Fallout series

I was always disappointed you could never find the physical location of Mr. New Vegas, it would have been cool if his computer or whatever was at like the cocktail lounge at the Lucky 38, would also be a neat thing to find in an otherwise useless room (besides the snowglobe).
 
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Korpon said:
I was always disappointed you could never find the physical location of Mr. New Vegas, it would have been cool if his computer or whatever was at like the cocktail lounge at the Lucky 38, would also be a neat thing to find in an otherwise useless room (besides the snowglobe).
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Yeah, it's pretty hard to scavenger.
 
HeyYou said:
The power armor change is one thing I appreciate about Fallout 4. The power armor in 3 and New Vegas looks like a cosplay suit (actually, that's not fair, even cosplay suits often look beefier than 3 and NV power armor). Meanwhile, 4's power armor is genuinely intimidating and you can see why people wearing it would be one man armies. Hell, it even made me appreciate the T-45 a bit more when it was actually full size. My only complaint is that I'm not a big fan of it being something that you get in and out of, it should have been armor like previous games. Gameplay wise, power armor isn't particularly strong either, but I think that's the fault of Bethesda once again using DR instead of DT.
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I like the direction they went with power armor as well, and hope they tweak it a little more in future installments, particularly with the use of fusion cores.
In my ideal setup, they would be a huge force multiplier with a high cost when you need it. Extremely low or nonexistent power consumption when just walking around, but when you redline it, you’re burning cores as you charge through barricades at 35mph, vaulting over walls, and turning raiders into hamburger with your bare hands. Treat its full capabilities as a devastating weapon that you only use sparingly, like the fat man.
On the flip side, if you encounter an enemy pilot, it should give you the same reaction when running into a deathclaw as he comes barreling towards you.
 
Panama said:
I like the direction they went with power armor as well, and hope they tweak it a little more in future installments, particularly with the use of fusion cores.
In my ideal setup, they would be a huge force multiplier with a high cost when you need it. Extremely low or nonexistent power consumption when just walking around, but when you redline it, you’re burning cores as you charge through barricades at 35mph, vaulting over walls, and turning raiders into hamburger with your bare hands. Treat its full capabilities as a devastating weapon that you only use sparingly, like the fat man.
On the flip side, if you encounter an enemy pilot, it should give you the same reaction when running into a deathclaw as he comes barreling towards you.
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Honestly, it just changes the dynamics far too much from what we had since then. Im sure people find it weird the armors being "wearable" likes clothes but thats how it was in the original games and make power armor that powerful would make you wonder how someone like The Chosen One and The Lone Wanderer ever stood a chance.

It just raises too many questions in my opinion
 
Panama said:
I like the direction they went with power armor as well, and hope they tweak it a little more in future installments, particularly with the use of fusion cores.
In my ideal setup, they would be a huge force multiplier with a high cost when you need it. Extremely low or nonexistent power consumption when just walking around, but when you redline it, you’re burning cores as you charge through barricades at 35mph, vaulting over walls, and turning raiders into hamburger with your bare hands. Treat its full capabilities as a devastating weapon that you only use sparingly, like the fat man.
On the flip side, if you encounter an enemy pilot, it should give you the same reaction when running into a deathclaw as he comes barreling towards you.
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I'd honestly prefer if they ditch fusion cores entirely in the next game, because the only reason they exist is for Bethesda to somewhat balance the fact that you get power armor in the first ten minutes of the game. It wouldn't have been a problem at all if power armor was a late game thing like every other Fallout game.
 
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Panama said:
I like the direction they went with power armor as well, and hope they tweak it a little more in future installments, particularly with the use of fusion cores.
In my ideal setup, they would be a huge force multiplier with a high cost when you need it. Extremely low or nonexistent power consumption when just walking around, but when you redline it, you’re burning cores as you charge through barricades at 35mph, vaulting over walls, and turning raiders into hamburger with your bare hands. Treat its full capabilities as a devastating weapon that you only use sparingly, like the fat man.
On the flip side, if you encounter an enemy pilot, it should give you the same reaction when running into a deathclaw as he comes barreling towards you.
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HeyYou said:
I'd honestly prefer if they ditch fusion cores entirely in the next game, because the only reason they exist is for Bethesda to somewhat balance the fact that you get power armor in the first ten minutes of the game. It wouldn't have been a problem at all if power armor was a late game thing like every other Fallout game.
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yeah just make it a late game reward like it's supposed to be and you can make it completely lore accurately op without the lore breaking shitty power consumption mechanic
 
King Ghidorah said:
yeah just make it a late game reward like it's supposed to be and you can make it completely lore accurately op without the lore breaking shitty power consumption mechanic
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How would the US Military have been able to keep troops in Beijing going with how fast those cores are used up?
 
AnotherPleb said:
How would the US Military have been able to keep troops in Beijing going with how fast those cores are used up?
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The cores are used up faster in game than lore i think, in lore they would probably last a few days to a week, but they cant really do that in game or else it would be broken.

Personally i really like fallout 4's power armor, it makes alot of sense to me.
 
AnotherPleb said:
How would the US Military have been able to keep troops in Beijing going with how fast those cores are used up?
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Nuclear reactor cores decayed in the time since the Great War, and thus burn up quicker now.

Realistic? Probably not really. But it’s good enough to justify it. Plus it would help explain why the Brotherhood is starting to lose power, as they lack the manpower, resources, and knowledge to effectively create new batteries and have eaten through the majority of their reserves.
 
HeyYou said:
I'd honestly prefer if they ditch fusion cores entirely in the next game, because the only reason they exist is for Bethesda to somewhat balance the fact that you get power armor in the first ten minutes of the game. It wouldn't have been a problem at all if power armor was a late game thing like every other Fallout game.
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Thats why, while it was bizarre that NOW you need it while you never did before, P.A training felt like a way to balance things out and only allow you to wear it around the end game (unless you "cheat" by doing Operation Anchorage first...which is the only reason people do it).

Edit: if F4 had more RPG elements, they could have made some interesting differences between picking Nate or Nora. Nate would probably have P.A training from the get go but have other things he is lacking, while Nora would have more "civil" skills given she was a lawyer like high speech already but she would need to look for some way to have P.A training.
Mnutu said:
Nuclear reactor cores decayed in the time since the Great War, and thus burn up quicker now.

Realistic? Probably not really. But it’s good enough to justify it. Plus it would help explain why the Brotherhood is starting to lose power, as they lack the manpower, resources, and knowledge to effectively create new batteries and have eaten through the majority of their reserves.
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Its hard to buy the Brotherhood of Steel wouldnt have figured out a way to make new ones or recharge them at this point. You would think Maxson (the founder, not F4's elder) would put a lot of resources into that right away since their power armor is their ace in the hole.
 
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The handsome tard said:
Thats why, while it was bizarre that NOW you need it while you never did before, P.A training felt like a way to balance things out and only allow you to wear it around the end game (unless you "cheat" by doing Operation Anchorage first...which is the only reason people do it).

Edit: if F4 had more RPG elements, they could have made some interesting differences between picking Nate or Nora. Nate would probably have P.A training from the get go but have other things he is lacking, while Nora would have more "civil" skills given she was a lawyer like high speech already but she would need to look for some way to have P.A training.


Its hard to buy the Brotherhood of Steel wouldnt have figured out a way to make new ones or recharge them at this point. You would think Maxson (the founder, not F4's elder) would put a lot of resources into that right away since their power armor is their ace in the hole.
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While it would be priority number one, I think it’d be far too difficult and resource intensive to secure the means of producing a guaranteed source of power cells. It’s entirely reasonable to assume that there’s enough to last a few centuries if maintained and used sparingly. Maxson, understanding that he now possesses the most powerful military force, yet also strained for resources, manpower, and trust, would instead devote his time to establish a group primarily centered around diligently protecting technology over the centuries that they can remain self-sustaining, instead of worrying over a problem that could be solved much later. Several generations of the brotherhood Later, and now they’re falling apart from internal politics. It’s thematically appropriate.

TL;DR limited time and resources are what lead to the brotherhoods fallen state.
 
Mnutu said:
While it would be priority number one, I think it’d be far too difficult and resource intensive to secure the means of producing a guaranteed source of power cells. It’s entirely reasonable to assume that there’s enough to last a few centuries if maintained and used sparingly. Maxson, understanding that he now possesses the most powerful military force, yet also strained for resources, manpower, and trust, would instead devote his time to establish a group primarily centered around diligently protecting technology over the centuries that they can remain self-sustaining, instead of worrying over a problem that could be solved much later. Several generations of the brotherhood Later, and now they’re falling apart from internal politics. It’s thematically appropriate.

TL;DR limited time and resources are what lead to the brotherhoods fallen state.
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Even so, if you have a couple centuries to solve it you'd think the BoS would have done so without the need to devote tons of resources, just lots of steady work at first prolonging the life of existing systems and then eventually recharging them. Here's the in-game description of the armor from FO1:
A self-contained suit of advanced technology armor. Powered by a micro-fusion reactor, with enough fuel to last a hundred years.
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Considering Fallout 2 took place 160 years or so after the Great War, the BoS has to have solved that problem. Now, since Fallout 4 is 210 years after the Great War, with no BoS or other technological presence on the surface, the use of degraded fusion cores by people in the Commonwealth makes sense.
 
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