This is just a FYI of how to rapidly gain Athletic-xp without need for cyberware or weapons.
The way the game calculates XP is how much Stamina you drain. To gain +20 XP you need to drain the Stamina-bar 2-4 times or so. Early game it is 4 times, I think, while late-game it's around 2-3 times depending on if you put points into the Stamina-pool or not.
Anyway, on to the 'exploit'.
1. Find a 'training-place' to use as the dummy (concrete-pilar, tree etc.). Eg. could be the garage you start in with Jackie when saving Sandra Dorsett.
2. Start punching the dummy, but this might drain Stamina relatively slow, right?
3. The 'exploit' - tap the forward-move button while you attack it, it'll drain Stamina much more quickly.
Voila!
You can then gain Athletic-XP from level 1 before you meet any NPC's. The Athletic-tree gives you +20 carry capacity (when reaching lvl 2) and the next is a +Perk-point (at lvl 3). Go on as much as you want and rack up those points.
Edit. How I discovered this? I read some posts in the forums, but didn't pay any attention to it. It wasn't until I was going to do the fight against Razor Hughes in Pacifica with a late-game character (lvl 50), that I noticed I gained a tremendous amount of Ahtletic-XP after the fight (came up on screen, leveled up Athletics).
The way the game calculates XP is how much Stamina you drain. To gain +20 XP you need to drain the Stamina-bar 2-4 times or so. Early game it is 4 times, I think, while late-game it's around 2-3 times depending on if you put points into the Stamina-pool or not.
Anyway, on to the 'exploit'.
1. Find a 'training-place' to use as the dummy (concrete-pilar, tree etc.). Eg. could be the garage you start in with Jackie when saving Sandra Dorsett.
2. Start punching the dummy, but this might drain Stamina relatively slow, right?
3. The 'exploit' - tap the forward-move button while you attack it, it'll drain Stamina much more quickly.
Voila!
You can then gain Athletic-XP from level 1 before you meet any NPC's. The Athletic-tree gives you +20 carry capacity (when reaching lvl 2) and the next is a +Perk-point (at lvl 3). Go on as much as you want and rack up those points.
Edit. How I discovered this? I read some posts in the forums, but didn't pay any attention to it. It wasn't until I was going to do the fight against Razor Hughes in Pacifica with a late-game character (lvl 50), that I noticed I gained a tremendous amount of Ahtletic-XP after the fight (came up on screen, leveled up Athletics).