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On Tuesday, December 1, 2015 at 6:55:57 PM UTC-8, unibalm wrote:

> On Mon, 30 Nov 2015 10:38:21 -0800 (PST), 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.

Yeah it generally looks like closer to Sanctuary, the easier, though there's some anomalies (like the first quest!), which is good, it makes it interesting.  

> 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.

Sneak didn't seem to work well for me, I was having trouble with groups.  
I could take out one raider or whatnot, but then I got swarmed.  Maybe 
I just don't have the patience.   

My current one is a high End melee type, with toughness, which I pretty 
much slaughter everything - other than the aforementioned Super-mutants 
so far.  I do sneak some, just to get up as close as I can before taking 
too much damage.  I've also got the perk that makes me harder to hit 
when sprinting, which helps.  I still do better using Vats even with 
melee, as aim that close is difficult.  I'll probably miss about 1/3 of 
my attacks if not using Vats. 

I'm working toward Blitz right now, hopefully that'll make Vats 
distance attacks work better, so I don't have to shoot things I can't get 
to easily.

Obviously many different builds are viable, which I like, it means I'll 
be able to replay the game.

> 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.  

Yeah that was bad, the suicider took out more than half my health, and 
a rocket immediately after, and since I'm mostly melee I couldn't kill 
him before he got to me.  I haven't tried those again, but may go back 
with some med-x, psycho, and power armor.  There's an awful lot to 
explore that I can take though, so may just leave that for awhile.

One thing I do like about the way the skills work, is everything is 
still viable.  I can still shoot things fine, I shoot bloodbugs as they 
seem resistant to melee, and do way too much damage in bleed if they hit 
me, sure I'm not as good at it as someone focused on a type of gun, but 
it's good enough that it gives me options, unlike FO3 where you couldn't 
hit the broad side of a barn if you didn't focus on it. I bought a 
really good sniper rifle last night, and I was even able to take out 
a raddoe with it as it ran away.

> 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!)

Yes, I'm mainly wishing there were some way to scrap everything I dump 
in the workshop now.  I did accidentally find if you press left or right 
in the trading/storing menus it shows you just one type of item, like 
junk, misc, etc.  which helps.  I spent about 2 hours last night just reorganizing all my stuff, scrapping all my junk, and trying to sell 
stuff.

I also wish my settlers would equip the armor & weapons I gave them.  They're idiots, explains why I'm a general now.

- Justisaur