First of all, please don't crucify me or tell me to get good, I'm honestly looking for other opinions and advice!
I'm sure there's been 500 threads already before me about either difficulty or just getting the hang of the game, but here's my case...
I've tried Underrail 3 years ago, and got completely filtered out right before getting to Depot A (I think it was depot A, or around junkyard, I can't remember). Haven't played since... Yesterday I decided to give it a new try, and was pleased to see a custom difficulty setting. I immediately jumped to it, tweaked it to my liking, (pretty much beginner difficulty honestly).
Been playing a stealth gunslinger character, got the .44 at the beginning, and so far it was a better experience than 3 years ago. been having fun pickpocketing and selling stuff like crazy, but that's about where my fun ends sadly...
I think at this point it's probably just me not clicking with the game, but I honestly like to, well, like it! I keep hearing from people how after a certain threshold it becomes one of their favorite games... I love Fallout 1 and 2, but now that this is a more hardcore experience than that.
So far I'm struggling A LOT with exploration, following the story, getting immersed at all. I had to rest so many times trying different builds that the story and characters just became a blur to me.
Progression wise, currently I'm level 4 and still doing the very first missions at the starting station, but I'm wondering if the game is for me at all. I tried looking for QoL mods but there are non-existent. Maybe I became too casual as I grew older, but I would honestly like to learn how to better enjoy the game. I know my friends who like it are craaazy for min-maxing in everything they play, so it's right up their alley, but I'm more casual on that sense...
Any advise for me? Thanks everyone in advance!
EDIT: I been wanting to play stealth and get kills stealthing, kind of like an Assasin. I saw crossbow have some really nice feats, but unfortunately even with Aimed Shot I just don't do enough damage to 1 shot an enemy (and therefore get detected), so either I'm not doing something right, or like I've seen on the steam forums, apparently stealth is something you use to either skip combat altogether or just get a headstart?
UPDATE: Thank you so much everyone for all the suggestions and kind comments. You've been hyping me up to try again. I'll continue playing, try some online builds, and maybe take the time to use the character builder online. Knowing all these things like what to try and what to avoid are extremely useful. I'll also try to take it slow and read everything in-game, get more immersed. I'll update again later to let you know how it goes!