Forum:Combat Tactics

Ive been playing Fallout 3 on the PS3 since the game came out, and on various forums players have asked me what the best tactics for differnt player "builds" in the game. Ive come to ask if some fellow players would help me in creating new/improving the character types. What are the best perks to take, SPECIAL, Skills (and values if you know them of ones ideally used 10-100), weapons to use, and how should the player use them. Each "build" of character should given a name and a brief discription, with a list of all the perks and skills along with some tactics. Post any "build" you like and go nuts. Here is an example, what I use.

Trapper - for players who like sneaking about and planting mines or other nasty things, either defensively around a position your trying to hold, or for ambushing that group of BoS Outcasts walking down a road. Great for the player who wants to just sit back and let the foes come to them. NPCs wont know what hit them.

All values and perks are assumed that the appropriate add-ons have been downloaded, Broken Steel is assumed to always have been downloaded and will not be sited.

Skills: Sneaking 80+, Explosives 80+, Melee Weapons 80+, Small *Guns 80+.

Perks: Little Leaguer (Max), Thief (Max), Bloody Mess, Demolition Expert (Max), Strong Back, Night Person, Pyromaniac, Silent Running, **Lawbringer/**Contract Killer, Adamantium Skeleton, Ninja, Warmonger, *TAG!, Animal Friend (Max).


 * Optional for some decent ranged capability.


 * For the sake of getting Caps and boosting/deducting Karma.

Weapons: ?xBottle Cap Mine, ?xCryomine [MZ], ?xEMP Mine, ?xFrag Mine, ?xPlasma Mine, Silenced 10mm Pistol (?x10mm Rounds), Chinese Officer Sword, Infiltrator [TP] (?x5.56mm Ammo).

Tactics: Wander around the Capital Wasteland or locations close to areas that agro NPCs tend to dwell around. Good areas would be Evergreen Mills, Fort Bannister, Fairfax Ruins, Bethesda Ruins, and various other Raider and Enclave Outposts, along with BoS Outcast patrol routes. Sneak around your chosen area for some time and get to know the lay of the land, sneak around patrols or guards and figure out their habits (ex at Smith Casey's Garage a BoS Outcast patrol walks down the road infront of the building every day or two). Place different types of mines on the ground in groups of 2 or 3 depending on how tough your targets are and what is in the party. A tactic is to place 1 Frag mine and 1 EMP mine beside eachother with the frag facing the targets if there is a robot in the group the EMP mine will weaken it drastically if not kill it due to the initial explosion and damage of the Frag mine. If you are well hidden your first shot from a silenced weapon will kill another member of the target group, then you finish off the remaining group.

You can also use the environment to your advantage, unexploded cars are perfect for ambushes done by low level players, lay a trail of frag mines leading to the car/bus/motor bike/other explosive piece of terrain. Be sure to place 3 or 4 mines behide away from your target the object you wish to destroy, to speed and amp the objects explosive potential. Once you have finished your trail and its desired length, move away from your final mine. Use a silenced weapon to detonate the initial mine from a distance. The mines will then procede to detonate eachother along the line. Time your intial detonation right and the object will light up just as the targets are moving past it. For this method be sure to practice with different distances between each mine in order to grip on the amount of time it takes for 1 mine to detonate and the last mine to detonate blowing the object.

I can't list every perk I have, but I have my beginning stuff, like SPECIAL and tag skills:

Soldier: 9 Strength, 4 Perception, 6 Endurance, 3 Charisma, 8 Inteligence, 6 Agility, and 4 Luck. This way, I can carry a lot more stuff to sell (Because I get the Strength bobblehead right away, and get the Strong Back perk. Oh, and did I mention I'm a bit of a kleptomaniac?) My tag skills are: Small Guns, (prefered method of fighting) Repair (love fixing up weapons for fighting and selling), and explosoves (realy only to disarm the Megaton bomb right away), although, right when I level up, I get Lockpick up pretty high. I always get 2 Intense Trainings so I can get Luck up enough for Mysterious Stranger. I also can get a really high DPS for the Xaunlong (about 126) with these stats, as I use it every time (unless I specifically want to be a different class, such as Sneak oriented or even Pacifist (Which was REALLY hard)).--With care and happiness,  Supermutantslayer450'  ROAR  15:42, July 1, 2010 (UTC)