Hello friends! Taking another tour through the Commonweath, finally got around to make the mod changes that this mod always needed. Perks now added via Scrips instead of Actor edits. The Eli companion patch is no longer required with 4.6 and up. I might make a few more tweaks here and there, but I felt like this was worth doing. Thanks for your support all these years. Cheers!
Thank you for the kind words. I felt the desire to romp through the Commonwealth again so I made some tweaks. What did you mean by Expansion, though? Do you have some ideas for new SPECIALizations?
aye, an expansion might be cool. there are many classes that feature mechanics in fallout that are weak in combat or limited in gains, making them more boring/unsatisfying to play. if those weaker classes had a *just hang in there* reward for higher level play, it would make this mod more replayable. there are only 3 classes that are very strong and a couple that have polarising power(eg:very strong only at night). making the stronger classes gain small buffs later and the weaker ones large buffs sounds like a balancing nightmare but that depends on the nature of the buffs. buffs with cooldowns that proc when you do something stupid, are about to die, or are lucky in combat are my fav. small heals, low health/armor, purposeful addiction based buffs that also contain debuffs, etc.
if looking for ideas... i mixed and matched this mod with mechanics i balanced in The Legendary Overhaul and VAFS. took me like 100hrs and i ended up only having 4 classes and getting rid of the 15+ buffs, replacing with buffs that promote weird specials (eg: even distribution of special, high perception and strength, high endurance and agility, moderate charisma and intelligence.)
https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/22420 required huge rebalancing of damage reduction sources and AP gain mechanics to make it not OP with VAFS or Armorsmith Overhaul. super mutants shouting "run away!", aah the memories https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/36519
Hello and thank you for the update to the mod! Question though, with the drastic change in the way they perks are added, is it safe to update mid-playthrough?
LevelUpMenuEx is brand new to the Nexus. And while it looks exciting and shows alot of promise, I would have to rebuild SPECIAList from the ground up to be fully compatible with that framework. I'm keeping an eye on how it grows. Thanks!
Hello, thanks for the thoughts. I am still supporting it, though I"m not currently playing F4. The reason I removed Addicthol was because I found it utterly broken. There's so much of in in game, it's so easy to make, that in my opinion, it removes the risk associated with addiction. When addiction is a real risk, it's costly to remove, you makes the choice of using chems more weighty.
That being said, what Mod are you using that's conflicting? Maybe I can work something out.
I don't have vault-tec, contrapdiction and nukaworld dlc. I am not planning on getting them either. Is there a way to get rid of those masters by any chance?
Actually I have all the dlcs just to make things easier for compatibility sake. I got Nuka World on sale so now I have all the DLCs lol. Thanks again for this wonderful mod. :)
I can't believe Fallout is almost a year old now. Even before the Creation Kit, we all knew that Perks were especially broken and needed a fresh set of eyes. And while SPECIAList was that for a while, the Creation Kit has been out for a while to, and I've found some mods that do alot of things SPECIAList did, but better.
Coming soon is SPECIAList 4.0. And it will focus on what really does make you SPECIAL!
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there are many classes that feature mechanics in fallout that are weak in combat or limited in gains, making them more boring/unsatisfying to play. if those weaker classes had a *just hang in there* reward for higher level play, it would make this mod more replayable.
there are only 3 classes that are very strong and a couple that have polarising power(eg:very strong only at night).
making the stronger classes gain small buffs later and the weaker ones large buffs sounds like a balancing nightmare but that depends on the nature of the buffs. buffs with cooldowns that proc when you do something stupid, are about to die, or are lucky in combat are my fav. small heals, low health/armor, purposeful addiction based buffs that also contain debuffs, etc.
if looking for ideas...
i mixed and matched this mod with mechanics i balanced in The Legendary Overhaul and VAFS. took me like 100hrs and i ended up only having 4 classes and getting rid of the 15+ buffs, replacing with buffs that promote weird specials (eg: even distribution of special, high perception and strength, high endurance and agility, moderate charisma and intelligence.)
https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/22420 required huge rebalancing of damage reduction sources and AP gain mechanics to make it not OP with VAFS or Armorsmith Overhaul. super mutants shouting "run away!", aah the memories
https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/36519
you gain levels real fast so your gear doesnt keep up with the level scaling.
it possible to switch the gains to a temporary buff unrelated to gear or progression?
Could you add a LevelUpMenuEx compatibility?
I'd just like the option to be there, as maybe it screws with some other mods, or someone like me just dislikes the changes.
That being said, what Mod are you using that's conflicting? Maybe I can work something out.
Coming soon is SPECIAList 4.0. And it will focus on what really does make you SPECIAL!