Has anyone else noticed this, for example it will say that the followers were hard pressed to take care of all the patients due to chaos, but at the same time talk about how freeside became a stable area. Its like they force this chaos factor on you even though if you kill off raider tribes and help people they say how nice those places became.

I just won tonight, and got the same bit with the FotA after bending over backwards to support them. Maybe if after bugging Mr. House, and leaving House alive helps the FotA better?

Thanks, Gaius.

Why can't those both be true?
The Freeside might be free and stable, but without NCR support the Followers struggle to cope.

Because NCR and the Followers aren't on friendly terms.

Did you take care of their drug making problems?

That has nothing to do with the end slides. IIRC, this happens no matter what.

Maybe the struggling to cope part was short-term only? I'm guessing there'll be some opportunistic looting and disorder during and immediately after the Second Battle of Hoover Dam, but because of the Kings Freeside is still more stable in the long term.

Ehhh, I think it depends. If you go the Anarchy way, maybe. But if you use the Securitron Army, it'll quell the riots shortly after.

That's true. Still gonna be casualties that would be directed to Old Mormon Fort though.

The riots wont last long, and many support a independent Vegas, i think the ending exaggerates (or whatever u say LOL) the real thing, cause u actually help many. And followers are struggling helping those people, even though i made deals with the garrets and Khans. WHY? and i constantly help the followers by donating FOR THE LULZ.

I always got the impression that the Followers struggled to cope because the was a lack of medical supply.

As in, we know there are brief, short-term riots after independence is declared, thus the Followers get an influx of patients. They get an influx of patients not only because of the riots, but also because areas like that NCR encampment led by Captain Parker and Bitter Springs; NCR is pulling out, so where will those people go? The Followers are the most well-known doctors in the area, so obviously all the refugees that got ditched by the NCR would go to the Followers now. They then struggle in the long-term as that taxes their medical supplies, and then amidst the chaos of NCR merchants pulling out of the area, they have trouble getting their hands on enough proper supplies to treat everyone. Freeside itself would become more stable with time, as would trade in the area in general, but the short-term chaos once the three big armies fall really taxes and overwhelms the Followers in a way that affects them for months to come.

That was my take on it, anyways.

The Followers don't have a happy ending, no matter what way you go.

I don't think the good NCR followers ending even works on PC, because I've done multiple NCR playthroughs and I have yet to find the dialogue option with Julie Farkas.