I don't know what the difficulty level actually changes, that's why I asked. If it makes it less unbalanced, cool. I just wish it was explained somewhere. Wasting four 44 magnum shots on a crow is not my idea of fun.
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Separate question: what's the point of the workbench if you can't make anything new in it? I'm not liking having recipes be level locked for the sake of dragging the game out longer. I noticed every decent recipe is made on the Advanced Workbench. Which you need to be level 20 to make.
I hear you there, sounds like Ravenhearst isnt the mod for you according to the pain insted of fun you are getting, we play on insane on our private server, why, simply cause we are all experienced players and like the challenge, we manage, it isnt easy, on single player i play nomad, mostly to learn to do stuff, still is not easy at start, once you hit lvl 20ish it becomes more trivial on many things.
The gating of the skills/perks is made obviously to slow down the game by a ton, and i think is just cause on normal game (or easier mods) you play lets say 10 days and you have everything, and not everyone enjoys building the massive star destroyer fort part of the game, so imo the pace of ravenhearst is more than fine, again i dont mind the slow pace cause i enjoy every single day of it.
Id advice if you find too hard (or not so much fun) ravenhearst you move to an easier mod (still fun with a lot of content) for example wotw, i dont like that mod simply cause its just too easy for experienced players, you find a tungsten club (usually sold by the stupid machines) and its GG.
On the crow and 4 mag shots to kill it, how i usually see it is like this "why would i be using my precious mag rounds on a crow that i can shot down with a wooden bow, better save the rounds for BM or higher game stage" i think the wrong concept of this is a firearm game (wich affected some of my companions on the server) is mistaken, there is a reason there is a club, a bow or a shiv, learn to use them (the good way) and your not gonna have a lot more fun) but you will sometimes think the firearms are just for BMs, ferals, or radiated mobs
Oh and the workstation thing, i know someone already answered before, but its just that, an extra crafting backpack for you, what i do is i use it to craft those long minutes crafts, 100ish items at once and you dont have to use your backpack, you put all on the bench and later you just go collect your goodies.
) Im a looter and hoarder so looting for me is fun and I enjoy it immensely but I will say if you're not into looting then you wont be able to really experience all this mod has to offer and lose out on a lot. Its al about scavenging. :02.47-tranquillity: 
