» Tue Sep 30, 2014 3:48 pm (I use J. Sawyer's Mod + Companion Mod and play hardcoe Mode on Very Hard)
My favourite one at the moment (it changes, but not a lot since I tend to play through the game with my decision) is a smooth talking and charismatic courier. She's always accompanied by as many companions as possible and utilizes Ferocious Loyalty along with the Hot Blooded and Kamikaze traits. Her companions will serve as meatshields in combat (rex is preferred to the op ed-e and boone is op too - still want to do their respective questlines) so that she herself can enter close quarter to make heavy use of shotguns and automatics in VATS.
At the moment (lvl 19) with only 1 STR and Weapon Handling, she uses the Assault Carbine+ and a good old Caravan Shotgun (mostly due to And Stay Back) and thus has many VATS related perks (Math Wrath, Commando and the very nice Hobbler, which needs to be taken alongside Commando, but is abused pretty much). For smaller critters and final blows, she carries Nephi's golf driver.
I plan on using other VATS perks and try to stay below 50% health all the time (to make full use of Ferocious Loyalty and Hot Blooded) which is pretty easy with only 1 END. With Light Touch and Travel Light, she only uses light armor - at the moment a nice Hand-me-Down Raider Armor with the fitting Devil's Pigtails. Along her scientific proficiency, she also has a hand for technical stuff and maintenance (Hand Loader, probably Jury Rigging) and before her time made money as a prospector (Scrounger, I search every nook and cranny in the world for stuff).
She's lived in NCR territory before her time in the Mojave, but her family driven Ranch was bought out by a rich Brahmin Baron, causing her to settle for new ways. She began chems in this time, a habit which caused her much trouble. Ending up in the Mojave, she started prospecting and then stumbled across the Mojave express, where she found a job where she could relish her wanderlust. Her heart is still with the NCR and she unconditionally supports them - even though she has a good heart and oftentimes questions her decisions (Helios One, Vault 34). Her heart's not only good, but it burns with fire (truly Hot Blooded) - whenever she senses unforgivable injustice, she will rip out the heart of the people that caused it - leading to not only such deeds as betraying the Great Khans in Boulder City to the NCR (who massacred them afterwards), but also to killing Anderson in Westside - he was a murderer who tried to get away. Afterwards she often doubts her decisions, leading to more sweet sweet chems to forget.
Like her parents were, she isn't good at trading. Likewise she's not a sneaker, brawler or good with medicine or explosives / energy weapons. But she always has someone to count on.
It's a very nice character and I enjoy playing New Vegas a lot with her. I can't say I'm a heavy roleplayer (didn't write anything or thought out her backstory that much) but while playing it's actually encouraged by the game - which speaks of its quality.
What's your favourite way of playing at the time?
