Getting bored with a character after 24+ hours

[Kepheus]

Hello my fellow random people on the internet. I have a problem and i'm looking for some advise helping me to enjoy this game for longer.

Everytime I'm having a problem with getting bored of my character after 24-30 hours of playtime and start a new one with a different build and roleplay style. It sucks for me 'cause most of the time I'll end playing between level 30-50 I just think the game slows down alot then.
(sidenote: I play with a few mods mosly texture mods and I'm always playng on survival)

Any advise to help me?

[MortVent]

alternate between characters, or even games.

Taking a break can be a good thing.

[Ignacy]

Mod that increases difficulty even more, xp reducer and much more mods

[NotReally]

I don't know much about boredom but I do know that another settlement needs your help, I'll mark it on your map.

[Jeruzalem]

How he hell do you get 40 levels in only 30 hours? Are you abusing the bookshelf xp glitch?

[Zefar]

Originally posted by Jeruzalem:

How he hell do you get 40 levels in only 30 hours? Are you abusing the bookshelf xp glitch?

Exploring, killing everything, locking picking everything, hacking everything and actually doing Prestons quests because it's little bit of everything.

Then we have the whole settlement part where building stuff is dirt cheap and gives you decent exp.

Question is, how are you not getting levels quickly?

[Smersh]

Originally posted by NotReally:

I don't know much about boredom but I do know that another settlement needs your help, I'll mark it on your map.

I swear Preston, I SWEAR. I ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ SWEAR I WILL CUT YOUR FINGERS OFF WITH A SHISHKEBAB AND SHOVE THEM UP YOUR ASS IF YOU MARK A SINGLE SETTLEMENT. I swear...

[Smersh]

Download some more gameplay and quest mods. I recommend FROST survival simulator, it completely change's the vanilla gameplay and quests.

[Lee]

This has always been a problem for me also, i have over 500 hours ingame and still yet to finish the main quest (most hours come from settlement building). The problem for me is that there is nothing worth exploring, all you ever find is junk. In the old fallouts i used to explore everything looking for named weapons. I really dont like the rng drops, it just feels like a grind to me.

[Vexov]

No gameplay effecting mods(inculding armor), no power armor, no sneaking, no melee perks besides Big Leagues for the melee damage.

The only time Bethesda games are challenge is at the start of the game... you slowly become a God (or start off as one with power armor). You have to set rules for yourself to make the game harder.

Skyrim:
No crafting at all.
No Bretons or Orcs.
No Shrines that contribute to combat.
No Companion.
etc.

[Out Of Bubblegum]

Originally posted by Kepheus:

I can't help but I do 'some' of same thing. I do this with most games. I restart all the time. I learn something new and I get an itch to try the game a different way with the new knowledge. I really wish I could just keep going and finish the game knowing I did a million things wrong. But the itch is too strong. In my case it is not from boredom. I want to play the game, I just want to do things different. If you really are 'bored' then maybe this game is not for you and you should play something else. No shame in that.

Also, Survival is way too tedious for anyone except a 'hard core dedicated' gamer. Survival mode wastes your time in many ways that does not make the game harder or more fun. I find that very hard is actually harder than survival. Without the tedium. Because you do less damage on VH. Try playing that way.

[EolSunder]

yep, survival is fine except you spend most of the game running between areas. sorry, not fun at all. The concept is great, but in reality, oh, this is the 100th time heading back and running to starlight to drop stuff off/heal/craft..bla bla bla i don't want to do it any more. In survival, your moving about more than playing the game.

Vet players always get bored after a while because they know what to do, what to expect, throw it on very hard mode, try no-combat characters, and still if you just find a wounding weapon you pretty much can blast through the game blindfolded.

[Kepheus]

Originally posted by MortVent:

alternate between characters, or even games.

Taking a break can be a good thing.

I have a bad habit of playing a single game until I'm completely burned out on it and won't touch it for months or years.

Originally posted by Vexov:

No gameplay effecting mods(inculding armor), no power armor, no sneaking, no melee perks besides Big Leagues for the melee damage.

The only time Bethesda games are challenge is at the start of the game... you slowly become a God (or start off as one with power armor). You have to set rules for yourself to make the game harder.

Skyrim:
No crafting at all.
No Bretons or Orcs.
No Shrines that contribute to combat.
No Companion.
etc.

Yeah I tend to already do that giving myself rules to not use some things for roleplaying sake like power armor or perks.
My last character was a pure commando rambo build but he was ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ stupid with only one point in Int so I had no acces to Gun nut or robot parts. I just scavenged everything together slowly.

Originally posted by Out Of Bubblegum:

Originally posted by Kepheus:

Also, Survival is way too tedious for anyone except a 'hard core dedicated' gamer. Survival mode wastes your time in many ways that does not make the game harder or more fun. I find that very hard is actually harder than survival. Without the tedium. Because you do less damage on VH. Try playing that way.

I like to get one shotted by a random molotov : )
I see myself as a person that needs ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ hard games to have fun with them. Yeah they're frustrating most of the time but once you achieve something it feels 100x better.

Originally posted by EolSunder:

yep, survival is fine except you spend most of the game running between areas. sorry, not fun at all. The concept is great, but in reality, oh, this is the 100th time heading back and running to starlight to drop stuff off/heal/craft..bla bla bla i don't want to do it any more. In survival, your moving about more than playing the game.

Vet players always get bored after a while because they know what to do, what to expect, throw it on very hard mode, try no-combat characters, and still if you just find a wounding weapon you pretty much can blast through the game blindfolded.

I noticed that I get bored from running to my settlement again and again. I then chose a settlement that was located close to the center of the map but even that didn't help so I installed the mod Journey which lets you fast travel between settlements. That mod also gives me a incentive to build up my settlements and not just leave them blank.

[Jeruzalem]

Originally posted by Zefar:

Originally posted by Jeruzalem:

How he hell do you get 40 levels in only 30 hours? Are you abusing the bookshelf xp glitch?

Exploring, killing everything, locking picking everything, hacking everything and actually doing Prestons quests because it's little bit of everything.

Then we have the whole settlement part where building stuff is dirt cheap and gives you decent exp.

Question is, how are you not getting levels quickly?

How do you built so much then? I usually run out of wood n steel fairly quickly and then i need to do a few quests to gather enough materials again.

[Bored Peon]

Originally posted by Jeruzalem:

Question is, how are you not getting levels quickly?

How do you built so much then? I usually run out of wood n steel fairly quickly and then i need to do a few quests to gather enough materials again. [/quote]

First things you do: Get the 3 Jerky vendor books (Walden, Super Duper Mart, and Mystic Pines), and the extra meat book (Sunshine Tidings.)

Then you farm some random encounters and sell the excess meats (onyl keep a few radstag and mutt chops, sell rest) and excess ammo (Usually sell anything not .308 or 10mm.)

Then you have a choice, build one good settlement at Starlight or build multiples. I prefer to strip Sunshine, Red Rocket, and Sanctuary and haul it all to Starlight. Haul the piles of wood, steel, and concrete with the grab button.

Also keep in mind, people who play on survival level faster due to the rested xp bonus. People that play lower than survival tend to never sleep.

[shadowshiv]

Originally posted by Jeruzalem:

How he hell do you get 40 levels in only 30 hours? Are you abusing the bookshelf xp glitch?

Bookshelf xp glitch? First I've ever heard of it. How does it occur?