why does everyone I see chose the fergus timeline?

[World's best Fox]

it seems like every video, and every guide went with fergus...but why?

Just wondering as I went with wyatt

[Sunsetter]

I played both, but I went for Fergus first time because he seemed like an experienced soldier who could do more for the war effort, whereas Wyatt seemed like a rookie who'd eat a bullet 5 minutes after I saved him.

[Diligenc3]

In the end it didn't matter much. The difference is there but minimal. Still a great game

[Kaiser Ducky]

Originally posted by Samael:

I played both, but I went for Fergus first time because he seemed like an experienced soldier who could do more for the war effort, whereas Wyatt seemed like a rookie who'd eat a bullet 5 minutes after I saved him.

Yeah, I think that's why most people go for Fergus. He's got years of experience, has great leadership skills, and has ace piloting skills. Wyatt on the other hand, is barley 18 years old, and seems a little... timid. And of course, he has very minimal experience.

Still, the very first time I played, I went with Wyatt. I just couldn't kill the kid. He's got many years of learning ahead of him. Fergus, on the other hand, is getting old and well past his prime. Realistically, it would just be a matter of time before he lost his abilities, or hurt himself to the point where he'd be useless.

[Ghola]

I chose Wyatt also the first time, for all the reasons Kaiser Ducky stated, and for the Armour upgrades - didn't knew it was a trick and I would never get more than 100 :)
Going with Fergus you will get health upgrades up to 200 and people say that will be more useful than armour in the final missions.

[World's best Fox]

Ha ha I wish I knew that before finishing Uber with Wyatt time line

[Kaiser Ducky]

Originally posted by Ghola:

I chose Wyatt also the first time, for all the reasons Kaiser Ducky stated, and for the Armour upgrades - didn't knew it was a trick and I would never get more than 100 :)
Going with Fergus you will get health upgrades up to 200 and people say that will be more useful than armour in the final missions.

Sadly, I found Wyatt's armor upgrade near useless the entire time. All it does is increases the amount of armor each pick-up gives you by a small amount. Killing the Uber soldiers already drops a crap ton of armor, headshots knock the helmets off of regular Nazi soldiers, and I found plenty lying around anyways.
Having 200 max health is always useful, because there's tons of health pick-ups throughout the game. But of course, replaying to get both skills is always nice q:

[World's best Fox]

wait i meant death incarnate....is there a difference? I forget which one is the higher one

[sesselpupser]

I chose Wyatt almost immediately because I didn't realise the other guy was Fergus, I wasn't exactly paying attention.

[Thug Shaker West]

It's because in the Fergus timeline, there are health upgrades which are more useful than armor upgrades

[HandOfKane]

Originally posted by Kaiser Ducky:

Still, the very first time I played, I went with Wyatt. I just couldn't kill the kid. He's got many years of learning ahead of him. Fergus, on the other hand, is getting old and well past his prime. Realistically, it would just be a matter of time before he lost his abilities, or hurt himself to the point where he'd be useless.

Yup, this was my reasoning for saving Wyatt as well. Fergus even says something similar when you do.

You can always play through the Fergus timeline afterwards if you want the health upgrades.
I never play my first playthrough of a game on the highest difficulty anyways, so I don't really care much about perfect min-maxing on said playthough.

[Mortimm]

I only did Fergus first because experienced soldiers would know how to deal with trembling rookies, getting them through the hard times and would bring valuable intel to the table.

[OnYxZ101]

There is not much difference in the timeline.

[Hayden]

I've done both, but way prefer Fergus. I thought Tesla or whatever her name was was an amazing character. The stuff with her and BJ were great. I didn't like the Bob Marley guy you got instead if you chose Wyatt.

[Ultrabot]

It's supposed to be Jimi Hendrix, but yeah it doesn't add much. The health upgrade(fergus) is much more useful. There are some routes that are fun to play on the wyatt timeline.

[Mutant Overlord]

Its simple:
source of Scottish quotes and jokes > generic American hero
also:
health >armor