Finally 7 chr unlocks a very small selection of non-essential dialogue options, so if you're interested in seeing them then 7 is the highest you'll ever need to go. 1 chr is sufficient for the majority of play styles including speech and barter based playthroughs, 6 chr is required for two perks that are vaguely useful depending on the situation but mostly unremarkable. There are three levels of CHR that are worth building for- that's either 1, 6 or 7. There are mods that reimplement that incomplete feature, but short of that CHR has no effects that make it worth levelling beyond minimum requirements.
Youre meant to go about things in a more linear manner, so dont go off trying to fight Cazadors. EDIT: Another thing - New Vegas isnt level scaled, at least nowhere near the same level that Fallout 3 was.
No other perks require Charisma, Widow/LK/La Femme/Bachelor are all dependent on the PC's gender, not their skills or SPECIAL stats.Ĭompanion nerve does not function at all in vanilla New Vegas. Charisma is useless, always has been, always will be. Besides the aforementioned Animal Friend perk, having 6 charisma also allows you to unlock the Ferocious Loyalty perk which gives your companions +50DR when you drop below 50% health.
