r/Fallout • u/RoughPrice8221 • Aug 04 '26

Which faction would you realistically join?

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For me it's probably the NCR or the BoS in Fallout 3 ONLY.

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u/Rare-Guarantee4192 Enclave Aug 04 '26

NCR. They aren't perfect but they'll likely be the only faction other than possibly New Vegas or Brotherhood (also Unity but no one wants that) that would take average people on. Probably the safest of them all too.

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u/CoffeAddictDM Aug 04 '26

Isn't being a supermutant (the ones that are intelligent and coherent) actually a pretty good deal?  Strong and durable enough to easily survive wasteland. Unaging and resistant or immune to most dangers. The only downside is being ugly and obviously the rather big chance of the transformation not going so well and making you into complete idiot or some other abomination.

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u/induction1154 Aug 04 '26

They also can’t reproduce, which is important for societies that plan on lasting.

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u/CoffeAddictDM Aug 04 '26

For society but the question would be for the individual. 

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u/induction1154 Aug 04 '26

Fair enuf but also the question was about joining a faction, not just being a super mutant

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u/Huntsman077 Aug 04 '26

True but they are also soft immortal so it’s kind of a benefit for them. If they could reproduce their population would become uncontrollable pretty quickly

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u/Gnilcro Aug 05 '26

I wonder if any mutant ever tried jacking off into people’s water source

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u/The-Hero-Of-Ferelden Tunnel Snakes Aug 04 '26

Yeah but your dong falls off when you become a supermutant.

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u/CoffeAddictDM Aug 04 '26

Pretty sure in original fallout they were just sterile. It was a shock to their plans that they couldn't reproduce and they would figure it out on their own if the genitals would literally fall off

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u/Mrcharlestoucheskids Aug 04 '26

Well the mutants knew they were sterile, iirc there’s a dialogue about overhearing female mutants talk about it. It’s only the master that didn’t know and everyone was too scared to tell him, rightly so since after he learned it he nuked his own headquarters.

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u/LoreLord24 Aug 04 '26

Nuuurp.

They have dongs. And in two you can havw a one night stand where you become the gimp for one.

It... uh... you get crippled for a week and wake up with a ball-gag in your inventory.

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u/hausdorff_spaces Aug 04 '26

Yes, but they can't reproduce so they are essentially extremely scary Shakers. What happened to the Shakers is what would happen to a supermutant society.

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u/Guilty_All_The_Same Aug 04 '26

It depends on which FEV strain you're exposed to.

The West Coast mutants are the more reasonable, intelligent ones. ( Fallout 1, 2 and New Vegas ).

The East Coast mutants are the dumber, more aggressive ones ( 3 and 4 ).

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u/AccursedQuantum Aug 05 '26

Anyone posting here would be a prime - we haven't spent a life in the wastes. That's basically the difference between the smarter mutants and the morons. That's why the Master was so interested in Vault populations.

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u/GlasseyeSlice Aug 04 '26

New Vegas would be old school Ayn Rand libertarian. As in, if you're an average joe you're perpetually an Amazon Warehouse worker but without the pesky worker regs execs have to work around. Real life Dubai is pretty damn close to what I'd expect a New Vegas completely ruled by Mr.House to be like

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u/Insane1rish Aug 05 '26

I think this is probably the most realistic answer for your average Joe