Fallout 3

[Brill Weave]

Arn nobody outside of Columbus cares about Columbus.

[Karshe]

Ok, I finally caved and bought the GOTY addition. I started a new game since I haven't played Fallout in a while (instead of loading up a saved character and jumping right into DLC), but I'm unsure of when it's a good idea to actually start the content. Right now I'm only up to level 7 or 8 and I don't want to get owned in a DLC area by going there too soon. Any advice on when it's safe to dive in? I don't want to get owned horribly by aliens or swamp mutants by going there way too early.

[meeeeeep]

Ok, I finally caved and bought the GOTY addition. I started a new game since I haven't played Fallout in a while (instead of loading up a saved character and jumping right into DLC), but I'm unsure of when it's a good idea to actually start the content. Right now I'm only up to level 7 or 8 and I don't want to get owned in a DLC area by going there too soon. Any advice on when it's safe to dive in? I don't want to get owned horribly by aliens or swamp mutants by going there way too early.

If you're good/decent at fps you can go into Operation Anchorage at level 2 (Just after you leave the vault) Since O:A is pretty much FPS style.

I'd advise leaving Mothership Zeta until last since it's easily the hardest.

[Shojin]

I just finished Point Lookout and Broken Steel, both have been great add-ons. Oh, and Feral Ghoul Reavers are a fucking pain in the ass, that is all.

[Slott]

What, you dont like spazzy zombies flailing at you with invincibility? I left fawkes to tank them and ran like hell

[Shojin]

Fawkes helped, but I didn't like taking him to places with me because a lot of the time he'd steal my kills/do more damage and I wouldn't get any EXP for killing things, lol. Pretty much what I had to resort to was spamming them with the Plasma Rifle.

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Oh, and the Tesla Coil gun you get at the end of Broken Steel is amazing.

[Brill Weave]

The Tesla cannon is so broken it's ridiculous. You can drop Vertibirds in one shot with it, yet it takes 2 - 3 shots to drop a person. Something doesn't seem quite right there lol.

[Drunkenmonk]

i deleted my lvl 20/platinum save like a dumbass when i sold my original copy so now im starting over with the goty edition, any skills worth maxing for the add-on weapons/armor?

[TacoTaru]

i deleted my lvl 20/platinum save like a dumbass when i sold my original copy so now im starting over with the goty edition, any skills worth maxing for the add-on weapons/armor?

With the cap at level 30 there's really not anything you CAN'T cap if you're thorough with looking for skill books and bobbleheads.

[Kayatani]

Not knowing the cap was 20 when I first started, I wasted perks on stuff like Swift Learner and Here and Now, and I should still be able to cap all my skills by level 30. Shame I can't go back and change my perks to good stuff :\

[Shojin]

i deleted my lvl 20/platinum save like a dumbass when i sold my original copy so now im starting over with the goty edition, any skills worth maxing for the add-on weapons/armor?

Everything I have is at 100 except for Unarmed which is at something like 60, so you should be good. Just choose your perks more wisely now knowing that you'll have more levels to distribute more skill points.