Bloatflies? really? - dang, they're an irritant nothing more - you can walk up to them and slap them, they pose no threat to the player at all. I don't waste ammo on those things, machete, fire axes, hatchets show them who's boss.
I did say they were annoying
not hard hitting, just hard to hit lol. My current build is exclusively Energy Weapons, I haven't fired a gun since Sunny had me shoot bottles out the back with a varmint rifle, and haven't used a single melee weapon at all in this play through. Likewise I am healing purely from food and water, no stimpaks allowed. Purely for RP purposes and a bit of a challenge