A combat AI mode that is balanced. I think I found it.

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This one:
https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/72951

I had a different AI combat improver before but I feel it opened up the encounter zones too much and and at times when I got somewhere the neighboring hostile factions had wiped each other out.

This one is just a bit more balanced IMHO:

Interestingly I now do often run into raiders etc where I am not quite used to them, as they have noticed me at a distance of a couple of blocks and are coming out. And almost never alone.
So the thing I noticed is that some faction groups will take better advantage of their numbers.

For example a raider encampment in the past would have attacked me piecemeal if I stood at the edge and so I would each knock them off one by one, now I am generally confronted by a larger portion of the group at the same time.
They are more aggressive and make some effort to attack me at (near) same time.
They generally dont start out the same distance from me so it is not nearly 100% effective but clearly "smarter" than before.

Another thing I observed with this mod was very smart for AI:
An NPC with a longer range weapon firing and walking backwards at the same time to slow down the closing rate between him an an approaching melee monster .
In the past this was only something a player character might do.

The difference vs Vanilla is not an overwhelming gamechanger but noticable.

[The Inept European]

Great recommendation!

What’s the name of the mod?

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Originally posted by The Inept European:

Great recommendation!

What’s the name of the mod?

Its "Combat AI Empowered" - I took the download version "Combat AI Empowered Reduce Grenade Spam"
The link is in the post above

[The Inept European]

Yeah saw the link, thanks for adding the title.