What is the Best Fallout 3 Town to Live in?

[@nvRanger]

Apparently some of the plants are added by TTW. My fault, I thought I removed any relevant mods but this is TTW Fallout 3 so its tweaked. Timestamps in description!

[@idkwhattoput.803]

should potential threats being included in the list? like are you likely to get robbed or killed by a super mutant

[@nvRanger]

@@idkwhattoput.803 It's certainly tied into Safety/Defense. I talk about those potentials in the video

[@jasohavents]

There's some things that are explained. I'm also assuming you're using take of two wastelands since corn doesn't grow in default Fallout 3 and Evan doesn't have a grenade rifle by default. Ronald of Girdershade has raider buddies. Tied into the unmarked Naughty Nightwear and All Nighter Nightwear quests. Explaining why the raider leave him alone. And Lamplight has scavengers that go out and search for food. Those scavengers also bring in kids they find. You also can bring Bryan from Grayditch here instead of to his Aunt In River City. So there's the assumption that some wastelands might bring orphans there as a mercy. Aswell as the less than savory idea that the teenagers of lamplight are having kids before they leave. Which is depressing but also possible.

[@Urban_Flux]

i was going to ask how do you get it to looks so good, what mods, aaah it is there but it isnt helpful, is there a video that you have that dosent say use at you own risk?! :O)

[@CircusFoxxo]

​@@jasohavents I also objected to his evaluation of Big Towners, they're all tough lifelong survivors

[@goose7643]

republic of dave next question

[@nvRanger]

I knew this was coming 😂

[@JoeVington]

Ok

[@christopheryoungblood30]

All hail President Dave

[@FlymanMS]

Perfect democracy!

[@aaroniscool7521]

As a fallout fan i respect this but strongly disagree. It's at least top five

[@a.d.b1509]

Another thing about Big Town is that if you save the town, you can encounter a scavenger in the wasteland with a brahmin and a dog/yao guai who says he is on his way to Big Town. When he arrives, he stays there permanently, giving the town another trader, and some extra defense coming from the scavenger and his pet. And in Canterbury Commons, if you recruit Sergeant RL-3 as a companion at the RobCo factory and then dismiss him, he will travel to the town and guard its entrance, adding further protection. Though all of this relies on the Lone Wanderer's actions.

[@nvRanger]

I had the RL-3 aspect in my original recording but forgot to mention it. Didn’t know about the Big Town scav, very cool

[@superhobo666]

I was always a little disappointed that there wasn't much else you could do to make Bigtown a bit more viable as a settlement. there should have at least been an option so you could have had an alternative to Megaton(whether you elect to destroy it or not)

[@nvRanger]

@@superhobo666 this game generally could use more housing options. Hard to become a resident outside of hotel rooms

[@kagekun1198]

This video just renewed my appreciation for the world design in New Vegas. At least there you could tell the devs did think about how the settlements there could support human life.

[@nvRanger]

yea its something distinctly different about the interpretations of Fallout. BGS needs to organize the world a bit more sensibly.

[@Sorghum-qb3lv]

I’ve heard that Arefu was originally a community on a bridge, but when things started going down, the people blew up half of it to discourage slaver raids

[@nvRanger]

Yea I think they destroyed one entrance out of desperation. Doesn’t seem to have helped much

[@theprofessional155]

Paradise falls is a nice play to live I hear

[@Sorghum-qb3lv]

@@theprofessional155 it’s honestly great on slaver playthroughs: central location, all the amenities, free beds… Just don’t water down Ymir‘s drink

[@nvRanger]

the shopping is unheard of

[@axiomcomplex5579]

Just to make Andale slightly worse, that mutfruit plant isn't actually there (or anywhere else) in an unmodded FO3.

[@nvRanger]

What’s adding that, ttw?

[@axiomcomplex5579]

@@nvRanger I think so. There are actually quite a few minor tweaks/additions with TTW.

[@nvRanger]

thanks for ponting that out

[@primusofcatarina4910]

​@@nvRanger Fallout 3 didn't really have any harvestable plants outside of Point Lookout. It's crazy that there aren't any harvestable plants but for some reason Bethesda was really paranoid about people comparing fo3 to Oblivion and removed a lot of features to make fo3 feel more unique. I definitely wouldn't have minded ridable animals or shields. Oasis is the only place that canonically can grow food in fo3 except the lab in Rivet city(the room with plants was also added in TTW). It's never explained if the lab in Rivet city produces vegetables in large quantities or it's just a science project. Plants don't grow anywhere in the capital wasteland. The plants in oasis are FEV creations and can grow in highly irradiated areas. The lack of reliable food sources is a big deal in fo3 and I feel like TTW kind of missed the point by adding farms everywhere. People being willing to kill each other or become cannibals for food feels a bit off if they could just start a farm in their backyard.

[@andyreaver1962]

I love living here in Tranquility Lane, I just can’t seem to remember when I moved here!? It’ll come to me one day. My neighbors are a little strange though. Especially Betty. We don’t talk about Betty…

[@nvRanger]

make Timmy cry

[@andyreaver1962]

@ It’s not my fault! The little brat got in the way when I was Backing out of the driveway with my new Corvega, And of course he smacked right into my tailfin! These kids just don’t learn these days….

[@MRblazedBEANS]

Don't forgot never go into the abandoned house!

[@jimmyseit934]

This channel is so underrated, 50 minutes of pure fallout content is amazing

[@nvRanger]

Thank you 🙏

[@Chinchilla2310]

16 different towns??? *16 times the detail* !!!

[@nvRanger]

HE PLANNED IT ALL ALONG

[@Chinchilla2310]

@ Godd Howard strikes again!

[@Fred-rv2tu]

Mother of god

[@GG_1318]

all of these towns have an open position of cleaner

[@nvRanger]

lol I don't think anyone's willing to pay unfortunately

[@DirtyDev]

Everywhere kinda blows, but if I had to choose off the top of my head give me Tenpenny tower.

[@nvRanger]

I hope they let you in

[@DirtyDev]

@ he’ll let me in. I’m always clean, I’ve been told I have a pleasant voice, my skin is naturally smooth, and I’m in good shape. Me, Tenpenny, and Burke are going to flex on the wasteland so hard.

[@dillong7951]

​@@nvRangerand the ghoul uprising doesn't happen

[@nvRanger]

@ lol then its probably good if they didn't let you in

[@AlqhemyA]

@ me personally id just handle that

[@DashingDavid]

Grayditch isn’t just the kid. There’s also Dr. Lesko in the subway. Once you finish the quest “Those!” he can give you a repeatable quest for caps. So there’s work. Can’t remember if you fully get rid of the fire ants tho. Been a long time since I played Fallout 3. Doesn’t much change the quality of life there but figured I’d mention it.

[@nvRanger]

Yea I know of Lesko but I didn't really consider a guy down in the subway within the town. I also think in an irl scenario most would die trying to fight giant fire breathing ants

[@DashingDavid]

@@nvRanger he doesn’t stay in the subway once you complete the quest. Goes back to his shack.

[@nvRanger]

@@DashingDavid gotcha, makes sense

[@matej___7___871]

fuck yes i love it, you could do it for fallout 4 but only for settlements. Love this ,,roleplaying" makes me super nostalgic and i just feel like i am 10 years old again and life is good and simple

[@nvRanger]

Fallout 4 is definitely in the pipeline. Love to bring that cozy nostalgia

[@DCPTF2]

I forget if it's Fannon or Cannon but apparently the Super Mutants are using Big town and Little Lamplight as a Human farm, they keep the kid safe in Lamplight and once they grow up they let them get to Big town and collect whoever they need during a Raid to turn into more Mutants

[@GG_1318]

I think it's neither, it's a theory

[@nvRanger]

How are supermutants in F3 turning people into mutants?

[@DCPTF2]

@@nvRanger Vault 87 in Fallout 3 was apparently a testing site of a Airborn version of the FEV, the whole reason the Capitol wasteland is overrun with a strain of Super Mutants is because for possibly centuries before the Brotherhood showed up The Super Mutants of Vault 87 where capturing people and turning them into Mutants

[@nvRanger]

@@DCPTF2 riiight, thanks. No wonder its in such a terrible state

[@matthewredenbaugh1110]

Hey if you’re a woman you can always move in with Ronald in Girdershade, he seems very accommodating about that for some reason.

[@nvRanger]

I hear Dave is open to a third wife as well

[@bernhard7087]

If my fat ass walked into Andalle it would be Christmas and Nuclear New Years all at once for them 💀

[@nvRanger]

😂

[@Comiccow6]

An hour-long logistical analysis of the real-life translated pros and cons of an open world video game from 2008? If this doesn't activate my neurons, I don't know what does.

[@nvRanger]

you're in the right place

[@TheJLF65]

The kids at Lamplight are well aware of the super mutants. They have a barricade across the one tunnel to Vault 87 that is manned by an armed kid at all times. It's very similar to the entrance in that respect. They closely guard both paths into the caverns.

[@Aguriasu]

I honestly wouldn't trust a barricade of wood and scrap metal to hold out against super mutants, sure it works it the game, but realistically? yeah no, even the brotherhood struggles against them

[@TheJLF65]

@@Aguriasu That's why the guard is armed. There is dialogue where kids talk about fighting super mutants at the rear entrance. I can't say why the mutants don't launch a major attack, but they apparently do skirmishes now and then.

[@RocketHarry865]

@@TheJLF65 probably they see children as too small and weak to be useful to be canadiates for FEV dipping that is why they raid Big Town instead of little lamplight because teenagers and young adults produce better results

[@doghat1619]

@@TheJLF65 The super mutants have figured out children are immortal in Fallout 3, so they don't try and fight the kids of little lamplight, it's a losing battle.

[@Aguriasu]

@@TheJLF65 Yeah I wouldn't trust an armed kid to defend the gate either lol

[@Yumao420]

For me Megaton would be D tier personally. I'm a big mouth, either Jericho or Moriarty are shooting me in no time Paradise Falls is just a no

[@nvRanger]

fair, I thinking keeping to yourself and minding manners keeps you alive longer in a wasteland full of short tempered lunatics

[@jasohavents]

Before watch. I'm just dropping my pick. Canterbury Commons. The Slavers won't touch it because they value the caravans. It's pretty far from raider country. It's out of super mutant territory. There's nothing like a ghoul revolution or bomb to make the place dangerous. And it's not stuck behind having to enter the DC area like Rivet City. As somebody who hunts and isn't bad with guns I could possibly try and deal with the antagonizer because her ants would be much easier to deal with. But other than that. Canterbury doesn't have a whole lot of issues and honestly only has room to grow.

[@nvRanger]

Very fun, I'm glad you did this and I'd encourage others to as well. I think you'll find I agree quite a bit

[@jasohavents]

Anything to geek out and think about fallout stuff man. My personal favorite is taking one faction from one series and pitting it against another. Try Caesars Legion and the War Boys from Mad Max. Better now that there's two movies and a game to draw from.

[@taylorverrall118]

Hell yeah! Been wanting this video ever since your last one about FNV settlements! Keep it coming.

[@nvRanger]

I’m hard at work, thank you

[@MattnessLP]

With Girdershade, you gotta consider that Sierra won't be living there for much longer, as some other Wastelander encounters her in Nuka World a couple years later. And I'm pretty sure that her simp won't just stay there on his own either, so if you settle there, you gotta be prepared to move again - possibly to a raider-infested theme park

[@nvRanger]

oh shit you're right, I guess you have a town and brahmin to yourself, unless they take it. Maybe whats his face can be your simp next

[@tebelel7150]

This is too perfect, middle of my 12 hour shift and you drop this? LFG

[@nvRanger]

Love it

[@tebelel7150]

@@nvRangerthought the ranking was pretty spot on, can’t say I’d argue with any of your reasoning on this one.

[@nvRanger]

Love it, appreciate you out there hustling on a 12 hr shift

[@tebelel7150]

@ man I appreciate that and you putting your foot into this content. This is the type of stuff me and my little brother have always talked about but never thought other people really discussed. Great work bro 💯

[@frederikw4028]

I hear the Pitt is very accepting of newcomers.

[@nvRanger]

We're nice people 😉

[@LucasDimoveo]

Ngl with the way things are going I feel like this video might be quite relevant 😭

[@nvRanger]

Study this if you live in the area. Might save you

[@genghischron4084]

Malorian Arms 3516. I recognized the irons, and the reload animation confirmed it.

[@nvRanger]

yessir

[@genghischron4084]

@nvRanger preem

[@tymistry]

Sierra Petrovita survived for 10 years, so maybe Girdershade has potential

[@nvRanger]

Fair, idk how she’s survived but she has😅

[@NickWinter1946]

Lets go! Always a treat when you drop a new analysis!

[@nvRanger]

Thanks!

[@KyleLarsen-bw5hw]

Watching you try to remove a body from that nice real estate in Arafu but it’s glitched into the bed, so you try to laser off the leg… you’re just killing me it’s amazing. Thanks for content like this.

[@nvRanger]

lmao, I even had the right tool. No surgery allowed on him since he is tied to a quest I guess

[@WeNeverHadForever]

Tenpenny getting yeeted was prime.

[@nvRanger]

he's in a good position to go to a better place 🙏

[@beakieboss]

You could even say it was liberty prime...

[@WeNeverHadForever]

@nvRanger I hope he survived the explosion to experience the entire fall.

[@WeNeverHadForever]

@@beakieboss I'd love to see someone animate this.

[@wolfmantheimpaler]

In defense of Megaton, they could expand to nearby Springville, not many serious threats outside of raiders from the school and Super Duper Mart, plus even though the Lone Wanderer doesn't exist in this scenario, their dad does, and (this is if Amata's resistance wins against the Overseer) so if Vault 101 opens up, that's potential allies to help build up and provide some purified water, with the surviving vault residents that know the workings of the purifier, it possible they can use it for Megaton proper

[@matthewredenbaugh1110]

The supermutants do know about the kids in little lamplight, they treat them like a human farm and send out raiding parties to big town who will bring them back to vault 87 to turn them into more super mutants. Or eat them.

[@nvRanger]

fascinating, is this mentioned in a terminal or something? Someone else said that wasn't lore but really just theory

[@matthewredenbaugh1110]

@ one of the kids, McCready I think when asked will say that they have spoken through a door with the supermutants and the mutants said something along the lines of they were all dead anyway. The game says in a few places that vault 87 is where they originate and they are always carrying off wastelanders there to turn them into more mutants. The mutants in the Germantown HQ can be overheard saying “we need to get more” which can also mean for food, but they are known for using them for recruits too.

[@nvRanger]

@@matthewredenbaugh1110 I thought they heard a scientist who had not mutated say they were all dead, but that was the original kids of lamplight just as the great war occured. The scientist was hallucinating and thinking he was talking to his dead children.

[@matthewredenbaugh1110]

@@nvRanger I didn’t realize that’s what it was because that would have been closer to the great war because vault 87 didn’t last very long, it would be unlikely word of mouth could keep that going amongst kids (who spawn out of thin air mysteriously) for 200 years.

[@flawlessdoggo1688]

This channel rocks.

[@nvRanger]

So cool to read. Thanks

[@joshhoffman517]

Been waiting for someone to do this for over a decade. Sub earned

[@nvRanger]

That’s a long wait, thank you

[@Tebbylous]

Great video. I feel like for growth there could also be the additional consideration of children: Rivet City and Megaton have some children and some facilities for schooling (actually, I can't remember if Megaton has any - which if that's the case setting up a school might be something?). And so while you're alive in these places they might grow via birthrate and at the very least you'll have a few generations of kids grow up in your lifetime, etc etc. On that front unless the Underworld gets some smoothskin settlers? They're not making any kids down there (On the plus side ghouls are seemingly immortal or at least incredibly long lived, so there is that).

[@nvRanger]

Yea definitely worth considering. I don’t think Megaton has a school, just the Church of Atom. I can’t remember a school in Rivet city either tbh. Not saying it’s not there. The settlement needs to be well equipped to have kids there, otherwise they become a liability, unfortunately

[@Tebbylous]

@@nvRanger I could've sworn I remembered one in Rivet City but it seems not. Well that's a problem. I guess in terms of providing education the Republic of Dave (very questionably) comes ahead of other places on that count.

[@nvRanger]

yea, who woulda thunk Dave is the only one considering education

[@grgmln]

New favorite channel! Love it brother

[@nvRanger]

So cool of you to say 🙏

[@JoshSometimesJon]

First video I've seen of yours and I'm absolutely down with this. Along for the ride 🤌

[@nvRanger]

Hell yea, thank you 🙏

[@skator8423]

I have been coming to love this channel

[@nvRanger]

That’s awesome to read, thanks

[@Colt100]

like upisnotjump once said, "door city is a gray boat with rivets"

[@nvRanger]

Speaking the truth. Getting lost should’ve been considered

[@MinutemanEnforcer99]

Tenpenny Tower Quest is the only kinda evil thing I do in the game because Roy Philips is a douchebag.

[@TheJLF65]

I always mod the game to make killing Roy neutral karma instead of negative karma. You overhear him right at the start threatening the tower. He could just go someplace else, but instead, he vows vengeance.

[@brettstephens2736]

Roy Phillips is hella based. Viva la revolucion

[@MinutemanEnforcer99]

@brettstephens2736 No, he killed everyone at the tower and cut off my armor and weapons supply.

[@brettstephens2736]

@@MinutemanEnforcer99 Michael Masters and Betsy sell you good stuff. Dunno what you're talking about.

[@nvRanger]

his vengeance will back fire in causing people to feel vindicated in their hatred of ghouls and lead to more mistreatment of good guys like Gob and the folk in the underworld.

[@bernhard7087]

just sat down for dinner and browsed YT, this is a GODSEND! Thank you :D

[@nvRanger]

Hell yea, love a show with a meal

[@TheRealPOTUSDavidByrd]

Pretty good essay. Ranking seems fair & thorough.

[@nvRanger]

thanks

[@dillong7951]

Love the videos! I enjoy when worlds feel real and I appreciate game developers taking the time to make settlements that make sense

[@nvRanger]

thank you! It's the little details you don't notice after years of playing that speak volumes

[@centitat6367]

Andale clearly 🗣️

[@nvRanger]

dont invite me to dinner

[@herrhimmlerderpacifist7358]

You forgot raven rock. If you're really smart, like a scientist, you may be let inside to live with the enclave. That lady who worked with Dr Lee got to stay there. Though, this probably relies on the protagonist saving his dad from the vault and restarting the purifier first.

[@majorian7776]

I've gotta say as a 39 year old who basically just switches between fnv and fo3 since they came out, not only is this video outstanding and knowledgeable (you have to put in the time to know all this) but the comments for the most part show there is still a dedicated community that really knows its stuff. I thought fo3 was an afterthought to most people and I'm so happy to be proven wrong. Please make more videos regarding these two games.

[@nvRanger]

absolutely, I follow a similar loop. Very cool of you to say and I would love to play a part in a community still interested in these two games. I'll definitely be expanding to some other games of this genre, but these two will stay in rotation. NV is definitely my favorite game, hence the name

[@ernestoacosta7918]

Right before I start I wanna predict that most towns in F3 suck straight a$$, I’ve looked at most of them and they rarely have any farming, they’re right next to hostile wildlife and super mutants. It’s almost like Bethesda forgot that a world needs to be feasible to have world building

[@nvRanger]

there's a good chance 100% of us die if actually attempting

[@JohnZombi88]

Muh farming. Literally no game in the series shows enough food being grown to sustain their settlements

[@heartless2147]

@@JohnZombi88 Nice rage bait, even Fallout 4 has settlements growing food.

[@a.monach7602]

​@@heartless2147 not *enough* though, so point still stands

[@ernestoacosta7918]

@@JohnZombi88 fallout 1 and 2 didn’t have any semblance to real world locations. If they can scout for locations to include in their games they can add some better world building

[@TheRealPOTUSDavidByrd]

Bro was RP'ing as Johnny Silverhand when he was reviewing the slaver camp w/ that pistol flourish lol

[@nvRanger]

you're goddamn right

[@TheRealPOTUSDavidByrd]

@nvRanger do some 2077 shit sometime choom, it's having a bit of a resurgence and I'm new to the scene. Netflix running the Edgerunners 2077 anime is what got me into it

[@nvRanger]

Edgerunners was awesome and I'm not even big on anime. I could definitely see doing Cyberpunk content, I love the game. It'll be a little ways off tho

[@TheRealPOTUSDavidByrd]

@@nvRanger totally understandable content wise - it's just kinda hot right now and who knows how long the second wind is gonna last Another Fallout KZbinr, N_orte, recently released a video on Cyberpsychosis that did okay (but not great I won't lie) but it's pretty decent

[@nvRanger]

@ Yea I'm familiar with N_orte. Tbh I'm not concerned with riding content waves. I want to make stuff that people can enjoy with less attatchment to the specific game. You can put hours and hours of time into making the best lore video, but if people aren't playing that game, they're way less likely to watch.

[@taylorverrall118]

Elite list with three disagreements: While I get your logic, I think Tenpenny is too perfect of a location in all its other categories to put below B Tier. Similarly I would have put Big Town in D tier and Girdershade in F tier. I think there's way larger growth and development potential for big town considering the fact that they're all literally houses and there is a doctor and able-bodied population. Girdershade on the flip side is barely a place with one likely hostile resident. My only other thought is the lush-ness of Oasis probably implies a significant amount of clean groundwater, even if it hasn't been discovered yet so to speak.

[@nvRanger]

Awesome, love the discussion. I agree Tenpenny is legit, but it is reinforced how difficult it is to gain long-term stay. I do agree Big Town has a ton of potential but there are people regularly being killed or abducted by the sounds of it. They are very close to Germantown Police Station AND Paradise Falls, and their Doctor/Leader is in a cell surrounded by Super Mutants. Girdershade is definitely terrible lol. Also for Oasis the water in the underground cave is irradiated. Maybe there is a source but the growth is a product of an FEV mutant, so i'd imagine it is all irradiated.

[@aymericbochand8287]

Megaton sounds the best to me, after disarming the bomb of course. This place has high walls, a medic, food and supplies, basically all you need to live properly

[@michaely409]

Bigtown was always one of my favorites, brought Sticky and Red with me everywhere but there for as long as possible, then fixed up the bots and beat all the threats nearby for em

[@nvRanger]

It’s got that real underdog vibe. Has a lot of potential

[@oscarjobe1099]

Tenpenny tower, little lamplight, the republic of Dave, and Paradise Falls stuck out to me the most

[@nvRanger]

funny cause I think they're all hurt by their limited access to newcomers

[@PR0MAN01]

It really shows the care Obsidian put into their towns compared to Bethesda in 3. Like, so little thought is put into how these towns actually functioned before the player arrived. Compared to NV, towns like Sloan and the 188 Trading Post have defined roles in their ecosystem and how the community is SUPPOSED to function. Compared Megaton, they get their food from a 200 year old abandoned supermarket? Its not an Amazon Warehouse, how was that one Supermarket feeding a whole town?

[@TrevFromTucson]

this guys going to be big in the fallout community

[@nvRanger]

I hope 🙏

[@Doors2Perception]

How you gonna put Girdershade above arefu ?!

[@nvRanger]

SAFETY! Arefu is under siege from vampire wannabe's and slavers. Both have no water, Girdershade has nuka cola and food. Both are terrible tho

[@Doors2Perception]

@ come on one is clearly worst than the other and that’s deff living with perv boy at Girdershade. She should just pack up and move the museum and Brahmin to Arefu before she becomes a deathclaw snack 😂🤪

[@dameforrest]

Quickly becoming one of my fav youtubers Ave true to nvRanger✊

[@nvRanger]

Ave, thank you!

[@cedrickarter5680]

Btw something i think the lincoln memorial would be worth an honorable mention in the small scenario that the abolitionosts are able to establish it as a haven for runaway slaves. Of course an honorable mention cause this is really hard to happen without a lone wanderer fella, but given it does become the start of a settlement , i think it could be worth it to view how good it would be

[@nvRanger]

I talk about that with the Temple of the Union crew.

[@Nobody-zl3kk]

I gotta say, not to bash on Bethesda or anything, I quite like FO3 But i gotta say, it has always irked me how most towns in this game are like... 3 settlers and 2 houses big. Like, the average raider camp is at least 5 raiders strong, how tf can the raider population be sustained or not churn through every town and settlement they come across? Like, I know that there were probably some optimization issues but in FO3 we also have THE MILLS AREA, ya know, Raider central? There's like, more raiders out in the open in that single place than I think there are people in Megaton, and if you count the guys inside there's a chance the population rivals that of Rivet City. Why oh why couldn't we just have some more unnamed settlers walking around everywhere, you don't even have to create houses for them, okaces like river city and megaton have comunal sleeping areas. I guess having towns be less populated helps with a feeling of isolation and helplessness? But then again, How the f*** is Canterbury a "trading spot" when there's like 5 people settling the place, wouldn't they prefer somewhere like Tenpenny tower? Where we can assume most people are loaded with cash and there's, ya know, A WALL.

[@nvRanger]

Like I said, people can’t get into Tenpenny easily. Very exclusive. There are a ton of raiders, slavers, and mutants. I think the biggest thing would be to organize them across the map more sensibly. There are a ton of super mutants around Rivet City, how do people even reliably get there?

[@SsjRedneck]

I think fallout 3 is a much harder version of this question than New Vegas. Love the vids, keep it up

[@nvRanger]

Thanks, will do. And yea, it definitely is.

[@OrphanBlaztr]

oh hell yea, a fallout video right as i’m eating dinner, W

[@nvRanger]

lets go, dinner and show

[@markburke1396]

for these types of videos i would appreciate if there was a marker on the timeline for each settlement as i like to go back and watch some again.

[@nvRanger]

Appreciate the feedback, I do have timestamps in the description. Definitely could label those as its just a series of timestamps atm

[@SawedOffLaser]

Worth pointing out that some towns have additions because of mods, such as Big Town's farm. Other than that, really interesting video!

[@nvRanger]

Really? I thought I removed everything. Thanks for pointing that out

[@Jordan-xb2dq]

What the mod you have for the red dot sight on the laser rifle and is the mod on Vegas too?

[@Amber-287]

I like living with the constant potential threat of an undetonated nuclear bomb sitting on my front lawn, randomly activating and atomizing my entire body. So I'm gonna go with megaton.

[@nvRanger]

ay fair enough, there are much much much worse ways to end up in the Capital Wasteland.

[@JC_Denton_]

This video really points out how silly most towns in F3 are and questions quickly rise. Like why is a Mr handy like Codsworth the lone wanderers personal butler when he could help out the town

[@nvRanger]

Fallout 3 does things for game purposes and often forgets to make it make sense. It is jarring at times. They want you to just accept things, rather than ask how or why it works.

[@absolutezerochill2700]

This is gonna be hard to find non faction towns in Fo4 lol. "Do you want to live in Bunker Hill... that's, that's about it. Maybe you could get into Covenant.... probably not."

[@nvRanger]

Yea I'm looking forward to trying to find the sensible locations.

[@tubensalat1453]

Regarding the population of Little Lamplight: humans become fertile before the age of 16, so they actually could sustain their population by themselves...

[@nvRanger]

lol i'm aware, but that would require them to leave their children behind as toddlers to infancy

[@newtontravis9358]

nooooo...NVranger retreated to capital DC.

[@nvRanger]

RETREATED! This place is a goddamn warzone, i'm pushing the frontlines far from home sweet home

[@rage9715]

Yippyy~~more listening too content while I play TTW (55 hours so far and yet to clear DC)

[@nvRanger]

traversing DC is about as difficult as I remembered. Metros are crazy

[@drenemelia2960]

Theres also the Pitt and maybe that church with the tribals from point lookout

[@nvRanger]

lol, good luck in both spots. Watch for the mines on the bridge 🫡

[@andrewhunt7328]

Megaton is my personal fave. Moira is insane but kinda cute too

[@nvRanger]

go try and get yourself and wasteland wife

[@Yumao420]

22:30 for some reason I guess I'd have the child at heart perk. 24:42 big towners as well as any wastelander incapable of caring for their babies brought their children to Little Lamplight so they'd be raised in a safe place. Also teenage pregnancy.

[@nvRanger]

so the kids raise the kids better than the adults can... wild

[@Yumao420]

@nvRanger first of all it's a cultural thing for Bigtowners. They'll see their kid again when they are 16 and able to see for themselves, so they send them to Little Lamplight out of custom. Also Super-mutants and Deathclaws do well in keeping the slavers away, that's why you get one of the best armour pieces in the game for getting a Lamplighter, because it makes you a legend among slavers as much as the Boogeyman is for the kids. Also, the cave fungus is such a massive boon. People really underestimate cancer and the effects of pollution on growth. The reason the Lone Wonderer is amongst the tallest characters in the game even as a 19 year old girl is that life outside the vault is harsh. The only reasons preventing Big Towners from being 5-10 centimetres taller than other wastelanders is that they stop consuming cave fungus at 16 as well as the muscular issues due to lack of sunlight. If we could set up a trade line between Little Lamplight and Big Town in Fallout 3, Macready could have been two or three inches taller in Fallout 4.

[@nc9774]

these are actually great, tell me you plan to go over my child 4

[@nvRanger]

absolutely, 4 will probably be the next of this type but not the next video I upload

[@eclipseRz]

New Vegas fans when President Dave turns the NCR into the Greater Republic of Dave 🗿

[@AbstractTraitorHero]

I have to be blunt, oasis seems like one of the few places where I'd might not be absolutely miserable. Having actually fresh real food instead of garbage matters, I'm going to be getting irradiated everywhere anyway.

[@nvRanger]

definitely fair, although the people seem to be a little nuts. Hearing birds chirping and seeing the green would be very beneficial

[@Anubis_Moon]

Good video. What's the tune at the end?

[@nvRanger]

Thanks, it’s the last song linked in the description

[@funrun07haan50]

I still kinda wanna know where the one train track u missed leeds to 😢😅

[@nvRanger]

I'll try and remember to include it in a video covering the tracks of OWB

[@funrun07haan50]

​@@nvRanger💯💙

[@awkwardvulture638]

Yes hahaha yes, a new video. I haven't seen the whole thing yet, however, I'd personally say Rivet City.

[@nvRanger]

I like the prevideo guessing. Makes the video fun

[@awkwardvulture638]

@nvRanger Yeah, and I was right haha (though I suppose Rivet City being the best is obvious). Though I will say I'd probably put Arefu into D tier, as it at least is geographically in a decent location (not right in the warzone) and might have some opportunities for trade..

[@nvRanger]

Fair enough, I honestly think Big Town could move up too in hindsight

[@tylermulek]

I think little Lamp Lights population is supported by big town. Not 100% on that but the lore makes sense.

[@nvRanger]

ahhhh, strange but yes

[@tylermulek]

@@nvRanger ultimately probably making it slightly inbred as well?

[@nvRanger]

yea... explains a lot. This whole game is super inbred lmao

[@tylermulek]

@nvRanger As all post-apocalyptic societies should be.

[@nvRanger]

@ 😂

[@Invisfire777]

Lucky for the wasteland any town that I settle in will have a doctor if it didn’t before.

[@nvRanger]

You going in with leverage, doc

[@hellonola2430]

sick idea on the vid

[@thehypest6118]

Idk but Dukovs place is the only place I'd happily stay

[@jahbrilplaysgamesandstuff326]

What are your pc specs? Your mod list is insane

[@nvRanger]

nothing crazy, i7 cpu, 2070 super gpu, running on an ssd. I forget my ram off the top of my head, unusual number like 28 gb or something

[@plasticbag6974]

i love the look of your game! could you maybe make a mod collection on nexus for people to download?

[@nvRanger]

I appreciate the idea but definitely not. I have too much going on and I am not an expert. I don't want to lead people astray into an unstable game. My load order is constantly shifting around. This is TTW which probably isn't compatible with such a thing unless you get TTW setup first. I follow Viva New Vegas or The Best of Times and add upon that. Desert Natural Weathers, Neutral Weathers, and New Vegas Reloaded do a lot of the heavy lifting for visuals.

[@plasticbag6974]

@nvRanger that's fair! thanks for the tips

[@SueWoo702]

Paradise Falls...here put this collar on.

[@nvRanger]

cozy collar for a good boy

[@WalrusIncarnate]

Ahhh, cinema.

[@nvRanger]

Kind 🙏

[@WalrusIncarnate]

​@@nvRangerI hope you keep making stuff like this!

[@nvRanger]

I definitely will

[@joshuahoffman1458]

Make a new G tier just for Greyditch.

[@nvRanger]

lol

[@akafiend]

who knew tenpenny was such a graceful angel

[@nvRanger]

Especially for an old man

[@jahbrilplaysgamesandstuff326]

Video suggestions Fallout 1&2 settlements Fallout new vegas best jobs/factions to join for normal people Fallout 4's like 4 lived in settlements

[@nvRanger]

love it, have some of those on my list, I'll add the rest

[@mitchm4992]

Looking forward to the Commonwealth

[@nvRanger]

definitely coming, probably not next but within the next few videos

[@Papakhan9636]

22:53 where the hell they getting human flesh?

[@nvRanger]

from what I recall, they put the dead adults on the fungus and it ate them and grew more. The original crew were kids left in the caves during a field trip when the Great War occured. All the adults either died or left and never returned. That's also why they do not allow adults in, they have a culture built on a lack of trust and abandonment issues. Kinda sad

[@kotzpenner]

For the meme: Republic of Dave For real: Oasis, hands down. If you can tolerate the religious monks bs you have a secluded and safe haven full of food and shelter.

[@San_Vito]

Arefu makes no sense. How could so many people live in basically a narrow dead-end?

[@nvRanger]

they made it such themselves as well to limit slaver attacks, but just cornered themselves lol

[@ChainikVlad]

Megaton post-explosion 🔥🔥

[@nvRanger]

how could I have forgot, peak wasteland life

[@IpromiseIamnotabot]

I want to live in the metro with the Vamps.

[@nvRanger]

they got sweet digs, I can't lie

[@porkflaps4717]

Andale! Because I'm HANGRY!

[@nvRanger]

I guess you could eat them and have the town to yourself

[@damyengaldamez399]

Expose them (little lamp light)

[@Fred-rv2tu]

Before watching I’d move to rivet city. Let’s see if you change my mind.

[@nvRanger]

I doubt I did lol

[@Badazzgamer43]

The family wasent working with the west familys son in arifu they Coverd for him. He was a cannable that lost control of his urges. the family knew swooped in picked him up and coverd for him. It was less eon west working for them and more they were keeping tabs. Still ur point stands and i get it. Not a good town. I perfer megaton yes it has a atom bomb in the center but they do havea water purifyer much like dimond city its old and needs constent upkeep but they have one. they also have walls a sheriff a gate and a couple guards. megaton or rivet city. as a side note water purifyers exist in fallout they are seen all around the commonwealth. and is likely what the water plant in megaton was supposed to be. The jefferson memorial was just a super scaled verson ment to delever water to the entire wastland. hence why it had special needs. water purifyers are just typicly a small scale thing not grand like the purifer in dc.