Forum:Fire Ax at Level 2

I just recently pulled this off and I had to post here to tell the tale.

I just started over going with a Melee/UA Mr. House affiliation build. I was looking around for tips on the best melee starting weapons and I found the guide on how to acquire Chance's Knife. I noticed that this brought you deadly close to the Cazadores surrounding the Tribal Village (where the fire axe is located). If you've read the Chance's Knife guide you know that it requires zig zagging through the mountain ridges northwest of Goodsprings and west of the GS Cemetery before falling down on top of his grave. The area has a lot of Cazadores patrolling around so it's a dangerous task to say the least.

After acquiring the knife, I ran to the ridge overlooking the Tribal Village. I postulated that if I could pull aggro on the Cazadores from the top of the ridge, they would have to follow the road around and come at my flank inorder to attack me, making it possible for me to descend into the village, grab the axe, and continue heading north until I was far enough away to Fast Travel back to GS.

I dropped down until I was as low as I could go without being reachable to the Cazadores. Here is where things get interesting, only about half of them ended up being provoked by my proximity, the others maintained their normal spastic patrol rituals so my plan was already a bust.

I got antsy and said oh well and ran in anyway. I ran into one of the small tents where to my delight I discovered that the Large Cazadores can not get into the tent, only the baby ones can. While they are still a rough tango at level 2 I dropped the small one pretty easily. I ran to the back of the tent thinking that the large one outside would follow my presence on the other side of the tent and he did!

As soon as I saw the two fiends completely out in the open I ran in, looted them, and took off down the road. I started to get disenchanted because now all of the previously aggroed Cazadore's were returning back to their original spots. I popped my Med-X and my Stealth Boy and RAN without looking back, I even had to dodge a few of the buggers but I never stopped running straight down the road. The Cazadores take about four tenths of a second to wind up their melee strike so if you're running AWAY from them you end up dodging most of them. I took a few hits and had to stimpack about six times but I made it ALL the way back to GS without dieing! I know this might sound silly but for anyone who has ever messed with a group of Cazadores knows that they can overwhelm you and your companions incredibly fast due to their poison. To get this amazing weapon at level 2 made me really excited about this playthrough.

The end.