The Divide Missiles

[TheUnknown]

Did you choose to bomb the ncr, leigion, both or did you stop it. What do you think is the best for the mojave and why?

[Grendalcat]

Pretty sure it's best for the Mojave to not get bombed again.
That's what I decided anyway.

One of my more mercenary characters bombed both of them, just to explore the two bombed out camps.

[psychotron666]

For the Mojave it's probably best if nobody is nuked. But for you, the player, it's best to nuke both for two new places packed with end game loot and like a billion healing supplies.

It's also a nice ♥♥♥♥ you to everyone, including Ulysses by showing him a much more effecient way of achieving his goal (he wants to nuke ncr so legion takes over, then eats itself and collapses. Why not just nuke them too, dumbass).

[gooooood mewing vietnam!]

tbf it's probably best if you just nuked the divide more, to try and get rid of the tunnelers

[LadstonFelisGaming]

I nuked the Legion. If completely derailing their hierarchy and power structure by killing all the higher-ranks you encounter doesn’t irreparably cripple them as a society, tossing a nuke on top of that will definitely do so.

[TheUnknown]

Originally posted by LaddytheOutcast:

I nuked the Legion. If completely derailing their hierarchy and power structure by killing all the higher-ranks you encounter doesn’t irreparably cripple them as a society, tossing a nuke on top of that will definitely do so.

thats what I did

[Valden21]

I usually choose to stop the launch. Letting the launch go ahead means the death of a lot of innocents, and being a part of that is not something that my current character would be able to handle.

[Luxia]

Gameplay wise, both for obvious reasons.

Roleplay wise? Usually neither. The Legion is falling apart regardless (at least in my usual playthroughs where they end up heavily crippled post Hoover Dam), and the NCR... a mixed bag, but certainly don't deserve a nuke. Especially considering it hits a major trading route which in turn might cause it to be unusable and that can lead to problems with supplies for NCR citizens (because I suspect that the higher ups wouldn't give a flip and they'd just gobble up the available rations leaving the civillians with scraps) until/unless a new trading route is established.

[Operation Iraqi Freikorps]

Depends on the ending or what you seek to gain. For gameplay, both.
According to our current understanding of science, neither is best. NCR or Legion ending is obvious, and with House I would say nuke legion or neither. For a truly independent Vegas, both is best due to the fewer supply lines into the Mojave, and your enemies will be occupied repairing them in time for Vegas to expand or will accept it as a barrier between yours and theirs.

[Jfulls002]

I personally love the brotherhood of steel, and stopping the launch entirely is the only way to become idolized by them (even though it has no real benefit over liked as you already have the safe house key), and I also just cannot nuke anything with good roleplay conscience.

[MakeLoveNotWar]

I stopped the missile launch because I wanted to become idolised with followers of the apocalypse and brotherhood of steel.

[Captain Pike]

I stopped the launch. Is your character (rp value) really any better than the post war governments if he just nukes his enemies and sends their respective regions back into Oblivion?

[TheUnknown]

Originally posted by Sir Pike:

I stopped the launch. Is your character (rp value) really any better than the post war governments if he just nukes his enemies and sends their respective regions back into Oblivion?

Thats a good point

[Ghost]

Originally posted by Jfulls002:

I personally love the brotherhood of steel, and stopping the launch entirely is the only way to become idolized by them (even though it has no real benefit over liked as you already have the safe house key), and I also just cannot nuke anything with good roleplay conscience.

That actually makes no sense. The b.o.s have never had issues using nukes.

[Vex Hilarius]

To me preventing the launch shows that humanity can solve its issues without them. The world was already blown up and Fallout 1 and 2 both end with nukes going off.

"War never changes. Men must do, through the roads they walk."