are all companions garbadge with 1 char? : Fallout: New Vegas

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 2:26 am

Just curious if for what ive seen charisma is necessary for followers to dominate?Excluding boone due to the fact hes the son of chuck norris and a radscorpion ;p

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 3:16 am

If you wanted them to be better you shouldn't have gone with 1 charisma.

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 5:22 am

lol nerve doesnt justify wasteing specials into such a worthless skill as charisma.If u know what ur doing u can max repair ew guns plosives lockpick science.( i used the casino glitch i have over 100million)thats why i dotn consider barter or medicine being of any importance

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 4:03 am

Cass dominates with a fully moded Hunting Shotgun with a pile of slugs. Soloed a five man Legion Assassination team while I was busy with tunnel vision in a scope. She seems to enjoy head shots.

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 2:57 am

Yeah, it does actually make a pretty huge difference. On my 10 cha character, 1 shot kills on most stuff. 1 cha, i'm lucky if they do any damage in a fight.

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 2:04 pm

Yeh, it determines their nerve. The higher the char, better the nerve. Better the nerve, they're better, i guess.. :touched:

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 7:42 am

I have 1 charisma and tried all companions.They seem to do well enough compared to my friends 5 charisma followers.Never had a problem with speech challenges either.Too rich to worry about barter...money is plentiful in this game.

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 12:30 pm

lol nerve doesnt justify wasteing specials into such a worthless skill as charisma.If u know what ur doing u can max repair ew guns plosives lockpick science.( i used the casino glitch i have over 100million)thats why i dotn consider barter or medicine being of any importance

The game isn't difficult enough to justify min/maxing anyway.

Just put points in what you want to put points in, you should do fine if you don't svck. My first char had 7 charisma and I didn't feel like he was weak at all.

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 3:27 pm

haha only reason i like to max as much as i can is to be able to be a one man army of sorts.Nothing beats using tesls armour +mg grenade launcher and murdering the fort when im bored

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 11:51 am

tbh over all charisma is agreed by most experienced players to be crap.Hell the nly thing that u cant use books or points to gain the benefit of chari is nerve and even then its not worthy of the most important points youll ever have ingame

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 5:21 am

This isn't the kind of game where it matters how refined or perfect your stats and skills are.
This is the kind of discussion one would expect to see in a World of Warcraft (or similar online RPG) forum.
You could get through the game without any trouble using completely randomized stats, if you wanted.

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 7:56 am

haha yeah wow is where online nerds try to compensate X D

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 6:35 am

Veronica one shot kills most enemies with her Power Fist. She only seems to have trouble with Cazadors and Deathclaws. This is with 1 Charisma by the way.

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 1:16 pm

My character seemed like he would have a high charisma due to his personality.
So I gave him high charisma.
Now Veronica is a beast in combat.

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 2:59 pm

tbh over all charisma is agreed by most experienced players to be crap.Hell the nly thing that u cant use books or points to gain the benefit of chari is nerve and even then its not worthy of the most important points youll ever have ingame

It is?

Because No. Its very dependant on your playstyle. I'm currently playing a guy with low strength, low agilty and low endurance and the only thing that keeps me alive are my allies and CHR

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 7:01 am

Arcade is better than Boone with 1 Charisma for me.
Boone just misses all the time.

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 9:42 am

Raul can be pretty badass with practicaly every gun.
Veronica is badass if you get the mod that fixes her levelling.
Rex knockdowns almost every target, effectively taking them out of the fight - quite badass.

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 1:41 am

It is?

Because No. Its very dependant on your playstyle. I'm currently playing a guy with low strength, low agilty and low endurance and the only thing that keeps me alive are my allies and CHR

Charisma is crap no matter what your playstyle is. The only reason you arnt having a hard time is because FNV isnt difficult in the first place.

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 3:15 am

+20-30% bonus won't be much with their default armor and weapons, but once you customize them with unique end-game weapons, that extra few points of charisma suddenly seem to start mattering quite a lot.

Cha 1 means you need to fly it yourself more often. Cha 5-6 means they will be very helpful on regular basis. I stopped dumping Cha once I moved to hardcoe. :-)

Now it's 4-5 on my characters.

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 9:45 am

It also seems there are a lot more Barter and Speech checks in the game than there were in FO3, which means Charisma isn't really the dump stat it used to be. Depending on how you play of course. But I think my next character is going to be one Classy Dame and see how different the game goes with schmooze.

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 8:08 am

Charisma is crap no matter what your playstyle is. The only reason you arnt having a hard time is because FNV isnt difficult in the first place.

I have a rather hard time actually. I have a very hard time, still have. Then again I wander off the given path alot.

And I think I know what my own experience is thanks.

(Also the extra starting points come ALOT in handy in dialouges.

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 10:24 am

Someone posted the Charisma chart from the Guide that lists Companion Nerve under Charisma at the 10 levels and there's a big difference in +5 Damage at CHA 1 level up to +50 Damage at level 10. I went for more Charisma this game after learning about all the Factions so I wanted to be able to negotiatie. I'll choose higher CHA for my next game too but I didn't know about Companion Nerve. Maybe someone knows where that chart is?

:fallout:

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 3:30 am

Charisma is crap no matter what your playstyle is. The only reason you arnt having a hard time is because FNV isnt difficult in the first place.

It always cracks me up when people have to convince others that there's a right and wrong way of building your character or playing the game. Different strokes for different folks. Charisma is not the most needed stat in this game, but the Nerve rating helps give a benefit to those that allocate extra points to it. Think of it more along the lines that having a higher charisma makes your standard companions better.

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 4:07 pm

I have a rather hard time actually. I have a very hard time, still have. Then again I wander off the given path alot.

And I think I know what my own experience is thanks.

(Also the extra starting points come ALOT in handy in dialouges.

So you agree with me and then claim im trying to state what your experiences are? Perhaps you should work on your reading comprehension.

It always cracks me up when people have to convince others that there's a right and wrong way of building your character or playing the game. Different strokes for different folks. Charisma is not the most needed stat in this game, but the Nerve rating helps give a benefit to those that allocate extra points to it. Think of it more along the lines that having a higher charisma makes your standard companions better.

Which is what my point is. Charisma is a trash stat no matter what you want your playstyle to be. I never said his build is wrong because he has high Charisma or whatever. Again, see above.

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 1:52 am

Although Charisma may still not be a priority SPECIAL to put points into, it is still alot more useful than it was in Fallout 3. My first playthough I had it at 5, and that alone made Boone a badass until I had to kill him.