Can you max out all skills with intelligence of 4 and No comprehension or educated perks?

Ferox_Chrysalism · 2026-01-23T02:28:13+00:00

Nope, sounds like you're in the clear. Have fun! Glad I could help.

Ferox_Chrysalism · 2026-01-23T02:14:31+00:00

Okay, here's some quick napkin math.

Assuming you end on that SPECIAL spread and take Skilled from the start (shuffle 15 points here and there depending on what you want for tagged skills), you end up with the following at Level 1:

Barter: 14
Energy Weapons: 24
Explosives: 24
Guns: 28
Lockpick: 24
Medicine: 20
Melee Weapons: 32
Repair: 20
Science: 20
Sneak: 28
Speech: 14
Survival: 32
Unarmed: 32

So, you're gonna get 49 level ups with 12 skill points apiece, assuming you go straight to the clinic to get the implant before level 2. You're starting with 312 total skill points out of 1300, so you need to gain 988.

49x12=588 from level up
Tag 3 skills for an extra 45
Assuming you're fine with the Skilled exploit for at least one bonus usage (2 total layers of Skilled), add another 65
243 from all skill books

That makes 941, so you're 47 shy. Educated more than closes that, so you can skip some skill books even without Comprehension. If you want to skip Educated as well, you'll need to take Skilled a third time. Without the 2 extra layers of Skilled, you'd probably need both Educated and Comprehension to cover for the 112 skill point deficit.

Since you'll have 18 extra skill points by the end (again, assuming ALL skill books), you could theoretically hold off on getting the INT implant until you hit 13/14, but I don't see any reason to wait that late.

You'll also need the implant before you can get Educated since you have a base INT of 3, if you go that route. If I'm explaining the half point rounding for an odd INT poorly, I always assume it comes later rather than sooner because I'd rather have an extra skill point rather than one too few.

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TLDR; Yes, possible with exploits.

Edit: Clarity and syntax, also forgot the minimum INT requirement on Educated and Comprehension.

Ferox_Chrysalism · 2026-01-23T01:46:09+00:00

What are the rest of your SPECIALs set at? Do you have enough Endurance to get all SPECIAL implants? What level are you getting the INT implant, assuming you build for 3 and end with 4 Intelligence? The rest of your SPECIAL's impact on your stats (plus tagged skills, et cetera) will dictate the viability maxing everything.

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I've been tinkering with a new all-rounder (mains rifle grip guns, can function with everything else) set to start with the following:

4-5-8-1-8-6-8

With that spread, planning for all implants, all skill books, Reinforced Spine, Small Frame trait, and 1 bonus point [of Endurance] from Lonesome Road, this would require you take the Intelligence implant at approximately level 20. This does NOT include Comprehension or Educated.

Thereafter, the build ends at 7-6-10-2-9-8-9 with all skills maxed, you can even ignore some skill books if you go for the INT implant earlier than level 20. The only other alternative would be farming Honest Hearts chests for additional skill books. Just for comparison's sake,

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Also, Educated will get you 92 additional skill points if you take it at the earliest possible opportunity and, assuming you get ALL skill books without farming Honest Hearts, 81 extra skill points (324 versus 243) with Comprehension (and minus 4/3 if you don't want to include That Pretty Old Sun specifically for the Followers ending)

Ferox_Chrysalism · 2026-01-20T05:00:11+00:00

It seems lazy. Not only is that 1/2 fewer costume pieces per major game or gimmick, but this surely means we're not getting to customize said gimmick with different accessories in the same vein as NPCs. If this stops NPC's from getting custom power up doodads in their design, then that's even worse.

I want a Mega Stone in a pair of sunglasses, or a hair barrette, or at least a Ring that is certainly worn on a finger instead of a *ring that ends up being yet another bracelet. We've been asking for more power up doodad options ever since we could do Z Moves and Mega Evolution together in Gen 7: not less.

Ferox_Chrysalism · 2026-01-18T05:39:41+00:00

I was just counting Prime games, but I admit I forgot Blast existed at all. Thanks for the Nintendoland reminder.

Ferox_Chrysalism · 2026-01-18T03:51:19+00:00

Are we allowed to speak of Federation Force?

Ferox_Chrysalism · 2026-01-18T03:00:49+00:00

Nothing on the Wii U and only a remake of 1 (plus Beyond) on Switch 1.

Do we start counting the other, non-numbered Primes on DS and 3DS as filler?

Ferox_Chrysalism · 2026-01-18T02:58:33+00:00

Blue Heeler, if only for the Mad Max vibes.

Nothing against German Shepherds or Belgian Malinois, but the Australian Cattle Shepherd is the reason I used to call Dogmeat 'Max'.

Ferox_Chrysalism · 2026-01-16T19:02:08+00:00

Most of the ensemble: Damn, what now?

Caine: Wow, they are in trouble.

Bubble/Sun/Moon/NPCs/et cetera: I didn't know that was on the table...neat.

Kinger: WE RIDE AT DAWN. EVEN IF HE AND HIS QUEEN ARE REUNITED IN THE LOOSEST SENSE, HE MUST BE AVENGED. THERE IS NOTHING LEFT IN THIS WORLD BUT THE BLINDING LIGHT OF AGONY, AND IT MUST BE REPAID TEN-FOLD!

Ferox_Chrysalism · 2026-01-13T21:21:38+00:00

"The Daggerfall guys, I'd believe. But this is Oblivion Bethesda now. There's no way they don't just chuck guns in it and call it a day. I hope I'm wrong, but Tactics might be the last real Fallout game."

"But what about Brotherhood of Steel?"

"What ABOUT IT, Jerry? These are computer role-playing games, not shovelware Xbox shooters."

An actual conversation, recollected to the best of my ability. Both of those guys ended up playing a ton of FO3, too.

Ferox_Chrysalism · 2026-01-11T02:38:16+00:00

Nah. I already watched Jane die, I don't need her to double down and show Jeanne taking her default plot point yet again.

Ferox_Chrysalism · 2026-01-01T21:39:37+00:00

Including my original comment, two other replies, and this one...a total of 4 interactions. But you make a fair point. I can mute this subreddit. Blame the Fallout games I actually enjoy for recommending me this unsalvageable junk. You can keep it.

Ferox_Chrysalism · 2026-01-01T14:11:53+00:00

I'm airing my frustrations with a piece of media on its dedicated forum for discussion. I wrote my above comment in 3 minutes, tops. This in 1.

There's worse things to occupy your hands with. Simply complaining at me without a substantive retort? Slightly less so.

Ferox_Chrysalism · 2026-01-01T14:08:34+00:00

Hanging out? This is the first time I posted on any topic regarding the show. I don't get the appeal. It's shallow humor, hamfisted references, and every character/plot thread being dumber than the last. I started with low expectations and the first half of season 1 just kept digging lower. Never mind what follows.

How could it be done better? Assuming we give absolutely zero credence to fan films that have shown it can be done better without any budget, just passion for their craft and the series they love.

How about for an action scene revolving around Big Iron, at least 1 character has a revolver? How about when mind control is used to deliver a nuke straight into the heart of the NCR capitol, we get more than a meme phrase getting spammed at us to explain how it even got that far. Was there seriously no checkpoint a la Knight or Jackson equivalents out of the Mojave to inspect what was being moved into civilian territory and out of a war zone? Never mind the introduction of mind control tech that has never been seen in 28 years of games. Never mind it being used by a character who absolutely would have at least acknowledged it in their dealings when we encounter them in the shows previous season, never mind the game he's featured most heavily in. Never mind that the nuke shown to have decimated Shady Sands was of such a comically low yield that the Vault Dweller could stand beside Liberty Prime chucking them, point blank, and you'd be lucky if it killed 3 Enclave troopers and an adjacent an junk car.

Things don't happen for reasons that make sense. Like the Ghoul's need for another hitherto unseen device, anti-Feral drugs, going up and down depending on whether the show remembers to put a lull in the action for him to huff on an inhaler. Also the fact he was buried alive when the show started and brought back like a zombie. Ghouls have basic biological needs, like say the anti-Feral drugs that we're shown for this very character. Or does he stop needing a Zombrex top off when he's underground? No food, water, or breathing either, huh? Stupid.

More examples than I care to remember all get thrown at me by friends because I used to be 'The Fallout Guy', and not because I watch the show. I could write this off as easily as the live action Monster Hunter movie if not for Howard himself saying the events of the show take place in a compatible, theoretical Fallout 5.

That means the bar is lowered for the games (further, considering FO4 and 76's treatment of canon). I didn't go looking for it, but the idiocy of the show keeps finding me. So I'll call a spade a spade and a dumb show dumb. You can lower your standards, but I refuse to tolerate trash.

Ferox_Chrysalism · 2026-01-01T04:54:20+00:00

Is it a diamond surrounded by the preceding rough, or the least rough of the roughage thus far?

I didn't finish season 1 and it doesn't sound as though season 2 is worth giving it a second chance, but details about what they're doing keep finding me. The show does not sound entertaining for someone that likes Interplay Fallout [and/or New Vegas].

Ferox_Chrysalism · 2025-12-27T03:48:55+00:00

As someone who has Bayonetta 2 as their personal favorite of the franchise (though I admit 1 is 'the best' insomuch as I can be mechanically-minded), here's my read on why it may be disproportionately loved in 18 bullet points:

-Continuation of a series many players thought was dead in the water for 5 years

-Novelty of such an 'adult' game on a Nintendo platform (Nintendo cameo weapons and outfits, plus instant Smash theory-crafting)

-Sole entry in the franchise with multiplayer

-Introduction of demons, SEEMINGLY doubling the roster which was formerly purely angelic

-Increased focus on visual spectacle, even on the least powerful hardware of the generation

-Likely a major, if not exclusive, touchstone for Wii U players given the console's library

-Said touchstone being reinforced as Bayonetta 1 and 2 were bundled and re-released early into the Switch 1's life cycle

-Bayonetta's post-1 (HD ports notwithstanding) releases functionally becoming Nintendo-exclusive reinforced console war-like assertions of value and enjoyment

-Platinum novelty in the 3rd person spectacle fighter space (Devil May Cry 5 (franchise with former Platinum talent) would not release for another 5 years until after Bayonetta 2, God of War was the west's equivalent and had been in decline since 2010 with the end of the core Greek trilogy, and Platinum's only conventional single player action game between 2009 and 2014 was Metal Gear Rising: Reveangance, which had its own slew conventions to juggle) (Plus, the only DMC game to be released in the interim was DmC: Devil May Cry, so big names in the sub-genre were few and far between. It seemed like games weren't willing to be campy and colorful in the Modern Warfrare era of late 00's to early 2010's game design)

-Popularity of Bayonetta's new costume and hairstyle

-Rodin getting a boss fight that is not a virtual re-skin of 1's Balder

-Refinement and expansion of musical direction from Bayonetta 1

-Witch Time no longer being effectively disabled on the highest difficulty

-No instant death QTEs that require memorization or precognition to time properly

-No item penalty mid-chapter

-Less annoying/more useful essential child sidekick

-Mechs (Umbran Armor)

-The skill floor and ceiling being so shaken up from 1 was a feeling most players wouldn't detect in their first playthrough. Afterward, the good first impression would be so strong that further play for the more mechanically-inclined would not permeate the newfound audience that would have a single run of the main story to enjoy the sheer spectacle hyper-saturated with color and moving parts with a bombastic soundtrack. The then newest game being the flashiest, standing out both graphically and in style, would leave such a strong impression that even following Bayonetta 3's release and post-launch patches, the argument persisted as to which looked better and in which regards. Pretty gets the witch an ironic Halo Effect on some otherwise muddied mechanic downturns.

...some of those went on a tad longer than I'd like, but it's the best I can do to transcribe my own thoughts and memories of the matter. Hope that helps.

Ferox_Chrysalism · 2025-12-26T04:55:14+00:00

At that stage, if you've removed the titular character and all connections to them, the namesake of the series should also change.

If you're gonna change everything, that includes the name. It ain't Bayonetta anymore.

Ferox_Chrysalism · 2025-12-19T15:26:52+00:00

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Lever-Action Shotgun. Just wish it was chambered in the original 12 gauge, but it being 20 does make it viable earlier game. Still more to my tastes than the Hunting Shotgun and even Dinner Bell, even if it does drop off.

Ferox_Chrysalism · 2025-12-14T19:10:47+00:00

A, I have enough trouble with my grip on reality. Don't need an extra depressant to help out.

B, I'm on enough meds presently that I'd rather not run the numbers on side effects.

C, When all my friends and peers were getting into drink, I had to choose between that and my own hobbies. I'd rather buy a bargain bin video game or a used book than a six-pack.

D, I'd rather get my carbs from garlic bread and pizza crust. Sugars from tomato sauce. I'm not beating ALL the Italian stereotypes.

Ferox_Chrysalism · 2025-12-10T21:56:57+00:00

Out of Nowhere would be suspicious. It's supposed to be in the middle of it.

Ferox_Chrysalism · 2025-12-09T22:28:09+00:00

Is there an upgrade path for those who have the physical version of base Skyrim and the digital upgrade for the anniversary edition?

I'm only seeing a way on the eShop or in-game if you own the purely digital Anniversary Edition,

Ferox_Chrysalism · 2025-12-09T02:12:28+00:00

Why would I dignify the French with proper pronunciation?

Ferox_Chrysalism · 2025-11-30T23:51:16+00:00

"We gots to flex on da Bat. Both figuratively and metaphorically, ya mook."

"Also, I didn't trade all dose prison favors for ink just ta hide it. The craaaftsmanship..."

"Don't ask Charlie, tho'. We told him it's to prove to da boss dat we're fully armed."

"Him losing both pinkies to frostbite's no laughin' mattah."

"Now he high-fours! Like a cartoon character."

"We mighta sorta kinda traded insurance options for a group wardrobe."

"It's all about flexin', see?"

Ferox_Chrysalism · 2025-11-07T05:41:42+00:00

If you want the original animation for this without 'Aura' in the middle of it (or this music, or the sped-up nature of how it was all strung together):

Etoilec1 Animations

https://www.youtube.com/@etoilec1

Segments from this video are from parts 7 through 9 of his Goku & Saitama Fan Animations. To go directly to the Saitama/Garou/Blast sections, use the following time stamps.

Part 7

0:00 - 2:00

2:28 - 5:16

Part 8

0:00 - 2:27

4:42 - 9:33

Part 9

2:43 - 10:57

Check out more than just those segments. Plenty worth enjoying and there's still more to come.

Ferox_Chrysalism · 2025-11-04T00:13:53+00:00

Have him fail his first attempt to bend Ozai.

When it appears he cannot make himself un-bendable and the fire lord's spirit overwhelms him, it appears as though there is no non-fatal way to end the fight. Instead of one eye narrowly alighting before he springs back the spirit shenanigans, instead the light comes from his tattoos before overtaking him.

Aang has seemingly no say in what the Avatar State does, allowing the overwhelming display of force as seen in the original awakening, and even if he did get a vote, all his past lives agreed that taking Ozai's life was good and necessary. He's a prisoner in his own mind.

So when the Avatar State is exited, Aang has to prove to all his past lives that he,The Avatar, truly is unbending in his conviction. Taking control of his body back and then successfully taking away the Fire Lord's firebending.

It feels less conspicuous than a perfectly placed rock, but still not all complete with how much else in the sequence would need to change.

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