After years of playing and not using the Vertibird much at all, I started a Brotherhood playthrough and went out of my way to use the Vertibird as much as possible. I did this to be thematic and immersive, but much to my surprise I had tons of fun with it too! Plus I found lots of useful ways to use the bird. After talking to a viewer recently I was surprised to find they didn't even know you could change course! So I though I'd see if anyone else would find these tips useful? If you have please let me know and also if you could let me know if you would like to see my video on where the Vertibird can land, or any other subjects you would like tips on. Thanks Guys!
I was definitely having fun wrong. 😂 I didn’t know you could change location mid flight. That’s really good to know. Thanks for another great video. 👊😁🔥
I didn't know half of this stuff! I'm going to start a Brotherhood playthrough and do this. I love the look of you BH Ranger at the end too, very cool!
It's incredibly useful for defending settlements, especially when you get multiple attacked at the same time. No need to land, just circle the settlement providing air support. If you've setup some defenses and armed your settlers, it should be a breeze. (Word of caution, maybe set up walls to keep settlers apart from attackers, as the minigun is indescriminate.) Once one settlement is defended, move onto the next. After doing this a few times I started building my settlements to generate more attacks, so I could do this more often.
I do most of this already but I never thought of having a specific outfit for going on vertibird patrols! That's a great idea, I'm going to be doing that. Super video by the way! I have a feeling this one is going to do really well.
This is a really good video dude! So well put together. This is going to be a big help to a lot of players. Did I also see a sneak peek of some new settlements?
It's amazing the background detail in this game. Even after all these years it still surprises me. I often just patrol around like that just looking for action.
Securing air superiority between the BOS and Minutemen is vital in my gameplays! It makes defending settlements much more immersive, fun, and enjoyable flying in guns blazing! Plus the flight redirection glitch is really helpful, I use it for missions, travel, and avoiding routes through the city that cause game crashes. It scratches my GTA Online itch because I’d do the same thing with NPC pilots there, constantly changing the waypoints to keep the pilot going, I did it with limos drivers too and pick up crew members or start a mad drive by 😂
It is a great feature of the game so many miss out on using. I only really started using the Vertibirds a lot when I finally did a BoS playthrough. I find it hard to play as anyone else now.
@@FalloutPBC I always join all the factions in game and try to support them the furthest I can or play them like a triple agent! Too many good features like settlements, backup, vertibirds and teleporting to miss out on. Plus having all factions temporarily united is as close as I get to a “provisional government” on console. I usually build a situation room at the Castle for X6-88, Paladin Danse, and Deacon!
If you join the Railroad, PAM will, after a while give you a Destroy the BOS Vertibird. Call your Railroad Vertibird, line it up carefully and fight it Air to Air. It's a blast. On a PC, you can use the console to "startquest 00150577" wait a bit or fast travel anywhere and then go talk to PAM. She'll give you a Kill the Vertibird mission. Air to Air is great, sometimes the enemy will try to run. If you are good at aiming yourself on the map, it's Vertibird Top Gun.
Long comment incoming. Just a few more tips. Vertibird strafing runs shine in open areas of the map or at locations like Big John's Salvage or Quincy Ruins, where the enemies are densely packed. You'll find it more of a challenge to navigate downtown Boston, as the pilot will often do the sensible thing & try to climb to avoid collision with a skyscraper even though you'll clip right through it. Be warned. Flying over enemies like mole rats or radscorpions (particularly in the Glowing Sea) will cause them to "lock on" to the player, tracking them relentlessly across the Commonwealth once the bird touches down. You might remain in "caution" status for hours, making it impossible to use crafting equipment at a settlement. Traveling to an indoor cell or sleeping will usually cause your threat status to be cleared. Sneak 4 helps, as it will cause distant enemies to lose you. They're great for settlement defense alerts as you can fly over the target area & the base defenses will do their job (if you've properly defended them). You still get credit for defending the settlement even if you never land or fire a shot. I have had an odd glitch where I must have hit Dogmeat as he sat beside me while I fired the minigun. He became aggressive upon touchdown and I was able to experience both his bleed attack & a crippled leg. I had to enter the building screen & erect a fence between myself & the dog, build a bed, and sleep to reset him. Lastly, the one thing I wish the devs had included was the ability to deploy mid-air if wearing power armor. Great job on the video. An online friend responded with the "mind blown" emoji when I told him you could "steer" the vertibird. That being said, I'm glad Bethesda didn't spell everything out for us & allowed us to learn via experimentation...you know, the common learning method in old video games.
Thanks for adding these helpful extra tips Johnny! I'm with you, I would love to be able to deploy from the air. You see the Brotherhood do this all the time so it was obviously something they thought about. Very sad we didn't get to drop into combat, A big missed opportunity in my book.
Very cool video, lots of fun to do with vertibirds. Sorry I just found your channel and didn't know you did this video. I never thought to use it as backup. Thanks for sharing!
I want 2 sub. But you didnt answer the only question i have. . . How each faction has access to the vertibird; I am doing a minutemen playthrough, and i got vertibird through the brotherhood questline, but how do i know i will keep it when i finish the main quest. What im trying to do is utilize the vertibird & the minutemen artillery, If i skip brother hood of steel questline do i get my vertibirds when i only do minutemen to get my artillery quick? Cause in survival u will need vertibird to travel, and minute men have technically best weapon(artillery). [Weapon as in faction weapon.]
Hi, as I said in the video you will get the Vertibird later in the playthrough with the other factions and each faction has its own pilots. I didn't want to spoil the story for anyone. We do get a lot of new players here still on their first playthrough. If you don't mind spoilers read on... You will gain direct access to the Vertibird with the Minutemen or the Railroad after you destroy the Brotherhood. It gets a bit complicated but you can keep both the MM and BOS in the game and just keep using both after the end of the main quest. As they are happy to co-exist with each other. Thanks for watching and I hope that helps?
After years of playing and not using the Vertibird much at all, I started a Brotherhood playthrough and went out of my way to use the Vertibird as much as possible.
I did this to be thematic and immersive, but much to my surprise I had tons of fun with it too!
Plus I found lots of useful ways to use the bird. After talking to a viewer recently I was surprised to find they didn't even know you could change course!
So I though I'd see if anyone else would find these tips useful?
If you have please let me know and also if you could let me know if you would like to see my video on where the Vertibird can land, or any other subjects you would like tips on.
Thanks Guys!
I'd like to see the follow up video. I've never been able to get the vertibird to land on any landing pads I've built. Very frustrating.
@@FoxWolf2020 Yeah that's one of the things I looked into. I experimented with landing pads extensively.
@@FalloutPBC I hope you had more luck than I did! lol
@@FoxWolf2020 I did figure it out eventually. Just not sure if enough people will be interested.
@@FalloutPBC I hope so because I want to see what you come up with. Hopefully other will too.
I was definitely having fun wrong. 😂 I didn’t know you could change location mid flight. That’s really good to know. Thanks for another great video. 👊😁🔥
I didn't know myself for a long time. If it wasn't for starting a brotherhood playthrough I'd still of been having fun wrong too! Lol
@@FalloutPBC 🤣😂
I didn't know half of this stuff! I'm going to start a Brotherhood playthrough and do this. I love the look of you BH Ranger at the end too, very cool!
Thanks! Good luck with the playthrough. I hope you have as much fun with it as I did.
@@FalloutPBC Thanks I've started already!
@@NTesla369 Wow you didn't hang around! I hope the tips help.
@@FalloutPBC It did! The idea of using the bird to scout is brilliant! I safely unlocked a ton of the map this way already.
@@NTesla369 It is a nice bonus isn't it!
I love dropping into battle playing fortunate son. It’s the greatest thing ever
Very cool!
It's incredibly useful for defending settlements, especially when you get multiple attacked at the same time.
No need to land, just circle the settlement providing air support. If you've setup some defenses and armed your settlers, it should be a breeze. (Word of caution, maybe set up walls to keep settlers apart from attackers, as the minigun is indescriminate.)
Once one settlement is defended, move onto the next.
After doing this a few times I started building my settlements to generate more attacks, so I could do this more often.
I do most of this already but I never thought of having a specific outfit for going on vertibird patrols! That's a great idea, I'm going to be doing that. Super video by the way! I have a feeling this one is going to do really well.
Thaanks man, that would be most welcome.
When you say you do most of this already, what bit did you not know about. Just out of interest?
This is a really good video dude! So well put together. This is going to be a big help to a lot of players. Did I also see a sneak peek of some new settlements?
Thanks, Wolf I appreciate that!
You weren't supposed to notice the settlements. I went up on the roof to hide it! Lol
@@FalloutPBC You don't see a lot of people build at the airport, what have you done there?
@@FoxWolf2020 It's a Brotherhood intel base and staging area. It's a bit mad.
@@FalloutPBC Wow that sounds awesome! You can't see much in the video but it looks big for an airport build? Are you going to put it up soon?
@@FoxWolf2020 I haven't put any of my brotherhood builds up yet. Yeah it's pretty big for an airport build five resets so far.
Wow thats sick you flew over a deathclaw duel and interrupted it with your minigun
It's amazing the background detail in this game. Even after all these years it still surprises me.
I often just patrol around like that just looking for action.
Securing air superiority between the BOS and Minutemen is vital in my gameplays! It makes defending settlements much more immersive, fun, and enjoyable flying in guns blazing!
Plus the flight redirection glitch is really helpful, I use it for missions, travel, and avoiding routes through the city that cause game crashes.
It scratches my GTA Online itch because I’d do the same thing with NPC pilots there, constantly changing the waypoints to keep the pilot going, I did it with limos drivers too and pick up crew members or start a mad drive by 😂
It is a great feature of the game so many miss out on using. I only really started using the Vertibirds a lot when I finally did a BoS playthrough.
I find it hard to play as anyone else now.
@@FalloutPBC I always join all the factions in game and try to support them the furthest I can or play them like a triple agent! Too many good features like settlements, backup, vertibirds and teleporting to miss out on.
Plus having all factions temporarily united is as close as I get to a “provisional government” on console.
I usually build a situation room at the Castle for X6-88, Paladin Danse, and Deacon!
@@TheRealAdaWong I did something very similar in my early playthroughs.
If you join the Railroad, PAM will, after a while give you a Destroy the BOS Vertibird. Call your Railroad Vertibird, line it up carefully and fight it Air to Air. It's a blast.
On a PC, you can use the console to "startquest 00150577" wait a bit or fast travel anywhere and then go talk to PAM. She'll give you a Kill the Vertibird mission. Air to Air is great, sometimes the enemy will try to run. If you are good at aiming yourself on the map, it's Vertibird Top Gun.
I didn't know that thanks! Sounds cool!
Long comment incoming. Just a few more tips.
Vertibird strafing runs shine in open areas of the map or at locations like Big John's Salvage or Quincy Ruins, where the enemies are densely packed. You'll find it more of a challenge to navigate downtown Boston, as the pilot will often do the sensible thing & try to climb to avoid collision with a skyscraper even though you'll clip right through it.
Be warned. Flying over enemies like mole rats or radscorpions (particularly in the Glowing Sea) will cause them to "lock on" to the player, tracking them relentlessly across the Commonwealth once the bird touches down. You might remain in "caution" status for hours, making it impossible to use crafting equipment at a settlement. Traveling to an indoor cell or sleeping will usually cause your threat status to be cleared. Sneak 4 helps, as it will cause distant enemies to lose you.
They're great for settlement defense alerts as you can fly over the target area & the base defenses will do their job (if you've properly defended them). You still get credit for defending the settlement even if you never land or fire a shot.
I have had an odd glitch where I must have hit Dogmeat as he sat beside me while I fired the minigun. He became aggressive upon touchdown and I was able to experience both his bleed attack & a crippled leg. I had to enter the building screen & erect a fence between myself & the dog, build a bed, and sleep to reset him.
Lastly, the one thing I wish the devs had included was the ability to deploy mid-air if wearing power armor.
Great job on the video. An online friend responded with the "mind blown" emoji when I told him you could "steer" the vertibird. That being said, I'm glad Bethesda didn't spell everything out for us & allowed us to learn via experimentation...you know, the common learning method in old video games.
Thanks for adding these helpful extra tips Johnny!
I'm with you, I would love to be able to deploy from the air. You see the Brotherhood do this all the time so it was obviously something they thought about. Very sad we didn't get to drop into combat, A big missed opportunity in my book.
Very cool video, lots of fun to do with vertibirds. Sorry I just found your channel and didn't know you did this video. I never thought to use it as backup. Thanks for sharing!
Many thanks! Glad you enjoyed it and a big welcome to our little community here.
@FalloutPBC
Thank you! Everyone here is really cool, more problems with just the channel, lol. You have a great channel, and im checking it out.
@@hellraiser3415 Many thanks!
Its the best way to travel when you in survival difficulty
Agreed! I need to do a survival playthrough sometime.
I want 2 sub.
But you didnt answer the only question i have. . .
How each faction has access to the vertibird; I am doing a minutemen playthrough, and i got vertibird through the brotherhood questline, but how do i know i will keep it when i finish the main quest.
What im trying to do is utilize the vertibird & the minutemen artillery,
If i skip brother hood of steel questline do i get my vertibirds when i only do minutemen to get my artillery quick?
Cause in survival u will need vertibird to travel, and minute men have technically best weapon(artillery).
[Weapon as in faction weapon.]
Hi, as I said in the video you will get the Vertibird later in the playthrough with the other factions and each faction has its own pilots.
I didn't want to spoil the story for anyone. We do get a lot of new players here still on their first playthrough.
If you don't mind spoilers read on...
You will gain direct access to the Vertibird with the Minutemen or the Railroad after you destroy the Brotherhood.
It gets a bit complicated but you can keep both the MM and BOS in the game and just keep using both after the end of the main quest. As they are happy to co-exist with each other.
Thanks for watching and I hope that helps?