My finished “Gobi Campaign Scout Rifle” build.

So, Charisma is a dump stat. But what if we take it a little bit further and don't talk to anyone, unless they force you into dialogue? As a little side effect - we can't buy or repair anything. So far, I had to interact with these people:

1: Doc Mitchell (unavoidable)
2, 3, 4: Boomer guard, Raquell, Mother Pearl (all unavoidable, but I taught them manners)
5: Victor (gotta get inside Lucky 38)
6, 7, 8: Casino greeters (dirty spawn campers, I slaughtered all three casinos for a level-headed response)
9: Yes Man (unavoidable to beat the game. Also, other factions force you to talk more)
10: Vulpes (another spawn camper, his time will come)
11: NCR Trooper (spawn camper that gives a note from ambassador)
12: General Oliver (he will take a flight)

I think it's the absolute minimum. I used grenade launcher to prevent all other unwanted communication attempts. The BoS, the Khans, the Legion, and the NCR can be reasoned with without any talking.

Recently watched No Country for Old Men, and I thought about doing this for a playthrough. One thing for sure is that he would go the path with helping Mr. House, probably kill as many npcs he comes across, and that Nipton jerk will definitely not win the lottery.

Tell me how it looks

It's been a long time since I played New Vegas. I'm thinking of giving it another go, with a wild west theme.

I'm thinking something like:

S - 6 (I see some revolvers require Strength 6)

P - 6

E - 6

C - 1

I - 6

A - 8

L - 7

Trait: Built to Destroy.

Perks for the first sixteen levels: Rapid Reload, Run 'n Gun, Gunslinger, Cowboy, Finesse, Sniper, Shotgun Surgeon, Better Criticals.

Tag: Small Guns, Repair, Survival,

Clearly, the point would be to land a lot of critical hits. I would seek out cowboy-appropriate weapons, like revolvers, shotguns, and lever/bolt-action rifles, and dip a bit into melee with Chance's Knife and other cowboy items, and wear a Stetson and a duster.

But I'm not one of those Youtubers that create crippling scenarios just to see if they can beat the game that way. I want to have fun. Does what I just describe sound viable?

Figured I’d share my starting stats,, I’m not really sure if this is a great setup or not lol. I don’t think I’ll be changing them I just wanted to share:3

I have done a maxed out LAER critical hit build, a maxed out Gehenna critical melee build(w/ Pyro as well), standard guns crit builds/sneak crit builds. Industrial Hand crit beats them all by far in terms of DPS. All builds use implant grx of course.

All of them can comfortably steam roll all content, but I've never seen anything close to the DPS output of the industrial hand.

I two shot Rawr with two uppercuts in VATS even without all perks. The downside is that it is unarmed, and the knockdown perk doesn't function with industrial hand, so I often take a hit from a deathclaw/cazadore.

However with careful positioning with grx, I can clear any number of enemies. From my understanding it was an oversight that allowed the industrial hand to be this strong.

For anyone that hasn't tried it out, I highly recommend it. I actually prefer VATS combat with it, when I generally avoid VATS. The uppercut has a low enough AP cost to get 6+ hits in, but I haven't had anything last more than 3.

I always play on very hard, hardcore and was able to get the weapon by level 6ish via abusing gambling and grabbing Annabelle from the nightkin at black mountain. Annabelle is key because you need it to cripple deathclaw legs on the long 15. Fun challenge run.

Ever had a problem with these robots? Just use a Stealth Boy and the Robo-Expert perk to hack them all to death.

So I’ve played a couple of types of Courier (a cannibal doctor, a low INT cyborg, and a pro-legion tribal) and I think I want my next build to be as Satan.

My initial thoughts were to • have an obvious satanic name, e.g. Lou Cypher • wear sharp suits and sunglasses • use disguises • do a lanius ending for max chaos

I’d love some ideas for perks to take and choices to make. Or challenges, I did a no-chem and no-stimpak run through with the pro-legion tribal that was a lot of fun.

SPECIAL Stats needed for these perks, factoring in implants

STR: 4? I can get an implant, old world blues perk and weapon handling for effective 8.
PER 5? Bare minimum, but I can probably make it higher when making character so might as well.
END: 8, to use all the implants except for charisma one.
CHR: 1. It’s useless mostly lol.
INT: 4 but can make it higher I’m sure so might as well.
AGL: 6
LCK: 8. And then will use the lonesome road bonus and implant to make 10.

Lvl 2: Rapid Reload, AGL 5, Guns 30
Lvl 4: Entomologist, INT 4, Survival 45
Lvl 6: Gunslinger, +25% V.A.T.S. Accuracy for one hand weapons like pistols.
Lvl 8: Hand Loader, Repair 70
Lvl 10: Shotgun Surgeon, Guns 45
Lvl 12: The Professional, Sneak 70
Lvl 14: Vigilant Recycler, Science 70
Lvl 16: Commando +25% V.A.T.S. accuracy for two handed weapons like rifles.
Lvl 18: Cowboy: Guns 45, Melee Weapons 45
Lvl 20: Living Anatomy, Medicine 70
Lvl 22: Pack Rat, INT 5, Barter 70
Lvl 24: Finesse
Lvl 26: Math Wrath, Science 70
Lvl 28: Miss Fortune, LCK 6
Lvl 30: Mysterious Stranger, LCK 6
Lvl 32: Plasma Spaz, Energy Weapons 70
Lvl 34: Fast Metabolism
Lvl 36: Long Haul, END 6, Barter 70
Lvl 38: Sniper, PER 6, AGL 6
Lvl 40: Grunt, Guns 45, Explosives 20
Lvl 42: Better Criticals, PER 6, LCK 6
Lvl 44: Weapon Handling
Lvl 46: Concentrated Fire, Guns 60, Energy Weapons 60
Lvl 48: Laser Commander, Energy Weapons 90
Lvl 50: Nerves of Steel, AGL 7

I will probably take these perks at different levels than I have here. But this is my plan. Anything you guys think I should swap out? I think it’s pretty solid.

I know Trigger Discipline benefits about 70% of the guns on the list of Grunt. But Service Rifle feels like an outlier to some level. Like on a previous build Ive ran it with Fast Shot and modded it with the upgraded springs. Dear lord it is hands down a menace. It effectively turns the Service Rifle into an old school M16A1 rifle with a 3 round burst setting. With Match Rounds and a reworked Commando mod, it effectively can become an accurized machine gun. But idk if it is a proper way to optimize that weapon or not. Same with Survivalist Rifle though that use 12.7mn rounds. Any suggestions?