Necromage5

Thanks for the support! I don't know about Firebase Zulu, but there could be other projects for F:NV down the road. There's always The Message or anything else! Nothing quite compares to the stuff you added to the Mojave. I need to get my load order all sorted out so I'll be ready for this release! It's nice to see you back at it.

I'm a fan of seeing Sinners and Slaves (and The Message) if only because I've known about them for longer and think they sound like great stories. They, and SSS with a bunch of new side missions and encounters, would do a lot for making the Fallout universe feel less empty

Degrees of "worse" tend to be rather subjective, but personally... I think NVBIII's climactic scene is more horrifying, as it unfolds in front of you. Testers, feel free to weigh in on that one. The personal aspect of it makes it a bit more horrifying in my opinion. What happens in Russell is terrible, yes, but it's the aftermath of a horrific tragedy, not the actual happening of it. You don't know any of the tribals, and you know from an outside perspective that there is nothing the Courier could have done to help them. Sad, awful, but something you can disconnect from. NVBIII doesn't happen to some strangers that already had a death sentence. It happens to you, and with the knowledge that it is happening because you chose to follow the story rather than turn back.

Head south from Jacobstown and talk to him. You might need to resurrect him if the local cazador got a bit too friendly before you can save him. He's like the psychic kid at the 188, but his prophecies foreshadow Bounties III, Sinners, the Message, and Zulu. Pretty interesting stuff

Damn. The current story is plenty dark, and a pretty spectacular Book Ends for the Courier. I wouldn't be able to function if I lost Joaquin. It would make the different between fire-forged greatness and soul-crushing misery. I wonder if the Soothsayer would have anything special to say post-ending

It was like sitting in your chair and feeling your very soul and everything joyous within it sucked out of your eyes, leaving your mouth agape in horror. For me, at least, it felt similar to The Road's ending (horribly depressing but with a tinge of hope). I've experienced lobotomies in video games that were less brutal. I don't know if my Courier had been completely purged of hope by the end, but that wasn't what was carrying him through the final stretch. And there was apparently an even darker draft for the story. Any chance that we could get a look at it and see what could have been?

I'm not Someguy, but... 1) I doubt it 2) Not in NVB3. Maybe in a future mod 3) No. He always dies 4) Post-NVB1 I would recommend Russell (for his unique commentary on future mods), Inheritance and then NVB2 (Inheritance first because some of the followup missions are tied into Bounties. Throw King of the Ring in whenever you'd like.

It's pretty darn maniacal. I murdered what might have been the most aggressively nice guy in the Wasteland. And I would do it again

Siding with the Judge/Syndicate? Those guys would send us after helpless orphan bunnies.

666 replies, had to save NVB3 from the Devil. Was this planned side project what I'm thinking of, or the other thing I'm thinking of? It's the first, isn't it?

I've always had a buggy game. I still can't recruit Doc Friday before killing Rounder. Don't worry about it for now. I'll just finish it after I get and complete the first quest. When NVB3 comes out I'll write in if her quest doesn't start

I'm midway through my replay to have a save that will recognize Sweet Revenge and Esther, and I've encountered a minor bug in NVB2. Despite having not completed the Inheritance or met Esther yet, Joaquin still initiated her second quest, handing me the note from the NCR saying they had a prisoner I was acquainted with. Will there be any consequences in recognizing data, or can I continue with my plan of ignoring the early quest until I've completed her first quest post-Inheritance?

That is a distinct possibility, unfortunately, especially in regards to Esther. I'm actually fine with replaying, it isn't a very busy summer for me and it would be nice to have it all fresh before the final release. I might wait to see if any of the testers report a problem (maybe have them check to see) and if any more patches come out. Is Mr. Kagan going to be in NVB3, or will the Courier have a final battle with the Syndicate elsewhere?

With all the patches popping out for NVB2 and Russell, will I be able to simply install the latest one and jump right into NVB3, or will there be problems in registering say Esther's fate if I don't start over?

As much as I wanted to kill Esther during her first appearance, our second encounter pretty firmly established her as the Fallout equivalent of Firefly's YoSaffBridge. I'm in support of an option to romance her, kill her, or both.