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Quintessential 50's scifi if there ever was one. Disintegrator beams, flying saucers, and Robbie the Robot: what else needs to be said? I think a special encounter which references Forbidden Planet would be awesome. I mean I can't think which is more cool: the Chosen One in a leather...

While I agree that CTB is an abomination and should not occur in the upcoming Fallout title, I think this attitude is what is preventing real discourse. I see a lot of strengths in switching to phase-based combat system. It pleases players who want combat to have action. It prevents the...

Upon reading the fallout bible it was stated that Power Armor units were deployed in the mainland US, and thus at a minimum we would see power armor weapons designed for use in urban pacification. So power armor suits would be found and you should find some weapons for them. And on the...

I think we have reached enough of a concensus to move on to more important things. We seem to understand each other's points now, and so while we disagree on how important those points are it is enough for me to wish to move on since it is now moving into the realm of opinion since no one here...

Dogs display more variance in terms of how much aggressiveness they display due to ten thousand or so years of selective breeding and husbandry by man AND due to how the dogs are raised. Now if you would like the analogy between dogs and humans to remain intact perhaps you can point out to me...

Fair enough. I do admit that the best possible object lay in objecting to it on the grounds that espionage would not be appropriate for a post apocalyptic setting. But I would point out that groups do persist. Human beings are fundamentally social animals and will form groups out of...

think most people are over valuing their potential for being targetted, but this probably doesn't skew the survival ratio since I think most people are over-rating their chances at post blast survival. The future of nuclear weapons is in smaller tactically applied nuclear weapons. Smaller is...

Well seeing as how I have looked at a lot of the statistics, both criminal and sociological (seeing as how I am a sociology major focusing on criminology), I can pretty safely say trying to pin increased criminal tendency of "blacks" on genetics is bunk. For starters there is a reason...

Interesting. But that only serves to further my conviction that power-armor designed weapons should be found in places like old remnants of army bases; under ground bunkers maybe, and so on. Quite certainly the most advanced power armor based weapons would be at the forefront, but if there...

On a related topic a question has been bothering me: If power armor had become some sort of military standard (replacing armored vehicles and infantry with power armored infantry), then why aren't there more weapons specific to power armor use like maybe shoulder mounted multiple launch...

According to my Dad a very simple protection which is utilized is encasing sensitive electronics (completely) in metal does a good job of protecting against EMP, and this is a Faraday Cage (the Faraday cages you see on the net typically have gaps, but for high frequency photons the wave lengths...

I don't know whether or not food will become an issue in Fallout, but I do think that the inclusion of space age food products like freeze dried rations would be nicely placed in Fallout. And on the side of random stuff, I'm thinking like Cosmetic beauty creme that can make you look like...

I don't quite agree. If Fallout is meant to be an anarchic vision of a post apocalyptic US that society has ceased to have any cohesion, then why do speech skills exist? Why is diplomacy even an option? If, however, speaking is an option, then deception is a possibility, and thus should...

I disagree that this system would by nature be too complicated. Additional options available in a system DOES NOT mean that one has to utilize those additional options. Having more options may make the learning curve steeper for users who wish to utilize advanced options (which I don't...

Historically spears were not as effective in single combat or bedlam as other melee weapons. The spear was MUCH more effective when used in formations where you could form a hedge against oncoming attackers. And this is how it was used historically. Pikemen hedges were all the rage till...

We aren't testing gauss rifles because in order to be effective as a weapon you need both velocity and mass. In order to get the speeds necessary to be potentially damaging with our current acceleration potential and given our current power generation techniques you can only afford to...

What sorts of high technology would you all like to see added or changed in the game? Aside from more variability in the types of high end weapons available; I would like to see more remnants of a high technology civlization: like maybe domed structures or destroyed spaceships, more...

Alright supposing that my "phase-based combat" is over-the-top, excessive (what have you), then how would you all address (if you would at all) the following issues? Espionage efforts have not been stressed in the game. Infiltration, deception, and sabotage have not been given all due...

I think giving orders makes more sense inside of a phase based system, since in a turn-based system orders might become invalidated by circumstances occurring on previous turns if the character to whom the order was addressed did not sequence in time. Now if you can come up with a way of...

I am inclined to agree with Starfury here; if the map was really just based on first-hand accounts of the area, then why does it look like it was created technically? And furthermore, why are you allowed to see the map through the "fog of war" so that topographical features are visible (just...