NCR, Yes Man, Mr. House, or the Legion. Which is the best and why?

[jack037907]

Which Faction did you side with and why?

[hghwolf]

No Gods, No Masters.

Because all the factions are led by, consist of or plan like idiots.

[jack037907]

Indeed they do, good choice it was my first choice. THe thing that pisses me off the most is how little the BOS do in this game. You cant side with them, you can wear their power armour but there is no point since the NCR will shoot on sight at you (even after you form a truce betwen them), it sucks. And there is no Enclave...well not really anyway

[Traya Tyto]

Originally posted by hghwolf:

No Gods, No Masters.
Because all the factions are led by, consist of or plan like idiots.

^^^^
This.

[Mauno]

Originally posted by jack037907:

ITHe thing that pisses me off the most is how little the BOS do in this game. You cant side with them, you can wear their power armour but there is no point since the NCR will shoot on sight at you (even after you form a truce betwen them), it sucks. And there is no Enclave...well not really anyway

This is because the BoS is a dying faction. They lost several wars against the NCR, and were forced into hiding.

Even if they were more powerful, they still wouldn't be the silly white knights from FO3. They would be a powerful, xenophobic tech cult that will kill you for a laser rifle, instead of being a weak, xenophobic tech cult that needs the Courier's help to even survive.

As for the Enclave, we destroyed the faction 14 years ago in Fallout 2.

[Alienkiller32]

Mr.house
*spoiler* if u consider it a spoiler

He gives homes to people and gives goodspring a securitron to protect

[hghwolf]

Originally posted by Mauno:

14 years ago in Fallout 2.

Has it really been that long ? Now I feel old.

[Mauno]

Originally posted by hghwolf:

Has it really been that long ? Now I feel old.

Slight mistake in my post:

15 years. Fallout 2 was released in -98.

[biohazard25]

i agrre but i say ncr because they arent peaple who have slaves and touture peaple

[Vee]

I think Yes Man is the best choice, with Mr. House the things would be the same forever at New Vegas and both Legion and NCR are bast.ards, NCR are the worst in my opinion, because the fake that good appearance, and is all about propaganda, while people think they are heroes, they suck on society t.its.

[A Disappointed Horse]

Caesar himself has a respectable philosophy, but htis is ruined by the rest of the Legion. I helped Mr House because he seemed to be the only one who was actually capable of sorting everything out efficently.

[mbz]

Don't finish, play forever. But if you want to end, pick NCR as it is reletavly easier

[Sentient_Toaster]

Originally posted by Necrojax:

Caesar himself has a respectable philosophy, but htis is ruined by the rest of the Legion. I helped Mr House because he seemed to be the only one who was actually capable of sorting everything out efficently.

Attempting to murder a high-ranking lieutenant for one screw-up is criminally stupid policy and one likely to result in people not only refusing to ever use their own talents and initiative, but also either defecting to others or attempting to kill you and take over, at the drop of a hat, on the theory that if they don't they're just going to end up executed anyway. That's in addition to the short-term thinking that goes into obliterating towns, when you *need* the food and resources and infrastructure.

Also, an inherent problem with the Legion and House factions is that both have power completely concentrated on a single individual for personal reasons, w/o consent of the governed. That's not good for stability once they're dead.

[hghwolf]

I`m not sure you realize just how major a screw up Joshua Graham failing to take Hoover Dam was. This was not a minor infraction.

And really, it was just a convenient excuse. Joshua is a charismatic, ruthless fellow much like Caesar and he was probably a lot more well liked by his soldiers than the big man upstairs. He was a threat to Caesar in a very real way, so he had him removed at the first convenience.

It`s not a problem if there is a clear line of succession or it jsut never becomes an issue though. House will probably twitch in his tube for a LONG time, and even assuming that fails he has the Courier as a very visible, very competent heir set up.

Caesar is trickier since he`s still mortal and the Legion takes an exceptional individual to wrangle into submission, but those do exists. Lanius, possibly Vulpes, the Courier.

Kimball has been president for 43 years now. Can you say "GOP" ? If the vast majority of the land claimed by the NCR actually consents to Kimball or the NCR rule in general I will be VERY surprised.

[DesertFox]

@hghwlf Kimball and GOP? I don't understand what you mean..

Anyway, I ended up liking house because he has the ability to advance human civilization moreso than any other faction. I used to think NCR would be 'canon' but now I believe house would be. Especially since if you kill him you get a message about how a tragedy has befallen mankind..etc. plus house needs the outside help of people, since an army of robots could easily be defeated, so there's a lot to build upon there. I hope they make new vegas 2. I want it more than any other game.

[Whargoul]

I like to play merc for all the factions as long as I can and then side with one up until the very end where I install Yes-Man and free New Vegas of it's foreign oppressors. Activating Archemedies II is a must in case anyone wants to try and mess with New Vegas again.