[quote=Risewild]
joeyjoejoe wrote:
With the save method I have to copy it back in to my save folder every time I want to start a new game. In the same way I can just reduce my special stats by 5 with the console after allocation every time I start a new game. It's a matter of convenience really.
Why would you need to get the save out of the save folder to begin with? I have a clean save before getting out of the Vault 101 cave for the first time that I use everytime I need to test a mod for someone (which happens a lot) and I never had to copy it to the save folder or remove it from there either. 
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Because I always rotate my saves making it very easy to accidentally overwrite the vault save which I have done a good four times before making this thread.