Make caps way, WAY harder to acquire.

[momodave]

Caps became a joke within a few hours of Fallout 3 and NV. Make things a pain in the ♥♥♥ to acquire.

Thank you.

[jeffy]

you dont really "find caps" in the game that often

ITS SELLING ALL YOUR UNWANTED STUFF

thats gets you caps.............

[momodave]

Originally posted by Delta 38:

you dont really "find caps" in the game that often

ITS SELLING ALL YOUR UNWANTED STUFF

thats gets you caps.............

I said acquire, genius.

[jeffy]

and your point is?

[momodave]

Originally posted by Delta 38:

and your point is?

Wow, I can't believe I have to explain this. Acquiring involves many methods. Finding, which you pulled out of your ass for god knows what reason, is pretty specific.

[jeffy]

the most advanced loot is very expensive to buy.................armor / guns

so collecting caps is a good thing

so your point is irrelevant to nothing.

[Snake Bit]

Originally posted by Delta 38:

you dont really "find caps" in the game that often

ITS SELLING ALL YOUR UNWANTED STUFF

thats gets you caps.............

You "acquire" things in F4 by scavenging. As shown in the trailer for home building and weapon making.
I agree caps are way too easy to earn with a high barter skill and high charisma. You could just go out and find high price weapons off raiders and fix them to high condition and sell them for a massive profit.

I think they should make it so parts and other items are at a premium and you need to risk your hide, or your settlers lives to get the good stuff to build and expand with.

[momodave]

Originally posted by Delta 38:

the most advanced loot is very expensive to buy.................armor / guns

so collecting caps is a good thing

so your point is irrelevant to nothing.

No, it's not. Certainly not irrelevant because a sub 18 year old kid, with garbage spelling and grammar, "says so." If you would know anything about economics, you would understand why my "wish" for this game makes perfect sense. Besides, I doubt some unknown like you has any knowledge of what is in the game, and how expensive things will be, so yeah.

Glad another intelligent user basically told you that you don't know what you're talking about.

[jeffy]

this game is fictional and the economey is fictional

in theory i assume they melt down caps to turn then into bullets or caseings or something

calm down its only a game

[Snake Bit]

It's not really a good thing when you can feasibly get over 5000 caps doing very little work. There should be some value to the money you have. Not just some pointless number value. I hope in F4 there's more to spend you caps on and make use of. Like a treasury for your town.

[jeffy]

in fallaout new vegas you can go to a a special Clinic

spend like 20 000 caps on Special Enhancements.................

[Snake Bit]

The whole concept of the bottle cap was to be used as currency to offset the weight of water. In the OG Fallouts water was the most important thing. Caps were used like spare change. Really the cash you carry IRL only has value because it's generally agreed upon in society that it has value. A paper dollar don't mean ♥♥♥♥ unless it's backed by something. US used gold as the standard. I don't know what backs it now. I've heard the term fiat currency.

[Snake Bit]

Yeah and the enhancements were just a means to an end to easily get more caps. I prefer to use them when building a min/max build. Other than that I don't use them.

[momodave]

Originally posted by Delta 38:

in fallaout new vegas you can go to a a special Clinic

spend like 20 000 caps on Special Enhancements.................

You're gasping at straws. Accept that you've lost the nonexistent argument you tried to start and move on. Having a few, barely worth mentionning, money sinks, does not invalidate the fact that it's FAR too easy to acquire the vast majority of ressources, in a post-apocalyptic world. You'd think that someone who's played the original Fallout, and has functionning braincells, would understand why the economy in Fallout 3 and NV are out of whack.

[Val]

Originally posted by momodave:

Caps became a joke within a few hours of Fallout 3 and NV. Make things a pain in the ♥♥♥ to acquire.

Thank you.

They're pretty balanced in FO:NV since you have to pay like 30000 caps for all the implants and around 20000 caps for rare weapons at gun runners.

[Snake Bit]

Until you get Jury Rigging. Then you can take expensive guns and armor and fix them with cheapo pleb versions and sell them for mad gains.