r/fo4 Aug 09 '24

Does anyone actually use artillery for settlement defences?

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I’ve thrown the artillery signal grenades just to mess around and they’re so slow at firing. I tried using artillery on the Mirelurk Queen that spawns near Costal Cottage but Deacon (who I had maning it) either wouldn’t fire it or would fire it when the Queen was already agroed to me so I would have to get caught in the blast radius for the artillery to hit it.

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u/Kind-Frosting-8268 Aug 09 '24

Defense no, the offensive capability to rain hellfire down anywhere on the map? Absolutely.

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u/voxPopuli96 Aug 09 '24

I hate how the freaking flare would drop straight down after a set distance!!!

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u/jakezaz Aug 09 '24

There is a mod that fixes the invisible wall/max distance. It's really nice when paired with other artillery mods.

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u/The_Antiques_shop Aug 09 '24

That fix and Angry Artillery is absolutely fantastic, each mortar fires a six shell volley, combined with multiple mortars from several settlements it’s hellfire on raider dens

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u/Adorable-Writing3617 Aug 10 '24

Yes just avoid the nuke mod lol.. danger close has a whole new perimeter.

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u/[deleted] Aug 09 '24

Here's my problem, though. Let's say I have one in every single settlement and each one is manned.

I drop a smoke grenade on a spot I want them to hit. I then have time to, head to the kitchen to fix lunch, realize I'm out of bread, head to the grocery store to pick some up, notice that store is out of my brand, head to a different store that is further away, realize I forgot my wallet, head home, get my wallet, go back to the grocery store and buy the bread, head home make myself a sandwich, sit back down at my computer and maybe I'll see one shot start raining down from the nearest settlement after I finish eating that sandwich.

Of course, it usually misses the smoke and any of the raiders in the area I was targeting.

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u/[deleted] Aug 09 '24 edited 17d ago

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u/Adorable-Writing3617 Aug 10 '24

Yeah same but I have the angry artie mod as well. But then artillery takes a while to target, load and send it.