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LeftOfSelf-Centered

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9. I stopped taking Dogmeat with me...

Reply to dionysus (Reply #8)

Tue Dec 13, 2011, 12:31 PM

Dec 2011

I just leave her at the house in Megaton, so I don't have to worry (started doing that when Dogmeat kept dying on me on my first playthrough, since I believe the Puppies! perk was added later with Broken Steel).

If you want to level up quickly, the best way to do it is to get yourself in as many fights as possible. As I was approaching level 30, I went through the Bethesda Ruins (as another poster pointed out) every 72 hours (that's how long it takes for enemies to respawn, IIRC), the military camp south of the Regulator HQ, etc. Once I got to level 30 I started avoiding fights, especially once I got the Chinese Stealth Armor from Op. Anchorage.

The order in which you do the missions is up to you, except for the Broken Steel missions, which you will only be able to access after you beat the main Fallout 3 storyline.

As I mentioned in another post, in this playthrough I followed a guide, because I wanted to make sure that I saw as much as possible of the game (and there were quite a few things I had missed in my previous playthroughs).

In case anyone is interested: the guide I followed was the one by Haeravon on gamefaqs.com. I recommend it because it's very comprehensive.

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Fallout 3 is like having a crack cocaine addiction. i just thought i'd mention that. [View all] dionysus Dec 2011 OP

Fallout 3 is awesome. ZombieHorde Dec 2011 #1

you're right.. i started by trying to keep em sort of even, until i realized i should have been dionysus Dec 2011 #2

Here is a tip for tons of flamers, fuel, and Big Guns Skill books... ZombieHorde Dec 2011 #3

no kidding. i'm going to try this , thanks... dionysus Dec 2011 #4

About the stats... LeftOfSelf-Centered Dec 2011 #6

i blew a perk on Dogmeat just so I could have him respawn if he dies... dionysus Dec 2011 #8

I stopped taking Dogmeat with me... LeftOfSelf-Centered Dec 2011 #9

thanks! dionysus Dec 2011 #10

No, I didn't trade much with Casdin LeftOfSelf-Centered Dec 2011 #13

i did stuff so out of order, but the time i even found fort independance, i had every type of power dionysus Dec 2011 #14

I'm a hoarder as well... LeftOfSelf-Centered Dec 2011 #16

lol, the upstairs desk is armor, the filing cabinet next to it is weapons.. downstairs lockers, one dionysus Dec 2011 #17

My setup is similar LeftOfSelf-Centered Dec 2011 #19

so you have a home workbench? is a deathclaw gauntlet a deathclaw hand + power fist? dionysus Dec 2011 #21

Yes, I have the workbench, even if I don't do much crafting LeftOfSelf-Centered Dec 2011 #24

i used to build stuff, but it got boring... the railway rifle was okay, the rock-it-launcher stank, dionysus Dec 2011 #25

Dart Gun Hayabusa Dec 2011 #26

how do you make the poison darts? i have radscorpion glands galore... dionysus Dec 2011 #27

It' built into the dartgun LeftOfSelf-Centered Dec 2011 #28

musta been drunk when i built that, i forgot all about the poison! dionysus Dec 2011 #33

There are darts Hayabusa Dec 2011 #32

I highly recommend the Deathclaw gauntlet LeftOfSelf-Centered Dec 2011 #29

the rock-it-launcher runs on non health\weapon objects. you can put any 7 pieces of junk dionysus Dec 2011 #31

The Railway gun can pin enemies to walls or the floor. ZombieHorde Dec 2011 #47

Love me some Deathclaw Gauntlet! LeftOfSelf-Centered Dec 2011 #48

*Boots up Fallout 3 Hayabusa Dec 2011 #5

I just finished a playthrough LeftOfSelf-Centered Dec 2011 #7

off topic... ANY word on half life 2 episode 3? it's been YEARS... dionysus Dec 2011 #11

I'm with you on that one! LeftOfSelf-Centered Dec 2011 #12

Besides the occasional Valve employee wearing a t-shirt like this recently? Hong Kong Cavalier Dec 2011 #15

those bastards dionysus Dec 2011 #18

Why must they taunt us so??? LeftOfSelf-Centered Dec 2011 #20

Make sure you check out the Mods for it. Riftaxe Dec 2011 #22

in the mid 90s i had a program that allowed you to crack into the graphics\audio files for doom2. dionysus Dec 2011 #23

I had an Army of Darkness mod LeftOfSelf-Centered Dec 2011 #30

i had it to the point where i sampled audio from songs, when the demons saw snoop, it'd say dionysus Dec 2011 #35

I know the feeling. Angleae Dec 2011 #34

yeah, and New Vegas beckons afterwards. i'm doomed dionysus Dec 2011 #36

I was disappointed by NV (and Obsidian in general) Angleae Dec 2011 #37

oh dear dionysus Dec 2011 #38

I like NV more than F3. ZombieHorde Dec 2011 #41

I agree the engine has it's advantages such as DT vs DR. Ammo types. More perk options. etc. Angleae Dec 2011 #46

A long time ago, far, far away.. Stuart G Dec 2011 #39

yup! dionysus Dec 2011 #40

I think the most powerful skills in both F3 and NV ZombieHorde Dec 2011 #42

medicine, energy weapons, lockpick for me dionysus Dec 2011 #43

Energy weapons are good, ZombieHorde Dec 2011 #44

yea, first harkness's plasma rifle was good in earlier stages.. now i have vengeance and it rips dionysus Dec 2011 #45