Hey guys, I have been tinkering with requiem again and I have found that the whole system is brutally imbalanced. I find that NPCs have advantages in nearly every way. Even out of the gates new the player should be at least able to go toe to toe with common low level bandits. I find that even having better weapons and armor with a number of good perks I am still wildly overpowered by even the most commone bandits. There has to be some way to make the global stats work better. If I have the same weapons and armor and I cant take or dish out the same damage against common bandits, then its something wrong with the programming, not me...

Sounds like Requiem isn't the mod for you, why don't you try something easier, like Skyre, Perma or Ordinator?

Edit: or if you really want to play Requiem, you could adjust the difficulty in the MCM. Personally I don't have a problem with Requiem combat, my characters can take on common bandits at level 1 without too much trouble.