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Yeah, at one point, the game more or less shoehorns you into picking favourites sadly. However, for me the choice was easy enough, as some of the factions are made up of real donkey-caves.

Just retook the Castle. I like it. Very defensible, and the interior is already wired up for lighting, just needs generators. I think I'll relocate there from Sanctuary Hills.

For me Red Rocket is still my main hub, I've got most of my outposts linked to it via convoys, though I am tempted to find me a large open spot with plenty of space and try building something.. big there.

Red Rocket was too small for me. Sanctuary is still my capital.
The settlement minigame feels unpolished over all. So much effort, and not much to gain.
I wish they did a Saints Row 2 sort of thing, where you have to capture settlements from other factions.
I want to be a warlord of the wastes, dammit.

They should just make a Fallout spin off in Australia and be done with it.

 CthuluIsSpy wrote:
Red Rocket was too small for me. Sanctuary is still my capital.
The settlement minigame feels unpolished over all. So much effort, and not much to gain.
I wish they did a Saints Row 2 sort of thing, where you have to capture settlements from other factions.
I want to be a warlord of the wastes, dammit.

They should just make a Fallout spin off in Australia and be done with it.

Hey, not until they do a spin off from the remnants of Canada first! They mentioned Toronto in the Pitt (I think it was just called Ronto at that point though) and we know the U.S. annexed Canada during the Great War. I wanna see our version of the FEV be based on some radioactive version of maple syrup, with deathbeavers, killer caribou and yetis!

 Grimskul wrote:

 CthuluIsSpy wrote:
Red Rocket was too small for me. Sanctuary is still my capital.
The settlement minigame feels unpolished over all. So much effort, and not much to gain.
I wish they did a Saints Row 2 sort of thing, where you have to capture settlements from other factions.
I want to be a warlord of the wastes, dammit.

They should just make a Fallout spin off in Australia and be done with it.

Hey, not until they do a spin off from the remnants of Canada first! They mentioned Toronto in the Pitt (I think it was just called Ronto at that point though) and we know the U.S. annexed Canada during the Great War. I wanna see our version of the FEV be based on some radioactive version of maple syrup, with deathbeavers, killer caribou and yetis!

But Mad Max tho.

First play-through complete (gave up after companions I liked chewed me out for my main quest decisions). Clocked 80 to 90 hours, which feels light. Crashed on PS4 only about four times. Will get started on second play-through as/when Bethesda launches DLC, unless that is more than six months away.

Canada kind of sort of got shot by an alien death ray (twice) in Mothership Zeta...

 Wyrmalla wrote:
Canada kind of sort of got shot by an alien death ray (twice) in Mothership Zeta...

So Fallout : Mad Max edition it is

The deadliest place on earth just got deadlier.
Koalas mutated sharp fangs and predatory intelligence. The fact that the Australian military experimented on them to make them deadly killing machines didn't help matters.
You think deathclaws are bad? You ain't seen gak if you haven't seen a 20 foot long thorny devil that can shoot acid out of its eyes.
Don't get me started on the sheep.

 CthuluIsSpy wrote:

 Wyrmalla wrote:
Canada kind of sort of got shot by an alien death ray (twice) in Mothership Zeta...

So Fallout : Mad Max edition it is

The deadliest place on earth just got deadlier.
Koalas mutated sharp fangs and predatory intelligence. The fact that the Australian military experimented on them to make them deadly killing machines didn't help matters.
You think deathclaws are bad? You ain't seen gak if you haven't seen a 20 foot long thorny devil that can shoot acid out of its eyes.
Don't get me started on the sheep.

Animals that are not dangerous in Australia: "Some of the sheep"

Or maybe Australia was all but forgotten about and is still as normally lethal as it has always been?

Still be more deadly than most fallout games.

what about drop bears? They mutated into Drop Deathclaws that land on your head and bite off your face.

I like to imagine that there was little the radiation could do to make them deadlier, and so they simply mutated the ability for kindness, compassion, and empathy, making them some of the most deadly yet also most caring and stalwart mates you could ever hope to have in a pre-nuclear apocalyptic world.

Hordes of venomous, irradiated post-war spiders? Just more arms to use to man the barbecues! Mutated drop bears with diamond-hard claws? Just makes it easier to open you a beer! Just don't pee 'em off, and everyone'll be golden.

A little tip for settlement building.

If you're having trouble with items clipping, try activating No Clip. Bring up the console (for me it's the " '@ " button) and enter tcl.

It'll let you merge items together, and you can fly through the air, making it easier to get up to hard to reach spots high up. It works great for junk fences, as it lets you eliminate the big gaps between pieces and create one continuous fence.

Cool though i promised my self no keyboard for my console. the temptation to add so many mini nukes that and a never ending fat man

 Shadow Captain Edithae wrote:
A little tip for settlement building.

If you're having trouble with items clipping, try activating No Clip. Bring up the console (for me it's the " '@ " button) and enter tcl.

It'll let you merge items together, and you can fly through the air, making it easier to get up to hard to reach spots high up. It works great for junk fences, as it lets you eliminate the big gaps between pieces and create one continuous fence.

This could've made so many things so much easier...

 Desubot wrote:
Cool though i promised my self no keyboard for my console. the temptation to add so many mini nukes that and a never ending fat man

Can you even use console commands on a console, if you have a keyboard for it? I assumed it was only as a debugging system computers had. (A very, very glitchy system that let you have everything at your fingertips, but still a debugging system).

Fallout Australia?
If Australia got nuked, would anyone notice?



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I just got a legendary combat shotgun on the libertalia.
Le fusil terrible. +25% damage plus limb damage.
Still on the standard receiver too.
Can't wait to see how much damage it can do when I've modded it.

 marv335 wrote:
Fallout Australia?
If Australia got nuked, would anyone notice?



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I just got a legendary combat shotgun on the libertalia.
Le fusil terrible. +25% damage plus limb damage.
Still on the standard receiver too.
Can't wait to see how much damage it can do when I've modded it.

That's a great shotgun...If you enjoy looking at the sky half the time. The recoil is insane on that thing.

Ain't got nothin on my two-shot shotgun.

Ain't got nothing on my explosive shotgun. I am desperate to refind that one on my young character... I can't remember where I got it though.

Explosive shotties are loads of fun, yeah. Even got me to use a doublebarrel despite really disliking the reload on those. <.<

 SharkoutofWata wrote:
Ain't got nothing on my explosive shotgun. I am desperate to refind that one on my young character... I can't remember where I got it though.

Does the explosive damage apply to every pellet? Cause if not, damage wise it's not going to compete with the two-shot.

From how quick the health bar on a big baddie drops, or how steady the health drop is at range from a wide spread, I think it does. It only put out 108 damage for most of the time I had it and killed Alpha Dreadclaws in four shots at not-point blank range.

Still using Red Rocket. I only have 2 operational suits, a T-60 and a T-45. Still haven't even begun to explore the settlement side of the game.

I've mostly been exploring, doing side quests, the like. I've barely begun the Brotherhood chain, and I'm just getting ready to go looking for C.I.T.

 djones520 wrote:
Still using Red Rocket. I only have 2 operational suits, a T-60 and a T-45. Still haven't even begun to explore the settlement side of the game.

I've mostly been exploring, doing side quests, the like. I've barely begun the Brotherhood chain, and I'm just getting ready to go looking for C.I.T.

Only those two?
I have a T45, a T60 and a T60b.
The T60b is from the brotherhood. I just need a left leg for the Raider Power Armor, and some limbs for the T51, which also has that unique torso.
I also have 1 frame with nothing on it.
So I have about 6 in total.

I've got my T45 upgraded to the D model. My T60 is B still. I also have an empty frame. Not really sure why I need more.

 djones520 wrote:
I've got my T45 upgraded to the D model. My T60 is B still. I also have an empty frame. Not really sure why I need more.

Status symbols.

I've got about 11 suits now, but I rarely use them.
Couple of raider, three 45's two 51's two 60's and two X-01's
I've had to build a suit morgue outside red rocket to store them all.