6INT>10INT

He's right actually, 10 INT is a waste. It's fairly easy to max the necessary skills, the rest is just a decoration anyway.

However I would also consider 9 EN a waste. Some of the implants are not worth it.

Comprehension is another thing I'd not take: educated is good since there's nothing better to take on level 4 anyway (and I consider it much better then comprehension) but since level 6 comprehension loses in usefulness to some other perk each level.

 

...and not everyone builds a character with the purpose of min/maxing. Maybe someone just wants to play a really smart dude, and that's it.

On topic though, it'd make sense to take INT7 rather than 6, for the sake of dialogue options; quite a lot seem to require 7.

And also from another POV INT1 > INT6 because maxing out as many skills as possible isn't necessary to have a fun game.

So yeah, I agree with BN that seeing someone who's not powergaming isn't a big deal. This isn't WoW.

 

Ya, I fully agree with Ausdoerrt. A LOT of 7INT options. A few 7PER too, probably not as beneficial though.

 

You can have 7 INT if you take that implant. It's gonna be a pain in the ass to find every type of skill mag.

 

I look at it thusly:

What makes art interesting isn't so much that any one piece is everything, but that each piece is limited - constrained by time, by materials, by subject matter, by perspective - and the creativity involved is largely due to subverting, bending and extending those limitations.

Hardcore mode to me, for instance, isn't figuring out the best possible combination of skillsets and equipment for each scenario but by playing my hand as it lies according to the situation I find myself in at the time. Life, after all, doesn't have a quicksave feature.

If that means [spoiler:7e1ce49262] being duped by Benny in the Tops, allowing the bomb in the monorail to explode, and killing any chance of meeting Caesar in an cordial fashion because Boone went a little crazy in Nelson,[/spoiler:7e1ce49262] then so be it. Roleplaying is just that: Playing a role. So long as my character is still alive, it counts as a win, no?

 

While I can appreciate the effort you put into your post, your attitude won't get you too far here. It's alright to recommend character builds you think are effective, but don't try to convince people you've found the "right" way to play the game. Sorry to say, but in an open-ended RPG where choice and consequence is built into its very fabric, the goal is to have fun by playing the way you want to play and making the decisions that further your own goals. Whether that's min/maxing, creating a "cool" character, finishing every single quest, etc., it's up to the individual playing to determine what a "full New Vegas experience" is.

 

While we're on the topic of INT, has anyone tried playing a character with 3 or less INT?? I started a new game with 3 INT. But all dialogue that I've come up to is unchanged..?

 

END of 10 adds +20 to skill points of unarmed, NOT damage.

 

INT is so underpowered it makes me sad. You dont really need more than 4 and its onlly for perks requirements.
You can even play with int 1 and still get 10+ skillpoints each level and have 99% of the dialogue choices (ther are like 5 or so unique dialoge situations for very low INT).

 

Yip, my current character has INT 1 - so far I only encountered 2 special dialogues. First was doc on game start, second one at the vegas clinic. Every second level, I get 11 skillpoints, still a lot, but of course your skills progress a little slower.

In general the skillpoint system seems to be geared towards jack of all traits characters - as INT 5 is sufficient to max one combat skill and all "necessary" social skills. If you take educated perk, its even worse. Then you really end up with choices like that:: "Do I use the [sience 70], [speech 65] or [barter 50] reply to that question" ...

 

its no bigger waste then no lowering luck to 1. I mean seriously except for gambling luck affects your game very little.

 

The difference between the amount of critical hits for LK1 and LK10 characters feels very significant actually.

 

Wich Jumpsuit gives you +10 to LP ?