Yes it is. Happend to me to.
PSA: If you do the Trouble Brewin Quest:
Either take him with you to your settlement or acompany him while he's going to Goodneighbour. Do not fast travel anywhere or he will be lost and the Quest can't be finished anymore
One of the 2 Quests that I can't finish.
You can actually see his progression to the destination on the map. It'll be the one marked 'Send buddy to Goodneighbor' or something like that. You'll see this marker all over the map as he's navigating his way to your destination. You'll also see him sometimes stuck in one area (possibly dealing with danger) or taking round about route.
In my case, I first sent him to Red Rocket but he ends up outside the area I want him in. It's like he stops just outside Concord. So I ended up having to send him to Sanctuary. I don't think I want to send him to Goodneighbor after all of the nightmares of just sending him to one place. Goodneighbor surrounding areas are filled with Raiders and Super Mutants. I doubt he'll make it in one piece. Also you being there likely aggravate the enemies even more as they react more to your presence in the area
Getting a 100% settlement is driving me a bit mad. It's my final trophy, so I feel like I have to do it because OCD reasons.
I'm using Sanctuary (yes, i understand now that's probably not a good thing but i've invested to much into it that I don't want to start again).
Any tips? I'm at 84% happiness. I've added some level 3 clinics and as much defence/food etc as I can afford. I'm trying to hang around (if I dare leave and do a quest i'll lose around 20% for no reason).
Ugh.
I think you don't actually need more than 1 x level 3 clinic. You just need 3 x level 3 shops (it can be restaurant, surgery center, and Armory, for example).
Because atm I only have:
1 x level 3 Food and Drink shop (Restaurant)
1 x level 3 Health Clinic (Surgery Center)
And my settlers' happiness already hovering at 97%. And this is in Spectacle Island, which is 3 x larger than normal settlements.
It always bothers me how people always suggests 3 x level 3 Health Clinic because it sounds like a waste of resources and Caps for essentially the same shops. Seems overkill. I can't believe the programmers of this game were that dense that they came up with such silly requirements.
What I do notice, however, the progressions for the percentage rise seems to happen every 2 days (48 hours) on average, and your presence there does help keep that arrow counter going up.
What I can't conform yet is if you need to be there all the time as at one point I was too busy helping another settlement and yet the counter went from 90% to 92% on its own. I did spent quite some time in Spectacle Island prior to helping the other settlement since I was building the area, adding furniture etc.