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Random encounters
Uncle Mike:
--- Quote from: Wyzack on September 01, 2010, 05:17:35 AM ---I dont know if it is just me, but i have been encountering almost zero brahmin around the "noob" area (NCR, Junktown, Hub) and this absolutly sucks for new players, as we cant even make tents. was it intentional, or am i just unlucky?
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Yesterday i was looking for brahmins around NCR for half an hour, found nothing and eventually got killed by a group of players. Several minutes after this, my friend encountered "cows" just after he left NCR.
Later I`ve managed to gather all 10 hides in 15 minutes wandering solo through area near Hub.
Yes there is still chance to find brahmins around NCR. But maybe players should try looking around other cities, not only NCR.
Trokanis:
The remnants of the Master's Army, really shouldn't be popping up near Boneyard. I know the Cathedral was there but it was mostly full of humans, and in the lower sections only a few big guys. Also it makes it near impossible to get through there and get any XP, you ever try going up against a rocket launcher to get kills on molerats and dogs. Guess who's gonna kill them.
San Fran, EXTREMELY difficult to travel around!!! A friend and I were doing the train quest we're both 4th lvl, and he had 75% outdoorsman and we were getting encounters every 2 [tiny] dots. And the first was centaurs floaters and tough aliens, we managed to just barely get out, next was Mercs, who managed to 2 hit us from ACROSS the screen, well out of our attack range with their one Energy Pistol. From then on we respawned near San Fran, and hit EVERY encounter not a single one with the option to avoid. And until we passed Vault 13 it was ALL Centaur, Floater, Aliens. 2 more deaths later respawning [you guessed it] San Fran, we made it to NCR. I know the need for higher powered encounters but I really don't think they should be in the MAIN path between towns.
There is NO chance for low level people to get anywhere with how slow the travel is, and with even 75% OD, being stuck in encounters more than 5 times in a square. We couldn't even get the option to avoid RATS...
Slaver Snipe:
Tbh i didn't have any trouble finding the brahmin hides i needed but then again i hate populated cities so i farmed them near modoc.
Solar:
--- Quote from: Trokanis on September 01, 2010, 11:38:58 AM ---The remnants of the Master's Army, really shouldn't be popping up near Boneyard. I know the Cathedral was there but it was mostly full of humans, and in the lower sections only a few big guys. Also it makes it near impossible to get through there and get any XP, you ever try going up against a rocket launcher to get kills on molerats and dogs. Guess who's gonna kill them.
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Cathedral area is now full of mutants too. I explained a few posts ago:
--- Quote ---As for where Masters stuff occurs, it comes from the Masters vault - I tried to have a logical spread of things - certain raider groups occur centred on an imagined raiders base for example. These groups are currently identical, but will change over time.
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Mutants come from the Cathedral and go towards Mariposa in one direction and NCR (Where I imagine they are having a war with NCR - Hense the army encounter) and up to Lost Hills where they meet the BoS (I think I had some areas where BoS and Mutants overlapped :))
As for SF, there are plenty of areas where its pretty safe to be a level 4 guy. The entire map doesn't need to be built with them in mind.
The roll vs Outdoors might need to be looked at now that we have new difficulties in zones, but I doubt its far off.
Trokanis:
Hate to break it to you but we both took 2 different paths away from San Fran and it didn't matter they were ALL filled with higher power mobs. And now with the seriously messed world map travel and the sheer amount of random encounters the chances of you falling into an encounter with other players is some much more. And yeah you pop in and they get 2 if not more turns before you do, no matter your Perception or perks, and guess what you're dead.
As far as the Masters army. ok so they were created in Mariposa and sent to Cathedral one that was 70+ years ago, and 2 with the amount of them there, all they do is take away from players. Should the whole map be geared towards low lvls? No but something should be done to at least [Help] lower lvls be able to survive. 12 hours into game post wipe and I am only lvl 4 and have 1 pistol no caps and 15 rounds of ammo to my name. I know others are doing better and some are doing worse. There will always be a curve but at least before the wipe lowbies had a chance. You didn't dare go out and play without a weapon and armor, now that doesn't even matter.
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