ideas for new perks : Fallout: New Vegas

» Mon Nov 01, 2010 12:21 am

why would someone take that as a perk. it seems to have now up-side.

Example: I'm sneaking around and find a group of supermutants together. I use my sneak attack to kill one of the supermutants. My status changes to "caution" since they heard my shot and saw one of their own die by my hand but they do not see me. I hide by a rock. Without the perk, the supermutants search the origin point of the shot and the area around it, increasing the chance of one of them finding me, it takes a while for me to recieve a "hidden" status again. With the perk, the time it takes for the mutants to stop searching for me and achieve "hidden" status again is drastically reduced.

Does that help explain it?

» Sun Oct 31, 2010 12:26 pm

Example: I'm sneaking around and find a group of supermutants together. I use my sneak attack to kill one of the supermutants. My status changes to "caution" since they heard my shot and saw one of their own die by my hand but they do not see me. I hide by a rock. Without the perk, the supermutants search the origin point of the shot and the area around it, increasing the chance of one of them finding me, it takes a while for me to recieve a "hidden" status again. With the perk, the time it takes for the mutants to stop searching for me and achieve "hidden" status again is drastically reduced.

Does that help explain it?

yeah a bit.
i read it as. if you are in caution mode your screen blurs and you are subject to less accuracy.

but i understand what you mean

» Sun Oct 31, 2010 8:00 pm

Scallywag- Your companions gain an additional 30% attack boost when this is used.

Sailor- You're time underwater is increased by 5 ticks, and you absorb less radiation when in water.

» Sun Oct 31, 2010 5:22 pm

Scallywag- Your companions gain an additional 30% attack boost when this is used.

Sailor- You're time underwater is increased by 5 ticks, and you absorb less radiation when in water.

i like the sailor idea.

» Sun Oct 31, 2010 4:32 pm

i like the sailor idea.

Same.It helps the swimmers.It'll be useless for me as I tend to avoid swimming unless it takes me closer to m objective.

» Sun Oct 31, 2010 9:07 pm

yeah a bit.
i read it as. if you are in caution mode your screen blurs and you are subject to less accuracy.

but i understand what you mean

Sorry for the confusion, I should've explained better in the first post.

Next perk,
Master of Disguise- Your character has mastered the art of disguise. While wearing a faction's armor enemy dogs and lieutenants can no longer detect you by sight alone. Other suspicious actions however can still break your cover.

» Mon Nov 01, 2010 2:26 am

Same.It helps the swimmers.It'll be useless for me as I tend to avoid swimming unless it takes me closer to m objective.

i probably wont take it either.
but it does sound good. maybe if it also made you swim faster

» Sun Oct 31, 2010 7:30 pm

Heavy lifting- you suffer no penalty when wearing heavy armors of lifting heavy weapons. you can also carry 20 pounds more stuff

Spec-ops- an all around powerful perk. unlocked at high levels and includes many minor benefits. increases stealth slighlty, less recoil with Small guns. silencers dont decrease weapon power and critical hits are 10% more likely to occur when crouched. last but not least a 20% bonus to walking and sneaking speed

» Mon Nov 01, 2010 4:56 am

Big shot- Casinos will let you win more before you get thrown out.
You just got 'sploded- You will never miss when throwing a grenade in V.A.T.S
Draw!- Your damage when using a revolver in V.A.T.S is doubled
What the helios- Solar charged weapons (or weapon) are recharged more frequently.
Dying aint so bad- all combat skills are increased at the cost of all of your speech points

» Mon Nov 01, 2010 1:02 am

The man with no name- a cowboy alternative to the mysterious stranger ( assuming MS isnt in this game) his appeareance is based around http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fa/ClintEastwood.JPG/250px-ClintEastwood.JPG from the spaghetti western trilogy.
he appears with his revolver and unloads all 6 shots into your enemies if his victim is killed before he is out of ammo he will move on to another.

unlike mysterious stranger. his appearance does not Insta-kill his victim. but can result in multiple kills.

i think this would fit the wild west them better then The mysterious stranger

» Sun Oct 31, 2010 7:50 pm

Trigger Happy- Non automatic weapons fire rate is increased by 20%

Gun Guru- Conventional guns like rifles and handguns are 20% more likely to be found, repaird easily and do 10% more damage to enemies

Ocean explorer- You take 50% less radiation from large bodies of water and you are able to hold your breath 25% longer

Cautious Courier- You have a 25% chance not to set of a floor based trap, and while there is a caution phase, your sneak skill is increased by 50. (When caution is over sneak skill goes back to normal)

» Sun Oct 31, 2010 4:54 pm

Trigger Happy- Non automatic weapons fire rate is increased by 20%

Gun Guru- Conventional guns like rifles and handguns are 20% more likely to be found, repaird easily and do 10% more damage to enemies

Ocean explorer- You take 50% less radiation from large bodies of water and you are able to hold your breath 25% longer

Cautious Courier- You have a 25% chance not to set of a floor based trap, and while there is a caution phase, your sneak skill is increased by 50. (When caution is over sneak skill goes back to normal)

i like trigger happy.

the rest are kind meh

» Mon Nov 01, 2010 4:16 am

i like trigger happy.

the rest are kind meh

The perks are supposed to make your character unique, spo you dont become a god near the end. I tried not to make them overpowered..... :cryvaultboy:

» Mon Nov 01, 2010 12:15 am

The perks are supposed to make your character unique, spo you dont become a god near the end. I tried not to make them overpowered..... :cryvaultboy:

They seem fine
yet Caution Courier seems a little overpowered IMO
+50 sneak? Just seems a bit much.

» Sun Oct 31, 2010 4:50 pm

The perks are supposed to make your character unique, spo you dont become a god near the end. I tried not to make them overpowered..... :cryvaultboy:

i think they were a little underpowered
except for cautious courier. that seems to powerful.

the perks should be more powerful since they are only unlocked every 2 levels now

» Mon Nov 01, 2010 2:18 am

S.P.E.C.I.A.L. Guy/Gal - Due to being shot twice in the head, you are considered legally "Mentally Challenged". Your Strength and Charisma are 10, but your intelligence can't go over 3. A random item (junk) will be set to highlight when one is near. Go get that baseball!! After all everyone loves a big strong wee todd.

» Sun Oct 31, 2010 2:39 pm

who cares if it's too late to add things, I'm tired of people saying things like, it's too late and your ideas wont matter, who cares? it's all for fun!

thank you! youre actually thinking!

» Sun Oct 31, 2010 6:50 pm

How about perks that allowed you to target specific parts of enemies in VATS. For example if you had Robotics Expert, in addition to the other bonuses when you went into VATS you'd be able to target the Logic Processor (or something) that would do much greater damage, or some cool effect or other. You'd only be able to target it if you had that perk.

» Sun Oct 31, 2010 5:30 pm

How about perks that allowed you to target specific parts of enemies in VATS. For example if you had Robotics Expert, in addition to the other bonuses when you went into VATS you'd be able to target the Logic Processor (or something) that would do much greater damage, or some cool effect or other. You'd only be able to target it if you had that perk.

This should be based on Perception IMO.
With 1 you can only target entire body, with 3 you can target limbs or torso/head, with 6 you can target head and torso separately and with 8 you get some additional bonuses like targeting weapons, grenades in the air, other stuff, and with the full 10 you get the eye option in VATS which is the best one but the hardest one to hit.

Perception needs something.

» Mon Nov 01, 2010 7:00 am

This should be based on Perception IMO.
With 1 you can only target entire body, with 3 you can target limbs or torso/head, with 6 you can target head and torso separately and with 8 you get some additional bonuses like targeting weapons, grenades in the air, other stuff, and with the full 10 you get the eye option in VATS which is the best one but the hardest one to hit.

Perception needs something.

Yeah that makes more sense. Did they do it that way in 1 and 2? But you could imagine the complaints from people who have strength or agility based characters complaining that they can't target someone's head in VATS.

Which would be understandably frustrating. It's so fun to shoot super mutants heads right off.

» Sun Oct 31, 2010 9:18 pm

Yeah that makes more sense. Did they do it that way in 1 and 2? But you could imagine the complaints from people who have strength or agility based characters complaining that they can't target someone's head in VATS.

Which would be understandably frustrating. It's so fun to shoot super mutants heads right off.

Nah, Perception in fallout 1 and 2 were different, fit the TB setting.

Well, people have to decide then, are you going to have a character who can aim really well or one who can wield a minigun?
Balance is fun. :goodjob:

» Mon Nov 01, 2010 1:20 am

Nah, Perception in fallout 1 and 2 were different, fit the TB setting.

Well, people have to decide then, are you going to have a character who can aim really well or one who can wield a minigun?
Balance is fun. :goodjob:

I actually love the whole perception VATS limitations idea.

Nice.

» Sun Oct 31, 2010 9:48 pm

Nah, Perception in fallout 1 and 2 were different, fit the TB setting.

Well, people have to decide then, are you going to have a character who can aim really well or one who can wield a minigun?
Balance is fun. :goodjob:

Remember the ole plasma rifle in the eye? That was fun. I liked that amusing noise the super mutants made when they disolved. :rock:

» Mon Nov 01, 2010 7:00 am

Remember the ole plasma rifle in the eye? That was fun. I liked that amusing noise the super mutants made when they disolved. :rock:

http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs7/i/2005/258/1/6/CHIBI_BLUE_NOSEBLEED_by_Blue_the_Echidna.jpg. ^^

» Mon Nov 01, 2010 7:34 am

i like gabriels perception idea.
i wonder what they are actually doing with some skills.

like endurance,agility and perception