Playing goty and anchorage is way too hard

[RagnarokJ]

When i first was playing fo3 years ago i would immediately do anchorage to get easy gear for the beginning. Even on very hard anchorage was a cakewalk. Now im playing it on very easy and it still is an extreme pain. The npc's in it are way tougher than the npcs in the rest of the game. I'm playing the game with fook and mmm but i feel this is a goty-related issue like they made anchorage way tougher now. Also i'm not seeing experience from npcs that high anymore, weaker enemies give 7 exp on very hard where in the past, they gave like 25 exp i think. Anyway is anyone else noticing this with the game?

[VirtualVictory]

I honestly cannot say I'm noticing a change in combat difficulty. Then again, this is coming from a guy who always leaves Tcai and Tdetect off.

[RagnarokJ]

Maybe it was a patch or something that did it. Back in the day on the xbox, this was easy and when i switched to the pc, same thing but now it's extremely hard.

[MattyDienhoff]

GOTY PC player here: Anchorage is fine for me, if anything it's one of the easier DLCs. The General at the end is an exception, he's a damage soaking pain in the ass, but otherwise it's not particularly hard. Point Lookout and Mothership Zeta are far more difficult in my experience.

 

So, I don't think it's a GOTY issue. A severe difficulty spike like you're describing is more likely to be caused by mods, whether directly or indirectly.

[charwo]

Yes, yes they are. I LOVE Anchorage, especially when it's hard. It means my character becoming a total badass in the first week after leaving the Vault is completely JUSTIFIED!