Forum:Enclave Soldier glitch

So, I just started a new game. I played through the game once before on a different computer, and without any add-ons. I have added all now save for Mothership Zeta, and I'm only around level 5.

I was on the edge of Three Dog's radio range, when I'm hearing News Items like Project Purity has already been completed, when I've barely found Megaton. I read this is a know bug, so okay. I'll ignore it for now. But later, as I'm heading to the Super Duper Mart, I come across a single Enclave soldier that aggros on me.

WTF? How do I deal with this? Do I start over from scratch and turn off Broken Steel or other DLC? Do I just avoid the soldier, and hope that's a single glitch? Does any one have any ideas?

- Well, here's an interesting idea: How about you just kill him? Shouldn't be too hard, depending on the difficulty you play on. Raymorn 05:46, April 4, 2010 (UTC)

- He's wearing powered armor, and I don't have any energy weapons... I barely have a weak hunting rifle. Besides that, my concern is less about one Enclave soldier, and worrying that there's going to be whole bunches of other problems due to the DLC.

That one Enclave shows up all the time for me. He's the only one I've ever had show up before they're supposed to, so I think you're safe on that part. As for other bugs, all I can say is save often. This is one of the buggiest games ever. As for killing the soldier, I was about your level on Hard and killed him by throwing 7-8 grenades at him. If you don't have any, go get some. Raymorn 05:24, April 6, 2010 (UTC)

Not to sound condescending or anything, my friend, but it seems you do not know a lot about this game (this comment is directed at the person who made this thread). Random encounters with enclave soldiers are completely normal and happen all the time, and are in no way any sign of corruption or anything else. The radio bug is very common and will not cause anything like the "chain reaction" you fear. Don't worry, all of this stuff is normal and your game is fine. DLC does not just randomly screw up your game. So I suggest setting your difficulty level to Very Easy, blasting him away, and then reseting it and continuing on your merry way. SoProTheyGoWoah 23:33, April 7, 2010 (UTC)


 * When I first got FO3 for PS3 I didn't have the add-ons (cause they weren't out yet!) and the enclave was nice to me when I was at my earlier levels before I pissed them off. The Enclave is supposed to be non-hostile to you until after a certain point in the main quest (aren't they? There were to me).


 * That being said, I had instealled the add-ons later, and eventually started another game. In the new game, Three Dog would make that same announcement, and I ran into a group of 3 hostile Enclaves north of Megaton somewhere. I was seirously level 2 or something. I'm not sure if this happens to everyone who has Broken Steel installed, but it definitely happened to me as well. And I didn't run into /any/ friendly Enclave soldiers in that game. Metalspork 20:19, April 13, 2010 (UTC)

The Enclave is ALWAYS hostile to the player. It doesn't make much sense for them to be hostile to you shortly after crawling out of the vault, but they just are. As for dealing with the random soldier, just VATS a few headshots, then run'n'gun as your AP regens. If you do it right you oughtta be able to take him down. Also, take note: You don't need energy weapons. They're no stronger than the projectile ones found about the wasteland. You just gotta aim 'em right, and get sneak critical headshots. Or just spam bullets in VATS while downing every bit of jet and Quantum you can find.TestECull 18:07, April 18, 2010 (UTC)