Posted March 17, 2025
I'm at level 30, have all my skills and SPECIAL maxed, and have recently started Broken Steel after finishing all the other DLCs.
I'm using Winterized T-51b Power Armor with Ledoux's Hockey Mask for armour. My endgame arsenal includes Reservist Rifle, Novasurge, A3-21's Plasma Rifle, Metal Blaster, Vengeance, Deathclaw Gauntlet, Shishkebab, and Nuka Grenades.
My starting SPECIAL was:
S:5
P;5
E:5
C:4
I:8
A:7
L:6
I got Ant Might from Dr. Lesko after finishing Those. This was my perk choice list: Intense Training (used on Intelligence), Lady Killer, Child At Heart, Entomologist, Iron Fist (3 ranks), Finesse, Bloody Mess, Silent Running, Better Criticals, Toughness, Cyborg, Strong Back, Mysterious Stranger, Gunslinger, Commando, Sniper, Concentrated Fire, Lawbringer, Grim Reaper's Sprint, Action Boy, Paralyzing Palm, Nerves of Steel, Quantum Chemist, Robotics Expert, Pyromaniac, Ninja, Almost Perfect
I didn't take Demolition Expert because the Nuka Grenade isn't affected by it despite it being an explosive. I'm using the Updated Unofficial Patch, but I'm not sure if that oversight was corrected in it. I know that the Bottlecap Mine is affected by Demolition Expert and am considering adding it to my arsenal to use for traps.
While Child At Heart was useful for helping get the Mechanist to stop being a delusional superhero after I stopped the Antagonizer with Lady Killer, other than that it had minimal use. Lawbringer fingers don't have as much payout compared to other payouts from scavenging for others (scrap metal for Walter, blood packs for Vance, pre-war books for Yearling, etc). And the Mysterious Stranger doesn't appear as often as I hoped and even rarer now that I can kill most enemies by the end of a VATS turn, especially with sneak attack criticals.
Should I get rid of those three perks on my next run with this character? Should I pick up Demolition Expert and use the Bottlecap Mine? Should I dump Charisma even if it did help me make some speech challenges easier to accomplish? If so, where should I put those free stat points depending on whether or not I plan to get Almost Perfect?
I'm using Winterized T-51b Power Armor with Ledoux's Hockey Mask for armour. My endgame arsenal includes Reservist Rifle, Novasurge, A3-21's Plasma Rifle, Metal Blaster, Vengeance, Deathclaw Gauntlet, Shishkebab, and Nuka Grenades.
My starting SPECIAL was:
S:5
P;5
E:5
C:4
I:8
A:7
L:6
I got Ant Might from Dr. Lesko after finishing Those. This was my perk choice list: Intense Training (used on Intelligence), Lady Killer, Child At Heart, Entomologist, Iron Fist (3 ranks), Finesse, Bloody Mess, Silent Running, Better Criticals, Toughness, Cyborg, Strong Back, Mysterious Stranger, Gunslinger, Commando, Sniper, Concentrated Fire, Lawbringer, Grim Reaper's Sprint, Action Boy, Paralyzing Palm, Nerves of Steel, Quantum Chemist, Robotics Expert, Pyromaniac, Ninja, Almost Perfect
I didn't take Demolition Expert because the Nuka Grenade isn't affected by it despite it being an explosive. I'm using the Updated Unofficial Patch, but I'm not sure if that oversight was corrected in it. I know that the Bottlecap Mine is affected by Demolition Expert and am considering adding it to my arsenal to use for traps.
While Child At Heart was useful for helping get the Mechanist to stop being a delusional superhero after I stopped the Antagonizer with Lady Killer, other than that it had minimal use. Lawbringer fingers don't have as much payout compared to other payouts from scavenging for others (scrap metal for Walter, blood packs for Vance, pre-war books for Yearling, etc). And the Mysterious Stranger doesn't appear as often as I hoped and even rarer now that I can kill most enemies by the end of a VATS turn, especially with sneak attack criticals.
Should I get rid of those three perks on my next run with this character? Should I pick up Demolition Expert and use the Bottlecap Mine? Should I dump Charisma even if it did help me make some speech challenges easier to accomplish? If so, where should I put those free stat points depending on whether or not I plan to get Almost Perfect?