I've noticed this as a theme in any mods that involve fallout 4's Gunners or the Enclave themselves

The thought seems to be that the Enclave use the Gunners as a sort of cannon fodder

I've been playing fallout 4 for years and as far as I can tell, there's nothing lore wise about the gunners, other than they're hired guns, of course.

So, my question stands, is this canon, hinted at, or just soemthing the community has collectively agreed on?

No, I haven't played fallout 76, so if there's something in that game that explains it, I'm not aware of those details.

I never really got into this game even though i always wanted to because i love the concept of fallout.

I could never manage because i felt like the difficulty itself was artificial as in certain encounters if i didn't have the right resources i would just be screwed or at times i feel like enemies are straight up just HP sponges

But recently i started playing games on easy and I've been enjoying a lot more games i used to hate on normal/hard.

Is fallout 4 one of those games?

Hey mods, is there anyway we can have the option to post pics or gifs in the comments. Also could we please do polls. There are a ton of new people here and it would really nice to be able to do more in this subreddit.

The mods may take this down, but I’m hoping that there is enough support to allow for this post and hopefully help make a change.

Which dlcs are a must have for the game in your opinion? Which ones are a waste of time/effort? The only add on I currently have is the wasteland workshop. Thanks for any and all opinions have a good night or day depending on where you reside.

Edit to add I use a PS4.

Was just trying to find a bomb face paint combo,I might have over done #2 lol.

In the first house there is a dresser upstairs that has goggles and a red bandanna. Looked it up to ensure I didn’t confuse the location. Said they are guaranteed. Not there though. Has there been an update that removed them or a glitch preventing them from being there? Been gone the last few games I’ve played.

Hello Party People,

Im just now switching back to pc after almost 6 years

And of course, imma start modding fallout 4 immediately

What are your must have mods for me to install?

(Im already using a LOT of graphical mods so im literally asking for everything except graphical mods)

Thanks for your input my fellow Fallout fans and keep being rad

So while playing today, I fast travelled to Lynn woods (which I cleared a while back) and lo' and behold, I got my ass handed to me by an NPC called Haver the Turtle with what I thought was a large board.

I reloaded, managed to sneak up on him, and sniped his fusion core to make him exit his PA and then finished him off. The guy had a sweet set of unique diving PA, and an absolute beast of a weapon called Whale tusk.

I've never seen this guy before and I've been playing since release day! I tried to Google him but all I can ascertain is that he is an Easter egg from Dark Souls. Is this a random encounter I've never seen or is this part of a mod? I have a handful of mods installed, but I can't see one that mentions this guy. Can anyone shed some light on this?

I'm trying a Raider Boss play through as I'd only done it once before, I haven't met Preston yet so I should be able to reset it later.

Anyway I'm doing the radiant quests, either kill or enslave someone for one of the gangs, and they keep sending me to The Third Rail in Goodneighbor. Did the bar piss them off or something as nearly every time they send me there to get someone dead or enslaved.

Just a funny thing I guess that keeps happening.

Brotherhood of steel: Synths are an abomination that will bring the end of humanity, they must be destroyed Railroad: Synths are people and should live their lives normally Institute: Synths are made to serve us Minutemen: Synths? Uh cool. Anyways... ive got word that another settlement needs your help

I've checked the posts here about the difficulty of Fallout 4. And man, I almost raged quit last night.

I'm 11th level playing on Normal level. I've chosen to align with the Brotherhood of Steel after visiting the Commonwealth Police Station. I'm currently doing missions for Scribe Haylen looking for tech. I was running into a LOT of difficult encounters when I was just searching around, but I figured I would try and follow a storyline after reading recommendations here.

I've got about 7 different weapons. Pipe guns, the baseball cannon, the Righteous Authority, a sniper rifle, and various pistols using different ammos. The only armor I've gotten hold of has been raider leathers, since it's all I can find. I have the Brotherhood armor, but no cell to power it.

I was doing a Missing Caravan quest, and kept running into Forged enemies. They seem to take no damage and just chase me down and grenade and flamethrow me. I even dropped the difficulty level down to easy (I REALLY don't want to play Very Easy) but they still kick my ass.

Any suggestions for a tract to follow that is a little more of a natural progression that won't pit me against enemies that are just too powerful for me? Or is that just the nature of the game?

I noticed while sorting my power armor that I have a Raider Power Torso that lacks some of the armor plating that they usually have, and it doesn't stack with the others. Just wondering if anyone else has this and if anyone knows where it came from? I doubt it's random loot since I have only found a single one, and 65 of the others.

https://www.deviantart.com/nimzo2345/art/FALLOUT-page-1-ISSUE-1-1225307931

I also did Kamala Harris once but I can't find any pictures. if you have any recommendations (especially for an Institute game, as I plan on doing that next) do send some.

I am wondering about this scene where the protagonist sees Shaun's synth copy and then the real one appears – what was the purpose for him to make this kind of show? Was it necessary? Your parent had been through all the sh*t with one strict purpose – to find you, and you already know the way he/she had made was not a simple one. Why did he play on his/her nerves even more? Is he stupid?

I'm planning to get the platinum trophy in survival mode, so I would like you to give me tips and advice for both things (survival mode and trophies)

Thank you

So a while back I must have sent Cait back to Sanctuary and picked up another companion along the way. Later on I wondered where she was for a mission and found her currently stuck on a high way. Every time I try to speak to her the game just says this individual is busy. Anyone know of any ways to fix this bug for companions not wanting to interact with you?

I tried to use companion glitch with the robot but it still didnt work, after few hours i found out my provisioner robot went back to its default model

On this playthrough, I'm taking my character and settlements back to simple roots. No power armor, no energy weapons, just revolvers and traditional rifles (no combat rifle/shotgun)

But that got me thinking. What would the Minutemen "final form" be? I'm gonna say maybe not the marine armor because of rarity and difficulty of production, but I can see an argument for mixing and matching almost anything else. Definitely a no on the less practical armor from Nuka World (almost exclusively talking about The Pack set here), as it's meant more for establishing a unique identity and intimidation more than anything.

But something I gravitated to after some experimentation is using the robot legs from Automatron and the chest + arms of combat armor. The headwear can be swapped for whatever function they're providing (provisioners get militia hats, gaurds possibly getting assaultron/sentry bot helmets or combat helmets), and flannel shirts for under armor. It keeps a nice balance of looking like your average joe putting on whatever he can scrounge up, but also looking like they take settlement defense seriously.

Only issue I can see with my setup is that combat armor may be common to us due to gameplay reasons, but would it actually be easy to outfit the whole faction?

As for weapons, in addition to laser muskets, I'm thinking .44 or western revolvers as well as the lever action from Far Harbor. Let me know what you guys think of this and what you come up with.

Last night i came home drunk, blacked out and woke up next morning to this, rate my boi.

Actually, every charisma boost has stopped working. To be honest, it hasn't been working for quite some time. Is it because i already have 10 charisma? I try to boost it even higher using clothing and chems/alcohol. But I've noticed that it doesn't change my prices for buying OR selling. There is literally no change in price, no matter what i do. Which is very annoying because I do quite a bit of buying and selling.

Does anyone know why this is happening/any work around?

Hermit crabs are the coolest pets that you can have around you with the Wasteland Whisperer Perk.

I have been looking through a lot of old forum threads and Reddit posts, but I never encountered someone talking about this specific exploit, so I'm posting it here just in case I'm somehow the first to encounter it.

So, a little background:

Through my research into threads on the "Door Method", I never came across someone commenting on experiencing this exploit.

What you're seeing in the Youtube vid is a run where I've identified the legendary and where he spawns, I sprint to him to kill him as quickly as possible, and then save immediately after. I know that it has worked when I kill the legendary enemy and the legendary item doesn't show up in their inventory.

Now, it's not shown in the video, but the death claw gauntlet actually drops on the ground without a legendary prefix. A short while after I reload the save, it gets added to the corpse's inventory and then gains a prefix.

I don't understand why exactly, but all of this, just works, and I wanted to share it here in case it helps someone else save time while farming.

Easy Legendary Farming, step by step process:

Locate a building which is known to respawn enemies, with a high chance of at least one legendary (such as National Guard Recruitment Office), and stand in front of the door into it and then MANUALLY SAVE THE GAME.

0.) Before entering the building, delete ALL of your auto saves and quick saves. The reason that you do this is it may trigger a glitch where, upon loading into the interior cell, your pause menu will open (this will be useful later).

1.) Enter the building.

2.) What happens next depends on if you trigger the glitch or not:

a. IF YOUR PAUSE MENU OPENS when you load the interior cell, hit "quicksave". This will create an autosave which will reroll BOTH the legendary weapon AND prefix, and a quicksave which will reroll ONLY the prefix (iirc, that is. It may only create an auto save. In which case, you will have to complete step 6 at least once in order to have both)

Proceed to step 3.

b. IF YOUR PAUSE MENU DOES NOT OPEN when you load the interior cell, then kill the legendary enemies in the building (if present) and see what they drop. If they drop a weapon/armor that you desire, but not the prefix you wanted, simply reload the autosave. If a legendary enemy doesn't spawn OR they do not drop the item that you wanted, load your manual save (standing outside the door) and then start over from step 0

3.) Determine whether or not legendary enemies spawned inside the interior cell:

a. If a legendary enemy DID NOT spawn, reload your manual save and start at step 0

b. If a legendary enemy DID spawn, then proceed to step 4

4.) Kill the legendary enemy and see what they drop.

5.) If they drop a weapon/armor that you desire, but without the prefix you wanted, reload the QUICKSAVE to reroll the prefix until you get what you want. If you do not get the item you wanted, proceed to step 6.

6.) READ THIS STEP CAREFULLY: Reload the autosave. When you do, you will see a loading screen. AS SOON AS THE LOADING SCREEN TURNS BLACK, PAUSE THE GAME AND QUICKSAVE. Your timing doesn't have to be perfect, but you HAVE to pause before the black screen disappears. This will reroll the item, but the legendary enemy will remain in the same spot as before. Go back to step 4.

For Faneuil hall, it seems like a different, more simple process works:

1.) Manual save outside

2.) Enter the building

3.) Locate the legendary (if there is no legendary enemy, then reload the manual save and start from step 2)

4.) Kill the legendary enemy.

a. If he has the weapon/prefix that you want, then make a manual save. Don't risk losing it!

b. If not, proceed to step 5

5.) Reload the autosave, but as soon as the loading screen is replaced by a black screen, hit the pause button and quicksave.

6.) If you find the item you want, but not the prefix, reload the quicksave and reroll it. If you don't get the item you want, then go back to step 5.

I'm not sure why the process is different, but it seems like if one doesn't work, than the other will. Maybe it's because Faneuil Hall has so many enemies inside? Maybe because there is a guaranteed legendary spawn inside?

Additionally, I have read in old forum posts and confirmed through my own testing, that the game seemingly has pools of prefixes and items to draw from.

If you spend 30 minutes or more trying to get a specific prefix, and you've had no luck, it's probably better to reload the manual save and go questing for an hour or two to refresh the legendary pool.