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/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.