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Other => FOnline:2238 Forum => Archives => Survival Guides / Game Help => Topic started by: Acieslol on April 08, 2010, 10:01:34 pm
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Hey fellow fonline players!
I'm in a bit of a trouble right here. I started playing this game 2 days ago and I'm really not sure how I want my character to be.
Being a sniper sounds nice to me, but I believe I will have some problems if I use this build:
5 Strength
10 Perception
6 Endurance
1 Charisma
5 Intelligence
6 Agility
8 Luck
Small Frame
Finesse
Tags:
Small Guns
First Aid
Outdoorsman
Okay.. since this is my first character, I need to know whether 1 charisma is going to give me big problems obtaining the armor and weapons that I need as well as to do quests and shop stuff. I currently have 0 friends playing this game so I won't get any help.
I have another question... if I change 10 perception to 8 perception and instead get 10 luck instead of 8, is it a good idea to use drugs?
I also want to ask another thing about drugs..
Let's say that I use drugs and boost my perception from 8 to 9 but get addicted and get 7 perception for some time instead. If I use cigarettes again let's say 10 minutes after I got addicted, will I get perception 8 or 9 then?
Is my intelligence too low for me to be able to craft any reasonable items? Is 6 agility good enough for a sniper?
Thanks alot for your help, feel free to answer any of my questions if you feel like it.
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There are already so many "I want to be a sniper" threads, that you should go seach. There is no problem to answer once, twice...but hundred times, in few days. Just use -sniper -small gunner -critical -build tags. Please.
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However.. the sniper threads seems to be more for those who already have mains and who are going to use the snipers as alts for PvP. The main reason for why I made this thread is because I wanted to know whether 1 charisma would make it very hard for me to obtain weapons and armor since I can't buy stuff in NCR.
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You can, at Rawhide saloon. But if you really want to "play", I strongly recommend you to take 3 cha, and 6-8 int to raise crafting skills, so that you can take at least lvl2 of any profession you like.
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(ok, 8 luck is waste, take 6, put those 2 into cha, 10 pe is waste if you are not the one who knows what his character is going to do, so take 8 and put those 2 into int, play one week and see what is for you and whats not)
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Hmm.. wouldn't it be a good idea to take 1 point from endurance and put in intelligence, and instead use mentats for getting professions? (And stick with the rest of my build)
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I have edited my post. And end should always be even (4-6-8-10).
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Alright, thanks alot for the help.. just what I needed. I'll try what you told me and if it doesn't suit me I'll adjust it later.. this way I atleast have a relatively proper build.
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don't listen! :) take S 5 P 8 E 4 C 1 I 7 A 6 L 10 small frame, (dump finesse), get your small guns at least to 230%, and outdoors to 100% should work then, for me it works fine. don't forget better criticals, more criticals and sharpshooter perks!
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Yeah then you would be able to
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Alright Kharaam.. sounds interesting. How would I level up and get stuff though? Crafting and using mentats to learn maybe SG2 or SG3 later on?
But how do I start off?
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Alright Kharaam.. sounds interesting. How would I level up and get stuff though? Crafting and using mentats to learn maybe SG2 or SG3 later on?
But how do I start off?
x1 mentat = questing till 4 or 5 lvl easy, also take quest "Join Raiders" instantly after you complete briefcase, because this quest can be in progress for ever, you can complete it later without returning to Metzger and worrying about reputation.
With high outdoorsman, when posting on forum, click to move your character somewhere on world map and press "alt+tab", alttab back if meet encounter, cancel it, and alttab again to forum. You'll get alot XP by this, if you're bored.
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But how do I start off?
Find a big faction willing to give you stuff. Otherwise you'll have a hard start with 1 CH and a strictly PvP-oriented build.
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with 1 CH
Mentat's price at NPC = 450 caps, it means he'll get 4-5 lvl instantly.
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Alright thanks for the help. I have one question though.. if I'm going with Kharaams build, what trait should I pick more than Small Frame? Chem resistant? Bloody mess?
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If he knows where to go to do them, where to go to find 450 caps, how not to die while buying them and how not to die while under thier effects.
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i took Kamikaze... AFAIK you can take one trait if you want... however bloody mess is funny :)
well a good advice is to find some buddies to play with, you help them as a good Sniper and in return they can help you with getting ammo and stuff.
Leveling up? first scorpions then pigrats, molerats till you are lvl 6-7 and have at least 120 SG (and a gun like Desert eagle, Magnum 44,Hunting Rifle...Shotgun will do too, but you will have to be cautious) then you go and hunt some little deathclaws (250XP each and only 50 HP, 15% resistance, threshold 2) this is really easy you don't even have to use FMJ ammo on them. You can make some XP on crafting (small guns)
Then kill other stuff and craft till you are level 21 :)
money? sell metal parts (trader pays 100)! easy to get easy to sell. (for me it is 900 caps every 20 minutes) and with some traders you don't need high barter to sell stuff for a good price.
make NCR your hometown, set a tent near it. don't belive or trust anyone. runaway if you see somebody. if you don't hunt then travel naked. don't take more than 150 ammo with you when hunting. get some healing powder(not the weak one)
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Do you normally play in realtime or in turnbased when you're on random encounters?
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Sounds like easy stroll, as always ;)
Do you normally play in realtime or in turnbased when you're on random encounters?
Play in tb, it is much easier to choose targets, who are on their way to you, and shot in thier faces.
And one more reason is real time is so laggy now.
And one more hint: try to look into their eyes to make eyeshots, I'm not kidding. If you will shot into back or from side you will always hit head.
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virus is right! TB is better :) read my upper post I added some more tips
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Yeah mining with small frame is pain, but you should be a ninja!
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Thanks a lot for all the responses.. wish there was a sticky with this kind of information. Haven't found information nearly as useful as this anywhere and I've looked, I can assure you...
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I can't mine if I'm at 5 strength? Do I need 6 strength to be able to mine with a sledgehammer?
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nope :) - i mean you don't need, you can mine with 5 STR- yeah weight limit will be a pain in the ass, but if you have abuddy who owns a brahmin then...
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No, ofc you will be able...to carry 4 iron ore at one time (6 with overweight AFAIK).
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you wont find any coz everyone have their own point of view and there is no golden way.
Having char like that - killer crafter and no/low drug user is hard.
Charisma 1 & barter - idd now without barter you can sell stuff to some NPC at good prices - problem is with 1 ch you can talk to v few traders (like 1/4rth of them ?) . And having smth to sell and finding trader that has caps on him are two different things ... But even then there is a way - you can grab some HQ ore and sell it to players (mining it aitn easy but you dont need anything part some hammer to get it)
Also another thing that having 3 charisma allows you to use a merc , merc while not being ownage is a nice help - you realy need some exp to tell how you find em.
not suggesting anything - just that probably every player has its own sniper build ^^
major disadvantage of build you are going with is fluffy amount of hp
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every player has its own sniper build ^^
how true, man, how true