The Most Lethal Factions in Fallout New Vegas

Of all the Fallout games, Fallout New Vegas is home to some of the largest and deadliest groups in the franchise, a sprawling militaristic army with explosives wielding isolationist airmen, futuristic weaponry using armored soldiers trained in virtual reality, and some types who wear football pads, yes they are. a real threat to this video. I wanted to take a look at the stories and statuses behind the

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formidable

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in New Vegas and find out which ones are truly the deadliest and could take over the entire Mojave Wasteland if they wanted to, but me. I'm not just going to talk about its history and its potential.

I want to talk about whether they were actually able to conquer New Vegas in the game, looking at their armor and weaponry numbers and then discussing the background and best traits of these groups. Let's pit them against each other and see if I can get an idea of ​​who is really the strongest on the battlefield. Let's start with one of the

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recognized groups in the Fallout Universe, the New California Republic, also known as NCR, the NCR is one of the largest, if not the largest, faction in New Vegas and yet they are fighting against college football players with kitchen knives, but more on that later, the new California Republic reigns supreme in terms of the number of soldiers, economy, and territory in New Vegas.

The NCR has a deep ranking system similar to the real-life US military system with tracks ranging from private to general, a trait that represents their infrastructure and inspiration for their standards, according to my research on reading dialogue lines from Wei and the always correct Reddit, the estimated number of NCR soldiers in Las Vegas is between 15,000 and 30,000, which is quite a lot, but the results I've seen varied. The number of NCR soldiers is universally believed to be the highest of all

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in New York. In Las Vegas, it is well known that his enormous size is his strongest attribute, a quote commented on by Arcade Ganon when he wanders around Camp McCarron, you have to hand him over to the NCR, get enough hands working together and they can make or break almost anything with its large number of trained.

The men and women are the most terrifying thing about the new California Republic. The threat that you could see waves and waves of his army approaching from The Horizon would surely be the most feared aspect of his organization. This is a fairly difficult trait to define in the game, but it is said that even if the actual number were as low as a thousand, this could never be represented without the Fall New Vegas engine crashing and burning, but the idea that the NCR numbers are numerous is definitely a recurring theme, since you really can't. walk 15 steps without seeing an NCR soldier camp or an NCR-owned facility.

The problem with the NCR is that for the most part they are the definition of being all over the ocean but with a deep pool. For some reasons, they have so much land to begin with that it is so difficult to hold that devoting resources to any one thing is detrimental to any other part of their operation and in the game their ongoing war with the Legion drains the ability to even support their own citizens at some points also they don't have great armaments if you are a soldier you usually get a service rifle and a knife like brother what am I going to do with this?

Basically, all North Carolina soldiers who are not Rangers or Veteran Rangers are equipped with weaponry that is inferior to most of their potential opponents, surely Veteran Rangers can obtain weapons as strong as anti-materiel rifles, which are some of the guns that fire the most powerful bullets in the game, but against explosives or energy weapons would be demolished. The poor equipment combined with their draining resources mean that any faction with an ounce of strategic acumen could defeat the new California Republic under the right circumstances. Caesar's Legion. I believe that with better leadership allies and higher quality resources, the NCR could almost definitely become the strongest group in all of California, but their primary planning is a massive territory. being constantly overrun by threats like bandits and demons and, frankly, are weak weapons for most of their soldiers, leaving the NCR potentially fighting an uphill battle with a more equipped or smarter enemy possessing similar numbers;

However, if the NCR gathered their soldiers and sent hordes of grunts at an enemy, their opponents might not be able to do much in a test I'll do later. I'm going to use this fact as one of their main strengths, the sheer size of their Strike Force speaks for more intelligent enemies, Caesar's Legion, the biggest threat to the Mojave Wasteland, is the group that is giving the new Republic California's biggest competition for your money right now, the imperialist totalitarian dictatorship led by one Edward Salo, aka Caesar, currently has everyone. running around waving his arms like they were the inside of SpongeBob's brain.

This slave society for the most part is largely seen as the enemy of basically all of New Vegas and they would be right. These people suck, they enslave, they crucify, they are horribly sexist, they brutalize communities. and in general they are not good people to put it into perspective, only one of the big Powerhouse factions in New Vegas has a member among them with a very evil Karma, you guessed it, Caesar's Legion, buus and cultured, the leader of the fumari , which are essentially Legion Scouts and Undercover Agents have very evil in-game Karma, the same Karma as literal cannibals and rapists, yes these people, these people suck, unfortunately I'm not here to talk about how bad they It's the legion.

I am here to talk about your ability to govern. Mojave and unfortunately they have the potential to do so. Caesar's Legion was essentially created on a strategic basis in the ability to outmaneuver an enemy. Edward Salow, who now calls himself Caesar, after being inspired by the Roman leader, created the Legion out of being respected by individuals. who are his captors by saving them with Art of War tactics following his rise to leadership Caesar transformed the individuals once known as the Blackfoot Tribe, the group that captured him into what is now Caesar's Legion or simply which legion you prefer Caesar modeled his military based on the ancient Roman mantras of divide and conquer which led to the personality of the factions today due to the legion's humble upbringing, I guess they never and still don't have access to some of the strongest firepowers on the west coast, her strength lies in her brain and not her braa, one of the followers of the game, Veronica has a simple but precise line about how the legion's war campaign is going, regular guys with knives and bullets and are taking over Nevada in the game, most of the legionnaires are seen sporting fairly primitive weapons. machetes, throwing knives, low level bullet shooting weapons, nothing really of concern, higher ranking legionnaires are a different story, although Priorians can have really strong unarmed weapons and ballistic fists and assassins can carry a variety of strong weapons, the problem is that the minority of the Legion possesses these powerful weapons in the game, the average legionnaire is a kind of easy prey, in addition to their poor average weaponry, the legions control the New Vegas area and The numbers are quite small in my research, most commonly legion numbers are somewhere between 5,000 and 15,000, a far cry from the upper end projected by the NCR of 30,000 soldiers.

I think if Caesar's Legion got a weapons upgrade and had more land or numbers before the start of Fall New Vegas, we'd probably be looking at a bunch of linebackers. with swords running in place of the NCR personnel as it is, with the right people on their side or just a good team in hand, using the leadership of Caesar and his centurion, they could definitely take over the Mojave due to their tactics and their decision-making skills. Fortunately, we don't live in that timeline because half of New Vegas would be enslaved or killed, so peace remains in the Kingdom for now, but for how long, if Caesar's Legion is on one end of the Spectrum of armor and weapons, the Brotherhood of Steel is?

On the contrary, in the same way, if Caesar's Legion is at one end of the Ambition Direction and Strategy Spectrum, the Brotherhood of Steel is also at the complete opposite, it would be unusual for the Mojave chapter of the Brotherhood of Steel to be take over New Vegas, but only for In this video and because it's fun, let's talk about whether they could really do it. The Brotherhood of Steel and New Vegas are inherent isolationists led by Elder Mcnamer, who values ​​the secrecy of their lives and the protection of their knowledge above all else. It is a major point of contention in the game's story where you, as the player, lead the Brotherhood at one of two junctions to help them maintain a more peaceful presence or take on the role of an aggressive one.

The Brotherhood of Steel Mojave chapter was created by Elder Elijah, the madman who later in his life wanted to flood the Wasteland with toxic gas, who deviated from the ideals of the Brotherhood's Council of Elders and thus generated the introverted chapter of Mojave. One thing is certain about the Brotherhood of Steel and that is that, periodically, the Mojave chapter. has the strongest arms per man in both the game and the history of the game, especially they are really strong, they have the most damage reducing armor that spawns on NPCs with t-51b power armor protection which basically dwarfs the armor of any another faction through a wide canyon. aside their weapons are no joke either they specialize in energy weapons they own some of the most powerful weapons in the entire game with tribal laser rifles gatling lasers and goss rifles all of these were mentioned in my last video where i talked about some of the weapon spoilers Stronger energy powers were all on the list.

Punching an NCR soldier into a Brotherhood of Steel paladin would be the saddest thing to ever see. It would be like the epitomy of the hydrogen bomb versus the coughing baby meme. One cool thing about the Brotherhood of Steel's training regimen is that they actually use Virtual Reality in the game and in the story to prepare their paladins for combat, this means they could be way ahead of the curve and have experience against enemies or have the same amount against adversaries who have spent a lot of time on the battlefield, so The fact that they have spent their entire lives in a metaphorical hole in the ground does not mean that they lack combat tents when things get tough. difficult.

Now suppose, for some reason, that the leadership behind the Brotherhood of Steel suddenly became interested in Domination of the Mojave Wasteland they could do it, probably not, but they would definitely make a good effort. The problem with the Brotherhood of Seel is that they have a very small community. I mean, their entire domain is the only bunker located in Hidden Valley that you literally can. Go through it all in about 2 minutes. The craziest part is that I think their numbers are considerably accurate as to how many actual Brotherhood members there are in Mojave. By considerably accurate I mean representing 10-15% of your actual population, which is a lot. higher than anything else in New Vegas, like the NCR operations or the residents of the Las Vegas strip, which is probably represented by 1-5% of the number of people who would actually be in a given location, According to lore from the research I've done, it appears as if there are approximately 500 members of the Brotherhood of Steel in the Mojave Wasteland, numbers that were obtained in accordance with Operation Sunburst, a skirmish that took place between the NCR and the Brotherhood of Steel. on helius 1, where the Brotherhood Defenders were outnumbered 15 to 1 and ultimately had to surrender. position without help from external sources or Battlefield clearing weapons like I don't know a giant deadly laser beam from outer space.

I don't think we'll see the Brotherhood charging into the streets of Las Vegas with authority anytime soon. Don't know. I think I'd even like it if the Brotherhood of Steel in Fallout 3 treated non-Brotherhood members like trash, and honestly, it bothers me a little. In New Vegas they are not much different, for the most part they see the Outsiders as barbarians. but hey, it would be better than having the legion ruling the Wasteland, that's for sure on the issue of isolationist groups who see others as barbarians. It was a pretty interesting transition. I think the deadliest clan in New Vegas are the Boomers, the xenophobic introverts known as The Boomers of Vault 34 are probably the deadliest group in the Wasteland in terms of raw firepower.

In the game, it is literally joked that when they fought to establish a base of operations in what is now their home at NIS AFB, they suffered a loss ratio of 43.6 hostiles killed to one Boomer kill of ours, we needed a newhome. The Boomers were forged when a group of inhabitants of Vault 34 were obsessed with the Vault's weaponry and wanted to support them by freely rebelling against those in the Vault who were against such a plan with which they fought to the surface and found their new home in the aforementioned Nellis Air Base, compared to something like the Legion, where their strength was based on military tactics, the Boomer's strength was based on things that cause massive explosions, heavy duty ordinances that can annihilate a platoon of soldiers In the blink of an eye to drive this point home, there is literally enough manpower in a farmer and Nell Air Base to take out probably a dozen soldiers from any faction, given that they have one of the most destructive weapons in Fall.

New Vegas. The second most powerful weapon in the entire game, behind only this single variant capable of causing a miniature nuclear explosion, the Fat Man is simply chilling when a guy rakes the ground. That's how strong the boomers are. All Boomers carry fragmentation grenades, but may have missiles. grenade launchers grenade launcher rifles If you have ever played New Vegas, you would know that explosives are probably the biggest danger in the entire game and what you are most likely to be with a single shot, at least that's how it has been for me, we haven't even gone in in some of the strongest aspects of the Boomers.

I know what's better than rocket launchers, giant howitzers, the Boomers have several of these around their compound that they use to launch fire from afar and there's no reason they can't go on the offensive with these when you're running. to the Boomer Gates dodging explosions these are the things that shoot at you there is literally only one other operable anti-aircraft gun in the Mojave and that is at the Hura Dam which means for the most part the skies are free rain and the Boomers know how to fly One of the main missions you'll probably do at some point in New Vegas is called vadi, a mission that gives the Boomers access to a B29 bomber which they use to rain hell on the Battle of Hoover Dam while the Hoover Dam it would probably be the most defensible location against the B29 bomber.

Anywhere else in the Mojave, you would probably be subject to explosive shells raining down from above. A big problem is that, according to my research, Boomer's numbers are not very deep, it seems like they are. If I have around 500 members in the community, I would be willing to bet that 95% of those members are combat trained or at least trained with explosives and with all the rocket launchers and grenade launchers they have on hand with the ranged ordinance in Support air that could be offered. I think if any faction could take over New Vegas it would probably be the Boomers, just because of their ability to eliminate groups of opponents in an instant or without opposition from above, it would definitely be difficult to compete with groups. that have higher concentrations of troops, but if they reduce those numbers a lot before the fighting starts, that may be the advantage they would need, literally, they could fly over, say, the Foror camp and the hope or Helios One whenever they want if they have a b29. and it would be game over for the NCR, there would be nothing they could do to defend themselves, since their only anti-aircraft weaponry is at the Hoover Dam.

The feeling of being susceptible to air inferiority basically applies to any faction besides the fringe. However, due to their Grid missile defense on the Lucky 38 and thankfully aggressive takeover not matching the Boomer's personality at all, their pearl leader leans decently towards the isolationism they have developed and keeps Nells isolated from the abroad. communication for the most part, although he has a twisted way of wanting to form a connection with the Outsiders by seeing if there is anyone capable enough to challenge his AR bombardment, it's doubtful they'll ever have the will to try and conquer Las Vegas regardless of whether we If we're talking about

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ity, then Boomers definitely have I want to cover one more faction for this little project, although it's less of a faction and more of a city.

I think Mr. House's New Vegas Robot Army definitely has a chance to conquer. parts of the Mojave, if not all of it, Mr House is basically seen as the supreme ruler of New Vegas. Living on a life support system in Lucky 38 with the ultimate goal of New Vegas becoming an independent city state with Mr Robert House as the sole ruler, this plan mainly depends on the robot army Mr House commands the robots. securitrons, make sure the robots end up being upgraded by the Platinum chip, a data storage device that has an upgrade to drastically improve the securitrons, the ability to forcibly acquire land is definitely present.

Consider upgrading your operating system, but instead of going from Windows 10 to 11, you'll be going from Windows 5 to 11. Traditionally normal securitrons have a 9mm submachine gun and a grenade launcher installed, but upgraded they have a Gatling laser and a rocket launcher installed in its Chassis with two really powerful weapons and, unlike other factions, this Arsenal applies to each unit of the House Army. It is not just high-ranking soldiers who are equipped with heavy firepower. Plus, securitrons come in plentiful quantities and Mr. House is a pretty sneaky guy, so "I'm sure he would not only have the strength but also the strategy to use his robotic soldiers to their full potential.

Plus, there's a theory that Mr. House has the ability to make new securitrons in a factory building if he could forge the infrastructure that theoretically means infinite Mark 2 securitrons. I looked up an actual number of how many he currently has on hand and, based on my research, the best guess I can get is around 1000, but even just a thousand is still a force to be reckoned with Considering how durable they are with their metal build, it's worth noting that they have 30 DT in the game for reference, this is more. or less the same as Brotherhood of Steel members who have 28 to 31 DT with t-51b power armor, basically all securitron Mark I wear t-51b power armor, it's a scary thought.

I think it's more likely that Mr. House has the ability to take over parts of New Vegas rather than all of it, and that lines up with Hiso, as he's primarily interested in seeing the independence of the booming, bustling New Vegas and its Neighboring areas don't actually conquer the entire Mojave Wasteland; however, if you wanted to, I definitely think he could take over nearby areas like Camp McCarron, the Crimson Caravan company shares copper farms and themed controlled areas on the outskirts of New Vegas and who knows. What he could do with all the extra land, plus, if a full scale war broke out for any reason between Mr House and any other major faction, he would have a huge advantage in the quality of his soldiers.

They don't need sleep. They don't need sleep. They need to eat, they don't experience morale loss, and they have newly incorporated superior ammunition on their person. I really feel sorry for any soldier who comes across these guys. I think a Brotherhood of Seal Paladins or a smart Boomer could give these securitrons a chance. your money but they are long range tank fighters that were programmed to do one thing and one thing only and that is to defeat. I wouldn't bet on Mr. House turning the entirety of Nevada into a New Vegas free economic zone, but if he did I mean, I wouldn't complain about a larger version of the strip.

I mean, I'm depressed now that we've talked about these factions. I wanted to get into the game and pit group units against each other to see which would be the strongest in Fault. New Vegas itself, which I think would be a decent metric for determining its actual wartime success capabilities. In the story, the first challenge I had to solve was how I was going to establish the composition of each faction and with the combination of research and just a lot of experience playing the game. I decided on the following for the NCR. I went with two veteran Rangers to lead the squad.

Two Heavy Troopers to back up the veterans. Three standard NCR Rangers and 11 standard NCR Troopers. The NCR has the largest number of numbers. of all the factions tested because they are the largest in the history of the game and I wanted to represent that in your group for the legion I chose a centurion who leads the squad one veteran deanis one Prime deanis two recruits deanis deanis danan I do not Meet four legionnaires main and five recruited legionnaires, the second largest faction has the second largest army. Note that there really is no true way to illustrate having superior tactics in B New Vegas combat, so for the skirmishes, the legion simply faced their enemies head-on.

I have done something like the legion surrounded whoever they were facing. I think that would make it easier for the Defenders, plus the New Vegas AI is brain dead so they'll probably end up running into melee range one by one and dying for the strip I chose. seven securitrons may be a bit low, but I wanted their numbers to be significantly lower than the Legion and NCR due to the number of units between the two, for the Brotherhood of Steel I chose four paladins and two knights and for the Boomers I went with six Boomers equipped with rocket launchers, the theoretical best weapon the Boomers would have on hand, plus you know a fat man, but that would probably be a disaster.

I did three rounds for each matchup to get a good idea of ​​what the fights would be like. go down instead of just a fight also if you think you see the recording lag during the fight that is definitely the case. Vault New Vegas wasn't made to have these large scale fights and my PC wasn't having a good time processing all the NPC bodies and explosions first in the NCR defending their land in Boulder City against the legion the NCR reigned Supreme and it wasn't even close The NCR's firepower isn't that good, but the Legion's firepower is so bad that it couldn't even begin to break through.

The veteran Rangers or the armor of the heavy troops weren't competitive, not nearly as close as I thought. What could it be, the number of units in the high level armor was really too much for the legion to keep up and bring the NCR to a clean 30. Victory against the legion, as soon as I saw this result, I knew how they were going As for all the other fights, the Boomers were next and easily had the worst, showing of all the factions that faced the NCR their lack of armor. and the numbers really were too much and again it was a victory of three, but even more decisive than the victory over the legion.

I tried to play the role of a b29 bomber using a fat man in the NCR before the fight broke out but even that wasn't enough to help the Boomers, they were simply outnumbered, the securitron strips were next and they couldn't help them either. It went very well. Occasionally, their rocket launchers attacked an NCR soldier, but at most they were one or two more casualties. 3 0 for the NCR, the Brotherhood had better results against the NCR and you could really feel that due to the brotherhood's incredible armor, the fight went on for a long time and occasionally the Brotherhood would kill a soldier every now and then, but like For all the other factions, the size of the NCR was too much and they were also at 3, which means that the NCR got a flawless streak of 120 against all their opponents much better than I thought they would, like I expected them to do. securitrons or the Boomers.

I really competed in the new California Republic because of its explosives, but even that wasn't enough. Next up were the Boomers defending the road to Nells AFB. I started with the Boomers taking on the legion and eventually things started to look a little competitive, but I'd be lying if it weren't for the fact that the Boomer AI is so dumb that they constantly crash into each other and refuse to consistently use their biggest advantage of firing their missile launchers from a distance despite their best efforts to snatch defeat. Jaws of Victory, the Boomers ended up with a 30 victory over the legion because due to the legion's poor armor and the Boomers' crowd clearing capabilities, next up was the Boomers against the securitrons and after a start very solid 20 over the Boomers, I thought the securitrons would get a clean sweep, but surprisingly in the third round the Boomers pulled off a surprising victory.

They finally used their best tool which was distance and explosive weaponry and ended up on the side of victory, the first non-sweep result of the skirmishes, but still. losing to the securitrons 1 to 2 finally defending Nellis Air Base, the Boomers held their own against the Brotherhood of Steel and I'll get to the point, this matchup was never close, although the knights were constantly being killed, the Boomers just finished. with only one Paladin kill in the three rounds. That strong,the Brotherhood of Steel's armor was tough enough to lead three very convincing against weaker weaponry and numbers, the Boomers seem to prevail better, but as soon as good armor and weapons start appearing.

In the mix they lose their advantage in front line combat, the Boomers entered their skirmishes with four wins and eight losses, their victories come from the legion and a miraculous victory against the securitrons, talk about the securitrons we take to the streets from the outskirts of Las Vegas together to see how they would face Caesar's Legion and the Brotherhood of Steel first the Brotherhood returned to the ring against the second this confrontation was as expected the Brotherhood had been very solid so far against the Boomers in the NCR and security The chons not so much, so it was no surprise that once again the brotherhood's armor and energy weapons were too much for the confident chons, leading to a very, very strong Brio victory without even losing a single paladin.

This really came into perspective for me. how strong the great force of the ncr was because of how convincing the brotherhood's victories were over all the other factions, we finally saw the legion against the securitrons and if the brotherhood clashes were indicative of how staunch they were, then the Legion clashes were indicative of how great any legionnaire who received a single point of damage and was prone to flee immediately. There was no way for the legion to win this confrontation because within 5 seconds of starting the fight, half of the forces were dead from the missiles or had already fled 3 0 towards the securitrons due to the legion's terrible weapons, poor armor and lack of courage, Mr.

House's securitrons ended up with a score of 5 to 7 losing devastatingly to the NCR and the Brotherhood attacking the legion and coming in just below going even but ending up negative because they lost the battle against the Boomers . I ended the skirmishes with the legion by attacking the guild house in Hidden Valley. If you hadn't noticed at this point, I put the Legion on the attack for each scenario. Because it seems like something typical of the Legion to attack. people's home territory, if you had been paying attention to the last series of fights then you should already know the result the Brotherhood of Steel three OED the legion even with double the numbers of the brotherhood their weapons were so bad and they just ran away so At the beginning of the fight they were never able to put up a real fight, this means that the Brotherhood ended up with a score of 9 to 3 defeating all the factions without problems, except the new California Republic, who lost three rounds against our final scores for all the factions I reviewed in this The video looks like this, the NCR had a perfect score defending Boulder City with their massive numbers and solid firearms, they had a 12-0 record, the Next best was the Brotherhood of Steel using their armor and energy weapons well to finish with a record of only 9 to 3.

Losing to the NCR Mr. House's security troones were quite solid losing comfortably against the two factions mentioned above, but proving dominant over the Boomers in the legion, finishing with five wins and seven losses. Our second biggest loser was the Boomers who were so stupid. who couldn't help but trip over themselves only defeating the legion and the securitron strips once they finished fourth and eighth finally with their horrible weapons and armor despite having the second largest squad size the legion ended up not winning over no faction with an abysmal score of 0 to 12 were these results surprising if they matched what they expected do you think the team composition should have been different?

Let me know I'm always open to feedback and I'm curious to see what you thought of this. Experiment because it is something very different from what I normally do. Also let me give you feedback on the other factions I didn't mention on this list. Do you think groups like The Great Cons of Red Rock Valley, the Demons or even The Powder? Gang members have a chance for massive domination personally. I don't think so and that's why I didn't mention them but if there's an argument for it I'd love to hear it, trust me I'm not convinced on any of these points so if anyone brought up a good topic for discussion.

I'd probably like, oh yeah, that's true. If there's one thing I'm uneducated in, it's the history of this game, so I'd love to take the opportunity to learn more, but that's enough for this. If you liked it, maybe consider subscribing and you might take a look at other factions in the game. I have my eye on a particular New England-based Fallout that I might jump into. You can also check out my Twitch stream at twitch.tv/loore if you want. to hang out and chat about things, but that will be enough for me, see you next time