i am starting new char and i was just curious if anyone could tell me what their opinion of the best stats for hardcoe mode are, im mostly the desperado type in the game i use only guns no energy weapons and i rarely wear alot of armor, any advice

Guns (dur).. Lockpick and/or Science if you enjoy going places you're not supposed to (like me).. and Speech or Barter

I never found Survival too important. Though cooking gecko, brahmin, and bighorner steaks can come in handy. There's no need to put Survival over 40 or 50 even for hardcoe.

For my hardcoe mode playthrough i focused mainly on guns, lockpick, repair and medicine. Worked like a charm.