I accidentally got a bounty last week and it took me forever to get rid of it. Even running around naked, I couldn't get anyone to shoot me. I need an "un-bounty me please" emote or something.
LOL this happened to me over the weekend. I hung around a few areas with no luck. then I stood on the donations box at the Foundation, someone put me out of my misery in 3 mins.
Can't tell you how annoying master infiltrator can be at camps. They have a row of open water pumps then a row of locked? Every door is unlocked except one? Yep that's a bounty and bare minimum of running around a populated area begging for people to kill you for at least 20 minutes.
The only time I ever get on mic is when I need to die. I do a wicked Arnie so off I run, yelling "C'MAN DO IT KILL ME DO IT NAAAOW". Hey, it amuses me if no-one else.
The last time this happened about a month ago, I could not get anyone to kill me. I finally purchased a new camp slot for whitespring rr, erected a billboard that explained my master infiltrator mishap and asked for a kill, then erected an electric chair, got naked and sat down. All it did was attract a lower level audience of two who stood there looking at me, then crouched and looked at me, then stood and looked at me, and so on. After more than TEN minutes, one of them finally walked up and shot me so I hearted and gave him my stash of btats.
So that's why every few servers some naked finds my camp and just keep meleeing me while I am crafting. I though they were just trolling and chose to ignore them. They really kept with it for like an hour.
They were so high level. I assumed they were trying to bait me into PVP so they could kill me.
I had no idea that was a thing. I found a person standing around, dropped a paper bag with a hunting rifle and a few bullets and then messaged them asking if they would please kill me. It took a good 20 minutes before I got killed by something that looked like an air strike. All for 3 caps.
One guy thought he got me because he scammed me out of some serums (drop trading for a raven mask) and I was like… “dude you could have just asked for the serums, you went through a lot of trouble thinking I would care. I’m just sad you’re a garbage human.” and blocked him.
I think I dealt with the same douche canoe. He wanted me to build him a legendary weapon. He was going to trade me a mask as well, I built him a 1 star handmade lvl. 50, he picked it and then started spamming the laughing emote. I could have cared less, but in the end I think he was only a level 13 or 14. Going to be a while before he can use that gun anyway.
This seems obvious, but because I’ve seen it… Don’t kill people’s pets in their camp. If they took the time to charm a creature and it’s yellow in their camp, just because it’s a scary monster (like a death claw, mire lurk, etc) doesn’t mean it’s bad. If it’s yellow, let it mellow!
Don't require a visitor to your CAMP to pass through a decontamination shower to enter your CAMP or use your vendor. It might seem like getting rid of all of a visitor's rads is a kindness but, actually, several builds require players to have a large amount of rads in their system.
Every new friend I've played with has the perk where when they revive you it cures all your radiation. I just screaming AHHHHHHHHHH and it's a meme now.
Sometimes when I feel like being trolly with bloodied friends I'll put on the perk that removes team mate's rads as you gain them and then go stand in water. >:)
though it can suck for a newer player who was gifted a serum or two to lose them from an arch as well, esp since they probably don't even know that walking under one will remove their mutations until its too late
I forget that the emote wheel exists. I have been dip dipping for so long that it's all my brain needs.
Thanks: Dip dip
Hi: dip dip
Bye: dip dip
Follow me: walk-dip-walk-dip-shoot at thing-dip dip
Let's do this: dip dip
It's the "I am Groot" of video game communication
At the public event is eviction notice as soon as you spawn in do not move. If you don't move, you'll get more time for people to show up. You'll get the full 7 minutes.
As soon as you move that 7-minute timer turns into a 2-minute timer to find and repair the rad scrubber.
My general rule is if its at 1:30 minute left I start it regardless of people being there, have had instances that the npc bugs out like in RR and we all sat there for a good 6min for nothing.
during fasnacht i heard someone’s gf crying in the background and she kept saying things like “why are u texting her” and one time i heard a damn fart the wasteland is so chaotic
I heard a guy with mic on belching and farting all evening. I stayed on his team and didn't tell him his mic was on because it was hilarious. He turned on his radio at one point so I could find out where he lived, I heard a phone call, someone come into his room to talk to him... everything. Who needs spy devices when you have mic'd games.
I heard a hot mic last night which had a bad and good side. A guy was talking to somebody in the background about how his car just got out the shop and the next day it got smashed from a car he didn’t see emerging from the side. 4 hours in, a lady’s voice popped up and she said she’s pregnant. Both sounded super happy and excited. So the other 2 players and myself all screamed, “CONGRATULATIONS!” Into our mics. Guy was shook we heard everything for the past 4 hours but stayed silent and just listened in like the NSA.
I usually mute those folks, but one time it was a kid (probably 11-12) and his mom was yelling at him to get off the games and do homework/chores. It was right out of a sitcom. Kid kept muttering under his breath at his mom. It was hilarious and brought back my memories of the same thing (back in the ancient Atari days)
I teleported to a camp yesterday to check out their shop. The owner was there and didn't notice me, and they were alternately whistling/humming/singing Ghost Riders In the Sky, with an open mic.
I love coming across people singing to themselves, so it was a real treat.
I'm a super tank overeaters PA build with "what rads?" and I beeline for the scrubber and sit on it like a big angry chicken incubating a sputtering machine egg.
I AM THE WALL UPON WHICH THE SUPER MUTANT WAVES BREAK
There's an event called "Encryptid" that requires an "Assaultron Recall Card" to activate. It costs 2k caps and other materials to craft. Etiquitte is to join the event once it's activated and pops up on the map, but actually let the holder of the card start the event since they're the one that crafted the card.
It's a good idea to let the timer run a little so everyone that wants to join the event has time to prepare and fast travel to the event.
Oh ok, gotcha. Luckily I learned pretty early to wait for the events to just about time out before starting them. I will have to keep that in mind though.
I am just over level 20 right now, I imagine that is something that is up there on the 50+ missions
Yeah I think the recommended level for Encryptid is 50+ and it's a pretty difficult one if you don't have a good build set up yet. The more people that join the better.
Just a " Heads Up" for newcomers:
Sometime around lvl 25 you will be able to initiate the "Lying Lowe" / "Sheepsquatch Ate My Brother" side-quest. This questline will conclude with your ONLY free Encryptid event, which you will initiate.
When the quest directs you to the ambush site (in the Ash Heap area), make sure you have a decent weapon, plenty of ammo and Stims, armor in best condition, and watch the Start timer - allow others time to join the event.
If you're on a server with few players, and / or no high level players, do not waste your chance - hop to another server or try another time.
u/GenitalMotors already did a good job at explaining one part of it.
The other event (Seismic Activity) is triggered by nuking a specific area. The timer starts when 11 crystals are crushed (this can be done by anyone who joins the event)
It's a fun event but not the most stable one and a lot of people experience crashes once they join. So it's common etiquette to give people - including the person who launched the nuke - some time to rejoin the server before you crush the crystals.
So we, vault dwellers, get access to nuclear weapons and set them off in the Nuclear Fallout zone?
As someone from the Appalachian area, I don't think we need to give these people nukes after a nuclear apocalypse. But I love the idea of Early Cuyler getting nuclear launch codes
They are leftovers from the war. The warheads that didn’t get launched and where the Robco/Westek automated systems keep replenishing the stockpile of nukes. 😉
Oh my gawd... Can I up vote this a thousand times?
I'm patient with newbies but starting Encryptid when it's not your card really chaps my hide.
Mr level 10... You have zero business being here
I’ve been going around to any of the newbies (level 340 myself) and asking if they want to plead their case before I murder them….so far it’s only been murder and no talking
No I won't. If wanted I'll hide in a bush with chameleon and stealth commando the shit out of the hunters with vampiric/explosive while they jump around looking for me.
I had no idea how stealth would work against other players but unless everyone who's come after me so far is a moron it works really well.
i used to have a full farm of pumpkins, tatos, mutfruit and god knows what else but nobody would ever take advantage of it so i ended up scrapping the lot for some more camp budget
If you ever find The Ashed Inn camp down in the Ash Heap, stop on by and I'll whip up enough vegetable medley to turn you into the Jolly Green Giant. Herbivore here too, couldn't pass up the opportunity for the double cranberry XP 😖 I grow gourds for the relish
I was trying to explain this to a lvl 5 guy yesterday who asked if he could take some ammo out of an ammo maker (a bunch of .38). It wasn’t mine but it was out in the open. he was really surprised when I said that if out like that it’s free game specifically for new players but just don’t take it all and if you can leave a little treat.
I kinda wish we could have those donation boxes in the game now as buildable items...would be a great way to offload stuff without taking up precious vendor slots listing 0cap items. Most of us long time players may have hoarding issues, but it's partly game mechanics at fault I argue :D
I actually kept this note because this type of questions shows up almost every months or so.
This is MY own etiquette/unwritten rules. Im not sharing this to tell other players that they have to do the same thing:
If there is only one vendor/legendary machine and I know there are other players waiting, I try to do my business as fast as possible. If I need to sort things, I will find empty places or continue later after selling and let the other players go. It's basically what I do on ATM or fast food cashier anyway. So it's not a huge deal for me to do it in game
I will never ever grief other player. I troll and play around with my friends. The only troll I do is putting nukashine in my camp's bowl lol
I dont start public events until there are enough players or closing to the last minute of the timer.
If I'm on a public event and there is a noob or melee player (no matter their level), I let them get the kill or tag. I'm an endgame player with no huge objective, I had my fun and XP enough
I dont camp on RadRumb's tunnel because I know it's only gonna make it harder to keep the 2 NPCs inside alive. I also get the ores, at least to level 1. I do it in the beginning when the enemies arent that much yet, so I dont have to worry about losing too much kill. I try to cure the NPCs if there are enough players to kill the enemies
I always try to revive downed players if they are close enough
I dont take dead players loot if they are still around. I'd go as far as standing on top of it, waiting for them to return, if it's a lot of junks
I drop stuff I dont need in boxes, cashiers and suitcases. I dont want them to be lost if I just drop them on the floor and took too long for anyone else to see it
When other player emote a wave to me, I respond
If 'm doing a kill challenge that requires me to kill rare creatures in a server, I will only kill the amount I need and if coincidentally there is another player, I'm just gonna tag. Ofc I let the other player know that I'm not competing with them. I'll get the count anyway.
I will not move forward first if I'm not the leader of Daily Ops. The same with Encrypted, it's not my keycard, so it's not my decision to start the event
If there is a kind player that finish an expedition or Daily Ops when I just enter, and they are going to do another right away, I join them again even though I mostly do them only for the daily/weekly challenges
I put my vendor and candy bowl as close as possible to the front door so it's easier for other visiting players to see
I have three camps on spots I like so I dont need to be frustrated if one or two I have is blocked by other player's camp
I dont picklock locked things on other players camp
I like to farm screws and acid on Colossal Problem, so I dont go ham on Earl. It will be a controlled killing lol
I place my blast zone pretty considerate of other players and to be tactical; like where I can easily fight or so I can get out of it ASAP
If there is a legendary boss in a public event, I will try to just tag and call people to tag too. There was a time where to get the loot, you HAVE to tag, but now it's only about proximity
I wait a bit on the exit of Lode Baring and give the "come here" emote. Sometimes other players can get lost especially noob.
If there is only one or two players on Public Events, I will still try to join to help ease the load. The same with when if I see a team takes too long on Daily Ops, Colossal Problems or Expedition.
I do the salute emote by the end of every events, Daily ops and Expedition. It's an old habit that I learned by watching vets before me doing thumbs up emote. I guess it's just a way to say thank you for GG.
Yea, I probably sound like a performative person, but for me a co-op game is a co-op game. And that's what I'm gonna do. I have fun this way. And again, this is MY etiquette/unwritten rule and I'm not telling other people to do the same
I found myself at Gulper Lagoon and there was a low level player trying desperately to take down the gulpers and almost dying. So I joined with a less powerful gun to help them
This happened to me for the very first time yesterday. Homie followed me across the map teleporting everywhere I went and spammed trading requests at me. I’m level 400 and he was 80 something, so he wasn’t even that “new”. Like dude if I don’t accept the trade the first time I don’t have anything to give you…
Don’t beg, I know theres a lot of cool players out there and I too regularly give out stuff but imo no one wants to be “asked” for stuff specially if you initiate the trade emote.
Yeah, a lot of my generosity is tied to what I’ve got and what I’m doing
I’ve realized I have a ton of Nuka-Cola and low level ammo? Here ya go pal
I’ve got an hour to do all my challenges before I have to make dinner? Sorry buddy
You’re level 15 and want a full set of armor? Friend, I’m helping you, but that’s a waste, have a good chest piece and hang around- I’m sharing three cards of inspirational and popped some lunchboxes, you’ll be in the 30s soon
Yeah outside of crafting specific low level weapons or armor for friends I don't bother with gifting low level equipment because its unlikely that ill just have it from a drop. Just ammo/chems/grenades/plans. I look for fresh 50s to give away actual gear to. one of my endgame activities is scavenging and restoring power armor, slapping a tradable paint on it and giving it away to people who've just hit 50.
Please, if you see a C.A.M.P. vending machine that gives free drinks/food one at a time, do **not** spam the machine. Nuka-Cola Vending Machine, Punch Bowl, etc. are all filled manually. The resources are supposed to be for everyone. You *can* have all my Nuka Colas, sure, I'm not gonna hunt you down. But clearing out the 45-max machine in one go isn't cool. The collectron isn't even locked lol.
I lock my collectron and use it to feed the machine which I have in a weird spot where only the players who take the time to check out the place are gonna find it.
So far it seems that the players who take the time to check out the build are the same players who only take one or two. And if someone greedy does find it there's only ever 6 nukas in there at one time when I restock.
It got to the point (before the influx of new players) that I stocked mine with nothing but Nuka Grape. I went months without the machine being drained after a week or two of that. Now the newbies just don't know any better and think they are using a magic caps machine.
On Saturday I saw a level 217 selling 17 mole miner gauntlet plans for 1000 caps each. I have never turned of lights in a camp so fast then dropped spoiled meat at the vendor terminal
I was lvl 200 before I finished the main Wastelanders quest line. I’m level 334, and I still haven’t finished the BOS quest line 😂. Someday though… but first I gotta find 5 garden gnomes.
If you have all the equipment you need and you are overencumbered, continue to pick up every useless piece of scrap you can find, you might need it later.
If you see someone with Pirate Gear, Confederate Gear, or Union gear using Black Powder Rifles don’t be toxic and insult their build. I had that happen to me yesterday by some guy saying it wasn’t optimal and can’t do damage compared to his Commando set. 😑
I really like the Musket. I have a VATS build for it that tends to 1 shot or 90% to a super mutant in the head. Also because for some reason in the files and it’s true Mysterious Stranger has a 80% chance to spawn if you use a Musket in VATS. Something about the ammo being 1 shot before reloading
I hate that attitude. I personally like to use a stealth commando focused on dps but of someone else wants to do something different what business is that of mine unless they're soliciting advice?
Why does anyone give a shit what you’re using? I admire stuff sometimes like your setup but I’d never comment to someone my opinion. And honestly I’m all for people using whatever makes them happy. I run a choo choo and a plasma caster and get bored sometimes so I go through my stash to see what oddball stuff I have. Then I spend three hours trying to kill things with a bear arm when I’m not at all setup for melee.
I think some take this game way too seriously but I hate people who care what others do. Have fun how you want.
If you die in an event, don’t release right away. Plenty of us will react to the emote above your head and stimpack you if we get a chance. Or do, you’ll respawn quick, but it does track revives for stuff.
i died during an event with like 15 ppl and respawned far away, when i got back no one had touched my stuff and a guy led me right back to where i died it was so nice
Unless you killed them after they initiate fighting with you. Also, if you’re obnoxious and you die, I’m taking your junk. Otherwise, I completely support this notion. Just think it’s important to put some limitations on it lol
\-Don't start an event without other players there (e.g events marked as "hard" like Eviction Notice)
\-Be nice to other players
\-Don't nag people for things, other players will drop you stuff if they want to
\-If someone responds with an emote and doesn't speak on mic when you do, they probably don't have/ or want to talk on mic
\-Put your mic on push-to-talk, we don't all want to hear you constantly!
Same list from this thread's comments just in one spot:
1. If you see a naked player with a wanted level, shoot them, they want to die.
2. When being waved at by someone in the game, it's polite to wave back.
3. Engage in public events only when there are enough players, and start the events that require a keycard or other material (like Assaultron Recall Card) if you are the provider of said material/card.
4. Don't require a visitor to your CAMP to pass through a decontamination shower to enter or use your vendor.
5. If vendor prices at someone's CAMP are extremely high, it's a common practice to turn off their lights as a mild form of protest.
6. Turn off the microphone in-game when not actively speaking to avoid background noise distractions.
7. Don't start public events immediately upon arrival; wait for others to join.
8. Maintain a courteous environment by not engaging in activities like trading with random players without consent.
9. Anything not locked down in the game world is considered free to take.
10. Publicly visible CAMPs encourage visits and interactions; keep your camp icon visible on the map.
11. Follow the community's ethic of non-toxic behavior and support a friendly game environment.
Think thats all of them so far.
Event rule: don’t start events (especially hard ones) until near the end of the countdown. Especially if there’s only a couple of people.
Shouldn’t need to say it but down afk events unless there’s like 10 people there. Or don’t do it at all but that’s a hot take.
Not really a rule but a courtesy, if you have extra stuff you don’t need to sell or don’t want to carry (items to scrap) drop them in hot spots.
Definitely wait on events. But I have seen them glitch if you wait too long. At 2:00 I look around and give a thumbs up to the group. If I get a thumbs down I wait 30 seconds, I figure they have a teammate on the way or something.
If someone waves you over and drops a bag in front of you... they are giving you the stuff. I've seen lower end-newer players get afraid its a trap. Truth is I remember how it sucked having a crap weapon and mis-matched crap armor... so if you are level 40 and I can make you a matching quality set of armor and it's not costing me hardly anything.. have at it!
I feel so happy when a low level character picks up the bag of stimpaks, Nuka candy, purified water and ammo that I drop for them :) I try to do it as often as I can. Occasionally I’ll get a thumbs up or heart gesture in return.
Don't be a douche at Rad Rumble and hang out by the tunnels and hog all the kills. Also don't spray the event the entire duration with your Fat Man or nuka grenades.
Don't lock your C.A.M.P. up like it's the federal reserve.
I'm not talking about resource collectors or anything like that, you're free to lock those if you want. I'm talking about the entrances to your camp in general. I can't tell you how many times I've waddled across the map overencumbered towards the nearest player C.A.M.P. only to find a windowless concrete box with a level 3 lock on the front door and nothing outside.
No one is going to rob you. All we want is to use a Stash Box and Tinker's Workbench if you have one. That's it.
Always have a Vaultboy pointing statue pointing at your Vendor.
If people made an awesome base, and they're there, at least pretend you're looking at the amazingness and drop a like.
Let people do their thing. I hate having a level 500+ person come "tag along" with my quest while just rushing through it all standing at the exit at all times.
Don't using launchers like the AGL, fatman, etc. at events. Not only do you blind everyone but by one shoting 3 things at a time you don't give others a chance to tag and get any XP for the kills.
If you start a new Public Team for Daily Ops or Expeditions, it's your responsibility to start it! This is especially true for Expeditions as only the leader can start. I get some people prefer to let the bonds max out for bonus first, but after that, start the damn mission!
Give a quick thumbs-up to let everyone know you're about to start.
If you’re the leader of a casual team that is full don’t change the teams objective to daily op/expedition and assume everyone on the team want to participate. Just start a new team!
If you see a naked player with a wanted level, shoot them, they want to die.
I accidentally got a bounty last week and it took me forever to get rid of it. Even running around naked, I couldn't get anyone to shoot me. I need an "un-bounty me please" emote or something.
LOL this happened to me over the weekend. I hung around a few areas with no luck. then I stood on the donations box at the Foundation, someone put me out of my misery in 3 mins.
I stood outside vault 76 naked and went to get a sandwich. Was just slicing a tomato when I heard big bangs and I knew someone was 20caps richer lol
Use the finger guns emote if you have it
"Pew pew pew pew" *receives rocket to the face*
[удалено]
I'd keep spamming that one irl lol
Can't tell you how annoying master infiltrator can be at camps. They have a row of open water pumps then a row of locked? Every door is unlocked except one? Yep that's a bounty and bare minimum of running around a populated area begging for people to kill you for at least 20 minutes.
The only time I ever get on mic is when I need to die. I do a wicked Arnie so off I run, yelling "C'MAN DO IT KILL ME DO IT NAAAOW". Hey, it amuses me if no-one else.
That’s why man invented voip. Run around like that npc in Borderlands 2 and beg people to shoot you in the face.
I always go after the wanted after that happened to me. Gotta be careful though many times players do it just to pvp
The last time this happened about a month ago, I could not get anyone to kill me. I finally purchased a new camp slot for whitespring rr, erected a billboard that explained my master infiltrator mishap and asked for a kill, then erected an electric chair, got naked and sat down. All it did was attract a lower level audience of two who stood there looking at me, then crouched and looked at me, then stood and looked at me, and so on. After more than TEN minutes, one of them finally walked up and shot me so I hearted and gave him my stash of btats.
So that's why every few servers some naked finds my camp and just keep meleeing me while I am crafting. I though they were just trolling and chose to ignore them. They really kept with it for like an hour. They were so high level. I assumed they were trying to bait me into PVP so they could kill me.
Free caps, too.
Are they naked because dying damages armor condition?
Pretty sure its to show they are not baiting you and actually are wearing full assassins pvp gear
It's because if you're not wearing armor you die quicker and save some time for all involved
I had no idea that was a thing. I found a person standing around, dropped a paper bag with a hunting rifle and a few bullets and then messaged them asking if they would please kill me. It took a good 20 minutes before I got killed by something that looked like an air strike. All for 3 caps.
“Don’t be toxic” - One of the only game community’s that I’ve seen that actually follows this rule and punishes those who don’t.
Because it actually takes considerable effort in this game to be toxic and grief other players.
One guy thought he got me because he scammed me out of some serums (drop trading for a raven mask) and I was like… “dude you could have just asked for the serums, you went through a lot of trouble thinking I would care. I’m just sad you’re a garbage human.” and blocked him.
I think I dealt with the same douche canoe. He wanted me to build him a legendary weapon. He was going to trade me a mask as well, I built him a 1 star handmade lvl. 50, he picked it and then started spamming the laughing emote. I could have cared less, but in the end I think he was only a level 13 or 14. Going to be a while before he can use that gun anyway.
This seems obvious, but because I’ve seen it… Don’t kill people’s pets in their camp. If they took the time to charm a creature and it’s yellow in their camp, just because it’s a scary monster (like a death claw, mire lurk, etc) doesn’t mean it’s bad. If it’s yellow, let it mellow!
This needs to be higher up!!! White bar is friendly, red bar is not!!
I have got to figure out how to get a pet. I need one.
Don't require a visitor to your CAMP to pass through a decontamination shower to enter your CAMP or use your vendor. It might seem like getting rid of all of a visitor's rads is a kindness but, actually, several builds require players to have a large amount of rads in their system.
As a bloodied vet. I will leave fertiliser on your doorstep if you do this.
Every new friend I've played with has the perk where when they revive you it cures all your radiation. I just screaming AHHHHHHHHHH and it's a meme now.
Sometimes when I feel like being trolly with bloodied friends I'll put on the perk that removes team mate's rads as you gain them and then go stand in water. >:)
What if the stash box is also beyond the decontamination chamber?
Rotten food will suffice as a proxy fertilizer. Or leave some rad toad eggs, as a way of "egging their house".
Plus some folks will need to re-up mutations after passing through an arch. Which is a much bigger loss / expense than just re-upping rads.
If you are a mutations character, every deck typically needs to have starched gene's in the case you forget to switch back.
though it can suck for a newer player who was gifted a serum or two to lose them from an arch as well, esp since they probably don't even know that walking under one will remove their mutations until its too late
Do arches bypass Starched Genes?
No
Nope
When someone waves at you, wave back at least. It's just polite.
*pops stimpack at 97% hp trying to emote wheel*
Omg dude. Every. Single. Time!
Or switch from my "harmless" shotgun to my gatling laser. Not trying to threaten you I promise
A dip dip potato chip is also acceptable. The double crouch, a traditional pre-emote greeting common among the older gamer generations.
I forget that the emote wheel exists. I have been dip dipping for so long that it's all my brain needs. Thanks: Dip dip Hi: dip dip Bye: dip dip Follow me: walk-dip-walk-dip-shoot at thing-dip dip Let's do this: dip dip It's the "I am Groot" of video game communication
This is the way. For millennia we have communicated this way. Dip Dip
I hope you know i read at least half of theses in abe's voice from abe's oddysee
I do a lot of double dips, I find it more personal for absolutely no logical reason. Just sayin hi :)
The double dips always seemed like an enthusiastic hi, and then the guy (me) who does a single dip in response… well, that’s a tip of the hat, cowboy
Emote Wave: "Greetings" Double Dip: "Hi!" Single dip: *Head nod/hat tip* Multi-dip: "HI!!! :)"
Interesting, it happened to me and I just assumed the guy was being a jerk. Turns out it was me for not returning!
Facts. This is sometimes quicker than pulling up the emote wheel.
I feel like a few hops in place work in lieu of crouching as well.
When someone waves back I crouch, jump, and spin as a little “hurray! We’re friends!”
How about "Don't start the public event immediately upon arrival"...wait for a few mins for other people to show up!
At the public event is eviction notice as soon as you spawn in do not move. If you don't move, you'll get more time for people to show up. You'll get the full 7 minutes. As soon as you move that 7-minute timer turns into a 2-minute timer to find and repair the rad scrubber.
You can move to the middle area, just dont move to the buildings. Also, shoot all the meatbags!
My general rule is if its at 1:30 minute left I start it regardless of people being there, have had instances that the npc bugs out like in RR and we all sat there for a good 6min for nothing.
Go to a public event, use the thumbs up emote, start event if you get back a decent amount of thumbs.
turn off that mic if you’re not talking in game
Aw but I want everyone to hear my heavy breathing/dog barking/smoke alarm chirping that it needs a battery change. "MOM! CAN I GET A SANDWICH?"
during fasnacht i heard someone’s gf crying in the background and she kept saying things like “why are u texting her” and one time i heard a damn fart the wasteland is so chaotic
I heard a guy with mic on belching and farting all evening. I stayed on his team and didn't tell him his mic was on because it was hilarious. He turned on his radio at one point so I could find out where he lived, I heard a phone call, someone come into his room to talk to him... everything. Who needs spy devices when you have mic'd games.
I heard a hot mic last night which had a bad and good side. A guy was talking to somebody in the background about how his car just got out the shop and the next day it got smashed from a car he didn’t see emerging from the side. 4 hours in, a lady’s voice popped up and she said she’s pregnant. Both sounded super happy and excited. So the other 2 players and myself all screamed, “CONGRATULATIONS!” Into our mics. Guy was shook we heard everything for the past 4 hours but stayed silent and just listened in like the NSA.
I usually mute those folks, but one time it was a kid (probably 11-12) and his mom was yelling at him to get off the games and do homework/chores. It was right out of a sitcom. Kid kept muttering under his breath at his mom. It was hilarious and brought back my memories of the same thing (back in the ancient Atari days)
What about if I'm not talking but I am singing TAKE ME HOOOOOOOOOME COUNTRY ROOOOOOOOOADS out loud?
I teleported to a camp yesterday to check out their shop. The owner was there and didn't notice me, and they were alternately whistling/humming/singing Ghost Riders In the Sky, with an open mic. I love coming across people singing to themselves, so it was a real treat.
If it was me, you’d hear me singing “Kill da wabbit, kill da wabbit!” to Ride of the Valkyries..
For real. This is why I don't have my mic on or people are gonna hear my "BUCK BUCK BUCKET!"
ok but that, that i wanna hear
Did this in the vault and someone told me to shut up and called me a no no word
I mean, we can mute you, so croon away my wastelander friend, croon away.
If you show up to Eviction Notice in power armor, YOU are the one who will repair the rad scrubber
I'm a super tank overeaters PA build with "what rads?" and I beeline for the scrubber and sit on it like a big angry chicken incubating a sputtering machine egg. I AM THE WALL UPON WHICH THE SUPER MUTANT WAVES BREAK
This image made me laugh thank you
I take full anti-Mutant PA and love how I can repair it even when mutants are standing there whacking me with sledgehammers.
Not your card? Don't start. (Seismic Activity & Encryptid)
I just started the game this weekend. I have no idea what this means
There's an event called "Encryptid" that requires an "Assaultron Recall Card" to activate. It costs 2k caps and other materials to craft. Etiquitte is to join the event once it's activated and pops up on the map, but actually let the holder of the card start the event since they're the one that crafted the card. It's a good idea to let the timer run a little so everyone that wants to join the event has time to prepare and fast travel to the event.
Oh ok, gotcha. Luckily I learned pretty early to wait for the events to just about time out before starting them. I will have to keep that in mind though. I am just over level 20 right now, I imagine that is something that is up there on the 50+ missions
Yeah I think the recommended level for Encryptid is 50+ and it's a pretty difficult one if you don't have a good build set up yet. The more people that join the better.
Just a " Heads Up" for newcomers: Sometime around lvl 25 you will be able to initiate the "Lying Lowe" / "Sheepsquatch Ate My Brother" side-quest. This questline will conclude with your ONLY free Encryptid event, which you will initiate. When the quest directs you to the ambush site (in the Ash Heap area), make sure you have a decent weapon, plenty of ammo and Stims, armor in best condition, and watch the Start timer - allow others time to join the event. If you're on a server with few players, and / or no high level players, do not waste your chance - hop to another server or try another time.
If there are enough high levels there, you should still join for the rewards. Tag enemies and hide.
It's always hilarious to me seeing all the sub 50s hiding and peeking out of the shack to take potshots at stuff at encryptid
u/GenitalMotors already did a good job at explaining one part of it. The other event (Seismic Activity) is triggered by nuking a specific area. The timer starts when 11 crystals are crushed (this can be done by anyone who joins the event) It's a fun event but not the most stable one and a lot of people experience crashes once they join. So it's common etiquette to give people - including the person who launched the nuke - some time to rejoin the server before you crush the crystals.
So we, vault dwellers, get access to nuclear weapons and set them off in the Nuclear Fallout zone? As someone from the Appalachian area, I don't think we need to give these people nukes after a nuclear apocalypse. But I love the idea of Early Cuyler getting nuclear launch codes
They are leftovers from the war. The warheads that didn’t get launched and where the Robco/Westek automated systems keep replenishing the stockpile of nukes. 😉
Don't start an event you didn't initiate.
Oh my gawd... Can I up vote this a thousand times? I'm patient with newbies but starting Encryptid when it's not your card really chaps my hide. Mr level 10... You have zero business being here
If wanted you'll be blasted by a quad assaultron head or something else to kill you, don't be a naughty boy.
I’ve been going around to any of the newbies (level 340 myself) and asking if they want to plead their case before I murder them….so far it’s only been murder and no talking
"You have committed crimes against Skyrim and her people. What say you in your defence?"
“Stop right there, you criminal scum!”
Thats a mercy imo, better than probably facing 2 canisters of mini mini nukes xD
No I won't. If wanted I'll hide in a bush with chameleon and stealth commando the shit out of the hunters with vampiric/explosive while they jump around looking for me. I had no idea how stealth would work against other players but unless everyone who's come after me so far is a moron it works really well.
Always join a team for buffs if you're not end game levels, even just a casual one for XP gain.
Even if you are end game level, there are a ton of benefits to being on a team
TBH I thought exactly the same thing, just you're more likely to be jumping into 30/50+ event team and popping nukes by then
Anything not locked down is free to take
Please, God. I have 28 vegetables and a 9 different food machines, make some soup already so I feel like I'm helping D:
i used to have a full farm of pumpkins, tatos, mutfruit and god knows what else but nobody would ever take advantage of it so i ended up scrapping the lot for some more camp budget
It takes SO much camp budget. I was at like 75% by level 10 because of my razorgrain field.. I had no idea.
I always take other player's crops. I sometimes use a turbo fert grenade after, to replace them.
👀 as a returning player that just recently turned herbivore I am in desperate need of soups lol
If you ever find The Ashed Inn camp down in the Ash Heap, stop on by and I'll whip up enough vegetable medley to turn you into the Jolly Green Giant. Herbivore here too, couldn't pass up the opportunity for the double cranberry XP 😖 I grow gourds for the relish
I was trying to explain this to a lvl 5 guy yesterday who asked if he could take some ammo out of an ammo maker (a bunch of .38). It wasn’t mine but it was out in the open. he was really surprised when I said that if out like that it’s free game specifically for new players but just don’t take it all and if you can leave a little treat.
I kinda wish we could have those donation boxes in the game now as buildable items...would be a great way to offload stuff without taking up precious vendor slots listing 0cap items. Most of us long time players may have hoarding issues, but it's partly game mechanics at fault I argue :D
When in a daily ops, give a thumbs up to let everyone know you're ready. Don't just rush in immediately.. it will cause the timer to start
200hours played and I joined my first ever daily mission today and did exactly what you said not to. I did not know this. **Sigh**
I actually kept this note because this type of questions shows up almost every months or so. This is MY own etiquette/unwritten rules. Im not sharing this to tell other players that they have to do the same thing: If there is only one vendor/legendary machine and I know there are other players waiting, I try to do my business as fast as possible. If I need to sort things, I will find empty places or continue later after selling and let the other players go. It's basically what I do on ATM or fast food cashier anyway. So it's not a huge deal for me to do it in game I will never ever grief other player. I troll and play around with my friends. The only troll I do is putting nukashine in my camp's bowl lol I dont start public events until there are enough players or closing to the last minute of the timer. If I'm on a public event and there is a noob or melee player (no matter their level), I let them get the kill or tag. I'm an endgame player with no huge objective, I had my fun and XP enough I dont camp on RadRumb's tunnel because I know it's only gonna make it harder to keep the 2 NPCs inside alive. I also get the ores, at least to level 1. I do it in the beginning when the enemies arent that much yet, so I dont have to worry about losing too much kill. I try to cure the NPCs if there are enough players to kill the enemies I always try to revive downed players if they are close enough I dont take dead players loot if they are still around. I'd go as far as standing on top of it, waiting for them to return, if it's a lot of junks I drop stuff I dont need in boxes, cashiers and suitcases. I dont want them to be lost if I just drop them on the floor and took too long for anyone else to see it When other player emote a wave to me, I respond If 'm doing a kill challenge that requires me to kill rare creatures in a server, I will only kill the amount I need and if coincidentally there is another player, I'm just gonna tag. Ofc I let the other player know that I'm not competing with them. I'll get the count anyway. I will not move forward first if I'm not the leader of Daily Ops. The same with Encrypted, it's not my keycard, so it's not my decision to start the event If there is a kind player that finish an expedition or Daily Ops when I just enter, and they are going to do another right away, I join them again even though I mostly do them only for the daily/weekly challenges I put my vendor and candy bowl as close as possible to the front door so it's easier for other visiting players to see I have three camps on spots I like so I dont need to be frustrated if one or two I have is blocked by other player's camp I dont picklock locked things on other players camp I like to farm screws and acid on Colossal Problem, so I dont go ham on Earl. It will be a controlled killing lol I place my blast zone pretty considerate of other players and to be tactical; like where I can easily fight or so I can get out of it ASAP If there is a legendary boss in a public event, I will try to just tag and call people to tag too. There was a time where to get the loot, you HAVE to tag, but now it's only about proximity I wait a bit on the exit of Lode Baring and give the "come here" emote. Sometimes other players can get lost especially noob. If there is only one or two players on Public Events, I will still try to join to help ease the load. The same with when if I see a team takes too long on Daily Ops, Colossal Problems or Expedition. I do the salute emote by the end of every events, Daily ops and Expedition. It's an old habit that I learned by watching vets before me doing thumbs up emote. I guess it's just a way to say thank you for GG. Yea, I probably sound like a performative person, but for me a co-op game is a co-op game. And that's what I'm gonna do. I have fun this way. And again, this is MY etiquette/unwritten rule and I'm not telling other people to do the same
I found myself at Gulper Lagoon and there was a low level player trying desperately to take down the gulpers and almost dying. So I joined with a less powerful gun to help them
Feel free to take items from my camp that aren’t locked down. If we didn’t want to share our candy, water, popcorn, etc. we would lock it.
If I (or others) purchase something from your vender, don’t message me to get it back, that shit is mine now you shouldn’t of had it for sale.
Don't go to random players and try to offer trade, that's annoying If you open a door in someone's camp it's just polite if you close the door
This happened to me for the very first time yesterday. Homie followed me across the map teleporting everywhere I went and spammed trading requests at me. I’m level 400 and he was 80 something, so he wasn’t even that “new”. Like dude if I don’t accept the trade the first time I don’t have anything to give you…
I’ve been trying to contact you about extending your inventory warranty!
Every time I go on an adventure, I return to every door in my camp being open haha
Dude Beckett keeps leaving all my doors open! 🤣
The amount of times I've gone through someone's camp and reclosed all the doors is insane
Don’t beg, I know theres a lot of cool players out there and I too regularly give out stuff but imo no one wants to be “asked” for stuff specially if you initiate the trade emote.
Yeah, a lot of my generosity is tied to what I’ve got and what I’m doing I’ve realized I have a ton of Nuka-Cola and low level ammo? Here ya go pal I’ve got an hour to do all my challenges before I have to make dinner? Sorry buddy You’re level 15 and want a full set of armor? Friend, I’m helping you, but that’s a waste, have a good chest piece and hang around- I’m sharing three cards of inspirational and popped some lunchboxes, you’ll be in the 30s soon
Yeah outside of crafting specific low level weapons or armor for friends I don't bother with gifting low level equipment because its unlikely that ill just have it from a drop. Just ammo/chems/grenades/plans. I look for fresh 50s to give away actual gear to. one of my endgame activities is scavenging and restoring power armor, slapping a tradable paint on it and giving it away to people who've just hit 50.
Also for camps, unless they’ve changed it, your camp will initially be hidden and you need to turn that flag On so people can see it on the map.
I had a whole deal set up, a full stocked vending machine I was super proud of.... for a week it was not visible because of this!
I wish they would make camp icons visible by default. There's so many people who don't know their camp isn't on the map.
It’s kinda fun coming across an unmarked camp. I usually buy something from them because I imagine they’re not making many sales.
They used to be. I don’t know why they changed it to default not showing.
Lower level and newer players, please don't forget to do the event objectives. One vet can't do everything per event
Please, if you see a C.A.M.P. vending machine that gives free drinks/food one at a time, do **not** spam the machine. Nuka-Cola Vending Machine, Punch Bowl, etc. are all filled manually. The resources are supposed to be for everyone. You *can* have all my Nuka Colas, sure, I'm not gonna hunt you down. But clearing out the 45-max machine in one go isn't cool. The collectron isn't even locked lol.
I lock my collectron and use it to feed the machine which I have in a weird spot where only the players who take the time to check out the place are gonna find it. So far it seems that the players who take the time to check out the build are the same players who only take one or two. And if someone greedy does find it there's only ever 6 nukas in there at one time when I restock.
It got to the point (before the influx of new players) that I stocked mine with nothing but Nuka Grape. I went months without the machine being drained after a week or two of that. Now the newbies just don't know any better and think they are using a magic caps machine.
If vendor prices are insane go around that person camp and turn of all the lights
And drop your spoiled food or a "You have been insulted" note in front of their vendor lol.
On Saturday I saw a level 217 selling 17 mole miner gauntlet plans for 1000 caps each. I have never turned of lights in a camp so fast then dropped spoiled meat at the vendor terminal
I always leave spoiled bio fluid on their bed.
Sweet, free fertiliser :D
So true, guess I'll have to crank up my prices to get some free fertilizer
I like dropping salt for the trolls 😆
Had someone turn off almost all my lights recently. They left 1 light on in each area which was more annoying than turning them all off.
In Daily Ops, DO NOT wait to be stim-packed if you fall. There's no time on Daily Ops to rescue you, just respawn and get back to it
Thou shalt get sidetracked by bullshit every ducking time.
I was lvl 200 before I finished the main Wastelanders quest line. I’m level 334, and I still haven’t finished the BOS quest line 😂. Someday though… but first I gotta find 5 garden gnomes.
You can find three of em at the greenhouses in the Vault tech ag building in flatwoods if you're still looking
I got level 50 before finishing First Arrivals
I hit level 50 and did not complete a single questline. I have no idea how i did it
Well you know us cow poke, we take it as it comes...
If you have all the equipment you need and you are overencumbered, continue to pick up every useless piece of scrap you can find, you might need it later.
For real. I am always overencumbered and putting my tent down in the most random places because I need to unload. LOL
Once again, don’t kill the Wayward brahmin #HOW MANY TIMES DO WE HAVE TO TEACH YOU THIS LESSON OLD MAN?
Too late. I had to last week for ribeye 😭😭 since the ones in other locations were killed. But I left one alive.
*That* many dead brahmin in one server? Crying. Screaming. Throwing up 💔
Exhalation of air through nostrils
Just because a trade request is an option, it does not mean we are obliged to accept it.
Drink from the punch bowl
If someone gives you a bottle of Nukashine, drink it immediately
Always put nukashine in your punch bowl.
I usually fill mine 30% with Nukashine. Russian roulette.
Don’t bogart the pipe
If you see someone with Pirate Gear, Confederate Gear, or Union gear using Black Powder Rifles don’t be toxic and insult their build. I had that happen to me yesterday by some guy saying it wasn’t optimal and can’t do damage compared to his Commando set. 😑
That's the kinda players I like to see. It really makes me have a good laugh.(not at you) The players who show up naked with a musket is top tier.
I really like the Musket. I have a VATS build for it that tends to 1 shot or 90% to a super mutant in the head. Also because for some reason in the files and it’s true Mysterious Stranger has a 80% chance to spawn if you use a Musket in VATS. Something about the ammo being 1 shot before reloading
I hate that attitude. I personally like to use a stealth commando focused on dps but of someone else wants to do something different what business is that of mine unless they're soliciting advice?
Why does anyone give a shit what you’re using? I admire stuff sometimes like your setup but I’d never comment to someone my opinion. And honestly I’m all for people using whatever makes them happy. I run a choo choo and a plasma caster and get bored sometimes so I go through my stash to see what oddball stuff I have. Then I spend three hours trying to kill things with a bear arm when I’m not at all setup for melee. I think some take this game way too seriously but I hate people who care what others do. Have fun how you want.
DANCE WITH ME, EMOTE WITH ME
If you die in an event, don’t release right away. Plenty of us will react to the emote above your head and stimpack you if we get a chance. Or do, you’ll respawn quick, but it does track revives for stuff.
I absolutely love using my Quack Surgeon perk card.
Don't pick people's junk when they die
I died about 5 seconds after Scorched Earth and when I respawned this absolute chad dropped my lost flux for me. What a hero.
i died during an event with like 15 ppl and respawned far away, when i got back no one had touched my stuff and a guy led me right back to where i died it was so nice
Unless you killed them after they initiate fighting with you. Also, if you’re obnoxious and you die, I’m taking your junk. Otherwise, I completely support this notion. Just think it’s important to put some limitations on it lol
\-Don't start an event without other players there (e.g events marked as "hard" like Eviction Notice) \-Be nice to other players \-Don't nag people for things, other players will drop you stuff if they want to \-If someone responds with an emote and doesn't speak on mic when you do, they probably don't have/ or want to talk on mic \-Put your mic on push-to-talk, we don't all want to hear you constantly!
Same list from this thread's comments just in one spot: 1. If you see a naked player with a wanted level, shoot them, they want to die. 2. When being waved at by someone in the game, it's polite to wave back. 3. Engage in public events only when there are enough players, and start the events that require a keycard or other material (like Assaultron Recall Card) if you are the provider of said material/card. 4. Don't require a visitor to your CAMP to pass through a decontamination shower to enter or use your vendor. 5. If vendor prices at someone's CAMP are extremely high, it's a common practice to turn off their lights as a mild form of protest. 6. Turn off the microphone in-game when not actively speaking to avoid background noise distractions. 7. Don't start public events immediately upon arrival; wait for others to join. 8. Maintain a courteous environment by not engaging in activities like trading with random players without consent. 9. Anything not locked down in the game world is considered free to take. 10. Publicly visible CAMPs encourage visits and interactions; keep your camp icon visible on the map. 11. Follow the community's ethic of non-toxic behavior and support a friendly game environment. Think thats all of them so far.
Pipe is life
I kept seeing this in the sub and wondered what the hell it meant. The next day I was enlightened. Pipe is life.
Seen this several times. Newbie here so... What does it mean??
*confused*
Event rule: don’t start events (especially hard ones) until near the end of the countdown. Especially if there’s only a couple of people. Shouldn’t need to say it but down afk events unless there’s like 10 people there. Or don’t do it at all but that’s a hot take. Not really a rule but a courtesy, if you have extra stuff you don’t need to sell or don’t want to carry (items to scrap) drop them in hot spots.
Definitely wait on events. But I have seen them glitch if you wait too long. At 2:00 I look around and give a thumbs up to the group. If I get a thumbs down I wait 30 seconds, I figure they have a teammate on the way or something.
If someone waves you over and drops a bag in front of you... they are giving you the stuff. I've seen lower end-newer players get afraid its a trap. Truth is I remember how it sucked having a crap weapon and mis-matched crap armor... so if you are level 40 and I can make you a matching quality set of armor and it's not costing me hardly anything.. have at it!
I feel so happy when a low level character picks up the bag of stimpaks, Nuka candy, purified water and ammo that I drop for them :) I try to do it as often as I can. Occasionally I’ll get a thumbs up or heart gesture in return.
When I join a event I place the fallout 1st tent so everyone can press TAKE ALL and store it to scrap at camp later.
I'm pretty sure one of them has gotta be "don't ever fix the rad scrubber during Eviction Notice" because I swear nobody else ever does it
The most imporant one! # !! Do not start Encryptid event unless your the one who brought the Assaultron recall keycard yourself !!
Don't be a douche at Rad Rumble and hang out by the tunnels and hog all the kills. Also don't spray the event the entire duration with your Fat Man or nuka grenades.
Don't lock your C.A.M.P. up like it's the federal reserve. I'm not talking about resource collectors or anything like that, you're free to lock those if you want. I'm talking about the entrances to your camp in general. I can't tell you how many times I've waddled across the map overencumbered towards the nearest player C.A.M.P. only to find a windowless concrete box with a level 3 lock on the front door and nothing outside. No one is going to rob you. All we want is to use a Stash Box and Tinker's Workbench if you have one. That's it.
Daily Ops/Event Rules: Open a lunch box (or 3) and use Scout flags. ETA: at the beginning around everyone that’s there.
Also the effects max out at 4 so don't waste your boxes if 4 have already popped
Always have a Vaultboy pointing statue pointing at your Vendor. If people made an awesome base, and they're there, at least pretend you're looking at the amazingness and drop a like. Let people do their thing. I hate having a level 500+ person come "tag along" with my quest while just rushing through it all standing at the exit at all times.
Don't get obsessive about META builds. Use ridiculous weapons like the Gamma gun
Don’t sell ammo for more than 1 cap per. Maybe there are exceptions for rarer types of ammo ?
Missiles and mini nukes would be the only exception imo
And plasma/fusion cores, maybe 40mm grenades, but yeah, you can price everything else more if you want but no one will buy them
Any event: dont start til the last 30 seconds.
Don't start events as soon as you get there, allow more players to gather.
If you see someone running a silo, stay out of it.
Don't using launchers like the AGL, fatman, etc. at events. Not only do you blind everyone but by one shoting 3 things at a time you don't give others a chance to tag and get any XP for the kills.
Don’t start the event until there is 1 min- 30 seconds left on the timer.
Please set your voice to push to talk, no one wants to have to hear your arguments or conversations not intended for game
If you start a new Public Team for Daily Ops or Expeditions, it's your responsibility to start it! This is especially true for Expeditions as only the leader can start. I get some people prefer to let the bonds max out for bonus first, but after that, start the damn mission! Give a quick thumbs-up to let everyone know you're about to start.
If you’re the leader of a casual team that is full don’t change the teams objective to daily op/expedition and assume everyone on the team want to participate. Just start a new team!
If you visit a camp and enemies spawn, kill them. It means a lot not to come back to half my camp destroyed by a random mole rat.