Take the 2-minute tour ×  OK, we've established prior that I'm
not above using certain exploits (notably the caps exploit for
weapon/armor shops) when I play. This, however, is an exploit
I'm not sure I would use, because it (a) really seems like it'd
make the game entirely too easy and probably less fun overall
(since there'd be no real level progression, therefore no
motivation to keep on truckin') and (b) feels a lot like
grinding. And I hate grinding.  That all said, I am curious.
Over at The Vault, we have this interesting tidbit under bugs
for "Run Goodsprings Run:"  Doing the above can grant the user
extra free perks, before leaving the area of Good Springs. You
can essentially level your self up to level 30, and get any
perks after level 4 and keep them for the remainder of the game.
In order for the glitch to work you have to level up before you
leave the area, where it ask you to change your name, stats,
before you continue. Once you change your stats, everything gets
resetted back to basic, but you