When i first tried to use mercs, i took a SG merc with an M60 out to own powder gangers, and as soon as we spawn, he attempts to shoot a powder ganger on the other side of me, and i was hit for 200+ damage since he 1hexed me by mistake.
Another time i had two black dude mercs with d.eagles helping me carry a load of loot me and a friend got from caves when we were bored, and i encountered marauders, and just loaded my screen as one of them ran up and bursted me, and then they killed the two black dudes with pure numbers.
And finally, one time in NR i misclicked my own ghoul merc and crit bursted him for over 700 damage.
Merc failures are fail.
And then.... then, i tried using vehicles.
First, i bought a buggy from a friend, since he didn't want it but needed caps, and i drive it in to NCR when almost nobody is there, and stand next to it in my black leather jacket looking cool, and then a person randomly runs up to it, and lock picks it and drives away, after talking to the person i got the car back after a bit, but then i ran in to some marauders and got shot to pieces by 3 of them bursting me down 3 tiles outside of NCR, and lost it because of the "Lost car" glitch.
And then i took my friends scout out for a drive, and went up to redding, to trade for some stuff at redding, and i encounter the epic 100+ HP homesteaders, which jump on me and own me since i spawned right next to them and they got pissed off, and once again lost it due to the "Lost car bug".
And then, i bought a new buggy, and went down to trade with a friend down by the gun runners, and while he's guarding the car, a random person finds it (It's parked 2 tiles away from the gun runners, out in the desert) and owns my friend with just a pancor and a crit burst, and just as he said he died, i enter the encounter, and get shot to pieces since it was a crafter alt as well, and i ended up having to buy the car back for 10k from the thief.
And then.. then i started making characters with over 200 health, to resist fail...
-Ulrek-