They help alot in battles, some followers basically throw themselves at you at certain points of the main quest line.

Ok I need some help with the main quest..

Here's what I did:

I didn't get them until late. I didn't really need them, and just got Charon and Dogmeat for fun.

Okay, well I picked up star cross paladin and now have 2 followers. They are basically terrorizing the enemies and we are destroying large groups of raiders and enclave folks with ease lol

:P

Yes, the game gets a little bit easier when you have followers. But it's a lot of fun.

After I complete a quest, I wish I could kill the 'essential' NPCs.

That's pretty fuckin cold.

I usually tell them to wait way before any new doors, so I can clear the area first,and they don't wander off. I think once someone starts shooting at them, they start running...

and what?

Too cold? Hmm... is anyone else playing as an Evil character?

Next round I will be

I just wiped out paradise falls. It was a fun and chaotic battle.

Wiping out Paradise Falls was where I really fell in love with this game. One of the only times in any video game where I really felt like a bad ass.

Not sure why my follower's killed a running away slave (carter?).

It seems they will kill unarmed green npcs as well.

I was playing again, my second full-play through. I now have 48 of 50 achievements. Just need the last bobblehead (the one near the end) and to kill the other 3 Behemoths.

Something funny happened. I was about to hit level 14, and needed neutral karma to get an achievement. I had freed the kids from Paradise Falls, but hadn't talked to them again to complete the quest, so they followed me everywhere. The highlight was them being chased halfway across the map by a couple of Yao Gaui's. All I could think of was Rick Moranis running from the dog in Ghostbusters.

I beat this game recently and I was a little disappointed...



But there's a whole lot of good in the side missions. I'm playing as a girl in the game and I start the Nuka Cola Quest. Ronald, the Cola Girl's neighbor, offers me more caps for the Quantums, well my character told him "how about you get me some Nuka Cola Quantum and we'll have a threesome." Ronald says "Holy Shit! Are you serious?" and then he runs off to his doom. It was soo great.

I recently finished the game as a goody two-shoes, and went back to go evil and get the level mark achievements - I'm surprised how easy it is to go from very good to very evil. Murder a single town like Megaton and steal their loot and you're there.

I felt dirty killing unarmed innocents that were crouched in the corner. Good to know I'm not a sociopath.

And it's sooo much easier to get caps as a bad guy. shop owners are rich!

Yeah, that is why I feel this game is TOTALLY unrealistic.

How many hours have most put into this game? I am on my first playthrough and at 68 or so hours. I only have one side quest left that I can do as a good guy (I think) and am at what I think is the last main story quest before the end of the game.

And there are still unexplored locations on my map.

Is the expansion being released this month? My unplayed pile HATES this game.

Yeah one expansion this month (next week), which is the Anchorage Invasion DLC. In February we'll have the Pitt DLC, and I think March it's the Brotherhood of Steel DLC. That also includes a patch to raise the level cap to 30 and removes the ending in the game, meaning you can continue on after beating it instead of being sent to the title screen.

Hmm I don't know why I keep buying games, once the DLC is realeased I'll forgot about everything again...

I did 120 hours in my first play.

So I have a moral dilemma, for those of you that have gone to the oasis know what I am talking about.

Which DLC removes the level cap and ending? This first one? Hopefully.

The last one, unfortunately.