path without using any weapon or combat skills. You still need a few companions to defend yourself from random encounters. Why don't you try to play without a guide first? The game isn't that hard but it may require you to reload a few times because of unexpected bugs in dialog lines that don't appear. It's important to always save before talking to a quest giver character.
If you follow a few guidelines it's very easy.
1) Read the Fallout manual. It's important to read the manual.
2) Don't spend anything on any combat skills during chargen and no more than 50% on the entire game.
3) Use common sense when creating a character. You will want to maximize attributes that go with your skills of choice and pickup traits that increase those skills or attributes. There are a few combinations you can try and you can easily create a broken character without common sense. Obviously you will want to have speech and one or both of stealth and science plus another skill to complement your character profile. Gambling is useful with a very high luck. Steal and first aid are worthless.
3) Never attack first and always try to get your way through dialog, trading, stealth, or science. A few quests can't be done without combat, but don't worry.
If you follow a few guidelines it's very easy.
1) Read the Fallout manual. It's important to read the manual.
2) Don't spend anything on any combat skills during chargen and no more than 50% on the entire game.
3) Use common sense when creating a character. You will want to maximize attributes that go with your skills of choice and pickup traits that increase those skills or attributes. There are a few combinations you can try and you can easily create a broken character without common sense. Obviously you will want to have speech and one or both of stealth and science plus another skill to complement your character profile. Gambling is useful with a very high luck. Steal and first aid are worthless.
3) Never attack first and always try to get your way through dialog, trading, stealth, or science. A few quests can't be done without combat, but don't worry.
Demnogonis Saastuttaja
Magister
elander_ said:
The best manual I have ever read. Pancake recipes, instructions on how to survive in a wasteland (never drink water where there are no bugs, it's surely poisonous or irradiated). Why games today have only shitty PDF manuals?
Well, you can run away, and if you have a high sequence rating, you might get two turns at the start, that is normally enough to get far enough so that if you sneak, any hostile critters won't see you.
And of course, in Fallout 2 you can just have a very high outsdoorman. (Although you still have to convince the enclave soldiers and manipulate the turrets to kill Frank Horrigan)
For perks take Jinxed imo. It's the best defensive perk, think about it, if you don't attack nothing bad will happen to you, but the AI , especially the random encounters ALWAYS attacks.
Try to get a Decent END and Defensive Perks so you won't get killed so easily, you are a damage sponge, you tank; you don't fight back. Fighting back is more harmful, your in-combat acts consists of running away or using stimpacks on your companions when you cannot run from an encounters.
Have a high charisma so you have more cannon fodders and dmg dealers since you cannot do it yourself.
Try to get a Decent END and Defensive Perks so you won't get killed so easily, you are a damage sponge, you tank; you don't fight back. Fighting back is more harmful, your in-combat acts consists of running away or using stimpacks on your companions when you cannot run from an encounters.
Have a high charisma so you have more cannon fodders and dmg dealers since you cannot do it yourself.
Nameless0ne
Novice
Demnogonis Saastuttaja said:
I totally agree! In recent times, it seems no one is interested anymore in writing a really engrossing manual. Reading Fallout manual is a blast
Most manuals from Infocom were also very nice to read.
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