Man I hate Scorchbeasts

[JJDrakken]

They aren't even scary 90% time to me, they just ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ annoy the hell out of me. I could see one 9 million miles in distance, doesn't matter I saw it, has 0 chance of ever seeing me, but the flys over just to annoy F out of me, while I'm doing stuff. Being a melee build, just for F's sake land already so I can kill you.

Your Scorched followers that come are scarier then you.

[Cruddy]

Scorched in general make me want to stop playing imo, I'm real tired of their annoying grunts and how they look stupid as hell firing thier guns one handed.

But yeah everytime I see a Scorchbeast I immediately fast travel somewhere else or server hop if I don't have workshops.

[Amanandhisdog]

good thing there isnt any of those in this game.

you should have played at launch when SCORCHbeasts were actually a creature that caused us to change course and avoid at all costs.
but the minority of "the visual attack makes me sick i got turrets and it makes me puke" skyscreamers on reddit managed to get the community managers to push the nurturing of the sb's. used to fly in packs and chase you for miles. relentlessly spamming the sonic attack distorting the vision and causing large amounts of rad damage. and calling droves of soldiers that would follow you into buildings you took cover in. made the story of the game make sense why this scorched plague was so bad. couldnt go out in the open and if you were attacked hiding indoors just got you pinned by foot troops. the civilians of the region didnt stand a chance. the bos did, but as we saw... it didnt last long.

so dont complain about todays sb. its a puppy you can walk up to and pet compared to when they were actually something to fear. they might bring the old sb back and then what would you do?...same as most of us run run run for cover and spam stims and radaways. lol....

seriously scorchbeasts once were a force of nature. now they are just giant flying bats that annoy you as you reload.

[insert food here]

I know what you mean. They are the scourge of all Appalachia those things.

Scorchbeasts are not bad either.

[JJDrakken]

Scorched, I hate that name, my brain just says no all time, calls them Scourged or Scourged Beasts :p Not trying do it on purpose, but my brain literally says naw to named Scorched for some reason.

[RiChuF]

Originally posted by Amanandhisdog:

good thing there isnt any of those in this game.

you should have played at launch when SCORCHbeasts were actually a creature that caused us to change course and avoid at all costs.

i remember those days

[RiChuF]

Originally posted by JJDrakken:

Scorched, I hate that name, my brain just says no all time, calls them Scourged or Scourged Beasts :p Not trying do it on purpose, but my brain literally says naw to named Scorched for some reason.

we call em squanched over on my discord server

[FormerFishFarmer]

Invest in the plans for the Plasma Caster.
Prime it.
The ammo is very cheap to make (as long as you only use it as a Sorched Murderer) and it does insane damage with V.A.T.S. Headshots, even without Heavy Weapons damage perks.
While there ARE better weapons out there, this is the fastest, cheapest, easiest way to get a weapon that is specifically deadly to flying Scorchbeasts. Making it a 3* Legendary is nice, but not even that nessisary. Just keep it on your "Favorites" wheel for whenever one shows up and headshot it a few times.

[insert food here]

Originally posted by FormerFishFarmer:

Invest in the plans for the Plasma Caster.
Prime it.
The ammo is very cheap to make (as long as you only use it as a Sorched Murderer) and it does insane damage with V.A.T.S. Headshots, even without Heavy Weapons damage perks.
While there ARE better weapons out there, this is the fastest, cheapest, easiest way to get a weapon that is specifically deadly to flying Scorchbeasts. Making it a 3* Legendary is nice, but not even that nessisary. Just keep it on your "Favorites" wheel for whenever one shows up and headshot it a few times.

This. Plasma Caster is a fantastic sniper weapon in VATS. Primed it makes very short work of Scorched Beasts. I have no perks for heavy guns right now and it still does great work against them even when they are flying.

As mentioned there are better weapons in the game, but specifically for dealing with SB while they are flying, it is the best weapon at that single job I have come across.

[Dracul]

They are mostly annoying when you only have close ranged weapons and they refuse to land - I had a fister alt and a SB decided to hover outside his base for like five minutes, not swooping not firing his screambeams just hovering there keeping the combat music going.

[GeneralGamePlaying]

Originally posted by Cruddy horse:

Scorched in general make me want to stop playing imo, I'm real tired of their annoying grunts and how they look stupid as hell firing thier guns one handed.

At least they're good at dieing.

Concerning scorch beasts, perhaps something anti armor prime with higher damage... gauss/plasma sniper pistols, commando handmade/fixer does work on level 75 SB fast too, plasma caster, who knows what. An anti armor prime pipe bolt action also "works" but it's gotten slower too. Compound bow ~ any prime one might work, but uses as many perks as commando.
Archery, commando -> perception
pistols -> some agility + some perception (tank killer, concentrated fire)

Legendary special perk cards could help on this kind of add-in.

[Burnout_122812]

Originally posted by RiChuF:

Originally posted by JJDrakken:

Scorched, I hate that name, my brain just says no all time, calls them Scourged or Scourged Beasts :p Not trying do it on purpose, but my brain literally says naw to named Scorched for some reason.

we call em squanched over on my discord server

I see what you squanch there. Very nicely squanched.

[uni790]

Originally posted by JJDrakken:

They aren't even scary 90% time to me, they just ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ annoy the hell out of me. I could see one 9 million miles in distance, doesn't matter I saw it, has 0 chance of ever seeing me, but the flys over just to annoy F out of me, while I'm doing stuff. Being a melee build, just for F's sake land already so I can kill you.

Your Scorched followers that come are scarier then you.

As a fellow melee user(unarmed specifically) I carry an automatic laser rifle with a beam splitter, with that one luck perk that makes rifle shots cripple limbs(forget the name) forces them to the ground fairly quickly, and even with twisted muscles it's still fairly accurate.

[Mooman]

As a melee player you need to stand still in open ground for SBs to land. The A.I. is basic and if you run around it causes issues. When an SB is going to land they will fly away, circle back around behind the player, do a quick spin, then land near your position either just in front or momentum will carry them behind you. If you run around you change the landing site and the SB will choose another routine.

There is however a bugged code which I think is the 'It's a Trap' A.I. package that stops SB from landing without breaking a wing. You can tell this bugged state when the SB does it's quick spin before landing it will slide backwards in the air and instead of landing fire off a sonic blast instead.

[Jman]

Originally posted by RiChuF:

Originally posted by Amanandhisdog:

good thing there isnt any of those in this game.

you should have played at launch when SCORCHbeasts were actually a creature that caused us to change course and avoid at all costs.

i remember those days :VBCOOL:

Like when they spammed their stupid radiation blobs so much it caused epilepsy?

[GeneralGamePlaying]

Originally posted by Jman:

Originally posted by RiChuF:

i remember those days

Like when they spammed their stupid radiation blobs so much it caused epilepsy?

Ohhh... i remember those days. Lastet to around level 20, when i started hunting back :). Mixed success, initially, though.