FALLOUT 2: GENERAL HINTS FOR BEGINNING  v1.02
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CONTENTS:
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1. Introduction
2. Hints
3. Contact
4. Special Thanks
5. Bibliography
6. Legal Notes
7. Version History
1.INTRODUCTION:
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Q: What are these hints good for?
A: They are intended to help the first-time players who want some NON-SPOILER
hints at start.
Q: These hints are really without spoilers?
A: They are only very minor spoilers about what Fallout 2 has to offer in terms
of gameplay, the same you get when checking Character Creation screen
or game's manual.
Also it's one moderate spoiler about ammo (which has a notice).
Q: I know a tip which isn't listed...
A: You can send it if you like. My E-mail address is listed at the Contact
section.
2.HINTS:
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PATCHES
- The best patch is Killap (the official 1.02 isn't required) which should be
installed when starting a new game.Then, I recommend the High Resolution Patch.
OPTIONS
- If game's difficulty is set to "Easy", you get a 20% bonus to non-combat
secondary skills comparative to "Normal". At "Hard" you get a -10% penalty.
- Setting combat difficulty to "Wimpy" - instead of "Normal" - will make the
enemies receive a penalty to perception (the chance to hit). Also they do
around half damage when attacking.
If you change it to "Tough", the enemies will receive a bonus to perception
and take more targeted shots. Their combat damage will be increased by
nearly 50 %.
- It's recommended to save often. Save before a battle and after. You can
always take a critical shot which bypass your armor and kill you no matter
the stage of the game.
- Save before you try stealing. Although the Steal skill may be high,
it's always a 5% chance for being caught.
- Also do this before you level-up - if you have NPCs and you are above level
6. It's a chance that they will level-up with you also.
This will happen 5-6 times for almost each NPC in the game. If they don't, you
can reload and try again.
- Following the previous idea, it isn't needed for a NPC to be in your party
when you acquire experience points, only when you level up.
This will happen when the LEVEL button appears at the corner of the screen.
- Save before you leave a city. Never know what random encounters you'll get
on the road.
- Also it's recommended to save before you try to lockpick something, it's
a chance to critically fail and jam the lock (it will last until midnight)
- It's good to do this before an important conversation, to explore all
options. Have fun!
- Save before taking drugs, bad things can happen.
- It's a good idea to search everything. Search the boxes, containers,
dead bodies, some of them arein locations obscured by walls. Also if you take
something from a house with people around, they may become hostile, so save
before and use sneak when necessary.
COMBAT
- Use burst weapons and targeted shots to kill bad ***** quickly. The burst
shots do good damage, stay next to enemy and try to catch more in the cone
of bullets. Be sure your NPCs aren't in the way.
- Best targeted shots are in the eyes - around 60% more the normal critical
shot chance. A critical hit worths 2-4 times the damage of a normal hit and
can bypass enemies' armor.
- If an enemy has felled down, the chance to hit him has increased by 40%.
So targeted shots can be used at that point.
- Some ammo penetrates armor well, but some doesn't. Also it's best NOT to use
the AP ammo, it's bad implemented in the game. Only some types are good,
but they are quite rare.
SPOILER regarding ammo:
Good AP ammo: Rocket AP and Needler AP.
END SPOILER
- Secondary Skill Doctor can be used to heal crippled limbs.
- When enemies turn hostile, you can hit the A (attack) key immediately, to get
the first shot. Also hit A before a battle to highlight the locations of your
enemies. Hit ENTER to end the attack state.
- If an innocent is killed, it's possible to turn a city hostile to you or lose
quests.
- If you find some melee enemies hard, wait until they almost reach you,
attack, then retreat a few Action Points. Most of them can't move enough
to reach you and to attack as well.
- You can keep some one-handed weapon in inventory in case one of your arms
gets crippled.
- Stealing can be an option for grabbing some rare stuff, especially from
important NPCs (use this skill only from behind).
- If you find a quest specific battle to be hard, an option is to steal
enemies' supplies first.
- You can also do this from some shops if you're sneaking.
When you rest 3-4 days, leave the map and return, most shopkeepers will be
resupplied.
PARTY NPCS
- Tell your NPCs to stay close to you; they have a habit to charge alone
and get killed.
- In combat, usually the bad guys will want to hit you instead of NPCs, so
if you run around a corner, your buddies can fire at will until the enemies
reach your character again.
- It's not recommended to give to a NPC two weapons for use, in combat
they'll switch between them in the worst possible way.
- Also give to a party member only the type of weapon who is most skilled with;
talk to him to find which.
- Don't give to your team burst weapons - they'll shot you or just kill each
other.
- You can use the MOVE command when a NPC is blocking your way.
DRUGS
- It's good to use drugs only when needed, at specific battles or quests.
- The same drug can be used only 2 times in a row to stack its effects.
- Party NPCs don't get addicted and you can "use" some on them too.
Still don't give them drugs to take at their leisure, b/c some bugs can appear.
WORLD MAP
- Don't leave NPCs or stuff in a random map location. After you go, they
are lost forever.
- It's a good idea to explore the 8 squares around a city location in world
map, before moving to the next destination.You can get encounters to fight
for experience and various stuff and money.
Also in some random locations, you'll see caves which are ready for exploring.
Good Luck to you, Vault Dweller!
3.CONTACT:
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1. If you want to send another hint, please do (but not about Character
Creation, Perks and distributing Skill Points).
2. If you'd like posting this FAQ on your site, you can contact me via E-mail.
I can be found at this address: a.andreiadis@gmail.com
4.SPECIAL THANKS:
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IGN FAQS and GAMEFAQS for their support.
Fallout 2 Forums.
Black Isle and Interplay for such a great game.
5.BIBLIOGRAPHY:
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The Nearly Ultimate Fallout 2 Guide by Per Jorner
Fallout 2 FAQ by Catman
Fallout 2 Game Guide by O. Namjoshi
Fallout 2 Walkthrough by Igor Lowicki
Fallout 2 Walkthrough by C. Golumbovici
6.LEGAL NOTES:
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All Trademarks and Copyrights contained in this document are owned by their
respective trademark and copyright holders.
This guide may be not be reproduced under any circumstances except for personal
use and it can't be utilized in any way for financial purposes either.
The use of this FAQ on any web site or as a part of any public display without
written permission is strictly prohibited, and a violation of Copyright.
7.VERSION HISTORY:
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v 1.0    April 20, 2006 - First version.
v 1.01   March 25, 2007 - I made a few minor corrections and changed the E-mail
v 1.02   November 21, 2009 - Changed the E-mail Adress.
"You'll not find a greater hive of scum and villainy. Now where did I heard
that?" (Fallout 2)
Copyright c2007-2009 Adrian Dumitru Andreiadis
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