Best Perks?

[RuL々]

Im on level 10 rn and I still dont know which is the best to pick. Some answers is appreciated.

[Danny]

I mean crit chance and crit damage bonus perks are almost always good.

[RuL々]

Originally posted by air-headed blonde:

what weapons do u like using

i mostly use everything except energy weapons

[Lou Sasso]

try a charisma playthrough sometime

[JobeGardener]

Friend Of The Night Perk. You're welcome.

[Danny]

Originally posted by JobeGardener:

Friend Of The Night Perk. You're welcome.

A pretty bad perk, the cat eye or ghost sight chem is much more useful for the very few times it gets too dark to see.

[Danny]

Originally posted by air-headed blonde:

friend of the night is an s-tier perk if u have a mod that makes the night REALLY dark

Still not worth it, as cat eye and ghost sight are plentiful and not addictive.

[RuL々]

Originally posted by JobeGardener:

Friend Of The Night Perk. You're welcome.

idt its useful that much to me as i play with high brightness

[captainwiseass]

Educated and Comprehension are always solid picks.

[Danny]

Originally posted by captainwiseass:

Educated and Comprehension are always solid picks.

Educated and Comprehension do too much if combined.
You don't need to max out every skill.
E.g. You generally never need more than 2 weapon skills maxed out.

Personally I prefer Comprehension, as that leaves magazines to more easily fill in the gap if absolutely needed to.

[Amrith_Menon]

Don't worry, I suggest doing you first playthrough blind, truly have authentic experience.

Apart from starting with wild wastelands, I've got no meta suggestions.

The only advice I can give you is that luck and crit is king. You can never go wrong with those 2. (Oh and charisma is pointless)

[Danny]

Originally posted by Amrith_Menon:

Apart from starting with wild wastelands, I've got no meta suggestions.

Wild Wasteland isn't really "meta", it is more "cringe" and "WUT?!"...

[Elkian Lionblood]

It really depends on the playstyle and what you want out of the game. I often pick up Animal Friend because it reduces a lot of potential danger running through the desert, and the second level creates a chance (though I've never been able to really leverage it on purpose) of being defended by those animals in a fight!

If you want to murder your way through the game, things like Bloody Mess can be handy. The various flirty perks (Confirmed Bachelor, Black Widow, Cherchez La Femme, Lady Killer) unlock dialogue options and also increase your damage output, so they can be versatile - and I don't believe they ever affect dialogue without you actively picking that option, so if you aren't comfortable with that part you can literally ignore it, if you really want.

Tag! and Intensive Training are useful if you feel your skills or stats aren't up to snuff. Do be aware that there are Skill Books in the world that permanently increase Skills a bit (they can be differentiated from Magazines, which have a temporary base boost of +10, by both the numbers and Magazines have no carry weight). There's a Perk that makes Mags and Skill Books stronger (doubling Mag boosts!), and one that makes Magazine boosts last three times as long.

Stonewall swiftly became super fun on my most recent melee character - every single fight had one or more "Stonewall prevented you from being knocked down" messages.

There's Long Haul and other Perks if you tend to pick up more than you can actually carry freely, I'm a bit of a pack rat myself so it's very handy.

If you tend to operate a lot at night, or during the day, there's Perks and Traits that will increase your ability during those times.

I do know this: DO NOT GET IN SHINING ARMOR in an unmodded game! It has a bug that makes it literally useless due to a coding error.

[Johnny Casey]

The only must-have perk I can think of is Pack Rat if you're playing Hardcore mode, but I find that hardly anyone plays that mode.

[Johnny Casey]

Originally posted by CuddilyWuddily:

I disagree. Selling only weapons with max barter is enough to make you swim in infinite caps. The only time pack rat is actually mandatory is if you're running some kind of high ammo build like gatling laster/sprtel-wood because you need 8000 rounds minimum to not run out of ammo while doing a quest.

Inventory space isn't just for the sake of carrying weapons around and selling them.

[Johnny Casey]

Originally posted by CuddilyWuddily:

Inventory space is only for carrying gear and loot to sell.

It isn't. There is a thing called crafting and collecting, and all manner of other things that people pick up for no particular reason, and from what I've seen, a lot of players carry 8 different weapons around and they have to have more than enough ammo for all of them.

I'm not sure what kind of hardcore playstyle you have there, but it's a must pick.