With my internet being lousy as it is, I decided to play New Vegas again. This time, as a unarmed-built character.
It's actually going fairly well, I started with Skilled and Logan's Loophole; fooled around, finished Honest Hearts for that nice light armor to match with light armor perks. Just finished Old World Blues (To take skilled again and swap out LL).
On one hand, I'm pumped up with damage/crit boosting perks, letting me one-shot most things that aren't a super-mutant master or a deathclaw. The final boss of OWB went down in about... 6 seconds. Main weapon is a deathclaw gauntlet (Project Nevada makes them craftable).
On the other hand, I'm taking far too much damage against enemies with guns. Even with two toughness perks (+6 DT total), Signature Weapon Defensive Boost (+10 DT), Reinforced Spine (+2 DT), Big Brained (+10% DT), and Signature armor (+12 DT, +25% DR bonuses along with 15 base armor DT)
Is there something I'm missing here? I can shred smaller groups or bosses within seconds, but hanging around outside Freeside is dangerous due to having Fiends spawn in groups of 10-15.
Also, if someone could point out a shield mod, like a regular shield, not an energy one. Preferably something that doesn't take long to download. I'd be grateful.