The new Precision Rifle/Sniper/Pistol 2.0 perks seem overpowered as heck (not that I'm complaining). Any other stealth snipers feel like they're playing the game on Easy Mode, even on max difficulty?

In any kind of RPG, I'm a big fan of doing as much damage in a single shot as possible. Something about 1-hit KOing enemies is just extremely satisfying to me.

So, on my new 2.0 playthrough, I've been playing as a stealth sniper. Original? Not in the slightest. Satisfying? At least so far, absolutely.

As part of this, I immediately specced into stealth and precision rifles/snipers/pistols perks, the ones on the left side "cool" skill tree that unlock "Focus" mode, "Deadeye" mode, and culminates in "Nerves of Tungsten-Steel."

I've been running Breakthrough for long range, Hypercritical for mid to close range, and a silenced pistol for stealth, and honestly, even the rebalanced Very Hard has been a cakewalk so far. My pistol takes out most 1 and 2 tier health bar enemies in a single shot, and the 3-tier skull dudes usually go down with a fully charged critical headshot from Breakthrough (which is guaranteed provided I have full stamina thanks to NoTS).

Bosses do still present a challenge, as do the sections of the game where I'm forced to use weapons that I haven't specialized in (such as car chases, certain missions where they take all my guns, etc).

Admittedly I'm only Level 25 right now, so there's still a lot of the updated enemy scaling I haven't seen yet. That said, I'm almost a little disappointed things haven't been more challenging. Of course, there's still enough bits and pieces of genuinely hard gameplay scattered throughout that I haven't felt the need to change up my build just yet, and I'm instead enjoying feeling like a badass on these NCPD Scanner Hustles.

Just curious if anyone else has gone down this route and had a similar experience.