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AnomanderRake13·11/26/2025

Oh, that's great to know, thanks! I always tried running from them because I thought it would turn everyone hostile.

AnomanderRake13·11/26/2025 in Fallout 3/New Vegas

Spoilers for the Beyond the Beef quest.

I want to follow the quest the "proper" way instead of just running and gunning, however, whenever I get to the matchbox scene, the two White Glove goons that investigate the room keep turning hostile. I've even tried using a stealth boy, evading them, and heading to the steam room, but still track me down. I don't have any hidden weapons on me (low stealth build, yay), but even if I did, I don't want to turn this into a shoot out. I want to follow the quest leads.

For background, I talked to Mortimer and lied that I knew what he was up to and then lied again that I would help him. He gave me some other leads, but he still gave me the key, so I thought I could explore the room without being attacked.

Do the White Gloves always turn hostile at that point? If so, how do I trigger the steam room conversation and continue the quest?

Also, what's your favorite way to complete the quest? I'm intrigued by pulling the switcheroo on Mortimer.

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AnomanderRake13·9/24/2024

Tony would probably create the highest standard of living, but I could see him becoming a tyrant.

Steve would be the most moral, but I don't know how he'd rebuild civilization.

If you had a village, I'd rather Steve be in charge. If you have a city or nation, I'd rather Tony rule.

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AnomanderRake13·9/20/2024

Last game I played was New Vegas, so I think he'll be fine as long as he goes the long route

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AnomanderRake13·8/27/2024

Are there any locations in NV outside the map? Or does thst only occur in 4?

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AnomanderRake13·7/9/2024

4 is the most newbie-friendly. It's a great way to get familiar with Fallout. It's main story isn't the strongest, but the exploration and gunplay is a lot of fun, and it's more user-friendly than 3 or New Vegas.

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AnomanderRake13·7/3/2024

@Fallout Fazbear you can finish the game with the Railroad or BOS friendly with the Minutemen if you play it right. I might be wrong, but I think you can finish with the Institute allied with the Minutemen as well.

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AnomanderRake13·6/26/2024

@TinLicker46 don't forget about Dollywood in Pigeon Forge, TN. It's an entire amusement park dedicated to Dolly Parton. That would be a wild location in Fallout.

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AnomanderRake13·6/21/2024

All flying bugs. They're so hard to hit if you're not in VATS. And cazadores are brutal.

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AnomanderRake13·6/20/2024

4's story isn't great, but exploring the Commonwealth is excellent. Every building you can enter has some enemy, lore, or loot. Although downtown Boston crashes far too much.

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AnomanderRake13·6/19/2024

It depends on if you can keep the supply chain going. Drones are highly complex machines that require a lot of special parts (both mechanical and computer). So you need enough people with the resources, talent, and machinery to produce them. Then you have to have people who are skilled in using them. Then you have to have an organization large enough and rich enough to buy them.

Would a random raider group love to get their hands on a drone? Sure, absolutely. But most don't have anywhere near the resource or talent pool to make them.

The Institute might have the resources and knowledge, but they're already creating synths quite successfully. They have no need for drones. (Isn't there a conspiracy that the birds in the Commonwealth are Institute synths? Can't remember if that's confirmed or not).

Caesar's Legion might have need for drones, but I doubt they have the technical knowledge to produce them.

The BOS might have the knowledge and resources, but they seem to have a pretty small population spread throughout the country. I don't know if they have a large enough manufacturing base to pull it off. Besides, they seem pretty locked in on power armor.

The Enclave might make sense. I haven't played 3 yet.

Excluding the Enclave, the only faction that might have the resources, knowledge, manufacturing base, and need for drones is the NCR. I'm sure their soldiers would love to use those against Caesar's Legion. But in NV, we see that the NCR's supply lines are very precarious. Maybe they can do more in the heartland, but they can barely keep their frontline soldiers supplied with basic food, ammo, or medical supplies, much less high tech drones.

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AnomanderRake13·6/11/2024

Like everyone said, cars exist canonically, but not in game. However, I'd like to make another point. Cars require quite a bit of infrastructure to be practical. You have to get all the resources, make a factory to mass produce them, then you need to make sure there are usable roads and enough fuel stations that are regularly supplied. Even if you have all that, you have to have a consumer base which needs cars and has enough resources to buy them. Based on most of the places we've explored, there just isn't the economic or industrial base to support an automotive industry.

I know canonically, the cities we visit are much larger than they appear in-game, but still, where would a resident of Diamond City go in a car? Most of Boston is a warzone with junk littering the roads, and it's not worth driving around inside Diamon City's walls. I haven't played 3, but I believe Megatron and Rivet City have similar issues.

New Vegas is actually big enough that you could use cars inside the Strip and the surrounding areas, but the roads are awful, and people seem to make do well enough by walking.

The only place I'm aware of that has the safety, stability, and infrastructure to make cars viable is the interior of the NCR, at least before whatever happened between New Vegas and the TV show.

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AnomanderRake13·6/4/2024

I played 4 first, and I never listened to the radio. It just annoyed me. But now that I'm playing New Vegas, I love listening to the radio. When I replay 4, I'll give the radio another shot.

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AnomanderRake13·5/24/2024

I like D&D. How's the Fallout TTRPG?

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AnomanderRake13·5/20/2024

I want Fallout 5 more than a NV remake, but I don't want it in NY. NY is so over played, and I think it would feel too much like Boston and DC. There have been a lot of other ideas thrown out that I would much rather have like Florida, New Orleans, Texas Triangle (Dallas, Houston, Austin/San Antonio), Detroit/Great Lakes, Atlanta, Seattle/Pacific Northwest.

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AnomanderRake13·5/18/2024

A centaur would be wild

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AnomanderRake13·5/14/2024

It never feels empty. There's always some house to loot, some side quest to play, or some lore to read. You can enter a building, you're gauranteed to find something.

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AnomanderRake13·5/11/2024

It's my favorite Fallout game, but honestly, it's pretty ugly. And a lot of things are just empty. Maybe I'm spoiled because I started with 4, but every building in 4 has loot or stuff to find. A lot of times, I run to a group of abandoned trucks or an interesting farm, and there's just nothing in it.

Also, I like the idea of skills, but sometimes a quest boils down to just having the right skill and then clicking the corresponding dialogue choice. It's kind of anticlimactic.

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AnomanderRake13·5/6/2024

I like the Minutemen winning because it's fun imagining the good guys winning. But the Brotherhood winning better aligns with Fallout's vibes, and I think it makes the story more interesting.

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AnomanderRake13·5/5/2024

I loved how the vaults looked identical to the games. And I loved the absurd, over the top humor. It definitely understood the Fallout vibe.