Fallout

I wander in FNV and only keep what I can carry.

In FO4 I find the material hunting to build up a base to be incredibly tedious and boring. Usually I'll just console command max levels of raw materials so that I can build a settlement to my liking. This helps me because when I'm out in the wasteland I can focus on the ambiance, the quest, and the world without being distracted by having to make sure I bring home enough glue and springs. I essentially treat the base building and the wasteland questing like two distinct games.

FO1 and FO2, well, I take what I can get as a vault dweller or chosen one.

Hell yeah I do.

I even have my hoarding stashes documented as saves. I go to an area and I get overburdend and can't get out of it, I start moving everything in the area to a stash close to the exit and fill it up. I then save and try to position my character infront of the stash so I know it is a save marking a stash. Also making sure to overwrite the save if I take something from it. Then I can come back to it later by easily finding the save, and even see if what I'm missing is there. (I rarely do ever go back and visit these places, but the hoarding mentality just tells me that this is important).

The base building in FO4 I just find annoying. I just took the first best cupboard in the red rocket and started filling. So its not a base base, just a few cupboards filled with endless amounts of gear and trash.