So I was just playing Fallout 4 and for the first time since release, I decided to leave the safety of Sanctuary Hills, and help out that settlement Preston told me about, because I heard the enemies get tougher the farther south you go. So I was minding my own business heading east when from a distance I see what looked like an old lady in her nightgown walking. As I drew closer I saw another "old lady." So I use the vats to identify them and to my horror it says feral ghoul. Now I've read the horror stories of how they can swarm the pc, so I decided to pick them off from a distance. The only problem was, that all this did was piss them off. Luckily Codsworth killed them. So I enter the area and see another feral ghoul shuffling about and then I see two more ghouls shuffling about. I fire my weapon and they all rush me with two more ghouls joining the fray, making the total five feral ghouls. They kill me so quickly, that not even Codsworth can save me.
So for those who encountered feral ghouls, are there any tips you can give me? For the recorded I am wearing some raider gear over the vault suit, and am carrying one unmodded pistol and two unmodded shotguns. Any suggestions for modding my gear? I've scrapped all of Sanctuary Hills, so I got a ton of materials.