I did the first with the Minutemen got to level 40. Now next is the Brotherhood of Steel get to level 40, then the Railway and then The Institute both to Level 40. See which faction I like the most and move on from there with that character for the future and DLC. Anyone else taking this kinda approach with this game?

You forgot PT#5 - kill...everybody.

I'm doing a branching style. I.e. pushing each faction's quest line as far as it goes before becoming an enemy of anyone else. I was level 39 before I started making enemies.

I did the BOS quest line first because I couldn't continue with either the Institute or Railroad without angering them. Finished that at level 42.

Currently on Institute route, which I've found I could push further before angering Railroad. Currently level 41 and just doing the side quests for now.

Plan would be to diverge to the Railroad after I finish the Institute route, before finishing with the Minuteman. This way, I can try to be of the highest level possible when I finish each of the faction quest lines.

If this is anything like Bethesda's previous games, 2837645509678476658373 playthroughs is my plan.

That all sounds very organized and anolytic. If that's how you like to game, good for you, glhf. But I'm just playing, not planning.

Two playthroughs in total will probably be my goal -

The only BGS games I have played through more than 3 times is Morrowind and Oblivion.

In total, I rarely play games morr than four times. Borderlands, Morrowind, Oblivion, and Dragon Age Origins are the only exceptions I can currently think of.

Now I have played older RTS games like Majesty, Lords of Magic, and Total Annihilation: Kingdoms many, many times.

Actually planning for 5 runs. The game has 8 endings, one of them really stupid, not a real ending IMO so not going for it.

I have quite a few interesting roleplay hooks and character motivations planned.

Beth needs to fix their gamebreaking bugs and UI flaws first though.

I'm all set with one. I have other hobbies besides games.

This time i will be limiting to 2 playthrough. I hope.

Keeping backup saves and try mods. Unless the overhaul really need an overhaul.

2nd will play ladies.

I don't have any set number of playthroughs in mind. Considering I still do playthroughs of pretty much every Bethesda game at least two or three times every year (sometimes more, as is the case with Fallout 3 and Skyrim lately), and considering the fact that I've barely scratched the surface of the Commonwealth (not including DLC whenever they come out), I can see myself doing easily 30+ playthroughs within the next few years.

I al ready made 16 characters... 4 is for the weak!