Best build for stealth without using melee weapons?

[∴ Snake ∴]

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[Military Industrial Complex Simp]

Fatman with Remnants Armor.

[Vassago Rain]

Max draw distance.

[Toad Mooks]

I assume the Stealth Mk 2 suit from the OWB DLC is the best stealth armor, make sure to pass all the tests to gain all the perks.

[Bansheebutt]

A long-range rifle.

Literally all you need.

[Toad Mooks]

True

[CrackeR]

And this........ a must for me since i found it!

http://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/49835/?

[Vassago Rain]

Originally posted by Ogar Ignatius:

I assume the Stealth Mk 2 suit from the OWB DLC is the best stealth armor, make sure to pass all the tests to gain all the perks.

It's really bad for stealth, actually, because it's medium armor, so doesn't get to take advantage of all the cool stealth and bonus crit perks.

[red255]

yeah and it makes you addicted to med-x for stupid reasons.

the assasin suit from dead money is better, especially with project nevada which gives it a stealth field.

[Toad Mooks]

Originally posted by Vassago Rain:

Originally posted by Ogar Ignatius:

I assume the Stealth Mk 2 suit from the OWB DLC is the best stealth armor, make sure to pass all the tests to gain all the perks.

It's really bad for stealth, actually, because it's medium armor, so doesn't get to take advantage of all the cool stealth and bonus crit perks.

oh, true, i haden't thought of that, I don't get those perks normally :)

[baumgartner]

Another good thread - so what's good for someone like me who's not likely to be into the DLC anytime soon? I mean I use rifles like CaliFORnia posted but this game is a ton of fun played thru various approaches and constraints. So what would be a good stealth build without melee where I could go solo and still finish the game at the normal difficulty in under the 25th level original cap?

[OutsidR]

I believe in the DLC Operation Ancorage, there is a ninja stealth outfit to be had. Second play through, I did the Ancorage DLC first and then completed the rest of the game with the outfit. Was awsome.

[di eshor ribly]

Originally posted by OutsidR:

I believe in the DLC Operation Ancorage, there is a ninja stealth outfit to be had. Second play through, I did the Ancorage DLC first and then completed the rest of the game with the outfit. Was awsome.

Yeah, that stealth suit was pretty good, but doesn't help much in New Vegas.

Personally, the two you should look for (unless you're using mods like Signature Armor) is Christine's stealth suit and her silenced sniper rifle. They make it pretty easy to pop heads from a distance with no one noticing. The .22 silenced pistol and SMG are your sidearm for close encounters. You can use any silenced holdout weapon you prefer though, the Infiltrator from Project Nevada is a pretty decent silenced assault rifle.


Alternatively, if you want the REAL fun stealth build, it's all about sneaking landmines and grenades into people's pants.

[talgaby]

Ranged stealth? Silenced M1911 and/or Christine's DSK-501 sniper rifle, and either Graham's SWAT vest, the MK2 Stealth armour, or the Elite riot gear.

[Blotsky]

Some light armor you might want to consider: Ulysses' duster, Joshua Graham's armor, Sierra Madre armor, vault 34 security armor, or Sierra Madre armor, reinforced. The sierra madre and vault clothing just give a dt and have very low item health, however they have the highest dt among light armor. Joshua Graham's armor provides a dt of 15 with a crit chance +3% while Ulysses' duster provides Crit. chance +5% (and charisma +1 but who cares?) with a dt of 13. I prefer Graham's armor because late game with all relevant perks a 2% Crit. chance makes little difference and Graham's armor can be repaired with powder ganger armor. For glasses you should go with lucky shades (However they're only in the legion safehouse and therefore are diffucult to get for some runs so they can be substituted with the rebreather for a dt of 3) if your luck is at 9. For hats go with Boon's Beret.

[Dosbilliam, Boring but Practical]

Originally posted by Vassago Rain:

Max draw distance.

Get the Configator and max it there, since that exceeds the ingame setting by quite a bit.

It does make PER essentially useless, though.

Originally posted by baumgartner:

Another good thread - so what's good for someone like me who's not likely to be into the DLC anytime soon?

Bolded that since no one else seems to have seen it.

Going without mods or DLC, even the Courier's Stash, I'd suggest one of the various Merc Armors, basic Leather Armor or the Reinforced variety. They're common at the start, easy to repair later with Jury Rigging, and protect you better than Pre-War outfits. The Merc outfits can also be repaired with any other Merc outfit regardless of perk choice, and those are extremely common at the start, not to mention the Merc outfits and basic Leather Armor are all cheap to buy, making repairs even easier.

They weigh 8 lbs. and 15 lbs. respectively, though, so holding a large number of them for future repairs isn't entirely feasible.



All that being said, outside the DLC there's not much in the way of really good Light Armor for stealth. Mods can help, especially AWOP's Mk II Merc outfits, especially since a stealth package was added to the Beginner Box that gives you a Varmint Rifle Mk II, 10mm Pistol Mk II (which is about the same as the Weathered 10mm Pistol, just with a slightly larger magazine), along with silencers for both, some decent ammo, and some other stuff I can't list since the ReadMe wasn't updated with that info on the mod page.