Argh Giant Scorpions!

Post » Wed Mar 30, 2011 8:42 am

Hey.. I'm loving the game so far. No problems, no bugs, no glitches, and no freezes and I'm 7 hours in (xbox 360). However.. the only enemies I seem to come across are GIANT SCORPIONS! lol. I'm only level 8 and I only have rifles, pistols and dynamite. The dynamite doesn't work too well, and the bullets seem to do more harm to me than to them! I use an abandoned house to store my goods and I emerged to find 4 of the svckers waiting for me right outside my home!

Does anyone have any tips for killing these things? I can't seem to find any weapons other than bullet projectiles.. I'm playing on normal difficulty and it seems to take 30-50 bullets to take down one of these things, and I always seem to run into 2+ at once! I'm running out of ammo fast, and they keep killing me. :( when I use dynamite in vats they just run over and beyond it's explosive radius. :(
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u gone see
 
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Post » Wed Mar 30, 2011 9:39 am

Try to get Armor Piercing ammunition, it's for taking on enemies with high armor rating and obviosuly they have a high armor rating.
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Post » Tue Mar 29, 2011 11:15 pm

Try to get Armor Piercing ammunition, it's for taking on enemies with high armor rating and obviosuly they have a high armor rating.


I tried that, but it had no noticeable effect! They still take forever to kill. I need a fire weapon or a rocket launcher or something.
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Post » Wed Mar 30, 2011 4:02 am

Try using Dynamite outside of VATS? I have like 17 explosives skill and I have never had a problem hitting Radscorpions with dynamite. Try throwing at them on a flat surface. I've also found running backwards and jumping like a fool helps a lot.
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Post » Wed Mar 30, 2011 8:55 am

Forgot to mention, I have the Entomologist perk, so I get +50% damage to radscorpions and they're still tough to kill :P
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Post » Wed Mar 30, 2011 7:08 am

Try using Dynamite outside of VATS? I have like 17 explosives skill and I have never had a problem hitting Radscorpions with dynamite. Try throwing at them on a flat surface. I've also found running backwards and jumping like a fool helps a lot.



Then you would know that dynamite is also ineffective as it takes like 15 to take down 1 scorp. There's gotta be a better way!
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Post » Wed Mar 30, 2011 12:15 am

Then you would know that dynamite is also ineffective as it takes like 15 to take down 1 scorp. There's gotta be a better way!

I use a mix of AP rounds and Dynamite. I use Dynamite to weaken/cripple them and then switch to AP rounds. If all else fails I just pop a Stealth Boy.
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