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Hard to say. Probably 4. I picked NV though because mods really keep that game alive. However, it doesn’t really need them. 4 definitely does, however. The vanilla settlement components and weapons platforms just aren’t enough for me considering how much time I spend building settlements and also considering how the main way of interacting with the world around you in that game is through the barrel of a gun.

Edit: this is a long comment. A very long comment. Don’t feel compelled to respond or even read it, but just warning you now so you can’t complain that it’s too long lol

Damn I didn’t know the New Vegas DLC had an actual set order when I asked lol. I like to do OWB first in New Vegas. It’s hard, but simple, especially on repeat playthroughs. It always felt like it had the least impact on the story other than a mentioning Christine and Ulysses (unless I imagined that and it’s only talked about in Dead Money, I’ve only played through each twice now, so I’m still learning).

Old World Blues is also the goofiest and most light hearted, which are more good reasons to knock it out early. That said, I do see the benefit of having the most lighthearted DLC be placed right before Lonesome Road. Kind of the calm before the storm.

I also have two important mods I never play without that impact my DLC play style. I have one that lets you keep playing after beating the game, and I also have one called Tale of Two Wastelands that combines 3 and NV + all their DLCs into one giant game on New Vegas’ engine.

With that out of the way, I like to talk to all the people at The Fort about the Burned Man, and then at some point before the Hoover Battle I will do Honest Hearts. It makes a nice three act arc for my interactions with the Legion (I never side with them because they’re so well written as villains that I genuinely don’t like them, and I mean that in the best way possible).

Then I cool off from the craziness in the Honest Hearts canyons by sending the Courier to a mysterious and luxurious casino called the Sierra Madre where I proceed to run around like a chicken with its head cut off for several hours. Then I do the Hoover Battle, and then wrap things up in New Vegas with Lonesome Road (and use another mod to make Ulysses a companion, shhh don’t tell).

When playing Tale of Two Wastelands, you start in DC with the normal FO3 opening and tutorial stuff. Then eventually you can discover a train station that can take you to The Mojave, where another train station will be waiting to bring you back whenever you’re ready.

With that in mind, here’s how my first playthrough went with this set up:

Start in Vault 101

Operation Anchorage, for role play purposes to explain how my character is so skilled compared to the npcs, plus the practical benefits.

Swap to Mojave

Main quest until I reach Nipton, from there, Old World Blues.

Meet everyone on the strip, Help the Kings. Use this opportunity to get to Jacobstown and from there find a way to Honest Hearts.

Get a mysterious signal about a casino called Sierra Madre upon returning to the Mojave. Sounds like the perfect place to cool off after Honest Hearts.

Dead Money

Second Battle for Hoover Dam

Lonesome Road

Swap back to DC (for my role play I either pretend Vault 101 and everything I did before the DC train station was in the NCR or something like that, basically I try not to think about it too much)

As soon as I enter DC, get abducted by Aliens. Great opportunity to thin the herd in a dramatic fashion if you use an Unlimited Companion mod like I do. Only the best deserve to complete this journey.

While my character gets their bearings after reuturning to Earth, they take a pleasant boat ride to a place called Point Lookout, once again a futile attempt to relax.

Then I continue the main FO3 story, then Broken Steel Iron Giant Optimus Prime.

Finally, since I also reuse these character archetypes in Fallout 4, I have my character leave the DC Wasteland after their job is done. That’s when they encounter…The Pitt…

Then at that point I get about halfway through The Pitt and need a break haha.

Sorry that this reply is both late and long lol.

I had no idea these were anything other than just containers.

Thanks everyone! Sorry for the late response. I got too caught up in stuff to respond. I’m gonna look into all these examples, they seem super interesting. Raul does come close to what I’m looking for, but he’s a bit too “against his will” in my opinion. Chris Haversam is proof that someone out in the wasteland might be loopy enough to try and live among former humans, and Raul, ghoulification aside, is proof that Supers at least have the capacity to welcome non-mutants into their mutant communities

It would be rare to the point of irrelevancy, but I do think it’s theoretically possible. I’ll still have to look into the examples you guys listed though.

Thanks for your input everyone!

@CourierSix2005 The Type 11 (as well as its British lookalike the Bren) and the Japanese Type 11 are probably my favorite LMG’s of all time. I think I’m just nostalgic for that terrible Medal of Honor Rising Sun game lol.

I could’ve sworn it was based off the British Lewis gun.

The first time I explored Kellogg’s memories it blew my mind. Every time since then, that quest has been an absolute chore. I have a mod that allows for a jetpack without power armor and I use it in that quest to fly straight from the beginning of the memories all the way to the last one

It’s difficult comparing the originals to the 3D ones. They’re kind of different types of experiences altogether.

@Road Warrior-NCR Patriot I love that Institute idea. Honestly you could probably even use that to explain the complete lack of service rifles in the DC area, maybe that was even their first sweep of weapon retrieval’s?

To everyone else, thanks. I was really hoping for a lore explanation, like maybe since Fallout’s America is super capitalist maybe each base contracted its own weapons or something? Idk it’s the best I can come up with.

At least I can add these guns in myself with mods. There’s a Lewis Gun mod for New Vegas that resembles the FO4 assault rifle enough to pass as it, and FO4’s Combat Rifle doesn’t look too different from NV’s Automatic rifle considering they’re both based on the BAR. Plus FO4 has plenty of mods adding the older weapons. I appreciate Beth’s attempt at establishing aesthetics, but in Fallout, especially 4, the main way you interact with the world around you is the barrel of your gun. I like for there to be as many options for that gun as possible, even if the difference is purely visual sometimes.

Yeah that’s kind of what I was thinking, I think I just needed to hear (or in this case see) someone else say it before it made sense. I’m gonna get some fancy pinup and western themed decks from Etsy and several cheap decks from the drug store. I’ve even seen sone Fallout themed decks and since I’m blowing throw my tax return right now I might include one of those as well.

Its a shame the actual in-game cards from New Vegas don’t seem to be available anywhere, even custom. The last time I checked, at least.

That is without a doubt the best piece of Creation Club content IMO. What do you mean by making it easier to build walls?

Additional update, this mod fixes the Hsu bug

https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/55982

@The Appalachian was that for three? I thought that was for the older games? I know about the real world drug controversy but I could’ve sworn the fictional Chems have been used a bit longer than FO3 but maybe I’m wrong I’m not exactly an expert on the early games.

Update, quest is still broken, even though I saved the monorail, I cannot interact with Hsu to finish the quest. 🤷‍♂️ Oh well, I got closer than I probably deserved to at least lol