Annoying clichés in quest mods

[AncientGamer65]

I seem to do some of the things mentioned here. Maybe it's time to stop making quests if it bothers people so much.

Jokerine, you keep makin' those mods...you're brilliant at it!

 

These things can be taken in doses, actually. In my first post, I mentioned not liking my equipment being taken away...I can stand this if it's done well. At the Pitt, for example, your stuff is taken from you, but all you have to do is go through the Mill and gather steel ingots and you find enough equipment to make you reasonably equipped to handle the rest of the DLC. Same holds true for Dead Money.

 

I mentioned a mod where all my equipment was taken and given just a stat modified Combat Knife? That was pretty much all you got to get through the area. Not a fair challenge, in my opinion.

 

With all of these things,I believe, it's just a matter of how well they're done/not done that makes or breaks them.

[JoKelly]

"...and don't run into an area designed for level 30 at level 2."

 

I actually have a lot of fun with that. :tongue:

 

LOL...seriously tho, to get the "Underground Hideout" mod opened early in the game, you have to leave Goodsprings and head up Red Rock Canyon way...by leaving Goodsprings via the North path, right through what I call "Cazador Alley". At Level 1. Right past the "Do Not Enter" signs. Makes for a good challenge. :tongue: Also makes me glad I downloaded Millenia's Remington 700 mod...sniper-shooting the Cazadors is a lot easier than confronting them. You die a LOT...but getting to the Underground Hideout once finished lends a feeling of satisfaction. :smile:

 

But yah, I get you about the armor. "It looks SO GOOD!!" But it protects you so LITTLE...why wear it?!

 

Talking about armor, here's another: Stripper-Wear with 35 DT. There's no valid reason a string bikini should protect a girl character more than Power Armor other than "I (the mod author) want my girl to look sexy!!!" I'm male enough to like a Type 3 body lookin' fine...but there's limits. :/

 

Props to the OP for starting this topic...been a very nice conversation! :smile:

 

(EDIT: I was referencing RoyBatterian from the bottom of Page 1, by the way. Should'a quoted the whole post; sorry for any inadvertent confusion.)

I do that too, though I don't have the underground hide out installed, or I head up to sloan then cut across the pass on Black mountain to get to Vegas. LOL

[uhmattbravo]

That was basically my shortcut to the thorn to spam xp before any skill checks when I played on Xbox before I got it for PC.

[YanL]

On XBOX I always take the same path.

 

I climb the montains close to goodspring gas station and make my way until I see Tribal Village. From there, I use the mercenary's grenade rifle to kill the cazadores, they can't even reach me. I grab a fire axe in one of the corpses.

 

Next step is Spring MT ranch (there's a small trail between this 2 locations), I use the fences to get a advantage in the fight against the mantises or I simple run and lure this guys in a showdown with the bighornes.

 

Then I make a brief stop in Red Rock canyon. Khans always have awesome weapons and with the fire axe I can stealth kill some of then. They have hunting shotgun, 12,7mm pistol, trail carbine....there's also two turbos in one tent.

 

It's close now. There's some fire geckos in the road ahead. Best way is keep going on left as possible and fight with the whole gecko gang, because if I go to much for the right, Violet may spot me.

 

The final challenge may varies. Going trough montains I have to fight with 3 Fiends around a firecamp, close to Sunset Sarsaparilla HQ. On the road, Cook Cook closes the path. To pass, I kill Queenie and take advantage in the confusion to run to camp MacCarran. From there, monorail to Vegas :)

Edited November 15, 2016 by YanL

[uhmattbravo]

The grenade rifle is a good idea. I started doing it before I had the ultimate edition, so it involved a lot of saving, sneaking, and finding every invisible wall in the area. Even once I got it,I'd save the grenade rifle for Nipton. Nowadays, I just hang out around Goodsprings for a while hunting powder gangers till I make enough to buy the first truck in XRE cars and just plow through the cazadors if I need to get to the strip area in a hurry without triggering anything else.