what do you think of the bloody mess perk?

[Sarahtonin]

i hate it to messy :D i found some guys one of them had cool armor the other had total crap i killed all of them but i didn't find the armor :(

[YouDieNow]

Minus the quests where you have to make sure certain body parts are intact (such as The Three Card Bounty) I personally think it's a must have. There aren't many dps boosters in the game, and the 5% increase is essentially a permanent buff to PER SHOT damage. So you'll notice an exponential increase in dps with it using guns like minigun / gatling laser, while still seeing relatively decent dps increase from regular speed weapons. Sneak builds take this further by enhancing per shot damage with various other perks, making for a quite the devastating combination.

[YouDieNow]

Originally posted by Ernesto:

Only at use in F3. In NV, there are perks much better and u can choose only one per 2 levels.

Correct, but you actually end up with almost the same amount of perks at the end anyway. 25 versus 30 in FO3. And a lot of the end game (level 22+ perks) are optional choices that don't really benefit the combat of your character whatsoever (except for laser commander and slayer for energy weapons and melee respectively.) After 28, you still have 11 more perks to unlock once you hit level 50, so you'll end up taking Bloody Mess at some point.

[kaffekoppen]

Originally posted by Ernesto:

Only at use in F3. In NV, there are perks much better and u can choose only one per 2 levels.

There is a downside to Bloody Mess, yes, but it doesn't matter half as much as people are saying. Yes there's that one quest where you don't get full payment. Boohoo.

On the other hand, you get +5% damage overall. To all enemy types. With all weapons. That's actually extremely good. I agree with jp_insomniac that this perk is a must-have (at least if you're trying to get the best character you can).

[YouDieNow]

Originally posted by kaffekoppen:

There is a downside to Bloody Mess, yes, but it doesn't matter half as much as people are saying. Yes there's that one quest where you don't get full payment. Boohoo.

Who said it was a downside besides yourself? All I mentioned was that it would make the quest harder to complete with the optional objective of collecting the heads. And it's an insignifant amount of caps to care about when compared to the 5% increase, as you already agreed on. No need for extreme exaggeration in your post.

[kaffekoppen]

I don't know why you thought anything about it was extreme. It's just that I've seen this question a lot of times and every time it is mentioned that it makes that one quest much harder, which I really think (as you also point out) is a non-issue. In fact, I've managed to complete it by letting my companion kill the fiends. The last few times I did that, the head was intact when I looted it.

[YouDieNow]

I guess that was the problem, haha. I don't really see this question asked a lot, therefore I just assumed you were speaking of the posts in this thread alone, which meant you were referring to me personally, would attribute it to a little misunderstanding.

But we seem to be on the same page about the topic of this thread, so that's all that matters. Point being, take the perk. No impactful downside, and who doesn't like more damage?