Why are Yao Guai so weak?

[kagenlimkz |trade.tf]

Seriously, it only takes a mag of the assault carbine to take them out

[kagenlimkz |trade.tf]

Update: Just killed ghost of she super easily

[Vassago Rain]

They're animals with no armor.

[kagenlimkz |trade.tf]

Originally posted by Vassago Rain:

They're animals with no armor.

Still, I expected them to be reskinned deathclaws, not slightly stronger geckos

[Danny]

On very hard, there is a very real chance they'll kill you.

[kagenlimkz |trade.tf]

Originally posted by Danny:

On very hard, there is a very real chance they'll kill you.

Still, a fully modded Assault carbine GRA depletes their health quickly

[Canadian Ninja]

You're using a top of the line weapon against an upper mid tier enemy. Presumably you're high level as well, so with a really good guns skill. I'm not sure why you thought they'd put up more of a fight. Once you get to the late game stuff in any of the 3D fallout games animals are just nuisances.

[Danny]

Originally posted by kagenlimkz |trade.tf:

Originally posted by Danny:

On very hard, there is a very real chance they'll kill you.

Still, a fully modded Assault carbine GRA depletes their health quickly

I mean in real life regular bear can be stopped with a single decent shot.
The mutated bears in Fallout are definitely pretty strong then.

[MeGoodEnglish]

What's your difficulty? Also that you use a correct choice of weapon. Because Yao gai doesnt have Damage threshold. And since you use assault carbine with high DPS, of course it would die fast.

That thing got quite the punch though even for high level

[kagenlimkz |trade.tf]

Originally posted by Canadian Ninja:

You're using a top of the line weapon against an upper mid tier enemy. Presumably you're high level as well, so with a really good guns skill. I'm not sure why you thought they'd put up more of a fight. Once you get to the late game stuff in any of the 3D fallout games animals are just nuisances.

I mean, even at level 40, It still takes some patience and skill to take out a deathclaw. With the yao guai, its stupidly easy.

[kagenlimkz |trade.tf]

Originally posted by MeGoodEnglish:

What's your difficulty? Also that you use a correct choice of weapon. Because Yao gai doesnt have Damage threshold. And since you use assault carbine with high DPS, of course it would die fast.

That thing got quite the punch though even for high level

Normal

[kagenlimkz |trade.tf]

Originally posted by Danny:

Originally posted by kagenlimkz |trade.tf:

Still, a fully modded Assault carbine GRA depletes their health quickly

I mean in real life regular bear can be stopped with a single decent shot.
The mutated bears in Fallout are definitely pretty strong then.

True, an old lady actually took out one of the largest bears with a single shot .22s

[Salamand3r-]

Turn up your difficulty and install a few difficulty-centric mods if you want things to be a challenge. The vanilla game unfortunately becomes faceroll easy after level 10ish if you get lucky on (or seek out) some decent weapons.

[kagenlimkz |trade.tf]

Originally posted by Salamand3r-:

Turn up your difficulty and install a few difficulty-centric mods if you want things to be a challenge. The vanilla game unfortunately becomes faceroll easy after level 10ish if you get lucky on (or seek out) some decent weapons.

I mainly want to keep to vanila because Im afraid that my save file would be broken unless I have the exact same load order, so I just play on vanila for now

[Salamand3r-]

Originally posted by kagenlimkz |trade.tf:

Originally posted by Salamand3r-:

Turn up your difficulty and install a few difficulty-centric mods if you want things to be a challenge. The vanilla game unfortunately becomes faceroll easy after level 10ish if you get lucky on (or seek out) some decent weapons.

I mainly want to keep to vanila because Im afraid that my save file would be broken unless I have the exact same load order, so I just play on vanila for now

That's fair.

Next playthrough, I'd give some difficulty mods a shot along with some baseline mechanics improvements. It's a whole new experience.

[Ty Tanium]

Howdy Gamestars, 'sup?

Like Danny said, "in real life regular bear can be stopped with a single decent shot.
The mutated bears in Fallout are definitely pretty strong then."

Having friends that hunt I would completely agree with this analogy... also, as mentioned, this critter is a mid-tier enemy. they're more difficult to deal with at the low end of the skill/level range than after you get some experience levels and higher skill levels behind you.

imo.
Cheers,
T