Any significance to named settlers like Sturges or Jun Long? Like do they give special quests etc?

To avoid spoilers since this is in a spoiler free section i'm just going to say...maybe

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They don't die... only non named settlers died. 3 have died so far in my 12 settlements and 100 peeps. RIP Kanye and Kim. The third was an ash pile so I can't tell who it was.

I thought you said named settlers don't die. So why the "RIP Kanye and Kim"?

Facepalm

Sorry. I name my settlers when they arrive to the settlement. I have a notebook full of their names and what helmet or sack they're wearing. Is it strange I have an emotional connection to my people? Funny that Kanye and KIm died though.

Can u name them in game or u just do on paper like I used to record Tecmo Bowl seasons in a notebook?

I don't think you can but I wish you could. I'd name mine Farmer1, Farmer2, Farmer3, etc. so I can keep track of the bloody blokes.

In death, his name is Robert Paulson.

win

A pretty simple mod should rectify this situation. Can't wait to see what the modding community does with the settlement feature.

I play on Xbox One so modding will be new to me. I hope the learning curve isn't to sharp!

Modding on the Xbox One should be a simple download with maybe needing to check a box to make the mod active. That is if it's anything like steam mods for Skyrim.

Until a patch comes out to fix this, you can keep up with specific settlers by renaming a piece of clothing or weapon they're equipped with based on their job, "farmer bob, scrapper dike, bartender betty" etc, coupled with using similar clothing.

The lack of a naming feature is one of my few real gripes.

Named settlers apparently can die, though it seems very rare, lost Lucy Abernathy to a mutant assault.

Reloaded.