Forum:Broken Steel Karma Question.

Ok, i've just recently almost gotten through the main quest line in Fallout 3, and I'm about to start ''Take It Back!. ''As of right now, I've gone through the whole game with Bad Karma, with the exception of killing Mr. Burke and Tenpenny as soon as I blew up Megaton, and the saving of the children on some quest.

What I was wondering was, should I go with a certain Karma path for Broken Steel? Is there any pros/cons for Good or Bad? I still have the modified FEV just in case. Also, just as a side note, I'll probably create a new character at some point to go through the game with Good Karma.

TL;DR: As of the beginning of Take It Back! through Broken Steel, should I switch to Good Karma, or stick with Bad Karma?


 * I recommend you temporarily switch to Good Karma for Take it Back! (i.e. don't infect the purifier), but during Who Dares Wins switch back to Bad Karma and blow up the Citadel. Infecting the Purifier means you cannot do The Amazing Aqua Cura!, and you won't be able to use Aqua Pura as a healing source. Although blowing up the Citadel will make the Brotherhood of Steel hostile to you for the rest of the game, it grants access to their Armory, which has a bunch of alien power cells, mini nukes and other assorted weapons and ammo. On the other hand, blowing up the Citadel means you won't be able to collect Super Mutant Blood Samples for the Blood Brotherhood freeform quest (a very good and reliable source of caps) or collect Sensor Modules or Cameras for that quest given to you by Scribe Rothchild.


 * I guess it depends on whether caps are a problem for you, if you enjoy using the Alien Blaster/Firelance and if you care about the Brotherhood of Steel being hostile. I went with Good Karma the whole way (I'm a good karmic character), but you get a lot more profit in the short term by betraying Brotherhood. Good luck with Broken Steel! Telos 10:07, May 17, 2010 (UTC)
 * Well, I'm not that worried about caps, since I can always enslave some Raiders or maybe some random citizen for 250 caps each. And even then, if the Brotherhood is hostile against me, I can kill them and sell their loot if I don't need it. But i'll take your advice on going good for the Take it Back!, then blowing up the citadel. Or, I could just send Sentinel Lyons in to the purifier.
 * Well, I'm not that worried about caps, since I can always enslave some Raiders or maybe some random citizen for 250 caps each. And even then, if the Brotherhood is hostile against me, I can kill them and sell their loot if I don't need it. But i'll take your advice on going good for the Take it Back!, then blowing up the citadel. Or, I could just send Sentinel Lyons in to the purifier.