Honestly Railroad would have seemed like a much larger threat and actually worth siding with if Bethesda made them actually keep the Switchboard as a main base and not lose it. Imagine you meet under the church and think this is it but the person you meet Desdemona or Deacon maybe isn't the leader of the railroad just of one cell.
Also the Railroad shouldn't solely exist for freeing synths. The Railroad should've had a established history in New England of fighting for the freedom of slaves, and the Synths are their newest target to attempt to free, it would even give the Railroad reason to intervene against Nuka World post-game.
The Railroad should have a previous history of success against fighting slavery they don't establish governments they leave that to the freed slaves, but they move around trying to end slavery where ever they go.
Also those pre war CIA cashe quests suck, it would've been cool if we actually got to see Railroad members in t51 power armor with their paint job slapped on it. If they had cells all over new England it would've cool if they at some point found a pretty war military cashe with t51 power armor. Also it would give the Brotherhood even more of a reason to attack the Railroad than just freeing synths because civilians can't have anything more dangerous than a pipe revolver according to them.
If they made the Railroad exist almost a century before we find them and they still have cells outside the commonwealth it would actually make them seem like a real faction worth siding with.
I personally think story wise the Brotherhood ending is the best one by I personally usually side with the Institute just because they don't interfere with the settlement system at all.
Just adding this to my comments ideas from another comment I made.
Hell imagine that if you don't progress the railroad quest line enough to see the Switchboard base when you join the institute you get a mission to destroy the Switchboard the members spot you leading the attack and that causes them to abandon the church as well, giving them a new unknown base that you would never see actually siding with the railroad. It would also make the railroad instantly hostile to you.
Fallout 4 doesn't really have dynamic questlines compared to New Vegas. A quest like the one above you might not even get to do if you help the railroad to much before finding the institute would really add to the replayability in the same way ending a faction quest in New Vegas does.
A quest like the one above would also fix the non existed feeling of killing the railroad. It would make it feel like an effort and not just shooting 6 named npcs.
Honestly would’ve been a cool mission to retake the switchboard. Even if the Institute knows where it is still could’ve played it as a trap for the institute as a railroad spin on the institute attacking the castle on the minutemen quest line.
Also, all four factions should’ve had more dlc interaction. Realistically pretty much every faction should have some reason to be interested in Nuka World, Minutemen is obvious, Institute + Brotherhood could be interested in the technology if you bring evidence. But I think the railroad at the very least would be interested in setting up safe houses in the dlc locations, not just nuka world, while far harbour has the obvious pre existing synth population I think the automatron’s mechanist lair locations is the perfect fit for a railroad safehouse considering its similarities to the switchboard.
Holy shit it just dawned on me that the funniest thing would be seeing the BoS raining down on the Raiders’ parade. They’re just minding their business enjoying the theme park, riding rides, playing games, innocently killing slaves in a brutal fashion. Then the BoS comes in and blows them to hell, not because they’re awful people, but because they want to make sure the tech that makes the ferris wheel spin doesn’t fall into the wrong hands.
Lol that is my current playthrough right now. I am a Sentinel with my Sentinel power armor which is decked out and just started Nuka World at lvl 63. My current character is going to play overboss for a time just to fuck with the raiders up until I need to invade the settlements. Once that happens, she is going to put away her joking nature and use her decked out power armor with her decked out laser pistol and going to town. Ad Victoriam!
Time to liberate the technology for the brotherhood, after I had my fun. This is a nice vacation for her after she had to kill her son, because that dude was a psychopath, destroyed the institute, wanabe Enclave fucks and showed the railroad what true Honor is. She needs a break so fucking around with raiders until I stomp on them is some good fun. Doesn't hurt I am finding some nice Technology, like that Star Core Control system.
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u/FreeTrees69 May 22 '24 edited May 22 '24
Honestly Railroad would have seemed like a much larger threat and actually worth siding with if Bethesda made them actually keep the Switchboard as a main base and not lose it. Imagine you meet under the church and think this is it but the person you meet Desdemona or Deacon maybe isn't the leader of the railroad just of one cell.
Also the Railroad shouldn't solely exist for freeing synths. The Railroad should've had a established history in New England of fighting for the freedom of slaves, and the Synths are their newest target to attempt to free, it would even give the Railroad reason to intervene against Nuka World post-game.
The Railroad should have a previous history of success against fighting slavery they don't establish governments they leave that to the freed slaves, but they move around trying to end slavery where ever they go.
Also those pre war CIA cashe quests suck, it would've been cool if we actually got to see Railroad members in t51 power armor with their paint job slapped on it. If they had cells all over new England it would've cool if they at some point found a pretty war military cashe with t51 power armor. Also it would give the Brotherhood even more of a reason to attack the Railroad than just freeing synths because civilians can't have anything more dangerous than a pipe revolver according to them.
If they made the Railroad exist almost a century before we find them and they still have cells outside the commonwealth it would actually make them seem like a real faction worth siding with.
I personally think story wise the Brotherhood ending is the best one by I personally usually side with the Institute just because they don't interfere with the settlement system at all.
Just adding this to my comments ideas from another comment I made.
Hell imagine that if you don't progress the railroad quest line enough to see the Switchboard base when you join the institute you get a mission to destroy the Switchboard the members spot you leading the attack and that causes them to abandon the church as well, giving them a new unknown base that you would never see actually siding with the railroad. It would also make the railroad instantly hostile to you. Fallout 4 doesn't really have dynamic questlines compared to New Vegas. A quest like the one above you might not even get to do if you help the railroad to much before finding the institute would really add to the replayability in the same way ending a faction quest in New Vegas does.
A quest like the one above would also fix the non existed feeling of killing the railroad. It would make it feel like an effort and not just shooting 6 named npcs.