Is this normal ?

[SublimeKNine]

So, I watched streams of this game way back when it first came out, but I never bought it until now.

So far in my first playthrough, Not even level 15, haven't made it to Diamond City yet and

- 2 legendary radscorpion hunters at water treatment plant F 18 (?)
- couple of legendary raiders
- legendary radroach (lol)
- fatmanned by random raiders at least 3 times (some in lexington)
- Found compound before i should have and messed up the dialogue..so I had to kill everyone. After I go back to Covenant and they all start trying to kill me! WTF

Difficulty is on normal and my luck is set to 1. I am not complaining, I am just wondering if the game spawns legendaries very early in the game for everyone else, or if this is due to my luck setting? I just don't remember seeing them with this much frequency when I watched others play.


Still enjoying the hell out of this game though.

[Ceejay]

Not sure if luck being on 1 has anything to do with it, but legendary's can just spawn, run away. plus some places are just not meant for lower level characters, one of the earlyish mission for the minute men can send you to the ironworks where they spew fire everywhere, almost intant death early on, you need ot go back much higher.

[red255]

legendary radroaches are great if you are looking for a specific early game weapon.

people like 'never ending double barrel shotguns' and explosive pipe rifles (which you can make pretty good as automatics)

legendaries are pretty rare on lower difficulties but they have a chance of worthwhile loot. I only really saw fatmans on raiders wearing power armor.

Concord seems normal enough though most places you go dialog doesn't have consequences.

[Xyzzy]

normal, par for the course, tactical withrawal is permitted so is run the other way, especially in early game.

[Mringasa]

Difficulty ramps up pretty quickly once you venture away from the Sanctuary/Concord surrounds. Legendary.... is supposedly based on Difficulty level, but I've played quite a few playthroughs on Hard/Normal and not noticed much, if any, difference when playing on my modified Survival.

You will be forced to withdraw and regear/level up many times if you are out exploring rather than doing a rough follow of the Main Storyline. There are quite a few encampments, fortified strongholds and other places that have been fully taken over by Raiders or Super Mutants that require higher level characters or knowledge of the game mechanics.

[DouglasGrave]

Originally posted by SublimeKNine:

So far in my first playthrough, Not even level 15, haven't made it to Diamond City yet and

- 2 legendary radscorpion hunters at water treatment plant F 18 (?)
- couple of legendary raiders
- legendary radroach (lol)
- fatmanned by random raiders at least 3 times (some in lexington)
- Found compound before i should have and messed up the dialogue..so I had to kill everyone. After I go back to Covenant and they all start trying to kill me! WTF

Difficulty is on normal and my luck is set to 1. I am not complaining, I am just wondering if the game spawns legendaries very early in the game for everyone else, or if this is due to my luck setting? I just don't remember seeing them with this much frequency when I watched others play.

I'm not sure of Luck's involvement, but as I recall, random legendary enemies can start appearing around level 10 (but a legendary radscorpion hunter is unusual if you're not even level 15, especially two at once).

Truly random raiders almost never have a fat man unless one of them is a legendary enemy, and a legendary fat man won't normally appear before about level 20. But there are a few places where a raider is preset to have one (and always will whenever that particular raider respawns). On the upside, if you manage to kill them off before they use up their fat man ammunition, you can take it for your own use.

[Gamefever]

Since its all fairly random, I'd say you just got lucky.

Its not impossible to see as many Legendaries as you have, its just unlikely.

[Xero]

In my experience luck does affect legendary spawn. Difficulty also affects it.

[Crystal Sharrd]

There's one raider in Lexington who is guaranteed to have a Fat Man and wear Raider Power Armor. He respawns too. I was lucky when I first went to Lexington, as he decided to use it on a single Feral Ghoul a good distance from me.

[showler]

I haven't run into him yet. I think I will have to take a brass band with me next time I cut through Lexington.

[Cerebral Daemon]

Originally posted by SublimeKNine:

- 2 legendary radscorpion hunters at water treatment plant F 18 (?)

Powerful radscorpions can spawn even in the early-game areas (for instance, at the dam near Sunshine Tidings, near Tenpines Bluff and right behind Lexington's industry near a bunch of brahmins). Radscorpion hunters should be uncommon at that level and in such circumstances, but it's definitely not impossible to see them that early.

Originally posted by SublimeKNine:

- couple of legendary raiders

Nothing unusual here, legendary raiders spawn all the time and all over the place.

Originally posted by SublimeKNine:

- legendary radroach (lol)

Likewise, legendary radroaches even at the lowest levels are a possibility.

Originally posted by SublimeKNine:

- fatmanned by random raiders at least 3 times (some in lexington)

Plenty possible. There's at least two raiders in the low level zones with a fatman or similar weaponry, one's in Lexington on a passage between two buildings up high, secured from the ghouls, and the other's at Outpost Zimonja, the raider boss. The first areas aren't completely secure from that sort of weaponry, in some cases you'll still see some heavy firepower aimed at you.

Originally posted by SublimeKNine:

- Found compound before i should have and messed up the dialogue..so I had to kill everyone. After I go back to Covenant and they all start trying to kill me! WTF

Simply bad luck on your part. Aside from a few exceptions, quest locations aren't really locked away, it's possible to stumble on them by accident (and in many cases even start the quest that way).

[Zee_]

Originally posted by SublimeKNine:

So, I watched streams of this game way back when it first came out, but I never bought it until now.

So far in my first playthrough, Not even level 15, haven't made it to Diamond City yet and

- 2 legendary radscorpion hunters at water treatment plant F 18 (?)
- couple of legendary raiders
- legendary radroach (lol)
- fatmanned by random raiders at least 3 times (some in lexington)
- Found compound before i should have and messed up the dialogue..so I had to kill everyone. After I go back to Covenant and they all start trying to kill me! WTF

Difficulty is on normal and my luck is set to 1. I am not complaining, I am just wondering if the game spawns legendaries very early in the game for everyone else, or if this is due to my luck setting? I just don't remember seeing them with this much frequency when I watched others play.


Still enjoying the hell out of this game though.

Legendary mobs are just a part of the game and generally are nothing to be afraid of.

There is a raider in power armor armed with a fatman in Lexington, take a different route or sneak your way to the top of the buildings and take her out to avoid getting nuked.

That compound you raided is tied to Covenant, you unwittingly stumbled across thier master base and missed out on an interesting storyline. Depending on the choices you make in that storyline you probably would have had to kill off the folks in Covenant anyway.

Welcome to The Commonwealth, we hope you enjoy your stay.

[SublimeKNine]

Thank you for all the responses. I have progressed a bit further and, of course, have encountered many more legendary enemies. Most are not so bad, and I think I was shocked initially by the rad scorpion and how powerful it seemed. I am glad to see how welcoming this community is. Thank you again and hope the loot is good! Or something like that.