FO:NV Old World Blues released.

This is why it makes more sense for me to purchase the DLC when they all become available in a single pack, rather than one at a time. Better value for money and waiting that little extra bit of time longer to make a new character will potentially make the game feel brand new with all the new content. I'm definitely doing that with New Vegas.

Originally Posted by Nerevarine
Indeed, that would certainly help. Unfortunately, I don't think an increased level cap would slow you down from being too powerful while still being fairly early in the game the way an xp reducer mod would.

I have played the game for 140 hours and I am 5 levels below the levelcap.

I am insanely powerful thanks to running an unlimited companion mod. I barely fire on anything on my own (except in the DLC's). I actually don't care about combat in the game, I just find combat, well boring.

I am all about the roleplaying experience, but I play on Hardcore at Very Difficult. I made all companions essential through modding though. I pick armor based on what looks good, not what have the greatest stats.

I play what in RPG terms is usually called "the face". I see myself as the partyleader who do the talking, not the fighting. I have ten in CHA an 9 in INT. I maxed out Speech, Barter and Science early and taken all speech perks (like Terrifying Presence). Up to recently I had 24 in Guns. I started the game with 3 in STR/END so I always had really low hitpoints, get dehydrated and rad'd very quickly. This build isn't possible in vanilla FNV, just with mods due to the companion limit. They should have made companion limit equal to CHA, just like in the old games.

Originally Posted by Nerevarine
I see, thank you for the info. I was hoping for some way to have more "hands-on" control over companion's inventories and equipment, but at least there's an option.

There are several mods on Nexus that allows you to deequip companions armor and weapons (even use it yourself if you want to). Personally I have equipped them with the best version in the game of the weapon they came with, Cass with the best shotgun, Boone with the best Sniper Rifle etc. The only armor I swapped though are Veronicas, I thought a Recon Brotherhood Armor fit her character.

Originally Posted by Nerevarine
It's too bad that companions aren't as fleshed out as a traditional party-based RPG (both in terms of story, managing their inventories, and tactics), but I suppose that would be rather difficult to pull off given the open-world setting and the fact that companions are completely optional. One can dream though

I have wanted precisely that for a long time. I like the idea of being in a party when playing CRPG's. A full blown A.I. controlled party in a First-Person RPG is something I wanted to see. Fallout NV have came closest to that dream so far. It is (for me) quite a sight to see all the people I recruited attack my foes.

Just wanted to say that Honest Hearts was enough to reach the levelcap from 40-45. I intend to play Old World Blues without bothering about the levelcap this time.

Originally Posted by Pessimeister
This is why it makes more sense for me to purchase the DLC when they all become available in a single pack, rather than one at a time. Better value for money and waiting that little extra bit of time longer to make a new character will potentially make the game feel brand new with all the new content. I'm definitely doing that with New Vegas.

This is totally my plan. Get a bunch of DLC make a new character and have a semi-new game in a way. Course I would prefer an expansion instead … I miss those days.