Really, only 500 bits for a 150 persuasion check? The issue with checks of that difficulty is that they kinda set you up for a comparable reward, yet you get nothing akin to that in the above cases. So far in my newest playthrough I've found three skillchecks of the sort: two locked chests scattered around Monarch which gave absolutely no unique or worthwhile loot, and a persuasion check with Lilya Hagen that granted you an extra 500 bits for a mission. I don't mind not being able to specialize all at once (even if I absolutely would love to ), but a problem I find with the way skillchecks are implemented in the base game now is that the difficulty often feels completely arbitrary, and 150-point checks feel like they aren't comparatively more rewarding than your average check either. They felt they could essentially be good at everything and pass all skill checks rather easily just by improving most grouped categories and such - gave less clear strengths and weaknesses in the character builds and such. What's funny is that a lot of players felt like they weren't gated enough when the game first released. You could fix this level cap issue by having some sort of mastery levels, where experience over the cap grants only skill points.
You only get 350 points to spend in the first place, aside from the skill-group bonus. 120-point checks would have been fine but 150-point checks are taking the p**s. These are sprinkled throughout and, in an obnoxious move, have been retroactively added into the base game. What is especially galling is the number of 150-point skill checks. A completionist would only hit 50 after confronting Ulysses and with nothing else to do except to head into the Hoover Dam endgame. In NV you were only liable to hit the Level cap of 50 provided you knocked off 95% of content in the base game and DLC. Towards the end of Gorgon I hit the level cap without trying very hard, now there's less incentive to try out the sidequests in Eridanos for their own sake since there's no mechanical reward. I opted not to play the DLC of the game until both expansions were out and their steam achievements were patched in.
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