Fallout: New Vegas skills

Formula
Bethesda, looking to keep the same formula from Fallout 3 has kept up with the tradition of having 13 skills. The only changes are that instead of having a "Big Guns" and a "Small Guns" Skill, both skills will comprise a "Guns" skill as a whole. The advantage of this is to allow "The Courier" to upgrade an utilize the heavier weapons right away, instead of having to invest skill points into two different skills, thus delaying the willingness to use heavy weapons to little or no effect.

The 13th skill, which will be earmarked for the "Hardcore Mode", will be the "Survivor" skill. This will aid and improve the players ability to survive in the desert, and gain more health from prepared food and derive my life from water between hydration cycles. In other words, you can go farther and last long with less food and water over time.