As per topic- I've read that boobytrapped, mortally wounded ncr troopers can spawn between Forlorn Hope and Nelson, just west of the Abandoned BOS Bunker. One of these troopers holds a forlorn hope letter too. Anyone have any idea when do these hapless troopers appear? Are there conditions that must first be met (ie started the quest restoring hope etc)?

I've read that their appearance can be random, but I doubt it's solely that. I've tried reentering the area maybe 10-12 times, from a point when I'm pretty sure I hadn't loaded that map cell yet (specifically, near Novac and the Toxic Waste Dump) and I always get the same result... no dying troopers, just some scattered frag mines and one solitary already-dead trooper boobytrapped with yet another a frag mine.

Seems a trivial thing to be hunting down i know... :facepalm:

Seems like you've got yourself a bug, I see them far far to often :cryvaultboy:

I like to pop a turbo and run over all of them real fast, then turn around to watch em pop one by one!
Weeeeeee! BOOMBOOMBOOMBOOM!

I have encountered them very rarely, and I wish there were more such things. I miss the terrifying baby-carriage traps from FO3, random mine fields, and frequent body-traps (lol like booby-traps). I also wish that we could craft our own traps and set them.

Well thats just cruel...... Anyway with the last patch I dont think they show up anymore for some reason.

yeah i miss those baby carriages,no matter how many times they got me i never learned.

Boo. Thumbs Down to the patch.

Thanks for that. If that's true, then its a bit of an omission/bug.

anyone else run over to help when they first saw these guys on the ground?last time i try and be a good samaritan.