I am traversing the land with my partner Boone and recently we were jumped by a bunch of Legionaire Assassins. They are in a group of four, one charges us with a Super Sledge, one throws dynamite, and the other two have Ranged Weapons. There armor ranges from Medium to Heavy and damn these guys are vicious. I am scared to travel around now due to the fact I cannot take these groups down, even with Boone. My artillery isn't the greatest but I am working in speech/barter/medicine but I need some new way of taking these groups out if they spot us. I was thinking of some way penetrating there defenses with AP rounds. I am not trained in Energy Weapons,

Any suggestions to deal with this?

If you manage to get some legion armor I would suggest wearing it while walking around areas that might have some legion assassins. I would be careful to avoid places that have NCR troopers.

The Legion Assassins are vicious, but the good news is that they have their boundaries. I have observed a group spawn at the bottom of the road to Mojave Outpost, and no farther up. So long as you get really comfy with the NCR, you will be able to generally survive.

What I will recommend however is progressing through the storyline. Do some work in New Vegas, Freeside, and Nellis Air Force Base. You should also hit up Jacobstown and Red Rock Canyon. And Vault 19. And Black mountain. And Quarry Junction. I think these areas are far too inland for them to operate.

I would not recommend wearing Legion armor, as you have Boone on your side. And you want him on your side...right?

So it's best to avoid these guys? I am working my way back to my Novac house to resupply, I am heading south and around, maybe I can head through the mountains and avoid them? Are they always going to be around to jump me since I am at bad terms with them?

What skills/perks should I grab to help with this, though I do not wish to lose track of my current land restoring decisions such as speech/barter/medicine?

It would be good to avoid them for now. Absolutely. Work in other areas until you are strong enough to survive a direct conflict with them IF YOU NEED TO.

And you don't. Go through with the main quest.

Yes, I would assume that the Legion assassin's would be able to reach you anywhere between Nipton to the South and Primm Pass to the North. Anywhere in between and maybe more than that.

Head north from Novac, following the main road. Hopefully you can avoid them, and make it to New Vegas. You'll be safe there.

As for Skills/perks. General ranged combat perks. They hone in on your location, regardless of whether you are hidden or not. Best to be prepared.

I haven't had much trouble with them now that I'm 50, they're very helpful in my quest to maintain above 100k caps. They also provide a distraction from my ammo runs around the wasteland on my main character.

The way the OP is setup, a welltimed Stealth Boy would have to be the way to go until level 16ish.

try to find some armor and a weapon with AP rounds, that'll usually stop them in their tracks, however be careful as if youre surrounded it will get very ugly very fast.


running away can also help sometimes, if you're close to a town you can make it their and the residents should defend you as well

You're just gonna have to grind it out man. I suggest looking for land marks that you can use to your advantage, like corners and high grounds and cover against gun fire.

One of the things that will hurt you is that there is no retreat button for your companions. It would be great if boone and rex didn't get themselves killed everytime we were overmatched by cazadors or the legion.

I always carry my trusted Rocket Launcher, annabella with me. I'm good with explosives but don't worry if your not, you don't have to be accurate with those things, you just have to be far away.

ive been hit right outside freesides gates before just east of gun runners. u could see ncr sharefarms with Ed-es sensors

Nope they do come through Sloan, and very close to mcarran too. Its very hard to avoid them, although they tend to not go to close to NCR camps like u said, but no matter how far inland you are they still come after you. TRUST ME im being hunted by NCR, Legion and powder gangers. powder gangers are a peace of cake (lol spelled piece wrong)

I tend to not anger the Legion for the exact reason that at hated, they send assassins that will send you straight to villified. My experience with their range is limited.

Sorry for killing the mood , but I think they are semi-easy + they give nice loot .

Fight the Power perk grants +2DT and +5%Crit vs Legion & others. Need to be level 10 and a DLC.
My first run in was brutal. My second was tough but okay on reloading just once with a more patient strategy. By the third time, they were easy. Each time I gained about 2-3 levels in between occurrences.

-Get T-51b Power Armor! Im joking but you coul try, as its well worth it.
-Their range is pretty good as i have been ambushed right outside the FoA safehouse so it would be best to ditch boone for now and use legion armor
-Walk around with stealth boys
-Get AP munitions or explosives
-etc

on my legion playthrough i noticed the ncr rangers were rather easy to kill

not nearly as tough as ncr assassins i at least have a decent chance of victory when facing legion assassins if i kill the one that uses the grenades first. but ncr assasins are like mobile tanks and they have nasty weapons like brush guns miniguns and anti material rifles.

The answer is simple: Render unto Caesar.

Yes I will look into that perk it should definatly help me at least, I am not so sure what I could do for Boone, if I give him a lot of stimpacks will he suffice? He's wearing reinforced leather.
How often will I be running into these groups? Because ditching Boone and wearing Legion Armor sounds like it will be a constant thing.

I don't think boone leaves you if you wear legion armor. Only if you talk to him while wearing it.

BEST PERK EVER. Especially if your against both NCR and Legion.

I've been revisiting the Fallout NV game with the ultimate edition. My prior experience was with the basic game and the Dead Money DLC. I stopped buying DLC's because I couldn't get past the fountain in Dead Money after gathering my players, and thought with the eventual collection these bugs would be fixed.

Now I find hit squads of legion are attacking me daily. This is what was thought of to prevent people from 'lingering' in the game, and to finish it, or what? I have yet to find the limits of these assassins- they seem to find me regardless of where I am. How is that possible? I've eliminated two groups of assassins in a day and next day had to do it again. They must respawn quickly.

At any rate, melee is good and a good machine gun. I gather their weapons, sell them, repeat next day- forever I guess. The New Fallout; killing legion every day.

I think this was a pretty dumb move for the gamer makers. They went from too little to too much. I wonder what geniuses are advising them?

These are the consequences for defying the Legion, profligate!

Exactly! After you talk to Vulpes in Nipton, you should remain neutral and not kill him.
Even when I would kill him, legion assassins never bothered me much. Probably because I keep a legion suit with me incase they appear after I fast travel. I have actually gotten a group of Legion assassins stuck in a place I fast traveled by wearing the disguise. Now, as long as I don't travel to that place (without the disguise) no other legion assassins will spawn to kill me.