🚀 go-pugleaf

On 12/9/2015 11:49 AM, Justisaur wrote:
> On Wednesday, December 9, 2015 at 2:02:56 AM UTC-8, DMP wrote:
>> <<SNIP>>
>>
>>>> A good companion would help, I'm not sure if Dogmeat will go with you if
>>>> you don't go to the Museum (and he's petty poor anyway), and the other
>>>> early available one isn't available until after you complete the quest
>>>> at the Museum of Freedom.
>>>>
>>>> Also as I said in that other post *don't* play on very easy, it's
>>>> actually harder than normal to difficult due to the reduced xp.
>>>>
>>>> You don't need lockpicking to get anywhere important, just ignore the
>>>> doors that require it for now.
>>>>
>>
>> FWIW, I found Codsworth a better companion than the dog...
>
> You can't get him until after completing Museum of Freedom, which
> I advocated skipping or at least putting off.  Dogmeat can sneak, and is
> good at temporarily disabling humanoid enemies while you give them the
> beat-down.
>
> I took my own advice on my last restart and put off Museum of Freedom
> until level 8 or 10, got my own power armor and repaired and upgraded
> it first.  Even on Survival difficulty it was much easier doing that.
> Almost a cake-walk.
>
> I think part of the problem is I was using VATS quite a bit before, but
> this time didn't as I now knew if would drain my power armor.  Frankly
> VATS sucks this time around, the chance to hit anything at a distance
> is terribly poor, far worse than I can aim without it. And it drains
> power armor.  I only use it for scouting and up close an personal
> where turning and getting a bead on someone is difficult - although
> even that's pretty poor, I had problems with a raider in power armor
> last night doing that, and just didn't bother with VATS the 2nd time
> and took him out with the sword much easier.
>
> I'm hoping someone comes out with some mods for VATS to make it
> better, otherwise I'm not going to be using it anymore, which makes me
> sad, as that was one of my favorite aspects of FO3.  It's just
> another shooter to me without it.
>
> As to skipping Museum of Freedom altogether, I'll have to try that next,
> as I've read someone say it seems like it was tacked on at the last
> minute as an intro, and some of the later things work out better, and
> make more sense if you don't even meet Dogmeat or go to Museum of
> Freedom.
>
> - Justisaur
>
You're right about Codsworth and MOFreedom. I took me forever to get 
through the area, but I completed a bunch of sidequests first to up my 
XP/level.I do like Cods better than the dog tho'.

I also had a hard time with Corvega as well.

I found I was using VATS much less in this game than 3 or New Vegas. I 
just stuck a giant water pump thingie in the river next to Sanctuary; 
built a waterpump next to my dorm for settlers; have to build the 
generator and then connect them all with wire.

D.