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About this mod
Replaces the effects of the penetrator perk with an incredibly boring but bug free alternative.
- Requirements
- Permissions and credits
- Changelogs
Unmodded penetrator perk:
"There's no place to hide! In V.A.T.S. you can target an enemy's body
parts that are blocked by cover, with a decrease in accuracy."
The second rank removes any decrease in accuracy.
What it actually does in my testing:
• Allows you to target enemies through cover with a decrease in accuracy- Very cool!
• Allows you to shoot through power armor and hit the fusion core - Very strong - cool!
• Allows you to shoot through a sentry and hit the fusion core - Very strong - cool!
• Allows crits to shoot through an infinite amount of walls - Kind of weird - but cool!
• Cuts your damage in VATS in half about 50% of the time. - No thanks!
The perk is not useless, as it has many benefits listed above. You could potentially make a very fun play style surrounding this perk in its vanilla form. However, I personally don't like the idea of a VATS perk making me weaker in most VATS scenarios.
This mod's penetrator perk:
"They'll need more than that to stop the pain! All attacks ignore 15% of the targets Damage Resistance."
The second rank ignores 30% of the targets Damage Resistance.
What it actually does:
• Exactly what is says... But remember, "Energy Resistance" and "Damage Resistance" are not the same thing, same as with the Rifleman perk or penetrating legendary effects. It's a little confusing and is kind of disappointing if you prefer laser weapons, but that's just how the game is. I hope one day we can make armor pen effects work on energy weapons. To clarify, this mod works on all attacks except things that are considered energy - this includes melee attacks.
Q: Is it less fun?
A: Yes.
Q: Is it buggy?
A: Nope, that's the point. If there is ever an unintended effect with this mod it will be very easy to quickly fix.
Q: Is the perk still useful?
A: Yes. It allows ALL non-energy weapon types to become stronger against highly armored enemies, AKA power armor. The unmodded penetrator can one shot any power armor enemy by targeting the fusion core, so it at least retains some of the spirit of the best use of the perk.
If you for some reason have high perception on a melee character, you now have a really good perk to take as it works on melee attacks.
This perk now works outside of VATS. This means sniper characters who didn't use VATS now have a reason to get their perception to 9.