The mod maker is talented and very responsive, so feel free to give it a go. Some of it is based on weapon and armor balance mods that the mod maker has had out for a while. However, also be aware that this mod was just released two days ago, and still needs a lot of balancing itself -- there were two revisions in the first two days. And, the changes impact a lot of things, like store prices.
I think that he has a lot of good ideas, but they need to be playtested and honed. Level scaling, for instance. As you mentioned, I don't like it either. But the entire game currently is balanced around the idea, and it's going to take some time to rebalance the entire game around not having it. I'm glad the author is giving it a go though. So if anyone has the time and wants play with the mod and give him feedback, I'd encourage you to do so. Several of the things he's trying to do are directly related to some of the most frequent gameplay balance complaints that I see on these threads. It might be your best shot at getting some of those changes in the current game.Personally, I have read the description twice and also played two missions with this mod enabled on level 42. So, after a few hours of gameplay I have probably come to the conclusion that I won't use it for this - my very first - playthrough. While it does keep the gameplay challenging and I like the aspect of being able to basically wear and use anything I want, I still have a few issues with the mod:
However, many gameplay aspects really look and feel enjoyable, therefore I went ahead and shared this mod. Furthermore, it seems perfect for a second playthrough
- I'm not a fan of level scaling and try to avoid it whenever possible. If this means I can roflstomp my enemies so be it. However, I didn't mind Witcher 3's Enhanced Edition no-level approach.
- Gear loses value and while I am still using gear that looks good and has acceptable stats, I do enjoy to find the odd legendary and iconic item.
- Crafting does not seem necessary
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Man I'd live those 2 on the ps4 proThis modders is making a beastly improvement on the base game. It has introduced the use of drugs that produce effects in combat, improved the AI of the npcs. It has dozens of improvements in all aspects of the game.
- AI Improvements and Enemy Balancing
- Armor and Armor Mods
- Cyberware
- Explosives
- Food Drink and Alcohol
- Gameplay Mechanics
- Healing and Drugs
- Melee
- Perks
- Player Stats
- Ranged Weapons
- Quickhacks
- Vendors and Pricing
- Weapon Mods
- XP and Gigs
I recommend it in combination with the mod that improves the fight with netrunners: "AI Netrunners Enhanced"
Here they are:
"Full Gameplay Rebalance"
"AI Netrunners Enhanced"
AI Netrunners Enhanced
Improves enemy netrunners by adding a bunch of hacks (most are restored cut content) they can use on the player, and fixing some CDPR bugs that stop netrunners from hacking you some of the time.
This modders is making a beastly improvement on the base game. It has introduced the use of drugs that produce effects in combat, improved the AI of the npcs. It has dozens of improvements in all aspects of the game.
- AI Improvements and Enemy Balancing
- Armor and Armor Mods
- Cyberware
- Explosives
- Food Drink and Alcohol
- Gameplay Mechanics
- Healing and Drugs
- Melee
- Perks
- Player Stats
- Ranged Weapons
- Quickhacks
- Vendors and Pricing
- Weapon Mods
- XP and Gigs
I recommend it in combination with the mod that improves the fight with netrunners: "AI Netrunners Enhanced"
Here they are:
"Full Gameplay Rebalance"
"AI Netrunners Enhanced"
AI Netrunners Enhanced
Improves enemy netrunners by adding a bunch of hacks (most are restored cut content) they can use on the player, and fixing some CDPR bugs that stop netrunners from hacking you some of the time.
Even just these 2 things would make me dislike the game so much less... Too bad I'm a console peasant and I must stick with cdpr vision of game design
Unfortunately, I cannot get behind the level mechanics / auto scaling thing this mod is doing. I might give it a try for my second CP2077 run regardless, but for the first one I'm going to stick with vanilla. I still appreciate immensely what this guy is doing though
Personally, I don't care that much about balance in single player games as long as every path is viable.
Unfortunately, I cannot get behind the level mechanics / auto scaling thing this mod is doing. I might give it a try for my second CP2077 run regardless, but for the first one I'm going to stick with vanilla. I still appreciate immensely what this guy is doing though
Personally, I don't care that much about balance in single player games as long as every path is viable.
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No, they just like that. Look at W3. That's their vision of RPG. Same for the looter itemization. It's shitty? IMHO definitely. Some people tried to convince them to go for different approaches here on the forum for many years. Unluckily for us and luckily for other people CDPR love looters. That's what we have.
I dunno, given that possibilities are there for the different resistances and a more rock/paper/scissors approach (now exploited by several mods), it seems like they did want to try something different at one point. Maybe they just shied away from it because it was a new thing for them and they were running out of time, so they stuck with what they knew.
To be honest, there's no hint in any of the marketing material (gameplay, interviews etc) that suggests a different approach to progression than what we have. Even the 2018 demo had already level gated enemies and gear. The resistance mechanic is something already well spread in the RPG genre and is present (superficially, like 99% of the game mechanics in cp77) here as well. But they decided to have it that way probably because they wanted the "play as you want/mix and match" design. You can't have them both easily in a game. As I always say, less is more sometimes. I personally prefer the "fluid class system" to the resistance based design in aRPG, and I would have walked the extra mile and completely cut all stats leaving the progression bound to cyberware, meaning choices of the abilities (and therefore builds) you can have. Something like Prey from Arkane (as I said many times prior to release, so my mind hasn't changed). This is already in the game, obviously, it is just less important than it could have been because of the stats scaling with level which is the main pillar of the progression system. The rest revolves around it to the point of being just flavour, also because the game has way too many skills unlocked via levelling that, at level 50, make you able to do pretty much everything: crafting is completely useless because of the loot system, you can have 20 blades, 20 netrunning, 15-ish in body by mid/end game and do pretty much everything. A lower level cap could have solved this (let's say 30 instead of 50). Actually with 20 netrunning and a tech sniper rifle you're literally a god who can clear entire buildings from the other side of the street, but that's a problem with balancing and embarrassing AI. But that's a completely different problem.
