The Brotherhood Ideaology doesn't make any sense....

[GamingTaylor]

From what I understand, they fear technology, and want to stop those who may push technology too far, and they basically want to stop any doomsday scenario from ever happening again.


However.... they themselves are full of insane futureistic technology and continue to find more tech and build bigger more dangerous machines. I mean you help build them a giant robot that fires the same nukes that hit the city to begin with.... they also have a giant airship, laser rifles, and powersuits....

So... they use technology and robots, but they want to destroy any technology that doesn't belong to them?

Right.......................*facepalm*

[ddemsul]

They fear technology being in the wrong hands. They feel they are the "right hands". That's my take.

[ComradePreacher]

I call them Tech Nazis

[Party Magician]

They don't fear technology, they just think everyone else is unworthy of it because they can't control it like BoS can

[ZephyrLuxx]

They don't fear it. They just think they're the only ones who know how to use it correctly.

[Dieng]

They don't destroy technology, they take it and hoard it. In their eyes they are the only ones worthy of using advanced tech, everyone else is a risk.

[K04L4]

As Error Alien says, they are pretty much the Nazis of the common wealth, RailRoad ftw

[cdf323]

Someone needs to wake up the enclave. They want there tech back. :)

[garravesh]

Nah the BOS, IMO, saw what technology did to the world and want to deny the chance for that to happen again. They feel they will go to any lengths to prevent the great war from happening again.

In FO 4 Danse says a couple of things that allude you to the ideology of the BOS. One place he says something like......This place is a testimony to the greed of the past...companies like this ushered in nuclear oblivion.

They are a bit draconian but that is to be expected when you think you are a holy quest to preserve humanity.

[KRON]

Originally posted by cdf323:

Someone needs to wake up the enclave. They want there tech back. :)

There is no one left to wake up. The Enclave was destroyed. Twice.

[ImHelping]

BoS Idelolgy is basically "Whatever we want it to be this game. Something something technlology". Just like how the NCR started by Tandi was Generic Government in New Vegas.

People like to talk up the old BoS, but within the confined of Fallout 1 they don't cause locals any problems and don't go on ghoul shooting sprees regardless of what lore bibles or thread post say.

However compared to Fallout 3's BoS, even "Rude and isolationist, but otherwise harmless if you don't shoot them first" Fallout 1 style Brotherhood looks 90s Xtreeme grim gritty edgy as hell. Which is the part most of the people posting about "But this is the REAL CLASSIC brotherhood man!" are clinging to.

EDIT: But nobody wants to admit it. Just like they don't want to talk about the ball gags and gay super mutant sex when saying "Fallout 2 was better than Fallout 4!"

I love those first games, and they are still a great time even today. But, well, not as perfect as we'd like.

[Maj. Crimes]

Originally posted by Desolater IV:

Right.......................*facepalm*

*facepalm* indeed. You clearly have no idea about the BoS

[⎠⎝Zushikatetomoto⎠⎝ UFO]

Originally posted by KRON:

Originally posted by cdf323:

Someone needs to wake up the enclave. They want there tech back. :)

There is no one left to wake up. The Enclave was destroyed. Twice.

wasn't it 3 times?

[Maj. Crimes]

Originally posted by I'm Helping!:

BoS Idelolgy is basically "Whatever we want it to be this game. Something something technlology".

People like to talk up the old BoS, but within the confined of Fallout 1 they don't cause locals any problems and don't go on ghoul shooting sprees regardless of what lore bibles or thread post say.

However compared to Fallout 3's BoS, even "Rude and isolationist, but otherwise harmless if you don't shoot them first" Fallout 1 style Brotherhood looks 90s Xtreeme grim gritty edgy as hell. Which is the part most of the people posting about "But this is the REAL CLASSIC brotherhood man!" are clinging to.

Fallout 3 and 4 are set...what, about 120 years after Fallout 1? Ideologies and Agendas change over time, especially with each new Elder. Sure its Bethesdas lore now, but still. Also back in Fallout 1 the Brotherhood was fairly limited in manpower. They only started to rise in power after Fallout 1. Even more after Fallout 2 when the got they got their hands on Vertibird plans.

Originally posted by *^Zushikatetomoto^*UFO ☢ ☠ ☢":

Originally posted by KRON:

There is no one left to wake up. The Enclave was destroyed. Twice.

wasn't it 3 times?

Depends if you count their destruction at the end of F3 and Broken Steel as "one".

[ImHelping]

Originally posted by Dfault:

Fallout 3 and 4 are set...what, about 120 years after Fallout 1? Ideologies and Agendas change over time, especially with each new Elder. Sure its Bethesdas lore now, but still. Also back in Fallout 1 the Brotherhood was fairly limited in manpower. They only started to rise in power after Fallout 1. Even more after Fallout 2 when the got they got their hands on Vertibird plans.

Oh yes. I don't have an issue with changing Ideloeges. I'm just having an "I've been up 20 hours" ramble about the people who act like Fo4 Brotherhood is a return to form. When, you know, classic Fallout 1/2 BoS are still clear cut goody good without going "But the lore bible says they totallly do mean things too!"

Honestly, my only issue with Fo4 BoS is quite petty. The fact They want to kill the Railroad is 130% transparently just there because "Faction exclusive point of no return checkbox".

Right. Sure. These guys who I've seen more of dead already when I show up somewhere than I've seen live ones. Who can barely survive generic raiders without help. Are a potential threat to your plans and need to be dealt wipppft I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I belive you about the big scary-aahahahahahaha.

[StarofTanuki]

Depend on leader .

Fallout4'll be last time i support Brotherhood of steel. ...no more agian

I'm miss Sarah lyons , miss lyons pride.