🚀 go-pugleaf

On Mon, 30 Nov 2015 10:38:21 -0800 (PST), Justisaur
<just...@gmail.com> wrote:

>On Friday, November 27, 2015 at 5:10:07 PM UTC-8, PW wrote:
....
>> 
>> The game is beautiful and fun.  But I am at almost at the end of level
>> 1 and I keep getting killed on easy mode!  I thought I got everything
>> when underground but I have no ammo now (can't find any), only a
>> pistol (have no idea what happened to the other weapons I had) and am
>> getting killed all the time.  Running out of water, etc.... Can't find
>> a place to sleep.  Aargh!!!
>> 
>> If this keeps up, I may just quit the darn game! :-)
>
>What do you mean 'end of level 1?'  Where are you in the game?  Do you 
>mean in vault 111?   
>
>I didn't really have any trouble there.  You can drink from the water 
>fountain to restore your health, you don't even need to use the gun 
>there, one punch or pistol whip will kill the radroaches (well maybe not 
>if you went 1 strength, haven't tested that yet)
>
>Also 'q' for VATS will work even before you get the pip-boy, which will 
>make fighting the radroaches easier.  
>
>*spoilers follow*
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>.
>If you're talking about the Deathclaw, I'm not sure there, I've beaten 
>him with 3 characters on normal, but it took about 10 times each time, 
>and I basically had to get lucky.  With my 1st I hadn't figured out VATS 
>yet, and I basically just kept sprinting away and unloading on him with 
>the minigun, eventually I got lucky and he didn't kill me before I got 
>him, 2nd character he fell down the hole he came out of and got stuck and 
>I just shot him with my shotgun while he was stuck, 3rd character I kept 
>playing cat & mouse, had to exit the power armor after my power ran out, 
>and kept holing up in one of the buildings (after I noticed on a previous 
>attempt one of the raiders going inside and the deathclaw being unable to 
>follow), regen my ap, going out getting his attention, shooting him once 
>or twice with a shotgun in vats and then running back to the building 
>ad-infinitum - and that was with my melee guy, no way you can melee him, 
>he'll just tear you apart!
>
>I'm wondering if you might be better off avoiding that quest for awhile and 
>doing just about anything else, at least until you have a few fusion 
>cores to last through the fight, and maybe a repaired set of power armor, 
>and enough drugs to roid out on him.
>
>- Justisaur

The game is very difficult at first and I coped by hiding.  Watching
very carefully for where deathclaws, mirelurks hide and roam and
avoiding the areas entirely -- and skulking around.  It's a much more
dangerous world than fallout 3.
Best stay up north at first because it gets more dangerous down south.

I leveled up.  After getting some of my main attributes up to par I
focussed on sneak, action-boy/girl, and lockpicking.  action-boy/girl
is a nice perk since it makes VATS fill-up quick, so with  enhanced
non-auto gun perks I can take on an army.

With deathclaws I reload to just before the encounter, look for an
escape hatch of some sort so I can run and recuperate, then lay some
mines.   In some cases there's no escape hatch so you have to run, lay
mines behind you, be quick on the stimpack hotkey.  

The suicider supermutants are the worst 'cause you have only the one
chance to take them out.  If they get you you're gone.   

It's a HUGE game.  If you like this kind of game it's an incredible
bang for the buck.  They put a lot into the development of this game
and it's a totally satisfying experience.  (all my niggling complaints
aside!)