Fallout 3 - Today's the day!

[Enforcer]

The Dart Gun custom weapon is a big help against Deathclaws. One shot cripples the legs, which gives you the time needed to kill it with bullets before it gets to you. Headshots in VATS with the Combat Shotgun do the trick.

 

[DonTadow]

Are Deathclaws easy to kill? Encountered one while trailing an Outcast patrol. The pair in their armor got easily shredded by it but managed to weaken it for me to finish the creature.

Besides Rad Regeneration and Hemo ... the one where you can use blood pack like purified water for healing oneself ... what other bonus perks out there?

I use bottlecap mines for them. They are very agresive and make it real easy to set a trap. Then i finish them off with a shotgun blast to the head (from a distance).

 

[Shayuri]

I have found a sneak headshot with Lincoln is a good way to soften them up before pouring a clip of Chinese Assault Rifle into their faces.

Combat Shotty also does good.

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Or alien blasterage. If you can spare the ammo.

 

[Ranger REG]

If that one spoiler for the name of the relic hunter is any indication, I am guessing that Fallout 3 continues the tradition of being rife with pop culture references?

There are a lot of references which I would call them easter eggs in the game.

The settlement of Arefu is a reference to the little village near Dracula's castle.

 

[Ranger REG]

The Dart Gun custom weapon is a big help against Deathclaws. One shot cripples the legs, which gives you the time needed to kill it with bullets before it gets to you. Headshots in VATS with the Combat Shotgun do the trick.

Oh, great. Now I have to find the schematics for a Dart Gun.

So, aside from the bonus perks you get for finishing certain quests, what are your top 5 favorites?

 

[EricNoah]

I have so many of those Galaxy News Radio songs stuck in my head ... the one going through my head now is "I'm Tickled Pink." Driving me crazy!

 

[andargor]

Oh, great. Now I have to find the schematics for a Dart Gun.

So, aside from the bonus perks you get for finishing certain quests, what are your top 5 favorites?

Action Boy
Better Criticals
Commando
Sniper
Grim Reaper's Sprint

Do NOT take Here and Now, you'll hit the cap too quickly.

If you want the full list (including SPOILERS): http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Fallout_3_perks

 

[Enforcer]

Action Boy and Grim Reaper's Spirit are both waaay awesome. Educated and Comprehension are both quite nice too. You can never have too many skill points.

 

[Silverblade The Ench]

Deathclaws:
there's a named sniper rifle, NOT the "reservist's", that knocks enemies down on a crit, so, sneak shot = auto crit, = automatically knock deathclaws on their arse, and easy to kill, hehe!
as a hint, you need 100 lockpick skill to get that rifle and it's West of Arefu...

Yes bottlecap mines are great vs deathclaws + dart gun.
Efficient way to do it is this:
Position companion tell them to "wait", sneak forward, put down mines, pull the deathclaw with dart gun, stand up, and run, so he follows quickly, as sneak can make them lose you at times.
By time it gets to you, mines and companion will have ganked it.

Another VERY good tip is: when playing if you aren't sure what will occur when you shoot an enemy, open a door or whatever, put mines down around places enemies may come from, say, side doors, or aorund your position.

Hinty spoiler:
The teddy bear in the cage is so cute...he waves at you, his friend, though....


Oh, there is an UBER named Chinese assault rifle in game: Xualong assualt rifle, iirc. ANd of course, the MIRV Fatman!
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Museum of technology, a terminal will give a message, and you have to find 3 terminals with #001, #002 and #003 and aswer, in any order and get all right
if done, go to place it says and find dead raider with chinese assualt rifle with 36 shot clip and +50% damage or so!

MIRV fatman is...sick, lol!! 8 mininukes in 1 shot!! Fire it up high so they spread out and slaughter EVERY damned thing!

find all 5 "Keller" tapes, head ot the national guard armory, go through it all, you come out in a seemingly pointless area up top, where oyu can only jump back down to the exit...there's a switch up there that opens up an area below, you NEED the keller tapes, all of them,to go through the doors.
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Also, there's a satellite tower that, if you do stuff, will call down a multiple nuclear strike...

this game rules!

 

[Shayuri]

Went on a major exploration/conquest binge last night...found a bunch of new named weapons. Some of y'all may know these already...

[sblock=Special weapons]Blackhawk - Scoped Magnum, 58 damage at 100 Small Guns and fully repaired: Bring Agatha (violin lady) a book of sheet music. I found mine in the Academy near Evergreen Mills. Bunch of supermutants in there...and there's a stage set. Off to one side there's a set of music stands, and the sheet music is on the floor there.

Terrible Shotgun - Combat Shotgun, 82 (!!) damage at 100 Small Guns and full repair: In Evergreen Mills, owned by one of the raiders in the "bar" area. Just search all the bodies.

Xuanlong Assault Rifle - Chinese Assault Rifle, 65 damage at 100 SG and full repair: The Metro center to the west of Vault 101. Just sitting in the diner on the body of some guy called Prime. Easiest gun in the game.

Vengeance - Laser Gatling Gun, 111 (!!!!) damage at 100 Energy and about 4/5ths repair: At the far end of the Deathclaw Sanctuary, in a pool of radioactive water that's been stained red with the blood of all the bodies lying in it...this weapon not only does more damage than the alien blaster, but it's VERY rapid firing. I gunned down the last deathclaw with it before it even had a chance to leap at me. Uses Electron Charge Packs, so save those suckers up![/sblock]