Salvatore Family, powerful but still weak in game

hokutonoken

First time out of the vault
Hello, i was wondering why the developers didnt boost laser weapons in Fallout 2. The story says they have been able to slaughter members from Mordino and Bishop families becaus eof those weapons, and still, they are the easiest family to wipe out. Salvatore is a clever bastard who murdered Wright's Son and played tricks against Mordino and if not for his fragile health, he would be a decent rival to Bishop.
 
They would be able to slaughter the other families, they're a whole crew with laser-weapon guys. You're just unique, in that you can singlehandedly wipe out everyone and everything, even city by city if you want to. As the protagonist, you're awesome that way, so, the Salvatores seem like an easy fight

You're right though, I woulda liked to have seen the Salvatores beefed up slightly, a few more henchmen, a bit of a bigger fight. Bishop family offers an epic fight, which often ends up with casino patrons, hookers and pimps and ol man McGee joining the battle
 
They would be able to slaughter the other families, they're a whole crew with laser-weapon guys. You're just unique, in that you can singlehandedly wipe out everyone and everything, even city by city if you want to. As the protagonist, you're awesome that way, so, the Salvatores seem like an easy fight

You're right though, I woulda liked to have seen the Salvatores beefed up slightly, a few more henchmen, a bit of a bigger fight. Bishop family offers an epic fight, which often ends up with casino patrons, hookers and pimps and ol man McGee joining the battle

I am pretty sure if we organized an encounter between 4 mordino guys and four salvatores, , salvatores would loose.The very low laser damages would lead them to their death. The fact they haveless men makes sense because they are a rising power, they are supposed to be feared and have been given a part of the market, for sure, but they arent as big as mordinos or bishops(but they were on the good path to grow even more).
 
- If i am not mistaking with Fonline, energy weapons are pretty lethal agains't anyone not using Metal Armor/Combat Armor/above, which only a few of Salvatore opponements have. On the other hand, Salvatore men all have metal armors. So they have better weapons and better armor. Also they might be a smaller number than the other, but still more than what we see in the Casino.
- Those weapons can cut people in half or burn them, which might be frigthening on itself and give them a psychological advantage over the other families that only use mere small guns.
- Even in case the Salvatore were the weakest, the four families are enemies. If family A attack family B, it leaves their guard opened for family C & D. Those families might wait for family A or B to be weak enough so their deliver the killing blow and take two birds with one stone. Many of the New Reno schemes are just about this. Avoid being one of the first family at war and make sure the others do make war.
-Beside that, the Bishop & Mordino also have conflict to deal with outside of Reno. They can't afford being at war on all fronts. And the wright are all relatives. They don't want to risk the life of those relatives, unless they have a greater advantage (Sierra). So those three family would much prefer avoid being involved in a conflict at the moment.
- Even if the Salvatore have some advantage, they know pretty well they can't take down the three other families by themselves. Maybe they can't even take down one family at their prime. They need to weaken them. They need to scheme as much as the others. If they were invincibles, there wouldn't be any stalemate by the time you get here.
- The Chosen One isn't Invicible either. It depends on the level of your character, which reflect the months/years of experience he accumulated after he left Arroyo. If you would face Salvatore straight after Arroyo, you wouldn't last a turn. And even after, taking down a family is always a challenge.
 
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