Who else really enjoyed the bullet crafting?

[Sub-Human]

Well, I only used that crafting bench to cut down the weight of energy ammo by improving them.

Other than that, all of the ammo you need is avaliable for purchase and as loot.

 

[Lexx]

Fireplaces are pretty much everywhere. I don't think it would have added anything valuable to the game if you would be able to create one or if you would have needed to create them first.

 

[WillisPDunlevey]

I would have liked to be able to make AP ammo (making the hard steel or tungsten penetrators from drill bits or steel from nails)

I think you should be able to hand load/reload ammo without the work bench... but one bullet at a time.

That would allow you to make ammo if you really needed to, but would make the benches much more useful

 

[Crni Vuk]

I wish bullet crafting included subsonic variants of the 5.56 and .308 rounds, and require them to effectively use the silenced sniper rifle & the varmint rifle. I know I'm being pedantic, but it really bugs me the way silenced rifles have become video game (and Hollywood) convention. They took the time to make shotgun damage more realistic vs. armor, but somehow the silenced .308 rifle remains.

That bugs me as well. Worse is CoD with its silencing of .50 BMG rounds. What the fuck?

(Although I think you can do that in New Vegas as well, as I never really used weapon mods)

Well the issue is I think that most people actually dont know the difference between a "suppressor" and a true "silencer".

 

[aboniks]

Fireplaces are pretty much everywhere. I don't think it would have added anything valuable to the game if you would be able to create one or if you would have needed to create them first.

I can understand that point of view. I suppose it just comes down to what one considers valuable in a game. I agree that it wouldn't have been earth shatteringly important, but (IMO) it would have added to the sense of immersion, given the player an added degree of freedom, and imposed a logical constraint on the food crafting process.

Does it works as it stands? Sure. Could it be done differently and still work? Sure. There's always a balancing act to be done in game development. Obsidian just chose a level of complexity that I would have gone slightly beyond for this particular process.

 

[TorontoReign]

I liked the reloading / crafting in NV. As stated by others, the interface was sub-par, and there were some munitions I would have liked to see; subsonic rounds, tracers, etc. I played on 360 and I would have bartered my right thumb for a controller with a page down button.

Cooking...ugh. Great idea, but why the fuck do I need to FIND a campfire? Why now just make me collect wood and then...um...burn it. Never played NV on hardcore, but I can imagine that cooking would have been much more useful in that case, although having to travel to a fire would suck if food was vital.

Imagine the game play possibilities if you could build a fire anywhere...guess who's coming to dinner?

You HAVE to play it on hardcore man. Fallout: New Vegas is not nearly as good otherwise. I think the ammo bench was one of my favorite additions to the series.

 

[aboniks]

You HAVE to play it on hardcore man. Fallout: New Vegas is not nearly as good otherwise. I think the ammo bench was one of my favorite additions to the series.

Definitely planning on it. All my stuff is still in storage, staying with the in-laws, QQ etc. Right now I've got a toughbook that will just barely run FO2 without wheezing and an iphone.

Not to mention the backlog of games I got for xmas that I can't play yet. Life is so hard. Pity me.

 

[TorontoReign]

You HAVE to play it on hardcore man. Fallout: New Vegas is not nearly as good otherwise. I think the ammo bench was one of my favorite additions to the series.

Definitely planning on it. All my stuff is still in storage, staying with the in-laws, QQ etc. Right now I've got a toughbook that will just barely run FO2 without wheezing and an iphone.

Not to mention the backlog of games I got for xmas that I can't play yet. Life is so hard. Pity me.

I always wanted to "acquire" a Toughbook, but it never worked out.