Hi guys,

I almost only play on the Very Hard difficulty level (usually with Hardcode mode ON).
I chose this level because it is the more fun for me, giving a good challenge overall.

But I find myself frustrated having to reload a savegame because I 'meet' a Legion Assassination Squad or step into a hidden mine.

So, my question is simple :

What difficulty level would you select if you had to follow the simple rule to not reload a savegame ?

You mean Dead is dead?

We have a dead is dead thread that archives characters that died and a couple that succeeded. I believe about 8 characters have survived the Mojave on Dead-is-dead, and I think about half were on normal difficulty, half on very hard.

Personally I play on Easy, mostly because i find quite unrealistic that i can shoot someone in the face with a .50 only for them to turn around a oneshot me.

I often start on very hard/ hardcoe mode, then at level 10 drop it to medium. When I get to 20 I'll drop to easy. I play with Logan's Loophole so I'll only ever be level 30. Find the early parts harder and later parts easier as it should be with better skills and perks. I do play dead is dead but not always. Early on it's quite easy to be killed so it depends how I'm killed.

I just play on Normal/hardcoe. I don't like turning up the difficulty because it makes bullet sponges. I don't like turning it down because it makes me into a bullet sponge.

Before I got a PC and heavily modded it to be more difficult? Very Hard.
After I got a PC and heavily modded it to be more difficult? Hard.
I ain't raising it to VH with the mods I got.

Exactly this. I had Increased Wasteland Spawns on to the mid setting on my current playthrough. I was a bit shocked when I first got to Primm and I saw about 20 convicts walking around the town and here I was with a 9mm Pistol and a Varmint Rifle. After I killed them all with some advanced tactics and the help of a passing squad of NCR troopers, I decided that it makes more sense lore-wise if I dialed the spawn rate down a bit for now.

I play on Normal, with all of Project Nevada's Rebalance options on their default setting.

I used to play DID on Very hard, but after walking into a building filled with mines I decided to turn it down to normal (I still followed the rules and started a new character though) because I thought maybe I would've survived that way, not to mention the bullet sponges that were metioned already.

That's mean of you.
Now, I want to read through the 9 DID threads...

I will see what other players reported and try a DID run myself.

Isn't it equally unrealistic on easy where you can oneshot everyone, but everyone can shoot you in the face with a .50 leaving you nearly intact?

http://graveyard.wikia.com/wiki/Marc_Antony - may he forever rest in peace.
My DiD character was lvl 50, completed all DLC and went to the Long 15 before being massacred by a irradiated heavy trooper. Sad times.

Its worse when you can take dozens of bullets and everybody else is a one shot kill (like UnDeCafindeed said).

I play on Very Hard on every Fallout game, I don't die often but if I accidently stumble upon an enemy that's way to strong for me (five supermutants and ten raiders in F3 when I was level 2) then I retreat, barely making it out alive if at all.

I find anything lower than Very Hard way to easy, at very hard I can take a good amount of bullets and so can my enemies.

I find Very Hard to be the most realistic. Deathclaws kill you in two to three hits (depends on Endurance), a crit headshot from an AMR CAN kill you in one shot, a crit headshot in general is gonna leave you running for stims and things like the Brotherhood firing squad work like they should: you'll probably die. (five guys with their snipers pointed at your head, no brainer there...) At the same time, the enemies aren't bullet sponges because with the right setup, ANYTHING is a one shot. Rawr? I three shot him. I went in viewing him as highly dangerous, got a sneak attack headshot and then the next two shots finished off what was left.

I decided to bump up my difficulty to hard, mostly because the time it takes to get starvation/dehydration sickness is unrealstic on normal difficulty.

Most realistic I've found is playing with 1 endurance. From level 1-10 getting hit once will usually result in your death especially on hard. Levels 10-20 on normal are pretty even, I've gotten to the point where I have enough skill in guns to one shoot most things. Levels 20-30 (I play with Logans Loophole) I personally think you should have the ability to one shot almost anything so I sometimes drop it to easy. All along having an endurance of one keeps me very vulnerable as it should be. Anyone that plays with high endurance doesn't truly know how difficult the game can really be. Playing very hard at high levels becomes redundant. You shoot them a hundred times, they shoot you a hundred times. Sounds like great fun!!

wear armor

have 90 % health

put more points into Endurance

carry a stealthboy

Always on Hard. Save for my first playthrough and stumbling upon Quarry Junction. -shudders-

Easy/hardcoe I like to enjoy the ride

So is it realistic to get shot and keep walking like nothing happened? Cause um, that happens, a lot.
Splicing Reptile and Mammal DNA is not realistic either. IJS, broseph.

If you play the game on easy because it's easy, just say so. No need to sugar coat it.

Hard with hardcoe ON.
I never tried a dead-is-dead playthrough nor a low endurance(except for the originals but only the endurance one)
I like cuz it aint to easy and bullets can be bullet sponges but hey with FEV and radiation it aint that unrealistic to me, and even if it is, its just a game.

Oyeah, I always play with HCM, never without it.

AiAiaih!!!
Bon sang d`bonsoir!

Dans l`trois j`étais émerveiller par l`histoire, les approches plus ou moins différentes selon nos désirs relationnels.
Pourtant, les questions alimentaires et médicinales nous confusaient tous!

En effet, la nourriture ne servait a rien, comparé au bénéfice du sommeil (style hibernation régénératrice) lol!
Be a member of the Brotherhood was a lovely challenge, as much as every bloody changes, HHHMMM!!!

Et le New Vegas, Oh our gods!! Nourriture compte, sommeil oui, si réparé. Merci au mode hardcoe!
Je suis brave et compte garder certains préjugé en attente d`avoir compléter ce jeu du sud au nord sans oublier ma gauche,droite,lol!
Vite fait quand même, POURQUOI? POURquoi? Pourquoi? Ne pouvons-nous pas entrer dans Toutes les stations gares, ni tous les égouts, ni toutes les fourmilières, Ni TOUS les Fl?tes de pan espaces qui me font hurler de regrets et de doutes???????????????????????????

A propos des chinois (du jeu,bien entendu) Eh Ben! J`veux dire Ey Bethesda, dis moi:
Allons nous pouvoir être un des descendants restant des assaillants ayant, (possibilité) formé un clan s`étant mélangé avec d`autre survivants de cette apocalypse!?
Voulant dire, je le souhaite, être performant en art martial au début du jeu avec choix. BlaBlaBla!! J`arrête, lol!
A bient?t. DG+

I love google translate:

"AiAiaih!
Damn `s goodnight!

In the three `j` was amazed by the history, approaches more or less different according to our desires relationship.
However, food and medicinal issues we all confused!

Indeed, the food was useless compared to the benefit of sleep (hibernation regenerative style) lol!
Be a member of the Brotherhood was a lovely challenge, As Much as Every bloody exchange, HHHMMM!

And New Vegas, Oh our gods! Account food, sleep, yes, if repaired. Thank you to the hardcoe mode!
I am brave and has to keep some bias awaiting `having completed this game from south to north as well my left, right, lol!
Quickly anyway, WHY? Why? Why? Can we not get into all stations train stations, or any sewer or all nests, or all the Panpipes spaces that make me scream with regrets and doubts ???????????? ???????????????

About China (the game, of course) Well! J `mean Ey Bethesda, tell me:
Going to be a descendant of the attackers had left, (possible) formed a clan `s` s being mixed with other survivors of the Apocalypse!?
Meaning, I hope, be successful in the martial art in the early game choice. BlaBlaBla! J `stop, lol!
See you soon. DG"

And that's when folks got real quiet, 'cause now they see the predicament we're in.