» Sun Jan 17, 2010 9:11 pm
I choose the Followers safehouse, for the following reasons:
* Compatibility with my aims. The Followers provide assistance, care, and education to those who need it. So do I. And Arcade indicates that at least some of them are willing to kick butt for a good cause, just like me.
* Easy access. Fast travel there and you're right at the door. All you have to do is enter, and you have access to everything the house has to offer. The Lucky 38 has multiple checkpoints. The suites at the Topps and Ultra-luxe are even worse.
* Clean water, replenishing food, and periodic access to the meds of your choice.
* Secure lockers (not so sure about the fridges, though).
* Several outfits with good protection, and several good energy weapons (mostly for resale, my EW of choice is the Q-35 Modulator).
* Several magazines, and a book to boot.
* Reasonable proximity to Vegas. Not perfect, but it's not like the Mojave outpost either.
* AND Owned beds, providing healing even in hardcoe Mode (and I don't play any other way) and well-rested bonus.
The Lucky 38 is an ideal place for the player to retire after the game ends, either to be spoiled rotten with luxuries by Mr. House, or as a suitable reward from the NCR for your assistance in the Hoover Dam conflict, or as your personal palace when you take over NV yourself.* However, cool as it is, it's just too inconvenient for general use unless nothing else is available.
*Of course, if the Legion wins, you can expect that Caesar'll appropriate the place for himself, since it's the centerpiece of his new Rome.