Bullshit. There not a single perk better at the starting point than Gifted. The fact that you get +7 stat points and the trade off is practically unworthy mentioning. You have a better option?
I have a big problem. Once i started playing fallout 2 with your patch i seem to have some serious pc problems. I can't even complete temple of trials, because at random point my pc throws out a blue window for a few seconds and restarts. Something about physical memory dump and shit. I haven't...
It's not like using some tools and shit, which i have never tried. It's an officially intended perk - the trade off is not appropriate, but still, it's meant to be in the game, thus you can't consider it cheating.
Per's FO2 guide is the best there is, except the fact that he somehow does not like gifted perk which i don't understand as it is the best perk to start with.