You shouldn't have to buy stimpacks or even repair. Just raise your repair skill and do field repairs, and turn in technology to the Brotherhood Outcasts for Stimpacks.

If you need Caps, and Megaton still exists; you can sell scrap metal to the water guy for 10 caps and about 11 xp a peice.

I do do field repairs, but either i dont come across the gun again to do a field repair or its just thrashed so bad that nothigns going to make a dent untill i get someone to repair it.

Who are the Brotherhood Outcasts and where do i find them?



Ive been doing that and now iam trading them to the Ghoul in the capital for stimpaks and the like, still i end up struggling for money. Tons of ammo but little money and health.

What weapons are you using? Big Guns? Energy Weapons? Small Guns are plentiful and come in all varieties in gigantic quantities, though I can see the problem with Big Guns and Energy Weapons (Energy Weapons don't turn up till End Game and Big Guns are kinda scarce).



Brotherhood Outcasts are outcasts from Lyon's Brotherhood of Steel, dedicated to the original mission of gathering technology in the Capital Wasteland. You can find their HQ - Fort Independence - near the Bethesda Ruins. Talk to the leader outside the HQ and you'll be able to become a scavenger for hire. Energy Weapons, Power Armor, even Sensor Modules and Scrap Metal can be traded for 5.56 ammo, Frag Grenades, Radaway, or Stimpacks.




Never trade to the Ghoul in Underworld. His ratio of Scrap for Stuff is horrific. Better saving all of it for Walter, especially once you find the Outcasts.

Also, the Fortune Finder and Lawbringer/Contract Killer perks will get you additional cash flow.

I dont think iam as far as Lyons Brotherhood of steel, i mean i ran into to them and helped that Ghost Dog dude (or whatever his name is) get his station back up but no one hired me for anything.

I think ive been doing to many side quests iam only up to looking for my father after talking to Dr. Lei in Rivet City. But ive side barred that so i can look through the Library to finish up the survival guide.

But yeah my Big Guns get completely thrashed easily. Thats whats costing me so much money. I repaired my Fat Man 3 times and it still would flake out after i shot it twice. Now ive sold it since i picked a Missile launcher up off a dead guy and its in pretty decent condition so i wont have to worry about that for a while. And i gove Lincoln's boom stick so iam pretty good on the condition scene now.

Also some of my money went to curing me from being addicted to stuff. In the begining i forgot to read what the aid's do so i was addicted to like 3 things at once and going through withdrawal at the worse possible times.

So iam just bleeding money all the time.

Yeah, Small guns sould be your primary choice; Between Raiders, Slavers, Mercs, and Super Mutants you'll never have to worry about spending caps.



Head in a southwesternly direction from Megaton. You'll come across a large "town"; the fairfax ruins; filled with raiders. West of there you'll find Fort Independence, though it looks more like a large factory from the outside. They are defiantly the best source of Stimpacks; as you'll find enough of the rest just by serching.



Yeah, The Ghoul is probably the worst person to trade with, Dont trade scrap to the Outcasts either as they arent much better 2 peices of scrap for 1 stimpak. You'll get much better from turning in weapons and stuff anyway. So Walter is the best choice as its a nice flow of caps and xp. As GC mentione,d the bounty hunter options are good; Lawbringer's has one speicific target that if you kill him you'll get 1000 caps for his finger.

Caps aren't easy to come by to start with, but with all these options soon you'll have enough that you wont know what to do with them all. I also suggest if you dont used certain types of guns, to collect mutlplies of them and repaitr them as best you can then sell them off for a higher profit. And on Junk, your best sells are cigerettes and prewar money.

Also Ammo you don't utilize. It's really easy to get a cash flow going once you start bartering wasteful ammo.

Well, I got the Achievements for reaching the certain levels with all three Karmas. Yay for having 300 save files! I also killed off all of the behemoths. Now there is just a few more achievements left for me to do.

Got the Behemoth Achievement last night, the one that you find near the trainwreck NE of the Evergreen mills is annoying, since your out in the open; and he seems come out of nowwhere.

Two hits from the Fatman took care of that one fairly easily for me.

I am working on the Vault Tec CEO achievement and I only have 4 more bobbleheads to hunt down.

Is there any place I can go to get more speech success? I need ten more for the achievement.

I wasnt willing to risk using my fatman when Fawks and Charron were getting pounded by him. Had to pull out my Missile launcher and get in close to get a shot at his head.

Just go around and talk to everyone you can, its what I did. Though I set my speach high so there were few checks I didn't win.

Also is anyone else having occasional troble with their followers wnatign to go on killing sprees? Fawks for some reason killed the two resisdents of Girdershire, then later he and Charron tried to clean out the reclaimer's HQ. The first time I was stupid and exited the woman's house, hoping he'd follow, and she died right as I got through the door and hadnt made a recent save. The second time, I had save to fall back on and left them outside while I turned in my fingers.

Picked up Fallout 3 last night.

It's actually a lot better than I would have thought.
The play control takes some getting used to and it's still got the Daggerfall/Morrowind issue of vast scenic landscapes full of diddly squat but it's still a fun little game.

Being a virgin to the franchise I'm enjoying the role of a newcomer to the pre-existing world that I never knew existed.

I appreciate the open ended gameplay, especially given the ability to more or less make your own character and play them however you feel.

All in all it's a fun game so far and it seems to have handled the FPS/RPG concept a lot better than some games I could mention.

Games that hypothetically might rhyme with FioShock.


On a side note given the option in these types of games I'm always a bit of a thug and a jerk, and with the post apocalyptic/ Atomic-punk setting I seem to have accidentally made Fallout 3: Starring Tank girl.

Oh theres quite a bit out there waiting to be found! Just look for the little black triangles on the compass on your HUD. They'll always lead you to something worth investigating.




Heheheh. The first character I created was a Tank Girl clone, but I ditched her and ended up going with someone who looked more like myself. My new character is one part Tank Girl, one part Morlock.

Not really. Seems like you can take three steps in the wasteland without tripping over another burnt out house or abandoned truck.

Killed my first behemoth, was at some train yard, and iddnt know what the hell the thing was after i killed all the raiders, so i shoot a few rounds off at him through the gate.

Bad idea, gate shut down thing got free and proceeded to whoop my ass unstill i ran and hid under one of the shacks i couldnt get in to. Then i'd peak out launch a missile at him then run back under the shed and repeated untill the bastard died.

And what do i get out of it? 66 caps and 55 exp. Rip off.

The others have more loot on them. In theory, the way to do that is to run in there, and set the behemoth loose then let it take out the raiders, in the process getting wounded enough for you to finish him off.

As mentioned, the free roaming behemoths have a mountian of stuff on them. But also takign out all 5 gives ya an achivement.

Well i wnt back to my vault ot help free everyone and ended up killing the girl from the begining. Since i couldn't figutre out how to get to the Overseers room i decided to sabotage the water filtration, not realizing how much bad karma i'd get. Then after doing the deed and killing the overseeer i ran into the girl, tried to lie my way out of it, then she said sh'd never want to talk to me and ran away.

So i tried to talk to her and she opened fire, kill or be killed still didnt like it tho.

I hate that mission. There isn't any good descion. and it really needs the dialouge option of "But he tried to /kill/ me." In the begining Overseer kills asstiant and have the security tryign to gun me down, I see her being interogated so I try to help her, and he makes it personal. So I've no choice but to kill him. Then here, the New Overseer is just as bad, and I got to kill him too. So I get banished for killing him, even though I'm the one gettign shot at first.

Even with no good way out it still didnt feel right, might just be because i expecting some sort of weak love story thrown in there.

Anyways, anyone know where i have to take the fingers for money? It doesnt specify on my world map and i dont see anything in my notes about it.

It doesnt feel right to me, becuase its a literall No-win scenario. Nothing you do is really right. But yeah, it seems like there should have more between Amara and the player.

Regulator's HQ. Its in the northwest of your map.

I JUST RAIDED A SLAVE CAMP!!!

Most fun ive had in this whole game! At first i was going to try to talk my way in there, and get the kids free and go on no harm done, but then he was like "maybe you can sign up and do some work"

I said hug that, pull out the shotty and unloaded into his head. then raided the whole friggin town. I mean i could have gotten the same thrill form doing it at any town but this time....It was for JUSTICE!! I even took out the clinic, i actually said "Doctor, Heal thy self" when i killed her, then i took out the armory and cleared out his inventory.
Even got the dude who was over the whole thing and took his fancy suit and Magnum.

All in all i gained almost a grand from sales and 19 fingers to trade in.

Sounds like you're talking about Paradise Falls.

Yeah, assaulting and Pillaging Paradise falls was one of my favorite quests. Make sure that you pick up the Quantum and bobblehead out of Eulogy's pad.

Info about Operation Anchorage and beyond.

http://au.xboxlive.ign.com/articles/937/937202p1.html


sounds great and i'm more than happy to use 800pts for each download. Also the Broken Steel (comes in March) will lift the level cap at 20.

Kinda disappointed Operation: Anchorage is just a Combat/Stealth DLC. It's not exactly the RPG experience people on the official forums have been clamoring for.

Still, new weapons, armor, and perks? I'll give it a spin.

What does it raise it to?

I think its a decent idea since they mentioned they want all the DLC to have a diffrent feel, allow them to try out new and diffrent ideas. And on the Beth forums, I've seen many that want to see Stealth done better, becuase they feel Sneak is mostly useless as it is.

Stealth is useless, they really should have just kept it out of the game.

You gott have the silent running perk so you can ghost around no problem.


Thats how I can put a grenade in anyone's trousers.

I'm pretty much undectedable so I am not out in the open during broad daylight and right infront of an enemy.

Last night I finally created my second character. And in the immortal words of Ray Stantz "I-I just couldn't help myself... It just popped in there..." When I realized that the story is about a guy that lived his life underground until his father, and then followed in his footsteps into the great wasteland above. I just couldn't help modeling my newest character after Kamina the Great, wild blue hair, preference for eye wear and melee weapons... Now if I could only recruit one of these kids running around...

Oh I don't discourage trying different stuff. The fact the "Simulation" will take around 4 to 5 hours is a boon, and makes me think that it's not just going to be Running and Gunning. I dunno, like I said, this is something I'll have to give a spin. A glimpse into the world of Fallout before it became Fallout (And not just in exploring hollowed out, radiation haunted ruins) is going to be something to behold at the very least. I guess I'm just concerned they're going to get "cute" with the Top Secret Technology aspect to really start adding in some outlandish guns to the mythos. And I hope beyond hope that the Chinese don't start fielding Power Armor (Now "Bunker Buster" style weaponry against said Power Armor I'd be all over).

Also: Bring back Pulse Rifle/Pistol (From Fallout 2)!



Stealth isn't useless, it's how most players operate the stealth that make it so transparent. For instance, most players are still ignorant of the fact that even with the Pipboy light off, enemy NPCs can still HEAR the radio if you have it going.




Every time you activate VATS you are now required to scream "Who the Hell do you think I am?!"

Gary? Ahh Gary! hehehe

Anyways, I managed to glitch the game...had to go back to an earlier slave and do the "Head of State" quest again...i killed the slavers BEFORE bringing the slaves there...an arrow on my map nead the metro station outside the memorial said they were there, but they were no where to be found...tried sleeping and wasting a few days and fast-traveling around like the Wiki said, but no luck...sucks.

Also, the vault up by the Temple of the Union pissed me off...i cant open the one locked door because i cant get my science skill higher than 93...stupid science skill.

Though so far, only one small glitch isnt too bad.

Awesome!

I so have to do that now! Too bad there isn't a cape that you can get.

Yeah, thats the only thing that is missing. I've also yet to find eye wear that really feels fitting. I've got him currently wearing Biker googles, but that's more of Simon's thing. But all shall fall before his flaming sword of justice!

I'm also a striped sweater away from Freddy Kruegger... Ghoul Mask, Cowboy hat, Deathclaw glove...

So, the G.E.C.K. is out.

*furiously downloads*

What is it? I can see it from here.

Stupid Web filters.

Bethesda's mod tools for Fallout 3.

Ahh. Cool.

Too bad they do me no good, as I use the 360. Jan can't get here soon enough...

Ditto. Although, I am interested in seeing what comes out of this.

Okay, where is the Explosives Bobblehead at HIGHLIGHT to view:
WKML Broadcast Station at? The two places I checked said it was at a Cistern near a HAM radio, but niether are int he broadcast room. It's the last bobblehead I need!

Its not in there, its outside in some tunnels.

Where is the tunnel's entrance at? I looked all over, and I couldn't find it.

From where the stairs to the broadcast station are, circle around to almost exactly the location they would be on the opposite side. The Cistern is hard to spot, being wedged between two rock outcroppings.

Awesome! Thanks guys! I finally managed to find it! Well, I got all the bobbleheads, and I got Agatha's song done. However, I thought she was suppossed to give me a unique .44 Caliber pistol! So I might reload it to see if I can get that by different talking options.

I still have to do the Strictly Business quest and the silver tongue devil achievement, but those I might have to do with my Alt, as my main is only at 42 speech success.

That's a reward if you bring her some sheet music (Found in various locations throughout the world - from Vault 97 to Springvale Elementary) and specifically ask for a reward - don't play goodie goodie.

And yes, the Blackhawk is awesome. More attack power then the Victory Rifle.

Yeah, I made certain to find the sheet music in the Vault (its in one of the bathrooms) before leaving.

I think i missed something:

HIGHLIGHT to view:
I finally get this Fawks dude to fallow me, then i wonder around the wasteland for hours on end not finding anythign to do but raid a few raiders shops, then the only thing left it to talk to the elder lyons about What HAL wants me to do to the water supply, then boom end game. Stupid narrative and that's it. And the game autosaved before i went into the room so everytime i load iam right there.

Did i miss something, is there some other place i can go because all iam finding out there are people to kill instead of Quests. I even made it up to oasis. and did that thing.

Kinda startled me when i was attacked by Abe Sapien, but other than that there was nothign of merit.

have you done all the side quests yet?