Like New Vegas (JSawyer mod)

Like New Vegas (JSawyer mod)

Introduction

This mod tries to make Fallout 4 a bit similar to Fallout: New Vegas and JSawyer mod by Joshua Sawyer regarding balancing tweaks. I always considered this mod to be an official patch for New Vegas because a) it was created by the project director himself and b) "it does provide insight into the aims of the lead developer and contains planned tweaks that never made it into the final release or in official patches". Out of 3 fallout games made on Bethesda's engine, New Vegas by Obsidian with JSawyer mod was the best experience for me, both in having fun and challenge. Unfortunately Fallout 4 felt like a huge step back with an abundance of overpowered perks, levels, lacking story and a lot of other things Bethesda could have done better. JSawyer mod changes a lot, but I decided to implement only the most important changes, make this mod as simple as possible and compatible, and leave other areas for already existing mods. I will first describe the changes implemented here, and later give a list of recommended mods.

The most significant change in JSawyer mod, and in this one too, is level cap at 35 level. All leveled lists which had content past that level were downscaled to fit into 1.. 35 levels range, so when you hit that cap you will still experience all the content in Fallout 4 as if you were a level 100 for example. XP needed to level was adjusted for slower progression using the same values from JSawyer mod. In overall you get less perks, less health, stronger NPCs and creatures appearing at much earlier levels. This means slower but harder, more involved and interesting game like Fallout New Vegas. No longer you can play a walking tank with tons of HP, enough perks to effectively use all weapons, become master of crafting in all areas, etc. Now you need to specialize your character and think beforehand on what perks you really need. Can't have them all anymore.

Base carry weight is set to 100 (was 200) similar to JSawyer mod though it uses even lower value of 50, but it is problematic to implement in Fallout 4 due to survival mode. Less hoarding. Significantly reduced HP per level. JSawyer mod has flat +5HP per level, however health calculation has changed in Fallout 4 and it is impossible to implement the same value. Instead of that y