Oh man, fuck the entire DC ruins areas. I fucking hate tunnel-mazes, even if they're mostly linear. I'm glad I did so much other stuff before trying to find GNC; granted, I made a lot of money - enough to buy the home Med Station, which is awesome for saving money on rad poisoning - but still, God I just kept being all "OH COME ON WHEN WILL THIS SHIT BE OVER", especially when there was a damn Super Mutant with a missile launcher around pretty much every corner. I think Dogmeat is way more of a pain to keep alive than an asset, at least in that scenario. Does he level up with you, or should I just leave him in my house whenever I'm doing something major like that?
Also, FUCK that boss fight. Seriously. When I got there, for some reason all the Brotherhood of Steel guys were already dead and I didn't have the time or brains to look for the dead one that has the free Fat Boy and 6 Mini-Nukes, so I had to take him out by plinking away at his face with the .44 Magnum (which seems to do the most damage for how fast it fires) and then ducking into the building, shooting his kneecaps a couple times, rinse, repeat, and it took me around 20 fucking tries because of getting stuck against the wall and whoops, I'm splatted. I'm HOPING he was so tough because I did it at level 8 instead of earlier and that scaled his level higher than it should be (I mean, Christ, it's the first real story mission in the game, surely a lot of people did it at really low levels).
So yeah, I finally found something to complain about. Now I can't decide if I want to bother with the radio dish right now.