Mustakrakish
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When in game - look at your SPECIAL, it should say what skills they affect in description.
Yeah you can switch to hardcore in the middle of a game, but I wouldn't do it though. I imagine it's not so much as hard, but really awkward to adjust to hardcore in the middle of the game. I'd advice you to start a new one if only for the achievement (I don't care about it myself).
The game and character will feel much more interesting if you do it from the start IMO. Stuff that's useless in normal mode become valuable in hardcore. See when not playing hardcore you negate some game aspects/mechanics/things or whatever, such as survival skill for example. I don't see much point in this skill in non-hardcore game. It's another story when you play hardcore. Also items such as "doctor's back" become very much valuable when you cannot heal your crippled limbs by sleeping, also stimpacks etc don't have instant effect in hardcore.
Really to fully experience it play it from the start.
Forget about your normal "arcade" 
game and start a new one. Once you go hardcore you... um... well you get the idea. About 2 str... Well as I said my play style focuses on not using strength much. I try not to engage in combat if that's possible (I try to avoid conflict if it's possible. This is not CoD after all). When dealing with hostiles I use stealth and try to pick them one by one from a distance with hunting rifle or similar weapons (10 agility and high gun skill make up for str requirements so using them is not a problem), I usually don't even come close enough to be in range of V.A.T.S, when outside actually. But I can't avoid confrontation of course, it's impossible.
The most effective way for me to take out several enemies in close range (along with sneaking of course) is with "gunslinger"-perk, a handgun (10mm,9mm etc), 10 agility, high enough luck + "finesse"-perk. I get the most AP and accuracy for V.A.T.S this way, so I can disarm and then finish off those enemies with no problem... If they're humans.
So trying to avoid battles I know I can't win and using stealth a lot. For example the quest where you help fanatic ghouls to fly away on rockets (or not
), I did it without killing a single Nightkin and every feral ghoul was killed by a sneak attack. If one would notice me, he would kill me with 2 hits 
(I tried), because I also have 2 endurance and not using armor. Also "mister sandman" for assassinating NPS's.
As a result I prefer to be alone, companions are a nuisance for me (good carriages though). If one joins me... fine, but if they die they die, I don't babysit them.
As for carrying stuff, yes that's the biggest problem. So it's lots of walking and lots of alcohol for her.
Trying to pick only the most valuable stuff and selling ammo a lot. Actually finding myself using ammo as currency. And because vendor's caps are not unlimited I exchange stuff on stuff that doesn't have weight.That's not to say my character set up is weak, not by a long shot. When used properly, it's deadly.
I'm level 12, have 140 stimpacks and 40 super stimpacks in my inventory and never used them once so far.I find it's very interesting to play when not just run' and gunning everything in your path like a turbo terminator.
I burned a lot of it on 6 implants.
Afterwords I read in wiki it was based off the short story the lottery. I also thought the lottery in Nipton might have been based off the short story the lottery. When I first heard about it, I thought it might end up being something like the Marylin Manson song Man that you Fear video (also based off of the story The Lottery). In case you are all wondering, in real life you can actually by lottery tickets in Nipton as California has a state lottery, we do not.
