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this is why i am glad i said fuck settlements... it's broken, and quite frankly, IDGAF about them to be honest, lol ... hey kids, want me to tell you a bedtime story?!?!?!

^ I found that place the other day, is it the Harbormaster Hotel? I thought max settlers was 20, but I have 21 at Starlight. I'm not sure if it counts companions you send there as residents, I sent Piper there and put her to work tending the farms, plus Dogmeat's there too. Speaking of Starlight, it has to be my favourite settlement so far, just because it's not too cluttered with preexisting buildings meaning I can fully unleash my creative-urban-planning-anal-nit-picking (lol) fastidiousness. I only got half of the wall done before I hit the build cap so i've been using the throw down junk and scrap glitch to bypass that and finish my town. I'm really liking it, I have a full market area with all the big vendor stalls, I placed down loads of shelves behind stocked with their relevant gear which gradually gets knocked about and falls into the floor but it looked nice to begin with, made it feel more lived in. I have the ocassional settler who somehow manages to get on to a roof and do their suicidal looking bit and not doing their allocated job, but I always tempt them down by removing the roof their standing on. Also, has anyone conclusively found out what the salvaging station does yet? In general i'm kinda mixed about the game, it's great but it doesn't feel revolutionary or pushing the limits of the console, in Boston you sometimes get huge fps drops (usually after playing for a solid few hours though.) My initial thought when I played it was "this feels exactly like Skyrim" but I guess it would when it started development around the same time. However Skyrim is 4 years old now and last-gen and this doesn't feel any sharper to me, i'm not talking about bugs or glitches either as you expect that with a Bethesda game (only had two crashes so far though,) just technically it doesn't feel like a 2015 game. Still i'm loving it and taking my time with the story and quests, looking forward to finishing this character and starting again with a more honed one... probably a laser wielding science buff who "don't take no shit from no-one". See you next year! *semi-joking

To make your companion ignore the loot limit, just drop the loot and tell them to pick it up.

I bumped into a Yao Guai last night, slightly terrifying since I'm only level 11 (almost 12). If it weren't for Dogmeat for distraction and pure luck at finding a spot between two trees and a rock wall to stay somewhat out of reach, I managed to kill it. Found a second sniper rifle, this one has night vision! Also spent some time in Sanctuary building a two-storey barracks house with a couple of security posts on the roof. Foraging is fun but I'm going to branch out and start opening up the map to the west of Diamond City. I like how you end up stumbling over molerats and sleeping feral ghouls...it's quite a treat to sneak along and then step right into an attack.

Never Ending Double-Barrel Shotgun --Unlimited ammo capacity-- Found on the Legendary Feral Ghoul Roamer. Score! My character had to get out of the water for awhile, she just swims around finding treasure. (Aquagirl perk)

The game engine is showing it's age, I reckon... needs a climb mechanic... I would prefer the dialogue to be more like FO3 and NV... the options in this one are a bit vague and I am sometimes not sure whether I have responded in the way I wanted to... I like to use my companion as a decoy to draw the enemies out so I can pot them from a safe hiding spot... I didn't realise the brackets around the HIDDEN while in stealth mode indicated how close you were to being found until just now... this is very useful for a crap stealther like me...

Personally, I'm absolutely loving the game and it's going to be a long time before I put down the game (well apart from when I eventually get Just Cause 3). Easily GOTY for me but that's easy to say considering I've only bought two games this year (the other being Dragonage Inquisition but that was released November last year anyway). Always love how I go out to do a certain thing but then spot somewhere worth exploring and end up doing something completely different anyway! As for settlements - got a few going but Sanctuary is my main focus at the moment. Get that built up first and then look to see what I can do with the rest.

Collecting playing cards...shuffling card tricks etc. Proper cool... Still trying to master the fan... Best I've got it so far.

I filled a random house in Sanctuary with strobe lights, mirror balls, and other things of that nature. A single house in my town, holding a rave fueled by Bing Crosby.

they listened to good music back in the future ...

Have to admit I absolutely love the music, even though it's not the type I normally listen to in the car/on my mobile. Sets the tone perfectly. 'The Wanderer' is my personal favourite though! Onto other things, I've now built a perimeter fence all around Sanctuary - only way in or out is through a couple of gates. Also a couple of turrets for good measure but could do with a couple more. Started work on a new building which I'm building gradually as and when I get more materials - not used a pre-fab this time, building it from scratch. Going to try and build it multi-story. Found quite a few useful bits and pieces out and about including a few fusion power cores which will obviously be very handy (some were at the same location which I managed to clear of raiders).