Always the hard way.
Go scavanging for the parts then build it from scratch.
That's the way it should be.

I really can't choose in this since almost all the mods I've used give me both options but either way it depends on what the mod is, if it's an armor or weapon mod I would rather save up and buy it, but then I have those lazy days to where I spawn it because I really don't want to waste time selling doctor's bags and other stuff I need to buy something I just installed to me I basically did buy it by endorsing the mod.

I like to get my mods easily as i like to look at them and form a opinion upon them as items that are given to me via quest usually means i rush through the quest and may little attention to it as i want to try out the new weapon. in addition to this i find myself constantly using different weapons so going through a quest to achieve a weapon that i may not even like .

However regarding Skyrim , i feel opposite to my statement about fallout as i feel that when i play in skyrim i like to forge or going on a quest to find a weapon as it makes me feel like the weapon has history and something similar to Aragorn from Lord of the rings when he gets his sword(Narsil) in the final film.

Unlike skyrim i see weapons with very little history as most of them may be rare after the nuclear war however most of them were manufactured in a factory and were tones of them made, making them less unique although most of them properly perished in the war it still does not stand up to a legendary weapon that a great warrior used and was berried with in his/her tomb.

I think it's all about the content being provided, while I prefer a challenging mod as it lengthens my play time and adds to my over all experience in the game, I can see just dropping random item in box a it all depends on the quality of the mod author and their skills in the GECK.

I think the mod book of erache did a fantastic job of working the balance here, there were weapons every where from the moment you left the vault till the end of the game you had countless new toys to play with and the mod allowed you to customize and improve most early weapons in order to make them useful at any point in the game.

An example would be if you make a weapon that is basic but looks cool but then tuck it in the BOS base by the time I get there I will probably have 10 different weapons that are better your mod would be pointless in my game you know? Really hope that sentence didn't come of jerkish but I am trying to explain my PoV lol.

I personally like weapon and armor mods that I can use for the bulk of the game, not just something I can use 5 minutes before the end credits. That is where the mod I mentioned earlier really shines the problem is it's a lot of work to make a mod where you can find/get the weapon/armor early in the game and then figure out ways to constantly improve them through out the game so the item scales with you and is an ever present enhancement on game-play.

I love having to go through a are filled with hard enemies and haveing to fight a boss to get to a container filled with stuff

I usually like having to earn things included in mods. It makes me feel like i am earning them and not looking through Doc Mitchel's house for new guns. It also adds in more game play time so i have more to do in Fallout.

I always love to work for my things, it gives you a nice immersive feel to it.

It doesn't have to be a super long quest or boss fight but I do like to earn them. A little scavenger hunt is good enough for me!

I prefer having to work for stuff to just finding a crate full of super-powerful items, yes.

I infinitely prefer having to earn things over just finding them in a box.

I'm big on immersion, so finding all the supercool weapons all in a crate next to where I had a bullet removed from my head sort of kills it for me.

Now I can make exceptions. Drag's armor pack, for instance, there's really no way to put Master Chief's armor in the game and make it immersive, it's just for fun.

Thanks to the GECK "try before you buy" is an option, and one I immediately employ upon loading a new mod so I can quickly ascertain if it's worth a damn or not...

Raider Queen wrote:

So simple
when you download a gun do you want to have to find it in game? Or just open a box outside of good springs and get your awesome gun?

Would you rather find that gun on a ubber hard boss (who uses the gun) thats a new add on to the game?
Or would you rather find it in some lame ol box?


So which is it?


The easy way or the hard way?

I honestly like getting stuff the hard way. Like in ADAM (A armor mod for short) you have to kill like 10 deathclaws to get the outcast armor. But hey, hard work pays off, guys.

yea pretty much cpt rex doing a small quest it makes feel like i deserve the award and its always fun to go on a quest im getting even more   

It depends on the weapon. If it's like a starting pistol then well yeah, the easy way. I don't see the point in trekking halfway across the wasteland, go through some ridiculously hard dungeon just to be rewarded with a hidden, underpowered pistol. Though the opposite does apply. A overpowered supper cannon just kind of lying there in a old doctors house...seems a bit of a stretch.

I quite like both because I really want to play with it as soon as I can but a quest for guns is usually really nice too!

I prefer to earn the mods just like I would any other weapon, armor, etc in the game. Trashing Doc Mitchell's looking for mods I forgot to enable is always fun though (sarcasm).

I like to earn it and it balanced the game as well from getting powerful weapons to early.

I like to work for something that someone has put a lot of work into makes you appreciate the weapon/armour more.

I'll put my vote for the Hard Way. But as mostly everyone said, it all depends on where you are in the game. Armor, weapons, quests, and such are sometimes way too easy to achieve late in the game but mostly difficult when handled with a fresh start.

have to say I like the hard way, something to work towards, or save up a ton or even steal or kill for hahaha.