see, most of that went right over my head so its not that new player friendly is it. the times ive got ripped apart from goign into the wrong area or soemthign is stupid, its very frustrating and i feel like im lost tbh when trying to get anywhere.
Well most of that is the advanced "I know the game" strategy.
But for a simple glossary:
Yao Guai - Common high level animal, only forced to spawn in/around the Yao Guai Tunnels i believe. Frequently the cause of ****ting yourself when the ******* sneaks around behind you and leaps on you.
Deathclaw - Uncommon high level animal, only forced to spawn in a Campsite in SW corner, Old Olney and Deathclaw Sanctuary. Will rip you a new 1 with ease so if you see it you're better off running.
Lincolns Repeater - Powerful unique rifle firing Magnum rounds with 0 spread so is pinpoint accurate.
Ol' Painless - Unique Hunting Rifle with 0 spread.
Lever Action Rifle - Common rifle in the Point Lookout DLC, think the boatman sells em rarely. Backwater is the unique version.
But really if you are being killed by things around Megaton then either you need to be more careful, realistic about what you can tackle or lower the difficulty. Dogs are stupidly dangerous in vanilla at the beginning. I admit i used a map from the net to find bobblehead locations but using a guide will just spoil things or just restrict you to how they want you to play.
In reality, Small Guns/Sneak is the way to go in vanilla. Automatic weapons are pretty much worthless compared to the power of sneak critical heashots. Big Guns require 100% devotion to get anywhere near usable so just ignore them. Melee weapons are fine but not a good choice for a first game.
You can't just dismiss it as not newb friendly because it doesn't hold your hand and tell you where and when to go places. They level up foes for you as you go along but you easily become stronger. Most locations where hard foes are force spawned you probably won't be near and if you engage them you deserve the untimely death you get. Bethesda games are notoriously newb friendly recently. Its an open world and you make your own way in it, Megaton offers the sidequests and primary quest that should get you going fine.
Once you get into it and install mods like MMM and FWE things become a lot more interesting...
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