Ok so my intelligence is 9 yet i get 14 skill points each time i level up..... Any ideas

how many are you expecting to get? from the fallout wiki, it looks like you should be getting 14.5 per level.

right thanks maybe i was expecting more but im sure on FO3 i used to get 18 or 19 skill points? Just suspicious with everything because of the bugs

yeah they changed a lot of the leveling mechanics from what they used to be... i think they might have overcompensated a little. perks every other level, less skill points per level, no extra XP for playing harder difficulties, nerfed perks...

personally, i think just making it so there's no bonus xp for playing on harder difficulties would have been enough. that way if the game gets too easy for you with your perk setup, you can adjust the difficulty without also leveling faster to smooth it out. or i could see having all of these changes for hardcoe mode only so it was more intense. but now i just feel like i have less options for my character, rather than feeling more immersed in the realism.

but then again i didn't spend months/years thinking about the balance of skill point acquisition and the tons of skill checks throughout the game. ::shrug::

On a level up i had 17 points to distribute a picked the perk to increase a special stat, i picked intelligence, the next level up i only had 16 skill points to distribute, surely thats wrong?