Advise for Mr. House character? : Fallout: New Vegas

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 4:37 am

I'm about to make a new character who'll follow the "Mr. House path," and would appreciate some advice. As a roleplayer it's very important for me that my characer feels right for the type of path I'm taking. Though I've played New Vegas for close to 100 hours now, I still haven't entered New Vegas, so my understanding of the "Mr. House faction" is very limited. Without making any concrete spoilers, what type of character do you think would fit this path best? Would a highly intelligent elitist that follows the profit-motive be most suitable? The type of character that might focus in energy weapons, science, speech and barter. Or, would perhaps an old school gangster/mobster type of character fit better? Also, as an example, do you think this type of character would be most likely to support Goodsprings or the Powder Gangers? I've heard that following the Mr. House path will require you to completely screw over some factions besides the NCR and Caesar's Legion. I'd appreciate it if you could mention something about this in spoiler tags, so my character can avoid allying and helping factions he'll just end up destroying.

Thank you.

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 4:08 pm

I'm about to make a new character who'll follow the "Mr. House path," and would appreciate some advice. As a roleplayer it's very important for me that my characer feels right for the type of path I'm taking. Though I've played New Vegas for close to 100 hours now, I still haven't entered New Vegas, so my understanding of the "Mr. House faction" is very limited. Without making any concrete spoilers, what type of character do you think would fit this path best? Would a highly intelligent elitist that follows the profit-motive be most suitable? The type of character that might focus in energy weapons, science, speech and barter. Or, would perhaps an old school gangster/mobster type of character fit better?

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Neither one of those imho. I spend almost an entire day thinking about whether I should side with Mr. House and thus being forced to eradicate the Brotherhood (which was my main faction so far)or instead go with NCR/Legion. Eventually I realized that if I help the NCR defeating the Legion, then the same corrupt government we had before the war would be in control again. On the other hand, helping the Legion would probably mean the end of New Vegas and Mr. House's idea of "elevating" humanity above its current status. Being neutral would only cause the NRC to defeat the Legion in the long run which would inevitably lead to the NCR "conquering" New Vegas. stats wise i'd recommend going for high int, science/medicine, speech, and repair.

Also, as an example, do you think this type of character would be most likely to support Goodsprings or the Powder Gangers? I've heard that following the Mr. House path will require you to completely screw over some factions besides the NCR and Caesar's Legion. I'd appreciate it if you could mention something about this in spoiler tags, so my character can avoid allying and helping factions he'll just end up destroying.

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Such a character would most likely support Goodsprings I think.

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 4:24 pm

I've only played maybe 60 hours of the game so far so take this with a grain of salt - I'd recommend going with a character who is strong in charisma, intelligence, speech, science, bartering and in a way -survival instincts.
Good luck!

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 5:26 pm

The Private Investigator

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 6:11 am

I'm about to make a new character who'll follow the "Mr. House path," and would appreciate some advice. As a roleplayer it's very important for me that my characer feels right for the type of path I'm taking. Though I've played New Vegas for close to 100 hours now, I still haven't entered New Vegas, so my understanding of the "Mr. House faction" is very limited. Without making any concrete spoilers, what type of character do you think would fit this path best?

A technocrat. Someone who really likes science and thinks that technology is the only way humanity will rise from its own ashes. They would despise the Legion for their vision of the future (if not envy their dedication and single-mindedness just a bit), but think the NCR is too bureaucratic and self-serving to ever be a true force for progress.

Or they'd follow him because Mr. House is the richest man alive, and he pays better than anyone else.

In terms of groups you'll be "screwing over," only one big one comes to mind:

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Brotherhood of Steel. Though you can do their quests in order to gain their trust when "the time comes," you'd otherwise not be aligned with them at all.