re: **Official Fallout 4 Thread** (Links and videos in OP)

Thanks, man...

I did figure out the problem as I went back on a previous save (prior to completing the Mechanist quest). Basically the Automatron expansion totally F's up all of the "random encounter" locations as nine times out of ten that stupid new Rust Devil gang spawns in almost every location once you've started the quest. So FYI to anyone looking to experience all of the random encounters, wait before starting the Mechanist quest until you absolutely have to.

There are so many awesome random encounters that even after putting a zillion hours on the game, I still never experienced. Plus they fixed the level 4 trader merchant bug, so you can recruit Smiling Larry, the Scribe, Trader Rylee and Doc Anderson problem free now.

If anyone's interested, I'll list all of the hotspots in case anyone would like to jump on it.