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Easily Distracted
DESCRIPTION Your skills are erratic to say the least, but a jack of all trades is often times better than a master of one. You can raise more skills faster, though it'll be harder to ever maximize any particular one.
EFFECTS When leveling, you can only add skill points into your lowest non-zero Skill or any Skill you have no points in already. +1 Skill Points Gained per level

Easily Distracted is a Flaw in The Outer Worlds 2. Easily Distracted grants you an additional skill point upon leveling up, but limits your ability to only add skill points to your lowest non-zero Skill or Skills that have no points. Flaws in The Outer Worlds 2 are debilitating conditions that affect the player in certain aspects, like mentally, emotionally, and physically. Flaws can be detected by the game based on the behavioral patterns of the player. Once accepted, the effects of a flaw are permanent and cannot be changed.

The Outer Worlds 2 Easily Distracted Table of Contents

1. The Outer Worlds 2 How to Unlock Easily Distracted Flaw
2. The Outer Worlds 2 Easily Distracted Effects
3. The Outer Worlds 2 Easily Distracted Notes and Tips
4. The Outer Worlds 2 Easily Distracted Comprehensive Guide

How to Unlock Easily Distracted Flaw in The Outer Worlds 2

Easily Distracted is unlocked by allocating five skill points in five different skills.

Easily Distracted Flaw Effects in The Outer Worlds 2

Accepting the Easily Distracted Flaw will give the following effects:

• When leveling, you can only add skill points into your lowest non-zero Skill or any Skill you have no points in already.
• +1 Skill Points Gained per level

The Outer Worlds 2 Easily Distracted Notes & Tips

• Easily Distracted is best accompanied by the Brilliant & Dumb Trait.
• Accepting the Easily Distracted Flaw with the Brilliant & Dumb Trait as early as possible will prevent you from leveling up a skill to 20 due to the level cap.
• Easily Distracted is recommended for players who opt to go for the balanced route.

Easily Distracted Flaw Comprehensive Guide

How to Unlock Easily Distracted Flaw in Outer Worlds 2

Easily Distracted is unlocked by allocating five skill points to five different skills. Keep in mind that having five skills alone will not proc the Easily Distracted Flaw. You'll have to allocate 1 skill point to five skills for it to proc. This would mean that, despite having 2 levels already from your starting specialized skills, you'll still need to allocate a skill point for them. 

How Easily Distracted Works in Outer Worlds 2

The Easily Distracted Flaw forces you to turn your current build into a jack-of-all-trades, while granting you +1 Skill Point every level. Instead of specializing in one or two particular skills and leaving the rest behind, players must first equalize and balance all the levels of their chosen Skills before they can add a new one to their build or raise the level of an already chosen skill. This allows players to quickly increase the level of their skills and acquire their desired perks faster, as well as get through those pesky skill-check requirements.

Supposedly, you've picked up Easily Distracted at level 4 with this skillset, and with Lockpick as the highest skill at 4. Then you ran across a skill-check interaction that requires your Speech to be level 4. You'll first have to level up Sneak, Hack, and Engineering before you can raise Speech to skill level 4, which can be done once you're at level 6.

NOTE: Easily Distracted is not retroactive. You won't be able to acquire the missed skill points once you've accepted the Flaw.

When to Take Easily Distracted Flaw in Outer Worlds 2

While it is ultimately your decision whether to accept the Flaw, there are some caveats to consider:

During your run, if you've already allocated your skill points across multiple skills, accepting Easily Distracted can become a nuisance in the upcoming acts or planets. If you already have 6 or maybe 7 skills before accepting Easily Distracted, you'll have to balance them first before you can raise your highest skill. This can be a hindrance since, in the upcoming acts, there'll be a few skill-check requirements you won't be able to meet. (Not unless you skip them until you've reached the required level and come back to it) 

If you opt to take Easily Distracted on your run, we recommend picking it up as early as possible since the Flaw is not retroactive. The earliest you can unlock the Flaw is at level 4. Unlocking it at this level gives you the most benefit and enables you to maximize its +1 skill point effect. Once unlocked, you can choose the Skills you prefer and enjoy the extra skill point every level up. 

Building with Easily Distracted Flaw in Outer Worlds 2

If you opt to maximize Easily Distracted, we recommend you take the Flaw as early as level 4. This allows you to maximize the earned skill points from its effect. Combine this with the Trait Dumb and Brilliant to get the most out of it. Dumb locks 5 out of the 12 available skills, wherein you can never add skill points to them. This might seem counterintuitive, but it's actually the opposite. Since you're maximizing the skill points earned, you'll only be raising five skills. This counteracts the negative Trait, Dumb, and allows you to choose an additional positive Trait. The Brilliant Trait is a positive trait that allows you to choose an additional Skill to specialize in, which means you'll be starting the game with three specialized Skills already at 2 points.  It's important to note that you won't be able to max out a Skill to level 20 by choosing this route, but you will, however, be able to get those five skills to level 17-18 once you reach the level cap (30). Acquiring Skill levels 17-18 will be enough to get you through most of the skill-check interactions.

You'll have to allocate your skill points into five different skills when you reach level 4. The table below shows the supposed Skill Point Allocation when reaching level 4 to unlock the Easily Distracted Flaw. 

NOTE: If you wish to maximize a Skill to 20 to complete a skill-check requirement or gain its Perks while still utilizing the Easily Distracted Flaw, you can opt to rush your preferred Skill to level 20 first before unlocking Easily Distracted. By level 18, you can already max out a Skill level to 20.