I played the game for the first time (without the DLCs) as a melee weapons, neutral, NCR~Mr. House leaning character who finaly choose the Yes Man route to sole power over New Vegas and decimated the legion fort, alone, just before the battle of Hoover Dam.
The thing I liked the most is how worry and maintenance free melee weapons were. No bullets to buy, no weapons to buy to maintain the current ones. Also, being quasi indestructible due to high endurance was cool.
Are there any other builds that don't require too much maintenance/minmaxing and are fun ? (I'm not interested in doing an unarmed build rn, but I could be convinced by some really cool stuff I may not know about them)
i have a tradition to replay FNV on a yearly basis. every year i come up with a fun build/ challenge to self-impose in order to make each playthrough feel more unique and fresh. of course, these playthroughs are all modded to hell and back, which lets me get even more creative with the challenges.
this year, i did a playthrough where i made it so Stimpaks are auto-used whenever i took any damage and disabled healing from foods.
since you look to avoid going through the hassle of modding the game beyond the NV guide, i could still recommend you consider build challenges where you limit yourself to only using a specific set of weapons, like, for example, "pistols only".
That's interesting I'll keep it in mind. Ty !