I use it on luck mostly. Because it's needed for the casino trophy I'm doing and when you start you focus on combat abilities.

I use it for all the SPECIALS, depending on my character.

Usually max it out.

The early perks just don't make much difference later on in the game, and some are just flat out useless (Rapid Reload, Retention, Friend of the Night). I always build for the later levels, especially if the character in question is dead-is-dead. I pick (several) Intense training and educated pretty much right off the bat, until level ten or so, when you start to get into the really useful perks. To me, Intense training is really the only useful perk for early level building.

Rapid Reload is actually incredibly useful if you have a low Agility character or you have weapon that has single round reloading.

That's all I was just curious of the players here how many use the "Intense Training" perk and if so, how many times?

Thanks, G

Reloading faster is always a plus. I don't take it normally, but I did once and noticed a huge difference.

Well some of them are simply not -THAT- crucial.

STR, unless you aim to use every single weapon possible, isn't in high demand. With a starting STR of 5, you can effectively get the maximum of 10 STR with the proper quests completed, the implant and the strength implant.
Perception as a stat is made practically obsolete by a certain companion. It still has powerful perks tied to it, but once you have 6 perception then you're pretty much set.
Endurance you can always use more of.
Charisma isn't super important; it's a luxury.
Intelligence isn't super important; with 4 INT you can still max many of your skills.
Agility you can always use more of. Faster reload speed.
Luck you can always use more of. Increases your odds at the casinos (free money) and your crit increases your damage output.


So Endurance, Luck and Agility are really the only ones that seem to constantly add direct benefit.
Besides, as I said there's several powerful perks, and Intense Training sort of kills replay value imo; it makes characters feel same-y. Overall though, there's definitely perks that trump Intense training spam. For example, instead of adding a point to agility, Rapid Reload is a bigger bonus, as is Action Boy. Instead of adding a point to Endurance, Life Giver provides a bigger bonus. Instead of adding a point to Luck, Finesse is a far greater bonus. Thus, as I originally said, Intense training is a perk best saved for unlocking other perks your character otherwise doesn't have access to.

raise luck.

If I'm looking to reload faster, I'll just do the dead money agility glitch. Besides, with a 5 in agility you still reload fast enough to get by. At creation I usually leave agility at 5, and take points out of perception, instead. Perception is an easy skill to raise, even if you have a 2 from the start, with ED-E, and wearing glasses.

The early perks just don't make much difference later on in the game, and some are just flat out useless (Rapid Reload, Retention, Friend of the Night).

Must admit, I pick Retention for rp reasons, but I think it still can be useful, and works well with Comprehension. They help you do more damage for longer, have more critical hit chance for longer, more effective when sneaking, selling, picking locks (if several locks within a certain area), etc.

Depends on the character I am making. I have spend countless hours playing New Vegas, so I decided to make a "perfect" character. I have leveled almost all skills to 100 ( Meele and Unarmed are the only two not at 100) and I have my S.P.E.C.I.A.L's at 10/10/10/8/10/9/9 if I remember correctly.

An interesting combo I thought up is...

If you're playing an energy weapons character, specifically one with the GRA Tri-Beam Laser, crits are very important for you. With that Lonesome Road perk that lets you consume magazines, you can regularly use True Police Stories to give yourself an additional 15% chance to crit, with Retention making them last long.
Retention is of course optional since you can produce the magazines in bulk, but it's a nice convenience to have.



How?

You're suggesting a character with 66 SPECIAL stats. Every character has a base of 40 stats, can get another 7 from implants, another 10 from intense training and an additional point for completing Lonesome Road. Tha only makes 58 total. Where'd you get the other 8?