Well now I'm confused. I thought the whole game was built around exploring, collecting, crafting, modding, building, maintaining all the while advancing up the ladder. So crafting sucks.....building settlements and maintaining them sucks.....so just go around, explore, gather a few things, beat up and shoot some bad guys here & there?....I'm doing that in The Division now

For me, as with Bethesda's Elder Scrolls game, it's always been about exploration and finding out more about the meticulously detailed world, along with some action. The tedious minecraft bullshit can eat a bag of dicks.

I quite enjoyed the crafting/modding aspect of the game. Going through a building scavenging everything and then using that stuff to make my gun better was one of my favorite parts of the game. The settlement stuff was underwhelming and could definitely be improved on but I didn't hate it.

It's going to be weird going back and doing this DLC since I haven't played in a couple months and I've probably forgotten everything.

Started on Far Harbor and it's damn awesome. It's huge, too. It literally reminds me of John Carpenter's Fog mixed in with some HP Lovecraft.

Just stopped playing it after 5 or do hours worth. Shit, it's pretty damn cool but some of the newer creatures are strong as hell and hard to kill sometimes.

Are there factions this time out? Personally, I hope not.

Are you stuck on the Maine area or can you travel back to Boston back and forth?

You can go back and forth. The main mission actually starts off in Northern Boston before you sail off to the new location.

No factions so far.

I really need to finish this...ugh. I haven't played in months. Now with summer upon us I have no idea when I will get time to go back to this.

I'm deep into the main mission finally. I'm at a level 75 for my character but the attraction to exploring the entire far harbor is quite daunting, because most of the new creatures are super fast and somewhat hard as hell to kill. That takes a lot out of you. Granted, I started the new map when my character was at a 70, but still.

The factions have now come into play but it's not as clear cut as they were in the Commonwealth. You don't have to pledge allegiance just yet. I'm taking a break for a bit then will get back to it later today.

Just finished the DLC. I finished the main storyline then went back and finished it with the Brotherhood ending. The first was better.

I should also advise folks that they should have Nick as their companion.

Went ahead and finished the Atom storyline, too. I liked the first ending that I finished. Now that there's nothing else I'll probably explore the rest of the island.

I just started playing Far Harbor tonight and am already having some bad luck. Twice the game froze up on me. The first time was when you first enter F.H. via the boat and the second was with the side quest "Blood Tide". Had to quit and restart the game. A minor annoyance but I think I'll wait till the first patch comes out.

We finally got around to playing quite a bit along with some on Friday night. We just got Sanctuary done with the settlement and now have "Go To Diamond City" and help the settlers in "Tenpines Bluff"

We're liking the game with the vast amount of just looking and exploring but some it is getting a bit too much...like the collecting and storage part. We're collecting a lot of stuff but seems we're not really able to use much for the various parts of crafting. There are a few Cooking, Gun and Chemical recipes I've done but a majority seems it's missing one or two or I don't have but one of the ingredients and don't want to spend it. We've got a lot of stuff at Red Rocket and Sanctuary and we don't know what we have and what we don't have. I read at some point you can access the location (share)?

The other part was some of the building the settlement got bogged down. Several parts just didn't want to connect. I tried building metal houses from various parts and could never get the walls to turn around and connect...all they wanted to do was go straight out, never turn. And the electrical part....you need to be an electrician to understand the connections, poles and switches. I like the vast amount of choices but it would be nice to include a bit of helpful stuff on what is what and what goes where. I got the Water Purifier down by the edge of the creek, put a small generator up near the bridge high enough and ran the cable without much issue. But my friend tried it and was getting where the generator didn't have enough juice.

On my character I've put most of the points in Strength, Charisma and Intelligence. Luck has the fewest, Perception above it with Agility & Endurance in the middle.

I will probably pick this up soon. Really liked Fallout 3 but didn't get into New Vegas.

I will be done with Uncharter 4 soon and since the price on this has come down a bit, I am going to jump in. Also seems that Far Harbor is pretty sweet.

I'd max out Luck and Charisma first. You'll get some awesome perks from those.

As far as the cities and settlements I never bothered with those. I can't build for shit, so that was a pass. I did learn how to craft weapons and armor, though. A tip: equip your character with some carrying capacity, whether it's armor with pockets, etc., or perks that up your weight carrying ability. Comes in handy. I am at my limit in terms of what I can carry, so I keep some Grilled Rashtags handy, because they give you an extra 25lbs carrying bump.

Thanks you for the tips on the armor. How can you tell what pieces have '"deep pockets" to allow to carry more? So Luck does has some usefulness? I figured Charisma for sure

I just finished the tenpins where I had to go to the Corvega Factory....wow. Between it and the town next to it (Liexington I think), those two make Sanctuary and Concord look like a shack. I loved the view from at the top of the factory though.

Oh...can you fast travel anywhere and what is the "Fast Travel Mat" for; to put in any place you want to?

You have to get to an armor crafting bench and have the materials/armor suits, etc., in order to create better armor/carrying capacity. The materials used will be composed of any armor suits/components you have in addition to various other junk and non-junk items. When crafting it'll tell you how much you have in your inventory and what you need if you don't.

You can fast travel to any place you've discovered. Meaning visited. It being marked on your map isn't enough.

Fast travel mat? I'm assuming you mean the one you can build in towns? That just controls where you spawn when you fast travel. You can't leave it in the middle of nowhere or anything.

Thanks....oh; where can I get "oil". I need to build a Sentry in a town but lack one. I have no idea where I picked up the other oil when I built the other sentries.

Do I have to start the Valentine Detective Agency missions to get to the new DLC map?

grab gas canisters

Gas cans, blowtorches I think, oils cans, paint. I'm sure there's more.

Thank you much gentlemen once again....