DUST Search - The final battle is nigh

Scheneighnay McBob wrote:

Omega Nox wrote:

Scheneighnay McBob wrote:

I'll admit now that I've never gotten through fallout new vegas- I always try it on hardcore mode (also completely neutral: killed House and took his place), but get my ass kicked by Legate Lanius.

Usually my issue is lack of supplies. I'm taking care of that at the moment (mountains upon mountains of ammo, explosives, stimpacks, and doctors bags), but he's extremely powerful himself.

I wear Brotherhood T-51b power armor w/ helmet, my primary weapon is a ballistic fist, and my secondary weapons are Maria, a service rifle, a tri-beam laser rifle, and Euclid's-motherfucking-C-finder.

I'm level 22, with 6 strength, 6 perception, 8 endurance, 3 charisma, 8 intelligence, 8 agility, and 3 luck.
Relevant skills:
Energy Weapons: 40
Explosives: 40
Guns: 50
Medicine: 50
Sneak: 50
Unarmed: 100

Relevant perks:
Beautiful Beatdown (reduced unarmed AP cost)
Cannibal: duh
Khan Trick: unarmed attack to temporarily stun an enemy with POCKET SAND
Lord Death: damage bonus vs everything
Nerd Rage!: strength raised to 10, +15 damage threshold at 20% health
Piercing Strike: Unarmed and melee attacks ignore 15 points of damage threshold
Power Armor Training: duh
Scribe Counter: Unarmed counterattack after a block
Trigger Discipline: 20% slower RoF, 20% higher accuracy with guns and energy weapons

So: what are my chances at beating the monster of the east?
Any advice?

100% speach

or

100% poison.

My speech skill is like, 15.
Poison isn't an option either: while I could make just about any poison, I don't have the melee skill to effectively poison him.

Current plan is to set up all my explosives in a mound, hit him with the orbital laser, then finish him off with some good old-fashion fisticuffs. Hopefully Veronica will still be alive for that fight (in which case she'll help enormously- her DPS is almost as high as mine), but I'm betting she'll die on the dam.
The boomers have a tendency to kill more friendlies than enemies with their bombing run.


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True Adamance Praetoriani Classiarii Templares Praetoria Imperialis Excubitoris 19	Posted - 2015.06.11 04:53:00 - [1] - Quote Scheneighnay McBob wrote: Omega Nox wrote: Scheneighnay McBob wrote: I'll admit now that I've never gotten through fallout new vegas- I always try it on hardcore mode (also completely neutral: killed House and took his place), but get my ass kicked by Legate Lanius. Usually my issue is lack of supplies. I'm taking care of that at the moment (mountains upon mountains of ammo, explosives, stimpacks, and doctors bags), but he's extremely powerful himself. I wear Brotherhood T-51b power armor w/ helmet, my primary weapon is a ballistic fist, and my secondary weapons are Maria, a service rifle, a tri-beam laser rifle, and Euclid's-motherfucking-C-finder. I'm level 22, with 6 strength, 6 perception, 8 endurance, 3 charisma, 8 intelligence, 8 agility, and 3 luck. Relevant skills: Energy Weapons: 40 Explosives: 40 Guns: 50 Medicine: 50 Sneak: 50 Unarmed: 100 Relevant perks: Beautiful Beatdown (reduced unarmed AP cost) Cannibal: duh Khan Trick: unarmed attack to temporarily stun an enemy with POCKET SAND Lord Death: damage bonus vs everything Nerd Rage!: strength raised to 10, +15 damage threshold at 20% health Piercing Strike: Unarmed and melee attacks ignore 15 points of damage threshold Power Armor Training: duh Scribe Counter: Unarmed counterattack after a block Trigger Discipline: 20% slower RoF, 20% higher accuracy with guns and energy weapons So: what are my chances at beating the monster of the east? Any advice? 100% speach or 100% poison. My speech skill is like, 15. Poison isn't an option either: while I could make just about any poison, I don't have the melee skill to effectively poison him. Current plan is to set up all my explosives in a mound, hit him with the orbital laser, then finish him off with some good old-fashion fisticuffs. Hopefully Veronica will still be alive for that fight (in which case she'll help enormously- her DPS is almost as high as mine), but I'm betting she'll die on the dam. The boomers have a tendency to kill more friendlies than enemies with their bombing run. Just **** him up. Roid Up with Pyscho, Med-X, Rushing Water, Slasher, Turbo then follow all of that up with Ultra Jet and a V.A.T.S run. Surly you have Piercing Strike coupled with Super Slam and Living Anatomy. Stone Wall also helps. Couple Hot Blooded with Nerd Rage and that's another damage increase which shouldn't affect your weapons choices if you lead with C-Finder. Unstoppable Force for his blocks! Sadly you can't get Better Criticals which is an incredibly good ability. In two levels you can pick up Slayer and all of your attacks are 30% faster. Just grind it out. "Crush all who complain!" `- Arkena Wyrnspire`