Nuka-World Rebalanced

Description

Ever since release Nuka-World has been a divisive DLC, but even though I've heard endless discussions about the plot, retcons, and lack of a good karma plot, I've seen very little mention of how a leather vest is the strongest chestplate in the game beating out Marine Armor.

So I decided to take up the challenge myself and go through every weapon, armor, creature, and recipe in Nuka-World and rebalance them to be more in line with what you could realistically expect from their appearances. The original DLC was clearly intended to be a late / post game environment so that Bethesda could market content to players who had already finished the game, but this lead to a tonne of immersion problems where the new best equipment in the game all came from salvaged and makeshift raider gear such as a simple wrench and hammer holster being stronger than sturdy combat armor! Making Nuka-World an end game DLC also meant players who wanted to have a raider playthrough had to spend 30 levels being a nice person in the Commonwealth before they were allowed to snap, instead of flying out of the vault kicking.

This mod should fix all of that! Now the Nuka-World radio signal is discoverable from the moment you exit the vault along with the recommended level being changed from 30 to 15 in line with Far Harbor. Does this mean Nuka-World will be a cake walk now? Certainly not! While it is possible for a level 1 character to survive the gauntlet, Colter will still be one hell of a fight at such a low level and there are still plenty of areas to the park that make sense to be above your abilities such as Galactic Zone, Kiddie Kingdom, and Safari Adventure.

The main take away is that you'll no longer be running into rats who can chew through power armor, raiders who can out perform military gear, and paddle balls that require ridiculously difficult to obtain ammo. For a full list of changes see below but Nuka-World should feel much more sensible with this mod installed and much more accessible to all players instead of only the most seasoned survivors.

Changelog

[]Nerf Nuka-World raider gear including Gage, Operator, Disciple, and Pack armors - All armor pieces have been adjusted to be in line with similar vanilla game items.

This change was made for two reasons: to make Nuka-World raider armors consistent with their vanilla counterparts where their appearance matches their expected resistances, and to prevent Nuka-World raiders from being on par with factions such as the Brotherhood of Steel.[]Nerf Raider Overboss Power Armor - Armor values adjusted to match welded Raider Power Armor.

Funnily enough this item is actually listed as 'T51Raider' in the Creation Kit which makes me wonder if this was originally envisioned as an Ashur style power armor instead of what we got. We'll never know th