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BenRG:
FWIW, I suspect that the inadequate training and equipment of Vault 101's security force may have been by design - part of the Vault 101 social experiment. The vault dwellers would be more likely to stay safe and snug behind the closed hatch of the vault if their equipment was generally inadequate for surviving a hostile outside environment (and I'm not just talking about the high background radiation).

On what do I base the 'inadequate by design' statement? For example: You've got a radroach invasion and a renegade on the loose inside the vault. Yet there is no indication of heavier weapons than their standard pistol. A submachinegun or a shotgun would have seriously altered the odds in their favour against a innumerable crawling menace like the radroaches!

I also suspect that there was a 'smart levelling' element to it. With you on Lv1, the game designers didn't want the Evil Vizer's City Watchmen (for such they were, just in a sci-fi setting) too competent and dangerous.

Neko_Ali:
The out of game meta reason is part of why the guards only have pistols and night sticks, while other vaults can have much heavier weaponry. You don't want to start off your character with a Fatboy after all.  The radroach invasion and renegade were not exactly part of the orginal Vault Tec plan. People were supposed to be happy little sheep down there till they died.

Ancient spoilers for those who haven't played the game yet:
(click to show/hide)Vault 101 was never supposed to be opened. The experiment was to see how long and how well a completely closed off society would function with a singular leader with ultimate power. There is indications that there was literal brainwashing involved to keep people inside and in line, so heavier weaponry for the guards was not needed, and possibly part of the experiment. The Overseer had already broken the experiment parameters several times by the time the player escapes though. People had left and entered the vault several times, even though people still claimed/thought that nobody ever leaves.

Neko_Ali:
Vault 111 is now open! I played the game for a couple of hours this morning before having to turn my attention to work. So far, it's good. Very pretty. I won't spoil anything that happens. I haven't got very far anyway, seeing as how I've been just going over everything with a fine tooth comb. For those curious, the hacking and lockpicking minigames remain unchanged from Fallout 3. Crafting reminds me hugely of Skyrim. So far I've got to the point where you first meet Dogmeat, as shown in the demos they did at E3. Two hours down, thousands to go....

Unfortunately after having fun in the new world, I came back to this one with a Fallout slap to the face. For those that weren't aware, there's a special promotion going on. Nuka Cola Quantum went on sale at Target today. Technically it's a Jones blue soda with a Quantum label, but it's still an official tie in. I figured I'd run out to the store down the road and grab a few when my room mate returned today. Except yeah.. Not so much. Apparently they decided to make this another 'limited offer collectible' and as rare as Quantum is in the game. Each store got one case. One. Needless to say half of them didn't even make it to the shelf as employees snatched them up, and the others sold out pretty much immediately when the stores opened. They're now going on ebay for $50 a pop, apparently.

I am absolutely disgusted by this. Once again collectors and people who just want neat memorability are screwed over thanks to greed and artificial scarcity. This happens any time there is a limited edition product like this. The people at Bethesda and Jones Soda had to know this would happen, and they acting in a way to make sure it would happen. They don't even have the excuse they had with the Pip Boy edition where they could only make so many of them. Which is something I call BS on in itself. But this is quite literally one of Jones' existing sodas with a different label. All making more would have meant would have been printing off labels and applying them. But nope. Keep the quantities very limited so the only ones who benefit are the scalpers.

Pilchard123:
(click to show/hide)Nukes fall, people die :V

Blue Kitty:



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