Combat Difficulty Staircase

[Henry]

Attention All Newer Players

You want to get tougher, right? You know you need to get more skilled in combat, so here is a list of challenges you should handle. Each player starts this skill journey at a different place. Some guys have trouble beating the Black Claw scorpions, but everyone should press on! Start where you want, and keep at it until you can solo it with authority. Then step up to the next one. Think of this as self-imposed training. When you're ready to begin, solo these in Real-Time mode (listed here in suggested order of difficulty):

• A Tent in the Wasteland
• The Black Claw scorpion quest in Junktown
• Smoke Out the Ant Lair in San Fran
• Kill the Basement Rats at Cathedral
• Dogs of LA in New Adytum, Boneyard
• Stranded Rust in Klamath
• The Rail Line Gang
• Raiders in Random Encounters
• Mercenaries in Random Caves
• Vault 15 (Thank you, Blix and triqua)
• The Robots (and radiation) at the Glow
• Farming NCR Army for CA Mk2 in RT mode (Thank you, triqua)
• Farming Bounty Hunters, like in zone 10:26 (thank you, Seki)
• Farming Enclave Patrols for Gatling Lasers (Thank you, triqua)
• Gunrunners Mutant Cave quest
• New Reno Sewers
• The Robots in the Military Bunker Special Encounter (rare to find)
• The Warehouse in Boneyard
• Ares Outside
• Ares Inside

You're doing very well once you beat the GR mutie cave quest, but you're not done yet! Expect a tough time at Ares. And everyone dies solo'ing Warehouse a lot - just keep trying. You'll get it. If anyone can do it, then so can you!

For tougher challenges, bring your better gear, crafted with bonus stats including -1AP requirement. Remember, this list is all PvE. The real challenge is PvP, but climbing this PvE staircase might help get you there.

[Chosen One]

A good and EASY way;
Do the dog quest in real time with spiked knuckles (let them surround you, Hell, let them kill you, just DONT MOVE). Get the directions to the scavenger's camp. Collect up 6 junk, get the 200¤, get two train tickets, go up to Hell, do the ant quest in real time (same deal). Collect up even 8 junk. Go back to LA, sell off that junk, buy 2 more train tickets, repeat.
EDIT; You shouldnt do this forever, but for a few levels, until you can take on bigger game.

[triqua]

for completion:
vault 15 slags
farming ncr army for CA mk2 in rt
farming enclave patrols for gatlings

in pve (pvp to) critchance min max stats are more useful than -ap. so if a gun dont have -ap.. dont throw it away
edit: at least +4 critchance and one more good stat (no accuracy) to offset the -ap

good list. i never did the mutie quest till now..^^

@mika:
delete post pls. this thread is about training basic fighting skills, not a tutorial for grinding dogs or something like this

[Blix]

You should put Vault 15 into the list before WH. It has 5ish skags in it, one is a minigun skag.

[Chosen One]

@mika:
delete post pls. this thread is about training basic fighting skills, not a tutorial for grinding dogs or something like this

It's for leveling. If I say any more that that, I will get a ban.
So dont ever speak to me again.

[triqua]

you can downrate special encounter with implants. it is easier than ares and the slags imo
€: ares is a bit harder now since more muties have AP ammo for their miniguns. but inside it is still same difficulty..
€: just soloed gun runners but forgot to record :X

[Kaaon]

good list, very useful for players looking for PvE progress but some things can be easier / harder then others depending on build
also good thing to remind is that all current content is soloable (with decent build ofc)

btw you are missing bounty hunters, alot of players dont even know about them
i never tried them farming in RT but in TB i was able to get something like ~200 superstims/hr and alot of xp and stuff
they are similar to NCR Army, they have CA instead of CAmk2, stonger weapons but they carry super stimpaks which makes them worth to farm
best zone to look for them is 10:26
also good guide from leonardo about bounty huntershttp://forum.fonline-reloaded.net/index.php?topic=4633.msg32902#msg32902

[triqua]

Farming enclave patrols (klick me)

[c_hieter]

"http://forum.fonline-reloaded.net/index.php?topic=4633.msg32902#msg32902"

thanks seki
good link

[HerO]

This is pretty cool and also nice vid Triqua

[Cobra]

Any tip for beating the military warehouse special encounter? robots r 2 stronk

[triqua]

best is to have some alt with stonewall. and i used pancor woth emp ammo.

[Feanor]

Good one list.
It's going to save too much time for newcomers or who wasn't been there yet. They're not forced to spend 10 years to read wiki to gather all info and ect.
Thank you.

[Barneys]

I wouldnt say Ares is tougher than Warehouse, at least not anymore, or Im wrong?

[Admiral Zombie]

A little late, but there are people in the reno sewers to fight as well. Not sure where they fit on the list.