stuck before the strip

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im right before the strip and i dont have enough caps to get in. is there a quest i missed? anyone else have this happen before? am i supposed to sell all my stuff to get in? gamble?

[Vex Hilarius]

How did you make it all the way to the strip and not make 2000 caps? You should be in the tens of thousands by now

[bool]

you probably passed by like 100 side quests. Don't rush to the strip.

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Originally posted by Vex Hilarius:

How did you make it all the way to the strip and not make 2000 caps? You should be in the tens of thousands by now

cause3 this game is bad :)

[Tribe Reimanen]

"Is there a quest i missed" Well i mean like Vex said if you made it to the strip with less than 2000 caps then id assume you missed quite literally every quest.

[Tribe Reimanen]

Originally posted by lab grown pork:

Originally posted by Vex Hilarius:

How did you make it all the way to the strip and not make 2000 caps? You should be in the tens of thousands by now

cause3 this game is bad :)

Considering everybody has enough caps to enter id say its you thats bad at the game rather than the game being bad. Theres also other ways to enter but i assume you didnt find them because you missed them like every quest

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Originally posted by Tribe Reimanen:

"Is there a quest i missed" Well i mean like Vex said if you made it to the strip with less than 2000 caps then id assume you missed quite literally every quest.

good job on naming the quests brother. btw i sold my ♥♥♥♥ and got in. i didnt miss any quests. the game just doesnt tell you that it doesnt deduct the caps from your inventory.

[Vex Hilarius]

I mean the securitron says "submit to a 2000 cap credit check" not "you need to pay 2000 caps to pass".

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[JediKnightSky]

Well if you did the stealth shortcut to get there, which is the only way I have gotten there without the 2k caps already, then I would suggest you do a quick loop around the immediate area of the city, lots of stuff laying around to easily loot right on the roads outside of vegas. Sale at the gunrunners, and be good to go.

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Originally posted by JediKnightSky:

Well if you did the stealth shortcut to get there, which is the only way I have gotten there without the 2k caps already, then I would suggest you do a quick loop around the immediate area of the city, lots of stuff laying around to easily loot right on the roads outside of vegas. Sale at the gunrunners, and be good to go.

thank you for actually speaking the english language man.

[Spectre]

To attempt to give reasonable and useful advice, there are multiple ways of entering the Strip. In addition, once you enter via any possible method, you will be free to just walk in through the front door, or rather gate, without any additional requirements.

1. The credit check is the simplest, and one you already know about. Simply show up with 2000 caps to the Securitron Guard and select the dialog option. Important to not is that this is NOT A PAYMENT; your caps will not be taken from you for so much as a second.

2. As the tips during the loading screen tell you (assuming the correct one showed up AND you actually read it), there is a Monorail connection between the Strip and the former airport and current HQ of the NCR operation Camp McCarran. You can actually see the monorail line from outside New Vegas itself. Traversal via the monorail is only allowed for NCR troopers and "NCR VIPs", as the tip puts it. This means you will either have to:
2.1. disguise yourself as an NCR member using an NCR faction disguise to be let past the
guards,
2.2. kill the guards (which will negatively impact your reputation with the NCR if done
OUTSIDE of stealth),
2.3. sprint past the guards with no regard to your own safety (which will turn them hostile
but NOT impact NCR reputation),
2.4. attempt to sneak past them with a StealthBoy (and switch over to 2.3. in the unlikely
scenario that you end up being detected) OR
2.5. have a high enough positive reputation with the NCR to be let past the guards. This is
the "NCR VIP"-status the game speaks of. In my experience, you will require a
reputation of "Liked" or better.

3. Simply kill the Securitrons. On top of being a difficult and ammunition-intensive task, it might also come with the downside of earning yourself a bad reputation with the Strip.

4. A high Science skill of, if my memory serves me, 80 or 85 will allow you to hack the Securitron Guard and be let through.

5. New Vegas citizens are allowed to freely come and go through the front gate. To count as a citizen, you will, much like in the real world, need a passport. If you haven't heard of a way to obtain a passport legally, it's because the base game offers no such option. If you wish to choose this option without further spoilers, I recommend traversing Freeside again and watching out for businesses that have stuff they're not even allowed to sell ;-)

SPOILERS:
5.1. The business in question is Mick & Ralph's, located to your right after
entering Freeside from the East Gate. You will be able to ask Mick for "other services"
and he will tell you that he can only offer them if The King gives the okay. A high
enough Speech skill will allow you to purchase his services for 500 caps.
5.2. You can also earn The King's trust and complete the quest G.I. Blues for
the Kings. Simply walk into the King's School of Impersonation north of the Strip
main gate and ask the King for available work. Completing G.I Blues will grant you
a favour from The King, which you can use to acquire a passport. This will lock you
out of using the favour for any other purposes such as joining the Kings or resolving
the future NCR quest King's Gambit diplomatically.

Hopefully this little comment of mine will help you in your endeavors. I am obligated to pre-emptively apologise for any mistakes of the orthographical or grammatical variety I may have accidentally included in what I otherwise believe to be a rather useful, if slightly long comment.

Have a good day!

[Tribe Reimanen]

Originally posted by lab grown pork:

Originally posted by Tribe Reimanen:

"Is there a quest i missed" Well i mean like Vex said if you made it to the strip with less than 2000 caps then id assume you missed quite literally every quest.

good job on naming the quests brother. btw i sold my ♥♥♥♥ and got in. i didnt miss any quests. the game just doesnt tell you that it doesnt deduct the caps from your inventory.

Youve done all 150+ side quests but you dont have 2000 caps? Interesting.

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Originally posted by Tribe Reimanen:

Originally posted by lab grown pork:

good job on naming the quests brother. btw i sold my ♥♥♥♥ and got in. i didnt miss any quests. the game just doesnt tell you that it doesnt deduct the caps from your inventory.

Youve done all 150+ side quests but you dont have 2000 caps? Interesting.

You are a grown man who is psychologically decimated that another grown man isn't playing with their digital toys correctly. Your life has zero value.

[Guy Knightley]

Saying another mans life has zero value when yours doesn't as well. lmfao

[Yellowbeard]

"...credit check..." - Securitron, North Gate, New Vegas

Check...also called a 'look see'.
Credit...also called 'what you bring to the table'.

Check to see if you have enough 'money' to use the 'tables'.

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