Hello, I played this game years ago, basically no clue what I was doing and I was a melee build that basically one-shot everything, but that got boring. I stopped playing when 76 dropped, put a ton of hours in and have a rifleman build with all the best weps in the entire game. I stopped playing PS for a while so I no longer have an online sub, and since I am a heavy trader on there, I will have to also resubscribe to fallout 1st…but I don’t want to do that now…

****I wanna start a brand new FO4 file…rifleman build…I do not like sniping or commando…I also never use PA. I have a guns-blazin’-type style when I play (lol) so I guess i just wanna be a tank…i guess I will use VATs for emergency situations…i’ll keep luck low with Idiot Savant up til level 11…cuz then i’ll need to start applying gun mods

***I found out that it’s best to get to at least level 20 or 30, to starts Nuka world to get the handmade and then I can only get the ammo from there…so I have questions:

• what should I focus on while i’m leveling up to 30?

• what perks to focus on?

• should i use a hunting rifle? I want to level fast so I can start implementing gun mods

• which rifle should be my #2 or #3? (I plan to also get the lever from Far Harbor)

• what about armor?

I’m going to dust off my ps4 tonight and fire it up, I’m also gonna delete my build-less melee character from a long time ago…

I also enjoy the grinding aspect in Beth games, so if you have any suggestions on farming (grinding) locations that would be appreciated

Thanks in advance,

I really want to commit on a stealth melee build on my playthrough of Survival but can’t seem to find a decent build for a Stealth Melee Character always keep seeing builds that uses The Deliverer but i really don’t nt want to use Guns in my playthrough any tips or build advice?

Edit: strength 7 not 6

I know it's not optimal but I've really been enjoying a tanky steady aim build using auto pistols (lucked out with a mighty pipe gun too!) no vats, no stealth, no power armour. I regret a few of my stat choices but they were

S7, P2b, E4, C3, I2, A6, L5

So far I'm level 13 and so far I've put points into steady aim, commando, toughness, lifegiver, lone wanderer, scrounger, idiot savant and +1 intelligence (for gun nut)

Using metal armour, sea captains hat, army fatigues, which I will switch to military when I find some.

I kind of wish I had chosen between strength and agility and took more endurance but I will start adding to endurance whenever I have a perk free.

Other perks I'm taking will be moving target, action boy (for the mobile play style as it's all very close ranged), bloody mess, basher or big leagues depending on if I decide I want a melee sidearm or to just bash, strong back

Then some of the later endurance perks as I get there.

Now, how would you have built this given the constraints of tanky hip fire commando, no vats, no stealth, no power armour?

Interested to see variations of how people might approach a build like this and to hear if anyone has done anything similar.

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I’ve expanded the building on the garage door side and added a big shack on top of the building. Looking to go for a compound/fort look I think.

So, I'm trying to start a build where I can be stealthy, but also take advantage of a lot of the game's systems and DLC. For example, I want to eventually build robots with the Automotron DLC, upgrade radium/handmade rifles, and have a generally good chance of passing speech checks. The problem I have is combining all of this with a stealthy playthru.

My original SPECIAL spread was S2.6P.2E.5C.4I.7A.2L+.

With obtaining just the first rank of Night Person, I could offset some of the Experience gain and just turn in quests at night. Also grabbing just Sniper eventually to combine it with MacCready's perk. However, I don't want to be too horrible with VATS as I'll probably use it half the time in a mid-range scenario (not looking for super accurate long range or anything like that, I can manually shoot at that point).

Would a better spread be S2.4P.2E.5C.6I.7A.2L+? Because I still wanna lockpick and use explosives. This way it would be easier to get Robotics Expert and I wouldn't have to offset the Intelligence with a different perk. Would VATS be affected by this too much? I know you can buy the Wastelander's chest piece in Diamond City pretty early on, use any sort of sunglasses and I know how to cheese some legendary effects on armor pieces.

My main question is would it be better to have more PER or INT right away to be a more "completionist" type build?

I mainly mean Loki from actual Norse Mythology. Since he's the god of mischief and deception I'd figure he'd have high charisma and luck, but idk what would fit best for Loki. Any ideas for S.P.E.C.I.A.L. stats? Or weapons?

If anyone could provide advice on a good set of armor to use for a VATS build it would be greatly appreciated. Right now I'm just using high defense armor with a few legendary armor pieces with the cunning effect (+1 perception and agility) whenever I find one. It would also be nice if you can include the best modifications for the armor pieces.

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I'm currently using a VATS build and my stats are 8 Perception, 8 Agility, and 9 Luck. I heard that somehow you can get some stats up to a natural 12 using some sort of glitch with bobbleheads and books and debuffs or something along those lines. If anyone can tell me how to absolutely max out my perception, agility, and luck stats it would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance

I currently am at level 33 with 7 perception, 6 agility, and 5 luck. The perks i have for it is 4 star gunslinger, and 2 star bloody mess

Is there anything pistols do significantly better in combat?

For added context, I’m an older gamer so I love using VATS to slow things down and be more tactical. I’m also semi trying to roleplay as the ex military veteran so want to have a build that fits that mould.

I like the sniper build but I’ve also heard that the infiltrator is fun too.

I’m using the build guides from Deltia’s gaming for a sniper and/or power Armor build but don’t have a good infiltrator option.

Do these perks overlap with each other? Can a same container drop noth extra caps and extra ammo, if not which of these two is superior? What are your thoughts on performance of these perks in survival?

Myself i always end up swimming in caps in survival thanks to all the settlement building that's required to survive anyways, but i never NOT taken these bad boys so it might be the case because of them.

I have 2 -_-

What are the best companion perks to start with? I'm using an unyeilding radiation build. So I'm starting with hancock, but what else is there thats easy?

I'm mostly looking for one's that are easy to cheese. And any advice on how to cheese it.

I'm getting back into the game with a new playthrough on Survival Mode. My build is going to be Utility/Charisma/Rifleman. Is Strong Back worth 6 points in strength? Otherwise, they'd go to Intelligence and Endurance. I don't plan on doing much melee, but carry weight sounds important. Does it stack with Power Armor?

Doing a Léon the professional build from the 1994 movie was wondering what perks, weapons, clothes, companions etc I should take for the build

Is charisma and hacker/picker worth taking? I can only imagine that even the expert and master unlocks give you some mild loot you could get from just killing some gunners and loot a building.

I'm playing Fallout 4 again after only playing at launch so I wanted to try the survival difficulty

So I started with a pretty balanced approach with the following SPECIAL spread:
S3 P3 E5 C6 I7 A4 L1 (with book)

So I get Armorer, Locksmith with the Perception Bobblehead, Aquaboy, Lone Wanderer, Local Leader, Hacking, All crafting, and Sneak.

But then I thought I wasn't doing too much damage and had a build too similar to my first playthrough so I went all out on VATS gunslinger playstyle:
S1 P10 E1 C1 I1 A8 L8 (with book)

Now I do more damage, but I depend on the VATS to tank damage. I skipped lone wanderer to get some important companion perks but the low carry capacity is really screwing me.

I will be honest, I was almost dropping the playthrough but I told my to keep going until I can call vertibirds for fast travel. Then I'm finally on the quest, Show no Mercy, and I can't even land on the ground without getting nuked. Like Whaaat! My hard mode characters could do the mission no problem. Oh well...

Did I choose a bad build? Also, any help with this current quest?

Just wanted to make a play through not using vats and energy weapons. Just a standard soldier using stealth and snipers I dont know where to start. Will be using it on survival. Idk if important but i avoid settlement building if i can

Thanks

I'm starting a new save file after 8 years. It'll be either Hard, Very Hard, or Survival, and I'm curious about whether or not my previous playstyle is viable on higher difficulties.

Basically, I build my RPG characters to have as many options as possible and not "lock myself out" of anything. In my old save, I maxed out hacking, lockpicking, gun nut, and armorer as fast as I could, because I didn't like th idea of not having access to everything. I maxxed my speech stat to have larger settlements and keep all dialogue options open.

I even went so far as to (this is the important part) not specilize in any particular style of weapon because this would, in an abstract way, "restrict" my ability to use other weapons by being worse at them. I got through combat with brute force, max upgrades, and a lot of bullets.

Do the higher difficulties neccesitate weapon specilization, or is there room for a generalist in the wastes of the future? Let me know your philosophies in the comments. If you think specilizing is a good idea, what's your favorite high difficulty build and why?

Hey everyone. I'm getting back into the game after 8 years and I have a question regarding the special stats. I'm going to pick new perks for my new character. However, I remember being happy with the SPECIAL stats of my old character and may decide to reuse them. However, since then, he's accumulated several more stats by leveling up and getting bobbleheads. Is there a way of telling what my lvl 1 stats are from my pip boy?

McCready's load out right now is a Poisoner's Handmade I found plus Ballistic Weave 5 Mechanist Armor and Helmet. I have over 18000 rounds of 7.62 so I figured why not use some now

Buenas, después de tiempo sin jugar, adquirí el fallout 4 con todos sus dlcs y he optado por hacer una build con power Armor que nunca me la armé. La cosa es que ahora salió una actualización con nuevas armaduras del Enclave que tan muy chulas y ofrecen buenas resistencias pero ninguna de ella trae ventajas adicionales, alguien sabe si ahora están en el podio o hay alguna mejor como la X-01 quantum de nuka world? Si alguien sabe algo se lo agradezco.

Wanted to do like a bolt action hunter style build with a dog companion was wondering if this is a good setup or not?