Fallout 4 Character Build thread

[McCordRm]

So I thought it would be cool to have a thread specifically for character build ideas.

This is Roland, my Sniper. He's built to utilize laser rifles for sniping at a distance, and V.A.T.S. up close. His high Perception and Agility means he's extremely accurate and has a ton of action points to decimate enemies when up-close and personal. You'll note that his Perception only starts at 6, that's because

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There is a SPECIAL book in your son's room when you return home which I use to get +1 Perception, and the Perception bobble head shows up VERY early in the game.

NAME: Roland

S: 3

P: 6

E: 1

C: 1

I: 6

A: 9

L: 2

 

LEVEL 02: Locksmith

LEVEL 03: Hacker

LEVEL 04: Science

LEVEL 05: Armorer

LEVEL 06: Scrapper

LEVEL 07: Locksmith

LEVEL 08: Sneak

LEVEL 09: Hacker

LEVEL 10: Sniper

LEVEL 11: Rifleman

LEVEL 12: Sneak

LEVEL 13: Armorer

LEVEL 14: Sniper

LEVEL 15: Rifleman

LEVEL 16: Sneak

LEVEL 17: Science

LEVEL 18: Locksmith

LEVEL 19: Ninja

LEVEL 20: Ninja

LEVEL 21: Hacker

LEVEL 22: Scrounger

LEVEL 23: Science

LEVEL 24: Scrapper

LEVEL 25: Sneak

LEVEL 26: Armorer

LEVEL 27: Sniper

LEVEL 28: Rifleman

LEVEL 29: Scrounger

LEVEL 30: Scrounger

LEVEL 31: Action Boy

LEVEL 32: Action Boy

LEVEL 33: Hacker

LEVEL 34: Ninja

LEVEL 35: Refractor

LEVEL 36: Refractor

LEVEL 37: Scrounger

LEVEL 38: Sneak 

LEVEL 39: Armorer

LEVEL 40: Rifleman

LEVEL 41: Science

LEVEL 42: Locksmith

LEVEL 43: Refractor

LEVEL 44: Refractor

LEVEL 45: Refractor

LEVEL 46: Rifleman

 

 

You will note that this is NOT a settlement build. I'm not taking skills to improve settlements with this guy. Instead, he is focused on getting into areas very quickly with access to Lockpicking and Hacker skills as soon as they become available. He also excels at modding his science-based equipment- so lasers and so forth, as opposed to bolt-action weapons. He's not the personable type, either, which has been fun.

[+Asmodai MVC]

I don't really like to min/max my build to that extent, especially on the first play through when I don't know how useful the various things will end up being.  I'll tweak on subsequent play throughs but I started with:

Strength - 4 (I wanted to take enough to get Armorer and Blacksmith if I decided I liked crafting and I didn't want it to be too low because I knew going in hauling loot would be an issue)

Perception - 4 (This I intend to raise but that's the baseline as it's enough to get Locksmith which I consider essential)

Endurance - 4 (This I was afraid to lower since it determines health)

Charisma - 6 (This I raised to get Local Leader if I wanted it but also to be above average for story based dialog options)

Intelligence - 5 (This I raised to get Scrapper which I consider an essential perk to take right away so I don't have to spend so much time looking for rare loot)

Agility - 3 (This I intend to raise but that's where I started to give me enough for sneak which I consider essential.)

Luck - 2 (This I don't care about much but I put enough to get scrounger if ammo became an issue.)

Perks:

I don't remember what order I got them in but I have Scrapper, Rifleman (2), Locksmith (2), Hacker(2), and Sneak (3) at level 12 with one point unspent (I keep one in reserve on my first play though just in case I need to grab a perk last minute that I didn't think about).

I haven't actually taken Armorer or Blacksmith as you can see as their crafting recipes don't look all that appealing to me yet, nothing else in Strength really appeals to me.  As I understand it from talking to friends the Armorer perks will look much more promising once tier 2 armor starts dropping.

Perception I'll likely raise eventually until I can get Sniper and it's home to Rifleman and Locksmith with are core skills for me.

Endurance I'll likely never take a perk from or raise but 4 gives me a solid baseline for heath.

Charisma I'll likely never raise but I think I'll eventually pick up Local Leader and maybe even Lone Wanderer and Animal Friend if points become abundant.

Intelligence I consider Scrapper and Hacker essential skills.  If my crafting takes off I'll likely raise this to get Science! as well.  I'll likely get Gun Nut at some point as well but so far I've been able to put together some decent weapons that I can't craft from salvaging loot.  I'd say so far Gun Nut looks the most promising to me of the crafting skills though and will likely be the one I take first.

Agility I'd like to work my way up to Ninja eventually... I mean who doesn't want to be a Ninja!

Luck annoys me.  It's a whole tree of random stuff and I dislike my build depending on random chance.  If ammo becomes scarce (it hasn't yet) I may take Scrounger but otherwise I likely won't touch this or it's perks.

 

[techbeck]

meh, I go by builds with some games.  Most times, I just wing it and pick/choose what I think will be helpful for me and how I play the game.  I have no plan for skill sets really.

[dragontology]

  On 17/11/2015 at 21:02, McCordRm said:

So I thought it would be cool to have a thread specifically for character build ideas.

 

NAME: Roland

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Dark Tower fan?

 

My guy's Roland too, and also favoring PER and AGI. Didn't do much planning and I take perks almost impulsively. Starting to wish I'd focused less on settlements and more on combat and infiltration. Settlement building in unpatched vanilla is not very good. I'm sure in a year it will be another story. But I'm not the Minecraft type anyway. Rather VATS raiders in the face with a trusty pistol.

[McCordRm]

Oh, yea. I've been a Dark Tower fan from the first novel.

I'm on character 13 at the moment. I made the same decision you did: screw settlements for now. I'm running a melee asshat who isn't out to make any friends. hehe

I followed the same "rule" for Perception as my above build, but this guy is all about the up-close-and-personal melee bashing. Here's the build and a backstory summary; I'm thinking of doing some Fan Fiction with him.

 

 

<Insert Movie Voice here>

He woke up to a world ruled by violence and wicked men. But for all its darkness, the Wasteland still had rules; had sides to be chosen.

He didn't care. Someone killed his wife and stole his child, and until he knew the truth everyone was guilty. Everyone would pay.

They called him Fury, a man loyal only to his anger.

 

NAME: Fury

S: 4

P: 2

E: 5

C: 3

I: 4

A: 9

L: 1

 

LEVEL 02: Hacker

LEVEL 03: Locksmith

LEVEL 04: Lone Wanderer

LEVEL 05: Aquaboy

LEVEL 06: Big Leagues

LEVEL 07: Locksmith

LEVEL 08: Action Boy

LEVEL 09: Hacker

LEVEL 10: Big Leagues

LEVEL 11: Big Leagues

LEVEL 12: Toughness

LEVEL 13: Life Giver

LEVEL 14: Life Giver

LEVEL 15: Big Leagues

LEVEL 16: Life Giver

LEVEL 17: Lone Wanderer

LEVEL 18: Locksmith

LEVEL 19: Action Boy

LEVEL 20: Toughness

LEVEL 21: Hacker

LEVEL 22: Toughness

LEVEL 23: Blacksmith

LEVEL 24: Blacksmith

LEVEL 25: Armorer

LEVEL 26: Armorer

LEVEL 27: Big Leagues

LEVEL 28: Armorer

LEVEL 29: Blacksmith

LEVEL 30: END +1

LEVEL 31: Toughness

LEVEL 32: END +1

LEVEL 33: Hacker

LEVEL 34: Adamantium Skeleton

LEVEL 35: Adamantium Skeleton

LEVEL 36: Adamantium Skeleton

LEVEL 37: Rad Resistant

LEVEL 38: Rad Resistant

LEVEL 39: Armorer

LEVEL 40: Lone Wanderer

LEVEL 41: Locksmith

LEVEL 42: Big Leagues

LEVEL 43: Rad Resistant

LEVEL 44: Blitz

LEVEL 45: Blitz

LEVEL 46: Toughness