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Mm...Those lurks suck. In one of the expansions there's an area where you have to fight three, I think it was three, might have been two, Mireluke Kings....That part sucked.

Calm down? Who calms down? Those adrenaline rushes are like crack to gamers. You use that to build up until you get into the zone. Once you're there, you start getting the craziest shots you've ever seen, pulling off the most extreme stunts with amazing accuracy, etc., etc., etc.

Of course... the opposite can happen and the adrenaline can turn into rage when you make reckless mistake after reckless mistake. That reminds me... I've got two other things to add to that list.

11. You get into the zone and begin pulling off the most insane shots, stunts, etc. you've ever seen that manage to defy even the game's physics.

12. You've raged so hard while playing a game that you threw, punched, or smashed a controller or something else related to gaming and/or a wall and/or have managed to break any of the above while raging.

@NDG: Ahhh, so you really specialized in the stuff. I lack the DLC, so best I can do is level 20. But one thing I was wondering--does Paralyzing Palm work with any fist weapon? Or must you absolutely positively be totally unarmed (as in no Knuckles/Power Fist)? Still impressive! Like that's the kind of thing you need boss battle music for.

@Topic: I kinda hated Liberty Prime, though. If only for the fact that he took a perfectly epic final battle and utterly stole the show. I would've preferred a one-man CHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGE down those Enclave gun emplacements and battalions, despite being outnumbered 10 to 1. The fighting inside just wasn't enough, and I couldn't figure out Autumn's motivation... they all wanted the purifier up and running, didn't they? So what was the problem with the Enclave running it? It sounded like Autumn didn't really want to genocide the Wasteland by tacking on the FEV, so I don't really get the difference. Other than being dependent on the Enclave, perhaps. (Portions whited for spoilers.)

I died in the Spire. Because I'm the type who absolutely refuses to use healing items. "OH IT'S OKAY IT'S ONLY A FLESH WOUND I DON'T NEED TO WASTE A PO--" *Dead*

And yes, Mirelurks are awful. One of my strategies against creatures like them is to use the Dart Gun to slow them down; then I can pick them off at my leisure. At least Deathclaws slow down enough to be manageable; Mirelurks? They STILL move faster than you can back up. And they hurt a lot. And they're armored except for a tiny spot that your best perks and skills can't auto-hit in VATS. In a sense, they're the worst enemies in the game for the reasons mentioned above--at least Behemoths are generally too big to get you, and Deathclaws can be slowed!

Mmmm... depends on the Radscorp. Giant ones, definitely because there's not so much strike-back when you hit them. There half the time I just hope there's enough VATS to bring 'em down with a melee weapon. sweatdrop

And I've always had Small Guns as backup--you just don't get Laser weapons until later, and big guns are usually too heavy for my taste (besides, I hate the Minigun, Flamer's a useful but close-range weapon, Missile Launcher ammo is tough to get and if you miss you're in for some pain). Plus there you get the pistols, rifles, shotguns, sniper rifles... I didn't know for sure whether PF worked though, I'll have to try it sometime because that would definitely be nice for bigger game that's tougher than your average Raider.

You get a suite there? Shoot, both times I went I just nuked the hell out of the Slavers (although the second time I at least enslaved the Minefield sniper first).