Forum:Caesars death a total FAIL

So me and Boone single handedly waltz into the fort and destroy every trace of legion in that bitch, including Caesar. When I decided to head over to the NCR and Mr.House to brag about how I killed Caesar and all of his little legionaries, I find out that his death does very little to nothing at all to slow down the legion's hunger for ultimate power, what up with that? On a second note, has anybody used the infinite caps glitch? It makes the game play so much more interesting because you can buy every cool item in the game. I don't cheat very often but it's fun to run around the wasteland and buy all the expensive weapons and mods. Amphitheatre 02:16, November 29, 2010 (UTC)

The Legion is largely militaristic government. Even without Caesar, a man like Legate Lanius can easily take over and keep things together. -98.249.212.82 05:16, November 29, 2010 (UTC)
 * ...although the resulting hyper-military Legion will suck ass to live under, as opposed to a proper Roman Legion under Caesar. :P Nitty Tok. 05:17, November 29, 2010 (UTC)

They set up the possibility of the Legion carrying on even with Caesar's death in some of the dialogs. I believe its Marcus, who speaks about the Legion being a cult of personality (perhaps a reference to the FO2 perk) that will crumble with Caesar's death, even though it may take a while due to successors in waiting. This may be a blend of a few conversations or attributed to the wrong NPC altogether, but that's the over all idea, hence Lanius.

As far as cheating for caps, I haven't found it necessary. There's a glut of enemies to kill and loot that should easily provide for tens or hundreds of thousands of caps. Even with a low barter skill most characters will never need for anything. Rhomb 05:23, November 29, 2010 (UTC)

As Nitpicker said, the Legate is poised to take control of the Legion in the event of Caesar's death. It affects the epilogue if you kill Caesar and help the Legate win the dam. I believe the present Legate at the time of the Caesar's death takes his place as no one else is qualified to take the position in the Legion's eyes. Thedarkscythe 10:34, November 29, 2010 (UTC)

I did this too, with Boone and ED-E. Although afterwards I reverted to a save just before I broke into the inner sanctum and killed Caesar and his devotees. What disappointed me was even when playing Hardcore / Very Hard there really was little resistance from the main camp. Gunner Bill 18:39, November 29, 2010 (UTC)

Ceasar's legion is a bit like a chicken. If you cut its head off, yes it will die; however the rest of the body is going to run around a bit for a while first, and the legion is one big piece of potential KFC (not meant in a cowardly way). Agent c 23:33, November 29, 2010 (UTC)

Good way of putting it Amphitheatre 03:46, November 30, 2010 (UTC)