pushing the game as far as possible (endgame spoilers)

[nexbil01]

So I've been doing a replay trying to get the "best possible" ending where 3 of the 4 factions survive and live in peace after the institute goes boom

 

Some play guides tell me not to do show no mercy or finish institutionalized cause that would be bad

 

but I did them anyways to see how far I could push the game before I get locked into 1 faction

 

so i got into the institute via the minutemen

 

but just before I went in I talked to maxson and desdemona to get " from within" and "underground undercover"

 

in the institute I did institutionalized and talked to patriot

 

I went out and went back in and got madison li out

 

I did synth retention and some institute side quests

 

I got some guns for patriot and z1 14

 

I did the battle of bunker hill and assassinated the courser and lied to father about it and got x6 88 as a companion

 

I got liberty reprimed up to the point that I need to collect his nukes. If I progress further I will endanger Danse

 

So at this point I have mass fusion, underground undercover, and liberty reprimed open

 

the next minuteman quest starts only if I get kicked out of the institute

 

I cant progress any further on any of these or I'll upset the balance.

 

So I think I've pushed the balance as far as possible before I have to choose a faction.

 

Is there any way I can push this further?

[wcurtin1962]

The game is written to force you into picking a side. You could use the cheat thermal mod to reset your ranking with the factions. Also it has useful fixes for quest bugs.