Hey all,

I'm new to fallout but the game is sick. Only problem I'm having right now is I got 3 active quests: "Booted", "Heartache by the number" and "they went that a way". I haven't attempted "they went that a way" yet but dude the other two I'm getting my ass handed to me.

How the hell can I save the captives on "booted"-- its me against like 4 legions and a dog.....I die every time and for "Heartache by the number" I start at the goodsprings cemetery and no matter how i try and make it to the caravans for the gun runner thing I die every time as well.

So I love the game but right now I'm just stuck and do anything. Can someone please help so I can continue this sick game please. Ideas? Maybe what I'm doing wrong? Hints......Anything I need it. Thanks again!

see it's challenging. that's good. that means you have to wait a bit and level up a bit. have you visted novac yet? or nipton?

He didn't go to Nipton, he drank Absinthe and then a magical green fairy in the form of Boscars appeared and gave him the quest 'Booted', in the middle of the Mojave. It's a Christmas miracle he can walk.

Follow "They went that a way", you'll find a safer way to Vegas eventually.

Nearly everytime I've done "booted" I wait for a Nightstalker to come out and the Legion attack it and I sneak up there and release the prisoners. Another time the Nightstalkers never showed up so I used a stealth boy and read il fantom! for more sneak and just walked up to them and released them!

I hate to say it but I played FO3 being a first time fallout boy and had to start over 5 or 6 times before I could get the hang of things, but DUDE why ask someone how to play? Just play it and have fun! Watch out for the glitch monster, they are everywhere in NV!!!!

No, I Haven't been to sloan or novac yet but Iam in Nipton.

I'm a lvl 4 dignitary and im liked in goodsprings and am cool with the NCR- Ill go to the NCRF and try to go to noval or sloan--- i would love to own a sniper rifle or some scopes 2.

But your right this game is a little tricky/challenging but i like it. I just need to figure out WTF im doing so i can play more of it. lol

Thank u

Sounds like you just need to take a little walk out in the desert man. Go kill some of those lowbie ants, Or some powder gangers and level up a bit.

lower difficulty to very easy

yeah baby!!! dont really know what I'm excited about but I made it to sloan (just awesome to be moving n killing stuff again) and i guess gonna mess with some deathclaws for some dude in sloan- hopefully when i play again later that will lead me around to diff things!

where's all the guns at? im using a 357, 9mm, some lazer gun, a shotgun, a service rifle but i want a scope or long range weapon- whatever im just happy to be moving again.

Call me a noob if you like (cuz iam lol) but this game is fun and i dont think im really into the game yet so---- thx for the help so far and any info, suggestions or whatever is cool. thx

i just watched a video where some dude had a companion (dog)-- how the hell he get that shiz. My speech is i think 51 so i should be able to get someone to help my azz

They're companions, you can have 1 non-human and 1 human at a time.

They're found scattered all over the place, some are easy to acquire some need a little more work/rep/speech etc. Just keep following the main road from Nipton to Novac (stop & talk to people there) and beyond, you'll run into a couple that are easy to get. More would be a spoiler and this isn't the spoiler forum.

Edit: Weapon mods are random merchant inventory spawns, not found in the wasteland. Some things (as far as being able to BUY them) won't spawn in stores until certain chr. lvls are reached.

There.

ladyCrimson and gre-nades and ham thank you. like i said im new (this is my first fallout) so i need a little kick in the azz to get me goin but this game is tight. In a little while i'll revisit this and see what i can do. thanks for your help (all of you)

I honestly dont think you wana fight a deathclaw yet. Im level 17 and im still not messing with them yet

ummmmm noted- complete OWNAGE lol..... I'm up to lvl 6 now and am making my way towards novak. Me and some mercenaries just wrecked some of ceasars legion and now i'm HATED!!!! game is fun, hope i keep progressing and killing stuff!!!!!! now on to perks, oh my.

Boone may be your friend here, especially against the Legion. He's in Novac, after 9pm up in the dinosaur's mouth, chat with him, do his quest and go from there should make life a lot easier if you're struggling there.

This game is, in my opinion, a step up in difficulty from FO3 especially if you're not an action gamer. People like me find it easy because we twitch at the sight of a bit of sand shifting but if that's not your thing then you'll need to play it smart, Boone is a smart choice for a pro NCR character

Unless you have a strong companion with you, chances are you're not going to be able to do "Booted" as a low level character with the typically crappy weapons you'll have, unless you lower the difficulty to Very Easy. Even then it might be a challenge to do it. I tried it a few times myself at about Level 5 or so and then just gave up and stuck it on my "come back later when I've leveled up some" list.

As far as going north out of Goodsprings, forget it. You'll be quickly owned by the wildlife around there - that's another good place to put on your list.

Just keep going the way you're going, visiting Novac, then the 188 Trading Post, and then get to New Vegas. Once you get there you'll be able to make enough caps to get some decent weapons, and then the whole map will start to open up for you.

It's a pretty lengthy "no go" list of quests and places when you first start out, but you'll whittle it down quickly enough.

You should level up by doing some if the main quest, exploring, or trying easier side quests. This will help you higher your hp max, and get you better gear such as armor weapons and stimpaks. Deffinently check out this website but it may spoil the game a little so be careful. fallout.wikia.com BTW as you go on to get better start exploring, that'll help you find some sick weapons like a portable nuke launcher and and an automatic grenade launcher.

You can do "booted" on a fairly low level, without too much hassle, if you don't seek a direct confrontation. The Legion Vets are too tough for a beginner.
Anyway, first thing I'd recommend to you, is getting to Novac first.
It is the village you have to go to for "They went-that-a-way", and other than that you can pick up a companion there, named Boone(He'll require you to do something for him first, however).
He's not only a downright deadly Sniper, but the 'Booted' quest is also one, that is used as a trigger (one of a few which are needed) for his Companion quest later. So, do Booted together with Boone, and talk to him afterwards. You'll get some dialogue then.
To increase your questsolving abilities a bit, you should pay the not too far away (from the Legion Raid camp) located Broc Flower Cave a visit.
Usually it is inhabited by a couple of Giant Rats, easy prey.
If you've taken the Wild Wasteland perk however, you'll have to earn yourself this thing the hard way.
Because then, the rats will be twice as big and will have a nasty, nasty leap attack, which can finish you off pretty quickly.
Still, with 2 or 3 reloads, some good use of dynamite, Med-X, Psycho, and Jet, I was able to clear off the cave on Level 6, with Guns Skill 25
You'll find an awesome, awesome Sniper Weapon called Ratslayer there.
That thing alone, with a dose of Steady, will enable you to down all the Legionnairies one by one from a distance.
Handily, Ratslayer is a silenced weapon, too. So, doing that while remaining unnoticed should be easy :laugh:

1) Get Ratlslayer from a cave in the nearby area, or a scoped and silenced Varmint rifle. Try to get the unique revolver Lucky from Primm or a 10mm SMG
2) Fix ED-E in Primm and have him with you as a companion.
3) Get Boone. That's three of you vs. four of them- a much better balance.
4) Sneak-snipe at the Legionnaires from a distance. Headshots with Ratslayer should be instant and silent kills, so there's a chance you could kill some of them before others even realize they're being shot at. If they are alerted and they charge you with those silly machetes, headshot them at close range with Lucky or just spray away with the 10mm as they run at you.

Where is this video? sounds funny to me.

My path out of Goodsprings is straight to Primm passing the Lone Radio site for items that will be needed to fix ED-E in Primm. That's where I fight the convicts outside and make my way to the Sheriff's shack and then to Mr. Nash in the Vicki & Vance Casino, to Mr. Nash's residence, then back to V&V where I arrange to fix ED-E and then I fix him and have him, having brought all needed items to repair him because I have tagged Repair. THEN, we go to Bison Steve and clear it out, carrying all the loot we acquire. This gives me enough resources to make the journey through the hills above Nipton to Novac where I recruit Boone. Then there's the ghouls at RepCONN and the Nightkin and cattle and then people like me enough so I have a room of my own at the motel. Only after all that do I go to Nipton and then do Booted because Boone likes to fight Legionaries.

I share it to suggest a path that will make a strong enough character to do the quests you're having a problem with... Good luck!

obvious troll is obvious

Rescuing Primm is basically the only "side" quest I do. All the rest of the time, i go straight to Novac, get Boone (ok that quest as well) and goto New Vegas. You could always return to do the quests you weren't powerful enough to do at the time.

Ouch - small and hard list of quests for a beginner. My typical start game involves:
1) Tutorial. Yeah I always do this even if it doesn't give me much.
2) Primm. See if you can find a companion. Do the sheriff quest and fought the law quest unless you do it on your own.
3) Outland station south of Primm (where you picked up Heartache by the number). Has a couple of easy quests...
4) ...part of which is going to Nipton. Continue to Novac to get Boone and do the other quests here. Of which one is outright awesome.
5) Or pick up Veronica at the trading post. Do any quests you find enroute to Boulder to complete your "They went that away".

After "They went that away", then my character is usually well enough developed to really start the game. Do I want to focus on guns and speech? Then those skills are pretty high by now, maybe coupled with a third utility skill (often medicine or repair for me). Explore the wasteland. Wreck havoc in fiend territory. Map out locations even if you find you're too weak to enter them. Stay away from quarries for now And if you see fast moving red dots, try to avoid those too. Pay attention to you caliber - is it really working against you foe? Do you really need lots of armor, or is it more valuable to get other bonuses such as criticals, guns, and agility?

On my first playthrough, I got owned as well. Mostly due to own stupidity. "Warning - deathclaw ahead" - that's a game version of an invite, right? Wrong Clearing out the NCRCF with a 9mm and non focused training *was* possible (non hardcoe, and without companion), but it was *not* easy. But you learn from your mistakes, and the second playthrough was pretty much barging in guns blazing, as I was more focused in training and had obtained better guns. Hard to believe my struggles during the first playthrough

The MQ "Ring-A-Ding-Ding" that follows "They went that away", you may want to hold off for as long as possible. When you get to the point where you can approach "a certain someone", avoid doing so, and instead explore as much as possible. Your quest box should fill up quickly. Take manual notes of so called unmarked quests.