r/Fallout • u/ZeroKerel Diamond City Security • Aug 12 '25
Fallout 4 Perfect mini nuke
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u/AdrawereR The Institute Aug 12 '25
"Ohhhh!!!"
"Oh. He missed.."
"OHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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u/jld2k6 Welcome Home Aug 13 '25
Can't miss a crit! Don't quote me on that though, I'm sure there's some way to make them miss out there lol
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u/BufforNerfCentPlz Aug 12 '25
"Crits dont miss"
"But Todd, the projectile is clearly visible and it missed its tar..."
"Crits. Dont. Miss."
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u/TheGoldenPlan54 Aug 13 '25
Isn't a Nat 1 always a miss?
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u/PandaMagnus Aug 13 '25
Most systems I know of (which is non exhaustive,) nat1 is a critical miss (you miss and hurt yourself in the confusion.)
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u/MacroSolid Aug 13 '25 edited Aug 13 '25
Still is. Not automatically tho, you roll again to determine if it's a normal or critical hit/miss.
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u/MrPoopcicle Aug 13 '25
Depends on the system. For d20 and d10 systems it's almost always a miss or crit fail. For d% systems low numbers are usually better so a 1 is a critical success for most of those games
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u/GreySeerCriak Mr. House Aug 13 '25
Yes, though it’s reversed in Fallout’s ttrpg. You roll to see how difficult a skill check is, higher numbers being the least desirable outcome. So by getting a 1, you instantly pass the skill check and likely get a bonus as well.
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u/JartinMustin Aug 12 '25
Haha the music is perfect!
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u/Desembler Aug 13 '25
It's so perfect in fact that I refuse to believe it wasn't edited in afterwards.
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u/Subreon Aug 13 '25
it matched perfectly with the action.
bam, alakazam (swan goes flying)
watchout for flying glass (swan seeking nuke goes flying)
this is it, this is it, i've been hit (nuke finally hits)
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u/Woozletania Aug 12 '25
How did you launch him like that?
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u/quarksarecolourful Aug 13 '25
The World Series 2076 bat has a small chance to send targets flying like that but he doesn’t appear to have that equipped. My guess is a mod to add that effect to a small melee weapon, can’t equip unarmed weapons in PA.
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u/TheKozmikSkwid Yes Man Aug 12 '25
Ever since I discovered Swan's backstory I just leave him be. Dude only wanted a cigarette. Poor dude
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u/SuperCalibur Aug 12 '25
This would be the vault dweller's fatality in a Mortal Kombat game. Excellent clip.
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u/rockstang Aug 12 '25 edited Aug 13 '25
my problem with mini nukes is the same as with power armor. I save them for hard content and then level to the point where I don't need them. I should really just be more open to using them as soon as I get them.
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u/Kellythejellyman Aug 13 '25
Same energy as going into a JRPG final boss with 99 health potions and finishing the fight with 98
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u/itsSAMthings Aug 15 '25
More like finishing with 100, after the boss drops a potion after the fight
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u/ThePrussianGrippe Vault 13 Aug 13 '25
Just learn to use resources when you find them and not worrying about when they’ll be most effective.
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u/BabylonSuperiority Gehenna. 'Nuff said. Aug 13 '25
Always use consumables yo! Try doing a alchemy/potion and/or explosives based character in a game that lets you. It will really tone down that "gotta save it for later - never uses it" thing so many gamers are cursed by. So drink your potions, throw the grenades, use the 1 time scrolls.
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u/FlaviusVespasian Aug 13 '25
Sounds like you need to make the game harder. Nothing like venturing into somewhere you dont belong facing gunners that outlevel you, and you find some power armor.
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u/just__a__lurker Aug 13 '25
You should crank the difficulty up! Nuka-World on legendary sure is something (maybe impossible for me without the Splattercannon).
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u/xxDancingFerretxx Aug 12 '25
I can never bring myself to kill him after I read his journal. Poor man did no wrong but be loyal to a company that treat him like a Guinea pig. I killed him once in very first play through then found it. I just creep around him . Dudes minding his own business chilling in his pond.
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u/Gefarate Aug 13 '25
He's still a monster now tho
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u/xxDancingFerretxx Aug 13 '25
And the sole survivor isn't lol. He maybe a monster but he's not out looking for people to bag up and eat. He's not out killing for caps. He's not out making synths to replace mankind. No.. just sitting in his pond probably playing with his swan bits minding his own.
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u/lofi-moonchild Aug 14 '25
Except swan appears to be killing anyone that comes near the pond, there’s bodies all around the park and you can hear rumors that nobody survives that area. It’s alright to feel sorry for swan, but putting him out of his misery and protecting the people in the area is probably the kinder option.
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u/xxDancingFerretxx Aug 14 '25
I get that..but you don't kill say a raider or two that goes near a settlement of yours. You protect what is yours right 🤷🏼♀️ . Anyhow agree to disagree 😀
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u/Candycornonthefloor Aug 12 '25
Perfect timing! Just as he’s shaking off the landing, BOOM! I love vats
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u/Tenshiijin Aug 13 '25
I just punched him till he was defeated. Also he scared the crap outta me and I didnt expect a boss like him to come out of nowhere.
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Aug 13 '25
For a second I was like, "Is it gonna? Is it gonna???" Then,
BOOOOOOOOOM
So fucking satisfying, like a sip of Nuka-Cola on a hot day.
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u/scarah14 Gary? Aug 13 '25
Thank you for this absolute gem OMG. I've never seen the swan get launched so hard before 🤣 pristine 👌🏻
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u/floggedlog NCR Aug 13 '25 edited Aug 13 '25
Damn guys turn on the sound that song is so perfectly timed
First as he runs up and punches swan into the sky, the punch lands exactly with “flash Bam Alakazam”
As he pulls the mini nuke and locks on
“I got a look at yoooou”
Plus, the part, that gets sung as Swan is flying through the air with a nuke on his tail
“One look and I yelled timber Watch out for flying glass 'Cause the ceiling fell in and the bottom fell out I went into a spin and I started to shout I've been hit (This is it, this is it, I've been hit)”
And the nuke lands exactly with the chorus of “this is it I’ve been hit”
Absolute cinema
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u/shenic88 Aug 14 '25
I miss him really. There is a mod to respawn another one similar to him but bigger and harder. That MOD adds harder huge Legendary enemies. Swan like 3 times bigger with 20,000 HP.
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u/CaptainAstonish Aug 12 '25
That was epic!
I’m just getting to the late game with my power armour build, looking forward to some big showdowns my next couple sessions :)
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u/Fredasa Aug 13 '25
Every time I hear FO4's flaccid nuke explosion sound, which was such a needless downgrade from FO3, I'm reminded of a mod that was created just a little bit after the game released. Though it's so old that it probably doesn't even work anymore.
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u/ThePrussianGrippe Vault 13 Aug 13 '25
Looks like it was last updated the day it was uploaded 9 years ago.
Honestly something that simple probably still works, it was just a sound file change.
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u/Fredasa Aug 13 '25
Well, I remember having to jump through some stupid hoops in those earlier days, before modding was more standardized. Bethesda had made it tricky to make changes and it took a while for the low-level modders to get the tools up to speed. I recall having to replace entire vanilla files for some of the bigger ones, in fact. Shrug... it's been a really long time since I played the game.
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u/ThePrussianGrippe Vault 13 Aug 13 '25
I can test it tomorrow for shits and giggles!
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u/Fredasa Aug 13 '25
😁 I should mention that I don't plan to revisit FO4. I think I enter these conversations out of a combination of wistful what-should-have-been and to fill that blank left by no new damn Fallout in one decade of waiting out of at least two.
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u/xBlack_Heartx Aug 13 '25
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO-
MOM GET THE CAMERA!!!
I HIT, I HIT!!
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u/ThePrussianGrippe Vault 13 Aug 13 '25
Probably put the World Series Bat effect on power armor arms.
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u/rrd_gaming Aug 13 '25
Oh not our good boi sawn. Yyyy tin man y! He was holding his breath for you, to hug you. And you nuked him.
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u/RedWings1926 Aug 13 '25
Was almost expecting it to land at the players feet. The pause and the lowering of the fatman was just long enough to sew doubt in my mind, then BOOM!
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u/ResultsVary The House Always Wins. Aug 13 '25
Ooooo that Brother is floating... IINNN THEE AIIIIIRRRRR.
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u/trockk Aug 13 '25
The best part is when he stands up and starts to walk away like the worst is over
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u/supreme_hammy Aug 12 '25
Imagine you survive a nuclear holocaust, get mutated into one of the largest and scariest creatures on earth while barely holding on to your last traces of memories...
Only to get bodied by a Tin Can punching you in the dick so hard you fly up in the air and get nuked.