Forum:First time New Vegas player. Long time Fallout player.

Hi All,

I am starting New Vegas for the first time (yeah took me awhile to find the spare time).

I intend on playing the game through many times and dont really care if my first character isnt the best.

I dont want to have a god-like character like in F3 - I want to have weaknesses.

Is it possible (without to much trouble or serious leveling) to get:

-Energy Weapons: 100 (Love the lasers)

-Explosives: 25 (Want to use C4 and grenades)

-Lockpick: 100 (I hate not being able to access new areas or sweet gear because I can't unlock doors or containers)

-Medicine: 100 (I want it to maximise the effects of med packs - is it worth putting to 100?)

-Repair: 100(I want to be as self sufficient as possible)

-Science: 75 (Is there any point to maxing? Are there many 100 terminals in the Mojave?)

-Sneak: 100 (Need to sneak. Always have, always will.)

-Speech: 100 (From what I've read it seems to be a must, my problem with maxing this is, even though it may open new doors - does it not close them as well? Eg. If you just skip over a quest with a successful speech check does that not mean you miss out on possible exp or items from jumping through certain parts of the quest? But on the other hand I don't want to miss out on dialogue options and in-depth answers to give me more of an idea of what is going on out there.)

Basically, I want 700 skill points...is that possible?

(If it is easy to do, would it be greedy to get 100 Guns on top of the above? I want to use the M1 Garand looking gun (Mr. Machine or something I think) I saw my mate with it and it was sweet!)

I have no idea what perks to choose yet. I have also purchased Dead Money, Honest Hearts and Old World Blues. I will play on Hardcore mode as well.

If people have completed the game can you please let me know what you regret not having or found really useful?

Just let me know what you would've liked to know before you ventured through the Mojave...

Thank-you in advance.

Mezodin.


 * There are a few very hard terminals in the game. The thing is with New Vegas is that it's fairly easy to get a variety of skill magazines that with the comprehension perk will give you a +20 temporary boost to a given skill. So some skills such as Lockpick and Science don't really need to be 100 and you can settle on 80 if you have the magazines handy. Gary 42 17:14, August 25, 2011 (UTC)


 * Unless you're horrible at avoiding injury, you can easily get by with 70 medicine, this qualifies you for the only perk with a high medicine requirement and you can easily make all the medicine checks in the game if you use items to temporarily boost your skill(75 is currently the highest check). But with your set-up, one main combat skill and all those DLCs, with little planning you should easily meet your desired skill levels. Also, consider investing in Survival, first time players ignore it sometimes and miss out on a lot of really useful crafting and the fact that the skill affect a large number of items. Dr. Lobotomy 17:32, August 25, 2011 (UTC)


 * Well if you don't mind going out of your way, I suggest that as soon as you leave Goodsprings you go and collect most of the skill books. The XP you earn form finding the locations will get you up around 15 levels. I did this recently and I had Guns, Lockpick and Sneak mastered befored I even started the main quest. Lightning 17:59, August 25, 2011 (UTC)