Forum:For Auld Lang Syne help

please help (PS3). i'm idolized by the ncr but i've failed "don't tread on the bear!" before getting the "for auld lang syne" quest from arcade. i've tried all of the triggers without ed-e and rex and still no luck. is it too late to get the quest from arcade? thanks. sb.Sharkbaittx73 19:45, January 13, 2011 (UTC)

I had a hard time starting this quest as well. Arcade has a point system that engages his speech options. I spoke with Dr. Hildern at McCarran about the OSI (+1), and did the quest The White Wash given by Lt. Boyd in West Side with a preferable outcome of blaming the Scorpions and not killing Anderson or arresting him (+2). Arcade should prompt you with some speech option unavailable before. Portfan 21:05, January 16, 2011 (UTC)

It might be worth noting that Arcade doesn't offer his companion quest until very late in the game even if you trigger it very early on. P3dantic 10:48, January 17, 2011 (UTC)

If you failed "don't tread on the bear" it means that you are siding with Legion or Mr. House or Yes Man and ARE very late in the game. If siding with Yes Man, it will be triggered when you kill Mr. House and install Yes Man on the Lucky 38 mainframe; if siding with Mr. House, it will be triggered after you destroyed the BoS bunker and reported back. If you don't accumulated the needed points, go to REPCONN Headquarters and Crashed Vertibird and listen to his comments (you only need this two, BTW). If siding with the Legion he will NOT OFFER the quest, you need to play double-sided if you want this. You need to provide more information, but since the NCR won't accept your help anymore - so you can't kill House and report to Col. Moore to start the quest - and killing House and installing Yes Man on the Lucky 38 mainframe will make you an enemy of the Legion, you are screwed. Didn't you read the texts that appeared on your screen or your Pip-boy? Also, ED-E and Rex don't influence anything on the quest, you can have them as companions. Brfritos 04:12, January 18, 2011 (UTC)

What I was Implying, without any spoilers, is - having played a double sided game (as you put it) myself - Idiot Arcade offered his quest 'after' I went past the point of no return, how late is that! LOL. So, there was absolutely no way I could actually oblige him. Hmmm... we live and learn don't we. :-) P3dantic 15:57, January 18, 2011 (UTC)
 * You have to understand that Arcade is very temperamental, maybe he didn't understanded your "hi(n)ts", that's why he didn't offered the quest earlier. LOL Indeed we learn something new every day, this is the first time I read something like this. Jesus Arcade, not in the middle of the fight... :D Brfritos 16:27, January 18, 2011 (UTC)