During a game session yesterday, I joined two events that were way above my level; one worked out well and the other not-so-much!
Firstly I joined the aftermath of a a nuke drop. I've done this a few times before; I haven't got power armour to wear and so I just don a hazmat suit - thus no physical protection but it does stop radioactive damage. I usually just run around trying to avoid enemies and taking the odd pot-shot, as my guns are pea-shooters compared to what is really required. I normally do okay at this but in this instance there weren't many other players tackling the beasties so I kept getting killed. Like, loads. I had to leave the event in the end as my stimpack supplies were getting hammered. Will try again another day!
And secondly, I stumbled across the Flatwoods Monster
. I had just fast-travelled to an area by the rail station at The Top of the World and it was right there! I'd only seen it once before and I'd kept my distance; this time it was close by and I started firing. It was level 50 and my weak weapons were barely scratching it, so I ran and climbed onto the roof of a camp that was nearby. I'd thought that the camp's turrets
would attack the monster... but the Flatwood disables them all; a purple-ish haze is cast over them and they stop working . I continued firing from my high vantage point but wasn't making much progress... and then a level 292 player in power armour arrived and helped me to tackle the monster. We kept firing (him doing tons of damage and me doing tiny amounts) and we downed it! I helped bring down a Flatwoods... felt awesome
.
Really need to sort out how to get / build better weapons, though. The ones I'm using are okay for beasties up to about level 18 but that's it.