Dogmeat definitely wasn't useless. His knockdown ability was awesome. If he sequenced after his target, than the guy would still be down when your turn came around, and then you have a 95% chance at his eyes. That alone makes him deadly, the fact that he attacks like 15 times a turn didn't hurt either.
The Escapist: Junktown Dog
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WolfWitness
First time out of the vault
Yeah, though you have to admit keeping him alive is a pain in the arse. Thank God for the NPC mod. I actually tried the forcefield thing, and damn it that was a root canal.
Still love the little stinker after that though.
Still love the little stinker after that though.
Love Dogmeat. He's the bestest stray doggeh a vault dweller can have. 
It was good having him as a companion, and he certainly saved my ass a couple times. Much better than Ian, who, if he wasn't shooting at me, was just running away. I don't get it, Ian had ammo, had stimpacks, why was he always running away? Guess he just doesn't like me much. 
It was good having him as a companion, and he certainly saved my ass a couple times. Much better than Ian, who, if he wasn't shooting at me, was just running away. I don't get it, Ian had ammo, had stimpacks, why was he always running away? Guess he just doesn't like me much. 1 and 2 are official prequels, but nobody cares about them, because their graphics suck. You don't need to play them to play Fallout 3.Leon said:
Yeah, all Fallout games have bad NPC AI. Though at Fallout 1/2's time, it was good, compared to the other AIs, I think.
Katja was ok, but she was way too low level for an NPC you meet so late. She was basically in between Ian and Tycho, but you tend to meet her about 5 levels on. Plus her obsession with throwing knives didn't help.
Blackened said:
Nope. Not even close. I loved Fallout 1 and 2 too, but the NPC AI was extremely primitive. Fallout was one of the few games that your NPC sidekicks would actually kill you quite often. Being able to keep them from burst firing at you in Fallout 2 was a huge improvement, but they were still fairly primitive. I can't think of any other game where I would actually murder my NPC's because they were causing more trouble than they were worth.
Rufus Luccarelli said:I don't get it, Ian had ammo, had stimpacks, why was he always running away? Guess he just doesn't like me much.
Don't they tend to do that, when they have a crippled limb, thus can't fight?
And yes Ian was just beyond stupid. Burstfiring on one enemy in the middle of my group, and then when he's surround by baddies.... just single shots. Will never again give him a sub
Alphadrop
A right proper chap.
I just gave him a rifle or pistol and made sure I wasn't infront of him and he was just dandy in a firefight.
Alphadrop said:
Ian can't use rifles! I don't think you've even played this game.
DexterMorgan
A Smooth-Skin
I loved Dogmeat to bits. He was my only companion on my lone wolf playthroughs and it did take some effort to keep him alive (using low-AP weapon to draw fire on me from all ranged mutants in random encounters, locking him in behind green energy fields in MB so he doesn't get fried by red ones).
I never bothered to pick him up in F3. After all, there's only one Dogmeat and F3 mutt ain't it.
I never bothered to pick him up in F3. After all, there's only one Dogmeat and F3 mutt ain't it.
NFSreloaded
Still Mildly Glowing
I should probably have done the same, since FO3's Dogmeat was actually quite useless for me. I only had him for just two ingame days, before he jumped down a hole inside the Anchorage Monument and got killed by a Mirelurk below. I didn't even bother reloading a savegame I made five minutes earlier.DexterMorgan said:
I always thought the entertaining part about dogmeat was not his "usefulness" but to get him in one piece trough the game (which some even managed!)
Alphadrop
A right proper chap.
Per said:
Well I haven't played it in three years so I can't remember every detail about a dude who tended to die half way through the game.
WolfWitness
First time out of the vault
I started playing FO1 two days ago, Ian definitely can't equip rifles unless that guy's using a mod I haven't found yet.
Alphadrop
A right proper chap.
No he can't, the sprite Ian uses does not have any rifle animations.
Haven't played it in a while so forgot.
Haven't played it in a while so forgot.
patriot_41
Where'd That 6th Toe Come From?
NFSreloaded said:
What the fuck is a Mirelurk?!?!?
NFSreloaded
Still Mildly Glowing
Like alec said, crab-ish humanoids from FO3. They come in many forms and are apparently the tastiest food in the whole wasteland.patriot_41 said:
