Oh DUDE!
I am so going to try out this vats thing in the a.m.!
I wondered why the game kept squalling at me whenever I hit the left button! I never figured it out because I didn’t hit it when an enemy was around.
VATS can be a double edged sword. At later levels you become Chris Kyle/terminator. One shot one kill, so it can get boring fast.
On the other hand, it can be a lifesaver. I use it mostly to determine friend from foe. I have blasted too many civilians thinking they were raiders in firefights. Or to find people at night.
I have the targeting/whatever it’s called thing in my X1 armor that bathes everyone in a red glow now so I mostly use it to DO friend from foe.