turret override program

[Icedfate]

this is the most stupid, useless thing ever. . .

I mean, in EVERY fallout game, hacking the turrets has always been useless.

never mind the fact that it's just way easier to just shoot the dang things, they break so easily.

it because the turret control is always invariably located in the heart of each complex and the only way to get to it would be to sneak past all the turrets AND dozens of guys when you may as well just kill them all.

however, in this game, they seem to have put the turret controls in more convenient locations, however, hacking the turrets still does practically nothing.

I use the turret override program and I can reprogram the turrets to target the enemies and not me, but then, there's never any enemies near the turrets.
if I shoose the "remote targeting" options, it ALWAYS says "no targets located" and you can't make the turrets fire anyway.

then, even though I had the turrets targeting overridden. I shot one and it still targeted me anyway, which I guess that sort of makes sense because it is just defending itself.

but then, you have the "sabotage firing mechanisms" and to my understanding, I thought that is supposed to make the turret self destruct when it tries to fire, but from my experience, when I do that, it does nothing, the turret stil fires at me just fine.

one time, ONE time, I actually did manage to get an enemy next to a turret I overrode and the turret fired at them and they just fired back and destroyed the turret.

waste of time.

[Rex Bellator]

Eh listen I'm not gonna say the way the set it up is perfect but I have been able to use the turret override a number of times; not every time, mind you, but every once in a while.

I get the impression Bethesda set it up the way they did for ultra-stealthy types, characters completely dedicated to stealth with perks, armor mods and stealth boys. You sneak in quietly, not killing anything, find the turret controls and hack them and let them do the killing for you. I'm considering trying a run specifically geared for that kind of build to see if it works.

[Icedfate]

I suspected the same, but playing that way seems pointless. The stealth boys are way too rare and even with 10 agility and maxed out stealth perk, I still get detected frequently. it's almost impossible to sneak your way pasts literally everything just to get at the turret controls to turn off 2 turrets or to hack their targeting systems and then they can't even target anything because the enemies are in another room.

even weak characters can just pick off the turrets from long range with a pipe pistol.

[Nish-Ki]

Originally posted by IcedFate:

The stealth boys are way too rare and even with 10 agility and maxed out stealth perk, I still get detected frequently.

@IcedFate, The game is sorta tailored for controller. There is a walk key but on a controller if you slightly move the analog, you character does this slow walk that literally makes no noise, doesn't increase your stealth break bar (Hidden to Caution). I've got maybe 4 agility on my lvl78 character, and that form of stealth is very effective to simply bypass enemies and reach any terminal for a Protectron or turrent. But I know you're a fan of staying on point and not bother about tips or tricks.
The Terminal stations are very poorly placed, and usually you can only reach them after a fight breaks out. Though there are some well placed terminals that really change the tide of a fight, like under the airport and that flooded Mirelurk water filtration station.

[Icedfate]

Originally posted by Nesh:

Originally posted by IcedFate:

The stealth boys are way too rare and even with 10 agility and maxed out stealth perk, I still get detected frequently.

@IcedFate, The game is sorta tailored for controller. There is a walk key but on a controller if you slightly move the analog, you character does this slow walk that literally makes no noise, doesn't increase your stealth break bar (Hidden to Caution). I've got maybe 4 agility on my lvl78 character, and that form of stealth is very effective to simply bypass enemies and reach any terminal for a Protectron or turrent. But I know you're a fan of staying on point and not bother about tips or tricks.
The Terminal stations are very poorly placed, and usually you can only reach them after a fight breaks out. Though there are some well placed terminals that really change the tide of a fight, like under the airport and that flooded Mirelurk water filtration station.

um, 4 star sneak perk makes it so that running while sneaking no longer adversely affects stealth.
I was not saying that it's impossible to sneak. I was playing survival with 6 agility and 4* sneak and sneak attacking most enemies and I was able to stay hidden most of the time.

my point was that the turret control terminals are always hidden so far deep behind enemy lines, it is 99.9% of the time always easier to just shoot the frigging turrets with your gun. sneaking past that many enemies to turn off a turret that isn't much of a threat to you or the enemy is just dumb.
because if I'm sneaking anyway, I may as well just sneak attack the turrets. they die in 1 shot