Maybe that you have been asked to speak as a relative of a war hero, as I mentioned above?

CND demonstration on the steps of the hall? Damned hippy.

A "save the wastes" story doesn't make any believable sense for Fallout. There would never be that 1 person who would magically fix a post-apocalyptic of humanity. Most of it shouldn't be fixable if the political threat was bigger than what you as a nobody started with. At most your actions should just alter the strengths and weaknesses between faction tensions or between small communities. The player should never expect to or be given implied power to just flip everything on its head just because you were born.

Maybe he's an entertainer hired to entertain the veteran's hall. Maybe he's a politician going there to try and get veteran support for his political campaign.

People are drawing a lot from not very much IMO.

It is actually implied that the Courier has been to Montana as well as Utah, prior to the games events.
So it isn't necessarily so that they would really only have experience in traveling the relatively safe NCR.

I always figured the PC lacking skills was as a result of getting shot in the head, and basically needing to re-learn.

Agree we don't need another save the universe plot.

However lots are solved with some extra dialogues, Morrowind had this after the main quest but kind of overdid it.

Skyrim has part of it like after absorbing the soul of an dragon this get commented, then you become an werewolf it was commented however for an Khajiit to get comments about furry ears felt weird.

Oblivion was nice as people who liked you was noticeable more friendly, the contrast was way larger in Morrowind as most people was unfriendly.

One reason I did not get the complains about Fargot, he was one of the few friendly people I met before joining the mage guild, yes I was playing female.

Because than who would my character lead the charge for or against at the final battle of Hoover Dam? It might also have to do with them not wanting to contaminate the fresh water of Lake Mead.

I reckon it's because you start at lvl 1 and the game is about increasing your skills. Waaay too much speculating in background here.

I agree to a point, both 1, 2 and 3save the world plots where unfitting for a post apoc setting, but whats the point, the fun of being a random nobody? Most of us are random nobodies in the big picture of life. To me NV main plot was the best kind for fallout, moraily grey yet epic.

So far 4 feels to me like luckily it wikl have a more NV then 3 angle plot, so Im happy.

Not sure if you mean in the thread or my post, but the courier does have in game dialogues suggesting they've traveled to those places. The only speculative part is why his skills are low, and considering he was shot in the head, its pretty a pretty reasonable notion that they need to relearn a few things.

Would you rather have his skill level start at 50 so you had a much easier start to the game?

In Skyrim you're the friggin Dragonborn, but your skill levels are low for the same reason: It's not fun to start at level 50.

But, in skyrim, you are just some nobody that was in the wrong place, at the wrong time. You don't have the faintest idea you are dragonborn, nor even what the term means. In New Vegas, you are a courier...... and apparently have been one for a while. Perhaps the places you have been previously simply weren't challenging enough for you to have 'improved' while you were there....

Or maybe you just svck at everything except driving a Brahmin =). I mean, you let Benny catch you, for the love of God.

I just assumed the courier had to relearn things after getting shot in the head.

Kinetic energy poisoning can do some funny things.

No, I wouldn't.

This is why I think a gunshot to the head is a factor, though.
Someone that has traveled as much as the courier had prior to the events of NV, should have some skills to go with that.
So, why does he not have these skills? Shot in the head, left for dead.

I see that as the most servile kind of cajoling, and lose respect on the spot for any title that tries it.