So I decided while playing Fallout 4 (around the time it came out) that I was going to try to break this habit, because it meant I never got to use any of the cool shit.
I made this decision while retaking the castle, fighting the queen crab thing. I used all the mini nukes I had on it.
Those who have played the game knows what happens next... after killing the queen, the king emerges. Way bigger, way harder to kill.
I've been a hardcore no exceptions hoarder ever since
Maybe I'm having a mandela effect moment but I don't remember a "way bigger, way harder to kill" mirelurk king after the queen. The mirelurk king in-game is the size of a deathclaw tops and I think it's stats are definitely weaker when compared to the queens. Is there a special one that spawns after the queen that I am forgetting?
That's just a higher level variation of the normal mirelurk king. Just like an albino deathclaw is a higher level variation of the normal one. Also the mirelurk deep kings stats on the wiki are still lower than the queens.