why so little Super mutants? : Fallout: New Vegas

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 2:20 pm

Anyone else notice that there is only like 3 places to find super mutants, i was hoping they would be like Fo3 muntants so you can find them all over the wasteland.

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 3:16 pm

Spoiler

The creation of Super Mutants in the West was put to a halt when The Vault Dweller killed The Master many years before this game had taken place - very few mutants had survived for that long, the few that survived would have been heavily trained such as Marcus and the Nightkin. Although this didn't stop mutants being formed by accident, and most of these 'accident mutants' are refered to as 'dumb dumbs'. Due to a large number of them not retaining their intelligence. In the East however, it was speculated that the Super Mutants there had been creating others in there home of Vault 87.

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 8:44 am

Unlike the east coast Super Mutants the West coast ones had a leader, Master, that got killed (in some of the possible endings) in Fallout (the first one from 1997). They haven't (in my understanding) been as big of a threath after Master got killed.

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 5:10 pm

Anyone else notice that there is only like 3 places to find super mutants, i was hoping they would be like Fo3 muntants so you can find them all over the wasteland.

What Mr. Bull said

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 9:15 pm

Not quite the complete story...there is also the dumb-dumbs created afterward as well.

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 10:05 am

there was a whole birthing thing going on in a vault in FO3, that's why there were loads. but yeah i do miss them too. if the legion were made up of super mutant masters then they might of put up more of a fight

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 2:22 pm

Mr.Bull explains it quite well. West Coast Super mutants are a dying breed. :sadvaultboy:

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 11:11 pm

Sort of puts the Ghastly Scaveger perk on the back-burner. Is there a more useless perk in the whole game?

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 5:15 pm

Sort of puts the Ghastly Scaveger perk on the back-burner. Is there a more useless perk in the whole game?

Lead Belly?

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 6:57 pm

1- There isn't an FEV Vault churning them out en masse. Numbers are much lower because there are no reliable means of production.

2- They were done to death in FO3, maybe we'd like a change?

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 9:03 am

Sort of puts the Ghastly Scaveger perk on the back-burner. Is there a more useless perk in the whole game?

it's a roleplaying perk

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 9:55 am

it's a roleplaying perk

A roleplaying perk that really really svcked

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 6:58 pm

On the plus side, they respawn a lot in Black Mountain. Free LMGS!

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 8:34 am

Lead Belly?

You REALLY found Lead Belly useless? Then again, maybe you don't eat/drink as much irradiated food and water as I do. :laugh:

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 9:28 am

Lead Belly?

Scrounger and Fortune Finder

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 10:44 am

Scrounger and Fortune Finder

Jury rigging.

that perks was just stupid

also Cowboy.

Confirmed bachelor and Black widow really svcked to

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» Sun Mar 06, 2011 9:44 am

On the plus side, they respawn a lot in Black Mountain. Free LMGS!

Good place for weapon rush.

You REALLY found Lead Belly useless? Then again, maybe you don't eat/drink as much irradiated food and water as I do. :laugh:

Since doctors heal my radiation for 50 to 100 caps I don't really see any need for that perk.

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 12:14 pm

Sort of puts the Ghastly Scaveger perk on the back-burner. Is there a more useless perk in the whole game?

Lead Belly?

Swift Learner?

Here And Now?

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 3:37 pm

Swift Learner?

Here And Now?

Not too bad if you try to run through the game

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 8:56 am

Here and now is helpful..

If you're trying to get to level 30.

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 10:55 pm

Good place for weapon rush.

Since doctors heal my radiation for 50 to 100 caps I don't really see any need for that perk.

That don't fly when you're a tight ass about where you allocate your caps :laugh:

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 1:18 pm

Spoiler

The creation of Super Mutants in the West was put to a halt when The Vault Dweller killed The Master many years before this game had taken place - very few mutants had survived for that long, the few that survived would have been heavily trained such as Marcus and the Nightkin. Although this didn't stop mutants being formed by accident, and most of these 'accident mutants' are refered to as 'dumb dumbs'. Due to a large number of them not retaining their intelligence. In the East however, it was speculated that the Super Mutants there had been creating others in there home of Vault 87.

I know this as ive beaten the first few games, im just saying random encounters never hurt anyone, metaphorically speaking of course.

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 10:49 am

Sort of puts the Ghastly Scaveger perk on the back-burner. Is there a more useless perk in the whole game?

Cowboy, closely followed by (in my first runthrough): Scrounger (like, I really need to find more ammo); Grim Reaper's Sprint (Only 20 AP? Auuughh....where's that 9mm?) Jury Rigging (The only three firearms I use a lot of are the only ones that repair each other...and there ain't many of them lying around the Mojave); Medicine (Pssst...Bud!...wanna buy a stimpack, going cheap?).

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 9:12 pm

On the plus side, they respawn a lot in Black Mountain. Free LMGS!

I'm hoping Nightkin respawn around there - I need/want all the Stealth Boys I can get my grubby hands on, and I didn't get a single damn one in my last runthrough of Come Fly With Me.

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 8:29 am

Jury rigging.

that perks was just stupid

also Cowboy.

Confirmed bachelor and Black widow really svcked to

[/sarcasm]

While I would have liked to see more uses for Confirmed Bachelor, especially after one of the best uses was patched out of the game, I was also pleased to be able to be a gay male in the game.

So few games have an option like that.

And having Black Widow and Confirmed Bachelor together you could be bi. :-D