Oh my god, I'm finding the game so much more rewarding on survival mode.

I was afraid that everyone and everything would be pretty much bulletproof, but I'm finding that really isn't the case. I was frustrated with the lack of legendary item drops, so I dialed up the difficulty in certain situations. I eventually forgot I had it on survival.

It's more challenging to be sure: the enemy encounters seem just a little more frequent, and there's often a legendary enemy among them, but with good sense it's all manageable. As Strong would say, it's "LESS FIDDLING! MORE FIGHT!"

And the legendary items are dropping regularly.,.. seems like about 3/4 of the legendarys drop a legendary item. Those encounters in normal mode where there's only 3 enemies that had gotten so easy now have 3-5 to fight, often with a legendary among them. The 'hotspots' that always seem to have a fight going on regularly offer a farmable legendary enemy (for me- particularly the one 'worst apartment building in the world' just down the block from Diamond City where DC Security is always fighting SuperMutants - the one you hear all the gunfire from every time you leave the stadium.) Very few item drops are worth a dam at my level IMO, but I've gotten a few pieces of incredibly useful gear @ lvl 35 or so.

The health regenerating so slowly is the worst thing about it for me, but if you invest a perk or 2 in 'Medic' and use quicksave wisely, it's doable.

Don't be afraid to try it.

Went from hard to very hard 10 levels ago. Was thinking about trying survival for some time now. I guess it is the way to go then.

Ps.: As a gamer, i svck. But i am very adept at using f5/f9 and that evens it out quite well...

The slow health regen imo is the fundamental difference that makes it more satisfying

Survival mode makes every victory far more meaningful, and if you get to a stage where you're wiping out most enemies even on the highest difficulty, you can say you've really earned it if you played on that mode throughout the game.

Survival is definitely rewarding and fun at the same time, I have no regrets changing to it very early on but one thing, in my experience every legendary enemy drops a legendary item, not 3/4?

Switched to survival at about lvl 20 when almost everyone died in 1-2 shots.

But apart from a shotgun my legendary drops in the last 10 levels of playing were 80% melee weapons or pistols, witch I never use....that's kinda disappointing, I only use snipers or that OP shotgun in close quarters.

I was wondering if the drops for legendarys get generated when I enter the cell they are in or when they actually die. If the second is true, maybe I'll keep loading and keep killing the same legendary till he drops something I will actually use.

I've definitely had a small percentage of legendary enemies NOT drop a legendary item, just normal loot- meat, ammo, a normal weapon, whatever, so it's not 100%.