User:Sigan33235

Character Build: Sigan's Stealth 1st, Cheat Second
Doing the Math
 * Through leveling up alone you get a total of 835 points out of 1300. You don't need many books after this. The Comprehension perk makes it so that you need half the books to make the total books necessary around 233 or so. Maybe that sounds a little intimidating, but there are 324 skill books to collect, and none of these numbers take into account your bonuses for the clothing you wear, or bobbleheads. Bobbleheads give you approximately 156 or 157 skill points, and clothing could make a major difference too. For instance, if you wear the Chinese Stealth Armor you get +15 to Sneak. From those that's 87 less books you need to collect to get a maxed out character (Coming to a grand total of 146). Make sure you distribute skill points nice and evenly and by the end of the game you will be lacking nothing. This makes for a nice casual gameplay that doesn't require skill book hunting for every skill book. That's what I prefer :)
 * I just recently used the Infinite Scrap Metal bug to level my character up from about 24 to 30. I've noticed that through the skill books I'd found on my own so far, and my skill points I've been able to get all of my skills to 90 or above (including skill bobbleheads as well). There is seriously zero worrying about skill points with this build, and playing a lower IN character is feasable, and probably more beneficial if using that glitch. 14:29, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

Skill Point Distribution
Make sure to have these skills at or above the values listed in order to be able to take the corresponding perks. As long as you follow the perk suggestions every level, you'll never have to worry about your S.P.E.C.I.A.L. attributes at all regarding perk requirements. As I level up I look at the next perk I'm going to take in this table and decide how to spread my skill points out accordingly. For instance, I try to get to 50 Sneak right away for Silent Running and then I prepare for Cyborg by pumping some points into Medicine and Science. If you follow this discipline, you should fulfill all your perk requirements well before you get the chance to take them.


 * Remember to collect books as necessary, wait until after level 30 to get S.P.E.C.I.A.L. bobbleheads (except for maybe IN because it gives you more skill points), and use Chinese Stealth Armor to do the Beneficial Glitch - Infinite Headwear. Cheating is awesome.
 * The quest Those! can be done at any time, and either quest reward can be taken. As long as you wait to collect those bobbleheads you'll still be able to have a perfect character at the end. If you would rather collect one of the bobbleheads first, that's fine, just wait until later to do that quest.

Final Notes
 * Do Operation: Anchorage at about level 2 or 3. This should bring you up to level 8 or so, without having to worry about skills like Repair, Barter (You really shouldn't ever worry about this skill), or Speech, allowing you to - for the first few levels - focus on Small Guns, Lockpick, Sneak, and Science, while near the end putting some points into Repair for use when you come out of the sim.
 * I suggest collecting the IN bobblehead early (lvl 2-8), and depend on hats for an IN bonus to bring you to 10. If you cheat a little with the Chinese Stealth Armor it's no big deal, but if you don't want to cheat, and still want a perfect character, wait until after level 30. You won't really get any benefits of having IN at 10 after level 30, but some people are perfectionists :)
 * Don't forget to get Wired Reflexes as well as A3 21's Plasma Rifle in Rivet City. I messed this up and just took the rifle once, and felt like I was gimped and had to redo things. The character is more than capable without this, but I like using V.A.T.S. to target limbs sometimes - so this is completely optional. You might as well get both though, since it's so easy...
 * Work on the Wasteland Survival Guide early as well. I like to complete this first for the 3% Crit bonus, but it's a very good source for easy XP in the beginning levels.
 * Another goal for you as soon as you feel up to completing it, is to collect all the skill bobbleheads. Don't wait until you're level 30 to get these, it'll just make your life harder. Do that while keeping in mind NOT to collect the S.P.E.C.I.A.L. bobbleheads until after 30.
 * I'm one of those people that likes to exploit whatever I can. I make sure to drag Gary 23's body onto the Sim chair in O:A so I can bring back unbreakable equipment. It's challenging to strip a Chinese Assault Rifle from a soldier, but it's possible and highly suggested if you don't mind cheating a bit. For those that don't know, all you have to do is pickpocket the ammo from a soldier or person, leave and come back (usually you have to enter and exit through a door or into another cell), or sleep/wait, or save and reload the game. When the person is reloaded, it will not have any ammo for that weapon, so he/she will unequip it into their inventory and voila! It's now able to be stolen.
 * Again, these are just preferences, and not necessary for the build. No equipment makes or breaks this build. The build can thrive naked and unarmed if necessary - though not recommended :) - but I prefer to play it using a combination of stealth, sniping, and just general torture. You play it how you like :)