All right, so I'm level 44 and have just completed Old World Blue's MQ. I'm 100 hours in, give or take, and after I've cleared up a few things and walked the Lonesome Road, it'll be time for Hoover.

Now, for this character, the focus has been on Criticals, and I've appropriated my perks and equipment to suit this particular playstyle. I'll tell ya, Light Touch, Shotgun Surgeon and And Stay Back combined with a Riot Shotgun and Joshua Graham's Armour is the [censored].

Thing is, I didn't really consider this back in Goodsprings, so never took the Built to Destory trait. So I ask, is it worth having the Sink Auto-Doc perform a psyche evaluation? Perhaps it appears to be a given, but Ithought it could be a little jarring with the 15% decay rate. Maybe Raul's Regular Maintenance Perk would act to counterbalance the negative aspects? Just want some thoughts.

On a totally seperate tanget, this is my fourth playthrough of New Vegas, and I'm astonished at how fresh the game remains. I play from my character's perspective, and the possibilities for development are sublime. Every decision you make has conseqeunces, and it forces you to think. This is why I find Ulysses so fascinating; behind all that pseudo-philosophical nonsense, there's a message which rings very true. Consider the consequences of your actions and accept responsibility. Do not blindly follow a symbol, but ponder the ramifications. Normally, I find this kind of obfuscation pretentious and frankly irritating, but Obsidian wrote it masterfully, as I just thought I'd show some appreciation there Heh, it took my character 70 (game) hours to kill House and commit to his path, and even now he questions this decision (among many others)

I've been lurking these forums for a while but haven't really got too involved. I think it's now time to step up and get stuck in all these riley debates Don't want to come across as an obnoxious [censored], but New Vegas, to me, really is a diamond in the rough in this generation of games; it demands thought and care and poses questions beyon what the base game has to offer. Much love.

I suppose after three previous playthroughs, I should have realised this a while ago, but it's only just hit me, and it's done so as profoundly as any video game could do. Begs the question, why the [censored] haven't I played Fallout and Fallout 2 yet?! I know all about them, so I've no problem understanding all the references, but I'm still to sit down and play 'em. I've heard Tactics is a bit of an acquired taste, so should I try it? I'm skint so can't afford much atm

Anyway, I went off on one a bit and I'm not sure if this was the appropriate section to post in, whatever. Viva New Vegas

ADDENDUM: Blah! Typo in the title! Mods??

If you have a crit build and haven't picked up Built To Destroy, I'd recommend it. I normally go with BTD and Wild Wasteland myself. Raul's Regular Maintenance perk completely offsets the decay rate of BTD, 50%-15%=35%, so by taking BTD you are reducing the effectiveness of Regular Maintenance to 35% instead of 50%. I recommend Old Vaquero Raul and giving him a Brush Gun/Medicine Stick along with BTD. Full Maintenance is 75% slower degradation, so you're going to reduce the effectiveness of that by 15%, giving you the original bonus of Regular Maintenance.

So, in conclusion, if you are going for a straight up critical build, Built To Destroy is a given, at least near end-game, while Raul synergizes very well with it. (Well, Raul is good with just about every type of player)

If you have completed DM and found the weapon repair kit code just get them from the bunker,plus LR is a looters paradise,you can make about half a dozen repair kits from the junk in the first silo alone and like gingy said the old school ghoul will sort you it when you in the Mojave.

I just started a new character today hoping he will be the pinnacle of crit builds with pew pew,i will just have to deal with the crazy ammo comsuption and the ash piles if they dont clear up lol.