normal vs hard difficulty?

[CraqerJaq]

go.

[DiscoMoose]

Both suck, either Very Hard/Survival or go home.

[Soul]

Originally posted by Voltron Zero:

Both suck, either Very Hard/Survival or go home.

Yeah buddy I love shooting mega death raider from Hell in the head 400 times

Balances our at higher level but yeah. Around level 30, playing on survival.

[CraqerJaq]

Originally posted by Voltron Zero:

Both suck, either Very Hard/Survival or go home.

all opinions welcome lol...just trying to get a broader perspective here

[Mastima]

I can't find it. Played normal for first 5 hours and found it to easy. Turned it to hard for about 2 hours, didn't see a difference. Tried it on very hard for a little bit last night, could see more health on enemies but didn't see anymore legendaries. Will spend some more time tonight to see.

[WhonewayE]

am running on very hard - died loads but a better sense of achievement when i get past the tuff bits.. F5 is your freind here..

[Muh macht die Kuh]

Originally posted by Voltron Zero:

Both suck, either Very Hard/Survival or go home.

im playing on normal. not because im new but because i want to play a singleplayer game to relax. i dont need the stress to shoot the weakest raider 50 times in the head just to grab 10 exp and 10 bullets from his corpse. its not like you achieve anything when playing it on survival

[Zombie]

I'm having a pretty easy time so far playing Survival mode, I cringe to see how handholdy the lower difficulties must be. Seriously there are times where I have face-tanked 2 people shotgunning me.

With a bit of juking I could also beat that Deathclaw(although that was legit a hard battle) but being able to take on a Deathclaw at level 2 regardless of if I had power armor or not is a bit disappointing


How can you guys even stand playing easier modes?

[Jigramunt]

Survival doesnt pose THAT much of a challenge,except for legendary/skull(dont know what skull is,i guess it's boss) enemies.I found one super mutant who was legendary and a boss and he took forever.Other than that,i say Survival is both more rewarding and reasonable.

[DiscoMoose]

Originally posted by Muh macht die Kuh:

Originally posted by Voltron Zero:

Both suck, either Very Hard/Survival or go home.

im playing on normal. not because im new but because i want to play a singleplayer game to relax. i dont need the stress to shoot the weakest raider 50 times in the head just to grab 10 exp and 10 bullets from his corpse. its not like you achieve anything when playing it on survival

Actually the higher your difficulty is the more legendary mobs spawn... I personally like getting fat loots.

Besides lol, in higher difficulties weak mobs are still weak, there's just more variance in strength of the enemy.

[CraqerJaq]

My fame glitches me out of my power armor suit (sturges borrowed it and lost it) and I've made some other poor decisions during my first go at it....sooooo I think I'm going to start a new character...just need to decide what difficulty. So the way it looks it'll be hard or very hard. I'd like a challenge but also don't want to rage quit.

Is very hard...very hard?

[CaptainBullshit]

Originally posted by Jigramunt:

Survival doesnt pose THAT much of a challenge,except for legendary/skull(dont know what skull is,i guess it's boss) enemies.I found one super mutant who was legendary and a boss and he took forever.Other than that,i say Survival is both more rewarding and reasonable.

skull is that he is several levels higher than you

[Cyan]

Believe me, very hard is not hard. Everybody should play at least very hard.Otherwise the game is too easy. Frankly, even very hard is too easy but I am a ♥♥♥♥♥. I don't dare to go on survival.

[Marcurios]

Survival is easy too once you know the game's mechanics. Just don't Rambo on skull and legendary enemies, keep in cover and make sure you have a good weapon.

[Charlemagne]

It depends on how and why you play. In normal you can play for fun, emphasis in roleplaying, battles can still be interesting and you will die on occasion, but it's also satisfying to see weaker enemies go down from just one of your bullets. It feels more realistic too. In real life, you hit a person or a dog or a big rat with a 10mm or a .45 and they will be disabled or dead. Let alone with a burst from a submachinegun. Or a .308 smack in the head. Of course, this brings up the question of why YOU don't go down from just one bullet... Well, because it's only a game and that isn't fun. You're supposed to be the hero. Rambo doesn't go down from one bullet, but his enemies do.

Survival mode addresses the last question and turns the tables on you. Now the player is the one who goes down from one bullet, and monsters become bullet sponges that take lots and lots of hits to die. It can be played sure, just like hard and very hard, they are not "too hard", but they are less fun depending on your approach to the game. More stressing like. I sure don't like to see my well placed, sneak attack, sniper .50 bullet hit the target between the eyes and barely scratch them.

Survival mode was presented as a mode where enemies did more damage, but the player too. This is not completely true. Enemies do x 2 damage. The player still does x 0.5 damage. With the adrenaline perk you do more damage, but even at maximum 50%, you only reach x 1 (i.e. normal) damage. However there seems to be a hidden factor. X 2 monster damage doesn't quite explain enemies one-shotting you. There must be some sort of critical hit by the monster.

[cassiels]

If you like a challenge start on very hard. You will switch to survival soon enough.

If you want to get a feel for the game first, do some building, meet some enemies, start on normal. When the game gets too easy, sooner rather than later, switch to very hard. Then you will realise you might as well go for survival.

You can make different characters, experiment, play them until they reach level 20 in any mode. Then make your decision with which one to continue. All your characters will be saved as long as you give them different names.