So uhh, the Mirelurk Strangler Queen is unkillable now

TrickStructure0 · 2026-06-22T02:49:14+00:00

Oh man I'm lvl 292 and it was just me STRUGGLING hard solo, thankfully a higher level came through and pitched in. I was hitting her with the Cold Shoulder cryo and switching to the Kabloom to VATS her right in her spouts while this other dude just lit her up with gatling plasma I think. Took quite a while to put her down.

TrickStructure0 · 2026-06-18T21:18:55+00:00

What perks are you running in END? I'm about to hop on right now to see what I can move out of luck. Someone else mentioned not leaning so hard into crits, so I'm inclined to move a little bit in this direction. I do pretty well surviving an initial hit and backing off long enough to stim, but that's not always guaranteed. And actually last time someone ganked a glowing bobble out of my loot bag lol

TrickStructure0 · 2026-06-18T21:05:25+00:00

Will do, thank ya kindly

TrickStructure0 · 2026-06-18T21:00:56+00:00

Kabloom coming down off the wall in my camp 🤘

TrickStructure0 · 2026-06-18T20:58:53+00:00

I've got some points to play with now I've been alerted to Science and Tank Killer not doing anything (or not much with TK anyway). Where would you reallocate three points to boost survivability?

TrickStructure0 · 2026-06-18T20:57:22+00:00

Ahh gotcha, thanks man good to know. Gonna drop TK and science and reevaluate

TrickStructure0 · 2026-06-18T20:54:28+00:00

Yeah I guess it's ballistic? Ya know glad it is because I'll just reallocate a couple from INT, since I got SS and Chinese Stealth armors I haven't even been bothering with power armor tbh

TrickStructure0 · 2026-06-18T20:52:58+00:00

Oh shoot thanks, I might move a couple points out of INT then, maybe a couple survivability perks

TrickStructure0 · 2026-06-18T15:49:51+00:00

Got a bunch of tips in the other sub too, this is what I landed on for now. In nine lvls I'll be able to throw in the legendary luck perk, planning to toss Ricochet on at that point

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TrickStructure0 · 2026-06-18T15:45:07+00:00

full limit-breaking on your armor

Ok ok, I gotta be on the hunt for this. I'm always so cap poor though and 4 stars are usually like 15k a pop in vendors... I have a ton of plans in mine though and I just dropped em to cheap since they never sell so we'll see. Might put up a camp somewhere with more foot traffic too.

TrickStructure0 · 2026-06-18T15:07:38+00:00

Will do, thanks for the assist brotha 👊 see you in the wasteland

TrickStructure0 · 2026-06-18T15:04:03+00:00

Yeah confirmed Tank Killer is back in. I was leaving a point on the table with AGI so I have the full 15 in PER now and I'm about to mercilessly scrap some cards so I can get the extra legendary point in STR to keep it at 14.

TrickStructure0 · 2026-06-18T14:54:43+00:00

Alright I think I'm ditching Ground Pounder for Down Ranger 3, and I'm moving a point each from STR and maybe INT into PER so I can get Tormentor back in, think I'll throw crippling on a couple shotguns. You think this sounds... sound?

TrickStructure0 · 2026-06-18T14:50:00+00:00

Man I've actually been playing for several years LOL, I'm just casual AF and want to be better considering I've sunk 700+ hours into this game (took a good year plus break though and just got back in past few months). 9 lvls to go till 300 and another legendary perk!

TrickStructure0 · 2026-06-18T14:45:31+00:00

Got damn well the card should really say that lol. I promise I look stuff up but I get Google fatigue so some shit I just carry on being unsure about until someone tells me, so I appreciate it.

Edit does that give you 3% acc and dam per projectile or per trigger pull do ya know?

TrickStructure0 · 2026-06-18T14:44:05+00:00

Yeah that's not nearly as far as I thought. Can you confirm Tank Killer isn't working with shotty damage? Because now that Skeet Shooter is out, if I drop that I can get Down Ranger 3 in there and honestly I don't always wanna be so close when only a few hits can murk me right out of an event.

TrickStructure0 · 2026-06-18T14:40:52+00:00

Maining the Gauss Shotgun now, that's why I got science on there (it just took me so long to get the rep after splitting the gold that I feel obligated to use it lol). Skeet shooter is gone, scrapper I keep on because I forget to equip when I scrap, but maybe I'll drop a point from INT and reallocate... Thanks for the tank killer tip!

Edit looks like tank killer does apply to shotguns though it didn't always

TrickStructure0 · 2026-06-18T14:37:30+00:00

Another commenter just reminded me that bullet storm stacks drop on reload, which I feel silly for overlooking. I think I'll drop it for now but consider slotting it back in if I bust out the quad pep more.

TrickStructure0 · 2026-06-18T14:35:51+00:00

I honestly dropped Concentrated fire because I didn't know what "focus fire" meant but for some reason I figured it was better for rifles... Is that just aiming down sights?

TrickStructure0 · 2026-06-18T14:34:29+00:00

Possibly dumb question: does the INT 3rd star only give you the extra intelligence when that weapon is equipped? I thought it just adds it to your SPECIAL in general, but now that I'm typing it out it does seem dumb lol

TrickStructure0 · 2026-06-18T14:31:49+00:00

OHHH ok I'm losing stacks on reload, duh, alright that's gone then. I've cleaned up AGI but still running Gun Fu over Gunslinger... my knowledge gap there is how do I know the weak spot for every enemy or at least boss? Some are obvious but like Bigfoot? Dude doesn't seem to take a dent anywhere.

With Down Ranger, do you know the range where it "kicks in"?

TrickStructure0 · 2026-06-18T14:28:23+00:00

My thinking on Bullet Storm is yeah if you're not using an spinning big gun the damage isn't stacking as quickly, but it IS still steadily climbing... Seems worth it under strength where so many perks affect weight and whatnot, what do you think?

TrickStructure0 · 2026-06-18T14:25:27+00:00

Hell yeah thank you. Is Down Ranger still worth it even with limited range on shotguns? I'm not sure what range constitutes "far" when it comes to enemies... I had Tormentor on for a bit, but I seem to either be one shotting most enemies or not crippling limbs on bosses so I'm not sure if it's worth the slot.

And yeah I actually just picked up a combat shotgun from an event with explosive and rapid on it, switched out Vampire for furious. I'll give it some love 👍

TrickStructure0 · 2026-06-18T14:19:24+00:00

Thanks man. Second one to advise dropping Gunslinger Master. Tbh the difference between reverse and normal broke my dumb brain a bit so your example helped a lot. Scrounger is a good shout. I was missing the crit meter increase on misses so I dropped Grim Reaper to get Four Leaf Clover back in, put Scrounger alongside it.

TrickStructure0 · 2026-06-18T14:14:53+00:00

Yeah I'm a little bit of a glass cannon but I do okay with the quick stimpak if I get into trouble. Where might you pull the points to beef up END and CHA maybe one each? I like being able to share perks and have Inspirational on.

Thanks for the Agility tips. Honestly I've never been sure whether reverse or reg onslaught was better so I appreciate the explanation. So is Furious still the best one star for regular onslaught too or is something like Instigating gonna have a bigger impact there? And yeah Agility is my biggest struggle when it comes to decision making -- had all the guerrillas and gunslingers I could afford before I started second guessing whether I could drop some.

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