What next? : Fallout: New Vegas

» Mon Apr 25, 2011 5:30 am

I just recently beat the campaign with only 35 hours on my sniper character. Now I want to go over the campaign again in a different way, probably NCR or House, since I did Yes Man with my sniper. But I have two options, a energy weapons character or an unarmed character, of which I can't decide. I'd like to know maybe some pros and cons for each build, suggestions, and your opinion on which would be more fun/entertaining/effective. Or if you think there would be another build all together that would be better. Feel free to vote in the poll

» Mon Apr 25, 2011 2:53 am

Superspy!

That's my next run, anyway. Suave, silenced pistols, sneaking around. Doesn't use armor, sticks to suits. Unless he needs a disguise to infiltrate the enemy.

» Sun Apr 24, 2011 6:23 pm

Nice idea. But do you fight, or just sneak around, steal, etc?

» Sun Apr 24, 2011 6:02 pm

Energy Weapons.

Meltdown is hilarious.

Edit: Personally, third playthrough is going to be a cannibal survivalist. Melee, repair, survival, ect. Just wander around exploring, eatin' people, the usual.

» Mon Apr 25, 2011 7:36 am

Guuns! Shotguns and carbines!!

» Sun Apr 24, 2011 11:08 pm

Nice idea. But do you fight, or just sneak around, steal, etc?

Just ask yourself: What would Bond do?

» Mon Apr 25, 2011 7:41 am

Lol nice idea. & Fish, that would be a little too close to my sniper build. I WAS thinking about a shotty build. Ya know, high endurance, riot shotgun, power armor, that kinda thing.

» Sun Apr 24, 2011 9:19 pm

yeah i ahve 30 hours into my sniper build
Sniper rifle ++
AMR (special occasions)
M1
Marks Carbine
Riot shotgun

but its hard to get away from the distance you get from snipers...so why not just close it up completely and melee and explosive/

» Mon Apr 25, 2011 7:06 am

Explosives in this game for me is an absolute turn off. 40mm/25mm grenades weigh so much it's almost unusable, having to return to base after one raid.
But yeah, sniper char consisted of: Marksman Rifle, Sniper++, and riot shotgun as well.

» Mon Apr 25, 2011 1:07 am

Play Explosives in normal, the ridiculous radius for self damage is enough to justify it......

Now only if I can found enough stealth boy on a new character to steal Mercy......

» Mon Apr 25, 2011 1:43 am

I think I'm going to do an unarmed character that carries a Thumper around with him (75% melee, 25% explosives).

Still open to suggestions though.

» Mon Apr 25, 2011 6:20 am

Energy Weapons are way more fun than sniping until you get Gauss which is the end of all other weapons, good or bad. Anti-materiel among energy, pretty much. Unarmed/Melee is a bit harder because you have to wrap your entire character around it, and since you need to take both to get best perks like Ninja, you won't be able to work explosives. So either energy + explosives which synergize well on flamers and plasma grenades or melee/unarmed but using mainly unarmed because it's superior.

» Mon Apr 25, 2011 4:00 am

Superspy!

That's my next run, anyway. Suave, silenced pistols, sneaking around. Doesn't use armor, sticks to suits. Unless he needs a disguise to infiltrate the enemy.

Dude, well done. I'm playing an very balanced character right now but the superspy sounds way cooler. I got Boone and I suited in ranger armor, red berrets & sniper rifles. Its kind of boring after awhile unless you end up inside but the Riot shotgun makes short work of room clearing. The superspy would not only look REALLY COOL but finally it will give a chance to use the little guns.

» Mon Apr 25, 2011 8:49 am

Remember to get Ultra Luxe room for Housing!

» Mon Apr 25, 2011 9:49 am

Play Explosives in normal, the ridiculous radius for self damage is enough to justify it......

Now only if I can found enough stealth boy on a new character to steal Mercy......

Why stealth your way there when you can just shoot, C4, and mine your way there

I twittled with an explosive build a bit and i set up a very nice trap for the legendary deathclaw. Blew the guy sky high.

» Mon Apr 25, 2011 4:24 am

Because C4 still weights a ton in normal?

And I wanna have Mercy ASAP! 40mm FTW

» Sun Apr 24, 2011 10:18 pm

If I were to do an unarmed/explosives build, I would do straight unarmed, not melee, with maybe explosives capped around 50-70 so I could use grenade rifles effectively, then use ED-E for storage for grenades and other heavy apparel.
Oh and I never found where the Luxe room was, I got the key by winning the casino out but couldn't find the room. X.X

» Mon Apr 25, 2011 5:35 am

I would do straight unarmed, not melee

Perks requiring high Melee include Super Slam, Unstoppable Force and Ninja. Good luck divorcing Melee from Unarmed. :-|

» Sun Apr 24, 2011 10:38 pm

Super Slam? you have Ranger tackle.

Unstoppable Force? VATS attack pass 80% of blocks.

Ninja? Why be ninja when you can kill everything without crits?

» Mon Apr 25, 2011 8:12 am

Yeah I saw myself missing those perks but meh, they can be made up for with my Thump Thump. xD

» Mon Apr 25, 2011 6:40 am

Any more ideas/opinions before I go ahead and make my char?

» Mon Apr 25, 2011 8:05 am

I was thinking about going through as a trader. Wear nothing but the roving trader outfit and hat, collect damn near everthing, and sell it. Empty jet inhalers and empty syringes, make my own drugs, and sell em.