New to Sniper Build and Cheap Strategy in Fallout 2

[ilikefunnyvideos505]

Will it be cheating if I head to San Francisco just because I need to accept the Vertibird plans quest and head to Navarro for Advanced Power Armor and other kinds of loot? My character is a charismatic sniper character except I only have 2 endurance and 7 luck. Also, my character got a car already so I don't have to walk in the world map because of hard encounters. (unless if I'm lucky with special encounters)

Here are the stats:

Strength: 5
Perception: 8
Endurance: 2
Charisma: 8
Intelligence: 7 or 8?
Agility: 10
Luck: 7 (wish I had 8 in order to have better chance for special encounters and crit chance)

Traits: Gifted and Small Frame

Tagged Skills: Small Guns, Lockpick, and Speech (Might get the Tag perk so I can go for Energy Weapons)

 

[J_Fred]

I personally feel like the APA is OP. I usually start the game over before I get to Navarro, so I rarely even see standard power armor. But I prefer the progression style of Fallout. After Navarro that feeling dwindles for me.

Since the sniper strategy is already "cheap" (it's a legitimate strategy to be honest), adding more fuel to the fire via skipping to Navarro is probably overkill in my opinion.