I play on Normal. :3 Because normal, is.. well normal! Anything harder than that, is too hard. x3 The last time I tried anything harder than normal was on Guitar hero, so now I'm stuck on Medium. :brokencomputer:

Like I said, I'm not judging you. You've made it work, and congrats for that! From my perspective, though, and based on my playstyle, I hate it. But that's completely opinion-based, innit? :thumbsup:

Unfortunately, .45-70 SWC hand load ammo requires a Repair of 90...but in a weird way, that's a blessing, since so does Jury Rigging--so you'd have two excellent reasons to bump your Repair up that high. Blow through the Big Empty with custom-made ammo, then be able to fix your gun easily when that ammo starts to degrade it.

Man between you and the other guy who are dogging this guy for his choices, you'd think we were playing Warcraft or something where everyone has to have a cookie cutter Spec and there's no room for any choice. If the guy says he's playing on hard and doing well, perhaps he actually IS. Lord knows I've built several strange and bizarre toons that I swore were NEVER going to live and they did so easily. If his perk situation works for him, GOOD FOR HIM. Theres no need to look down your noses and act like elitists, It's not like there's only 3 ways to build a toon in this game.

That being said to answer the OP's question:
Personally, I'd level to 40 before you go into OWB. Get Handloader (if you can), Jury Rigging (If you can, its a life saver). Take the Paladin Toaster or a Zap glove, the Pulse Gun, basically anything that deals EMP damage for the robots. True they are outside your given perks list but they will still hit robots hard and drop em to the ground. For conventional weapons I'd say play it by ear. If you've grown attached to a weapon and have modded it fully, take it but also carry repair kits as we still dont know much about OWB and its all speculation.
Armor wise... I dunno, something in the Light/Medium class is usually easier to find repair parts for (More so with Jury Rigging).
A bunch of stims or food, some skill mags for computers sense it revolves around old world tech (Again an assumption)
If you've completed Dead Money, maybe take the Holorifle but only if its fully upgraded and you have a good supply of ammo.

Really, your choices will be unique to your toon. You built him and know far more about your game play than we ever will. If you really only wanna take 50 lbs of gear, you've got time to test loads now and work it down to something that is great for you.

Well looks look like im close to a new level And im only in the 60's for repair so I know what im bumping up next, and I see where your coming from , at first I thought you were [censored]ing at me, but I see now.

Like I said before, there is no right or wrong way but he's presenting his character as a Deathclaw Destroyer which is the exact opposite of what he's actually built. That's not being elitist, it's being honest with him. But you can go ahead baby talk him.

Yeah your right I think I might go 75% energy weapons , man just another skill to bump up , Im only in the 30's in energy weapons so I really need to step it up.

My build uses it. 9 luck = 9% + 5% light touch + 5% Beret + 3% JG armor + 5% Finesse = 27% x 5 for the Ratslayer crit multiplier = DEAD THINGS LOL

Really tell me in detail how you build a "Deathclaw Destroyer" and if you give me a great answer then I guess your right about my character.

Nah, not dogging on you. Your choices confused the hell out of me, but that doesn't mean I'm going to judge you for them. I've made enough strange builds to know that anything can be made to work if you get comfortable with it.

But yeah, I absolutely can't recommend Jury Rigging/Hand Loader enough. The combination of the two drastically increases your damage output without sacrificing the integrity of your gear (which Hand Loader on its own often does because of how much the custom rounds degrade your gun). If you don't have a Brush Gun, you can usually pick up a mint condition one from the Gun Runners, and there are a handful of guaranteed spawn points for it in the world...none of which I remember right now :whistling: Start stockpiling .45-70 Gov't rounds to take them apart once you get Hand Loader (they can be crafted in their generic form without Hand Loader with a Repair of 65, IIRC), and if you don't have the All-American yet, go get it. It's in the Vault 34 Armory...conveniently enough, so is the Pulse Gun, once again letting you kill two birds with one grenade.

Alright my friend, Im going to bounce some ideas off of you for your build since I gave you a hard time. I'll be back with some suggestions after I put it together.




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I already beat you to it!

Damn how did do that! :brokencomputer:

For 45-70 Im just gonna buy supplys from the gun runners to make it , until My repairs high enough for swc , and your definatly right about the pulse gun , but vault 34 is a biatch to get through.

Must. Suppress. Grammar. Nazi. Inside. Of. Me.

If the man says he can kill deathclaws and we cant disprove it by sitting at his console or cloning his toon, then theres nothing to say he cant and isnt killing deathclaws.

He came looking for advice, not to have people pick apart his toon for his choices and belittle him for it. Its not babytalk to render advice with out sneering down ones nose because his build is not what you would have done.

I have almost the exact same perk build. He probably (like me) chose what sounded cool and what he wanted. Btw I did get bum rushed by like 15 deathclaws surrounding the remnants PA. In conclusion i think he asked what to bring with him.......NOT to be criticized by someone on his perk build.

Here's the first character. I can offer this one quickly because I already had it put together here and you seem to want a Commando guns build (I think??) anyways. Im also going to offer a melee option shortly which is more specifically designed for killing Deathclaws.

Commando-Cowboy build (both real time and VATS heavy options)

S.P.E.C.I.A.L. (Including Implants)

S: 6
P: 6
E: 10
C: 2
I: 4
A: 10
L: 10

Skills

Guns, Sneak, Melee Weapons, Energy Weapons (60 for perk), Medicine, Repair, Science, Lockpick, Barter, Survival (after you start Old World Blues)

Traits

Built to Destroy, Fast Shot

Perks

1. Intense Training (Endurance)
2. Rapid Reload
3. Bloody Mess
4. Toughness
5. Toughness
6. Commando
7. Hand Loader
8. Cowboy
9. Math Wrath or Run n Gun (Increases the player's ability to escape certain death while shooting back at attackers or to run closer to foes to get within VATS range while attacking at the same time)
10. Finesse
11. Life Giver
12. Action Boy or Quick Draw (gives the player the abilty to quickly switch from a rifle to a one handed gun or melee weapon and vice versa)
13. Action Boy or Living Anatomy
14. Sniper
15. Better Criticals
16. Grim Reaper's Sprint or In Shining Armor
17. Fight the Power!
18. Concentrated Fire or Sneering Imperialist
19. Center of Mass
20. Nerves of Steel or Robotics Expert

Potential Perks after you start Old World Blues

21. Run n Gun or Living Anatomy or In Shining Armor
22. Quick Draw or Robotics Expert or Friend of the Night (Ranger Veteran Combat Helmets are supposed to have built in night vision)

Challenge and Special Perks

1. Lord Death (3)
2. Free Radical
3. Abominable (3)
4. Machinehead (3)
5. Animal Control (3)
6. Bug Stomper (3)
7. Mutant Massacrer (3)
8. Melee Hacker

Unlockable Perks

1. Elijah's Ramblings

Implants

1. Agility Implant
2. Charisma Implant
3. Endurance Implant
4. Intelligence Implant
5. Luck Implant
6. Monocyte Breeder
7. Perception Implant
8. Strength Implant
9. Sub-Dermal Armor

Weapons

Brush Gun (Brush Gun Forged Reciever; .45-70 Gov SWC Hand Load), Ranger Sequoia (.45-70 Gov SWC Hand Load), Chance's Knife, Anti-Material Rifle (.50 MG Match Hand Load)

Armor and Headgear

Desert Ranger Combat Armor and Helmet

Companions

Raul (untill you start Dead Money with Full Maintanance unlocked), Cass (Drink some whiskey and you'll be able to use the Ant-Material Rifle), Rex

Character Overview

HP: 525
AP: 125
DT: Desert Ranger Combat Armor and Helmet - 37 (39 against BoS, NCR and CL)
BCC: 18% (23% against BoS, NCR and CL)
CC: Brush Gun (in VATS) - 23% (28% against BoS, NCR and CL)
DMG: Brush Gun - 123 (129 against humanoids) (135 against Deathclaws)
DPS: Brush Gun - (unknown for now - my character was just recently erased)
CD: Brush Gun - 112
TMD: Brush Gun - 235 (246 against humanoids) (258 against Deathclaws - devestating)

To be continued..

Not trying to be a dike but the Chinese Stealth Armor has 12 DT perfect condition

Chinese SA is not that good in NV, it was a game v?breaker in FO3 tho

Are you finished?

Well lets see my Special now with implants is a little lop-sided
S.10
P.3
E.9
C.8
I.9
A.1 (Bad decision)
L.8
My other Characters Special ,( Lower Level Character , Level 24 )
S.10
P.1
E.2
C.6
I.7
A.7
L.8
Oh and what are the requirments for the perk hand loader? And which character looks better cause its too late to turn back now, but I can pich better perks with the newer character

Dunno, you finished whining that someone else made choices you didnt? If so then Yes. If not, then No.

I don't get what the deal is with Cowboy + Grunt Perks. Whenever I do a knife build (loads of fun, I end up dying almost every time) I make sure to boost my guns high enough just so I can grab both of these. They turn any Combat knife into a freaking kill stick.

And for the record, Deathclaws are not that tough at range. All you need is some high ground, a moderately accurate weapon, and plenty of ammo. If you're smart you can just pick them off while they try to run toward you. If you're really smart you knee cap the bastards and watch them try to limp after you.

Level 6, Repair 70.

As an aside, I have to ask, I really do...are you on the PC? If you are, CHANGE THOSE STATS. Charisma, even for a character who enjoys using companions, does not need to be above a 6 or so. I personally tend to keep it at 5. If you're on PC and therefore able to console-edit, dump 2 or 3 of those Charisma points into Agility, drop your Strength, Intelligence, and Endurance down 1 each, and put two of those points into Agility and the last into Perception. The skills I saw in your build point towards a gun-based class, but you're not going to be any use with a gun if your Agility is junked. Honestly, I'd advise taking 2 or 3 points from Strength and Intelligence (max 2 from INT, actually, to preserve INT checks) and dumping them into AGI--but then again, I tend to play an Agility-high character.

If, on the other hand, you're on a console...stop using your higher-level character. His SPECIAL doesn't gel with the build you suggested you were trying to give him. Instead, start playing your level 24 toon and focus on a mixed-weapon build between Unarmed and Guns. You might consider setting yourself up as a sniper-type given your low Endurance (although with Perception 1, that's going to be hard). Take Intense Training enough to boost your Perception and Endurance to decent levels (4-5 minimum). With the increasing level caps, the hit to your perks won't be too severe.

Even better with a sniper rifle with a silencer and hollow points :vaultboy:

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That build's overview stats were a bit inflated. I misread the calculator. The Brush Gun's critical damage with Better Criticals is 112, not 125 and Fight the Power! affects the BoS, NCR, and CL. Hand Loader requires Repair at 70 but it should be at 100 after you collect all the skill books.