What level is best to start Old World Blues?

[I hate everything.]

I just turned level 15, and that is what that projector thing said I should be to start, should I wait longer?

[kaffekoppen]

Your level is high enough. It's really just a matter of when you want to start.

[Bansheebutt]

Yeah 15 should be good, mainly because of the....."help" you get shortly after arriving at your destination.

[Ceejay]

It can also depend on how you have leveled your character, generally the hostiles are far harder than their counterparts in the normal areas so you will need quite high levels in whatever weapon chouce you have gone for. Plus while not nessesary to complete the dlc, to access all of the dialog and options you need really high science,intelligence and speech..Which you really should not have at level 15. (as you would still need to put points elsewhere to play the normal content). Also enemies respawn so being a higher level, outputing more dps and using less ammo helps alot.

I would say wait until your a little higher, have more points in various stats, you will get more out of it in the long run.

[Nebhead]

I agree with CeeJay's view here - The standard enemies, the Lobotomites have unusually high end weapons, especially at later levels, so being able to sneak effectively will be crucial to how often you'll be spamming Stim Packs.

The Silent Running perk I find is generally useful if you plan to have any kind of a stealth approach in New Vegas, and getting those Sneak Attack Criticals, especially on the Robots on Old World Blues which don't mess around in opinion.

[kaffekoppen]

It's not so bad IMO, and as far as I know, the lobotomites scale with level so if you wait they'll just have better gear.

The Roboscorpions are the most painful enemy in there because of their massive HP (well, if we don't mention unique enemies anyway). Luckily you get the gear to beat them inside OWB. Won't hurt to bring a good rifle though!

[Ceejay]

True everything kind of scales.

I just prefer to level my character in the normal area (you can get very high stats just doing side quests and not nessesarily get too far along the main quest), then when I go into a dlc I have higher stats so can acess all the options and dialogs, while its not a major thing, I paid extra for the dlc so why not get everything I can out of it.

[76561198140373774]

IMO, you should be okay at level 15. I started Old World Blues at level 31 and breezed through it. I do recommend using a lot of melee weapons if you do play it at level 15. You'll eventually come across a weapon called the Protonic Inversal Axe. It will save you a lot of trouble with the giant Roboscorpions you'll be facing.

[Vita, Mortis, Careo]

I always play the DCL arc in order, and so by the time I am read to begin Old World Blues my character is almost level 50.

[JP]

Originally posted by destroyerofdreams:

I just turned level 15, and that is what that projector thing said I should be to start, should I wait longer?

25 or higher

[kaffekoppen]

I'm actually in OWB at the moment. Level 26. At this level it's pretty much a joke.

Lonesome Road is much harder. I also thought Honest Hearts was kind of rough for a melee/unarmed character if you go there very early.

[Ceejay]

Originally posted by kaffekoppen:

Lonesome Road is much harder. I also thought Honest Hearts was kind of rough for a melee/unarmed character if you go there very early.

Yep I can imagine lonesome road for a melee character is quite a challange indeed, not sure I would enjoy it, wiill stick to my sniper :p

[kaffekoppen]

I actually meant Honest Hearts. I went there too early with my last melee character and got torn to shreds. It's not even remotely challenging with guns, but there are some serious melee creatures in there.

By Lonesome Road, you (hopefully) have mad skills/gear :)

[RED /(Weber)\]

I'd say wait longer. At least until 30.
Lobotomites got Brush guns yo.

[Legion]

Pulse Grenades are your friend.

[kaffekoppen]

Originally posted by Floyd:

I'd say wait longer. At least until 30.
Lobotomites got Brush guns yo.

Now at level 27 in OWB. They have 10mm pistols, caravan shotguns, hatchets, saturnite fists and proton axes. Shaking in my boots here :)