Forum:Should I play or Normal or Hard?

I must be about 10 hours or so into FNV (I've just reached the Mojave Outpost), and so far it's seemed pretty easy to kill my enemies, mostly using VATS too (I'd heard that in this game you have to use VATS but also do some manual shooting, but not so far). I'm playing on Normal difficulty, in Hardcore mode. Because I'd heard that enemies aren't levelled in this game (like they are in F3 and Oblivion), I thought there would be a real sense of danger, as you could get killed anytime. But then I have been pretty much sticking to the roads so far, so maybe that's why I've been ok. There's definitely much more tension in this game for me with Hardcore mode activated (knowing that you can get crippled easily), and I love the fact that you have to eat, drink and sleep, while trying to keep the rads down. I've also heard that you don't get more XP if you up the difficulty level, which is great to know. So should I switch to Hard? Or is it inevitable that I will be coming across some really nasty enemies and perilous situations before too long?

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switch to hard, if you find yourself loosing HP points faster just switch to an armor with a higher DT. -JoshGDC

It's ok it's getting a bit more challenging now...just got ambushed by some raiders who wiped me out, so I had to reload and go in very carefully.

Difficulty doesn't affect XP unlike Fallout 3. And you'll have more enemies to encounter if you venture off the roads--Attitude2000 16:32, October 8, 2011 (UTC)

On my first character in FO3, I started over twice (at 4 hr. and at another 13 hr.) because I realized I made so many mistakes in character creation. I started NV on Hard but I played through 3 characters on FO3. I just started my second NV character in a VH/Hardcore run. Choosing SPECIAL was much easier this time but the Psych test drives me up the wall. The first time through NV it took me several hours to get to the second quest because I started to try and map locations and ran into difficult creatures (don't head N or E out of Goodsprings Cemetary at L01). Telling a novice to switch to higher DT armor is not really valid advice. 20 DT armor does not randomly spawn in containers until ~L22. They will will have to read spoilers or grind levels to get it. GRPeng 21:02, October 8, 2011 (UTC)

Did you do the Barton Thorn quest in Goodsprings ? You can get some helpful stuff from that one. Also, you could snipe a NCR soldier and use their medium armor. Personally, I like playing light armor. I play Normal/Hardcore. Squalor 23:49, October 8, 2011 (UTC)

Personally I play on normal. Hard isn’t so bad until you get to the DLC’s, then it just becomes a nightmare.

I play a stealth/sniper type character so I seldom let them get close enough to even get a shot at me, but to me pumping 5 or more rounds square into someone’s chest and they’re still coming at you is completely unrealistic, so I stick to normal. Play on whatever you feel comfortable at, don’t feel intimidated by the people who post here, 90% of them who claim they play hardcore on very hard are lying out their ass anyway.ReapTheChaos 09:26, October 9, 2011 (UTC)

It s not realistic that your enemy survives 5 shoots, but it s also unrealistic that your character survives 5 shoots. Anyway it looks like in most game not only in fallout there exist human characters who dont die even if when they are shot 10 times with weapon like rocket launcher or something similar that would in real world destroy tank or house in 1 shot. --188.230.177.153 21:02, October 12, 2011 (UTC)