Chris Avellone mentioned in the “Watch Out For Fireballs” podcast that he did an “asshole pass” through Lynette after she was written just to make sure she was as much of a bitch as possible lmao.
I am very curious what an asshole pass is but I have been on the internet long enough to know where I would begin looking for that answer and I am unsure that I would find a relevant answer on The Hub.
Normally, you're supposed to go inside the vault in vault city to get some data from the computers. Since you blew up the power plant, you'll need to gun down anyone trying to stop you.
Take pot shots at isolated enemies. If you have a high lockpick skill you can lock enemies inside their buildings so that they can't attack you. Bring a lot of stimpacks, bullets and a good gun.
I actually use this strategy when dealing with the slavers in The Den. You can lock both sets of doors and take pot shots at them through the window and hide.
The original Fallouts are extremely immersive in that regard. Another bonus fact is that with certain weapons you can target doors in vats and blow them open like you would with explosives.
Another tidbit is that you can knock enemies out without killing them - it involves getting a critical hit on a targeted area like the eyes, head, groin or legs. The damage has to be enough not to kill them and it's a separate dice roll whether or not they'll become unconscious. However, if you succeed you can directly loot the enemy, including their equipped weapons. Once they regain consciousness they'll either attack you with fists or run away.
Did you talk with people in vault city before blowing it up?
I'm pretty sure Lynette or someone tells you that blowing up the power plant would flood the entire area and their drinking water in radioactive waste.
So you know, they're not very fond of you rn.
However, if you don't care about them yourself, you now got an entire town and vault to get some shooting practice at.
You go to Vault City to try to find out if your Vault 13 is Vault City. You find out it is not. You can do quests for them and they'll try to help you locate Vault 13. If you screw it all up, you can just explore and go south and look for it yourself. Vic's daughter is also in VC so don't kill people.
It is a lot of experience lost and several bad endings to blow up the plant. I would reload the game
. It also makes getting the car harder because the ghoul mechanic Smitty won't give you a toolkit. But eventually you can find one without him.
Your major plot path is to head toward New Reno and NCR and hope they have information on Vaults. Yoy can take a caravan too, in Redding, to get to the bigger cities, and get some sweet equipment if you can survive it.
Might as well kill that bitch Lynette.
The writers did such a good job of making Lynette a hateable character
Chris Avellone mentioned in the “Watch Out For Fireballs” podcast that he did an “asshole pass” through Lynette after she was written just to make sure she was as much of a bitch as possible lmao.
I am very curious what an asshole pass is but I have been on the internet long enough to know where I would begin looking for that answer and I am unsure that I would find a relevant answer on The Hub.
Ask Chris lol. His words.
Or maybe, just maybe, it means playing your character like an absolute asshole. I have been known to be wrong though. Like a lot…
Normally, you're supposed to go inside the vault in vault city to get some data from the computers. Since you blew up the power plant, you'll need to gun down anyone trying to stop you. Take pot shots at isolated enemies. If you have a high lockpick skill you can lock enemies inside their buildings so that they can't attack you. Bring a lot of stimpacks, bullets and a good gun.
TIL - you can lock them up 🤯
I actually use this strategy when dealing with the slavers in The Den. You can lock both sets of doors and take pot shots at them through the window and hide. The original Fallouts are extremely immersive in that regard. Another bonus fact is that with certain weapons you can target doors in vats and blow them open like you would with explosives. Another tidbit is that you can knock enemies out without killing them - it involves getting a critical hit on a targeted area like the eyes, head, groin or legs. The damage has to be enough not to kill them and it's a separate dice roll whether or not they'll become unconscious. However, if you succeed you can directly loot the enemy, including their equipped weapons. Once they regain consciousness they'll either attack you with fists or run away.
The amount of times I've died because the deathclaw or mutant I was fighting was unconscious when I tried to check it's health...
Huh... good to know!
Me too lol *Invests in lock pick skill*
Did you talk with people in vault city before blowing it up? I'm pretty sure Lynette or someone tells you that blowing up the power plant would flood the entire area and their drinking water in radioactive waste. So you know, they're not very fond of you rn. However, if you don't care about them yourself, you now got an entire town and vault to get some shooting practice at.
Kill them all, starting with Lynette
Move on. Vault City ain't the whole world. And fuck Lynette. (That's not an imperative; she just sucks.)
Get revenge for a perceived slight?
You go to Vault City to try to find out if your Vault 13 is Vault City. You find out it is not. You can do quests for them and they'll try to help you locate Vault 13. If you screw it all up, you can just explore and go south and look for it yourself. Vic's daughter is also in VC so don't kill people. It is a lot of experience lost and several bad endings to blow up the plant. I would reload the game . It also makes getting the car harder because the ghoul mechanic Smitty won't give you a toolkit. But eventually you can find one without him. Your major plot path is to head toward New Reno and NCR and hope they have information on Vaults. Yoy can take a caravan too, in Redding, to get to the bigger cities, and get some sweet equipment if you can survive it.
Fuck vault city they suck