Rules of the wasteland

First a bit of back story. Upon entering my third play-through (this time on very difficult) I decided to go the "super-badass-grimreaper-cthulhu-destroyerofoworlds" route. Of course that means killing every breathing creature + dismembering their lifeless corpse, playing with their severed limbs, drinking their blood, and of course always wearing a black cowboy hat. Anyways, i needed a dirty, smelly accomplice, that would finish up the scraps of human flesh i couldn't finish, naturally i chose Raul. level 1 and blood-thirsty i Set off towards Black Mountain, stopping along the way to harass the powder gangers, quarry men, NCR, etc. By the time I got to death mountain I was level 6, by myself with the usual equipment (cowboy,9mm,shit tons of tnt, etc)

Utilizing my secret acronym for fallout success i tackled this beast early. P.E.C.F (P.F.).

1. Patience: don't rush into an army of chemically-altered super mutants armed to the mutant-teeth with heavy weapons. Survey that shit first, go all specs-ops on them and take them out when they're the farthest from the pack.

2. Environment: ROCKS ARE YOUR FRIEND! Whether you're hiding behind them, or standing on them shooting mutants in the face, use them to your advantage. This is especially important when fighting melee enemies, jumping up on a rock they can't reach will save you from turning into a pile of red pulp and help you turn their face into said pulp.

3. Crippling: sure in theory shooting something/someone in the face should render them useless pretty fast, but the Mojave wasteland is full of MUTANT-FREAKS. When it comes to deathclaws or supermutants early on in the game headshots do absolutely JACK SHIT. Take out their leg and that bitch ain't going no where fast, you can hop around dodging their bullets while you pump them full of lead and/or light their flesh on fire. Taking out legs is extremely important against deathclaws.

4. Food: you are a pack-mule, and apparently you have no taste buds. As worthless as chowing down on rotting brahmin flesh may seem to you it could save your life. Food is extremely easy to find and stock-pile during your journey (rampage) and when eaten in large stomach-bulging feasts will save your life numerous times. Never hesitate to grab the steak that has been in the pocket of a rotting corpse for the last year, once again, it could save your life.

(and lastly, POWER FIST. Because nothing says "I will break you if you look at me" like a metal-hydraulic-fist. And don't bitch at me about how the ballistic fist is cooler, you can't scream "ballistic fist!" when punch-shooting someone face off (actually you can, but fuck-off for a second), The satisfaction of screaming "POOOOOWWWWWERRRRRRRFIIIIIIIIIIIIIISTTTTTTTTTTTTTT" when reducing 5 generations of someones family to a pulp is the most satisfaction you can ever have in a video game.

tl:dr fuck you, stop being so lazy