Is the 'Wild Wasteland' Trait worth it? (Possible Spoilers) - Page 3

quote Kurix

Northwest of new Vegas. Go to the farm, then north.

AW man, that was AWESOME! So awesome I wish I had discovered it on my own rather than getting directions...

Daxx, for one, Factions will send Assassins after you even if you don't have the trait. Also, the alien blaster isn't for the ARCHEMEDES II, that's Elcuid's C Finder. Also, you need training to use power armor, most companions can't use power armor, and the BOS Gauss Rifles aren't as good as the unique one, in damage, or in the fact that the unique one uses less ammo per shot.

Basicly it boils down to 2 things.

1. The Alien Blaster. You get about 160 shots of pure death. After that, Im not sure about getting anymore ammo.

2. The Holy Hand Grenade. Seems to be one of the most devastating explosives in the game, and even without splash damage on, if you try to use it in vats or something you still take considerable damage off of it as the blast is so big. If you have splash damage on, you should probably also have the heave,ho! perk on as well so you dont off yourself.


The other 14 random occurrences arent really anything special. In fact, you have to look pretty hard for some of them, and then even if you find them you would still have to figure out what they are referring to.

There are some easy ones, like Rex barking about the boy in the well referring to Lassie.

Or the Indiana Jones skeleton and whip in the refrigerator.

Some others may be a little harder to figure out for some, like the dead investigator in the Ultra Luxe having his name changed to Crusoe, as a sort of dig at CSI Miami star David Caruso.

I completely passed over the skeletons in Nipton named Owen and Beru, the obvious reference to Luke Skywalker's murdered aunt and uncle. Didnt even see them, and even if I had, I doubt I would go check out a couple of bare skeletons. Theres never anything on them elsewhere in the game. But if you pass your target reticle over them, their names appear in blue at the bottom of the screen.



If you dont take the trait, you can get the unique YCS/186 Gauss rifle which has a unique look to it, hits harder than the normal Gauss rifle, and uses only 4 ammo per shot instead of 5. Considering that ammo is more plentiful for that, and it can be repaired with other Gauss rifles, (or plasma rifles if you have jury rigging) its usually the way I go with it. Alien blaster is neat, but I always find myself hoarding the ammo and not wanting to use it all up because you cant find anymore for it.

i picked it for the encounters, i dont plan on using the alien blaster. i didnt plan on using the gauss rifle, either, so i wanted some comedy added to the game. especially the pimp boy.

i thought the pimp boy was only with wild wasteland? oh well, its still cool.

But the YCS/186 Gauss Rifle is unique with a different appearance, less MF usage, and stronger.

Ah the Holy Hand Grenades. Still the same as we remember from Monty Python.