Forum:NO! MORE! PIP-BOOOOYS!

OK il level with you, but the whole pipboy concept is getting old, id like somthing else to keep track of stats.I for one wouldnt mind a journal for quest data and notes, maybey a mini thermo-meter type thing depicting rads and addicitons and weapons would be pulled out of your back pack... what would you rather have?

What would I rather have?..... a Pip-Boy EB 21:25, August 20, 2011 (UTC)
 * I agree with the original poster. I want something that does absolutely everything a Pip-Boy does, but I don't want a Pip-Boy. BILLYOCEAN 21:28, August 20, 2011 (UTC)


 * I would also like to see something else, perhaps a Metro 2033 style journal and lighter? It would be a lot more realistic, and I suppose it would be better for role-playing, as not everyone's characters would necessarily 'work' with a Pip-Boy. --Wiseman of the Wastes 22:47, August 20, 2011 (UTC)

Well there is the pimp-boy, a pip-boy with some bling. It's still a pipboy but it's a change.Carinth 23:16, August 20, 2011 (UTC)

Dang it, if only someone had thought of that before New Vegas. A journal would have worked so easily, at the start Doc Mitchel could have the player keep a journal because they were shot in the head and might get confused. If something like a journal is used in the future it would have to be justified, but FO:NV had a ready made opportunity to not use the PIPBoy. 75.67.224.12 08:27, August 21, 2011 (UTC)

What about A PIP-PAD that you keep in your back pocket & A torch to start with.--BLACK LENNY 08:31, August 21, 2011 (UTC)

a journal would be neat but the pip boy doesnt upset me considering the tech it way as well be a black berry on your wrist i would like to see a slimer type like a wrist watch with a projected screen that would be cool--Gogoloco 09:47, August 21, 2011 (UTC)
 * Not consistent with the Fallout tech, though. I personally use a PIP-Boy 2500 mod off the Nexus, which is much more in line with the PIP2k from the classics. Also frees up my wrists, which is awesome. http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/fallout/images/0/08/Personal_Sig_Image.gif Tagaziel (call!) 10:05, August 21, 2011 (UTC)

ok so lets see V.A.T.S. would be an mental implant placed in all people of your kind

A journal entry that varied from your intelligence level "Today I met an manipulative scientist. He was doing research into Radiation upon the Brains of young children. hoping to induce ghoulification no doubt. never the less i locked him in his own radioactive chamber"

or

"Met Stupid man in White Coat. Talked alot. he Hurt friends. Smashed his stupid head."

A Backpack for your stuff. an Ammo belt for your ammo. miniature geiger counter measures radiation portable bloodtest kit for poison/chems and such an medical bag for chems and such

maybe you could even buy pack brahmin to help lesson the load

or we can accept gameplay and plot segregation.

DoctorJay 15:35, August 22, 2011 (UTC)

Hi Guys! Original poster here, these are all some realy good suggestions! I know that the mascot for the game is the Vault boy but i dont see how the character has to be tied to a vault somehow and have to be given a pip boy, when i started playing New vegas, i realised "Hey, i dont have a pip-boy yaaay!" and then doc mitchell gave me one and i was screaming NOOOOOOOOOOOO at the TV when i realised i couldnt take it off! :'( So i agree with you guys, a journal would be awsome, and a back pack? Yes definatley!

I dunno the backpack would look ok with some armor but what if your using a heavy weapon with a backpack style ammo container. i.e the minigun, then what a mishmash of graphic glitches. The journals ok but the characters and weapon packs arn't designed to throw a backpack in.Carinth 18:24, August 22, 2011 (UTC)

I'm not here to start an argument, just hear me out. How is the Pip-Boy concept getting old. It's only been in four games(I haven't played Tactics yet, so I don't know what they use in that game). The Pip-Boy is the best way to be able to monitor your character's status, and maintain your inventory. It also has a map function, so you can know where you are, automatically. DoctorJay, while those ideas sound good in theory, I don't think they'd work in practice, considering the Pip-Boy 3K has all those features, and it's all tied to one button. Having all of those extra gadgets, backpack and ammo belt means you'd have to set them to multiple buttons. The Pip-Boy is an awesome piece of tech, and it's part of the Fallout series. And it has a light so you can see in the dark. Replacing it with a journal. No, that won't work. As for the backpack. No again. What if you have to use a weapon that uses a backpack such as a Minigun or a Gattling laser? I say leave the Pip-Boy in the game, and all future games.--Ryker6104:18, September 4, 2011 (UTC)~9:16pm 9/3/2011

Well, as far as usage is concerned, the Pip-Boy is unmatched. I don't have any complaints as far as usage goes, but I do feel there is a major problem with the Pip-Boy, simply the lack of customization. The most important change that I, and most everyone I can imagin, would be the option to remove the glove. Currently we can do so with the space suit glitch, but I would like to do so from the start without taking advantage of an exploit. The next thing would be the appearance of the Pip-Boy itself. For starters, its color scheme is this greenish color, and we can't do anything about that, my question is why? We can change the screen color, why not not the body color. Or lets say your coming out of the desert waste, slowly making it into town. You know you have enemies here, and your trying to keep a low profile. Maybe your a sniper, your going to want to be able to blend in, it would be nice if you ould seemlessly bend in with anything. Kinda hard when that thing is out in the open right? A simple cover, or exention of your equipt armor could fix that. Now lets move a way from role play. Your decked out in power armor, and chaingun-ing your way through hell and back. And above all else, you want to look awesome when your doing that. Be nice if you had a full set of armor then wouldn't it, sadly you can't have any. The Pip-Boy will always be this armorless "thing" on your wrist. I can convert power cells, repair tesla cannons, repair power armor with metal armor, but I can't add matching protection for the sole peice of equipment allowing me to survive?!?! It makes no sense. The Pimp-Boy, as funny as it sounds, was a step in the right direction, but there should be many more options. Even mods should be available, but as it is, the Pip-Boy will effectivly get boring looking. XxSick DemonxX 16:48, September 4, 2011 (UTC)

I think the Pip Boys are getting a little over-used as well. Why would Doc Mitchell give you such an important piece of technology, one that is seemingly pretty rare. He doesn't need it anymore? Bullshit. What's even more bullshit is the fact that he gives this amazing technology to someone that is essentially a stranger to him. Yeah, he fixes you up, but he doesn't KNOW you. If I had an amazing watch-sized PC/GPS/medical diagnostics system, nobody but me would use it.
 * That and you can kill him right after he gives it to you. I wonder what happens if you kill him before getting it? Fallout: Shades of Grey, coming 2012 23:14, October 28, 2011 (UTC)

In my humble opinion, a combination of tools (compass, map, gieger counter, medical dianostics) could be given to you at the start of the game. Need to fast travel? Bam: map and compass. Worried about radiation? Shazam: belt-attach ed gieger counter starts aclickin. Hurt? Use a trauma kit to assess your injuries. As for the storage "issues", that seems to be engine limitations. I hope and pray the nest game addresses these issues. --NCRandproud123 00:15, October 28, 2011 (UTC)

For realz? This is what people are complaining about? Lack of customisation for a pause menu? That's what is, just displayed realistically. This isn't a post-holocaust simulator, it's not even meant to be bleak and realistic. It's a game, and you have to accept the area of suspended disbelief. Besides, it's a classic part of the franchise and nerdom everywhere. Taking the Pip-boy out would be like taking Mario's hat away or hiring a voice actour for Link. --The Milkman 00:32, October 28, 2011 (UTC)

I agree, a backpack, like a more compact version of the one you see on a slave's back at The Fort. --O_O 11:36, October 28, 2011 (UTC)

I got an idea. What about it starts out the next game WITH a Pip-Boy. But over the course of the game, it gets destroyed for some reason.173.218.154.40 01:27, October 29, 2011 (UTC)

Im pro-pipboy lol....its something we are all familair with but we could use more custimazation....the pimp boy was cool howabout we make different color pip boys and different color lights and what-not...--GethHaveFeelings2 23:38, October 29, 2011 (UTC)

Verisimilitude is the absolute least important part of an RPG. So sayeth The Milkman. --The Milkman 04:53, November 8, 2011 (UTC)

I wouldn't mind being given a choice of the old Pip or a new style Pip, just to see how it goes. But what I really want is a different way to save my games and either rename them or organize them in a fashion that makes it easier to keep track of the different storylines I choose to take. Think old fashion Mario, would you like to save under door 1, 2, or 3? Ashley Faith 16:47, November 8, 2011 (UTC)

I think they should keep the pip boys, but they should give you a handheld one in the next game , so as to free up ma wrists :P