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Do you have Fallout 4 yet?

yes, and its the best game i've ever played ever
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35%
yes and i hate it. refund when?
93
9%
maybe idk
102
10%
no but im buying it by the end of the year
121
12%
no and ill never play a fallout game in my entire life
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5%
this pull fucking sucks who let you be op
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Total votes : 1009

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Postby Barboneia » Wed Mar 16, 2016 4:58 pm

Licana wrote:
Mirakai wrote:I remember when I did that, upon engaging in combat, the Courser immediatly ran into the elevator that went to the bottom floor. He then tried charging up the stairs, occasionally firing his pistol at us. I just put a few bottlecap mines on the stairs and waited

>fight through waves of gunners to get to a courser
>coursers built up as this epic enemy
>the pinnacle of institute technology, better than you in every way
>enter the room, prepared for the most difficult fight of my life
>this faggot immediately goes invisible
>uses the same wussy ass laser pistol that all standard gen 1 shitbox synths use
>it sizzles uselessly against my power armour
>put minigun away in disappointment
>calmly walk up to the still invisible courser
>even in this last moment he is still too cowardly to reveal himself
>beat him to death with my bare hands

Yeah Coursers are kind of shit.

Well technically your hands wouldn't be bare if you're wearing power armor.
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Postby Licana » Wed Mar 16, 2016 5:05 pm

Bare as in without held weapons; wasn't going to waste my time getting out of the armour to fight an enemy as worthless and dishonourable as this.

Also, point still stands, coursers are kind of pussies.
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Puzikas wrote:Gulf War One was like Slapstick: The War. Except, you know, up to 40,000 people died.

Vitaphone Racing wrote:Never in all my years have I seen someone actually quote the dictionary and still get the definition wrong.

Husseinarti wrote:
Vitaphone Racing wrote:Do lets. I really want to hear another explanation about dirty vaginas keeping women out of combat, despite the vagina being a self-cleaning organ.

So was the M-16.

Senestrum wrote:How are KEPs cowardly? Surely the "real man" would in fact be the one firing giant rods of nuclear waste at speeds best described as "hilarious".

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Postby Alvecia » Wed Mar 16, 2016 5:06 pm

Licana wrote:Bare as in without held weapons; wasn't going to waste my time getting out of the armour to fight an enemy as worthless and dishonourable as this.

Also, point still stands, coursers are kind of pussies.

Sweet looking armour though. Very Blade.

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Postby Barboneia » Wed Mar 16, 2016 5:07 pm

Licana wrote:Bare as in without held weapons; wasn't going to waste my time getting out of the armour to fight an enemy as worthless and dishonourable as this.

Also, point still stands, coursers are kind of pussies.

Yeah, you know they suck when they get demoted to being standard enemies during the quest where you have to defend the Castle from the Institute.
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Postby Licana » Wed Mar 16, 2016 5:09 pm

Alvecia wrote:Sweet looking armour though. Very Blade.


Very worthless, functionally, too.
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Puzikas wrote:Gulf War One was like Slapstick: The War. Except, you know, up to 40,000 people died.

Vitaphone Racing wrote:Never in all my years have I seen someone actually quote the dictionary and still get the definition wrong.

Husseinarti wrote:
Vitaphone Racing wrote:Do lets. I really want to hear another explanation about dirty vaginas keeping women out of combat, despite the vagina being a self-cleaning organ.

So was the M-16.

Senestrum wrote:How are KEPs cowardly? Surely the "real man" would in fact be the one firing giant rods of nuclear waste at speeds best described as "hilarious".

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Postby Benomia 3 » Wed Mar 16, 2016 5:11 pm

Wait so is it actually supposed to be pronounced like ['kɜrsər] or [ˈkɔrsər]? It's spelled like the latter but most characters seem to say the former.
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Postby Czechanada » Wed Mar 16, 2016 6:28 pm

I wonder what Beno would be like as a computer game villain.
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Postby Mirakai » Wed Mar 16, 2016 7:12 pm

Licana wrote:
Alvecia wrote:Sweet looking armour though. Very Blade.


Very worthless, functionally, too.

Ballistic Weave makes it amazing
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Postby Licana » Wed Mar 16, 2016 7:13 pm

Mirakai wrote:
Licana wrote:
Very worthless, functionally, too.

Ballistic Weave makes it amazing

Not really.

The clothing that can accept Ballistic Weave and a full armour set are amazing.
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Puzikas wrote:Gulf War One was like Slapstick: The War. Except, you know, up to 40,000 people died.

Vitaphone Racing wrote:Never in all my years have I seen someone actually quote the dictionary and still get the definition wrong.

Husseinarti wrote:
Vitaphone Racing wrote:Do lets. I really want to hear another explanation about dirty vaginas keeping women out of combat, despite the vagina being a self-cleaning organ.

So was the M-16.

Senestrum wrote:How are KEPs cowardly? Surely the "real man" would in fact be the one firing giant rods of nuclear waste at speeds best described as "hilarious".

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Postby Mirakai » Wed Mar 16, 2016 7:15 pm

Licana wrote:
Mirakai wrote:Ballistic Weave makes it amazing

Not really.

The clothing that can accept Ballistic Weave and a full armour set are amazing.

Don't forgot Ballistic Weave Hat. But yes, Ballistic Weave clothing + Full Armor = Godlike

I was just saying that Ballistic Weaved Courser Uniform is pretty good on its own though
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Postby Licana » Wed Mar 16, 2016 7:19 pm

I wouldn't really call it amazing if it's one of the worse things you can apply ballistic weave to, though. :/

The fact that Ballistic Weave alone makes it "good" doesn't really qualify it for much in my book. A lot of items can accept ballistic weaves, and many of them are far more functional than the Courser Uniform.
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>American education
[19:21] <Lubyak> I want to go and wank all over him.
Puzikas wrote:Gulf War One was like Slapstick: The War. Except, you know, up to 40,000 people died.

Vitaphone Racing wrote:Never in all my years have I seen someone actually quote the dictionary and still get the definition wrong.

Husseinarti wrote:
Vitaphone Racing wrote:Do lets. I really want to hear another explanation about dirty vaginas keeping women out of combat, despite the vagina being a self-cleaning organ.

So was the M-16.

Senestrum wrote:How are KEPs cowardly? Surely the "real man" would in fact be the one firing giant rods of nuclear waste at speeds best described as "hilarious".

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Postby Mirakai » Wed Mar 16, 2016 7:22 pm

Licana wrote:I wouldn't really call it amazing if it's one of the worse things you can apply ballistic weave to, though. :/

The fact that Ballistic Weave alone makes it "good" doesn't really qualify it for much in my book. A lot of items can accept ballistic weaves, and many of them are far more function than the Courser Uniform.

None look as badass as the Courser Uniform though

I really hate how you can't apply Ballistic Weave to the Minuteman General's uniform
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Postby Licana » Wed Mar 16, 2016 7:27 pm

It's kind of hard to look Badass when you're half dead after a firefight due to non-optimal armour. :>>>

Especially since Fallout 4 requires a level of build optimization that exceeds that of New Vegas, in my opinion.
>American education
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Puzikas wrote:Gulf War One was like Slapstick: The War. Except, you know, up to 40,000 people died.

Vitaphone Racing wrote:Never in all my years have I seen someone actually quote the dictionary and still get the definition wrong.

Husseinarti wrote:
Vitaphone Racing wrote:Do lets. I really want to hear another explanation about dirty vaginas keeping women out of combat, despite the vagina being a self-cleaning organ.

So was the M-16.

Senestrum wrote:How are KEPs cowardly? Surely the "real man" would in fact be the one firing giant rods of nuclear waste at speeds best described as "hilarious".

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Postby Mirakai » Wed Mar 16, 2016 7:30 pm

Licana wrote:It's kind of hard to look Badass when you're half dead after a firefight due to non-optimal armour. :>>>

Especially since Fallout 4 requires a level of build optimization that exceeds that of New Vegas, in my opinion.

I never specifically optimized in either game and I'm doing just fine.

Admittedly I play on normal, but still, I'm not having too much trouble. I've done basically everything in my current New Vegas playthrough where I just randomly selected stuff as the situation warranted
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Postby Licana » Wed Mar 16, 2016 7:34 pm

I'm not talking about playing through the game on a low difficulty and getting by. You can do that in either game with a charisma bot build, if you think a game entirely about talking to people is fun. I'm talking about going around being a genuine badass.

By my standard of the word, this is impossible without at least a semi-optimized build in Fallout 4.
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>American education
[19:21] <Lubyak> I want to go and wank all over him.
Puzikas wrote:Gulf War One was like Slapstick: The War. Except, you know, up to 40,000 people died.

Vitaphone Racing wrote:Never in all my years have I seen someone actually quote the dictionary and still get the definition wrong.

Husseinarti wrote:
Vitaphone Racing wrote:Do lets. I really want to hear another explanation about dirty vaginas keeping women out of combat, despite the vagina being a self-cleaning organ.

So was the M-16.

Senestrum wrote:How are KEPs cowardly? Surely the "real man" would in fact be the one firing giant rods of nuclear waste at speeds best described as "hilarious".

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Postby Mirakai » Wed Mar 16, 2016 7:36 pm

Licana wrote:I'm not talking about playing through the game on a low difficulty and getting by. You can do that in either game with a charisma bot build, if you think a game entirely about talking to people is fun. I'm talking about going around being a genuine badass.

By my standard of the word, this is impossible without at least a semi-optimized build in Fallout 4.

There's a difference. I resolve at least 3/4s of my quests with my overwhelming speech skill/charisma stat. I like playing the game that way. Always preferred the nonviolent approach
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Postby Licana » Wed Mar 16, 2016 7:41 pm

And that's an approach that I don't judge for and the developers catered to openly in pretty much every fallout game.

I don't personally find it appealing, and tbh I don't think any character built around Charisma should ever be called anything close to "badass" due to how quickly they fall behind combat builds in terms of raw power.
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[19:21] <Lubyak> I want to go and wank all over him.
Puzikas wrote:Gulf War One was like Slapstick: The War. Except, you know, up to 40,000 people died.

Vitaphone Racing wrote:Never in all my years have I seen someone actually quote the dictionary and still get the definition wrong.

Husseinarti wrote:
Vitaphone Racing wrote:Do lets. I really want to hear another explanation about dirty vaginas keeping women out of combat, despite the vagina being a self-cleaning organ.

So was the M-16.

Senestrum wrote:How are KEPs cowardly? Surely the "real man" would in fact be the one firing giant rods of nuclear waste at speeds best described as "hilarious".

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Postby Wisconsin9 » Wed Mar 16, 2016 9:19 pm

Barboneia wrote:
The Wolven League wrote:Thing is, I wasn't aware there was a limit to how many chems you gave her, so I was down to the psycho option. I gave it to her, and she gave me the code, but when she died, I reloaded a save and convinced her to get clean.

You should have just let the bitch die. She's one of the most annoying characters in vidya I've ever seen.

Maybe, but I think she was the group's bitchiness reservoir. Without her to keep shunting it all into the future, they all turn into the most pathetic bunch of miserable whining cunts on the planet.
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Postby Transoxthraxia » Wed Mar 16, 2016 10:08 pm

Wisconsin9 wrote:
Barboneia wrote:You should have just let the bitch die. She's one of the most annoying characters in vidya I've ever seen.

Maybe, but I think she was the group's bitchiness reservoir. Without her to keep shunting it all into the future, they all turn into the most pathetic bunch of miserable whining cunts on the planet.

Yeah, that whole initial group of militiamen are cancerous.
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"The King of Kings; this mighty City shows
"The wonders of my hand." The City's gone,
Nought but the Leg remaining to disclose
The site of this forgotten Babylon.

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Postby Wisconsin9 » Wed Mar 16, 2016 10:20 pm

Transoxthraxia wrote:
Wisconsin9 wrote:Maybe, but I think she was the group's bitchiness reservoir. Without her to keep shunting it all into the future, they all turn into the most pathetic bunch of miserable whining cunts on the planet.

Yeah, that whole initial group of militiamen are cancerous.

I tried killing them a couple of times. It would've been so satisfying, IF YOU HADN'T FUCKED IT UP, BETHESDA.
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Postby Transoxthraxia » Wed Mar 16, 2016 10:39 pm

Wisconsin9 wrote:
Transoxthraxia wrote:Yeah, that whole initial group of militiamen are cancerous.

I tried killing them a couple of times. It would've been so satisfying, IF YOU HADN'T FUCKED IT UP, BETHESDA.

the fact that sturges is invincible just proves the real threat of the synths
Where must we go, we who wander this wasteland, in search for our better selves?
In Egypt's sandy silence, all alone,
Stands a gigantic Leg, which far off throws
The only shadow that the Desert knows:—
"I am great OZYMANDIAS," saith the stone,
"The King of Kings; this mighty City shows
"The wonders of my hand." The City's gone,
Nought but the Leg remaining to disclose
The site of this forgotten Babylon.

We wonder, and some Hunter may express
Wonder like ours, when thro' the wilderness
Where London stood, holding the Wolf in chace,
He meets some fragment huge, and stops to guess
What powerful but unrecorded race
Once dwelt in that annihilated place.
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Postby Imperial isa » Thu Mar 17, 2016 1:58 am

Transoxthraxia wrote:
Wisconsin9 wrote:Maybe, but I think she was the group's bitchiness reservoir. Without her to keep shunting it all into the future, they all turn into the most pathetic bunch of miserable whining cunts on the planet.

Yeah, that whole initial group of militiamen are cancerous.

As those four aren't militiamen to start with they are what left of the town.
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Postby Benomia 3 » Thu Mar 17, 2016 3:03 am

Licana wrote:And that's an approach that I don't judge for and the developers catered to openly in pretty much every fallout game.

I don't personally find it appealing, and tbh I don't think any character built around Charisma should ever be called anything close to "badass" due to how quickly they fall behind combat builds in terms of raw power.


This is why I always invest everything into Luck and Barter.
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Postby Wisconsin9 » Thu Mar 17, 2016 4:42 am

Transoxthraxia wrote:
Wisconsin9 wrote:I tried killing them a couple of times. It would've been so satisfying, IF YOU HADN'T FUCKED IT UP, BETHESDA.

the fact that sturges is invincible just proves the real threat of the synths

They're all invincible, and all it does is prove that Obsidian are better at making RPGs than Bethesda.

I mean, seriously, what the hell is the point of these mopey fucks being essential for the entire fucking game?
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Postby The Huskar Social Union » Thu Mar 17, 2016 4:54 am

Wisconsin9 wrote:
Transoxthraxia wrote:
the fact that sturges is invincible just proves the real threat of the synths

They're all invincible, and all it does is prove that Obsidian are better at making RPGs than Bethesda.

I mean, seriously, what the hell is the point of these mopey fucks being essential for the entire fucking game?

Haha, could they have picked a worse image for Jun
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