First let me say: I'm a friend of sneaky, hard hitting chars (with weaknesses otherwise).

But the perk system in this game makes them far too powerful.

Nothing beats a sneak/vats/sniper build (don't come with PA... it'll just make me laugh)

Damage bonus for equipping a silencer? really?

Damage bonus for sneak attacks (that's ok of course)

Chain crits.

Almost unlimited AP

Just equip an Overseers and you'll never need a sidearm (on survival).

With some perks and equipment you'll get 10-11 VATS shots out of a sniper modded OG.

Just for comparison i'm doing a "kick the door down and see what happens" / shotgun run (explosive/wounding).

No sneak, no VATS

It's like playing junior league again...

I tested it with mods, better armor, better guns... and still no comparison to my sniper/vats char.

And before the PA comes up... my current char has 700+ resistances, 60% damage reduction when standing, 15% against humans/supermutants/robots.

VATS/sneak has just too many valuable toys to play with.

They stack up too good.

I have no problem with sneaking getting some love.

But the VATS perks are just too strong in addition to it.

Don't get me wrong... i really don't want to ask for "nerfs".

I just don't want my favourite playstyle to be mainstream

You don't want to make your build mainstream. Really? People are going to play how they want to play. Having it be used by other people shouldn't diminish your enjoyment of it. Plus you just started bragging about it being the most powerful, kind of counterproductive don't you think?

Yes, maybe...

But my intention wasn't to change the game (see the "don't ask for nerfs" line).

The post is just what it is: Telling what I, personally don't like.

I think it's badly done, and noone has to agree with it.

I don't claim the truth to be mine, i just tell how i think about it.

I like the game, i have no problems with crashes, i don't want to put it down.

If i don't want an overpowered build i just don't make it.

Still...i think it's a design flaw

Ha, my thoughts exactly.

I mean sure one shotting everything in your way is great in all, but it is boring af after a while, what is the point of combat if you kill everything before it sees you.

The power armor tank builds, the melee builds, the more front line builds are simply more fun to different people, I myself am not a fan of sneaking about sniping, so I don't do it even though it is "better"

If you can stand to sneak around sniping then go for it, it's a personal choice.

The sneak builds in this game are stupidly OP, sneak melee is absurdly broken with blitz, being able to teleport and clear entire bases with minimal movement, while ranged sneak gets to pop heads without ever leaving its spot, both builds one shot practically everything.

lol @ sneak not being "mainstream", you know for a central game mechanic. Amazing how this game is simultaneously too easy with one hit kills and plagued with "bullet-sponges".

I wonder how many other people consider a sneak/vats/sniper build "their build".

Blitz needs to add an accuracy penalty or increased AP cost for distant melee attacks.

It's not even possible to miss unless the npc interrupts you.

Survival is a bullet sponge fest, which is why the vast majority of people don't play it. Likewise on the other difficulties the sneak character builds are broken beyond belief, they're fun to play, but they are broken.

I play only on survival and the game was never even close to challenging. Either you guys are only using pipe rifles, not sneaking, not using drugs or not using vats because it's impossible to be that terrible at the game.

Since you've chosen to insult, and you obviously lack in the reading comprehension department, let me explain. Bullet Sponge does not mean it's challenging or hard, it means you have to put an exponentially larger number of bullets into your enemies, making it very very tedious and boring. Survival did nothing but increase the health of enemies which is the laziest way of introducing a "hard" difficulty.

Thanks for your time buddy.

and yet I can kill almost everything in one shot on survival with no gun perks. Mysterious.

I was sneaking in video games before you thought it wasn't mainstream. So what you think is going mainstream was already mainstream in my eyes because I was doing it before you when it REALLY wasn't mainstream. Therefore, I am now the coolest kid on the block.

I was sneaking around in 2D Mario games, get on my level. *Sips Starbucks coffee*

OT: Yea, OP, being sneaky makes the game sort of easier. I like it that way though. Helps my 1 endurance character not die as much.

Mans was sneaking in Pong.