Just because you are a character doesn't mean that you have character - Winston Wolfe


Perks can say a lot about someone's character. What characterizes you?
And what says my perks about me? Am i hardcoe or just a toy? Be blunt?

Abominable (3)
Action Boy (2)
Agility Implant
Animal Control (3)
Beautiful Beatdown
Bloody Mess
Bug Stomper (3)
Charisma Implant
Coin Operator
Commando
Comprehension
Day Tripper
Educated
Endurance Implant
Free Radical
Ghost Hunter
Grim Reaper's Sprint
Gunslinger
Intelligence Implant
Intense Training (6)
Kamikaze
Legion Assault
Light Touch
Lord Death (3)
Luck Implant
Machine Head
Math Wrath
Mutant Massacrer
Nerves of Steel
Perception Implant
Power Armor Training
Ranger Takedown
Set Lasers for Fun (2)
Sierra Madre Martini
Silent Running
Small Frame
Sniper
Strength Implant
Sub-Dermal Armor
Tough Guy
Weapon Handling


Shoot...

Bloody Mess = Toy
All those VATS-related perks = Toy
Silent Running = Toy
Small Frame = kinda hardcoe
Only 2 of the 4 unarmed attacks = depends on if you did that on purpose or accident; all 4 is hardcoe, but so is purposefully skipping some
Charisma Implant = hardcoe
Light Touch = only hardcoe because it implies you wear light armor, the perk itself is noobsauce

If it's not obvious, I'm judging them based on:
- if it helps VATS only, it's not hardcoe; if you're hardcoe, you don't use VATS
- if it makes you better at killing, it's not hardcoe; if you're hardcoe, you don't rely on crits, and you could kill anything with the weakest weapons
- if it's arguably useless, it's hardcoe to take it over something useful
- completionism (like getting all 4 unarmed attacks) is hardcoe
- denying yourself your favorite perks is hardcoe
- oh, and Bloody Mess is lame; 5% damage is negligible, and enemies always blowing apart is stupid (I suppose it's hardcoe if you took it ironically)

Also, you didn't really need to list the challenge perks. If you're hardcoe, it's assumed you have them all.

Edit - If you take all VATS-only perks, but then never use VATS, THAT'S hardcoe.

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No, that's not hardcoe, that's just being not-combat effective. I don't see the point of depriving myself of laser commander to prove that I am not "noob-sauce" as you desccribe.

If you like a character that has crappy equipment and crappy training, then all power to you, but it doesn't make you "hardcoe".

Being "hardcoe" is playing very hard + being a survivalist + adding mods that put a ton more enemies in the wasteland.

Being successful when the odds are against you (and stacking the odds against youself) is the epitome of hardcoe.

It svcks that I'm the one to break it to you, but you're clearly not hardcoe. That's ok, I'm not hardcoe at New Vegas either. I'm giving an objective break-down of hardcoe-itude for the original poster instead of just comparing his tastes to mine.

I imagine he'd appreciate another judgement of his choices, instead of, you know, critiquing my critque.

Edit - Adding more enemies is hardcoe, turning up the difficulty is hardcoe, ''being a survivalist'' is subjective drivel, but if you pull out stronger weapons or put on heavier armor, that's not hardcoe, that means you wussed out. Prime hardcoe would be naked, no traits, no perks, all body parts crippled, level 1, punching the hardest enemy to death without taking any damage (without exploiting AI or pathing).

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Intentionally gimpinig your self isn't hardcoe its just gimping yourself

Don't care about being hardcoe or not, through different plays I've taken or earned all perks at least once.

There's only four I take every single time:
Cannibal
Ghastly Scavenger
Bloody Mess
Jury Rigging

The first three I take simpy because they're fun, the last is just too damn handy to not get it