And lo On Wed, 11 Feb 2009 02:27:17 -0000, Chambers  
<ben### [at] pacificwebguycom> did spake thusly:

> On 2/10/2009 8:55 AM, Phil Cook v2 wrote:
>> Annoyingly on Very Hard you get 150% of the experience for killing
>> someone; although they're much tougher this means I've hit level 20
>> already. I can still get killed (Talon Company especially are unpleasant
>> in packs), but it means Radscorpions and the like are just a nuisance
>> and waste of ammo; heck I'm using the Shishkebab and the Deathclaw
>> Gauntlet on them to save ammo.
>
> You know, I played as a completely good character, and I was so strapped  
> for cash that I never did get around to buying plans for custom weapons  
> (so I never made any of them).

There were three of four schematics for each weapon and most were either  
sat on a desk or given as a quest reward. I recall the bottlecap mine was  
a reward from Moira for Minefield, the Shishkebab from Vince for Blood  
Ties, and the Dart Gun from Hannibal for Head of State. Damn I don't know  
how you could play without the Dart Gun, particularly at harder  
difficulties; that was my default weapon - totally silent so no real  
problem if you miss, cripples most creatures legs so they can't chase you  
(essential for the Deathclaws), and poisons them over time. Heck I've shot  
a Raider and watched his health drop as he staggered around, then when he  
keeled over dead watched other Raiders come out of cover to check his body  
and shot them too.

Money-wise I never had a problem after I'd cleaned out the Super-Duper  
Mart of everything including tin cans, I just filled my pockets and dumped  
everything in one of the Nuka-Cola machines outside repeated until the  
store was empty then fast-travelled back and forth between there and  
Megaton and sold everything to either Moira, Gob, or the Doc. Anything  
left over when they'd run out of money I dumped in a locker in my house.  
If you don't want the running you can do the same in Megaton there's a ton  
of stuff just lying around. After that I just picked up items for weapon  
building or low weight to high-value items such as cartons of cigarettes  
(2:50) or vodka (1:20). Sugar Bombs can be sold at the Seneca station  
(1:15/30) and Pre-war books at Arlington Library (1:100). Apparently there  
are 111 of the later so that's 11,100 potential caps.

-- 
Phil Cook

--
I once tried to be apathetic, but I just couldn't be bothered
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