The Fallout Thread

[Prusslandia]

Personally, I prefer to use the Minutemen alongside the Institute.

My personal headcanon is that the SS turns the Minutemen into a form of standing army/above ground enforcement. Minutemen settlements are utopian enclaves in a war-ravaged Commonwealth. The Minutemen conduct full scale on those who attempt to disrupt these small bastions of order, using technology barely seen by the average Wastelander with brutal efficiency.

Imagine squads of Minutemen, armored with state-of-the-art combat armor and heavy duty laser weaponry, teleporting into the middle of a raider encampment.

[Salus Maior]

Personally, I prefer to use the Minutemen alongside the Institute.

My personal headcanon is that the SS turns the Minutemen into a form of standing army/above ground enforcement. Minutemen settlements are utopian enclaves in a war-ravaged Commonwealth. The Minutemen conduct full scale on those who attempt to disrupt these small bastions of order, using technology barely seen by the average Wastelander with brutal efficiency.

Imagine squads of Minutemen, armored with state-of-the-art combat armor and heavy duty laser weaponry, teleporting into the middle of a raider encampment.

The awkward part being that Institute weapons are weaker than even pre-war tech...And buffed up laser muskets. xP

[Washington Resistance Army]

Daily reminder that the Legion is the best faction.

[Salus Maior]

Daily reminder that the Legion is the best faction.

Well, at least they're more interesting than the NCR.

[Sevvania]

Personally, I prefer to use the Minutemen alongside the Institute.

My personal headcanon is that the SS turns the Minutemen into a form of standing army/above ground enforcement. Minutemen settlements are utopian enclaves in a war-ravaged Commonwealth. The Minutemen conduct full scale on those who attempt to disrupt these small bastions of order, using technology barely seen by the average Wastelander with brutal efficiency.

Imagine squads of Minutemen, armored with state-of-the-art combat armor and heavy duty laser weaponry, teleporting into the middle of a raider encampment.

The awkward part being that Institute weapons are weaker than even pre-war tech...And buffed up laser muskets. xP

I've seen mods for Institute-equipped Minutemen, but I've kinda wanted to see a laser musket variant that uses a salvaged Institute rifle as opposed to a pre-war Army model. It seems like a thing that would start to pop up after the destruction of the Institute, people scooping up whatever technology they can find and trying to salvage it.

[Prusslandia]

Personally, I prefer to use the Minutemen alongside the Institute.

My personal headcanon is that the SS turns the Minutemen into a form of standing army/above ground enforcement. Minutemen settlements are utopian enclaves in a war-ravaged Commonwealth. The Minutemen conduct full scale on those who attempt to disrupt these small bastions of order, using technology barely seen by the average Wastelander with brutal efficiency.

Imagine squads of Minutemen, armored with state-of-the-art combat armor and heavy duty laser weaponry, teleporting into the middle of a raider encampment.

The awkward part being that Institute weapons are weaker than even pre-war tech...And buffed up laser muskets. xP

Eh, hat's gamepaly/story segregation imo.

And even then, I'd have them beefed up.

Also, no more Gen3 worker synths. Only Coursers, with limited personality modules. Less David from Alien: Covenant, more T-900 from Terminator. They're meant to be killing machines, nothing else.

Tbh I'd probably just make the Minutemen a form of public order enforcement, or an Imperial Guard of sorts. When something needs to be dealt with, just warp in a couple dozen Coursers. Much simpler.

My utopia will be protected. All hail the General, all hail the Director.

[The Snazzylands]

Personally, I prefer to use the Minutemen alongside the Institute.

That's pretty much what my first playthrough ended up being. It's by far the best case scenario for the Commonwealth, tbh.

My personal headcanon is that the SS turns the Minutemen into a form of standing army/above ground enforcement. Minutemen settlements are utopian enclaves in a war-ravaged Commonwealth. The Minutemen conduct full scale on those who attempt to disrupt these small bastions of order, using technology barely seen by the average Wastelander with brutal efficiency.

Imagine squads of Minutemen, armored with state-of-the-art combat armor and heavy duty laser weaponry, teleporting into the middle of a raider encampment.

My problem with that is the Minutemen are a decentralized force made up pretty much of just random Wastelanders with laser muskets. And even after the Institute ending, the Commonwealth at large still hates the Institute. I don't think it's a good idea to give them access to the Institute's technology, considering the likelihood some of them could become potential threats.

Yeah I know right!

Is it wrong that I laugh whenever Cass opens her mouth? Honestly, she always has funny shit to say, intentional or not.

My most memorable moment with her was during the Battle of Hoover Damn. After we slaughtered wave after wave of Legion soldiers, even the elite Pretorians, and finally defeated Lanius himself, I turn to Cass to see if she has any unique dialog for this situation. The first thing she does is stare at me with this disgusted look on her face and say "Are you fucking high?"

[The Flutterlands]

Main Menu still doesn't want to appear. The mouse is there. What the fuck? Why has my game become completely unplayable now?

[Cedoria]

Haven't played 4 yet, heard mixed things about it from fellow gamers too be honest, but will hopefully get it later this year...

NV is still my favourite despite bugs, it's morally ambiguous and most choices actually do matter.

I find Independent the best ending, especially if you do all the side-quests right. Screw them up, and Independent Vegas won't last a month, but if they're done right it could be the very best possible ending in my book. That's WHY it's the best ending, totally dependant upon players to an even greater degree than other factions.

Plus nobody else seems to actually care about the Mojave beyond using it too fuel their own Empire's and rob it blind... A good and reasonably intelligent Courier would prefer to preserve Vegas and utilise it's wealth to build an independent Mojave nation I think. If played well, that could easily occur after the Independent ending.

[The Flutterlands]

Some help? I uninstalled/reimstalled, turned off all mods, vertigied integrity or whatever. The game is judt now officially unplayable.

Update: Actually uninstalled the mods and now it works. ...Weird.

[Cedoria]

Daily reminder that the Legion is the best faction.

Well, at least they're more interesting than the NCR.

More interesting is bad. I would prefer the people of my Mojave had quiet, peaceful lives... Means not getting butchered by raiders most days...

[Gloriana Americana]

Cass is definitely my favorite.

Lily is probably my least favorite, just don't like her character. Rex is probably next because he's kinda lacking, though he is a dog so it's kinda excusable (but at the same time he's part robot, so it's not). ED-E would be lower than Rex because he's literally just a beeping floating ball that shoots stuff and is basically good for nothing but hauling junk and his work and reloading bench features. Lonesome Road, however, makes him 50x more enjoyable to have. I just wish he had been like that in the base game. It feels like we got cheated there, but the clone in the Divide gives ED-E enough redeeming points to surpass Rex. Then comes Veronica, who I find incredibly annoying. Her personality, her opinions, her everything. I just find it too irritating and I feel she's overrated. Only reason she's higher than ED-E is because I like her quest and her connection to Elijah. Boone comes in for third best, as I like his character but I hate the whole "silent, brooding" type. It feels too emo, but other than that he's pretty great. Arcade I place in second because his quest is the most worthwhile of them all, and he's a pretty likable guy. Cass is best because she's funny and fun, and so is her quest. Only thing I hate about her character is how you have to go all the way to Crimson Caravan, do a delivery job for them, and then have to talk her into giving up her caravan that CC destroyed with the Van Graffs just to recruit her.

Revenge did feel good though.

You forgot Raul.

Personally, I find Boone to be a rather boring character. 1st spot for me is tied between Cass and Raul, and then Rex for 2nd, followed by Arcade in 3rd, Lily in 4th, and Boone and EDE tied for last place.

Oh yeah. I'd place him between Veronica and Boone. He's a decent character, not terrible or useless, though I'm not a fan of his quest. Interesting backstory though.

Daily reminder that the Legion is the best faction.

I could shit better factions than the Legion, get real dude.

Daily reminder that the Legion is the best faction.

Well, at least they're more interesting than the NCR.

Too bad they're not as cool... or cool at all for that matter.

Is it wrong that I laugh whenever Cass opens her mouth? Honestly, she always has funny shit to say, intentional or not.

My most memorable moment with her was during the Battle of Hoover Damn. After we slaughtered wave after wave of Legion soldiers, even the elite Pretorians, and finally defeated Lanius himself, I turn to Cass to see if she has any unique dialog for this situation. The first thing she does is stare at me with this disgusted look on her face and say "Are you fucking high?"

Kek. Did she say anything else?

[Gloriana Americana]

Haven't played 4 yet, heard mixed things about it from fellow gamers too be honest, but will hopefully get it later this year...

NV is still my favourite despite bugs, it's morally ambiguous and most choices actually do matter.

I find Independent the best ending, especially if you do all the side-quests right. Screw them up, and Independent Vegas won't last a month, but if they're done right it could be the very best possible ending in my book. That's WHY it's the best ending, totally dependant upon players to an even greater degree than other factions.

Plus nobody else seems to actually care about the Mojave beyond using it too fuel their own Empire's and rob it blind... A good and reasonably intelligent Courier would prefer to preserve Vegas and utilise it's wealth to build an independent Mojave nation I think. If played well, that could easily occur after the Independent ending.

According to Steam achievements, ending popularity goes: Independent, NCR, House, and Legion in that order. Funnily enough, I feel the exact same way.

[Cedoria]

Haven't played 4 yet, heard mixed things about it from fellow gamers too be honest, but will hopefully get it later this year...

NV is still my favourite despite bugs, it's morally ambiguous and most choices actually do matter.

I find Independent the best ending, especially if you do all the side-quests right. Screw them up, and Independent Vegas won't last a month, but if they're done right it could be the very best possible ending in my book. That's WHY it's the best ending, totally dependant upon players to an even greater degree than other factions.

Plus nobody else seems to actually care about the Mojave beyond using it too fuel their own Empire's and rob it blind... A good and reasonably intelligent Courier would prefer to preserve Vegas and utilise it's wealth to build an independent Mojave nation I think. If played well, that could easily occur after the Independent ending.

According to Steam achievements, ending popularity goes: Independent, NCR, House, and Legion in that order. Funnily enough, I feel the exact same way.

Doesn't surprise me. I actually did the Legion ending first of all (just out of sheer morbid curiosity at watching everything burn), but I didn't like the other two endings other than Independent.

Once you figure out how to do the side-quests a certain way (annihilate ALL the Fiends, Destroy the BoS, make peace with the Kings and NCR), it's easy to see how the foundations of a stable nation-state in the Mojave could be formed from that. Choose differently on some of those options, and things could be darker.

That's why I like that ending, you really do have to explore and play around with the side-quests alot to get a satisfying ending with Independent path, whereas most of the other factions ups and downs tend to stay that way almost irrespective of what you do (miss the Fiends completely and they are still destroyed in most other endings, if I recall correctly, whereas if you do that as Independent they effectively seize Outer Vegas and screw up caravan and trade routes royally.)


And yeah, those endings in that order are probably my favorites as well, as I said, haven't played 4 yet (waiting till I get home and get a good computer working again and wait for a sale cause I'm cheap), but some of the factional discussions on that seem really interesting as well.

[Gloriana Americana]

[CITY18]

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I like the low intelligence lines more in FO2 and FNV

[Salus Maior]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSwlG1LLGK8 This guy made a working power fist.

[Gloriana Americana]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSwlG1LLGK8 This guy made a working power fist.

[Shadowwell]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSwlG1LLGK8 This guy made a working power fist.

There are people who have made workig Rippers and that one weapon taht requires a motorcyle gas tank and mower blades, cant remember the name.

[Salus Maior]

There are people who have made workig Rippers and that one weapon taht requires a motorcyle gas tank and mower blades, cant remember the name.

Well, to be fair, a ripper is just a chainsaw.

[Gloriana Americana]

There are people who have made workig Rippers and that one weapon taht requires a motorcyle gas tank and mower blades, cant remember the name.

Shishkebab?

There are people who have made workig Rippers and that one weapon taht requires a motorcyle gas tank and mower blades, cant remember the name.

Well, to be fair, a ripper is just a chainsaw.

Yeah, but it's a chainsaw you hold with one hand, as opposed to two.

[Salus Maior]

There are people who have made workig Rippers and that one weapon taht requires a motorcyle gas tank and mower blades, cant remember the name.

Shishkebab?

Well, to be fair, a ripper is just a chainsaw.

Yeah, but it's a chainsaw you hold with one hand, as opposed to two.

What comes to mind for me from that description are the saws used by slaves in the Pitt DLC for Fallout 3.

Well, just make a smaller chainsaw and boom

[Yes Im Biop]

Shishkebab?



Yeah, but it's a chainsaw you hold with one hand, as opposed to two.

What comes to mind for me from that description are the saws used by slaves in the Pitt DLC for Fallout 3.

Well, just make a smaller chainsaw and boom

it's the Skiaka Bob, Your thinking of the Auto Axe

[Salus Maior]

What comes to mind for me from that description are the saws used by slaves in the Pitt DLC for Fallout 3.

Well, just make a smaller chainsaw and boom

it's the Skiaka Bob, Your thinking of the Auto Axe

....That has mower blades? I thought it was just a katana.

[Yes Im Biop]

it's the Skiaka Bob, Your thinking of the Auto Axe

....That has mower blades? I thought it was just a katana.

The Shiaks bob is made with mower blades but it's modeled after a katana.