today while i was at big mountain, i was at x8 doing the final test on advanced getting the school reports, i had a nightstalker glitch through a closed door and attack me.

when i saw that i called it a cheater!

have you ever had enemies cheat to attack you???

Most of them haven't needed to cheat in order to kill me....

NPCs following through doors is pretty common in Beth Games too.
An auto locking door just might keep them out though.

I hate nightstalkers. You gotta shoot them to the body in VATS. For some reason, you can't get clean shots at their head, even if its 95%

I've seem my bullets bounce off Deathclaws before on 95% hit chances, and do no damage. Very frustrating as they come in for the kill when you have no time to react, because i just put half a clip into them, with armor piercing rounds, or powerful cowboy weapons, and it seem to do no damage. very frustrating.

They open up the console and toggle god mode all the time on me.

Vats?Just go retreating while balance like a crazy a two-handed weapon. It will not get you.

I've had a rare glitch where I could not damage an enemy. Luckily it was lakelurks around lake mead, and entering a nearby shack to reset them in the new cell fixed it. But yeah, spent a good amount of time wondering if my aim svcked or if I was crazy.

What is the best way to deal with a Deathclaw up close? I'm pretty good at killing them from a distance, but once they close in (and they're fast!) they usually tear my leg off and beat me to death with it.

i've tried fighting nightstalkers when they where close to me, i would hit vats and select head (which usually be at 95%) and i would miss them!

and i've also noticed when fleeing from nightstalkers that they are fast!

Deathclaws are simply too strong up close to an extent where good gear is required. To deal with them properly without full gear (and by gear I mean more skills too) you either have to stealthly deal with them (best at range) or have a map advantage where they have to run to you. I used to manipulate the map by leaning to one side of a ridge where they would have to run up and then back, so they would go up/down everytime I moved from left to right. You just have to be creative if you lack the preperation. At Quarry Junction this is pretty easy to do when dealing with the deathclaws that are near the Great Khan Encampment.

Nightstalkers just need to be shot quickly (VATs isn't really needed). When dealing with them on a melee build I found that using the perk Super Slam was a pretty effective way of dealing with them, as using the perk throws them to the floor. You might sustain a lot of damage doing this, obviously.

In my experience using JE Sawyer mod and very hard hardcoe (and free hand shooting - no VATS) you need something that fires fast and powerful enough to punch through the 15DR.

Melee can work if it is started from stealth but that is more a function of stealth being overpowered. With stealth I can clear the deathclaw cave with a chainsaw and never take any damage. The issue is the damage that they put out, even with Remnant power armor, helmet, implant and two toughness perks for 50+ DT they still kill me in one attack sequence. With purifier perk for the extra 50% damage boost I can kill one deathclaw in VATS with melee or unarmed if my attack gets off first, or at least most times. It is too dangerous to use melee as an effective tool unless you are jacked up on med x, slasher and especially turbo.

Once a deathclaw gets close here is what I like to use:

Guns courier - If have shotgun surgeon for the -10DT use the riot shotgun with handloaded buck, And Stay back perk helps as well. Otherwise I like something big and full auto - the Automatic rifle with handloaded or AP ammo, CZ Avenger minigun with handloaded or AP ammo, even the Light Machine Gun and the Bozar can work with AP ammo.

Energy courier - Tri-laser, Elijiah's LAER, Plasma Defender, and Plasma Caster can all put out enough damage fast enough while using optimized ammo. With max charge ammo the Gatling lasers can also do the job.

My last bit of advice is to make sure your weapon of choice has enough ammo capacity to do the job, you do not want to be fumbling for a reload when a wounded deathclaw is in your face.

A couple times i have shot a legion stooge from stealth and NO one was around, i was still hidden and my rep went down. I can recall yelling cheater lol otherwise whenever that guy Malcom? comes along to tell me about star caps, i have been in some serious dangerous places, some where he could not have gotten too, yet here he strolls up and gives his speech lol that is some serious cheating.

For the Death Claw question guy, if you can get to ledge/higher ground they cannot reach you. Helps alot when you do not want to fight them. If you do have to fight KDubya is pretty much right on, for tactics. Though if money is no object just get an AMR and explosive ammo, kills em, cripples others near them etc pretty gruesome stuff. If your melee or unarmed you may need some perks like super slam to stay up for long, chems like turbo etc I usually get in vats fast and super slam to keep em down. It isn't easy but most of the places where you find Deathclaws you are off the beaten path a bit lol

Good luck out there, when in doubt, stealthboy and headshots is always good tactics lol

Press F9 Seriously, VATS headshots with 12.7mm pistol, and you may hurt him real bad before it eviscerates you. You just don't want to be within arm's reach of those monsters, and they have long arms.


That seems to me only be the case for OWB Nightstalkers, the Mojave ones do receive headshots. I think Feral Ghoul Reavers in F3 had the same issue.

On topic, can't remember being cheated on in NV (well, apart from Super Giant World Eater Cazadors spawning right behind me in HH ), but in Skyrim recently a draugr did pull the matrix arrow dodge move on me... and fell down a cliff Didn't kill her, but still hilarious

Its not that hard to fight with Claws using melee/unarmed. You only need two things:

1) Super slam perk

2) DEFEND his first stryke (usually, it is a leap). After that, he′s yours.

Jumping onto a car-wreck and getting just out of reach can work.

Enemies not taking damage when I am blatantly shooting them right in the face. The AI toggle TGM sometimes, I swear.

- TheEqsuire