Poll: Fallout 3 Pacifist: Vault 112 (Update: Run Complete!)

[Unrulyhandbag]

(using up no less then *five* Stealth Boys in the process)

Chinese Stealth Armour. You want it, you need it, it'll be a ***** getting it without killing (even if you don't count the soldiers in OA because it's a simulation).

I have considered Operation Anchorage as the Stealth Armour would make the game a hell of a lot easier, but I also mused that perhaps it might make the game *too* easy. A permanent stealth field is broken as all hell and it could feasibly suck out most of the fun (that is, sneaking around trying to dodge people then RUNNING LIKE HELL RUN RUN FUCK RUN OUCH RUN FUCK RUUUUUUUUUUUNNNNN when they see you) out of the game. If I get stuck on a particular part, I'll consider it, but for the most part I'd like to not touch the stealth armour if at all possible.

There's another way rather than using stealth boys but it makes the game WAAY easier.
Sadly on my first play-through of Fallout I wandered around immediately after leaving the vault. wandered through a couple of towns when what did I find? vault 112, cue the simulation as the first quest. Damn that story was disappointing and made sod all sense.

Kill the avatars it's only a game in a game (in a game), it's the pacifists way. Why am I not allowed to do that and then unplug the bastard, that's what I'd choose to do.

 

[WelshDanny]

I'd say go for the failsafe...

Tranquility Lane is definetely one of the best bits though.

 

[The Unworthy Gentleman]

They've been living for years tortured by him. Morally the best thing to do is permakill them. But a pacifist will have to kill them in the sim.

 

[Ekonk]

Murder murder kill kill! Their not really dying, your saving their lives (kinda) and plus you get out without any real blood on your hands. Although your father will be angry with you...

Yeah...I don't care. I know he's Liam Neeson and everything, but he's also a bloody idiot. Some playthroughs I blow up Megaton just to piss him off.

HEY DAD, GUESS WHAT I DID?

 

[DomEReapeR]

Failsafe system gives good karma.

 

[hazabaza1]

Well, activating the fail safe isn't technically you killing them, it's the imaginary Chinese officers.
But for not going in depth, the slasher thing seems more 'pacifist' to me.

 

[Valkyrie101]

Failsafe is the only one to result in actual deaths, but it's (on your part) non-violent, and you have to consider the greater moral issue. If your character refuses to put them out of their eternal misery because it involves killing, she's not a very good pacifist. Or person.

 

[Mr Companion]

Put them out of their misery. A true pacifist would not leave people to be tortured for eternity.

 

[L4hlborg]

It's not about being "good" or "bad". My Pacifist (who I named Jesus Mk. 2) is a kleptomaniac who steals everything not nailed down, so despite the fact I've not killed anyone, I've still currently got Evil karma. He freely loots dead bodies and has on at least two occasions been run out of Megaton for being caught with his hand in the metaphorical cookie jar.

But I can't kill people or creatures.

Is your character trieing to avoid violence or trieing to avoid deaths? Your answer lies there, I'm not gonna give it to you.

Probably should do a pacifist run myself. Sounds really interesting.

 

[discordance]

If I was a pacifist I think I'd feel better about pushing a couple buttons than running around slashing people open with knives. Even if I knew it wouldn't kill them.

And you've already made it pretty clear that you're just fine with other people killing stuff. Fawkes, for example. Not that different.

 

[Amnestic]

If I was a pacifist I think I'd feel better about pushing a couple buttons than running around slashing people open with knives. Even if I knew it wouldn't kill them.

And you've already made it pretty clear that you're just fine with other people killing stuff. Fawkes, for example. Not that different.

Well it's hard to prevent other people killing stuff, and entirely necessary at some points (Behemoth, Liberty Prime, occasionally whenever I happen to accidentally train a few guys into another set of guys and they start blowing each other up).

Probably should do a pacifist run myself. Sounds really interesting.

I'm enjoying it. If you've got FO3 on the PC I highly recommend the Ultimate Perk Pack mod as it expands your choices to give things like Paranoia (increased perception, decreased AP) and Pacifist (+10 non-combat skills, -10 combat skills).

Just reached 112 so I'll be hitting up the fail safe system since that seems to have recieved the most votes. Thanks a lot guys.

 

[Amnestic]

Just gonna bump this up to say that my run is finished. I turned on the Purifier and all is well with the world. Not really sure if I'll continue it to try to mop up Broken Steel as the final quest in that requires that I either kill a crapload of Enclave or kill a crapload of Brotherhood, which kinda goes against the point of the playthrough. Either way, here's a couple of pictures:

Spoiler: Jesus Mk. 2 as a child

Spoiler: Jesus Mk. 2 as an adult

Spoiler: Doctor Li punches a Super Mutant

Spoiler: Fawkes annihilates 12+ super mutants and centaurs without dropping below ~60% health with just his Super Sledge. There is at least four corpses off screen I couldn't get in the screenshot.

Spoiler: Final Statistics. Total kills: 1 Radroach, 9 Super Mutants, 4 Centaurs. Fuck you Bethesda for making me kill them. ;/

Spoiler: And my quest log to show I finished the game.

It was a fun run. Skipping all the combat meant it really didn't take very long at all and my kleptomania meant that I was always stocked full of food, drink, chems and stimpaks. Overall, not as challenging as I thought (I was on Normal difficulty) but still more challenging than a basic playthrough.

 

[Judgement101]

OMG I loooooooooove Betty (that's the professor's avatar's name isn't it?) she's effin awesome!

I'm pretty sure you are the only person ever to like her/him.

OT: Wing it. Bad advice but its supposed to be a fun game so....yeah.

 

[GonzoGamer]

Putting them out of their misery might just be the best thing for them: like putting a sick dog to sleep.
Speaking of which.
Kill that useless dog while you're there.

 

[SantoUno]

It was a fun run. Skipping all the combat meant it really didn't take very long at all and my kleptomania meant that I was always stocked full of food, drink, chems and stimpaks. Overall, not as challenging as I thought (I was on Normal difficulty) but still more challenging than a basic playthrough.

Wow, you are a master, congrats man!

Me, I haven't even Platinumed the game yet or finished the DLCs. Broken Steel is somewhat difficult at the end when you are out in the open getting shot from multiple directions.