How Much Does Luck Actually Matter In Fallout New Vegas???

Its no secret that Luck is one of the most important stats in Fallout New Vegas, but just how important? By putting science to the test I try to uncover how much of a roll it really plays

[IStewieAI]

Luck doesn't affect Roulette besides the "You feel lucky" text, I have reverse engineered the minigames and that's the only place the luck stat is used (I documented it on the wiki, removing the old bogus claims that it affected roulette).

[MrJedroi]

Fact: 90% of gambling addicts quit right before they are about to hit it big

[bigdeagle]

The luck stat doesn’t affect the roulette table. Think about it, a player could bet 200 caps on green and get 32x over and over again. Blackjack is affected 100%

[themanwiththepan]

Please make this again, but with slots.

I'm super curious to see how luck affects payout percentages on something they DID program

[dickvandraevan]

Roulette was just forgotten to add the stat or purposely was made that way to trick luck players into betting big

[xenerith]

What I would've done is 100 spins on each level of luck and see how many times "You feel lucky appears" that message only appears when Luck was the only reason you won that bet

[RooZvonBooZ]

Love how he slowly went more and more insane in the video, legend has it he is still playing roulette to this day... 😅

[JustinAlcorn]

I went to the casinos with a 10 luck. I couldn't make any money at roulette. Got kicked out really quickly playing black jack but with a luck of 5 I can't make money at Black Jack

[jacobstaten]

In the first game for PC, there is a trick where if you out your luck as over 50%, you can play slots and weight down the buttons. You then walk away from the computer for a few minutes and come back to a ton of money. You theoretically have infinite money.

[flaggy]

If you have 10 Luck:

-Dont Play Roulette, It doesnt affect it

-You can try to win big in Slots

-If you want to speedrun the achievement, play Blackjack, and always double down. You will always win

[ElGeecho]

Quality vid. I like your systematic approach and the fact you pre-registered your prediction. This was more entertaining to watch than I expected, too.

[Merlynn]

Well, I could posit a theory. There's ways to "stack the deck" with cards and rig slot machines to pay out or not. However, if the roulette game uses the physics engine to determine the outcome, then it's unlikely the programmers figured out how to apply the luck stat to it. Meaning it's all physics with no modifiers.

I suppose if I were to try to program such a thing, I'd have a "magnet effect" that draws or repels the ball to the desired outcome. Meaning if you had high luck, the "magnet" would be more powerful and draw the ball to the spot you bet on, including all the black or red spots for those bets. And low luck would repel the ball from what you bet on. It wouldn't be strong enough to force the ball in or out of a spot, but it would effect it.

And, of course, at really high luck, there would be a repel effect on losing spots as well as a magnet for winning ones and vice versa. There would still be some statistics involved but you would definitely see results.

[NotTheGreenKnight]

You’re doing a good job man. Keep up the good work and I think you’ll find success.

[cattysplat]

This game needs a remaster to give us the New Vegas we always wanted.

[irishaodhan]

Good video! I was always suspicious that roulette was broken

[jeremycorbin]

Blackjack seems so easy to win in this game, and if luck doesn't affect that then that's cracked.
Also I loved the cheek in your voice saying "gamblin' baby!"

[Bob-gyud]

You should’ve also ran a test on roulette using 00/0 that’s where I think luck would be the factor. With 10+ luck (naughty and lucky shades) I’ve doubled down on 20 and got aces. But only after next hand after “feeling lucky message” I’ve never done tests on slots/roulette/caravan/lucky horseshoes

[stonecoldcougar]

Such good work on New Vegas Luck! Thank you for working in the trenches to give answers to my questions!

[ratsacrament]

I felt more confused at the end vs the beginning of the video. Pls make more like this lol

[Bluesonofman]

Luck is probably as important in NV as intelligence is in 3.