So here's the deal. I plop down 8000 big ones to get me a couple of those fancy S.P.E.C.I.A.L. upgrades everybody's talking about from Dr Ubu-whatsits in New Vegas Medical. And I love it and it's wonderful and all and I don't regret it but jeez I'm running pretty low on cash now.
I found that BoS armor on the dead guy awhile back and was surprised how many caps I could get for it. I'd heard there was more armor to be had at the BoS bunker in Hidden Valley so off I go to get me some. They do their whole thing and lock the collar around my neck and I plod over to the NCR trooper and tell him the Brotherhood knows he's there (the NCR just LOVE me and I wanted to do the right thing by them) and he disarms the collar. Then their armored thugs storm in to try and kill us all. But see I *know* their coming on account of my time-traveling abilities (save and reload) but that's really cheating if you ask me. On the first run through me and Boone died quite handily. But after reloading I decided to plant a few mines salted with a couple sticks of dynamite each along the way in - just to see what would happen - and it killed them all without us having to fire a shot.
And wow! All that power armor. All those expensive guns. That's easily my 8000 caps back right there and probably enough left over for another S.P.E.C.I.A,L, upgrade. But then I see a couple of gatling lasers. Hmm, I'd never seen those before. I repair them to sell but then I try firing one just see what they're like. Wow, no way am I selling that. I want it for myself.
But here's my dilemma. First of all the BoS now reviles me and I can't go back and do their quests anymore, Second, I cheated, I knew they were coming to get me from saving and reloading. I'm not a purist, I save and reload all the time but this time it seems like I'm crossing a line. A good role role player would accept the hand their dealt and see where life leads them. (Of course a *really* good role player would also not read forum posts and find out where the good loot is and probably would never have stumbled on the BoS bunker in the first place. But I'm too weak for that). So what I've done just doesn't set right with me.
But now I've got all that terrific loot and even more fame with the NCR.
I know I could reload and do all the BoS quests and then kill them all for their loot but that's not me either. First of all it would be a lot harder and second I've been playing as a good guy - I'm not such a cold-blooded murderer.
The *right* way is to reload, do the BoS quests and part on good terms, maybe stealing a couple pieces of armor when their not looking. That's what would feel best to me. But now that seems so boring and I'd be giving up all that loot.
What would you do?