How easy is it to get addicted to alcohol/drugs? I have never tried in fear of getting addicted and losing alot of stats, and is it worth getting addicted for the chemicals benefits?

depends on how much of a chem you consume, and how quickly.

If you want to know precisely, you can check out the addiction section of the Fallout wiki. Just click on the chems that are checked for New Vegas.

http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Addiction

Thanks, I'll check out the link right now

Do a chem head character. Slam jet, slasher, psycho. You can really pour on DR and DAM when things start to stack. Cookin up a good batch of slasher can be blast.

Agreed. Good fun. Chems are fairly plentiful and they give solid bonuses. A tweaker would be both fun and effective.

Oh, to the OP's point: getting addicted isn't as much of a problem as you might think. It happens occasionally, yes. Just go to a doctor and get it fixed for 100 caps or so. The benefits far outweigh the drawbacks. One word of advice: don't bother with taking fixer. The bleary eyes you get from taking fixer are worse than the withdrawal itself.

You eventually get the day tripper perk through using drugs x amount of times. I forget the amount but it isn't that many. There's also a few perks that are pretty good if you're a real party animal. Just another build to fool around w/.

Gives you a good reason to scav n shop too. You can stay strung out foevahhhh mannnnn......:bonk:

Hey, drugs worked out for Chance, give em a shot, you may end up being able to rush through fire and turn the Flamers nozzle back on its user.

I'm not much of a chem user on the game, but with Fallout New Vegas, I use Steady frequently and always keep well stocked on Steady. You'll be suffering from addiction after two of those. Recently I got turned on to Turbo, you have to love the bullet time effect that it produces.

I dont really understand the chems, I dont really see what alot of them do?
Booze is good, just for the fun of it. But in the past when I've taken Mentats, medX psycho and all the rest during battle, I've not really noticed anything particularly special happening.

But it does seem, that you get addicted to things very quickly in the game. Especially if you're new to chems, taking even a few can get you addicted very fast.

On the plus side, there's some cool perks to be gained from becoming a junkie.

Ya, I love getting hopped up on a bunch of chems when I go into a heavily occupied area.

There's ways to help reduce addiction chances, some perks help - and if you're going to use chems DEFINATELY get chemist perk. Also, stock up on fixer... fixer will SAVE UR LIFE. lastly, getting rid of all your addictions from a doctor is really cheap and easy.

Don't forget about nuka cola recepies either... some of them can be pretty useful.

The only chem I use is Buffout, and that's my scavving drug. If I go and find some PA, and I'm say... 5 pounds over the limit. I use some Buffout, and poof, I can go.

A bit off topic: Does anyone know if chems can prolong the need to sleep on hardcoe mode?

I know atomic cocktail does... I think some nuka colas do too. Becareful though... some chems increase sleep deprevation, and some decrease it.

thank you

I use the classic psycho/med-x combo regardless if I'm a "tweaker" or not. But Turbo is always fun to have!

Whiskey Rose+Old World Gourmet=EP?C WIN