[FO:NV] I'm about to start a new game, and want some advice.

So right now I'm standing at the vigor tester...

I haven't played this game since it first came out. I was hoping someone might suggest a good special build for a guns character.

Right now this is my set-up:
S 8
P 5
E 4
C 3
I 9
A 5
L 6

Any suggestions on making some adjustments?

I usually do something like

8
5
7
1
5
7
7

Ive never really had a problem with lower int. and see no use in any charisma. Also keep the endurance high so I can get more implants

Oh, I forgot about the endurance requirement--thanks for reminding me.
That does look like a decent set-up.

OH FUCK I JUST PRESSED RT.

I want to go back and make adjustments!

Shit, I just spent so much time on the face!

Lol that sucks. I normally just blast right through all that stuff. Also you can redo your specials after the first few quests.

Oh, yeah. That's right. Okay, then. It's all gravy.

Frostbyrn wrote:L=10

The Crit chance+Bankrupting Casinos

yeah lets waste 2 special points when you can get a luck implant and a luck boosting item

I always roll with IT at 8 when I start off. And the rest of the stats around 6 or 7. While Endurance is at 9.
Then I use Instant Training(since none of the other perks you get at the low levels ever work well into my current play style)and the impants and get It, Strength and Luck to 10.

Thats my normal start off.

It is if you love to play Unarmed or Melee builds. Seriously, though.

Strength 10/Luck at 10. A really high Melee/unarmed skill with a decent weapon with a high crit rate, plus anything that boosts the power of crits and the likelyhood they appear = Beast mode.

A really good Unarmed build is quite possibly the most OP'ed thing in the game.

If you have Dead Money, with INT of 6, you can max out three combat skills, and bring all essential non-combat skills (barter is shafted, which I always skip) to the level where you would be able to bring it up to 100 with magazines and items.

8 INT is not really necessary unless you want to put some non-combat skills at 100 instead of boosting level.

I prefer punching people and watching them ASPLODE!!!

Its no where close to the Project Deus from FO3.

Project Dues?

The secret plot of FO3 is a forgotten US project to reproduce a living God to fight against communists.

FO3 Lone Wanderer = God in FO Universe.

(Its a joke)

I still don't get it.

What is Project Dues?

Deus is Latin for God.

How so in Oblivion? I thought all the enemies leveled as you leveled.

Oh now I get it Storm.

I knew about the whole Prince thing. But didn't know you could bind all that stuff to.

How do you do that?

Yeah I wouldn't know. I haven't played that game in ages.

Ballistic fist FTW

My plan is this:

I want to exclusively use guns. Maybe some explosives. I have no interest in energy weapons, unarmed, or melee. I do want to have high speech, barter, sneak, lockpick, repair, and... maybe some others.
The strength is high so I can use the AM Rifle and the LMG.

Anyway, I don't have Dead Money (should I get it? I haven't heard much about it), so that doesn't factor into my build at all.

Even without Dead Money, I maxed out three combat skills most of the time, and since you are maining only two combat skills you really do not need higher than 6 INT, unless you are going to scientist role play.

Are you going to take weapon handling as a perk? If so you can reduce two from your STR as well. TBqH, there are not that many great perks, depending on your play style. Due to this, I usually picked Weapon Handling as a perk to have two free points to put in some other SPECIAL.

Minigun and Avenger, though they require 10 STR, you can use them fine with 8 STR (or 6 with WH).

Okay, check it out. I got impatient and built this character, anyway:

STR - 5 (6 now, w/ Intense Training)
PER - 5
END - 6
CHR - 1
INT - 9
AG - 6
LUCK - 8

Kamikaze
Good Natured (seeing as I won't be investing in the other combat skills, this is a net gain)

I do plan on taking weapon handling, and raising my Str to 8, so I can use the LMG and the AM Rifle to their full potential.

Tagged Lockpick, Speech, and Guns.

*shrug* It's too late to change it up, really, unless I started over again. I just arrived at Primm.