1. Yes. Most players have alts. There's a 10 minute pause.2. Several posts. The perks and professions pages on the wiki might be a bit of help too.Personally I consider small frame and good natured the best traits, but I don't have a big guns build.I have alts with stats below 5.Charisma 1 means you can't talk with all traders or do all quests, but you can put the points in other stats.Strenght depends on the weapon you want to use (4 might be enough) and if you want to get the weapon handler perk (+3 to strenght for shooting weapons).Stats in general all depend on the type of character you want to have.Keep in mind that uneven agility and endurance means you're wasting stats points.Intelligence below 6 means getting descent skill percentages will be hard.Agility below 6 (8 action points) is worthless in my opinion.Luck below 6 might lead to more accidents with weapon handling.Before creating your character, try some builds using the FOnline:2238 Character Planner.Better waste some time on that than on a character that turns out not to be what you wanted it to be.Also be sure to look things like weapon stats up on the wiki.
Very helpful... Are you saying that Charisma has nothing to do with the number of followers?
Currently I'm very frustrated. I've made 3 characters and consequently given up on all of them. The issue is that I'll get a lot accomplished and then I'll leave the town looking for something, where I'll eventually die from a random encounter. Then I respawn so very far away and I can't heal and I lose all my stuff .