Newb question RE: starting the second game

[rkimbal45]

so...since i usually take my time and do most missions in FO3...Will I A) be over powered by the time I start NV and B) is the cap raised above 30 or anything?

[IAreBob]

Can't remember for the first one for sure, but I think you can curb stomp enemies in the beginning of NV.

You could use the Benny Humbles You mod.

New Vegas's max level (with DLC) is 50. I seem to remember seeing somewhere TTW raises that, but I can't say for sure if that's true or what the new value is.

-IAreBob

[Risewild]

Yes, you will be overpowered.
FNV doesn't have level scaling in most of the game, so having a character that doesn't start at level 1 will be overpowered. The team is working on making FNV scale with the main character level.

Some ways of (somewhat) dealing with that are using something to reduce the XP gained, going to NV for the first time before having a high level and do the game start (until reaching Freeside) then return to the Capital Wasteland, use the mod IAreBob mentioned Benny Humbles You (although I never used it so I don't know how it works), using mods that increase the difficulty (like BLEED + SawyerBatty for example), using mods that increase enemies spawned, etc.

The maximum level in TTW is the same as in FNV with all DLCs, it's level 50. But we are raising the cap to level 60 in future TTW versions.