Defending the Slog again. Not this time.

[boeriemore]

After dying many times I gave up on this quest.
Super Mutant Brutes, Super Mutant Primus, many of then coming from all directions throwing grenades and mini nukes. This was the hardest defending a settlement quest I ever encountered. Anyone agree we me?

[omegazeda]

I know right XD

[Von Faustien]

thats why you spam machine gun turrets

[Kasane Randell MFer]

my melee assassin play through, my god I hated it. Overlords and primus everywhere, with missle launchers and miniguns. the only way for me to beable to "remotely" complete it, was to restock my stealthboys that I have at sanctuary, and FT to the forge, activate the stealthboy and go one shotting the greenskins. This took my 10 attempts to remember about stealthboys.

[Jo]

Too right. Look at what happened to Arlen Glass in my game. I buried him with his Giddy-Up Buttercup..*snivels*
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=666163836

[leem]

You should keep that save before the battle. It will be a fun challenge. Awesome really. My Slog has 32 settlers so they just destroy any of the regular little baby groups. I use a mod to make large epic attacks. Slog can sometimes take 60 to 100 enemies without my help.

[leem]

Originally posted by Jojo:

Too right. Look at what happened to Arlen Glass in my game. I buried him with his Giddy-Up Buttercup..*snivels*
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=666163836

Yes "the raiders killed him" "you settlers saw that right"?

[Jo]

Originally posted by leem:

Yes "the raiders killed him" "you settlers saw that right"?

I was a bit sad about it as it meant I wouldn't get the "Giddy up" quest from him (how compassionate of me.. not!).

The settlers didn't bat an eyelid at Arlen's death and went back to their tarberries.

I did read on Wiki though that Arlen usually dies if The Slog is attacked. Obviously he should have spent more time at defence classes than working on those Giddy Ups.

[Kyros]

Originally posted by Jojo:

Too right. Look at what happened to Arlen Glass in my game. I buried him with his Giddy-Up Buttercup..*snivels*
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=666163836

Best thing to do is avoid the Minutemen Slog quest, give Arlen his daughter's holotape, then do his little unmarked quest. He'll dissapear from the game and leave a giddy-up toy.

The rest of the ghouls are useless. And to be honest after trying to build there, it's not worth it, there are invisible NPC markers that will ruin anything you'll do if you want a settlement filled with settlers moving around.

[leem]

Originally posted by The Trickster:

The rest of the ghouls are useless. And to be honest after trying to build there, it's not worth it, there are invisible NPC markers that will ruin anything you'll do if you want a settlement filled with settlers moving around.

My Slog generates income of food, water, junk and caps. Built it up and added many things at different times it works well. I have 6 or 7 ghouls who wont use beds so assign to guard duty. Some settlements have problems but it can be fun to find purpose for them. For example Croup Manor settlers never use beds so I moved all them out and replaced with robots no longer need beds.

[Varanus]

It took me several attempts to not have Wiseman and Arlen die. Some woman starting with a D did die though. Good enough outcome for me. After that, I removed all their fences and put a concrete wall around the entire place. Only way in is the very front of the building, which is being guarded by 4 missile turrets and 4 heavey laser turrets. I have not had an issue with them since. Although they do occasionally manage to destroy a turret or 2 before they go down.

[SIlverblade-T-E]

check my tip on getting higher level turrets in specific settlments I posted other day
(who ever found that trick initially, wow, you rock! now just need ot check every settlment for where the "sweet spot" is)

do this for EVERY settlement, so far only Tenpines BLuff seems not to have a "sweet spot" where turrets spawn at higher level :/

bunch of MK5 and 7 turrets wil SLAUGHTER damn near anything :P

[boeriemore]

Each time I fast traveled to the Slog the Mutant were all around.
Each time I died I had to fast travel back there again.
On reflection, I think my problem could stem from the fact that I never bring up my inventory during a fight which I think stops the game play. I use the quick slot to use a stimpak and the game continues while I am injecting myself. Tomorrow I will run like hell away from the Slog then stealth back and lay mines, which I have never used before, and get the mutants to come charging at me. If this does not work I will fast travel there in one of my five power armors. Even rocket launchers did not help me before.

[Sentient_Toaster]

Put your fast-travel target on high ground.

The Slog and Finch Farm deserve unusually heavy defenses -- numerous missile towers and heavy lasers -- because the neighborhood is unusually rough.

[SIlverblade-T-E]

Originally posted by Sentient_Toaster:

Put your fast-travel target on high ground.

The Slog and Finch Farm deserve unusually heavy defenses -- numerous missile towers and heavy lasers -- because the neighborhood is unusually rough.

hate missile turrets because they destory your own turrets, pump etc!!
onlyw ya ot use them relaly is to put them in a position where they cannot fire into your settlement

[boeriemore]

Originally posted by Sentient_Toaster:

Put your fast-travel target on high ground.

The Slog and Finch Farm deserve unusually heavy defenses -- numerous missile towers and heavy lasers -- because the neighborhood is unusually rough.

Excuse my ignorance but how does one place a fast travel marker?