Who came up with the brilliant idea that the Brotherhood of Steel fly around and kill every [censored] raider/mutant in the commonwealth???

I mean, wtf?

I went to some raider camp, and the BoS just showed up and killed everyone before I did. and I got zero XP. Okay.

I went to the Trinity Tower. They also came, with two freaking vertibirds, already shooting every super mutant they could find on the top floor, before I entered the freaking building.

Then I arrived the top floor. And guess what, 'Fist' have already gone, no more boss fight, Bethesda have taken care of him, FOR ME. It just totally pissed me off.

So from now on, every time I want to explore some place, should I just go there, and watch the brotherhood takes care of every enemy and spoils all the fun from defeating the enemies?

Is that what you want?!

Thanks for ruin my game experience, Bethesda.

Me: "I want to kill some raiders."

Bethesda: "Oh, let the Brotherhood take care of it."

Me: "I want to fight a boss."

Bethesda: "Oh, let the Brotherhood take care of it."

I found out that if I attack the vertibird itself but not the pilot or the guy who fire the minigun, the brotherhood will be totally ok with that, lol.

(also, please forgive my poor English.)

Kill them.

Really, normally the BoS just die, and even if they dont die (normally power armored brothers survive vertibirdy crashes), me being the amazing BoS Sentinel leader that I am, I end up robbing them of anything valuable like fusion cores and higher end weapons.

that's funny, in some people's games (like my own), the BoS show up all over the place and get their butts handed to em...i guess the BoS in your game a bit tougher

Mine too, I've yet to see a BoS Vertibird that hasn't been shot down.

That's because the verti is level 20.

I'm pretty sure you are the only one who that has ever happened to ever, so you should be glad that you experienced a once in a game moment, and then just reload the game from 5 minutes before.

I've only seen vertibird crash once.

Other time, they just kill all the enemies and fly away.

Hm. Trick I got from the internet (or here):

Usually just crash and explode into the enemies.

I had it happen three times last night, at three different supermutant-controlled locations. Pretty aggravating. Here I am, trying to be all Secret Squirrel, methodically taking down targets of opportunity from the shadows, when a Vertibird flies in, shoots up the place, and poops out a couple of PA-wearing goons.

Thanks. Thanks a lot, guys, for blowing my cover and everything... And to add insult to injury, a goon occasionally says something like "Joining the Brotherhood was the best thing you could have done."

Apparently, once they show up they're there to stay. I revisited one location a couple hours later, and there were the 'bird and goons shooting up wandering gunners.

I thought that was their intended tactic.

Kamikaze Vertibird to the rescue!!

Your BOS is way more talented than the ones in my game. In my game they just get shot down and try to crash land on my head - especially if I haven't saved in a while.

I am SO glad I read this thread.

I was just about to load up the game and start the BoS questline.
Now...I think not.

I like to travel solo.
Not have a chopper hovering over my shoulder. (lol)

I've seen them crash and burn twice, but on one of those times there were still enemies around, and another 'bird soon showed up. Plus, my BoS character is still fairly low level (just dinged 20) - don't know if that affects their survivability.

Yeah, seriously considering re-starting this character... Might as well while she's still low level.

Don't the BoS only show up after certain quests? Next play through just go around killing everything first..

They have interrupted many fights for me too...really hate it when their wimpy vertibirds crash and explode right next to me..

I actually wondered this same thing myself the other night. I personally hunt the Brotherhood so it's not a big deal for me but if I wasn't then I'd seriously be annoyed by the fact that everywhere major I visit has a Vertibird flying around above it as I approach.

I guess there is a price to pay for joining the Brotherwhoods?

Yeah, I don't think it matters if you do the BOS questline or not. They show up after you finish a certain stage of the main quest, and after that, it's raining Vertibirds all over the Commonwealth.

totally agree, the vertibirds are freaking annoying.

Nope, I never join the brotherhood. And I'm certainly not going to in the future.

I sided with The Institute and destroyed the BoS and the Railroad.

I plan on replacing the BoS with stormtroopers since they're that bad in my game. I haven't seen them win a fight on their own

I consider it to be a benefit. Sometimes it feels like I'm the only guy in the world having to mop up the messes. I get sick of fighting the same old ghouls and raiders all the time. It's nice to have somebody fly in and take care of business.

Plus, when they die, I loot the hell out of 'em. I like loot. Mmmm, loot.

Don't have to, simply following the main quest will get you entagled