Increase Difficulty

[troy_cummings]

So I think it is generally agreed upon that the first 20 or so levels of the game are the best because it's actually difficult. Even with Survival mode on, the game gets incredibly easy as time goes on. You have more than enough ammo, never have to worry about health, and your weapons can kill anything, etc...

So, is there a way to make the vibes from the first 20 levels last longer, and actually make the game more difficult? I'm guessing mods, but I haven't really found any good mods that make the game more difficult. I suppose it would need to lower ammo spawns, change the damage multiplier, etc... Any ideas?

[sdack]

Use your fists.

[Geordy]

Take a look at the Horizon Survival mode overhaul:
http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/17374

[Xyzzy]

Don't use Perks. Just save them up.

[ForevaNoob Wonemorturn]

Replay...
It's the same with any game: Safe isn't fun.
Ooops, sorry, that's the other way around.

[Kameraden]

It's bethesda's system since Skyrim really, it's impossible to balance.

Example:

You can pretty much boost damage by 400% with perks/modifications without adding user mods to the game. Impossible to Balance.

DR system is Flawed. Fallout 3 they limited it to 85% max ie any DR above 85% wouldn't have an effect. Skyrim they changed this formula to a progressive system. So you can get 300DR + and it wouldn't obviously stop 300% damage. Fallout NV's DT system did it better honestly being 10 DT would stop 10 Damage, regardless of weapon, unless it was AP ammo.

Armor/Clothing/Weapon Customization. Ties into the first two, but the way they made weapon/armor customization in this game, definitely with Ballistic Weave, it's impossible to balance. Weapons getting a huge boost in damage, while players can give themselves retardedly high DR that they might as well be walking around with Power Armor all the time.

Bethesda could of easily avoided this problem if.

1. They kept the DT system from New Vegas even made it modular like +10 DT on leg armor will give +10DT to that leg only, making VATs targeting of limbs more strategic as well as making it hard to make youself almost immune to damage.
2. Restrict Weapon damage to Ammunition. No reciever upgrades to boost damage, unless it's a rechambering of a gun to a different caliber.

I would of honestly loved if they kept the Skill system as well, it was a nice touch in the past games.

Lets put it this way. I have a character on Skyrim SE which is so buff that she can play on Master Difficult and still doesn't have to worry about dying. Because of enchanting+smithing+potion crafting being an insanely OP combination when injunction with Bethsda's DR system, and near limitless damage upgrades to weapons. Fallout 4 suffers this same problem.

[CLL]

Dont use power armor you pleb

[Nite69]

use weaker weapons, don't use power armor, just because the game has it doesn't mean you need to use the best

You can complete the entire game with standard armor, and only a few locations I had to use the Hazmat Suit temporary

[Mesh2007]

Use arbitration mod it scales damage not perfect but still good.

[troy_cummings]

Originally posted by =EGC= _Nite_:

use weaker weapons, don't use power armor, just because the game has it doesn't mean you need to use the best

You can complete the entire game with standard armor, and only a few locations I had to use the Hazmat Suit temporary

I don't even use power armor. Honestly, my biggest issue is that I'm level 120 something so I have 1000 HP, my guns do like 200 damage, and I never have to worry about ammo.

I suppose I could throw away ammo, but I dunno.

[troy_cummings]

Even pipe weapons at this point do like 60-200 damage haha

[Xyzzy]

Originally posted by troy_cummings:

Originally posted by =EGC= _Nite_:

use weaker weapons, don't use power armor, just because the game has it doesn't mean you need to use the best

You can complete the entire game with standard armor, and only a few locations I had to use the Hazmat Suit temporary

I don't even use power armor. Honestly, my biggest issue is that I'm level 120 something so I have 1000 HP, my guns do like 200 damage, and I never have to worry about ammo.

I suppose I could throw away ammo, but I dunno.

Store your Chr. and Startover. Obv.