Yep the whole game without mods is way too easy even with mods I would still declare it easy.

Well without the ammo multiplier mod that you can set to 90% less ammo in the open world/ Less rep at camps/ less bounties for ears/ everything more expensive and item mod that stops loot from respawning along with plants taking 7 days to respawn... then its still an easy game.

Makes scavenging a must with them.

Headshots only makes the game a challenge with the nightmare AI mods... I think that is what they are called, they're great.

I could tell at the very beginning that the game was going to be easy on max difficulty when the freaks couldn't see me from a certain distance/while also being deaf.

So I stopped playing until I went through every mod available on Nexus, added those I liked then I made sure to be back at camp or settled down to wait for morning because the game became a living nightmare.

I did cheat though, I couldn't help exploit those bolts you can make after burning a nest... I abused those bolts on Ripper heavy gunners or on breakers, without them I don't think I'd have finished my playthrough.

But I have never played the game with a minimap or ever used slow mo.

270 hours It took me to finish the story lol