I am not sure if it is a bug or if it is playing as intended, but it is incredibly frustrating to have sided with the Institute and still have attacks on my settlements from synths. Not only the settlement attacks but I notice the checkpoint synths will fight with settlers if they come into contact with each other, as they did the other day when a BoS vertibird decided to attack both the synths and my settlement. Synths from the relay grenades will also fight with settlers. I notice that all the synths, including those attacking my settlements are not hostile to me personally, just my settlers.


Does anyone have any possible solutions for this problem?

I would have thought one of the advantages of siding with the Institute would be stopping the attacks, especially since I now get into fights with BoS and Railroad groups.

Advantage to me are all the Checkpoints you get to help, as well as the 4 Institute Radiant Quests I get on each trip back there.

Each checkpoint has decent loot; one even had a suit of power armor.

Big disadvantage to synth attacks are if one of your settlers is a disguised synth.

He dies, and no easy way to mark the Quest completed. On some, I was able to resurrect a synth and kill him again. That worked.

On a few, you just have to let the "defend the settlement" eventually fail, then repair the damage.

Yes, I quite enjoy helping the checkpoints... no issue with that. I just want them to stop fighting with my settlers.


I don't really mind the synths attacking my settlements openly, I role play it in my head that they are railroad synths. But I really hate the sabotage missions which end up being failed, resulting in damage to my settlement despite me being there. And of course also annoying are the sabotage attacks that don't seem to have a prompt, resulting in me being very surprised by finding things damaged for no apparent reason. Surely this is a bug and not intentional game play mechanics. ?

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