[Fo2] Which skills to develop some more?

[voodzia]

Here's my current skills stats (level 17):

As for combat skills - I only will use small guns so won't need the other ones. But I'm not sure about some non-combat ones, like sneak, doctor, and speech. Should I increase them more? BTW, is my current small guns skill good enough for final stages of the game?

 

[mobucks]

Spoiler

Doctor 80 is required for a quest in Vault City, there may be other quests for doctor but I forget.

More outdoorsman might be handy for convenience sake.

Can't say for sure if 161 SG is enough without knowing what your Perception is. If you can make eye shots 95% on enclave soldiers from many hexes away you're good.

 

[DanV]

I re-started the game the last few weeks because towards the end, I figured out that energy weapons are really a must have. Everybody has them, sells them and worst, uses them. So now I'm trying to develop the energy weapons skills (besides barter, speech, lockpick and small guns).

 

[voodzia]

@mobucks - I know which quest you're talking about but I'm not sure if it's worth it since you get Power Armor later on? As for perception - it's 7 right now but I haven't met any enclave patrols yet so can't tell if I can make those 95% eye shots. I assume it shouldn't be a problem when I increase my perception by 1. Outdoorsman I will have better sooner or later because I like reading books

Still I'm not sure about my speech and sneak - aren't they too low for my a bit wimpy character?


@DanV - energy weapons are fun but a way overpowered IMO and I'm not gonna use them (same goes for big guns). Gauss rifle/pistol should be enough (that's what I was told here).

 

[Monstergelo]

unarmed may give you bonus AC (with HTH evade) which is nice.

 

[J_Fred]

If you opt for the Sniper perk (some would say overpowered) at level 24, taking a Turbo Plasma Rifle will be an excellent choice for an end game weapon - as nearly every shot will be a critical and therefor penetrate any damage resistance. Micro Fusion cells don't have the AC reduction like 50m EC does, so it won't be as accurate. But I've always found the big energy weapons to have more style than the rifles.

You could choose the pulse rifle, but it destroys your targets on a critical hit and can make it difficult to loot bodies.