A conservative revamp of New Vegas' perks. Merges bad perks into other perks to make less bad perks, and changes the requirements of some others. Also makes it so perception actually affects accuracy to a small extent. Includes fixes from YUP.



Installation:
Extract Perk Rework.esp, the Sound folder, and any of the esps for the DLC that you use to your Data folder and activate them in the launcher. Load this mod after any other mods making perk changes.

Perk Rework DM.esp = Dead Money
Perk Rework HH.esp = Honest Hearts
Perk Rework OWB.esp = Old World Blues
Perk Rework LR.esp = Lonesome Road



SPECIAL Changes:
Perception now affects your accuracy both inside and outside of VATS:
Perception 1 = 20% penalty to accuracy
Perception 2 = 15% penalty to accuracy
Perception 3 = 10% penalty to accuracy
Perception 4 = 5% penalty to accuracy
Perception 5 = No change
Perception 6 = 5% bonus to accuracy
Perception 7 = 10% bonus to accuracy
Perception 8 = 15% bonus to accuracy
Perception 9 = 20% bonus to accuracy
Perception 10 = 25% bonus to accuracy



Perk Changes:
Level 2 - 10 perks
Black Widow/Lady Killer - Charisma 5 required
Cherchez La Femme/Confirmed Bachelor - Charisma 5 required
Friend of the Night + Night Person (If you're willing to install 3 mods to try to make this perk worth using, I also suggest Improved Friend of the Night and Desaturated Colorless Cateye. Screenshots with mods installed included above.)
Heave, Ho! + Demolition Expert2 - +10% Explosives damage
Hunter
Intense Training
Rapid Reload + Quick Draw = Sleight of Hand (Idea taken from hafitux's Perks and Traits Balanced)
Solar Powered - Set to Level 2 (from 20)
*DM* Junk Rounds
*DM* Old World Gourmet

Level 4 - 10 perks
Cannibal + Ghastly Scavenger
Comprehension + Retention - Intelligence 5 required
Educated + Swift Learner1
Entomologist
Rad Resistance + Lead Belly - Set to Level 4 (from 8)
Run 'n Gun
Scrounger + Fortune Finder - Set to Level 4 (from 8)
Travel Light
*DM* In Shining Armor - Set to Level 4 (from 2)
*DM* Light Touch + Heavyweight - Set to Level 4 (from 2)

Level 6 - 10 perks
Bloody Mess - Now a Trait, +5% damage removed and given partially to Living Anatomy
Demolition Expert - 1 rank only, +25% Explosives damage
Ferocious Loyalty + Spray and Pray
Gunslinger - Perception 5 required
Hand Loader
Mad Bomber *GRA* - Untouched by this mod
Nuka Chemist - Science 45 required (from 90) - Set to Level 6 (from 22)
Shotgun Surgeon
The Professional + Infiltrator
Vigilant Recycler
*HH* Sneering Imperialist - Strength 5 required - Set to Level 6 (from 8)

Level 8 - 10 perks
Commando - Perception 5 required
Cowboy + Center of Mass
Living Anatomy - +10% damage to humans/non-feral ghouls (from Bloody Mess, 5%)
Pack Rat + Long Haul - Endurance 5, Intelligence 5 required
Stonewall
Strong Back
Super Slam - Melee Weapons OR Unarmed
Terrifying Presence
*HH* Grunt
*HH* Tribal Wisdom + Home on the Range

Level 10 - 10 perks
Animal Friend - 1 rank only
Finesse - Luck 5 required
Math Wrath + Swift Learner2
Miss Fortune + Action Boy/Girl1 - Agility 6, Luck 6 required
Mysterious Stranger + Action Boy/Girl2 - Agility 6, Luck 6 required
Nerd Rage! - Activates when health is at 35% or below (from 20%)
Plasma Spaz
Robotics Expert + Computer Whiz - Set to Level 10 (from 12)
*DM* And Stay Back
*HH* Fight the Power! - Agility 5 required

Level 12 - 8 perks
Fast Metabolism + Chem Resistant - Medicine 60 required
Hit the Deck
Life Giver + Toughness1
Piercing Strike + Unstoppable Force - Melee Weapons OR Unarmed
Pyromaniac
Silent Running
Sniper
Splash Damage + Demolition Expert3 - +25% Explosives damage

Level 14 - 8 perks
Adamantium Skeleton + Toughness2 - Endurance 5 required
Chemist
Jury Rigging
Light Step
Purifier - Strength 7 required
Rad Child + Rad Absorption - Endurance 7 and Survival 70 required - Set to Level 14 (from 4)
*LR* Alertness - Set to Level 14 (from 12)
*DM* Hobbler - Set to Level 14 (from 12)

Level 16 - 6 perks
Better Criticals
Meltdown
Tag! + Swift Learner3 - Intelligence 4 required
Weapon Handling
*HH* Eye for Eye - Endurance 5 required - Set to Level 16 (from 20)
*OWB* Them's Good Eatin' + Mile in Their Shoes - Set to Level 16 (from 20)

Level 18 - 4 perks
Concentrated Fire - Guns OR Energy Weapons
Laser Commander - Set to Level 18 (from 22)
Paralyzing Palm
Slayer - Melee Weapons OR Unarmed - Set to Level 18 (from 24)

Level 20 - 4 perks
Explorer + Here and Now
Grim Reaper's Sprint - Luck 7 required
Nerves of Steel - Set to Level 20 (from 26)
Ninja + Mister Sandman - Agility 7 and Sneak 80 required

Level 22 - 4 perks
*OWB* Atomic! - Set to Level 22 (from 20)
*LR* Lessons Learned + Voracious Reader - Intelligence 7 required - Set to Level 22 (from 26)
*LR* Tunnel Runner - Set to Level 22 (from 26)
*LR* Roughin' It + Irradiated Beauty - Set to Level 22 (from 28)

Level 24 - 4 perks
*LR* Walker Instinct + Broad Daylight - Set to Level 24 (from 18)
*OWB* Implant GRX - Set to Level 24 (from 30)
*LR* Burden to Bear - Set to Level 24 (from 30)
*LR* Certified Tech - Intelligence 5 required - Set to Level 24 (from 40)



Other Changes:
Ninja + Mister Sandman - Added an optional "slit throat" sound effect file to replace the goofy Mister Sandman jingle