"There has only been 2 people I've seen use nuka, me and pewpew. Everyone else doesn't bother to get any."
well buy yourself some new eyes
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problem is: disengaging from melee is way too easy (exept when you are crippled by ripper) so yes chasing people runing away without bluenuka or leadershit speed moduls is vain and will mostly be solded by failure.
special caps for these: yes, something you can farm... and don't tell me it's not easy.
yes, red nuka isn't good, but i don't think it ever have been (but now you can't loose your "fists").
run speed should vary between players making agil char wearing light armors faster than tanky ones.
But i'm digressing and that's not the subject.
Nukas are a bad implementation imo. I don't brag or rage about anything on forums, but some things feel like cheating.