How would you rank all the mutations?

[Daddy Gibby]

Currently making an article ranking every mutation, and I'm interested in getting some community feedback.

[waste lander147]

screw ranking all of them cause thats a lot of work but i can tell you the top 3 without going into specific builds.
1: Herd mentality
2: Marsupial
3: Speed Demon

[Blues Man]

Thats my top three too.

Although with Speed Demon I'm always eating and drinking to get the well fed buff.

[Vic Evicerator]

Speed Demon would probably get my vote for the 'best' since the speed bonus helps anyone in any situation and it's the easiest to offset - just eat more and carry more food.

For the two food-boost mutations, Carnivore and Herbivore, I personally lean towards Herbivore but I can see arguments for both and the differences can be settled by preferred playstyle. With Herbivore you can grow your own boosts instead of having to hunt, and with lots of soups/stews that feed both hunger and thirst you can have a lot of quick all-in-one food on hand. However, more of the strength and weight-carry boosts are with meat, not plants. Each one has a top XP-boosting food - Squirrel Stew for meat eaters and Cranberry Relish for vegetarians - but I personally think it's easier to hunt cranberries than squirrels.

The other stat-boost ones have offsets that you have to decide whether you can live with or not. I know many will say they like Marsupial, though I stay away from it since it's a big hit to INT (and thus a hit on your earned XP) and I can mimic the jumping with a jetpack. Egghead boosts INT and thus XP, but hurts strength (Carry weight) and endurance. Adrenal Reaction is built for Bloody builds, which is its own class of tradeoff.

[Traveler]

1) Marsupial - who needs cumbersome PA w/ jetpack
2) Speed - uh, speed

[Vic Evicerator]

Originally posted by Traveler:

1) Marsupial - who needs cumbersome PA w/ jetpack

Not those of us who have a jetpack Secret Service Armor chestpiece...

[Dr. Rockso]

Originally posted by Vic Evicerator:

Originally posted by Traveler:

1) Marsupial - who needs cumbersome PA w/ jetpack

Not those of us who have a jetpack Secret Service Armor chestpiece...

I use both. No regrets even when I die due to fall damage.

[corriganbrian51]

Marsupial Serum + SS Jet Pack + Goat Legs + Corn Soup = Up yours gravity

[Mooman]

Best is subject to play style.

Eagle eyes: Best for VATS crits but not so much melee.
Twisted muscles: Best for melee but not guns.
And so on.

The common ones I have on every character full health or low are:
Speed Demon: Reload and movement speed.
Adrenal Reaction: Everyone takes damage and more damage output for that is useful.

That's it. The others are more defined by weapon or play style (I hate marsupial and will never use it).

The worthless ones are easy. Plague walker, the melee nuke one, the melee electricy one (2 useless one can't be bothered to look up or remember), Scaly Skin (situational), Grounded (situational).