ALTERNATE STORY / NEW ENDING

[Rahl007]

First of all hello everyone and a big shout out to all the modders out there reading this, I have no idea how u guys make the magic happen but u are AWSOME !

 

Anyway, I've played fallout new vegas a bunch of times, done all the endings, did them again when some interesting mods or the dlcs came out, and I realized that basically, the options that we have (the 4 endings) are not really very satisfying (at all). Let me explain: At level 50 (especially using some of those power armors and mods - i used the vault tech power armor with thor in my last runthrough - OP like hell but still fun :) ), after doing every possible marked and unmarked quests AND all the DLCs, I feel kinda important :)) - but what choice of endings do i get?

1. Caesar - basically screw over the mojave and get .... a f***ing coin minted after me? WTF?? I could kill, caesar, lenius and the whole fking legion but all i get is what amounts to an honourable mention from the psycho neanderthals of the wastes? well woo fkin hooo :(

2. NCR - turn over the mojave to be exploited by the same corrupt, ineffectual style of government that ended the world in the first place :(

3. House - ok, so hes more of a visionary and may eventually turn things around, being an incorruptible and more or less benevolent despot with a long term plan, but that doesnt really take the sting out of the fact that historically brain/machine combos havent always worked out for the best and that after all is said and done, im an "EMPLOYEE" with a crib in an abandoned building, surrounded by beefed up robots ready to kill me at the smallest whim of the human vegetable hidden in the basement :(

4. Yes Man - pleeease :( i see every1 saying this is the best :(. I think its actually the worst - goodbye order, hello anarchy, oh and by the way youve just replaced a brilliant human with a robot thats been mindfrelled and who has chosen the most sensitive time to go to sleep so he can later on awaken and be completely independent - yeah that will end well ... not ! :((

 

So basically, what I would kill for would be an alternative to all this rubbish. A way for the main character to make his own faction, build it from scratch, handle the economics of it, hire, recruit, train, arm, upgrade arms and armor (something like MERC was for fallout 3, but integrated in the story). Use the chaos in the mojave to build up your own power base - maybe take over some existing bases (like the BOS bunker with all those combat simulators and bunkspace :) ). Then make various communities accept your protection (nothing huge just to have the option in dialogue (after the quests we need to do there anyways) to get goodsprings, primm, novac, freeside, westside, nellis, the strip to become part of your faction. And have the ability to send troops and scavanger teams to vaults that have been cleared out and factories and other locations, so they could provide you with raw materials, which can then be used to arm and upgrade your army. This kind of management has been done b4 in mods like "run the lucky 38". As for the main story arc, the Yes Man option could most easily be adapted - maybe get some tech from the big empty which means that the damn robot does only what you say. And yes open the lucky 38 casino and be recognized as a bigshot on the strip, maybe as a clear successor to house after u kill him. And after all that, have the narrated endings reflect that, i mean the pics are all the same anyways its just the damn speech (and i know it shouldnt bother me so much but it does).

 

Anyway its 3 AM and its probably just a lot of wishfull thinking on my part but if thers any modders out there that would like to undertake somthing like this id be more than happy to contribute with some more specific ideas.

 

Happy New Year Yall !