What do I do!? Nipton

[JovialPanic389]

I'm trying to be "good" and I'm in Nipton. I don't know if I should do the Cold Cold Heart quest or just flat out kill the Legion soldiers at the town hall or if that will be way too difficult. I don't want to lose an achievement. What should I do? Wil doing Cold Cold Heart make me bad?

[lalalalala]

tip don't mess with legion ;)
read this http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2487317

[JovialPanic389]

0.o Ever? lol

[CMDR Herne]

The Nipton town hall is good for a rummage around regardless...

[=CrimsoN=]

The joy of Fallout is figuring out what happens when you do certain things. Do what you think is right. I go Legion, because Ave, True to Caesar.

[Berendor]

As mentioned, don't mess around with the Legion..at this point in time. Trust me, you will save yourself some grief. Once you get some levels under your belt, better gear, maybe a follower or two, then you'll be ready to deal with them.

[baddude1337]

Try to take on that many legion soldiers early on in the game, and you're gonna have a bad time.

Well, if you're half decent at the game you should be alright if you get a sneak attack or two in.

[Alienkiller32]

Originally posted by ♥Pink_Fury♥:

The joy of Fallout is figuring out what happens when you do certain things. Do what you think is right. I go Legion, because Ave, True to Caesar.

haha thats what i used to say until he killed gannon

[Incunabulum]

Do
What
Your
Character
Would
Do.

Its an *RPG*.

[stabber of faith]

Originally posted by IT'S A ♥♥♥♥♥♥ BULLDOZER:

tip don't mess with legion ;)
read this http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2487317

having just gibbed caesar, stolen his clothes and walked over all of the bodies of my massive genocide at the fort ... yeah the assassins aren't so bad.

[Mak]

One thing I always make sure to do in late game, is take myself, EDE, Boone, and a ton of heavy weapons and launch a 3-man assault on Caesars fort. Nothing like popping Caesars head on his throne via VATS before he can even stand.

[White Knight]

OP, I don't know what sort of difficulty settings you play on but I can assure you, just about anything is possible at any difficulty setting. I play on the hardest settings available simply because I want to beat the game when it is at its best.

If you want to be "good" but are cowardly, you can play along with the Legion and avoid conflict. If you have no interest in being good at all, you can make friends with the dude with a fox head and a skirt. If you want to be a stand-up guy, you will kick the snot out of the Legion every chance you get.

Going the latter route will require that you have some backup. The only companion you can get at this stage of the game (assuming your game goes Goodsprings->Primm->Nipton sort of thing) is ED-E. Killing the Legion in Nipton is pretty simple because they stand around in the open. You can lay traps, use explosives, take head-shots from a distance, etc.

Then you get jumped by assassin squads. Three of them in short succession, in fact. Ammo will become a very serious problem. These are the hardest fights in the game because you are poorly equipped and unskilled. Save often. If you aren't very familiar with the game already, I honestly wouldn't recommend trying it.

Walking into Novac after fighting your way through that madness will leave you feeling like a hero though:) It's totally worth doing. Oh, and killing the Legion assassins also solves the crappy equipment problem as they have much better stuff on them.

Good luck, you were warned.

[Mak]

Originally posted by White Knight:

Then you get jumped by assassin squads. Three of them in short succession, in fact. Ammo will become a very serious problem. These are the hardest fights in the game because you are poorly equipped and unskilled. Save often. If you aren't very familiar with the game already, I honestly wouldn't recommend trying it.

I would note I was playing on max difficulty, and still found having Boone in your squad made sure only one Legionare would even make it into your own firing range.

[White Knight]

^^^I was going to point out that Boone isn't available until you get to Novac when an idea occurred to me. What if you just go around Nipton? Go get Boone, level up a bit, get some better gear and then walk into Nipton.

Sure, that's a bit "cheaty" from an RPG perspective but it could make the whole thing a whole lot less frustrating without you ever having to bend a knee to the Legion. I'm not sure that is even possible though. Physically, I think you could but there might be a forced cut-scene or something? I think I might just go and start a new playthrough to find out.

Then there are the mountain passes? A route that goes East from Goodsprings to Novac...hmmm. Hopefully East from Primm works better.

[Thedotter]

I know it's been said before, but I'd say do what feels right. Save before, if you don't like the outcome you can always reload.

Personally, it was my first playthrough and I didn't like the tone the legion guy was taking with me. Naturally, I threw a frag and opened fire on the pack. It was a tough fight, but I came out on top. I was ambushed nonstop as they said, but it makes you stronger through levels, gear, and just combat knowledge.

You fail the quest upon killing them, though. So if you want to do as many quests as possible, maybe play along with the legion guys for a bit. The game is plenty long enough to redistribute your alliances.

[Beef Stew]

Slavers, rapists and murderers all... Slay the Legion on sight!

On a side note, there are several "exclusive" achievements involving the endings and which faction(s) you side with (or destroy) so go with your gut and then replay later for a different outcome. It's what makes these"sand-box-ish?" RPG's so fun, multiple routes and solutions to the problems and challenges faced. :)