>>729143537>>729143741Thread died while I was making dinner, so here.Crits in Fallout 1&2 can give up to x4 damage while reducing your armor by 80%, this is why you randomly get one-shot all the time in late game. Any build 'can' beat the game in combat, as long as you don't get critted like that. FO1 doesn't strictly need a combat ending but FO2 does with Horrigan who has filtered a lot of people over the years.With x4/-80% crits the only way to survive consistently is with as much hp as possible.Fallout 1https://nwcp.vercel.app/vault-dweller#CAGcYWGWlECOOAA=Fallout 2https://nwcp.vercel.app/chosen-one#EAFgZV2SlEDscAA=I consider these to be the strongest FO1&2 builds, with primary stat augments you'll have 10 in most of them, importantly EN, AG and LK. Some guides suggest you only need 4 EN, and then you're stuck in late game crit hell wondering why you can't beat the final boss. IN is overrated as you don't need that many skill points. Spend all your loot on buying books in The Hub or SF. Carry mentats with you for the IN speech checkshttps://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Fallout_primary_statisticshttps://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Fallout_2_primary_statisticsuse these to track how to improve your statsIn Fallout 1 take these perks at level3: Awareness, Quick Pockets or Toughness, i prefer toughness because either an enemy is dead or he's not.6: Bonus Move9: Bonus Rate of Fire12: Better Criticals15: Action Boy18: Sniper (needs 80% small guns)For fallout 23: Awareness, Quick Pockets or Toughness6: Bonus Move9: Better Criticals12: Living Anatomy (needs 60% doctor)15: Bonus Rate of Fire18: Action Boy21: Action Boy24: SniperSniper isn't needed to beat either game, but it's a game changer with 10 LK.Merry Christmas anon, hope you beat the game.
Both these builds might be overpowered, and when you know them you can make RP changes if you like.Swift Learner is useless, just grind 5% more enemies. In FO1 don't finish the quest to kill Deathclaw eggs; you can grind the Deathclaws outside for xp.Educated and Good Natured aren't great, most skills are practically useless and you'll have enough points if you read enough books.
>>729166963>Fallout 1Agility build>Fallout 2Agility buildCharisma buildThere are your choices.
>>729166963Anon this is autism that makes games unfun. Stop optimizing fun out of every game. You don't need any of this to enjoy a comfy fallout
>>729167127>Charisma buildalways a bad idea, the companion AI is braindead and a pain to deal with.you only need Cassidy and Vic with guns, the rest either run into gunfire getting themselves killed or Marcus kills you with his big gun.
>>729167178Autism yesTo avoid optimizing the fun out of the game I suggest delaying getting early power armor in FO2, try to progress naturally down south
i don't know why you would munchkin through fairly simple and mostly easy games. Trying to survive crits with HP doesn't help when they can deal triple digits of damage, just reload and pray to rngesus
>>729167043It's crazy how much better those are in NV because of the 1 free character reset you get in OWB. But I fear this starts getting into minmax territory.
>>729167412I agree, in fact trying to win using one of the terrible pre-made characters is a fun way to play 1.
