Forum:Crafting Cool Stuff

I really enjoyed some of the crafting in Fallout 3, one of my all time favourites being the railway rifle. Fallout NV did incorporate a more oblivion style way of crafting, with the addition of plants to the wasteland, (which I liked).

However, I do feel like the game is lacking the Fallout 3 level of crafting. In Fallout 3 it was a sure bet that every item you came across was useable in some way. In Fallout NV this is not the case, a great many items are only there to collect and sell, such as; hammers, conductors, and paint guns.

Perhaps in further Fallout games and/or DLC it would be nice to see an addition to crafting, rather than a reduction. Who knows, maybe the railway rifle, dart gun and rock-it launcher will make a comeback!

Let me know what you guys think!

So, 7 weapons beats out 14 ammo breakdowns, 4 ammo conversions, 27 ammo crafts, 4 ammo recycles, 2 heavy armors, 2 light armors, 8 drugs, 13 drinks, 16 meals, 9 chems, 8 poisons, 9 weapons (one from F3) and 12 misc items? Big McLargeHuge 18:33, July 22, 2011 (UTC)
 * Apparently. Some players just can't get over the kewlitis. http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/fallout/images/0/08/Personal_Sig_Image.gif Tagaziel (call!) 18:36, July 22, 2011 (UTC)

Personally, I'd like to be able to do it all. New Vegas has a significantly broader crafting system and the ability to make your own doctor's bags & weapon repair kits is a welcome one, but there's still a lot of novelty in pinning limbs to walls with railway spikes. Veazey21 18:41, July 22, 2011 (UTC)

The train whistle takes the cake. Big McLargeHuge 18:43, July 22, 2011 (UTC)

Yes Big McLargeHuge, I completely agree with you. I never said that Fallout 3 beat Fallout NV, Fallout NV is a superior game in my opinion and like you said Fallout NV has a far larger range of craftable items, which I love!

I was simply saying that Fallout 3 had (like Veazey21 said) an ora of novelty about it in many ways and that I can’t see why they didn’t include some of these aspects in NV.

And not just in crafting; I believe I’m right in saying, Fallout NV has significantly fewer Easter eggs too, which for me takes a little bit of the fun out of it.

And yes Veazey21 doctor's bags & weapon repair kits are certainly a very welcome addition! :)

What do you guys think about having significantly fewer schematics in NV?

There is no cool stuff in NW. Yes, it is nice that you can no make some food items ... but what for? You can eat 3x random crap found lying around or you can make 1x item that replenishes same amount. Then again you need lot of materials to make that crap. Fallout: New Vegas is missing weapons from crafting and fun items. Also there was only few items in Fallout 3 that were useless. There are lot more of them in New Vegas - Paint Gun!

I actually did mention when NV came out, that it was missing the little easter eggs and stories that was in 3 (WW notwithstanding) Big McLargeHuge 15:15, July 25, 2011 (UTC)