Convoys

[Halfpaststate]

So Ive been told not to do convoys until Ive finished the game or something, and its put me off doing them because people said there will be nothing else to do. So now Im wondering should I start doing convoys? I just finished the mission where I had to go to pink eyes stronghold, Or if not, can I do the ones in jeets territory?

[Ryuu]

You can play the game in any fashion you find enjoyable for you.
But if you aim to do challenges and achievements to 100% then it might be useful to not clean territories too much until you unlock V8 engine and all upgrades. If you don't care for them - then it doesn't matter too much.

When i played the game i cleared every territory completely before moving to the next one, and often i found out locations that i can't access due to them belonging to storyline, and also i've spent most of the game only having V6 engine and basic repair speed. It might be useful for a challenge(not the game one, i mean added difficulty), because IMHO game is too casually easy in the way it's designed, but otherwise i don't recommend this route. I had to do some late challenges using the guide and blowing up respawning stationary cars over and over again because there were hard to find any in the wild - sounds not much fun, eh?
If i replay the game - i would aim to finish storyline as soon as possible to enjoy pwning enemies in a powerful car just for fun.

I hope you see my point.

P.S.: if you don't blow up the main convoy truck - then entire convoy would later respawn. So if you want to prolong the fun - you might want to spare truck's life. But you also might want to get a couple of hood ornaments just for decoration purposes and for some added stats(they don't add much, many of them add the same stat, so it's not a game-changer, and game is too easy anyway).

[Halfpaststate]

Originally posted by Ryuu:

You can play the game in any fashion you find enjoyable for you.
But if you aim to do challenges and achievements to 100% then it might be useful to not clean territories too much until you unlock V8 engine and all upgrades. If you don't care for them - then it doesn't matter too much.

When i played the game i cleared every territory completely before moving to the next one, and often i found out locations that i can't access due to them belonging to storyline, and also i've spent most of the game only having V6 engine and basic repair speed. It might be useful for a challenge(not the game one, i mean added difficulty), because IMHO game is too casually easy in the way it's designed, but otherwise i don't recommend this route. I had to do some late challenges using the guide and blowing up respawning stationary cars over and over again because there were hard to find any in the wild - sounds not much fun, eh?
If i replay the game - i would aim to finish storyline as soon as possible to enjoy pwning enemies in a powerful car just for fun.

I hope you see my point.

P.S.: if you don't blow up the main convoy truck - then entire convoy would later respawn. So if you want to prolong the fun - you might want to spare truck's life. But you also might want to get a couple of hood ornaments just for decoration purposes and for some added stats(they don't add much, many of them add the same stat, so it's not a game-changer, and game is too easy anyway).

Thanks man!

[76561198246581648]

I get that completely. There's nothing left to do if you scour everything and complete the game, only cars and camp-members left around Gastown.

[Ryuu]

Yeah, just not fun when the world is even more deserted while you want to try out your new car and weapons.

[lucasj1210]

Originally posted by Stiofan:

A 'reset convoys' and 'reset camps' option would of been amazing.

Well what I did on 2nd play thru is just go straight thru the main story until 'paint my name in blood'....made a save game there(this keeps all the hallucination stuff and voices)....then I did finished the game(to unlock the interceptor) and made another save game...so now when I play I just load a save ...many scavenging locations are there...all convoys can be played now with just the interceptor...many camps and side missions can be played over...all the wastelander missions can be played over(if they didn't get killed) I just keep those 2 save games at the bottom of my save game list.

[Ryuu]

Originally posted by lucasj1210:

Originally posted by Stiofan:

A 'reset convoys' and 'reset camps' option would of been amazing.

Well what I did on 2nd play thru is just go straight thru the main story until 'paint my name in blood'....made a save game there(this keeps all the hallucination stuff and voices)....then I did finished the game(to unlock the interceptor) and made another save game...so now when I play I just load a save ...many scavenging locations are there...all convoys can be played now with just the interceptor...many camps and side missions can be played over...all the wastelander missions can be played over(if they didn't get killed) I just keep those 2 save games at the bottom of my save game list.

This savegame might be a nice thing to upload and share :)
I don't plan to use it, but for everyone else as a workaround for absence of those buttons it might do.

You might also want to have another savegame for this http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=825817821

[lucasj1210]

Originally posted by Ryuu:

This savegame might be a nice thing to upload and share :)
I don't plan to use it, but for everyone else as a workaround for absence of those buttons it might do.

OK...
here are the 3 saves I like to play when I just want to 'Mad Max' for a while..
MAP - all races,many camps,conveys,mine fields,stank gum/buzzard camps, wastlelander missions,scavenging locations still open, all balloons open for fast travel, all strongholds upgraded
%59 camps completed/%33 Historic relics collected/Max legend 'RoadWarrior' level 41
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MAKE A BACKUP OF YOUR OWN SAVE GAMES 1st BEFORE USING
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save6-main story complete-except 'Paint My Name in Blood'
Griffa gone,
you get all the voices and the hallucinations Max sees and hears
Glory and Hope will take the place of a random wastelander
save8- 'Paint My Name in Blood' activated,take down Scrotus and get the interceptor
save10- same map as save 6 except interceptor unlocked
voices and hallucinations have stopped.

234140.zip 1.2 MB
https://mega.nz/#!6Jc0RT4b!cE0SoC52zCvvf0ITz0ExI530WgJ6pV-HqGvzdxWkHLA

[Ryuu]

Originally posted by lucasj1210:

anyone can do this, just load save 10 then start a new game

I haven't checked your save, just want to mention that didn't work for me if i started new game after loading save which ALREADY has free-roam unlocked.
That worked only if i finished the story and started new game in same session. That's a glitch, so hard to say why, and even your mileage may vary indeed. All i'm saying is that save might not work for this purpose, just so people know.

[lucasj1210]

Originally posted by Ryuu:

I haven't checked your save, just want to mention that didn't work for me if i started new game after loading save which ALREADY has free-roam unlocked.
That worked only if i finished the story and started new game in same session. That's a glitch, so hard to say why, and even your mileage may vary indeed. All i'm saying is that save might not work for this purpose, just so people know.

Ok....good to know...I deleted that part from my post

[skidmark]

Yea, my way is to use a new save just after getting the Big Chief after leaving most stuff undone. Plenty of convoys, camps, etc to do. Lost "The Twelve" before getting it to a stronghold though, guess there's no way to get it now.

[lucasj1210]

Originally posted by skidmark:

Yea, my way is to use a new save just after getting the Big Chief after leaving most stuff undone. Plenty of convoys, camps, etc to do. Lost "The Twelve" before getting it to a stronghold though, guess there's no way to get it now.

Can't you just load the save again...and then get it?

[DanloJr]

I do convoys once I get the harpoon to level 2 and have full shotgun bullets, oh and the car needs more armour.

[skidmark]

Originally posted by lucasj1210:

Originally posted by skidmark:

Yea, my way is to use a new save just after getting the Big Chief after leaving most stuff undone. Plenty of convoys, camps, etc to do. Lost "The Twelve" before getting it to a stronghold though, guess there's no way to get it now.

Can't you just load the save again...and then get it?

My save was past that event so it's gone and I guess you can't get it from racing. Anyhow I have other saves where I have it's just that those are almost 100%. No big deal I was just curious.

[Ryuu]

Originally posted by skidmark:

Originally posted by lucasj1210:

Can't you just load the save again...and then get it?

My save was past that event so it's gone and I guess you can't get it from racing. Anyhow I have other saves where I have it's just that those are almost 100%. No big deal I was just curious.

You don't need old save, just go again to that location, Twelve respawns each time.

[skidmark]

Originally posted by Ryuu:

Originally posted by skidmark:

My save was past that event so it's gone and I guess you can't get it from racing. Anyhow I have other saves where I have it's just that those are almost 100%. No big deal I was just curious.

You don't need old save, just go again to that location, Twelve respawns each time.

Never thought of that, thanks.