On Tue, 16 Feb 2010 09:23:51 +1030, David
wrote:
>I regularly read the group but there is little traffic and not much
>worth a reply. I occasionally read the Nexus forums
>
>http://www.fallout3nexus.com/modules/login/index.php?redirect=/modules/register/do_register.php
>
>as well and use that site for downloading various mods.
>
>Bring up a subject worthy of discussion and I will certainly join in.
Fair enough. I did go check out the Nexus site and forums, and they
look interesting and a bit more populated. But while I'm here, I'll
toss out a couple of my main questions.
I have the basic gameplay pretty well down, and I've gotten several
chars up to 20. Haven't finished the main storyline yet with any of
them, there's way too much to do and see still in the base game,
before I hit the 'done' button and move on to any of the DLC. I'm not
a very linear guy anyway, which is one of the reasons I love this game
so much
Always being curious about underlying game mechanics, I've studied the
wikis and such to try to get the lowdown on how stats and stuff work
in the game, but most of it doesn't really tell you much... just
mirrors what the game itself tells you, if you bother to read and do
basic math. Some things that I can't seem to find anywhere in the
wikis, is info on crit percentages and the 'hidden' SPECIAL bonuses
which I suspect do exist, and aren't defined in the game literature
anywhere I can see.
Regarding crit percentages, is there any way of telling/knowing what
your base underlying crit% is, ingame? I know that you gain bonuses to
your crit% from one or more perks and the Luck stat, and perhaps other
things you aquire ingame that I'm unaware of yet... but reading in a
wiki that the Finesse perk adds 5% crit, doesn't tell me a lot unless
I know what my actual total crit% is beforehand. I mean, if my crit%
is already like 40% or something, then 5% from a perk is much less
important than if my base was only 5-10% to begin with!
I'm used to games where you can find out most of your base stats, so
you know what you're dealing with. Curious George
And regarding the SPECIAL stats, their tooltips and the info I can
find about them, is pretty minimal. For instance, Agility- affects
small guns and sneak, and increases available VATS points. Ok, you can
see the obvious affects that putting a point into agility does... you
get 2 pts each to sm. guns and sneak, and some Action points. But I
have this nagging hunch that there's a whole lot more to these SPECIAL
stats, the bonuses they provide, and the things they affect, than just
that. For instance, how does your underlying crit% increase as you
level up, does it increase, and if it increases, does putting more
points in Agility affect that increase?
This is just the tip of the iceberg of all of the questions on this
kind of stuff that are rolling around in my brain during gameplay,
regarding how the game really works. If you have any knowledge along
these lines, or know of any truly informative links about this kind of
stuff, I'd be very grateful for your sharing, thanks!
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