I don't know how you are testing it on your side, but on my side changing settings has quite a significant effect.
The bonus of intimidating from behind can be lowered or even set to 0. Many other bonuses can be disabled too.
Also, keep in mind that intimidation works based on random chance, so if your chance is not 0, you might just be getting very lucky.
However i can say that base settings indeed play heavily in favor of the player, especially with high rank. Though, imo, it's quite deserved. It's not like any enemy can kill you when you reached endgame, all your gear reflects bullets like they are droplets of water. Why wouldn't anyone surrender to that?
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