Fallout 3 - Today's the day!

[Enforcer]

To get the Talon Mercs to stop hunting you, drop your Karma significantly. They hate good guys.

When I played through the first time I loved the Talon Mercs though. I'd Quick Travel somewhere and there'd be a squad of black-clad XP/Equipment carrying goons to kill. Better than delivery!

 

[DonTadow]

To get the Talon Mercs to stop hunting you, drop your Karma significantly. They hate good guys.

When I played through the first time I loved the Talon Mercs though. I'd Quick Travel somewhere and there'd be a squad of black-clad XP/Equipment carrying goons to kill. Better than delivery!

lol me 2. i love those guys, they always have pricy laser rifles and combat armor to repair my own.

 

[andargor]

So laser rifle shots penetrate through MG's body armor like a bullet through apple?

I'm biased 'cause I went energy weapons, I am not sure the Gutsy has a particular vulnerability to these. However, shooting at the tracking sensors seemed to do more damage and shooting the combat chip (or whatever its called) on the back side puts a bot in a confused frenzy. Kind of like a confusion spell.

Yes, they are a pain at the lower levels.

 

[Enforcer]

Combat Shotgun at close range will mess anything up, including Mister Gutsy, in my experience.

 

[D.Shaffer]

They announced that they're releasing the mod tools soon.
They're actually caling it the GECK. Color me amused.
Some new missions too, including one with a 'Play after wthe storyline is over' modifications. Hopefully this will also change the horrible forced ending.

Fallout 3: Creation Kit, DLC Hits Fallout 3

 

[Shayuri]

Well, the Talon Company has a base at a Fort in the southwest of Megaton...though I forget it's name...

It's a tough fight. I'm not SURE that this gets them off your back either, because I did it just before I went on to finish the game.

Personally, after the first two or three ambushes, I was using so much of their gear that I started to depend on them attacking me to get their stuff so I could maintain my gear. Just be super careful on level transitions...go into sneak before exiting to the Capital Wasteland, and you'll buy yourself some time to hit them first usually.

 

[Felon]

I'm playing through again as an evil guy, and instead of Small Guns and Energy Weapons I'm doing Sneak and Unarmed. With one rank of Iron Fist and a 50% Condition Spiked Knuckles I'm knocking down Super Mutants in about 3-4 hits, and damn can I punch FAST.

So yes, Unarmed is totally viable in this game, though it is nice to have Jericho back me up with his assault rifle...

Heh. If I were you, I'd be making a beeline for a Fisto stat. Lemme know if you want a spoiler on where to get one.

 

[Rackhir]

I was using so much of their gear that I started to depend on them attacking me to get their stuff so I could maintain my gear.

Yeah, you can also use their armor to repair the combat armor you get from saving the mercs. Which seems to be the best non- powered armor. But be careful you don't wind up using the merc armor to repair some of the Talon armor. That sucked and cost me a good hour or two of backtracking.

 

[Shayuri]

Oooo, yeah...that'd be bad.

And honestly, the Ranger armor is better than most power armor. Even when I had fully repaired Enclave armor at my disposal, I could only beat the Ranger armor with Tesla suits, and even then only fully repaired ones.

I'll have to get the tb51 power armor my next time around. I understand it's better than normal...

 

[Enforcer]

Heh. If I were you, I'd be making a beeline for a Fisto stat. Lemme know if you want a spoiler on where to get one.

You mean the Power Fist? Yeah, I know where to get one. Not sure I'll need it though. I do want to make a Deathclaw Gauntlet this time around though.