Forum:Searchlight airport (what a waste of space!)

first time i was getting to the place i was expecting a good quest, some good loot and a very interesting location. but there was 2 crates full of bottle caps and some scorpions! i mean you cant even go in the buildings, i really love this game but it could have been so much more inspired in some areas. the boomers should have been involved with it, they could have sent you to retrieve aircraft components or control tower components, something to that effect. -JoshGDC

I think it'll be involved in a DLC, where someone flies you to Idaho or Montana or something, I dunno, lol. --TheConvictsSUCK 19:57, March 27, 2011 (UTC)

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well after the battle of hoover dam, the b-29 the boomers salvaged still exists,and maybe the enclave vertibird, i dont know personally about the vertibird but i know the b-29 is mentioned in the ending slides, plus how cool would that be to ride to the dlc on a bomber, also the should include a out the window flight clip,showing the terrain and maybe more "things to come"

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I said the same thing when I found it, I thought it was gonna be another base for the NCR or legion, but it was nothing but lame. You should at the very least find a weapon or a mini nuke or something.107.27.236.2 20:57, March 27, 2011 (UTC)

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exactly, i wasnt complaining about the ton of caps in the crates but a large location well out of the way should atleast have something unique. - JoshGDC

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This is the problem I have with this game, most locations feel like that. You find a place, and it's a bunch of nothing. BatHulk 01:05, March 28, 2011 (UTC)

Yeah, like everything north of freeside, with the exception of nellis afb. It's all pointless, and half of the camp grounds, I understand the need for camp grounds, just not so many of them. And what is up with the place just west of primm? I can't think of the name of it right off hand, but its just cars and busses blocking the path with a grave. 107.27.236.2 05:21, March 28, 2011 (UTC)

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Lonesome Road, and that is going to be a DLC. Boone123 05:49, March 28, 2011 (UTC)

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Actually its canyon wreckage, but lonesome road is spray painted on a board. Is that what the add on is called?108.99.222.32 21:58, March 28, 2011 (UTC)

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There is an add-on for FO:NV called Lonesome Road, and it's highly probable that this particular area will have something to do with that. Additionally, if you look at the list of add-ons for FallOut: New Vegas, there will be a section towards the bottom indicating that there are four other add-ons in development, with two others being considered. If these add-ons are approved, FallOut New Vegas will have a total of seven add-ons. So it's entirely possible that the Searchlight Airport could be a part of one of these add-ons.--Ryker6107:02, April 2, 2011 (UTC)~ 12:01am 04/02/2011

Maybe the airport is going to be used for DLC as a place where you catch a jury-rigged plane from or something? well, all with in believability and Story arc constraints of course >:(5t3v0 08:50, April 2, 2011 (UTC)

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I don't see Searchlight Airport affecting DLC in any way but I could be wrong.--Ramallah 05:58, April 4, 2011 (UTC)

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i doubt itll be involved in a dlc too, to me it feels like they had the location set up for a quest or camp and the developers thought, 'why bother? the games gunna sell anyway, lets release it now, fuck the glitches', it annoys me! could have easily made good use of searchlight airport, NCR survivors could have retreated to it after the legion radiation bombed camp searchlight, they need your help to evacuate the wounded, help them take revenge on cottonwood cove (the legion moved there after they radiation bombed camp searchlight). or if your legion or fighting for yourself, sell them to slavery or blow the shit out of them! i think im gunna go buy New Vegas for the PC, atleast ill be able to mod and get more out of the game. -JoshGDC

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I think your right, it was originaly supposed to involve a quest, and they scrapped it. But I think some people have to understand, you can only fit so much on to one disk, that being said, they should have scrapped all the thousands of crap items that have absolutely no use what so ever, like empty liquor bottles, coffee cups, shot glasses, forks, spoons, butter knifes, cigarettes (loose, packs & cartons, though early on cigarette cartons are valuable) and so on, and so on, and freakin so on. Scrap them, and add a few more quests. Oh let's not forget about ant nector, there is no cure for the addiction, so who in their right mind would take it? Just scrap it, and put a purpose to the airport.Pappy002 05:14, April 5, 2011 (UTC)

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If you were to scrap all the little misc. items laying around all the abandoned buildings, there would be a lot less atmosphere to them and they'd be a lot less interesting. What abandoned office building wouldn't have coffee cups, clipboards, and other office related junk laying about? Same thing with any of the other buildings. What house wouldn't have a bunch of cups, plates, forks, and things like that? Now, getting back on topic, I agree that the airport was a bit disappointing, but not every location on the map can have a set of T51-B armor and a gatling laser waiting for you. The Captain (radio) 23:49, April 6, 2011 (UTC)

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I see what your saying about the crap items, but there are so many, and why would you want to go into someplace that's full of coffee cups, and maybe 20 bullets, its a waste of time, and space that could be used to improve the game. Back to the topic, not saying it has to have bad ass armor, or weapons, but an area that big should have something to do with the game, and not just a little bit of ammo, and 1000 caps. Sure 1000 caps sounds like a lot, but if you can get past all the radscorpions then you must be somewhat of a higher level, and by that time, 1000 caps is chump change. I say scrap the crap items, and put a mission or two involving the large wasted space. Just saying.Pappy002 05:06, April 7, 2011 (UTC)

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dlc material man, boomers will be involved too,the have a b-29 bomber and a complete airport and strip,put two and two together

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Okay, first: the Boomers already have their own airstrip at Nellis. It is a former Air Force base after all. Why would they want some radscorpion infested strip waaay south of their main base? Second, even if they were to scrap all the misc. junk laying about, I'm pretty sure the space freed up would be negligible at best. Not that they would, for the reasons I stated above. The Captain (radio) 02:55, April 8, 2011 (UTC)

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if you put the 2 together its a quest, not a dlc! all the misc items shouldnt go, it makes it feel like the real world and thats what i love about fallout. they should make a patch that makes use for search light airport too. -JoshGDC

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I was looking up monorail on here, and on the right side were it shows a picture if it, under the pic, it says locations: Searchlight Airport, and Camp McCarran. It's should say McCarran, and the Strip. I don't remember seeing the monorail in searchlight, so either its a typo, or maybe the monorail was supposed to be part of it, and was scrapped. Type monorail in the search box and see.Pappy002 08:15, April 11, 2011 (UTC)

-- Pappy, I see your first post that was mentioned a long time ago, but I absolutely have to comment on it. The fact that you claim cigarettes packs/cartons are useless. Well, with the Dead Money DLC you can actually sell cigarette cartons/packs for Sierra Madre chips (good currency!) and with the chips you receive after selling a carton, you can usually afford like two stimpaks. TWO stimpacks for a simple cigarette carton! I don't know about anyone else, but I think that is very valuable. And I love the idea that there's a machine that you can use to cash in this absolutely worthless item, and in that I would be astonished and very happy if the developers bring this out more, and potentially broaden their horizons. Making more machines in a DLC that will take your worthless trash and give you back something good for it.

"cigarettes (loose, packs & cartons, though early on cigarette cartons are valuable) and so on, and so on, and freakin so on. Scrap them, and add a few more quests. Pappy002 05:14, April 5, 2011 (UTC)"

Please keep in mind that for the most part I 99% agree with your post, just that one small part about the cigarettes :P

Maybe a new forum post should be made for this question, but does anybody else agree with me about the "junk item machines" Ossified 22:00, April 13, 2011 (UTC)

No, the junk item machines should not be more widely used. It was stated during Dead Money by Dean that those machines were something new that Sinclair had seen at a world's fair and had had them specially produced for the Sierra Madre. They were not a commmonplace machine at all and as such would not be found anywhere else. The Captain (radio) 03:03, April 14, 2011 (UTC)

Like I said, early on cartons of cigs have decent value, but when your cleaning house at 5 (6 with the add on) casinos, 40 caps is chump change. I was mainly talking about the thousands of tin cans, cups, plates, stuff that sell for 1 lousy cap, and no one in their right mind would pick up and carry around. Cigs for poker chips seems a little, how do I say, ghetto. Like a crack head bummin for a rock, or chips in this case. To anyone who lives in the ghetto, or any crack heads who read this, no offence.Pappy002 06:38, April 14, 2011 (UTC)

Why you bein' so picky in your prospectin' partna'? Me? Once I clear a place of enemies, I empty it of everything that isn't nailed down. I sort out what to keep and what to get rid of at the merchant's counter. The Captain (radio) 01:35, April 15, 2011 (UTC)