Harder Difficulty

v2. 0 :  New editions.  3x - 15x difficulties.   I'm playing 10x now and its great, but may want higher.

v2. 1:   Improved Scaling!  Now instead of a linear multiplier like before, the difficulty Scales with your level. Lvl 10 is when it hits full, to let you get oriented!

v2. 2   Added new mod in Options to Increase NPC damage scale.  20% and 35% more damage

v3. 0   New AI tweaks. Just AI changes.  Separated Ammo pack. New Challenge for lower scales.  HP scale remains same for now.

v3. 1  Updated the AI mod. Now just 1 pak which about doubles enemy fire patterns.

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The damage of weapons compared to enemy HP makes combat too easy and not fun to me.  So I have scaled up enemy HP by % of Normal difficulty. 

* The actual HP increase isn't multiplied by 5 or 10  of the vanilla HP, it's scaled off the Normal base numbers. It's more like 3. 3x and 6. 6x respectively (5x/10x)

HP scaling now modifies both Hard and Supernova (SN) Difficulty.

 Difficulty_ Hard + SN - 3x HP .pak

Difficulty_ Hard + SN - 5x HP .pak

Difficulty_ Hard + SN - 7. 5x HP .pak

Difficulty_ Hard + SN - 10x HP .pak

Difficulty_ Hard + SN - 15x HP .pak 

-   When facing a lone or 2 mob, you might think they're still too easy, depending on which mods you installed.. but when you hit larger packs you will notice it gets much harder..  especially the harder type enemies. On 15x, some enemy packs will be nearly impossible.  On the early worlds, 10x might seem not enough still, but when you get to other worlds, the enemies will be stronger. So you might even want to start higher, then go down a bit if you struggle too much.

Don't let the pictures scare you. In this save, my main weapons are doing around 500+ DPS (vanilla) easily (Not including Critical damage, which is 200% more...), so the 5x mod is still pretty easy, a common outlaw dies in 1-2 seconds, Outlaw leader dies in 2-4..  Go for 10x, if you want a challenge!  or try 15x!

Optional files:

Use the AI tweak or DMG scaling if you don't feel your life is threatened enough.

AI tweaks to shoot about twice as much

I recommend it for anything less than 10xHP.  But you get to decide how you want to play.  I was close to including them inside the main mods, but I decided to let people choose for themselves.

 AI_Deadlier 2x

  New separated Ammo paks makes ammo a bit less prevalent.

Also options to lower player damage

HD_++_Less_ammo                               - is for all difficulties and scales.

HD_++_Less_ammo/Dmg_for_1x_3x    -  if playing on vanilla or 3x, but need more challenge.    ~40% less player dmg

HD_++_Less_ammo/Dmg_for_5x    -  use with 5x HP if you want (or any diff)                               ~25% less player dmg

Each pak works on Hard and SN.  None of these are locked to a certain 1x/3x/5x etc, just a recommendation.  Can use any with any difficulty.

More damage output from enemies:

In general, enemies with more HP will be able to inflict more damage over time.  But I have created a Damage Scaling mod also, for your pleasure, that increases Enemy damage by 20% or 35%.

The DMG buff mod only works with HARD difficulty.

 Diff_Hard DMG +20.pak

Diff_Hard DMG +35.pak 

MAIN MOD AND ALL OPTIONAL MODS MAY BE USED TOGETHER!  (one of each type) 

###   INSTALLATION:  Extract first, then put the .pak files of your careful choosing into your PAK game folder, BUT, create a folder inside the PAK folder, named " ~mods ".  yes, include the tilde. Put all mods in this folder.

This mod goes great with my Weapons Overhaul mod. Check it out!

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