Possible to learn profession armorer or sg gunsmith (both level 3). With nuka it has two bursts from an assault rifle. Good carry weight, good health, good outdoorsman and good repair skill ensures that from now every newbie will be able to survive in the wasteland
Uh. I severely gimped my character, then. I created a build that would qualify as respectable in Fallout 1 / 2. :| But, apparently, such builds are completely useless here.
The only exploit involved abusing your intelligence
Most of the builds here are just troll builds.