So this isn't a part of the game I've looked into very much, but I recently decided that I might play a Critical Hit build, and to me it seems to be built towards being only viable in VATS, and I'm not really sure how I feel about this.
On one hand, it means that Critical Hits are a much rarer thing (well until late game) but it also really narrows down how useful creating a character that uses them seems to be. For a player like me who never uses VATS it makes the whole experience...rather shit when compared to earlier games (though better than Skyrim's by far)
So I'm wondering, what do you think of the new system?
Duuuude, I love critical hits. I think I had a Luck of 7 and a similarly high Agility and I was just rollin on enemies with my Righteous Authority. This is, of course, all dependent on how one feels about VATS. I personally love the new VATS system, so I spend a lot of time in it anyway. I will say this - nothing in this game has satisfied me quite as much as one-shotting a Legendary with a critical hit. Good Legendaries! Not the Radroaches! It's just the right amount of being over-powered.
Critical Hits are very good for a Pickman`s Blade or Deliverer build who use VATS and stealth all the time. Outside of VATS Righteous Autority, Isodoped and Overdrive make a good combo, especially with a BoS or X01 suit. Still, I think Luck and critical hits are meant to be used in VATS.
"I can't really stand VATS, even with the new system so I guess that's why I'm not fond of the Crit System. To me, the random chance of it always made sense, every hit has a chance to hit a vital/more damaging spot, but j don't really have that justification anymore."
Just use Overdrive instead of Luck, that way you still get a random (25%) chance of scoring a critical hit without using VATS. Works really well with some of the Legendary weapons...(Lucky/Instigating/Freezing)
Alternatively...
Just don't use VATS or rely on Crits, all those agility and luck perks you save can be used somewhere else and create something powerful...
Just use Overdrive instead of Luck, that way you still get a random (25%) chance of scoring a critical hit without using VATS. Works really well with some of the Legendary weapons...(Lucky/Instigating/Freezing)
Heh, not a fan of Overdrive being the best (only?) way of getting that random chance either, I mean functionally it's awesome and really improves the chance, but it doesn't work with a character that doesn't use Chems (which for me, means the current character I'm playing).
Just don't use VATS or rely on Crits, all those agility and luck perks you save can be used somewhere else and create something powerful...
That's true and it's more or less what I've decided to do (Well, I'm still using Idiot Savant and some of the earlier Luck perks) but really I'm just a little, disappointed in the fact that only a super lucky/chem-high character can even make use of Critical Hits.
I get you, Crits are pretty much my all time favorite type of character to run, and this game is probably the only one where I didn't enjoy it. The idea of a random cut or stab dealing extra damage makes so much logical sense to me...
I'll admit though, most games do overpower the use of Crits, take Dragon Age 2 for instance, a Rogue there get more than triple each crit, and eventually I believe can achieve more than %50 chance as well (you could end up with 100% chance from stealth) and while that's ridiculous.