Mirelurk Hunters

[kasaidere]

Is this the dumbest enemy in video game history?

What are you even supposed to do with them at lower levels? Activate a stealth boy and get the ♥♥♥♥ out? That's the only option I see anyway - aside from cheating.

[Out Of Bubblegum]

Learn about Med-X?

[kasaidere]

Didn't know that Med-X increases my damage output by 5000%.

[Mark_Immortell]

But it provides poison resistance...

yeah, maybe at low levels you should run away from them... and maybe you are already in an area where enemy levels are above yours and hence too strong;

no it is not the dumbest enemy in video game histroy, it seems as if you are simply ways to weak to beat it at your current level ;-)

[Chaosium]

What do you mean by lower levels? The less powerful variant is level 24 so obviously you won't take them down at level 2 with a pipe pistol

[Minty]

Can you please explain what is dumb about a challenge? I mean, if you lack the levels, the equipment and the firepower to take something down, you back off and return when you do. This is common sense. Why would you expect to be able to demolish everything you come across?

I intentionally use difficulty settings and mods that make some encounters impossible to win until other conditions are met. There is no stupidity in not being able to do everything in the game starting at level 1. I swear. These kids. Gimme gimme gimme.

Sometimes you have to earn it, big chief.

[Grendalcat]

Guessing you REALLY don't like Mirelurk Queens. You can run into them before you reach level ten, if you know where to look.

Also, jet, psycho, buffout, etc.

[kasaidere]

Originally posted by Good Whiskey:

Can you please explain what is dumb about a challenge? I mean, if you lack the levels, the equipment and the firepower to take something down, you back off and return when you do. This is common sense. Why would you expect to be able to demolish everything you come across?

I intentionally use difficulty settings and mods that make some encounters impossible to win until other conditions are met. There is no stupidity in not being able to do everything in the game starting at level 1. I swear. These kids. Gimme gimme gimme.

Sometimes you have to earn it, big chief.

Wow, we all respect you now.

That was what you were going for, am I right?

Also: that's not some endboss of a dungeon. That's a randomly spawning monster. So all the smug "well, you probably went into an area you are not supposed be in at your level" reasoning doesn't apply here. If I'm level 10 and I have a decent weapon (Righteous Authority from Danse) I shouldn't need 80 shots to kill a randomly spawning enemy. That's not a challenge, that ridiculous.

[Out Of Bubblegum]

But it might apply here:
http://nerdist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Fallout-4-Map.png

And ... you did not even try to find out why the Med-X will help. Those hunters have a strong poison attack. That's about all they can do. Once you negate that threat, they are easy to kill.

This game has a gazillion little things you need to learn about to succeed. It is not just a run-n-gun game like Doom.

Have you upgraded your Righteous Authority? Have you learned the big "secret" about laser weapons?

[Solomon Hawk]

Mirelurks are notoriously resistant to laser fire.

Nuke it.

Mirelurk hunters really are one of the lesser of your worries.

[kasaidere]

I really don't know what I expected from this thread.

I should have foreseen every single reply. It's not like I'm new on the internet.

[danconnors]

Funny, I thought you were talking about people who hunt mirelurks. The meat has a delicious flavor--;like finely basted in soy sauce chicken. The eggs that you capture make delicious omelets or the even finer cakes. They are light, and you can get half a dozen or more from a pair of mirelurks. Unfortunately the mirelurk hunters rarely guard eggs, but their meat is supposedly more spicy than regular mirelurk.

As for the gigantic mirelurk queens, an 80 shot drum clip from an upgraded assault rifle, two jets, and one med-x is usually enough to bring one down. Insode one are around 10 of the superb queen stakes plus whatever she's eaten in the not too distant pass. This is usually well worth the price of an 80 shot assault rifle clip. I don't generally go hunting queens, unless I plan on settling Spectacle Island--which is one of the finest places to settle in the Commonwealth.

So, there you have him the mirelurk hunter. Possibly one of the more dangerous careers, but very rewarding in terms of gastronomical delights.

[Mark_Immortell]

@Kasaidere: Here you can find a map, where the levels of the monsters are depicted:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1364364705

Maybe first explore the blue colored area and afterwards proceed with the main quest and go to higher level areas.

@danconnors: You made my day :-)

[GOD RAYS ON ULTRA™]

Go play COD

[Out Of Bubblegum]

Originally posted by Doc_Holliday:

@Kasaidere: Here you can find a map, where the levels of the monsters are depicted:

Didn't I already post that map. :(

Originally posted by kasaidere:

Is this the dumbest enemy in video game history?
I really don't know what I expected from this thread.

You start out with a comment like that and then YOU complain when people actually give you helpful advice. Yes, we did it in a snarky way. You did deserve that.

[Mark_Immortell]

Originally posted by Out Of Bubblegum:

Originally posted by Doc_Holliday:

@Kasaidere: Here you can find a map, where the levels of the monsters are depicted:

Didn't I already post that map. :(

Originally posted by kasaidere:

Is this the dumbest enemy in video game history?
I really don't know what I expected from this thread.

You start out with a comment like that and then YOU complain when people actually give you helpful advice. Yes, we did it in a snarky way. You did deserve that.

Upsi, I have obviously overlooked your link, sorry ^^, but hey: Make assurance double sure, although Kasaidere might be not interested in our help, as the second part of your reply is also already pointing out ^^.