Loving the game (but then again I like all the Beth open world explore games). Just going to throw some thoughts and questions out and see if anybody is bored enough to reply.
Steel: anybody else having issues keeping enough? I have found i need to raid old super mutant hideouts for can traps, light and you get alot if you hit 2-3 camps (any better way to build steel reserves?)
Settlements: why cant i get over the mid 80's in happiness? I have stores (not the best ones, this the issue?) and plenty of food/water. Have decked um out with chairs/pictures/crap also. I been really working on hangman's alley, got quite the high rise going
What i wish i knew at start of game:
Caps and bullet perks (find more), wish i had grabbed early in game, they where a couple of the last perks i grabbed, and I'm fine, but wow, some extra caps or bullets would have made the early game much more easy.
odd thoughts: Never pick a fight with correctly leveled Children of the Atom at a Lighthouse.. Or when they have the high ground... give me Deathclaws/behomeths anytime.
Rad areas, somebody mentioned Codsworth, there is a big green guy you can use too and with a super sledge you get some damn funny physics with bodies flying around.
Power armour: i never used it till i went down south (rad area) i had like 10-15 sitting at Red Rocket.. all fixed and ready. Had a raider attack.. bet there where some dirty raider pants.. my settlers all jumped in a set and killed um.. NEVER leave fission cores in parked Armour! I have 90 some cores, and see they re spawn (at some spots at least).
ONE change I would make: PLEASE, OH PLEASE patch in so settlements dont need 24/7 babysitting.. I cant quest as I am rescuing or killing off ghoul/radier camps that threaten settlements, its getting old. Up side, i have found if you get Kidnapping or clear out missions, if you finish them, but don't turn them in its a "OFF" switch it seems, I am not getting more.
Companions: can i be a 2 timer? I have Cait maxed, can i take our intrepid reporter out and get her on the hook too?