now, there was that lake where i helped some asshole to fix a pump during one of the many unimportant side quests.
recently, one of my 2 people settlements complained again - buhuu, there are raiders just a few miles from here and they BREATH! you go fix plz!!, with took me back to that location.
and wow, that scenery is impressive! totally worth it. so... if some asshole asks you to fix his pump for little pay and even less gratitude, do eet!
regarding legendaries:
they are indeed tied to the difficulty, as the loading tips say sometimes. they drop also great gear, so i like them.
btw, if you hit them hard enough with the first hit, they just die. like, i have lvl 4 rifle man + lvl 4 ninaj, and when i hit them in the head with a fully charged railgun sneak attack, they do not mutate
regarding twoshot rifles:
im fairly sure they dont consume two bullets per shot. i also think they dont produce two decals or shoot two tracers. they just do double dmg. overseers guardian is my best friend <3
sadly, i havnt found a double shot assault shotgun yet.but just imagine... a doubleshot railgun o.O
sad, my legendaries seem to love to drop leather armour. its very rare they actually bring me something i have use for, tho i have two leg armor thingies with +10 movement speed so thats cool
regarding scavingin:
the pain got vastly reduced for me when i learned that i can use the E key as substitute for enter.
i also dont like the base building meta game, if i wanted that i would play sims (with actually has an unbroken house building interface).
anyway, all you need are waterpumps, beds, some fud and heavy machine gun turrets. there is no real point in building fences as raiders just spawn from thin air (and proably within your walls anyway).
settlers dont seem to care if there is actually a roof over their bed, if htey have a chair to sit on, or if there is any entertainment around. untill you have local leader, and you are after the tiny income shops can produce, there also is no benefit from having many settlers.
so.... if you dont like the base building stuff, you can shorten that part with very little efford.
ah, one tip: its a realy good idea to have water purification and a generator to power it. it actually will produce purified water directly into your workbench stockpile, and that stuff is not only free healing, it also sells quite well.