legato89 Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 Gameplay reason? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted3507349User Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 They gotta pedal the boat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7thsealord Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Lots of side-trips would be my guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyanidz Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 My bet is that they have to stop a lot due to overheating and that it is a slow boat.. Okay 30 days is a lot but who knows? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legato89 Posted January 7, 2013 Author Share Posted January 7, 2013 Is there a gameplay reason? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7thsealord Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 (edited) None I'm aware of. 100% agreement that 30 days seems a very long time for the trip in question. Then again, the storyline has to allow time for Nadine to have gotten there and be established before the LW finds her. Second, the distance may be short in straight line terms, but there is nothing to say just how many stops and diversions are made by the riverboat along the way. (Hmmm, there's a thought for a modder - squeexe a whole new set of adventures within that 30 day span.) Also, I think (could be wrong) that The Pitt and Broken Steel both have 30 day transitions as well. So maybe the folks at Bethesda just got the habit of doing this whenever the game plot called for some sort of "Later". Noting also that we do take travel very much for granted in this era - not just things (trains, planes, automobiles, ships) that are safe, reliable and go fast; but all the support and infrastructure that keeps them effective. For much of human history, in most places, long-distance travel (as in anything more than the next town or whatever) has tended to be risky - and something that most ordinary people didn't do very much of. PS - There is at least one mod that shortens the Point Lookout travel time. Edited January 10, 2013 by 7thsealord Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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