It would, but tbh strength is kinda of a non factor anyway when you get PA since almost everyone goes 4+ starting strength and by the time you get Hardened PA it’s somewhere between 8-10 and there really not a substantial difference between the three numbers unless you are rocking unarmed/melee...
I think it’s the nature of the gameplay. If they went with the less common raiders/mutants route but make them more powerful and deadly it would turn a lot of people off and Fallout has always been about lots of shooting and killing. It just got turned to 11 during Fallout 3
I had the same issue on the forcefield, use a hot key for science or repair, THEN click on the forcefield, don’t click on the forcefield first trying to use a skill it won’t work
There’s an outsdoormen skill check when you use the metal detector, I think it’s pretty big for the item you’re looking for. I believe it’s in corner. In my experience most of the metal detectors items are exactly on the tile touching a wall or object
They didn't, the US committed a war crime only because the US could and didn't want to (understandably) keep fighting the war. Those poor civilians didn't deserve that though.