Fallout 4

Starting to? How did you imagine this playing out when it was first announced. Now combine that with the way they were handled with the first Steam experiment.

So I'm choosing a general purpose sneak + sniper + gunner dude with the intent on 100%ing the game on Survival difficulty. The way I looked at builds was to rate the builds into basically 5 levels. 5 being must have, 4 being will get with secondary priority, 3 being will probably not get till endgame and 2/1 being might be useful but probably won't take.

The priority is:

5:
PER: 3 Locksmith
INT: 3 Hacker
AGI: 5 Commando
AGI: 5 Sneak
AGI: 2 Action Boy
AGI: 3 Ninja
LCK: 3 Grim Reaper's Sprint

4:
PER: 5 Rifleman
INT: 4 Gun Nut (High on the assumption this is the only way to mod)
INT: 4 Science! (High on the assumption this is the only way to mod)
LCK: 3 Better Criticals
LCK: 4 Four Leaf Clover (High on the assumption that the increase is worth it.

3:
STR: 4 Armorer (High on the assumption the armor mods improve dmg, lower if they don't)
END: 2 Chem Resistant (High on the assumption that it works like in FO3/NV)
END: 5 Toughness (High on the assumption this is as good as DR in FO3)

2:
PER: 5 Refractor
INT: 4 Medic
INT: 3 Nuclear Physicist (High on the assumption that radiation weapons are common and not terrible)
INT: 4 Chemist (High on the assumption that it works like FO3/NV)
AGI: 2 Quick Hands

1:
PER: 2 Penetrator (Low on the assumption that enemies won't use cover frequently)
AGI: 3 Gun Fu (I don't know what this does but it sounds like it only works if you spread your fire out to multiple targets)
CHA: 2 Local Leader (I don't really know how useful )
LCK: 4 Bloody Mess (+15% damage may not even be worth the increase in loot time if gibbing enemies is like FO3/NV)
LCK: 3 Idiot Savant (Need to know percentages)
LCK: 3 Critical Banker (Need to know how crit system really works and how streamlined the crit interface is)



The other numbers are the number of points I intend to spend. ex: locksmith/hacker only have 3.

Based on this the SPECIAL I need to utilize the level priority 4 perks is:
PER: 4
INT: 7
AGI: 7
LCK: 9

And priority 3:
STR: 3
PER: 4
END: 4
INT: 7
AGI: 7
LCK: 9


With Bobbleheads this means the stat allocation is 2331668 which perfectly lines up with level 1 allocations. If I had more points I'd either put them in luck/agi for combat utility, INT for leveling or str/cha to build a more well rounded character for dialog options.


Other than the known assumptions I'm making with the above list of perks the big questions I have going into FO4 are:
How does END work?
How does INT work?
How hard is it to ditch your companions and then do their quests without spending time with them?
How many bobbleheads are there per special? Only one?
Can you use bobbleheads to get higher than 10 special?
How does >10 special impact things? Does INT gear increase xp?
How do crits actually work?
How many of these special mags are there?

spronk_sl said:

thats why i kept saying don't consider mod support in your purchase decision, its going to be a clusterfuck for a while. no mods at all for at least 4 months imo, probably not till next summer really.

anyways fallout 4 loot crate unboxing
Fallout 4 Loot Crate Unboxing

pretty crappy stuff as expected

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I'm betting there will be legitimately useful mods in the first week.

The other reason I'm avoiding CHA is because if local leader turns out to be amazing I can just boost CHA or if that's not feasible just respec via console.