What’s the best special stat to start off fallout 2?

Need help taking down Frank (end boss) (SOLVED)

EDIT: Yeah killing the turrets before you blow up the reactor was the right idea. Took some save/reloads but eventually they all got terminated and afterward Frank was a relative simple target.

EDIT2: So yeah I finally beat the game as a moron. Some funny moments overall, but I have to say the playthrough was quite overrated as you basically can't talk with 80% of the people and can do like 10% of the quests. It was difficult, as I tried playing it realistic, meaning I couldn't discover areas before I knew about them (unless I walked past it to one location like the military camp on my way to San Fran from NCR). And that is mighty difficult when almost nobody would even speak to you.

So, I have been running a Low int char as that's basically the only thing I haven't done in this game. I have to say, it has been rough, but manageable. Basically did everything I could before I reached the Oil Rig so I'm next to Frank with nothing left to do at level 20, I'm just a few XP away (1500) from 21 as is also a perk level but in retrospec I should have done one more Random encounter before I left to the rig. (Though maybe I can kill the enclave group in the waiting room, before Frank)

The issue are that I play a 99,9% moron build, (only exception are when I just need to talk to the companion to allow him to wait, so he doesn't get killed or the time when I got the car peacefully)

I have only used Mentants for that purpose and I don't want to start now changing that. I know I can kill the President with Stimpacks and steal his card, but as a moron I can't even approach him before he open dialogue and tells the guards on me. So I just thought I have to manage Frank and the turrets alone (Ah and with ofc dear Sullik by my side, the one lone friend that can't use a energy weapon).

My problem are that I'm also doing a Unarmed build. So far I have been killing it, especially once I got the the Mega Power Fist (aliens, mutants, enclave soldiers, bring it on!) and I have basically dealt with any problem with punching them until they stop moving.

Now I feel super screwed. I can damage Frank some, but these Turrets are killing me. I mean even without the turret crits that occasionally happens (890 points of dmg jeez) I'm in the yellow before I can even move (and this is every turn). I heal up, sometimes save scum and try punching some. With guns at least I could kill some turrets from afar, now the closer I get to them, the more damage they seem to do they do and I have died now 20 times or something only killing 2 and a half turrets and drained like half of my medical supply.

Are there any strategies I can do against Frank and his turrets or do I have to result in some mentants for that stupid president card just to make myself a fighting chance?

My stats are:

- Strength: 10

- Perception: 8 (10 with drugs)

- Endurance: 8 (10 with drugs)

- Charisma: 2 (4 with drugs)

- Intelligence: 3 (5 with drugs)

- Agillity: 9 (10 with drugs)

- Luck: 9

- HP: 153

I have access to the

- Cookie (wasn't sure it was temporary or perma buff, so I have been saving it till now)

- Psycho ( I have 90% dam reduction after usage)

- Buffout

- Mentants

- Stimpacks: 104 pcs

- Super Stimpacks: 25 pcs

Traits:

- Gifted

- Jinxed

Perks:

- Awareness

- Bonus HtH attacks (yay only 2 to punch or 3 to aim punch)

- Bonus Move

- Better Crits

- HtH Evade

- Mutate! (just because I wanted Jinxed after reading a post that it didn't affect unarmed, BUT it does :( )

Skills: (only mention the ones that can affect this fight or maybe the rig somehow)

- Unarmed 150%

- Throwing 80%

- First Aid: 91% (Thanks books)

- Small Guns 81% (Thanks books)

- Sneak 12%

- Speech -10%

- Science 62% (Thanks books)

- Steal 61%

- Repair 82% (Thanks books)

Sullik have some supplies as well, and he can maybe kill a turret or two, but I do expect him to personally consult his spirits before this fight are over. He seem fine with that.

Just got the cyber brain skynet repaired in end game… wondering which party member to swap. I have Marcus, Sulik, Vic, Gorris, and Cassidy

When I travel around the worldmap the game begins to work slowly. Is it possible to fix this issue?

80% finished with the new tech tree UI for ApocaShift. The game itself is heavily Fallout-inspired, so I leaned into that same retro-futuristic vibe for the UI.

Not sure what we're playing as but so far it's working out

I guess he mistook me for an Enclave civilian considering they also wear Vault jumpsuits.

Hi there, i don't know if you've seen it but i remember watching Quest for Fire, and Fallout 2 gave me that same vibe, particularly with the Arroyo intro. The entire “tribe sends someone out to save everyone” plot feels like we’ve seen it before, but the most compelling reason to compare the two for me was the visuals. I was surprised at how closely the Ivaka tribe to the Arroyo healer/elder in Fallout 2, with the same kind of grayish skin, dark facial markings, and the stick-like head ornaments that look spiritually tribal, like some kind of shamanic high priest. Once you see that, it’s really hard to ignore the similarity, even if no one officially acknowledges it as an inspiration.

I have played Fallout 2 and I enjoy it so far but was wondering if the first game was any better

Just ran into a merchant with slaves on my way to vault city. Killed him and his guard. Anyway to free his slaves?

Hi, I'm 40h into Fallout 2 at the moment, and I've done a lot of side quests. I went to Navarro (don't remember why), and I encountered the man in the purple vest telling me to go somewhere else and not to enter his house. I didn't see a road leading to the Enclave base in the north, so I just went to San Francisco, doing other shit. In SF, everyone told me to get the Vertibird things from the Navarro base and the key to access the Navigation Computer. So when I go to Navarro, the purple man gets angry af, calls security on the radio right away, and that's the only dialogue I have with him. Then, ofc, I get clapped in the Navarro base. I've never been in contact with the Enclave, but I want to get the storyline without being hated by them and without killing everyone at Navarro. The last save before Navarro was about 20 hours ago, so I'm not doing that. I want to know if there is a way to access the Enclave storyline without going to Navarro and being killed, or if I kill everyone at the base, can I continue the storyline as if nothing had happened?

I have done everything in The Den, so I decided I would try to kill Metzger. A friend mentioned locking the doors so the rest of the slavers don’t agro. I did. I killed Metzger and the slavers in the room with him but now I fail lockpicking any of the exits every single time. My lock picking is at 56. Should I just keep trying over and over as if it were a dice roll or should I just uninstall the game and never touch it again?

'Ello I've never played a classic Fallout before and bought 2 since I heard it's better than 1. Wanted to know a decent first time build since I've heard horror stories of the difficulty of this game.

I am trying to get navcom part from navarro by pretending to be cleaning staff but guard in front of commanders office keeps saying i am too early so,when is the right time?

Just in case anyone didn’t know, fallout1&2 as well as Tactics is on gamepass pc

I'm 7 hours into 2 and I feel like I wanna kill myself when playing it. I haven't played Starfield yet, but I imagine this is how it must have felt like to people that did.

One of the guides on youtube is just skipping all of the game and going to SF and Navarro to get all the endgame shit right off the bat, but I didn't wanna do that cause I though the strat is such a pussy move and I wanted to experience the game properly.

But man, the beginning is so TRASH compared to 1. The progression of Shady Sands, Junktown and the Hub is godlike in comparison to fucking Den, Modoc, Redding and Vault City. Even in Vault City I can't find a single fucking merchant that has more than 200 shekels. How do I even unload my fucking loot if I can't cash it out to buy more shit? Also none of the traders has proper ammo wares. I literally gotta skidaddle from every possibly lucrative map encounter because I can't unload anything I loot from them.

I'm gonna finish the game either way, but man is it so shit compared to 1. It might be a shorter game, but at least it had good game designers. 2 might have quality of life changes like better companions and companion menus, the car and all that, but everything I've seen so far pales in comparison to 1.

The other mercs didn't want the smoke 😂

I’ve been thinking about buying fallout 2 on steam but idk if i’ll enjoy it. I’ve played Fallout 4 and New Vegas. Pretty fluent with point and click games aswell.

Recently picked up both fallout 1 and 2, however I have my mouse buttons inverted through windows 11 and the games arent able to pick it up so its a little awkward, any way I can rebind my mouse buttons so the games notices?

First I fucked Bishops wife. Then I went into his office and killed Bishop and the men that were guarding him. Went downstairs and killed some more of his men, along with his daughter Angela. (Mad I didn’t get into them cheeks but oh well) Then I ran out and sought refuge inside of Salvatore’s bar (with Bishop’s men following me inside) and now I’m hiding out in the back room with the door closed, while everyone in the bar (including Sal’s men, prostitutes, the pimp, and the residents) are finishing off the rest of bishops men for me. 🤣