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For mats just set up a supply line. Use Power Armor to increase weight and fast travel for non-mat items.
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Fallout 4 |OT2| Farming Simulator 2287
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For mats just set up a supply line. Use Power Armor to increase weight and fast travel for non-mat items.
Salty Catfish
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Unless you have level four of the Strong Back perk, the only other way to move long distances while overencumbered with a bunch of shit is to call a vertibird with that one grenade you can get from the BoS.
What kind of stuff are you talking? Weapons/Armor?
I've had problems with settlers defaulting when I've assigned them to shops I believe. I've also had settlers switch clothes on me.
Speaking of all this, are the any places safest from attacks? Some of my settlers I want to move to the safest areas possible. Had some walls set up at one place but a deathclaw tried to cheat and power his way through my defenses, because there was no room for him to really squeeze through the turrets and guard post he took major damage from the settlers before he finally pushed through to get to me, beat me up a bit and since I was not at full health when I arrived, my legendary gear kicked in, slowed down time and I finished him off that way. I'd rather not have to cut it that close at my settlements.
Mostly because it's just more busywork. And because they're practically an infinite resource. There's nothing inherently special about them aside from the fact that you can use them as OCD decoration and I'm trying not to feed that urge. I already have like 7 or 8 of them which is more than I need for a humble garage display, so the few extra are just sitting haphazardly around.
My weapon and armor stashes are getting out of hand too. I don't know why I do this in these types of games and hoard things for the sake of hoarding. I'm not going to use 99% of those weapons sitting in my workbench but throwing them away or selling them seems so wrong.
BattleMonkey
Member
So odd, so many hours in and my settlements have never been attacked.
Everything! I have nothing yea guys mentioned. Though I do have power armour I never use =S
I find it so hard to use it.
I gave some drugs to Mama Murphy and then an attack happened on one of mine.
You should try em out. My favorite way to use power armors is to go on Power Armor missions with my companion. We'll both go in Power Armors with heavy weapons. In Cait's case, I give her Raider Power Amor + a huge melee weapon. She one hands the melee weapon and absolutely destroys things. It's fun and looks awesome.
Roni
Member
Do it, you know you want to have a different set for every occassion and need you might ever have. All of them in different stylish paint jobs with a varying selection of mods to meet your everyday wasteland needs!
Here's what I did.
First, I scrapped almost everything at each of the other settlements. I tried to have as few (or no) settlers at each of the other settlements. This way I don't get pestered about them getting raided. For those like Sancutary, I made sure they had the minimum amount of food/water/defense required.
If I had stored any items in the Workbenches (guns,armor,furniture) I manually scrapped those also otherwise I would have had to carry them manually. This left nothing but Junk in each workbench. While not required, it's best to break down guns/armor/etc. AFTER you have the Scrounger perk so you get more rare Junk from them.
Next, I stored all of my inventory in a container at The Castle except for the Power Armor so I had as much carry weight as possible.
Then, I fast traveled to each settlment and emptied the contents of the Workbenches into my inventory until I was almost full and fast-traveled back to The Castle to drop off the Junk in the Workbench there. Rise and repeat until all of the settlements were empty and their stuff in The Castle's workbench.
It probably took me about an hour to do this but it was worth it and I didn't have to bother with supply lines or anything.
Salty Catfish
Member
I'm pretty sure you can only do it with a few points in the pickpocketing perk.
Bother with supply lines? You can just have 1 settler start a supply route, which takes about 1 minute. As opposed to 1 hour of lugging junk back and forth. Same end result.
It gives me a percentage I'll be successful, and I've been caught, but even doing it successfully, no one ever blows up.
Salty Catfish
Member
You can plant grenades (or anything else you want) on people without the perk, but you can't plant a LIVE grenade without the perk. You're basically just giving them a grenade to use in combat. I was pretty disappointed when the same thing happened to me.
A lot of my settlements didn't have any settlers to assign. Also, I don't think items get shared across supply lines, only Junk that's already been broken down. Lastly, I don't like the idea that the supply lines can break and my stuff not be available.
Yes, supply lines are much easier but I just like the idea of those containers/settlments being empty. Lastly, like Sarcasm, I don't have the Local Leader perk yet.
What is wrong with that? I have 7 power armors on top of red rocket forming a circle. And i have 3 armors on 3 guard posts.
Besides that have 2 main power armors. A T60 and a X01 well maintained and shiny.
VisceralBowl
Member
What you gotta do is give every settler and companion a suit.
Cre8
You want a shot at the champ? [NG gif winner July 23]
I have played this game more then 75hrs and now I'm stuck after the mission "Taking Independence" Preston keeps telling me to fix the radio transmitter which I did. Fast travel, finished others missions, comeback and he still standing there and tell me to fix the damn radio transmitter. Is this a known bug. I'm on PS4.
VisceralBowl
Member
Did you build a generator with enough power for it? I think it needs 5 power.
Plague Doctor
Member
You need pickpocket level 2 perk. You can only see what the next level of a perk does if you have a free point to spend (the exception being you can see what lvl 1 of a perk will do if you haven't taken it yet regardless if you have a free point or not).
Is there a Minuteman/Settler sitting there broadcasting the Radio signal? Did you listen to the broadcast?
Do I have to plant food and defend castle? Cause if so I may just work on Castle and Sanctuary...kinda built that up already.
I do have 5 perks I haven't spent yet. 3 to get the supply line...
Salty Catfish
Member
On PC you can hit Alt to scroll up through the levels even if you don't have that perk or any points to spend.
Cre8
You want a shot at the champ? [NG gif winner July 23]
Yes, two medium generator to power.
joecanada
Member
How did you get her to wear stuff? My companion never equips stuff
Plague Doctor
Member
I wish consoles had that option or... and this is entirely possible, there is a way to do the same thing on console and I just haven't figured it out.
Cre8
You want a shot at the champ? [NG gif winner July 23]
Preston and the minute man just stand on the entrance and i could only talk to Preston and he just keeps repeating to fix the radio transmitter.
Fair enough, forgot that it requires a perk. Everyone has their own way of doing things. I'm in the process of moving all my weapons/armor into containers and breaking them down into categories. Haha.
There is. I'm on PC and use the controller - just use the bumpers to scroll (if I remember right)
You have to manually equip it from their inventory.
Plague Doctor
Member
I don't know what version you are one, but for PS4 move the equipment into their inventory, highlight over it and hit triangle.
If you are giving them ranged weapons, they need ammo or will go back to their default weapon.
joecanada
Member
Wtf? Haha omg I never even noticed that... Can you do that with settlers too?
Blue Ninja
Member
Man, waiting is so weird in this game. Sometimes it just refuses to progess any further, maybe due to a bug with the lighting engine, and you're jsut stuck watching the screen.
I dunno, it's really weird.
I dunno, it's really weird.
You can hit R1 to cycle through each level of the perk. Just didn't think it was an actual perk I needed.
Yes. While in their inventory press y/triangle to equip.
Maybe you don't have the wires connected to the broadcaster correctly. Try reattaching them or making sure the wires are attached to the right spot.
Yes, The Castle can get attacked and needs food like any other settlement. It already has a water pump so you just need to power that on.
OK, so I don't understand this game some time. I have such a good time and then I hit a stupid wall.
I was doing a bunch of quest for the minutemen. It was going great. Got to one called "Out of the Fire", and I had to kill some dudes called the
. Cool. I go invade their base, things going well. Me and my explosive sniper rifle are owning everything and Strong is cleaning up everything else. I finally reach the last room where I'm supposed to fight the bossman.
And he's impossible. Power armor, laser rifle. Does about 4x as much damage as I do to him. The room is a giant square with little to no cover and I just have to strafe around and use all my stimpaks? Why? Why is this a thing? Am I just underleveld? Am I just forced to use power armor here? This is dumb.
I was doing a bunch of quest for the minutemen. It was going great. Got to one called "Out of the Fire", and I had to kill some dudes called the
Forgers
And he's impossible. Power armor, laser rifle. Does about 4x as much damage as I do to him. The room is a giant square with little to no cover and I just have to strafe around and use all my stimpaks? Why? Why is this a thing? Am I just underleveld? Am I just forced to use power armor here? This is dumb.
Plague Doctor
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MechaBowser
Member
With the exception of Benevolent Leader, how hard is it to get all the trophies? Do I need to do multiple playthroughs to finish with all the factions?
Have you tried the miracle drug called Buffjet?
Seriously, try using some drugs.
Power Armor isn't a bad idea either. It's useful in a pinch.
Plague Doctor
Member
Hmmm... when I did that mission he was rough. I resorted to Power Armor and damage modded shot gun using my crit on him in VATS. Only took two shots after that.
Until you get to the point of the Gauss Rifle, Combat shot guns modded to the 9's are amazing.
Krappadizzle
Member
I wish there was a bow and arrow in this game. That'd be a lot of fun.
My strategy:
There's a bit of time between the end of dialogue and their attack. Rush in, drop some mines, then hide in the corner of the room, the one where you can also take a Fusion Core. Should be enough time to drop a few mines and to take out most of them.
I beat him without power armor. You might just be poorly equiped/under leveled. I remember it being a bit of a hard battle but I probably only died once. Try using a rocket launcher/fat man or something if you aren't doing any damage.
Plague Doctor
Member
There is a Rail Gun with Railroad spikes 
Does that count?
Does that count?This is the most spoiler free way I can say this. When the game messages you that a certain action will make you a permanent enemy with a group because of a quest, save your file (don't quick save). Use that save file you as a decision mark for one of the conclusions.
if you play it right with saves, you can do it all in one playthrough
Nameless
Member
Can't help you terms of strategy. My character is melee based and was able to take 80% of his energy with a single blitz crit. Maybe get your hands on a Fat Man?