Even on very hard difficulty you one hit kill everything by level 11 with most builds, and all builds become OP on very hard by level 20, sooner if you focus on damage perks.
- Handgun one hit kills everything in the game with headshot/crit modifiers from stealth.
- Shotgun is so overpowered that even if you had 0 perks in the game with 0 attributes invested, you can kill people with a single shot by using one that has burn damage on it, and putting on a status effect mod for increased chance. The burn does thousands of damage nd kills everything on very hard ignoring their stats, allowing you to kill enemies who are "very hard" on the map.
- Tech weapons not only one hit kill everything on very hard, but they also shoot through walls and the AI is too dumb to be able to do anything against it. Seriously you don't even need ANY perks to clear a quest with tech weapons. You can have 0 perks invested in shotgun and use a tech shotty and still kill everything easily.. Don't even get me started on tech rifles.
- Both Blunt & Blade builds instakill everything on very hard. Heck I been killing bosses in 3 seconds by level 10 on very hard.. A good portion of their perks don't even work and yet they're still OP.
- Quickhacks are bad at first, but if you rush for being able to craft epic/legendary quickhacks then it's GG, you can kill entire building of people in less than 10 seconds without even going inside.
- You can just stack armor mods on all your clothing to reduce damage significantly. Thousands of armor.
Only way to give yourself a challenge past level 15 is to not run any perks while avoiding tech weapons, shotguns and any weapon that can burn/bleed enemies. Also you have to avoid using armor mods and make sure you never equip any legendary/epic weapons. Because heck the legendary/epic weapons kill things so easily even without perks invested in them. Oh and make sure you don't equip a legendary cyberdeck.
You basically have to not play the game, to be challenged.
- Handgun one hit kills everything in the game with headshot/crit modifiers from stealth.
- Shotgun is so overpowered that even if you had 0 perks in the game with 0 attributes invested, you can kill people with a single shot by using one that has burn damage on it, and putting on a status effect mod for increased chance. The burn does thousands of damage nd kills everything on very hard ignoring their stats, allowing you to kill enemies who are "very hard" on the map.
- Tech weapons not only one hit kill everything on very hard, but they also shoot through walls and the AI is too dumb to be able to do anything against it. Seriously you don't even need ANY perks to clear a quest with tech weapons. You can have 0 perks invested in shotgun and use a tech shotty and still kill everything easily.. Don't even get me started on tech rifles.
- Both Blunt & Blade builds instakill everything on very hard. Heck I been killing bosses in 3 seconds by level 10 on very hard.. A good portion of their perks don't even work and yet they're still OP.
- Quickhacks are bad at first, but if you rush for being able to craft epic/legendary quickhacks then it's GG, you can kill entire building of people in less than 10 seconds without even going inside.
- You can just stack armor mods on all your clothing to reduce damage significantly. Thousands of armor.
Only way to give yourself a challenge past level 15 is to not run any perks while avoiding tech weapons, shotguns and any weapon that can burn/bleed enemies. Also you have to avoid using armor mods and make sure you never equip any legendary/epic weapons. Because heck the legendary/epic weapons kill things so easily even without perks invested in them. Oh and make sure you don't equip a legendary cyberdeck.
You basically have to not play the game, to be challenged.