Forum:Explorer Perk - Worth it?

Well, reaching lvl 20 soon and i'm wondering a good perk to choose. Reapers Sprint seems pretty useful but I always wanted the explorer perk because I wanted to know where everything is and explore. Is it worth it?

♠ Truthfully, I think Reaper's Sprint is the best level 20 perk there is. Knowing where everything is is nice, of course, but you can always use online sources and maps to determine which places you haven't visited to make sure you've got everything. I suppose the best way of putting it is that if you take Grim Reaper's Sprint, you can still discover every location on your own. If you take Explorer, you will never get something as useful as Grim Reaper's Sprint. The ability to replenish AP with every kill in VATS is a great and very useful perk, especially against multiple, tough, opponents. I say go for the Sprint ability and take your time exploring...that's my opinion anyway. Hope that helps. Cheers! Magnum101 06:37, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

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I took the explorer perk because I don't use V.A.T.S all that much. I actually prefer manual aim over V.A.T.S, because it sometimes takes away the genuine feeling of self satisfaction during kill, personally this only applies to specific weapons otherwise I find V.A.T.S the more tactical choice in some situations. With the explorer perk it gives me an edge on the Reilly's Ranger quest for mapping data, something to do on the side, and there's practically no effort required when intentionally searching for something. I only say this because in Fallout, I only seem to intentionally look for something, where otherwise I feel the explorer perk would take away from the actual idea of exploration, sort of a contradiction, where as knowing something's there already, but if you'd played other sandbox RPG's you'd know what I mean. So, I guess what I mean to say is I'm not too fond if either of them, although the Reaper's Sprint would benefit you more overall; that's just my insight. Happy Gaming Xdarkdragonx 07:11, 28 March 2009 (UTC) Dragon

♠ Excellent points. I neglected to mention that indeed, if you find yourself using less VATS, then Reaper's Sprint isn't all that useful anyway. If you're a melee/stealth character you might even want to give the Ninja perk some thought, as it makes quite a difference when using melee weapons against tougher opponents. I suppose what it all boils down to is practicality and game style. But as darkdragon mentioned, Reaper's Sprint is more beneficial. But if you don't want to spend time hoofing it to every map location then by all means take Explorer. The game is perfectly doable either way, anyway. Cheers! Magnum101 11:47, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

I took the explorer perk because my favorite thing to do in the game is to explore, and find new things. Truthfully, I think the game is far too easy to have something like the Sprint to make it easier. Broeman 12:57, 28 March 2009 (UTC)