🚀 go-pugleaf

On Friday, November 27, 2015 at 5:10:07 PM UTC-8, PW wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Nov 2015 19:50:25 -0800, unibalm <unibalm@csipga.zzzz>
> wrote:
> 
> >OK people, quit the awful whining about how a post-apocalyptic
> >scenario isn't pretty enough for your vicarious killing sprees.
> >sheee...
> >
> >Next year it'll be a demand that Doom16 have purple ponies, with
> >wings, and bubbles to pop for more points as a player rides around in
> >a swirl of confetti.
> >
> >It starts out slow with the minuteman line and reminded me of SimCity
> >( a style of "game" that I don't particulary like). The long pauses in
> >dialogue with the panning in on actor-models just standing there
> >totally lacking in affect didn't help immersion.  Hey, *sometimes* a
> >pause and slow panning is good, at important junctions, but not as a
> >general rule.   But that's a nit.   I created a couple of settlements
> >and got used to the GUI and the environment and I'm exploring a bit
> >now and it's getting better.  
> >
> >It's the same as FO3 and FONV, but with more clutter - I'm thinking
> >it's now a good time to update my graphics card.  The one I'm using
> >has served for years and did great work - but has memory issues with
> >FO4.
> >
> >I decided to put minuteman quests on hold and go to Diamond City. I
> >just walked in the door and haven't looked around at all - but it
> >reminds me of Megaton, FO3, in visual layout.  The character "Piper"
> >met at the gates was the first with a bit of personality so that's a
> >good sign.  
> >
> >I'm quite getting to like the game.
> 
> 
> *--
> 
> 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! :-)

I just noticed some posts that confirm one issue I was thinking of 
that might be affecting you, since you mentioned playing on Very 
Easy.  Fallout 4 has the same XP problem that Fallout 3 had.  You get 
*less* xp the easier the setting of the game.  I actually found this
 made Fallout 3 *harder* the easier I put the setting of the game, 
because it took much longer to level up, so you spent longer at the 
lower level and tougher monsters were tougher relatively to you than 
they would have been at a harder.  I assume this is the same for 
Fallout 4.

Totally counter-intuitive.  

I'd suggest going either normal or difficult to level up faster.  
Difficult will be significantly faster.  If you really want to game the system, ratchet it all the way up (but not to survival), save often, and when you have to reload, lower it temporarily for anything you're having trouble with.

After getting really familiar with FO3 I installed a mod that made all difficulties give the same xp as Very Easy, so it was actually more difficult on higher difficulties.

- Justisaur