So hopefully by now everyone's had a chance to see Bethesda's perk chart reveal, but if not here's a link and above is a brief video of mine talking about some of what was revealed. Naturally, because this deals with perks and leveling, this information means the most to the Vault's most popular past-time Character Building. We were only shown a handful of perks, so actually talking builds is still just a bit beyond us, but the details of the perks we do have, and some of the other features are well worth examining.
For example, if you were in any doubt that you can choose any base perk you meet the SPECIAL requirements for, this should sort that out. Strangely, there is still some confusion about this aspect, but the original Bethesda video, with Todd's narration, makes it pretty clear. If you have 6 Charisma, you can choose the 6 Charimsa perk without ever taking the any of the first 5. This doesn't carry over to the ranks of those perks. For example, even though you can take the 10 Charisma perk "Intimidation" at level one, you can't add another rank to it until level 23, and ranks do have to be taken in order.
It's also worth noting that the article makes it clear that not all the perks in the game are on this chart. The 275 advertised are tied to the chart and perk ranks, but additional perks can be added in the form of magazines. This leaves the possibility open of perks added by Bobbleheads, companions, and other sources.
1. I'm not to excited because all the special stats im interested were left relativly untouched. But I'm happy, that what we saw weren't just plain percentage increases.
2. When I maxed the perks I wanna have for my char I'm might gonna go for lone wanderer. I usually travel alone.