Fallout 2 advice

[jabidas]

Can anyone give me a hint about what's a good path to take in this game? I don't mean a walkthrough but I find the whole thing so hopelessly vague Im not entirely sure what I should do.

What perks, weapons, tactics and stats are best? What type of character?

I know its really quite an old game at this stage and most people wont remember it much but I could use some help.

[Niadh]

Take gifted for a trait. This takes up all stats by 1, and drops skills by 10% but not really 10% as the stat increases fix them.

Always take good intelligence and charisma for getting more quests and skills.

Strength is good at 6 as it will be raised by items later in the game
Have good perception as this will let you use guns well, unless you pla non being a close combat beast.

ALWAYS ALWAYS take at least one tag skill as a shooting one, depending on wanted style.

You can get trained in unarmed and melee after the temple

You do not need to fight the guardian in there, just nick the key for more xp.

Small arms includes rifles, big ones is REALY big. Think rocket launchers and miniguns.

Energy weapons inlcude the energy pistols.

At teh start go through the temple and steal the key from the guard at the end. Kill as little as possible. After you have the suit go back in and kill, but rest when injured.

Good perception will let you get sharpened spears at teh start of the game.

Do all of the quests in the village at teh start of the game, these are good xp and rewards.

Learn what enemys to avoid and what is killable. Deathclaws are evil, any time. Rad scorpions can be taken with a mid-level gun.

AP rounds are not terribly good. They do not pierce armour any better, except for the rare needler AP rounds.

Watch you party, no resurections.

take a tag skill in shooting of a sort, possibly steal as it will let you get plenty of items and another skill.

outdoorsman will get lots of books to level it up in the game.
Watch out for chemistry and science journals. One raises science skill, other takes up space.

Being a slaver will cut off lots of later quests.

Do not be afraid to spread skill points around.

The perks that give you a bonus to a skill give a fixed percentage, take htem later when the levels are more expensive.

And avoid gettign married, it just means selling the spoues off to the slavers for me. Cruel yes, worth it hell yeah!

[jabidas]

Thanks Niadh! I was sort of vague about the game. One other question though around what level should I go to Reno or do Toxic waste caves quest. Currently am playing a thief type of charecter because I find steal so useful.

[Rimjaw]

Build up your Energy Weapons skill (regardless of wether you tag it or not). Its important later in the game.

Don't kill all the geckos in your village. Come back later after you learn ho skin them.

Money is scarce early in the game so please try to be thrifty.Please don't resort to gravedigging to ease your situation.

For perks the only two I even consider are Fast Shot and Bloody Mess. If you like taking targetted shots then don't pick Fast Shot. For perks I recommend 'Awareness' early in the game. Helps out during combat. Other good perks are Action Boy and Bonus Rate of Fire (later in the game).

The max limit of NPC that can join your party is equal to half your charisma.

Invest in Agility. It determines how many Action Points you get.

[Rimjaw]

Originally posted by jabidas: Thanks Niadh! I was sort of vague about the game. One other question though around what level should I go to Reno or do Toxic waste caves quest. Currently am playing a thief type of charecter because I find steal so useful.

Although Fallout 2 has a rather open ended gameplay. I recommend you go to the various towns in order of how near they are to each other. E.g:

Arroyo
Klamath & Toxic Caverns
Den
Modoc
Vault City & Gecko.
Etc.....

[Niadh]

Reno can be done at lower levels and get lots of XP, but carefull what boss you work for it makes the otehrs hate you.

I did the caves at lv 5-7 after i had a basic smg using 10mm ammo. I never took fast shot except for 1 time. I felt it better to make aimed shots later to stop things happening, like taking out someones arms to stop guns.

The more items stolen at once, the more xp earned. But if caught you get none.

When near vault city, move round the town to the north of it in all ajacent sqares. This will let you haev a quest finished when you get into vault city.

If not patched, be careful in Gecko a bug causes them to go hostile at random times.

Gamble will make you horribly rich if you invest in it.

if using a non-europe version you can kill all but one mob boss without firing a shot. This is rather rewarding i nthe end.

Bishop has the hardest quests in reno.

You can steal from some shops.

In NCR put on sneak and go to the shelves in the shop at the entrance. Steal from teh shelves using the skill.

If injured, do not be afraid to rest. Very few quests are time restricted.

[jabidas]

I didnt actually know you could rob graves so I will have to give it a try, and then reload. The percs I picked are the less criticals more melee damage one and the gifted one. Gifted because it made my life a lot easier when generating the charecter and the other because when I hit something I actually want impact.

[jabidas]

Cant wait to head to new reno then by the sounds of it.

[Niadh]

New Reno- a city of drugs, drink, sex, gangsters, porn studios, boxing, gambling, car thiefs and complete with its own church! Best little city in the world

[Rimjaw]

Yes, New Reno was the most fun of all the towns. If you want to be a good guy your gonna have to be careful there. But don't be in such a rush and take your time with the game.