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Wasteland 3 |OT| Nuclear Winter

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Rods

Rods

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May 1, 2020
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Free Time Hooligan said:
What's the general consensus on skill point allocation? I took 4 or 5 skills on my custom rangers but the companion that joined me had 3, so now I'm wondering if I'm spreading myself too thin with my skill points...
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4 maxed skills per character is my guess, unless you plan on having 1 character as a skill bot with 10 int.

Few hours in on Supreme Jerk difficulty, loving this just as i did Wasteland 2. I'll probably regret not putting points in luck in a few characters, it was a dump stat in 2, got buffed a lot especially with penetration.
Quirk that gives 100% resists at the cost of -15% exp seems really strong, not sure why i wouldn't pick that.
 
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Smoolio

Smoolio

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Oct 25, 2017
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Is this a DivinityOS2 situation where the pre-made characters have more story and are voiced?
 
Edge

Edge

A King's Landing
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Oct 25, 2017
21,012
Celle, Germany
First fight yesterday was weird. So much resemblance to X-Com but I don't really get some things.

When I highlight someone and see the whole life bar blinks, then I think this attack will kill him, but it rarely does, maybe not even half of the life bar, what's up with that?

Also the accuracy feels weird, I can be like 10 feet away and get 50% and then I run up to him, be barricade on barricade with the enemy and it turns to like 20%.

Besides the technical problems, not a good start for the game.
 
Yossarian

Yossarian

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Oct 25, 2017
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Edge said:
Also the accuracy feels weird, I can be like 10 feet away and get 50% and then I run up to him, be barricade on barricade with the enemy and it turns to like 20%.

Besides the technical problems, not a good start for the game.
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What weapon are you using? If it's anything like W2, certain weapons have penalties at close range until you unlock specific perks. For example, in W2, Assault Rifles needed the Melee Shooting perk to be effective in CQC.

On top of that, cover used to increase the difficulty of the shot, so you had to flank enemies.
 
Burt

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Oct 28, 2017
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Edge said:
First fight yesterday was weird. So much resemblance to X-Com but I don't really get some things.

When I highlight someone and see the whole life bar blinks, then I think this attack will kill him, but it rarely does, maybe not even half of the life bar, what's up with that?

Also the accuracy feels weird, I can be like 10 feet away and get 50% and then I run up to him, be barricade on barricade with the enemy and it turns to like 20%.

Besides the technical problems, not a good start for the game.
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The blinking bar is max potential damage, as in, if all your shots hit.

Guns seem to have an ideal range. Assault rifles lose accuracy within a tile or two of their target.
 
TolerLive

TolerLive

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Nov 15, 2017
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Wow.

Holy shit. This may be my game of the year.

Ive never played a wasteland game before, but me and a friend booted this up in coop on xbox and played 10 hours straight. Absolutely fantastic RPG Co-op experience right now. Like diablo mixed with xcom. Absolutely loving the mechanics and writing. There have been a few parts me and my friend have just been dying at the pure absurdity. So excited to dive back in this weekend. Any idea how long the campaign experience will be in co-op?
 
Soggoth

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Oct 29, 2017
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Question to people with Steam edition - what game version do you have on the main screen (bottom right)?
 
Bede-x

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Oct 25, 2017
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There's a mouse cursor in the middle of the screen every time you open the options, when playing with controller on PC and the framepacing seems off making it stutter :(

EDIT: Oh, stutter disappeared after the opening fight.
 
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ChilliConCarnage

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Oct 27, 2017
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So 2 quick questions now that everyone is playing

1. BARTER, Do you have to be controlling the character who has the skill to benefit from it? or just have him in the squad?

2. LUCK, Does it affect loot? Could I make a max luck character with Lockpick, Toaster Repair, Prospector etc. and make him open everything and be rolling in money/items?
 
Rods

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ChilliConCarnage said:
So 2 quick questions now that everyone is playing

1. BARTER, Do you have to be controlling the character who has the skill to benefit from it? or just have him in the squad?

2. LUCK, Does it affect loot? Could I make a max luck character with Lockpick, Toaster Repair, Prospector etc. and make him open everything and be rolling in money/items?
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2 - As far as i know it only affects money/scraps and it's a 5% chance at max rank of getting double what you would normally get, if that would be enough to be rolling in cash and be able to buy all the items from vendors i'm not sure.
 
Edge

Edge

A King's Landing
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Oct 25, 2017
21,012
Celle, Germany
Burt said:
The blinking bar is max potential damage, as in, if all your shots hit.

Guns seem to have an ideal range. Assault rifles lose accuracy within a tile or two of their target.
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Ah thanks. Will have an eye on that, was about AR yes.


Also, chose a sniper for the second class but run out of ammo after the second battle, that seems a bit unbalanced for the start, hope I find ammo or a second weapon soon. 😓
 
KushalaDaora

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Oct 27, 2017
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This is weird question, but does Wasteland preset character returns as NPC in Wasteland 3 (I think this happen between W1—>W2) ?

About to start W2 and wonder if I should go with premade characters (tweaked ofc) or custom one.

I always enjoyed when protagonist of previous title return as NPC in the sequel.
 
Mórríoghain

Mórríoghain

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Nov 2, 2017
5,144
Game breaking bug, fuck this! Game is stuck after the tutorial fight twice in a row now. I am not creating another bunch of characters just to not advance the game.

It's been sitting in this cutscene for the past 15 minutes...

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Manipular

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Oct 27, 2017
579
Detroit, MI
I gotta say, I wasn't expecting to enjoy this nearly as much as I am considering I didn't like Wasteland 2 and I'm not the biggest fan of games with post-apocalyptic settings in general, but I just played for almost 4 hours straight and I can't wait to get back on (after some sleep, of course). Loving it so far (minus the occasional bug).
 
Tmespe

Tmespe

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Oct 27, 2017
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Anyone else experiencing lag when hovering over items? It takes like 1-2 seconds before it pops up. It's not game breaking or anything, but kinda annoying.
 
SlickShoes

SlickShoes

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Oct 27, 2017
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My game freezes as soon as I get past accepting it access my Xbox live account. Anyone else get this? I'm on PC
 
Gowans

Gowans

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Oct 27, 2017
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Just got to the base, threw it on on a whim this morning and really digging it, a laughed at one point in the intro.

Can't wait to play more but this isn't play anywhere is it?
 
Anoxida

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Oct 30, 2017
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Created a melee str guy along with a sniper and uh.. sniper feels OP and melee guy feels incredibly weak lol. Hopefully it scales better as the game goes on.
 
No Depth

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Oct 27, 2017
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After an hour or so of trying on Gamepass I think I might purchase on Steam. Seems like a game I prefer to own.
 
Bede-x

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Oct 25, 2017
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Thank god you have unlimited inventory!

Anoxida said:
Created a melee str guy along with a sniper and uh.. sniper feels OP and melee guy feels incredibly weak lol. Hopefully it scales better as the game goes on.
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I picked the pre-made father/daughter combo, which is exactly that and I'm a little unsure if you're supposed to give melee guys some range weapons, due how extraordinarily weak they feel in the beginning. Not only does the sniper do more damage, you also don't have to get close to people. Maybe ammo restrictions come into play later on or melee builds get some other advantages.
 

stefanomusilli96

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Jun 13, 2020
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I'm shocked at how well it's running, I thought my graphics card would struggle. Not a single drop on max settings except for right after a loading screen. Not a single bug yet neither, which is surprising since 2 was riddled with bugs. Amazing job.
 
Uga

Uga

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Oct 31, 2017
476
Somehow this is running on my ¬5 years old laptop, which I'm very much happy about. Can't wait to start my online co-op playthrough today.

One bug though - I get no sound in the game? Anyone encountered that? I've a feeling my Bluetooth headset (Sony wh-1000xm3) is somehow causing an issue somewhere, but wanted to double check with others first.
 
Dphex

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Oct 27, 2017
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Consensus so far is pc yay, console nay or what?

have a standard Xbox One and a Pro, still don´t know if if should subscribe for a month of gamepass and play the shit out of this game(with the possibility of the game running like crap on the old Xbox One) or if i should wait a bit for patches and buy a PS4 copy a bit later.
 
Grunty

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Oct 28, 2017
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I haven't read through this thread to avoid potential spoilers, but strictly from a story perspective, is playing through the first two games necessary or recommended to enjoy this one?
 
horsebite

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Oct 27, 2017
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Curious about PS4 Pro performance and how well it plays on the controller if anyone can comment! Picking this up today and looking forward to diving in tonight. :)
 
IlGialloMondadori

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Oct 30, 2017
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Durock said:
I haven't read through this thread to avoid potential spoilers, but strictly from a story perspective, is playing through the first two games necessary or recommended to enjoy this one?
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Nah. Play them after if you really dig it, but it's a crpg in a post apocalyptic world. There will be winks and callbacks and story continuations, but you don't need any more information.
 

Munroe

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May 17, 2019
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Weird, I managed to save a Pvt Beltran near the start of the game, yet the only option I had was to kill her, couldn't talk to her or anything else.

Edit: After quick saving and then quick loading back in fixed it and was able to talk to her
 
Uga

Uga

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Oct 31, 2017
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Uga said:
Somehow this is running on my ¬5 years old laptop, which I'm very much happy about. Can't wait to start my online co-op playthrough today.

One bug though - I get no sound in the game? Anyone encountered that? I've a feeling my Bluetooth headset (Sony wh-1000xm3) is somehow causing an issue somewhere, but wanted to double check with others first.
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A different headset is giving me general audio, but none of the speech... Very confused now.
 

notme2020

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Dec 3, 2017
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I've had a good time playing i kind of regret going with a melee build with one of my characters but i think i will stick with it. I've only had one bug and that was one of my characters when in battle he ran to another part of the map so i reset and everything was fine.
 
blainethemono

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Oct 27, 2017
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RandomSeed said:
Made an assault rifle leader type and a melee character and did the intro stuff. Pretty fun. I put 25 hours into Wasteland 2 before stopping, so hopefully this one is a little more...polished I guess I'll say. Combat seems like it.

Little glitch with the controller UI where skipping some text (misclicked and reloaded a convo) made things unable to be selected, I restarted the game, and the menu wouldn't even show up. Had to load it again and load the menu by using KBM.

Controller support seems OK, but I'll probably go with KBM. I don't think you can run Gamepass games through Steam, otherwise I'd check out a custom Steam Controller configuration and go with that. Once dialed in, Pathfinder Kingmaker was amazing with the controller, and I bet this would be too.
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i've used GloSC to play a handful of game pass games with steam input support before. haven't tried Wasteland 3 specifically though. the method i used:

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So I got PC Game Pass and I want to know where the games are installed. I got Bloodstained and want to put the mod that replaces the backer photos. Are mods even possible? The whole installing thing is pretty messed up. I set it to ask me where to install every time, and it sure as hell doesn't...
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Tupper

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Jul 15, 2019
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I started this up last night and the next thing I know two hours have passed and it was time to go to bed. I think half the time was spent in the character creator. 😂

Running with a melee and sniper which has been pretty good. I'm at the point where I can create two more Rangers and I'm not quite sure how I want to build them.
 
netprints

netprints

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Oct 25, 2017
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Not sure if this was answered but is there a way to respec characters? I think I made a mistake on one of them.
 
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