Forum:I killed Caesar early...

I'm starting this thread for discussion re: the consequences and ramifications to gameplay of an early elimination of Caesar from the game. My Courier was brought before Caesar in order to destroy the generators in House's bunker. After several failed attempts to free Benny on the spot, I came up with a new gameplan: obtain my equipment from Caesar's henchmen in the bunker, eliminate the generators to push for for an independent New Vegas, and then slowly eliminate everyone in the camp, beginning in the bunker, and aided by a complete arsenal.

This technique cost quite a few stimpaks and resulted in some serious chem addictions, but after drawing Caesar's main guard from the tent, I was able to easily eliminate Caesar and Lucius, free Benny and return to Cottonwood for an extended engagement with the camp there.

I figured assassinating Caesar and breaking the backbone of his force would lead to a major shift in NPC interactions, but aside from losing a couple Legion-specific quests, and from some added NPC chatter, nothing seems to have changed. NCR is still planning to defend the dam, war is inevitable etc.

Has anyone experienced any larger effects? I'm writing in the game help forum, b/c my concern is that an early elimination of Caesar is going to lead to a major game-fail later on re: final quests etc.


 * Other than radio reports, there is no changes in the world at large. Caesar still has lieutenants carrying out his dream, its going to take some time for the legion to fall apart. Agent c 20:24, November 25, 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, killing Caesar only prevents his quests from being playable and make Caesar's Legion Vilify you. --Viper720666 01:41, November 29, 2010 (UTC)

That's weird. You do so many things to a community and it's still going strong. Sorry if I annoy anyone because I'm referencing Fallout 3, but this is like at the end of "Who Dare Wins" when you destroy Adams Air Force base and they're still alive. The Unknown User 04:59, November 29, 2010 (UTC)
 * The idea is that the good bits of Caesar's army aren't even there yet, and only arrive when the big battle starts (as opposed to the ranger vets, who arrive from Baja earlier than the Prime Legionnaires arrive from Arizona.) so as to not mess with the continuity. Nitty Tok. 05:20, November 29, 2010 (UTC)

The fort is only the tip of the iceberg; just iike McCarran isn't the whole NCR there's an entire nation or proto-nation at least sitting to the east yelling "Hail Ceasar" at each other. Yeah, you maybe wiped out one base, and yeah, there might be a lot of troops there, but there's a heck more to the east. Agent c 23:39, November 29, 2010 (UTC)