Poll: Which Fallout faction is best for humanity?

[Ben Agar]

I at first played as an NCR supporter thinking them the best faction, but slowly saw how much they were like the Bush administration in their ideals. But all the while working secretly for House, playing both sides was fun, until I encountered Yes Man and decided to betray everyone, fight back the Legion and take over myself while helping the Followers of the Apocalypse.

So I chose other, meaning me.

 

[electronicgoat]

Followers of the Apocalypse would never be able to run a society. I think they would be crushed due to their lack of military drive.
I chose Mr. House.

 

[Pandabearparade]

Legion, the Roman empire lasted a hell of a long time. So modeling the government after theirs isn't entirely bad...

Caesar's Legion is like ancient Rome in name only. Ancient Rome was the pinnacle of scientific knowledge in the world, whereas Caesar demands technological backtracking. Caesar's Legion would collapse after Caesar died, anyway. As Hanlon said, the Legion is following Caesar, not his ideals.

House would be best for long term progress, if only because of his ability to get things done. He isn't a very moral person, but he's -effective-.

 

[Paragon Fury]

Either the NCR or East Coast Brotherhood of Steel.

The Legion will collapse once Caesar dies ( you kill him, the cancer does or he does of old age), the Enclave can't adapt to the new environment, and House's ideas will get stopped dead once the lack of proper resources and cooperation becomes apparent. The normal Brotherhood of Steel can't survive either; their ideas about technology and acceptance just will not hold up for very long in the Wastelands. (The sad part too is during New Vegas you get to see that even people of the main body of the Brotherhood realize this, but refuse to change or adapt, and basically validate everything Elder Lyons and the East Coast Brotherhood were saying/doing.)

The east coast brotherhood are dying as well, and for no reason. Why protect civilians from a contrived threat? And in a place where there are no people? The CHICAGO brotherhood is correct, but the east coast one is just contrived and nonsensical.

I hardly call the Super Mutants and Enclave a "contrived" threat.

 

[DustyDrB]

Followers of the Apocalypse would never be able to run a society. I think they would be crushed due to their lack of military drive.
I chose Mr. House.

The question is "Which Fallout faction is best for humanity?" not "Which Fallout faction is best governing body?"

 

[IThinkImASofa]

The Boomers. They plan to blow the rest of the world up, Take care of the problem at its source. Simple yet effective.

 

[Vault101]

Whatchu talkin' bout, Willis? Obviously it's the Followers of the Apocalypse. They're dedicated to helping everyone.

exactally

however like I said, while they do alot of good work, they dont have the means to "take over" or fix everyones problems

I mean really at their core alot of them could be good,(NOT the legion) like the brotherhood or NCR however, liek real life theres no black or white..all of them have faults and you end up screwing over somone

I would say NCR they definetly seem less likley to collapse (unlike the legion) I did however go independant because it seemed the best for everyone...even the NCR

 

[Chelsea O'shea]

Caesar's Legion, is the one! It reduces the chance of another nuclear fallout by alot

it also eliminates women's rights and supports slavery,so no it isn't the best.

OT:the enclave was gone since FO2(the ones in 3 were remnants)the BOS is a bunch of selfish tech whores,the NCR will only hold things up for so long,the followers don't have the means to run things,house it pretty much the same as things are,and the courier can't run things cause they are only one person,as for the vault dweller(FO1) and chosen one(FO2)'s tribe has not been heard from in a while nor could that family really help that much, however i do not know about the other branches of each faction.

 

[MaxwellEdison]

The NCR. Democracy now and forever!
An interesting note: All NCR main plot quests have three ways to settle things: Really good, meh, and just kill everyone.
It's because the NCR has the most potential for good, but in a Democracy things can go either way.

Caesar's Legion, is the one! It reduces the chance of another nuclear fallout by alot

They do it by reducing us to the technological level of educated chimps.
They also strip away every basic human right, and believe in nothing but constant conquest.
Just because we won't have a nuclear war, doesn't mean we can't kill everyone.

You need to study your Roman history boy, especially the rise to power of Julius Caesar and Gias Octavian Caesar Augustus(The fourth coolest guy in history)

...Are you claiming Caesar's legion doesn't strip away human rights? Because if you are, you really need to play that game again.

Never did I mention anything about human rights. I think you quoted me, when you meant to quote someone else.

Well, since the guy was stating that Caesar's Legion was bringing everyone away from modern tech and taking away rights and you seemed to oppose that idea, I assumed that's what you meant. Sorry if I was wrong!

 

[DarkhoIlow]

I choose House on my playthrough and I was glad with the result.

 

[electronicgoat]

Followers of the Apocalypse would never be able to run a society. I think they would be crushed due to their lack of military drive.
I chose Mr. House.

The question is "Which Fallout faction is best for humanity?" not "Which Fallout faction is best governing body?"

It's not "which Fallout faction would work the coolest in a perfect world where humanity was naturally good", either. Having the Red Cross be in the seat of power would be pretty sweet, but I don't think humanity could control itself under that rule.

 

[Vault101]

Enclave. Everyone else seems like savages poking advanced tech with sticks.Tech would cover up an amazing amount of annoyance with other facets of their governance. Food,power,safety and medicine? Sign me up.

the enclave arnt interested in helping people...just in being dicks...they are the same america that got itself blown up in the first place

The NCR. Democracy now and forever!
An interesting note: All NCR main plot quests have three ways to settle things: Really good, meh, and just kill everyone.
It's because the NCR has the most potential for good, but in a Democracy things can go either way.

Caesar's Legion, is the one! It reduces the chance of another nuclear fallout by alot

They do it by reducing us to the technological level of educated chimps.
They also strip away every basic human right, and believe in nothing but constant conquest.
Just because we won't have a nuclear war, doesn't mean we can't kill everyone.

You need to study your Roman history boy, especially the rise to power of Julius Caesar and Gias Octavian Caesar Augustus(The fourth coolest guy in history)

dont let the whole "roman" facade fool you, Ceasar was just like any other wasteland raider warlord, he just added a little mangled latin to it, its pretty obviou his little manchild world he created for himself would collapse without him

and the whole "only the strong will survive" thing...the power of the NCR and the inevitible downfall of the Brotherhood disporve that one pretty quickley, also other towns are still surviving....just as they always do

and slavery?...fuck that....seriously fuck that..

 

[FateOrFatality]

Whoever voted for the Brotherhood of Steel knows nothing about Fallout canon. The BoS in Fallout 3 is an exception to the rule. The actual BoS is better represented by the Outcasts and the BoS in New Vegas. They don't care about people - they just want to hoard technology.

NCR, corrupt and abusive it may be at times, is easily the best faction for humanity. They have two things going for them over everyone else - they don't want to kill/eat/torture you, and they have the power to actually accomplish something.

 

[Vault101]

Either the NCR or East Coast Brotherhood of Steel.

The Legion will collapse once Caesar dies ( you kill him, the cancer does or he does of old age), the Enclave can't adapt to the new environment, and House's ideas will get stopped dead once the lack of proper resources and cooperation becomes apparent. The normal Brotherhood of Steel can't survive either; their ideas about technology and acceptance just will not hold up for very long in the Wastelands. (The sad part too is during New Vegas you get to see that even people of the main body of the Brotherhood realize this, but refuse to change or adapt, and basically validate everything Elder Lyons and the East Coast Brotherhood were saying/doing.)

The east coast brotherhood are dying as well, and for no reason. Why protect civilians from a contrived threat? And in a place where there are no people? The CHICAGO brotherhood is correct, but the east coast one is just contrived and nonsensical.

you should keep in mind however, that after the events of fallout 3 (including broken steel) and the involvment of the lone wander they are probably doing alot better than when you first encountered them

plus there seems to be alot of them and they actually recruit people

also the brother hood in NV cleary shows that being dicks if you dont get your way isnt the best way to go..as for the outcasts? not sure how they will fare....probably keep on going how they are since theres no NCR there to get in the way

 

[Colton Martin]

Followers or NCR. Anarchy would get us nowhere and the others aren't prepared or don't even care about restarting civilization

 

[Al-Bundy-da-G]

The towns in FO:3 are pretty much the same as the NCR or at least would be if they continue growing. Eventually they would join together with the nearest town to make life easier and it would continue to cycle on. In fact i wouldn't be surprised if the next fallout had the NCR fighting against a nation made of all the towns from FO:3 led by the BoS

 

[DustyDrB]

Followers of the Apocalypse would never be able to run a society. I think they would be crushed due to their lack of military drive.
I chose Mr. House.

The question is "Which Fallout faction is best for humanity?" not "Which Fallout faction is best governing body?"

It's not "which Fallout faction would work the coolest in a perfect world where humanity was naturally good", either. Having the Red Cross be in the seat of power would be pretty sweet, but I don't think humanity could control itself under that rule.

I'm not talking about the seat of power. That was the whole point of my post before. The Followers benefit humanity the most. That's their goal. They bring education, medicine, research, and technology wherever they go. They don't want to rule. The NCR would likely be the best ruling faction of the ones we've seen (unless the Followers became interested in that sort of thing and realigned their dealings accordingly), but they do a lot of harm.

 

[TheTurtleMan]

House all the way! He has a massive robot army to keep the peace and an immense wealth at his disposal. Caesar's legion may have been better if their entire culture is held up by the backbone of slaves and a warrior type mentality. The NCR does a pretty shitty job of controlling its own territory and at a certain point the NCR probably wouldn't allow non-NCR groups to remain independent in its territory. Even House allowed, even encouraged, other groups and factions like the NCR to exist so long as they don't try fucking with him and his property.

If you paid attention to some of the things that House says in the game, you notice that he has a long term plan for advancing humanity. Even if he does it all for money and glory, at least he would be doing something.

 

[Baneat]

Arcade Gannon

He's a humanitarian but not in the way that can never get something done in the Fallout Universe. He accepts that if people have to die, they have to die.

 

[BlumiereBleck]

Caesar's Legion, is the one! It reduces the chance of another nuclear fallout by alot

it also eliminates women's rights and supports slavery,so no it isn't the best.

Actually many women have rights in Caesar's Legion as the Vestal Virgins. And the slavery, well every great civilization isn't perfect.