This is a continuation of the two Dead Is Dead threads that I ignorantly posted up in the DLC boards. I've opened this one up where it belongs.

The purpose behind these threads is to encourage you all to try a DID playthrough while we wait for OWB. Some folks find that it completely changes or refreshes the game. The earlier threads are http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?app=forums&module=forums§ion=findpost&pid=17841204, and http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1202235-the-dead-is-dead-thread/. I already gave out the award for first complete DID playthrough, but there's still a trophy for a complete DID playthrough including all the DLCs and then fianlly an award for the most glorious death.

What I want to focus on now, in addition to encouraging those who haven't tried one yet, and also hearing about their characters and how well they do, is whether or not anyone plans to keep playing DID. Will you all go back and play the old games that way, kinda give them a new lease on life? Will you play FO4 when it comes out that way? From the start? Let us know how playing Dead Is Dead has changed the way you play RPGs and if you'll bring those experieces into other games.

-Gunny out.

Let's start the new thread with a celebration. :celebration:

My NCR grunt Max has completed all the content in the game as of an hour ago. All DLCs complete, all side quests complete, all map markers discovered. The end result is:
Level 32
S 5
P 5+1
E 5
C 5
I 8
A 6
L 6

Perks are a long ass list so I'll skip that.
Used mostly Survivalist's Rifle and Desert Ranger Combat Armor, with A Light Shining In Darkness for silenced pistol backup and frag grenades for blasting power. (Tip: latest patch + grunt + demolition expert(3) + splash damage = holy mother of god!)

Took me 56 hours to complete. Not bad.
And to mark the occasion:
http://www.imageupload.org/?d=3AF385D81
See the missing health? That was a single swing. I jumped in my chair.

Bravo! I congratulate you, sir. I will of course have to confer with the rules committee. It seems as though there's some kind of confusion about whether "all DLCs" meant "all DLCs (to date)" or "all DLCs (including those scheduled for future release)". I will inform you of the committee's desicion as soon as it's rendered.


Hey, guys! Do you think I should give out the DLC award now or after LR comes out? (Yes, that's right. You've been drafted into the rules committee. What? You think rules committees grow on trees around here? I don't have the budget for those kind of luxuries)

-Gunny out.

Well in the original thread you said "all DLCs" so probably not, but maybe an 'I aint afraid of the current DLCs' award?
Edit: by the way these threads got me started doing D.I.D. and it is great.

Cool beans. (that means very good in newenglandese) I will give Snowy the I'm halfway there, ugh, whatever the hell this thing is :homestar: And for your suggestion and because I'm in a very genial mood, you get a cake :cake:

-Gunny out.

:celebration: Score free cake! :celebration:
Oh and congrats Snowy :celebration:

K I dont have any of the DLC's but I think I might try a DID playthrough now that I've seen this thread.

I did one in FO3 it ended at Level 8, I knew I should not have jumped off that overpass. God Dammit.

Anyways what are teh specific rules other than if you die, the game is over.

I've never tried a DID playthrough before. I might start this when the next update comes out for sure, which I'm hoping will be real soon. When it comes out, I'm going to try to get through the rest of the game on Very Hard (even though I've pretty much beaten it already, not to meantion I'm already at lv. 40), while killing everyone I haven't killed already. I've been playing the whole thing with good Karma, so there are still plenty of stragglers out in the Mojave. Though, bad factions like Caeser's Legion and the Fiends I've already taken care of, I've at least not died on those already (lol). In fact, the only times I've actually were in Quarry Junction, so I'm not at a loss. And once the update comes out, I'll be set for Old World Blues and Lonesome Road and everything else to come.

Rulez? We don't need no stinkin' rules:



Everyone is making their own rules. Some folks are setting some severe limits on themselves, while others are creating restrictive role-plays. Others are just playing casually. Do what you wish. But be warned, like they say: Once you go DID, you don't go back. Er, something like that.

-Gunny out.

Prime example of that particular brand of insanity is yours truly. I'm currently several dozen hours and 25--make that 26--levels deep into a DID playthrough, Very Hard/hardcoe, "roleplaying" a technophobic monk. No chems, no energy weapons, no stimpaks, no Rad Away or RadX, not even any guns or technologically-aided melee weapons. Just my wits, my fists, and a handful of utterly broken Unarmed perks between me and squishy death. My roaming ascetic, who I've nicknamed (and named) "Tuck", has just finished Dead Money and was preparing to enter Zion before I shelve NV until 19 July...but now that I've evidently been beaten to the "finish the game and all current DLCs" trophy, I'm putting my nose back to the grindstone to maximize this build in preparation for OWB and LR. One prize has been lost, but the game isn't over yet! ...Er. Unless I die, that is.

Anyway, I recommend that you go crazy-go-nuts, make up whatever inane rules you see fit, and above all enjoy yourself. DID is definitely breathing new life into NV for me. It's a new way to play and even a new way to think, and I strongly recommend you give it a shot.

Im thinking about trying it out. Can I go with my new level 5 guy?

As far as I know, Gunny never specified that existing characters couldn't hop onto the DID train, and you're a low enough level that it won't defeat the purpose of DID if you start now.

I'd say go for it, as long as you're not incredibly attached to this particular save file or anything.

Cool, im not to attached to him. His name is Guns seeing as how he's going to only use guns AKA pistols (just for fun).

My character was Zeek willows is currently level 17. He was wandering the wastes and he just found a bunker, suddenly captured by the brotherhood of steel. He is ex enclave so he is not too happy. But he holds no bad blood considering he was only a recruit before his patrol was attacked by raiders. After killing the raiders he traveled to the outside area of the Mojave to be a courier. Things arent going according to plan being svcked into this war in the hellish land of the Mojave desert... (just a slight summery :wink_smile: )

I like the name. The Official Dead Is Dead Rulebook and Beer Koozie says that if your current character has NEVER died, then that character is eligible for contest entry. See official disclaimer. No warranty, implied or express. Mileage may vary. I didn't get her pregnant, I swear.......Wait . That last one belongs in a different disclaimer. Sorry.

-gunny out.