Forum:2 perk questions and 1 follower one

1. If I am only really sneaking around with the Chinese Stealth Armor on, is the silent running perk completely useless?

2. I know that technically all three perks are kinda useless, but I like not being reliant on items so I usually get Rad Resist, Tolerance, and Absorb. It just occurred to me though...if towards the end I have max Endurance, have extremely high rad resist from powered armor, stats, quest perks, and rad resist/absorb. I probably won't ever really get minor radiation poisoning, right? Is tolerance completely useless in this case?

3. I was under the impression that your followers only use their preset weapon, and yet the guide that came with my game lists a number of weapons that says "give this to your follower, blah blah blah". Can followers use certain weapons or not? I lost my old save so im nowhere near anywhere where i can double check and i want to plan it ahead of time.

Companions can use other weapons, so long you supply the ammo for it. ~Some random noob.

Been a while since I played fallout 3, but if I’m not mistaken the silent running perk gives you the full benefit of sneaking yet you can move at faster speeds in sneak/crouched mode. I don’t believe the stealth armor gives that benefit.

As for rad resistance, personally I found it a rather useless, especially in fallout 3. Both rad-x and rad-away are plentiful and once you buy the home infirmary you can get rid of your radiation every time you make a trip back to your house. I will say this though, with fallout 3 giving you a perk at every level up by the time you get to the last few levels you should be pretty hard up to choose one you really need. Your max rad resistance is 85% so just calculate everything up and see what you actually need.

Yes you can give followers weapons, but it has to be more powerful (higher damage) than what they are carrying before they will equip it. It also has to fit their skill sets. If they have a high energy weapons skill and you give them a mini gun for example, then they will most likely not equip it. ReapTheChaos 23:28, March 1, 2011 (UTC)