Fallout 4 Leveling Overhaul?

[Deleted32637730User]

Chances are that this is just a pipe dream that will never come to fruition, and I lack the skills and know how to make this happen. but I figured that sharing my dream wouldn't hurt anything.

 

Background:

 

Skyrim, had a very nice leveling system. in fact, I would argue that it was some of the best I've seen. with skills increasing in strength with practice, it made character creation as simple as picking a race and playing. in this document I'm calling this kind of system a use->progress system.

 

I was honestly disappointed in fallout 4's leveling system. it returned to what I felt was a broken system, where doing nothing but slaughtering bandits all day could somehow make you a better locksmith. I abhor this system, and I feel as though at least a handful of people agree that this perk chart system is regressive, and needs overhauled.

 

and so I offer some ways that I'd love to see the game changed.

 

Suggestion 1: Make Fallout 4's System progress based on use as seen in Skyrim. causing perks to bump up based on use. (probably significantly unbalanced)

 

Suggestion 2 (my favorite): do away with Fallout 4's current system. return to Fallout NV style SPECIAL and Skills. then use a use->progress system. in this way, double up the system, when a PC uses a skill, regardless of SPECIAL level, cause XP in the skill, the overall level bar and the Attribute bar associated with the skill. upon leveling in total, perks that have no detectable use can be purchased (like VANS, or Awareness) as well as any perks mod authors wish to add

 

Suggestion 2a: cause diminishing returns of skills. for example, building baseball grenades over and over will only give so much XP to the explosives skill. only using the explosives would boost the skill to the next level.

 

Suggestion 2b: allow skill books (new or modified old) to unlock certain recipes without the necessary skills.

 

I have no idea if this is clear in any way.

 

[ripplydrpepper]

I love this idea, I don't know if modders haven't seen this yet or what. But I do believe something like this would take a lot of time and work, and would be a massive overhaul. However I'm sure once the CK comes out it would be a little easier and the hardest part would be getting someone motivated to do this project.