Forum:What is the point of the bugs section?

It's quite a pointless thing. Most bugs posted are small one time bugs, or ones that aren't really that bad and don't do anything really. Most of the posts don't even show a way to fix it, pretty pointless. Why can't we just go back to the old nostalgic days of them being posted onto the talk page and only proper game breaking glitches with the fix being kept? Trolly Polly Olly 07:31, May 11, 2011 (UTC)

I have to agree with you there. The 'bugs' sections are often the worst writen or over edited parts of an article. Bobbyb373 20:01, May 12, 2011 (UTC)

Sometimes there are bugs that are not game breaking but still have a dramatic effect on gameplay. For example, the Gauss Rifle in both Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas has numerous bugs that don't break the game but directly effect the performance of the weapon. By having those bugs listed, a user who is confused as to why his Gauss Rifle is doing piss poor damage to a Deathclaw in VATs will see that it's a known problem. This saves them time from searching and/or wondering if his game is bugged. Dragofireheart 13:03, May 20, 2011 (UTC)

I'll have to agree with Dragofireheart. There is many bugs that happened to me in the game that I wanted to know if they were bugs or if I had done something wrong. A good example would be the Sonora Cruz glitch. I was looking for it in forums and I found it very specifically listed as a bug in this website.I thank the wikia for this, it saved me a lot of time. I am now a frequent visitor because of the bugs. 98.26.100.62 10:41, May 27, 2011 (UTC)

I agree with Dragofireheart aswell,knowledge of such bugs does help me while i am playing, I know problems that arise in a quest due to bugs, for example on one of my new vegas playthroughs, the monorail automatically blows up when on ps3, despite doing the quest right i believe, so i disregard such quest until i know there is a way around it.--Vampire hunter D 11:28, June 5, 2011 (UTC)

I'm also with Dragonfireheart on this one. The bugs section is there to point out not only problems that effect gameplay, but also has a solution to the problem.--Ryker6100:38, June 6, 2011 (UTC)~5:36pm 6/5/2011

Honestly we'd have a cleaner page if we just listed the five or six things that work properly and just say "Everything else is bugged". Still love the games though. I&#39;m the best at space!

I agree that if it’s a bug that affects everyone, then it should be included on the page. However if it’s a one time bug it needs to go. If someone discovers a bug it should be brought up on the talk page and only after several people can confirm it and figure out what causes it (if applicable) then it should be added to the page.

However I’ve seen countless pages listing bugs like “Entering/exiting this building can cause your game to crash/freeze.” Well that happens everywhere. Unless it’s a specific location that freezes whenever everyone, or even a majority of players, tries to enter then its not an issue.

Id be willing to bet you could go to 80% of the pages here and see some bug listed that’s like I described above. People play the game and some little things goes wrong and they immediately come here and add it as a bug. These are unnecessary and shouldn’t be on the page.ReapTheChaos 10:34, June 7, 2011 (UTC)

I have to throw my hat in the ring too on this. I was just thinking about it the other day and in my opinion, the bugs section serves it's purpose well. A bug doesn't have to be game-breaking to pose a major inconvenience. Furthermore, it can help players to avoid certain actions that may result in undesirable outcomes due to bugs; a frequent problem in F:NV. http://imageshack.us/m/15/6929/luckmanngrenadesignatur.png Luckmann 01:35, June 11, 2011 (UTC)