@Domoran traditionally, unarmed is an underpowered build. That's one of the tradeoffs for the playstyle.
Also, in a equipment dependant game, where the biggest power gain is equipment based, you would doubly expect unarmed to be gimped.
Finally, as with Bard, Summoner, and a few other builds, the focused skills for those aren't implemented yet really. You should see improvement, but not parity once more of the Martial Arts school is released into the game.
All builds have never been equal in any game. FO allows a blending of builds to shore up some weaknesses, but that doesn't change the fact that certain builds are bound to out-perform others in games.
All builds in FO for instance need INT or CHA for the mana and mana regen because every build uses mana-powered skills.
Most builds us either Dex for evasion or Con for resistances and Health.
Most need Str for health regen and carry weight.
There aren't really dump stats in the game, but some builds can dump 1 or 2, that's normal.