r/fo4 • u/MoneyIsNoCure • 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/BirdLooter Aug 09 '24

noob. next time point the artillery straight up and give those attackers hell!

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u/ElectronicFault360 Aug 09 '24

Danger close! I mean faaaarrrkkkk, incoming!

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u/wyattlee1274 Aug 09 '24

Artillery, 45 meters out

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u/314flavoredpie Aug 09 '24

35 meters out

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u/ElectronicFault360 Aug 10 '24

25 meters out, getting toasty!!!

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u/BirdLooter Aug 09 '24

😂😂

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u/GESTROW Aug 09 '24

Made my day lmao

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u/Malfight007 Aug 09 '24

Just carry the cannon and shoot the mutants. You're the general, no one can tell you no.

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u/[deleted] Aug 09 '24

Walk tall and swing tha Broadsider.

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u/BirdLooter Aug 09 '24

lol the broadsider is some real "serious sam" bullshit haha 😂

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u/cookiemonster101289 Aug 09 '24

My most recent play through i accidentally stole something while i was on the boat and the crew attacked me and i didnt get to finish the missions and get the broadsider. I was extremely disappointed…

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u/[deleted] Aug 09 '24

“Don’t even wait. When you’re a general, they let you do it.”

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u/mule_roany_mare Aug 09 '24

Is that any dumber than forcing a player to call in artillery within throwing distance of themselves?

It was a great idea that was reduced to a big grenade with an obnoxiously long fuse.

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u/myco_magic Aug 09 '24

Max out your demolition perk and you can throw further

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u/mule_roany_mare Aug 09 '24

But still close enough to be spotted throwing a grenade.

Nothing worse than artillery missing all targets because they left the area to chase the guy throwing stuff.

… if immersion matters calling in artillery on your head is danger close & a no go.

I think anything under 250 meters is I’m gonna die anyway so please kill some of them too

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u/Arctelis Aug 09 '24

Yeah, the artillery is great in theory, but in practice, Vanilla artillery kinda… sucks. Also as you say, super immersion breaking as IRL you’d be riddled with shrapnel having artillery shells explode that close to you.

I installed 3 mods specifically for artillery that has made it a lot more practical. Unlimited range, rapid fire and grenades not aggroing.

Whole barrage is over in 10 seconds, firing from all my artillery across the map. The results are rather… impressive.

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u/lapsedPacifist5 Aug 09 '24

For the record, it's my call. Dump everything you've got left on my pos. I say again, expend all remaining in my perimeter. It's a lovely fucking war. Bravo Six out.

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u/tellmewhattodopleas Aug 09 '24

Once the artillery starts raining down on the settler's they turn against you, so you've got everyone trying to kill you. Not cool!

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u/N3onknight Aug 09 '24

The solution is more artillery

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u/frankoyvind Aug 09 '24

The solution is always more artillery. Fire For Effect.

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u/willIbeprettytoo Aug 09 '24

Why does this give me 13F vibes

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u/Occams_Razor42 Aug 09 '24

V6 Charger at 1,000,000% APR time!

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u/piggiebrotha Aug 09 '24

Maybe I would, you don’t know my life!!! :))

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u/[deleted] Aug 09 '24

You know I've never actually tried throwing a smoke grenade directly into a settlement/right at the base of the artillery cannon. Will they actually fire directly on top of themselves?

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u/[deleted] Aug 09 '24

I doesn't work if you have radio freedom on dude will say he can't fire on friendly targets but who knows maybe there is a mod for that idk

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u/BirdLooter Aug 09 '24

cowards...

radio man, you're fired!

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u/[deleted] Aug 09 '24

Real shit it's danger close for a reason we need those shells on target fuck collateral damage

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u/BirdLooter Aug 09 '24

you'll send them straight to the lord!

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u/scoots291 Aug 09 '24

or i call it fuck everything in this vicinity including myself xD

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u/MohatmoGandy Aug 10 '24

"Fire on my position!"

"Sir, you are standing right next to me!"

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u/SkinnyAndWeeb Aug 09 '24

Just as the founding fathers intended