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I never had a problem with rad storms even early game, just keep on truckin' and do what I was doing. You get a little radiation, but there's food to take it away (mutt chops? forget exactly) and of course, radaway. But, now, with ghoulish and solar powered, I could care less about high levels of radiation, much less what you get from storms.

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I love the smell of rad storms in the morning.

 

Rad storm is stompy time! Yay! (Says the guy in lead coated power armor.)

 

I love knowing many synths, loathsome creatures, and mutants, which only a liberal would love, will die this day.

 

Most synths (1st/2nd generation) are machines, they don't care about radiation. Supermutants are immune. Most of these loathsome creatures too. Sorry. :ohmy:

But you can stomp through that storm like a mighty angel of death and destroy them with your minigun. :devil:

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Man I let my buddy play my copy of FO4 for like ten minutes and a radstorm hits. These are radstorms I got a mod for so they'd hit for like 25+ rads per bolt instead of 5.

 

And what's he do when he sees those green clouds roll in?

 

He goes and sleeps in a freakin' bed for 4 hours and NAPS PAST THE DANG STORM. I DON'T KNOW WHY IT DOESN'T KILL HIM FOR TRYING. No rad damage at all from it! Preposterous! I haven't tested if waiting in chairs also works but I'd be unsurprised if it did. Slightly less tedious than fast-travelling twice and a heck of a lot less awful than trying to zone on foot.

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I have 3 problems with Rad Storms:

 

1: There is no indication of what to do when we encounter one. There are no cues from NPC behaviour, nor any tutorial section about them. Remember, you're a Vault Dweller so you have no idea what one is, maybe your Companions could clue you in...

 

2: As mentioned above, the methods for avoiding them are equally immersion-breaking. Sitting, sleeping and fast travel make as little sense as simply shutting the doors and windows.

 

3: It begs the question of why anyone even bothers living above ground. Living in a house would be suicidal.

 

Speaking of which, it would be kinda cool if Ghouls, Glowing mobs and Super Mutants had a higher spawn rate and were buffed inside a Rad Storm.

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Theres a cave under Red Rocket you can use once its cleared of mole rats.

 

There is a cave under Red Rocket? Really? How do you get there? I thought I checked the place out thoroughly and made quite some decoration with it. It's like my alone time away from Sanctuary nagging settlers.

 

About rad storm, I would assume going under the roof I would receive less radiation? I tried it before, right in the middle of the rain I got rad+7, indoor I got Rad+3. RadX is always my answer, but putting on rad gear helps too. Too bad there is no Favorite hotkey for the entire outfit setup (just 1 item), but at least pulling up Pipboy will stop time and let you put on gear. And just ride it out I presume. In reality, having a roof doesn't really protect you from radiation either, you need to go to a radiation sealed room.

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