Why am I still gaining infamy even though I am wearing NCR armor?
Am I misunderstanding how faction armor works? It's my understanding that while you are wearing faction armor, NCR for example and attack another faction, Legion, in this case, I would not gain infamy.
To test that, I donned some NCR armor and fought some random Legionares. After a few of them went down, my faction rep turned to hated. I figured that waiting a little while and removing the armor would cause me to not be villified. However, I'm still hated.
When do I get reputation changes while wearing faction armor? I did have Boone with me, do companions affect rep gains as well?
Best Answer
The introduction the game gives to faction armor specifically says that your actions while wearing faction armor still count against you. Faction armor only brings your status with a faction to neutral temporarily, it doesn't allow you to negate infamy entirely.
Boone always causes members of the Legion to attack on sight. So if you wear the armor but make Boone wait you could more then likely do what you were trying do without gaining infamy but the second you lose the armor, they will attack.
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How do I get rid of NCR infamy?
Your negative reputation with the NCR is reset once- shortly after you meet House. Aside from the NCR and Caesar resets, there is no way to lower infamy- at least not in an unmodded game. If you're on the PC, console commands can still change rep/quest progress and mods may change this.Why did my reputation with the NCR reset?
If your reputation with the NCR is above neutral, he will reply that you have done a great deal in a short time and advise you to ask around. Once the dialogue is complete, check your Pip-Boy. Your reputation will probably have reset from neutral to the proper standing.Can you destroy the NCR?
You can wipe out almost all of the NCR and cause them to hate you. If you play on PC you can remove the essential tag from the story crucial NCR members so they can be killed as well.Fallout New Vegas Killing Without Infamy (NCR Ranger) Guide
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The faction armour doesn't work like that in my opinion, it influences the factions default behaviour towards you (wearing friendly clothing means they typically won't attack on sight), but doesn't actually impact the effect of your actions. If you want to kill the Legion without earning infamy you will have to use stealth (since they only hate you if you're seen attacking them).
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