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Posted: May 07 2012 08:58 pm

I'm probably being a giant nerd, but you know when you combine two weapons to make one weapon with better stats? I'd always assumed that you're stripping one gun for stuff like springs and a trigger and a doodad (my knowledge of firearms is really shining through here) etc to refurbish another gun.

So what the hell are you doing when you repair a lead pipe? How is the lone wanderer melding two beat down busted up lead pipes in to one brand new shiny lead pipe? The duct tape noise that plays when you combine items seems like a sufficient answer, but still, it seems like lead pipes should never break at all, you know what I'm saying?

Also, how the hell does the anyone in the game have the technical know how to repair alien blasters?

Posted: May 07 2012 09:04 pm

I just figured with the lead pipes, that you basically were just taping a couple together to make a heavier weapon leading to more damage. Depending on the pipe and what you hit with it, you could damage it by bending it to hell though so damage is possible. Even a lead pipe will bend if you hit enough things with it, especially very hard things like metal or concrete.

No idea on the blasters unless they somehow had some access to the manuals while living in the Vaults.

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