Legendary perk card question.

[gamer3213000]

Can the legendary perk card SPECIAL's increase the max amount of perks you can have above the 15 max or is it always a max of 15 and the legendaries just "free up" points for other abilites?? Watched a few vid's but didn't really get a clear answer, thanks.

[Percello]

Originally posted by gamer3213000:

Can the legendary perk card SPECIAL's increase the max amount of perks you can have above the 15 max or is it always a max of 15 and the legendaries just "free up" points for other abilites?? Watched a few vid's but didn't really get a clear answer, thanks.

Nah. You can only have a total of 15 usable perk card allocation points, BUT you can adjust the way you allocated your SPECIAL points to get up to that 15. For example: You could add 15 hard points into Strength OR only put 13 in Strength and equip the Leg. Perk for the additional 2 to make the 15. Any way you arrange it, on your SPECIAL menu, they can only go-to 15.

[AtmaDarkwolf]

must add just in case.. do NOT take charisma. The extra 5 pts (Even if 15 or below) DO NOT let u share more perk cards. Instead, get any of the other 6 specials then move points into charisma for the same effect. (All other legendary special perks will allow up to 5 more perk card points as long as your nor above 15 total with base+legendary perk)

[Wack-A-Mole MLRS]

Originally posted by AtmaDarkwolf:

must add just in case.. do NOT take charisma. The extra 5 pts (Even if 15 or below) DO NOT let u share more perk cards. Instead, get any of the other 6 specials then move points into charisma for the same effect. (All other legendary special perks will allow up to 5 more perk card points as long as your nor above 15 total with base+legendary perk)

Yep, just figured that out myself last month. Could never share any in charisma and wondered why. Now I'm trying to build up a new card. Gotta take some perk coins off the Board I guess.

[shonasof]

Originally posted by Percello:

Originally posted by gamer3213000:

Can the legendary perk card SPECIAL's increase the max amount of perks you can have above the 15 max or is it always a max of 15 and the legendaries just "free up" points for other abilites?? Watched a few vid's but didn't really get a clear answer, thanks.

Nah. You can only have a total of 15 usable perk card allocation points, BUT you can adjust the way you allocated your SPECIAL points to get up to that 15. For example: You could add 15 hard points into Strength OR only put 13 in Strength and equip the Leg. Perk for the additional 2 to make the 15. Any way you arrange it, on your SPECIAL menu, they can only go-to 15.

I believe OP is asking if passive stat boosts can raise your skills above 15 as far as those stats affect your skills, not if it adds perk card slots.

For example, if you have your SPECIAL and perk cards set up to give you 15 strength, does equipment that adds +2 strength give you 17 strength as far as the under the hood stat handling goes. melee damage, carry weight, etc.

And even if I'm misunderstanding what OP means, that is still a question that I have, myself :D

[insert food here]

15 is the max for points you can spend on perks in any one special. However if you already have 15 in a special you can use the legendary special perk to raise that by another 5 for the passive benefits. So 15 intelligence +5 from the legendary special will be 20 intelligence for extra xp. You can still only choose 15 points worth of perks though.

The more common use of them is to set your special to something lower and then use the legendary perk to give you +5 so you can free up perk points to use elsewhere in another special with the punch card machine. The game does not do this for you. You need to check and work out what base amount + legendary you need in each special for your build.

EDIT: Forgot to say don't use legendary Charisma. Thanks for the reminder Prussian_Dude. The extra points from legendary charisma DO NOT count for perk sharing. If you want more charisma for perk sharing then use a different legendary special and move the points over with the perk card machine.

[gamer3213000]

Thanks guys, this pretty much answers all my questions and was really helpful. Thanks and happy gaming!!!!

[Prussian_Dude]

Legendary Charisma, dose not, let you share any perk cards. For Charisma its based off the base stat. So, up another Special, more the perk points over, to share cards, more cards. Do that with the "Perk Card Machine" no more spending points to more basic cards. Legendary cards still require perk points to change out, so decide wisely.

While you can go over for, Lets Say Legendary Strength, you can only Equip 15 points of perk cards, after that its just like a armor bonus, and you could use those extra 5 points for another Special. Same for Intelligence, just an Experience bonus, after level 15, you cant equip any more cards.

But, that is up to you, on what you want to do.

[Traveler]

Originally posted by gamer3213000:

Can the legendary perk card SPECIAL's increase the max amount of perks you can have above the 15 max or is it always a max of 15 and the legendaries just "free up" points for other abilites?? Watched a few vid's but didn't really get a clear answer, thanks.

Sadly the limit stays at 15, still way better than those other one.