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Okay, so I just recently did the Tenpenny Tower quest. After I kicked out the bigots and got Tenpenny's okay for the Ghouls to move in, I killed Tenpenny on his balcony and fast travelled away so nobody knew it was me. Then I experimented with a bunch of different ways to kill Gustavo for the Armament key, and because he is also a jerk. Everything I tried ended up turning the whole tower hostile to me. Finally I tried using the Mesmetron while Stealth Boyed. That worked, he turned hostile and his own security force took him out for me. Sidenote, so far this has been working for me to have people killed while not receiving blame for it.

Now, I knew that Roy was going to kill all the smooth skins but it is the "good" path to help them move in. That and I love this mask. I'm max level so fighting the Feral Ghouls, and everything else really, is just a waste of time, ammo, and weapon and clothing conditions. So, I meant to go back to the tower and mez Roy so that the security kills him but it took me too long to actually do that and he already killed everyone. That all brings me to the point of this post.

I reloaded a previous save to run a few experiments. I went up to the suites to find Roy and mezzed him but the lone security guard just kept running away from him while I was being torn apart by his Chinese Assault Rifle. I reloaded and tried a few times, the one time the security guard actually fought back, his Assault Rifle couldnt stand up to Roy's Chinese version and he got slaughtered in a few seconds. So I tried using a Magnum to destroy the Chinese Assault Rifle. That worked, kind of. Once Roy was forced into fisticuffs, he chased me straight to the (STILL) fleeing security guard who then turned around and killed him for me. Great. I left the tower and came back. I checked in with Bet... Is it Bettie or Betsie? Anyway, checked in with her, all good. I waited 24 hours, still chillin. I went to Megaton and waited for 7 days then went back to her, still good. Except at this point all the smooth skins were dead again and Marcus, Matthew?... The other one was hostile towards me.

I'm thinking he maybe turned hostile because I shot the gun out of Roy's hands? I never checked on him until after the week was over, so I'm not sure. Does anyone know of a way to get the mask and still save everyone who isn't a bigot? Could I freely kill them after I get the mask but before they go to the tower? Like, drop mines or something to kill them on their way out? Are they considered a faction at that point?

One more note, in my main file I saw Roy in the main lobby when I first went back to the tower but in my experiment file he was already upstairs by the time I got there. This could be because I got lost in the sewers. I also walked back instead of fast travelling like I originally did. I think catching him in the lobby is the best way to do this. Mez him so he aggros, Security will kill him while the 2 shops stay open. The question then becomes, do all 3 of them need to die or is the slaughter of the smooth skins an unavoidable scripted event?

I’ve been getting back into Fallout 3 as I’ve never done a comprehensive play through, and seeing as I’m not as bad as games as I was when I was 12 I decided I’ll do it on Very Hard to challenge myself.

After some Bobblehead collecting I’m kicking off GNR and there’s a fucking Mutant Overlord in the Museum of Technology! I thought being from Broken Steel they wouldn’t spawn until at least level 20 yet here he is at level 14 ready to 2 shot me. Also kinda crazy that in 75% through the base game progression after collecting a few Bobbleheads and only doing Chapter 1 of the survival guide.

Is it normal for them to show up around this level ? The extra xp from very hard seems more like a punishment instead of a reward now.

I noticed railway spikes are considered ammo (I think) so is there a weapon for them? And if so how do you get it?

Hello there, Im new in Fallout and i just bought fallout 3 base game i like play it and i like it, but i don't like the ending. i need to continue my progress after finishing the main story and is it too late to buy the broken steel dlc ? but i have a save games when i escorting the liberty prime

I never could play it back in the days bc I didn't have the dlcs on my ps3, however I did pick up fallout 3 again recently with all the dlcs on Steam

This one is rly cool, I just could never wrap my mind around the fact you get negative karma for not kidnapping a child to give it to a dude who is just willing to use it as a ransom

Ashur is not inherently a good person but I get his motive, I do get Wernhers too which is why I let him go but damn

I stream the game on a PS4, and normally the vibration only happens when you are doing something wrong, but for me, the controller vibrates even when I'm correctly lockpicking and it unlocks. I've never experienced this before. Has this happened to anyone else? I'm only able to use visual cues and break too many picks as a result.

enemies will start firing at me before they load and I have to use vats to see them is there any way to increase the distance at which enemies will visually appear

I'm kinda new to modding so sorry if this is an easy fix

edit: also if you have any good mod suggestions let me know

So as the title says that is what I did. No one is alive in tenpenny Tower currently except for me and my silly robot. I mainly did this because of the TERRIBLE prices and I also wanted everyone's caps.

So what settlement should I clear out next? There's not a ton of them but Rivet city would be a challenge.

Is it possible to clear out the citadel?