Fallout: New Vegas - Dust - Ashes to Ashes

Fallout: New Vegas returns, as we begin a new adventure in Dust, a mod that turns the Mojave into a survival horror nightmare, and that means there's only one man who could possibly survive this...
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[@salahad-din9168]

While Joshua Graham is referred to as the Burned Man, and some people jest that General Lee Oliver is the Drowned Man, I like to call my Courier "The Buried Man".

[@Snoogen11]

@@oldschoolghoul3660 Joshua was burned in the grand canyon for failure, Oliver was drowned in the hoover dam, for his failure. Somewhat poetic.

[@xxthexboxnoobxx4174]

Would this make Ulysses “The Divided Man”?

[@commisaryarreck3974]

@@Snoogen11 Burned alive and kicked into the grand canyon Not even screaming on the way down

[@iskwewpannekoek]

Lee Oliver was the Taxman, because we would attempt to tax the Mojave.

[@willmarsden7657]

Fire, Water and Earth - pretty cool.

[@asbestosfish_]

*_the sands of the Mojave have been replaced by the smoking Ashlands of hell itself. Fear the monsters that dwell there._** they don't fear you.*

[@amadmadmadhatter276]

So true

[@helix5441]

*Cracks Knuckles* well I did it once I’ll do it again

[@critikalh1t]

@@helix5441 time to fuck the NCR for doing this to the mojave

[@spidaxtreme]

@@critikalh1t They say babies are gifts from god,... I didn't think you made them that naturally...

[@critikalh1t]

@@spidaxtreme i was bored,so i created babies.

[@calebanderson6193]

The Doc Mitchell run !!!!!!!!!!!!! Yes finally Jon the prophecy is fulfilled

[@ManyATrueNerd]

It is, in fact, almost exactly 5 years since I said this would happen one day :)

[@854CHJ]

Many A True Nerd May wanna download the Understone, Understone: Enhanced or Understone Plus mods cause they’re meant to work in this mod.

[@iamwords2d200]

So God is real then.

[@bloodied_reaper1510]

Seeing it made me irrationally happy.

[@baileymoyer9777]

I was just watching that episode right before this 😂😂😂

[@Serdar146]

Listening "Begin Again" in the background is very eerie and heartbreaking.

[@cry.skull745]

Welcome to Dust, or as I like to call it "The Second Apocalypse"

[@truthseeker-heyoka]

Who's song is that? I can't find it

[@bloopperi4436]

@@truthseeker-heyoka Vera Keyes - Begin Again (ambiance version)

[@Holoiver]

@@truthseeker-heyoka it’s Vera Keyes it’s a part of the dead money dlc

[@Wasker20233]

Dead money was creepy as fuck

[@Kevin-bs5tv]

Fun fact, the final safehouse is where the mod originally began, with your character waking up from a concussion caused when they fired a 40mm grenade launcher at point blank range at some bandits trying to steal his/her beans.

[@ChlorideCull]

Don't 40mm grenades usually have an arming distance? This always irked me in Fallout.

[@Kevin-bs5tv]

Sebastian Johansson I suppose that most 40mm grenades are produced after the war.

[@gramursowanfaborden5820]

maybe it bounced off of the bandits, knocked the player character out, and then bounced back at them, in the meantime covering the distance needed to arm the explosive, by which point the player character was on the floor and shielded from shrapnel behind a conveniently placed footlocker.

[@Kevin-bs5tv]

Mikail Elchanovanich Tennis ball grenades are the new weaopn to surpass metal gear.

[@jacobwardontwitter7611]

Duke Alien Of Ulster Did the bandits shout: "DIS NIGGA EATIN BEANS!" as they shot the GL?

[@robbieking8445]

**Steps out the door** **Dies**

[@itsroskull6327]

Welcome to Dust

[@scottlock8584]

Welcome to 2020

[@clementwolf4081]

@@itsroskull6327 not a exppert on dust but my guess is ncr is less shooty if he was not wearing raider headwear?

[@thatguygaming3170]

@@clementwolf4081 No difference, Dust is very... player unfriendly lol

[@Jeffthecreepyastafan]

@@thatguygaming3170 obscirum pendeimic is even worse

[@liveepically]

*walks around brandishing a machette at all times* "Why is everyone hostile!"

[@WSilvermane]

Ironically, NOT because of that at all. The mod just sucks.

[@delta2372]

It is really stupid that everything is hostile

[@jreese2474]

@@WSilvermane Played this and Frost, liked that more just with the whole nuclear winter setting. Other than that, yeah both mods are just kill anything that moves while your food and water run out way too fast. Gets old quick, thankfully Jon makes it entertaining.

[@josecarlosalbarracinsato9504]

@@delta2372 its not my fault to be a try hard, its your fault because you are a noob

[@Wazzen563]

@@WSilvermane Sounds to me like you're either bad at it, or you don't like the core concept. Neither of those mean it sucks, dude.

[@chickenwarrior94]

"Missiles, that's heavy for no well explained reason"

[@alteredperception9977]

I was thinking the same thing lol!!! Like they are missiles dude!!! The game is being generous by only making it 6 LBs when it very well should be 10-20 LBs

[@nathannicelley7502]

Spork Master the missiles are as long or longer then your arm and about same width as as a small tree so I doubt that they weigh 6 lbs

[@haroldbalzac6336]

@@nathannicelley7502 Based on a quick Google search a RPG-7 grenade are typically 4.5 kg or 9.9 pounds. Im assuming what ever model of missile launcher they use would be comparable to the weight of the RPG-7

[@archbishopofthecrusades9579]

@@haroldbalzac6336 the missles in fallout seem much bulkier and of an older model than RPGs, so if I had to be they’d be even heavier.

[@zhuravl-m2285]

@@haroldbalzac6336 OG-7V HE-FRAG warhead is among the lightest warheads (outside of training ammunition maybe) and it is still ~1.76kg, or ye 4lbs or so. It is extremely slim (only 40mm diameter), and even the AT non-tandem PG-7VL is 2.43kg with only the front end being 'beefier'. Not comparable at all to the missile in Fallout, which is actually closer in appearance to the HEAT rocket fired by the PF-98. That thing is 120mm in diameter which is closer to the in game missile, and it weighs over 8kg for just the rocket and warhead alone. And the missile in game is supposedly a real missile, not just a rocket. Additional electronics that it needs, plus the motor sustainer and the fuel for long range shots, total should make it easily over 10kg. For reference, the standard HJ-8E ATGM (also 120mm diameter) is over 12kg, or about 27lbs.

[@delta138_zam]

"I'll use Luck, I want crits and don't want that to be a dump stat" *Proceeds to take heavy-handed*

[@charlescloudy]

"I literally just stepped out of the door and exploded" Troll starting spot for the win.

[@etherraichu]

There's actually a back door XD This is the case for at least two other starting locations: the warehouse and one of the safehouses

[@egghamilton7205]

killa queen already touched that door

[@Heranara]

So everytime you die we can say: Another Jon bites the dust?

[@neru_pehut]

And another one down...

[@Jasper-Holland]

Heranara Jesus christ that was terrible

[@KayofAllTrades]

The most underrated joke in this comment section

[@moodyowlproductions4287]

And a another dous and a another dous another jon bite the dust.._...Lol

[@Herodegon]

Enclave's Third Nuke: Bites the Dust!

[@sanfransiscon]

I hope we see mutant rabbits called Dust Bunnies

[@Sheldezare]

Your hopes are futile mortal.

[@ledzeppelin27]

where are the MATN points that you so earnestly deserve?

[@Zenturio331]

I hate dust

[@smgeezus7186]

Zenturio It gets fucking everywhere and I can never keep in from building up.

[@gargoyles9999]

Zenturio it's rough and course and irritating

[@vicentetemes5793]

*squeals loudly* GO TO THE SEWERS JON. THEY ARE SAFE AND FULL OF FOOD AND WATER.

[@vicentetemes5793]

I wrote that comment before even watching the video, I didn't actually expect you to jump in like a maniac. So, here are some non-spoilery pointers from a former survivor: 1. Tunnelers are spawned instead of geckos. Therefore, in an area where you would expect to find geckos (like Lone Wolf Radio or Clark Field) you WILL find packs of the bastards. 2. One big difference between New Vegas and 4 is that in New Vegas you can craft ammunition. Remember that. 3. Always grab the crafting kit, and note that bandages and throwing spears will be your BESTEST friends during the early game. 4. Abominations now flee from ALL fire damage, not just flares. Get yourself a makeshift flamethrower stat. 5. I'm pretty sure that perception doesn't affect VATS accuracy, all that affects it is the same as regular aiming: strength and weapon skill. 6. Some people you met in New Vegas make an appearance here. Some places to check for these familiar faces (who WILL MURDER YOU): Lake Mead Cave, Zion Valley (roaming around there), Salvation Fields (formerly Sharecropper Farms) and 188 Trading Outpost. 7: Mojave Ghost People work by different rules. Unless you get the Ghost Hunter perk (ghost people die when they are killed, that's the way it should be), they just get back up; as a second, more terrible detail, some of them are souped as fuck, running around like Sonic the Hedgehog on SUPER COCAINE and ragdolling you with every single punch, which usually combines into stunlocking you FOREVER. 8. The Cloud is only around in the Sierra Madre and the Strip (reasons), and while in it, you take the regular amount of damage that you took in vanilla and also ENEMIES ARE INVISIBLE. 9. The Legion Safehouse is the original (and therefore "canon") starting location. Two pointers on this: There is an exit tunnel to your left when you spawn that leads you to more interesting tuff and less violent mauling, and once you reach Nipton (probably your first pit stop), for some reason the enemies won't enter the store where you found the crippled Powder Ganger in vanilla. Kill the one baddie that spawns there, and you can just use it as a sneak-abusing, cheese-snorting base. 9. I forgot to add that there is a main backstory that you can find through the game, and it will lead you to both the main ending (out of four) and show you how the world ended up majorly like this. The first part of the main route (so you can do the rest yourself, you lazy bum!) is: Black Mountain (getting fisted up the ass by Supermutants), Camp Golf (getting fisted up the ass by Rangers), New Vegas Sewers (getting fisted up the ass by just about everything).

[@KayofAllTrades]

Vicente Temes number 7 tho 😂😂

[@vicentetemes5793]

I have been to the sewers, and let me tell you, the horrors. As so: "The horrors."

[@scottski02]

+Vicente Temes Telling him to go to Zion Canyon? You monster

[@vicentetemes5793]

Well I did also tell him to get a flamer, and that he'd be murdered.

[@gretelmkii5215]

Jon the NCR, in Dust, are NCR remnant/defectors they are not the friendly soldiers you once knew. They have become more or less an organised militia, that's why they vary in standard military fatigues. You'll find evidence of them mass murdering people all across the Mojave, and killing any non NCR members on sight, look out for notes on dead members, they detail why this happned as well as what the NCR did during the fall of the Mojave.

[@no-barkthechosenone2436]

Maybe Dust is now canon based off what we saw of the NCR from the show 🤔

[@Swanky11]

This and the frost series brings me strange comfort. I rewatch them periodically, pop them on in the background while I'm working on stuff. It's soothing

[@turtlemaster2957]

I do a similar thing with his kill everything fallout runs, I've forgotten about MATN multiple times over the last decade ish but those kill everything runs showing up in my recommend months or years later always brings me back

[@danilelenicolele]

Me too

[@NKCS7]

This series is my comfort show

[@Twistedwolfhead]

Final Episode Better Be Titled "Dust to Dust"

[@pluto3194]

Yes.

[@neru_pehut]

This or riot.

[@LocoMe4u]

Or fallout new vegas dusted...! No...? Ok nvm

[@JeithKarrett]

idk Blackstar sounds like a good title amirite lads

[@JeithKarrett]

or We know Major Tom's a junkie tbh

[@reececowell6642]

Some frontal lobe damage

[@rex7579]

Sorry son, I fixed your head as much as I could

[@holyshaxx265]

@@rex7579 the flex tape kept falling off

[@Local_commentor]

With luck like yours i am surprised that them bullets did not climb back in to the gun

[@r2primespaire604]

This is the universe after Evil Jon went through Mojave isn't it? With the few survivors of each faction going to war over the scraps that are left. It would make sense with why the plumbing didn't work considering that she (With Yes man's help) destroyed the Dam causing it to break irreparribly.

[@MaxMaxx-tb6nz]

Underrated comment

[@alim4306]

jon wondering if people actually get berried in new vegas despite the opening of the base game being your character getting buried in a graveyard.

[@iknowme]

SMELL THAT AIR

[@sweetwheatsy]

COULDN'T YA JUST DRINK IT LIKE B O O Z E

[@sayonara3926swat]

I always kill him

[@randytheracer3664]

(Coughs up a lung and turns into a feral) AHHHGGGGHAGABHH

[@sweetwheatsy]

@k10a06p2000 You kiddin' me? Never felt better!! *constipated noises*

[@xx_isabel_the_wolf_xx3869]

Ain't nothing like some radiation and the cloud in your lungs

[@gay_leonian_nerd3081]

There are several endings. Unlike, Frost, several ways to escape.

[@AvatarRiku]

Gay_Leonian_Nerd I sort of feel like going to Zion or the Mojave outpost would be the two most sensible potential escape routes because they’re trade routes that canonically lead out of the mojave

[@johneckman5357]

your in for a treat then my dude

[@moistvibes5697]

Dapper Krogan Here’s a spoiler so if you don’t read it if you want to find it out for yourself If you go to Zion The wendigo will hunt you down,and i may be wrong but Daniel locked one of the entrances to escape before being slaughtered

[@Luiz-jw5pr]

@@moistvibes5697 AKA Burned Man

[@turtleflipper9935]

I know i've got five bullets but five bullets later i've got no bullets thats why i watch matn

[@MikeHawk-bg5ss]

Seeing the mojave in a state like this makes me feel so depressed.

[@wikz8480]

Weird

[@asimplewizard]

​@@wikz8480why is that weird? It's... It's the point

[@neru_pehut]

I request that somebody create a death counter.

[@mattreynolds3178]

The Wise Man I did that and a "good" and "flip" counter

[@somedude4533]

I vote at least 100 deaths.

[@TheMainTagonist]

Matt Reynolds you should also make a counter of every time he says "of interest"

[@kagenotatsumaki]

The Doc Mitchell run AND Dust together??? Oi happy day!

[@DRAGON130N]

Death Counter(Possible Spoilers): Total: 16 Guns: 5 Tunneler: 3 Melee: 2 Ghouls: 2 Explosives: 2 Throwables: 1 Deathclaw: 1

[@puerhsheng]

Yes! Dust is everything Ulysses promised would happen to the mojave. Hope you have fun and enjoy, Jon!

[@bowen9212]

Jon, you got me into Fallout and I have loved your insights and commentary on every video you upload. Thank you for all the hard work you do!

[@TheSoundSpell]

"Scotch - restory sanity". No truer words were ever spoken.

[@stuglife5514]

Fun fact about the volcanic pistol. It was one of the first lever action firearms designed, later the design would be utilized in the world famous Henry rifles, that Winchester later copied to even more fame and success. Although the volcanic pistol was infact a commercial failure due to the ammunition being so weak a man shot himself in the temple and the bullet didnt even go through. Fun fact!

[@pancakes8816]

So one of the first ever lever actions was nothing more than an ovetvlorified BB gun because of how bad it was?

[@stuglife5514]

@@pancakes8816 basically lol

[@Serdar146]

Jon, thank you.

[@854CHJ]

REBLOG Hey MATN I’ve played Dust before and wanted to give a few pointers. First I suggest heading to either the Silver Rush or The New Vegas Health Clinic as both are good starting points. Second you may wanna download the Understone Mod as it was made to work within this mod. Other than that wish you the best of luck.

[@amirpalamar7133]

Shadow Monk 7 under stone wasn’t made by the same people, though it is a mod that is commonly used with New Vegas to provide a hub of sorts without doing what Alchestbreach did and mod the living hell out of it to make it more playable for himself 😂😂

[@854CHJ]

Amir Palamar Thanks for the info

[@White_Tiger93]

tell MATN to use some of the quality life mod like Deus Ex Weapon Spread mod & one of the two guns animation such as Hitman47101 or Asurah Reanimation Pack mod.

[@rakiest]

Yeah DUST was made by ONE PERSON, a full time engineering student -- Naugrim. Understone has NOTHING to do with him.

[@854CHJ]

rakiest Got it. Sorry forgot to edit my comment.

[@phrophetsamgames]

When he took down that NCR trooper and the tribal in quick succession I was like "damn Jon has the fastest gun in the west"

[@madrabbit8133]

if you value your life you`ll install a sprint mod

[@gabbotheawesome754]

Madrabbit 81 I think it's part of the charm of the game to run like you're doing a light jog

[@cameronsmith3047]

Madrabbit 81 he's playing dust...he doesn't value his life, sanity or time

[@suedetrombone2019]

+Ryan Cave Yeah, because nothing says "this totally isnt ruining the experience" more than casually jogging away from death. I mean, sure, its death, BUT, you are working on your cardio. Thats whats important. Cant let rabid death machines get in the way of your long term goals.

[@suedetrombone2019]

+Ryan Cave NV also wasnt built with DUST in mind. Besides, I AM using my head. Thats why I use mods, like sprinting. Im a runner in real life, so I cant stand just jogging away from death lol its aggravating. Silly, in fact. Ive always been faster than most people, so its not unrealistic to me. But, to each their own.

[@suedetrombone2019]

Do what you want Ryan lol its fine. Here I was trying to have some fun and you had to get all serious on me. In a real life DUST situation, I would be DOA, you happy now? I would shit and piss myself and probably die of a heart attack before I would even leave the "safe house". Now, can we have fun again please?

[@Hobobatman1000]

What I hate about mods like this is how NPCs behave in combat. The player has to be exceedingly careful in their approach as they could be killed nearly instantly and must conserve their ammunition. NPCs however will blindly rush the player with infinite ammo and when the player wins the fight the NPC's corpse will be carrying a broken gun and about two rounds of ammunition on it.

[@MarioPawner]

I agree- Naugrim actually mentioned he considered and tested giving the NPC's limited ammo, but in his opinion that made the game too easy because they dropped enough of it that you could quickly stockpile it. (especially considering many enemies respawn constantly.) On a larger level, that reckless approach is how the AI works in the base game and I imagine that would be quite hard to change in a mod. Of course there are several ways around this- giving everyone only a few bullets so that they can't just spam them, and also encouraging sneak attacks so you can take them alive and their precious ammo too. Fallout Frost does this, but it still has the unavoidable instant-kill animations that melee enemies love because Bethesda has no idea what fun game design means.

[@Hobobatman1000]

And that's just the thing. NPCs act as this lifeless, meaningless obstacle rather than as people. These worlds talk about how life is hard and how people have to gather resources just to survive one more day. When the player kills an NPC, they are taking the life another human being, a human being that's entire life led up to the moment the player killed them; everything that person was and ever will be is instantly erased by the player, but that's not how the game acts. Sure, many of the people the player kills should be these desperate, destitute nobodies that charge the player with a knife or a single magazine of pistol ammo in hopes of killing the player for their own survival, but where are the people similar to the player? Where's the people that have even the slightest amount of value on their corpse or in their lair? In my experience, DUST had each and every NPC be in the center of those two classes: characters with infinite ammo that rush the player and die with no AID items or ammo on their corpse. Not even the NPC Courier had the courtesy to have some food or ammo in his secret lair to compensate for how much of a bitch it is to kill someone that's armed with an automatic .50 BMG rifle in this mod.

[@MonochromaticPrism]

Yes, that is because this whole mod is very poorly crafted and balanced. Once you start looking for it you even start seeing very clear signs of corner cutting or outright unfair behavior. For example, there are assets for graves but instead a corpse was dumped in that wagon. Also, you saw that camp with the tunnelers? There are 5-7 of them, they only spawn when you get within a certain distance, and they will chase you literally forever with you never going out of caution even if they all don't know where you are because you hid when they killed the people there. They are clearly designed to as part of an event that is just supposed to straight up murder you and gets screwy if you play it out well. The town of Nipton where the Legion murder everyone? They have all their assets swapped so the same spawns for dogs and legion occur but now their all tribals. The corpses inside are all basically in the same spots as well but now they are all white horses or something. There are many many doors that are fused shut, have rocks/bricks in from, or w/e to close off a looting spot or side area that you might have been able to use or which the mod didn't want to bother altering. Also many doors are hard locked and after a couple hours of gameplay and exploration I found 0 bobby pins anywhere so everything that has a lock period may as well be inside fort Knox no matter what difficulty the lock is. Also, all wildlife is everywhere is now Deathclaws, Tunnelers, and Ghouls with a spritzing of Cazzadors, Night Stalkers, and Ghost People. Many of the remaining wildlife spawns that you can still find feel like they are in spots that were missed, like an errant bark scorpion or coyote in the middle of an area full of tunnelers or ghouls or ghost people. As a personal gripe, this is also a case of a meter sitting survival mod, to the point that trying to keep your water, food, and rads low utterly miserable.I once slept for 24 hours with 0 hunger and thirst and when I woke my character instantly died from over 1000 of both. Rads is the worst because the mod removes like 99% of all medical boxes, and since there are no rad aways and all food and water gives you rads you are sure to die after a certain point, meaning it isn't a survival mod like it claims because you actually can't without installing mods like Understone to give actual shop options. And you do actually need to be able to survive because I looked up the actual path to beating the game and it is long and hard. Honestly I can just keep going. Many starting locations insta kill you making them not starting locations at all. Npc behavior and loot is miserable as you have mentioned. Many of the new weapon and gear suck to use or are significantly underpowered (ex: it is actually very hard to kill ANYTHING with molotovs even though the game goes out of it's way to give you multiple crafting recipes to make them). Many characters and factions that shouldn't be auto hostile, like the FOLLOWERS OF THE APOCALYPSE that have existed since the LITERAL NUCLEAR APOCALYPSE as a pacifist group try to murder you on sight. Etc.

[@MarioPawner]

You have some good points, and I agree that the mod does go too far in difficulty in a number of unfun ways. Underpowered weapons (although once you get a marksman carbine and Guns 100 most fights are a breeze if you have enough ammo), lack of vendors or bases and general supplies. Also, many starting locations are too close to enemies. The ones with humans can be outrun, but tunnelers are literally a deathtrap. I get the feeling that naugrim wanted to deliberately make a mod that would weed out the easily annoyed or undedicated, which is definately a dick move on his part. As much as I enjoy this mod, it's story and atmosphere are still superior to the gameplay, which is a bit too masochistic for my tastes. I'm a compulsive quick-saver and installed other mods (giving me sprint, refillable water bottles, a fix that makes tunnelers less insanely perceptive, ect) but the start is a crapshoot. In comparison, once you're properly geared, you can just stomp your way through most of the wasteland as long as you have ammo (with the exception of a few areas. Don't go to Nellis AFB unless you like quicksave spam to avoid being blown up. Don't go to Red Rock canyon and thereabouts unless you like 1-hit kill tunneler queens. Don't go to Lake Mead unless you have leveled explosives (which is otherwise usless) to defuse buried mines.) The replacement of normal npcs with new ones is debatable. Personally, I think it makes storming Camp Golf far more exciting considering the huge number of NCR there. On the topic of Goodsprings, it's pretty obvious to me that the plague escalated so badly that they didn't have enough healthy people to bury all the dead (which is why the bodies are still lying around. Bobby pins may be scarce, but I still managed to find enough to get me through on both playthroughs I did. Also, getting lockpick to 100 makes the Vegas route much easier. I feel that the main issue would be rather that you basically have to kill enemies to get them. The survival rates are also a problem, partly thanks to a known bug that is easy to fix. Also, there's no shame in installing a mod that makes those requirements less stingy. On the topic of radiation... level survival and mass purify water. Be careful around ghouls and drink beer and wine. -10 rads, doesn't give you rads, lowers thirst and improves sanity. Drinking like a fish is the best way to survive long term. Characters and factions shouldn't be auto-hostile. I agree with you. At the very least, more characters besides random tribals and a few survivors should only aggro when you enter their area instead of when they spot you at far greater ranges than the main game. For me, creeping through the vegas suburbs at level 1 was an awesome and tense experience, but I can understand why people might not like the trial and error nature of it. My main criticism would be how the rpg mechanics have been gutted- as in, half of them are now useless. Charisma and perception? Useless because there's no companions, no one to talk to, and the compass doesn't show anything at all. Strength and Endurance are mandatory 8 or above if you want to have fun, with carry weight and damage how it is. Sneak, Survival, and Guns are just the best and most useful skills. Explosives, energy weapons, unarmed, medicine, speech, barter, all these other skills are basically worthless. Either they're just inferior to the big three, or you have too limited resources to make use of them. Tack a 50 repair or 50 lockpick on depending on what ending you're going for. (the easiest is in searchlight airport. All you need is a bunch of electronic junk and to avoid the enemies in the area to fix a plane and GTFO.)

[@chadkingoffuckmountain970]

@@Hobobatman1000 this dude really wrote a theoretical thesis on humanity about NPCs for a mod of a 10 year old game.

[@reaperman438]

The Mojave heat makes you want a nuclear winter

[@justin2308]

Joshua Riethman My dumb self read that as ‘nuclear WRITER’ 😂

[@xylek9814]

"next to Deathclaws they're not that bad" I feel like that covers a lot of things

[@theamelia4580]

*Tribals appear* Jon: meh *NCR appear* Jon: meh *Giant fire-breathing ants appear* Jon: meh *Glowing one appears* Jon: meh *Tunnellers appear* Jon: NO NO NOPE NO RUN RUN RUN- jumps off a bridge

[@keithhh2892]

right, that's all well and good but are you planning on siding with the townsfolk or the powder gangers in ghosttown gunfight

[@LordSaddler261]

Started this after playing the mod myself for a good while, had a gleeful moment at the "going east because there's water at Lake Mead" bit. "he doesn't know :pepelaugh:"

[@JXEditor]

The Legion Safehouse acts as a good base of operations.

[@zemineriver8043]

Begin again is the best song in fallout

[@felixh6458]

Can't wait till you get to lake mead buddy

[@adixiegentleman9502]

Old Boy why’s that?

[@felixh6458]

BinaryKnight101 There may or may not be a cave with some very interesting story developments

[@imafishbish1346]

Toliver of Arkansas Because naugrim thought it would be a good idea for you to kill a certain someone instead of just not having them be in the mojave and let people imagine what happened to said person

[@srbindy2477]

Quick tip: Hammers are your best friend, at a workbench you can scrap a hammer for one wood and one scrap, which can be used to make throwing spears which have 100% chance to hit in VATS at 1 perception from a decent range, one shot most people/creatures and only require a single hammer to make.

[@obamagaming8315]

Fallout:oust

[@SirButton-]

When jon misses the rifle on the staircase the second he spawns in and AGGHH JON JESUS CHRIST WHY DO YOU DO THIS?!?!!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?

[@pluto3194]

-1 perception

[@niallmacdonald2710]

Just an idea for the future; since you spent time in Frost, and now you're doing Dust, and you're second guessing Naugrim's motivations/inspirations for them both; how about a chat with Naugrim one day? Since you survived Frost at such a low level, and you're an acknowledged FO Nerd, I think it could be a very interesting interview/chat/virtual meetup. Maybe just audio and footage if it makes either of you more comfortable. Bring Claire to help you get past your own awkwardness. ;-)

[@-pressxtostart-]

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[@chrisedwards3866]

It would be pretty cool to see Jon do a chat or interview, or even an episode with the mod's creator. Assuming he's still interested in talking about it, of course. But if he put that much time into this mod, I'd expect he'd still be happy to talk about it with another Fallout fan.

[@vomitcomet]

ngl, having the feral ghouls be head-shot only is still a dumb idea. I thought it was just Bethesda that treated ferals like generic zombies, but apparently not. I don't care how much your mind and body have mutated, a shot to the spine is gonna put you on the ground.

[@raximousprime775]

Well even in most zombie things that's true, I think it's more so that ferals don't need everything a human does to function, they are just instincts with legs at this point

[@jakestavinsky3480]

Edge I personally would've given a ton of health but little to no limb health so they get get headshotted/ kneecapped easily

[@doctorfrohman5516]

they aren't head-shot only, tho, they just have good health and a crazy headshot modifier

[@robert23456789]

YOU GOTTA SHOOT THEM IN THE HEAD LOL

[@Max0Effect]

Edge I think in this case it was the mechanics the dust mod was going for. It's much harder to headshot so it makes you more nervous going into combat.

[@justinkroboth360]

I let out a very deep, very audible belly laugh when you did the close up on Doc Mitchell and mentioned that it had been a bad few years. I don't know why, but that truly tickled me - thanks for that, Jon.

[@gGc0705]

Having played this, the moment he said “sewers! Excellent” I knew what was coming next.

[@FluffyTheKnight]

Jon, you missed the escape tunnel from the Legion Safe house. It's got some cool lore implications in it and of you leave the tunnel and go right out of it you can find a shack guarded by some survivors with a back pack that has been inside every time I've played dust.

[@TheGeekCupboard]

Even the music on the menu screens screams HORROR. I rather expect this shall be magnificent.

[@Sheldezare]

I dunno how horror it is.. even someone like me was able to play it without issues.

[@sweetwheatsy]

The menu screen-music is actually from the first Fallouts, it played when you found a random encounter on the world map

[@TetchyEquation]

SweetWheatsy Not just in random encounters

[@hamedkhan3173]

he said it played in random encounters, not that it was random encounter exclusive, learn 2 comprehend

[@TetchyEquation]

IBK Prodigy The way he phrased that sentence implied that. Get off your high horse.

[@Ashezth]

He keeps saying "This is the best starting location!" and I'm waiting for the 8 deathclaws around the corner.

[@jake_russ]

very importantly, you will probably want the tunneler detection fix! Tunnelers will seek in on you from miles away, if you try to sneak without it. For some reason the dev bugged the detection of the tunnelers to the point where they will almost always see you *if you sneak* but not if you're just standing normally.

[@FlowersOfIcetor]

"do people bury each other in new vegas" i dont know, maybe we should ask benny and courier six?

[@lordpotoo1375]

"Head head block head head" Jon would be a great UFC commentator

[@darrellparfitt5908]

One of the effects of making such a ludicrously difficult mod is you have no choice but to cheese the hell out of the cheesiest aspects of the Fallout NV combat engine.... using VATS to pause time dozens of times in a combat (enter VATS 3 times in half a second to head shot a ghoul at 4 inches) and cheese 90 percent shots. But since damage delivered is so much higher and it's easy to one shot enemies with critical hits, most of the game is head shot crits in VATs and stealth critical hits, which were always the cheesiest way to play New Vegas.

[@R3N3GADEMUFFIN]

Wanted to watch this series again. Can't believe this is 4 years old. Feels like last year. Good content, Jon!

[@thedude9206]

Sees ghosts: Dead Money flashbacks intensifies

[@Avel_runner]

"Oh sewers!" 1 sec later My God, what a terrifying mod

[@97superior]

Level 1, goes into the sewer. Oh Jon you poor soul.

[@srbindy2477]

Also the last one (Legion Safehouse) is actually the "canon" start, as it was the original.

[@manyabrana]

YES! After watching Alchestbreach scream his way through this, oh my god this will be so amazing!

[@MaxwellTeatree]

Now I gotta find the video of Alchestbreach playing this he's the best

[@geomotrix]

Ashes to ashes, frost to dust.

[@mothmoth4413]

Please make this a series

[@famoussession7426]

Yeet on em 666 420 Why would it not?

[@bio_hazard4891]

Yeet on em 666 420 well i thought that game of thrones game was gonna be a series.... some dreams dont come true

[@ihatemegatron216]

Judging by the fact he's trying all the starting locations. I think he's going to make this a series.

[@simplypotet5561]

Yeet on em 666 420 I already thought it was gonna be one?

[@TheNamesDitto]

Yes

[@iustan5993]

In my whole life, I never thought I would see the day of the doc Mitchell run.

[@jamesnodding7641]

Finally, can't wait (for the -1 perception)

[@jackoster7115]

I'd say things are more along the post-post-apocalyptic side of things

[@eloquentlyemma]

Playing as Doc Mitchell... but deliberately does not take the Medicine skill. Instead specialises in Guns, Melee Weapons and Sneak. Erm. Err. Okaaay...How does that work? Are we just going with a completely different character (maybe a former soldier, or burglar judging from the stats) also named ‘Doc Mitchell’? or did the good doctor have a mid-life crisis and a bout of amnesia - that made him learn fighting skills but forget all of his medical knowledge. I am confused.

[@neru_pehut]

Who knows, maybe Doc Mitchell was a soldier and says he's a doctor but just figured out how Stimpaks work.

[@sanfransiscon]

Everyone thinks he's a doctor because he just took the Shotgun Surgeon perk

[@_Cerb_]

Let's just say he went partly feral because of the rads, where he instead gone full combat and forgot all his medical skills.

[@kanelewis2124]

maybe he was a combat medic

[@White_Tiger93]

lol you forgot something about Doc Mitchell there, ever since modding community arise in the Mojave, Doc Mitchell House is one the best weapons supplier ever if you need one, for FREE why not !! he got Millenia, & many others.

[@JXEditor]

Me: Alright, he's finished Autumn Leaves. That's why I was here. It's probably time to unsubscribe. KZbin feed: Fallout New Vegas Mods - Dust Me: Well I guess this is how I'm spending my time now.

[@AmandaDavis6130]

JXEditor Join the fold! One of us!

[@raximousprime775]

Wait why unsub?

[@Otzot]

There is no reason to unsubscribe. While I agree that some seasons are better than others (of course it's purely subjective). His Let's Plays vary in genres and I think anyone can find what they like. A month ago I wasn't looking forward to new videos so much, but lately CKII, Dust, Hitman. I hoped to see all of them and my wishes came through. If there is nothing else to watch on other channels, Jon's commentary is entertaining no matter what he plays, so sometimes I watch him play some games I am not interested in at all.

[@Otzot]

Thank you for enlightening us then. Finally I can unsubscribe from channels I do not enjoy! Seriously though, nobody said you cannot unsubscribe ever, but you don't seem to understand that. It is your choice and nobody takes that away from you. I just meant there is plenty to enjoy other than Autumn Leaves and Dust, but do whatever the hell you want, person. No heart will be broken, I promise.

[@MatchBreakers]

This comment section somehow turned into a shitshow. Apparently people do not appreciate a clean inbox.

[@lucygoosie3370]

"I guess we'll do a sort of Kill Everything. " Oh god Jon, why are you teasing us like this? It's been years! YEARS SINCE YOU PROMISED A REMASTER!!!

[@dxdraco1534]

This specific series has a special place in my heart because I watched this series when I was going through a tough moment,I was moving to my neighbors because I got evicted from old house and the week before that my shoulder had been dislocated at work so I had a lot going on and couldn’t do much so this series had helped me keep sane(no pun intended about the game)and I enjoyed it very much so thank you John

[@0Rianna0]

If you need to use grenades always use VATS in New Vegas. The percentages are garbage but that's just to hit with the grenade itself. You'll almost always catch the target with the blast even with low %

[@michaelrich7066]

So I have never played Dust before. Is the song playing as Jon is making Doc Mitchell "Begin Again" from Dead Money?

[@ProvingPilotAttemptstoGame]

Michael Rich it is!

[@christopherscotti3841]

Yes it play on the radio signal once you complete dead money

[@OrionsTale]

I think these "what if" scenarios are so freaking cool. DUST is the king of them in my opinion. I still have yet to play it for myself, but I have watched it a ton and it just gives you a sense of dread. As Zach Hazard of Mikeburnfire said, "This is a realistic portrayal of a post-apocalypse".

[@ChaosZero.]

Halfway through the video he says that Dust isn't wildlife heavy. Oh boy, he's yet to realize that half the open world map is flooded with 4-5 deathclaws at once and packs of 10+ tunnelers at once and that the sewers below Vegas are flooded with close to a hundred ghost people with superhuman powers. As much as I like Dust, it needs some 3rd party addons to make it not total bullshit because using the mod as-is is just a broken mess. Ghost people in the sewers for instance, can't possibly die. You can hit them at point blank range with a fatman and they won't even flinch, their speed and damage values have been altered into oblivion meaning that they can close a 200mt gap from you in 3 seconds and stun-lock you into punching you to death and sending you flying halfway across the world. Tunnelers are broken in the sense that not only there are dozens of them swarming you at once, but they can spot you from a mile away (and well beyond the "fog of war" effects the mod adds) meaning that you can't see them until it's too late but they can see you a lot quicker and better. Plus, they're also broken in the sense that despite being hostile by default, they can only spot you and charge at you if you're sneaking. If you're standing and casually walking, it'll be a lot harder for them to see you. They still will attack you on sight, but it negates the "beyond fog of war Superman vision" bullshit. In the Dead Horse dlc map (Zion), there is one spore people guy that is literally invincible. Unlike ghost people that require you to hit them hard and for a very long time to even damage one of them (and still, they regenerate health faster than mutated ghouls in Lonesome Road), this mutant can't die because it's set to be invincible and "essential" as if it was a companion in non-hardcore vanilla difficulty. This mutant will also stalk you at night and there's only one way to get rid of it temporarily, but unlike even deathclaws and tunnelers, this thing knows at all times where you are, even if you're halfway across the entire world from it. Not being able to drink from water sources that are clearly meant to be used is also bullshit. Use extra mods if you want to actually enjoy this mod.

[@sweetwheatsy]

Hmm, that seems fair... Do you recommend some good ones to go with it?

[@MarioPawner]

All of these things are arguably true and I agree with you. Of course, the issue comes in when you start adding mods that break the game so hard it becomes fairly easy again, but your ability to choose your own difficulty level like that is pretty original. The whole thing is one big self imposed challenge anyway. There is a mod on the nexus that fixes the tunneler detection issue, so you can actually sneak properly near them. They're still highly perceptive, but it makes stealth non-useless. The best solution to the sewers is to level lockpick and skip the sewers. I was fortunate enough to be warned by others, and I am still grateful I never went down there. And I agree that not being able to drink or store water in many places is also infuriating. I tried getting a fillable bottle mod but couldn't get that to work.

[@theNoogler88]

ALWAYS pick up guns you can find. Just like in vanilla, there's usually an extra round or two in them, sometimes more.

[@zachtaylor4356]

When you thought Fallout 4 YOLO was going to be a thing

[@lugotorix6173]

Zach Taylor nah this is good

[@zachtaylor4356]

Lugotorix Oh I’m still very happy with this for sure

[@not677]

Zach Taylor I could see fallout4 yolo being a very short story if it ever happens there is way to many ways to get one shot in the game

[@Praevalidum]

Sainock Respectfully disagree, not looking for an argument though. To each their own.

[@tastydishwasher]

muesuem of freedom -> dies to molotov

[@evanmcwilliams5677]

it's amazing how the insides of generic rooms are so familiar to Jon that he knows where he is in the game.

[@redexe600]

Thank you Jon! I love this soooo much! Please finish it. Finish it all!!!

[@puerhsheng]

Also, its nice that you have spawn options in this version. The old version I played you started off by the nuclear test site with only a mostly broken grenade rifle and something like 2 shots...

[@854CHJ]

I’ve been waiting 2 years for this moment

[@A_Aron421]

“everything that could go wrong, has go wrong” oof that gave me chills and im even more excited to watch this series years later 😂

[@Nyhde]

Okay, I'm really looking forward to this series! The mod seems interesting and you playing as the Doc got me chuckling a couple of times.

[@xjunkxyrdxdog89]

3:56 "Zombies? We're ghouls. Zombies are a type of undead with no free will. Although we share certain physical characteristics -- most notably, the rotting flesh and characteristic morbidity -- we are creatures of free will." - wooz

[@Edolin89]

"Well, as it turns out, I can now confidently state, immediateley, that this game is going to be incredibly simple because I just happened to have picked the starting location which comes with all the free stuff" Jon - 2018 Oh Jon....you have no idea, bless your sweet heart.... ^.^

[@Theosis10]

45:48 John your natural 1 perception is legendary as always. Hears gunshot to the right, and looks left rofl!

[@gretelmkii5215]

Here's some things you should know about Dust Jon - Avoid all main roads, as tunnlers are in those areas stick to the mountains - AVOID THE SEWERS AT ALL COST, some of the worst things are in there come back later when you're stronger - Raid NCR locations by using highcaliber rifles with scopes, being a sniper in Dust is the best play style - Be careful when traveling at night as visibility is poor, and cannibals and tunnlers hunt at that time. - The new Vegas are of the map the upper North all the dangerous stuff is there, stick to the base game starting are at low levels as it's easier there (goodsprings area). - And for the love of god don't go to any places that used to be lakes let's say that only a mad bastard would go there, but if you make it the best rewards await you there.

[@user-ev8lv7ot1x]

Not Fallout 2 but I'm still happy :)

[@mohammadrezapahlavi4578]

I still remember my first playthrough. Screw the Wendingo

[@user-hi4sm3ig5j]

Ironic coming from Joshua Graham.

[@Sef_Era]

YES! John, I've been waiting for this ever since you finally got into modding fallout.. Thankyou!

[@giuseppeluna1975]

If anyone stops by goodsprings, don’t forget to visit the locked stash of moonshine to the side of the saloon

[@jacobmcelroy3295]

Oooh Im always so excited to watch your new vegas videos also..... LASERS!!!

[@LocoMe4u]

Technically they're new new vegas videos... >_

[@jacobmcelroy3295]

Under a bridge too far Not really I said All His new vegas videos not just this one.

[@T--xo2uq]

The Post-Post apocalypse really makes you appreciate how alive the Fallout world is. All fallout games have some kind of functioning society, even fallout 3 which is the most bleak of them all. But a true apocalypse is one where you simply HAVE to kill everyone you see, because they'd do the same and if not, take advantage of you. The only value of friendly human life is as distractions or shields.

[@ZefVolk]

Spooky Fallout?

[@officerdonut7066]

owo

[@snugglyhedgehog]

Fallout: Spooked

[@sergeantarchdornan6244]

2spooky4u

[@bigtiddymoth4853]

Fallout: spoopy

[@sanfransiscon]

Falloutlast

[@johsmith2481]

Like a real horror movie. Just as you're going to strike, you watch something even bigger and badder than you absolutely devastate your target.

[@theStonerKid69]

I've only now realised, only what ten years after this game was released, that the picture of the survival skill has the stick going through the squirrel's butt. That made me chuckle.

[@muzunomi]

Love the reference to the great novel ,The Road

[@braininajar6513]

I'm very happy to see dust.

[@TetchyEquation]

I've been watching MATN for so long I immediately knew he meant the Doc Mitchell run when he started talking about it