Fallout: New Vegas/Awesome: Difference between revisions

* The way the whole thing starts off with a [[Incredibly Lame Pun|bang]].

* In general, the way you can absolutely ''destroy'' the Legion's operations before even getting to Vegas. The Courier: Kills the head of the Frumentarri and all his bodyguards, wipes out a small slaving camp, covers Cottonwood Cove in radioactive waste (killing everyone there and leaving it uninhabitable), kills various Legion patrols, leads a small NCR task force to kill everyone in Nelson, kills the Legion assassins sent after him/her, repels an attack on Bitter Springs, destroys the Fiends and kills all their leaders, nukes the outpost at Dry Wells, gets the information from Silas, digs out the Legion spy at McCarran, and kills all the Recruit Legionarries stationed at the Techattiicup Mine. Then, ''after'' reaching Vegas, they can kill Alerio after he gives the Mark of Caesar, foil the Omertas' plot to attack the strip, sever their alliance with the Great Khans, upgrade the securitrons under the Fort, and, as a final nail in the coffin for their operations in the Mojave, the Courier can rampage through their ''main base'', killing dozens of their best troops, until they finally kill Caesar himself. [[One-Man Army|Who would've thought one person would pretty singlehandedley turn the tables on the second largest army in the post-war world?]]

** Better yet, do all that with a [[Irony|female Courier]].

** Do all of that, but hold off on killing Caesar until after you walk into Edward Sallow's tent, and hear the Would-Be-God-King list off all the ways you have screwed him over, and THEN kill him.

'''Caesar:''' Praetorians! To arms! }}

* It takes a fair bit of effort, but - get every major unique weapon in the game. Equip them all (comes to about 215 pounds). Equip the Prototype stealth suit so you don't have to worry about health. Convince the Brotherhood, the Boomers and the Remnants to back the NCR in Hoover dam, and then begin For the Republic. The Legion truly have no idea what they are fucking with.

** Seeing the {{spoiler|Enclave Remnants show up in a Vertibird and start disentegrating enemies left and right is always fun to watch}}

*** If talked to during the battle, Cannibal Johnson gives these badass words.

*** For context, this is after the {{spoiler|Enclave Vertibird arrive and its crew arrive.}} After this, you are being escorted by the beings that put the fear of god into every person west of the Colorado. After that day, every person east of the Colorado will be fearful of them too.

** Also {{spoiler|if you upgraded the Securitrons under the Fort and then used the Dam to power them up, you see Caesar's entire stronghold go up in flames in the distance.}}

* Gun Runners' Arsenal offers two different ways to kill Caesar and get rewarded with XP for it: [[300|Even A God-King Can Bleed]], in which you spear the bastard in the head or [[Laser-Guided Karma|Historical Propriety]], in which you personally reenact the Ides of March and shank him to death.

** Best part? These aren't mutually exclusive. Do ''both'' while Boone headshots his Praetorian Guards.

* The only problem with all of the above methods? They leave a corpse to be respectfully buried by Caesar's followers. Much better to score the final hit with an energy weapon critical. You ensure no one will ever be able to tell Caesar's ashes apart from those of his followers ''and'' that Caesar is brought down by the very technology he teaches his troops to disdain.

* At one point, some NCR mercs will show up to harass quaint Jacobstown, and Marcus asks you to deal with them. Sure, you can bribe them or just kill them, but the most badass option? Talking it out. Why should they leave? Because instead of fighting an entire village of super mutants, they'll have to fight ''you''. The entire company leaves right away.

*** Though some might say that would be [[Completely Missing the Point]] of the whole DLC.

* Finding Benny in The Tops, getting attacked by his henchmen, slaughtering the four of them, and sending Benny, one of the most powerful people in New Vegas, running for the hills.

'''Benny''': [[Oh Crap|What the]] [[Precision F-Strike|fuck?!]] }}

* While Terrifying Presence is useless if [["Stop Having Fun!" Guys|you're playing for keeps]], if you're playing to have fun then it lets you be one mean son of a bitch. To the point that you can utterly ''terrify'' '''[[Torture Technician|Vulpes]] [[Complete Monster|Inculta]]''' upon meeting him in Nipton.

'''Vulpes''': [[Oh Crap|Legionnaires]]! [[This Is Gonna Suck|We have a problem!]] }}

** Insert headshot before he can even ready his weapon.

* Terrifying Presence pulls so many of these off it's amazing, even if it is criminally underused.

** If you tell Veronica to defect from the BOS and join the Followers, the Paladins that have been harassing you though her quest show up, murder the Followers doctors and try to pull one on you. What happens next is just pure awesome.

'''The Courier''': "[[Badass Boast|I'll destroy you and your Codex and hunt down everyone who follows it!]]"<br />

'''Paladin''': <in a high pitch terrified voice> "No! No. NOOO!" }}

** Using it to save Cass from Jean Baptise.

* Raiding Nelson. [[One-Man Army|Alone.]] Burst into the barracks where [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|Dead Sea]] and his guards are, then unleash some shotgun justice. I managed to burst in, send the guard on the right flying with one shot, rearrange the left one's face with another, and by the time Dead Sea had unsheathed the Liberator and barreled at me, two more shots take him down. All in the span of a few seconds.

** Walked into Dead Sea's barracks with a 10mm and a claim of friendship. Walked out with an empty 10mm and a new machete.

** And that man's name was...[[Disc One Nuke|Craig Boone]].

* The Courier has lots more chances of being witnessed performing unusual deeds than in previous games, making him a bit more believable as a great hero. One particular moment comes from retrieving a fallen Ranger's corpse, which was being used by Fiends to ambush other rangers and NCR soldiers. Literally carrying his body back to an NCR position has you stating a few things about yourself, and the soldiers there responding in actual awe:

'''NCR Soldier''': Bullshit! Anyone else would have gotten killed! }}

** Or a little more boastful:

'''NCR soldier''': No fucking kidding! }}

** Or one that while modest, is no less badass:

'''NCR Soldier''': That must be some code of honor you hold yourself to. Don't worry, no need for you to hoist him over your shoulder and haul him all the way back to California, like I know you would if you had to. }}

** There's also dialogue if you retrieve the body at full health and return without taking a single point of damage.

* Or you could play for the Legion and wipe out Camp Forlorn Hope all on your own. For the [[Death by Irony|extra bit of satisfaction]], do so as a sniper and kill the sniper-rifle wielding [[Elite Mooks|NCR elite rangers]] by [[One-Hit Kill|sneak-headshot]]. You can also try and stay in stealth for the entire mission, picking off the high-ranking officers one by one in stealth with a few well-placed headshots. Even when there is only one of them left, they never saw it coming.

** So if First Recon is at Forlorn Hope, you'll be [[Death by Irony|The Last Thing They Never See]]

* Operating on {{spoiler|Caesar}}'s brain tumour. Yep, the Courier's pretty awesome.

** Bonus points if you have at least 20 medicine and only made it through because of that 9 in your luck stat.

'''Courier:''' [[Crowning Moment of Funny|I have no fucking idea.]] }}

* If you pre-ordered from Gamestop, or downloaded ''Courier's Stash", the Courier will sometimes [[Pass the Popcorn|casually drink from his/her Vault 13 canteen while something awesome happens]]