Fallout 4 coming November 10th, 2015 : Jetpack-equipped power armor - Mandatory - Polidicks

[QUOTE=Dirf;48013750]How easy are pipboys to put on and take off? I always got the impression they were issued when you turn 10 and you can't get rid of them after that, which kinda goes along with the oppressive feel I got from vaults.[/QUOTE] For the user? Supposedly quite easy, due to the biometric lock. For other people? Your arm practically has to be chopped off and removed, or a technician disables the lock on the persons corpse. Considering that this is supposedly the military model or a special version of the pipboy 3000 this time, it may not have that biometric lock. (The display piece of the pipboy at E3 has the plaque stating "not for civilian use")

[QUOTE=Dirf;48013750]How easy are pipboys to put on and take off? I always got the impression they were issued when you turn 10 and you can't get rid of them after that, which kinda goes along with the oppressive feel I got from vaults.[/QUOTE] Fallout 1 and 2 Pip-Boys were handheld PDAs, 3s were seemingly bolted on tight, NV had Doc Mitchell just give you his on the spot so it's possible they aren't actually too strongly attached, and 4's just straps on like normal. Basically, nobody knows. Not even the people making the games.

[QUOTE=Skyward;48013911]Fallout 1 and 2 Pip-Boys were handheld PDAs, 3s were seemingly bolted on tight, NV had Doc Mitchell just give you his on the spot so it's possible they aren't actually too strongly attached, and 4's just straps on like normal. Basically, nobody knows. Not even the people making the games.[/QUOTE] The Fallout 3 design always sort of felt off to me. Big, clunky thing that prevents you from wearing proper protection. Also, I always had thoughts back to 1 and 2 where you could insert your PipBoy into the computers for data downloading and it would make grinding noises. Go ahead. Stick your hand in the computer's patent Pip-Port. [t]http://i.imgur.com/W4KAAiE.jpg[/t]

[QUOTE=Grimhound;48016771]The Fallout 3 design always sort of felt off to me. Big, clunky thing that prevents you from wearing proper protection. Also, I always had thoughts back to 1 and 2 where you could insert your PipBoy into the computers for data downloading and it would make grinding noises. Go ahead. Stick your hand in the computer's patent Pip-Port. [t]http://i.imgur.com/W4KAAiE.jpg[/t][/QUOTE] Thank goodness the wrist-mounted models seem to have an unexplained wireless connectivity, eh?

[QUOTE=GunFox;48013065]I hope npc followers that you aren't using can be tasked to defend settlements.[/QUOTE] This really needs to be done, as it at least gives followers another use when they're not in your service. Imagine having the equivalent of Boone watching over your settlement. I'd feel pretty damn relieved.

[QUOTE=GunFox;48013065]I hope npc followers that you aren't using can be tasked to defend settlements.[/QUOTE] Kinda like how in Skyrim's Hearthstone expansion you could make your followers become stewards of your manors?

[QUOTE=Crimor;48013163]The main reason why I hate the pip boy is that it magically goes on the outside of sealed suits like radsuits/spacesuits/fukken power armor.[/QUOTE] ahhhhh you son of a thousand fucking bitcheeees You just ruined Fallout for me.

I really like the look of power armor, hope they dont make it a super heavy clunky mess that seems more like a call of duty killstreak than armor.

I hope they do. It's bigged up as being a major wartime game-changer in the lore, and FO3's power armor was absolutely underwhelming in comparison. of course, knowing bethesda, they're gonna fuck up its implementation because they need to cater to the mouthbreathers who need to have everything handed to them. a la "WOW, YOU MUST BE THE DRAGONBORN. TRY PRESSING Z TO DRAGONBORN."

Why doesn't everyone in this thread migrate to the Fallout thread? [url]http://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1471782&page=30[/url] It's pretty active.

[QUOTE=Xenomoose;48018760]Kinda like how in Skyrim's Hearthstone expansion you could make your followers become stewards of your manors?[/QUOTE] *Hearthfire