What's the best difficulty to play Fallout 4 on?

[Grantorino]

I am torn between Hard and Very Hard. Survival is a cool idea but I don't like how it disables mods. I work now so I wouldn't really have time for survival because I can't fast travel and I can only save by sleeping.

[Tyrant]

i would then say very hard

[ComradePreacher]

Well get F4SE then. Mods aren't disabled at all for me (playing survival btw)

[diatribe]

I prefer Hard as I feel Very Hard artificially makes the game more difficult by making enemies practically bullet sponges.

[Rosebourne]

Originally posted by diatribe:

I prefer Hard as I feel Very Hard artificially makes the game more difficult by making enemies practically bullet sponges.

I agree with this normal is to easy and the enemies don't do enough damage to you to be a threat.

[ElanaAhova]

Depends on your intention. I play on normal first time through so I can enjoy the story and the scenery. Second playthru is on hard. Have to be way more strategic and tactical. Third playthru on survival mode with intention of not completing all quests but in setting on committment to one faction and (therefore four survival play thrus. Then c0ome the adventure mods! ... :)

[casualsailor]

Originally posted by diatribe:

I prefer Hard as I feel Very Hard artificially makes the game more difficult by making enemies practically bullet sponges.

Survival is actually better at this than Very Hard. Both you and the enemy hit harder and can take fewer shots. In Survival it is pretty much whomever gets the first attack in is going to win. And it rewards you for shooting from cover and punishes you if you just try to stand there and exchange fire. I actually found survival not as hard for that reason.

[Grantorino]

Originally posted by casualsailor:

Originally posted by diatribe:

I prefer Hard as I feel Very Hard artificially makes the game more difficult by making enemies practically bullet sponges.

Survival is actually better at this than Very Hard. Both you and the enemy hit harder and can take fewer shots. In Survival it is pretty much whomever gets the first attack in is going to win. And it rewards you for shooting from cover and punishes you if you just try to stand there and exchange fire. I actually found survival not as hard for that reason.

Survival can be brutal when you go up againsts hostiles in building because there's almost no way of sneaking.

[Včelí medvídek]

Originally posted by 「Pliskin」:

Originally posted by casualsailor:

Survival is actually better at this than Very Hard. Both you and the enemy hit harder and can take fewer shots. In Survival it is pretty much whomever gets the first attack in is going to win. And it rewards you for shooting from cover and punishes you if you just try to stand there and exchange fire. I actually found survival not as hard for that reason.

Survival can be brutal when you go up againsts hostiles in building because there's almost no way of sneaking.

Well you cant do that ala Rambo.. just slowly go and hide behind corners and furniture.

[Včelí medvídek]

Survival without mods for full experience.

Btw it save game as you quit as well (not sure if it is 100% reliable though as I read complaints about it) - beside there is lot of beds around, almsot each location has at least sleep bag somewhere.. you will learn this fast once you play it.

[Zappieroth]

Very Hard for me.
But not without the help of 2 mods: Live Dismemberment and Enemies scale to your level.

Bassicly I can headshot stuff and take them down quick, However so does the enemy.... And let's not forget the insane amount of grenades they throw at you.... it literaly rains nades.

Currently trying to boost damage so I don't have to solely go for headshots to be effective.... atleast for super mutants that is.
But the cool thing is the enemy act's completley different when they are lvl >60<<(My level)
The throw more nades they are more aggresive they pack a punch and they don't run up to you to just die :') Altho they still kinda do that sometimes.... but it's a game so whatever.

All and all I enjoy dismembering enemies and taking their stuff :3 it's great.
I am such a loot w#@!

[Charlemagne]

I find hard nicely balanced. Agree with others, normal is a bit too easy, very hard although not really that difficult, can get annoying enough to stop being fun due to "bullet-spongeism". Also on hard you get a good spattering of legendaries, on very hard they get too common.

[Včelí medvídek]

Originally posted by Charlemagne:

I find hard nicely balanced. Agree with others, normal is a bit too easy, very hard although not really that difficult, can get annoying enough to stop being fun due to "bullet-spongeism". Also on hard you get a good spattering of legendaries, on very hard they get too common.

I paly survival and there is legendary in almsot each lcoation after some level (currently 73) - but so far I found single one legendary item that had some value for me, rest was jsut for sell.. (on other hand all good legendaries I use are sold by vendors)

[Charlemagne]

Originally posted by Včelí medvídek:

Originally posted by Charlemagne:

I find hard nicely balanced. Agree with others, normal is a bit too easy, very hard although not really that difficult, can get annoying enough to stop being fun due to "bullet-spongeism". Also on hard you get a good spattering of legendaries, on very hard they get too common.

I paly survival and there is legendary in almsot each lcoation after some level (currently 73) - but so far I found single one legendary item that had some value for me, rest was jsut for sell.. (on other hand all good legendaries I use are sold by vendors)

You get tired of collecting "Assassin Rolling Pins", "Poisoner Boards" and "Violent Pool Cues"...