Forum:Which is the best difficulty?

I want to play on easy but I was told I won't get as much XP from killing people. What would you suggest me playing on? Normal?


 * I played every Fallout game on hardest. Not enough challenge otherwise.

Ive played FO3 for ages. At the start I played on easy, then normal for my first go-through of the game, then changed to Very hard for everything except for the uber hard stuff I put it on normal.Liam Spencer 02:19, January 2, 2010 (UTC)


 * Playing on very hard makes the game at least twice as long to play. It comes from reloads and takng much longer to plan against tough situations. So if your r/l time is short but you still want to play this is a consideration. alatari

Usually I play on Hard just for that little bit of extra xp, but it's still easy enough that the game has that killing-spree fun quality.142.68.49.37 22:40, January 6, 2010 (UTC)

I play every game on normal just because most games were designed on normal difficulty and hard is usually just a few extra enemies and unrealistic hit points which is anoying and easy is just boring.--216.120.175.58 18:47, January 12, 2010 (UTC)

Dude the XP differenc is pretty negligible, Plus on easy you wont need to level as quickly as enemies are simple till teh end basically.

On another note has anyone got any hints for killing about 5 feral ghoul reavers on V Hard? Loading an old save isn't an option as im playing an Ironman game. Sheepbiter 09:49, January 13, 2010 (UTC)


 * I always play on V-hard. Even then, the game is incredibly easy once you play it enough.Kleiner352 23:05, January 13, 2010 (UTC)


 * I had a bunch of ghoul reavers in a power plant but I just lead the Talon Mercs who ambushed me at the door to the reavers and watched the action. There's lots of times you can get different factions to attack the others. At least on the outside it's easy. Does Ironman mean no sidekicks? Pacifist option is possible so I assume you could just sneak past them. Maybe your sneak should be your top most priority. Alatari 13:23, January 14, 2010 (UTC)

I also use easy for point lookout, as tribals and swampfolk are hard to kill. Liam Spencer 13:45, January 15, 2010 (UTC)

Well, it depends on your playing style. If your pretty new to FPS's or Fallout in general, Very Easy is a reccomended playing style. Easy is a good idea when you start to get the hang of it in your first playthrough. When you complete the game and play again or get Broken Steel, start to play on Normal. Hard is reccomended when you have at least 1-2 add-ons and/or have many of the special weapons in the Fallout 3 base (no add-ons) like Eugene, Vengeance and the Xu Rong Chinese Assault Rifle. Very Hard IS NOT RECCOMENDED! It is for people who have played crap loads of FPS's, mastered Fallout 3, have all add-ons, and know the tactics of Feral Ghoul Reavers, Albino Radscorpions, Super Mutant Overlords and have found 3/4ths of the Unique Weapons, in add-ons and base F3. I think that will help :) AreYouGoingToEatThatNuke? 17:45, January 15, 2010 (UTC)