Legion walkthrough

[Milansta]

as the title says,im rly interested in starting the game from scratch and trying out the legion way...so i wanted to ask,where should i start...? Like,how should i do it,which quests should i first take,from easier to harder you know...? Like in the game,you start out with talking to sunny,then defending the town goodpsrings bla bla...is it possible to raise your way to the top of legion like that? Sry if its a bit confusing....

[Malvastor]

Your choice of faction pretty much starts once you reach Vegas. Once you track down Benny, each major faction approaches you and asks for your help. What you've done before doesn't matter; every crime you've committed against them is forgiven. If you want to choose the Legion, just follow the quest his spy gives you.

[Milansta]

Originally posted by Malvastor:

Your choice of faction pretty much starts once you reach Vegas. Once you track down Benny, each major faction approaches you and asks for your help. What you've done before doesn't matter; every crime you've committed against them is forgiven. If you want to choose the Legion, just follow the quest his spy gives you.

What about when you visit nelson...and talk to the sea guy who gives you a quest to kill everyone at camp forlorn hope?

[Malvastor]

Originally posted by Charlie:

Originally posted by Malvastor:

Your choice of faction pretty much starts once you reach Vegas. Once you track down Benny, each major faction approaches you and asks for your help. What you've done before doesn't matter; every crime you've committed against them is forgiven. If you want to choose the Legion, just follow the quest his spy gives you.

What about when you visit nelson...and talk to the sea guy who gives you a quest to kill everyone at camp forlorn hope?

What about it? It's a Legion character giving you a quest to hurt the NCR. Doing it will piss the NCR off and earn brownie points with the Legion.

[Milansta]

Originally posted by Malvastor:

Originally posted by Charlie:

What about when you visit nelson...and talk to the sea guy who gives you a quest to kill everyone at camp forlorn hope?

What about it? It's a Legion character giving you a quest to hurt the NCR. Doing it will piss the NCR off and earn brownie points with the Legion.

hmmmso its a sidequest huh...? You know any more of those Legion side quests before visiting the fort? :D

[Malvastor]

Originally posted by Charlie:

Originally posted by Malvastor:

What about it? It's a Legion character giving you a quest to hurt the NCR. Doing it will piss the NCR off and earn brownie points with the Legion.

hmmmso its a sidequest huh...? You know any more of those Legion side quests before visiting the fort? :D

Not really, I've never done a Legion playthrough. All I can think of is Vulpes Incata asking you to spread word of his atrocities, and I'm not even sure that counts. There's probably a bunch of others out there that I'm just not familiar with. You'll encounter most of them just going from place to place and talking to NPCs. Or if you prefer, they'll be listed on the wiki.

[N0P3]

The easy way to get in good with Legion is when you encounter Legion entities do nothing to them; don't take Boone in tow into Legion controlled areas or areas that Legion wander (and there are many of these). Try to understand the logic of the "Lottery" and perform the acts you're given with regard to the near by NCR outpost (Brahman pen). Don't shoot anyone that the Legion crucifies and limit helping the Powder Gangers & Kahns as well as anyone else keeping it easy.

After you whack Benny and obtain the chip go to the Fort and visit Caeser and from that point: you are on your way to working in your presence cleanly with the Legion. Cassidy and ED-E are going to be the best choices for companionship IMO, but Raul and Veronica are fairly low impact if any. Gannon and Boone are going to be issue prone due to ethical inconsistencies with the Legion, more so Boone, so I generally park these guys or release them back to their point of origin.

tried to offer as much without getting to detailed and spoiling more than anything required for a kick/jump start. All my tips will keep you moving and in good standing with the Legion indefinitely potentially becoming "Idolized", so enjoy.

Take care.

[Brick]

Giving Aurelius of Pheonix in Cottonwood cove ncr dog tags can earn you infinite Legion fame btw

[Brick]

If you're doing boone's compaion quest do it before you deal with benny so that all your sins against the legion will be wiped off

[Brick]

Also be a male character so you can do everything with the legion, they are quite sexist

[Milansta]

Originally posted by SoundDriver:

The easy way to get in good with Legion is when you encounter Legion entities do nothing to them; don't take Boone in tow into Legion controlled areas or areas that Legion wander (and there are many of these). Try to understand the logic of the "Lottery" and perform the acts you're given with regard to the near by NCR outpost (Brahman pen). Don't shoot anyone that the Legion crucifies and limit helping the Powder Gangers & Kahns as well as anyone else keeping it easy.

After you whack Benny and obtain the chip go to the Fort and visit Caeser and from that point: you are on your way to working in your presence cleanly with the Legion. Cassidy and ED-E are going to be the best choices for companionship IMO, but Raul and Veronica are fairly low impact if any. Gannon and Boone are going to be issue prone due to ethical inconsistencies with the Legion, more so Boone, so I generally park these guys or release them back to their point of origin.

tried to offer as much without getting to detailed and spoiling more than anything required for a kick/jump start. All my tips will keep you moving and in good standing with the Legion indefinitely potentially becoming "Idolized", so enjoy.

Take care.

but dont i have only a few quests after i go to ceaser when i get the chip...? like,destroying the bunker,talking to boomers,visiting hidden valley....but yeah i will check out the wiki page...to be honest,the mroe i think about the legion the less i wonna be part of it...its just...im more of a good karma guy :/ and joining the legion,is kinda stupid...not a single good reason why i should join them...im a big brotherhood fan though

[Malvastor]

Originally posted by Charlie:

Originally posted by SoundDriver:

The easy way to get in good with Legion is when you encounter Legion entities do nothing to them; don't take Boone in tow into Legion controlled areas or areas that Legion wander (and there are many of these). Try to understand the logic of the "Lottery" and perform the acts you're given with regard to the near by NCR outpost (Brahman pen). Don't shoot anyone that the Legion crucifies and limit helping the Powder Gangers & Kahns as well as anyone else keeping it easy.

After you whack Benny and obtain the chip go to the Fort and visit Caeser and from that point: you are on your way to working in your presence cleanly with the Legion. Cassidy and ED-E are going to be the best choices for companionship IMO, but Raul and Veronica are fairly low impact if any. Gannon and Boone are going to be issue prone due to ethical inconsistencies with the Legion, more so Boone, so I generally park these guys or release them back to their point of origin.

tried to offer as much without getting to detailed and spoiling more than anything required for a kick/jump start. All my tips will keep you moving and in good standing with the Legion indefinitely potentially becoming "Idolized", so enjoy.

Take care.

but dont i have only a few quests after i go to ceaser when i get the chip...? like,destroying the bunker,talking to boomers,visiting hidden valley....but yeah i will check out the wiki page...to be honest,the mroe i think about the legion the less i wonna be part of it...its just...im more of a good karma guy :/ and joining the legion,is kinda stupid...not a single good reason why i should join them...im a big brotherhood fan though

If you like the Brotherhood and want to be a good person, you'll probably wind up going NCR. Caesar and House demand their destruction, and like you said the Legion are basically a moral sinkhole.

[N0P3]

Moral sink hole - that's funny cause it's pretty d^mn accurate.

The Legion deal I did was for the 100% of the game and I simply stomached it for no other reason; Legion still sux IMO. After 100% I have not hung with the Legion, as I prefer to farm them for loot financing my AMR w/Explosive Rounds addiction (I can quite anytime, I simply just don't want to).

There are the major story line obliteration jobs (killing most everyone else faction wise), but there are side missions and the normal Wasteland mission stuff (generally on the side) you can do. But, if it is such that it poses a moral dillemma for you currently pick another story branch. You can always do the Legion later if getting your game to max 100% completion status suits you.

Malvastor has really awesome things to say at times - moral sink hole rox!

Take care.

[Dosbilliam, Boring but Practical]

Originally posted by Charlie:

Originally posted by Malvastor:

Your choice of faction pretty much starts once you reach Vegas. Once you track down Benny, each major faction approaches you and asks for your help. What you've done before doesn't matter; every crime you've committed against them is forgiven. If you want to choose the Legion, just follow the quest his spy gives you.

What about when you visit nelson...and talk to the sea guy who gives you a quest to kill everyone at camp forlorn hope?

Grab about 5 Stealth Boys, get a decent silenced weapon, and go nuts in stealth.

That being said, talking to Caesar himself does show that, unlike the Enclave in Fallout 3, there's an actual logical basis behind the actions of the Legion. It's less a moral sink hole and more a twisted morality for an even more twisted age.

[N0P3]

Enclave leadership (President Eden) was an almalgamation of statistics and probabilities resulting in a mechanical sooth saying AI appealing to the general census. Eden does explain his motivations and can be championed through dialog - he helped me escape and then self destruct. Eden has a moral construct I feel superior to Caesar and tolerance as Eden knew of his conspiring Generals, but did not discipline them; Caesar's name sake was also destroyed by his Generals - War Never Changes kind of rings like a lead crystal bell right there...

I like the Enclave generally, but they have had their fair share of abusive leadership much as is now Oliver to the NCR. It's all a board game to Oliver because he doesn't get shot at as much as his troop - McArthur would have killed him for treason. I love throwing Oliver off of the Hoover - simply love it. Caesar is smart as a tactician and covert ops, but lacks in so many other areas that his downfall and thus Legion's impending collapse was inevitable; lore wise: I don't see the Legion as a total wash, but they definitely do not take over the Mojave.

[Dosbilliam, Boring but Practical]

Originally posted by SoundDriver:

Eden does explain his motivations

None of which make any sort of sense. Autumn's just as bad, but he doesn't even bother explaining it.

With Caesar, though, there's a philsopical school of thought leading to the conclusion we see within the game. The use of genocide, which would have been the end result of using the FEV in F3, has a much better explanation in New Vegas as to why it's in the toolbox in the first place.

For someone who states it better than I can: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLJ1gyIzg78&t=1s

:P