Caesar's Legion looking too backwards and evil

[GreatestHits]

Anyone else bothered by their gear? NCR has, from what I've seen, a mostly modern army- uniformed and equipped with standardized firearms. Some even have armor. The Legion, at least from what I've seen, equips the bulk of their troops with machetes and football padding. If they were a simple band of raiders , this might be okay, but according to lore, the Legion is supposed to be a large, well-organized, up and coming army, strong enough to oust the NCR from fortified positions.
Anyone else bothered by this? I'm fine with them trying to mimic the roman legionary look, but couldn't they be equipped with carbines and specially colored combat armor instead?

 

[lemonold]

Hmmmm..............
Maybe that's all that they can afford,hehe, or the armor is actually good? You never know, the armor that they are wearing maybe really good!

 

[GreatestHits]

All they can afford? The slave-trade is their bread and butter(implied to be pretty lucrative in past FO games), and raiding and tributes should have allowed them to put together a respectable armory.

 

[Texas Renegade]

Well most of the bids just show legion recruits, so maybe they have to earn firearms. I have seen a few non recruits with sniper rifles and other guns

 

[GreatestHits]

Pics or it didn't happen.

 

[Lexx]

Well, check out some of the videos. There are legion soldiers with rifles, shotguns, big guns, etc. If they all would go only melee, it would be super stupid.

 

[Texas Renegade]

Watch the interview where avellon talks about changes made sense fo3 part of the bid shows an ncr raid on a Caesar base. The recruits outside have melee weapons but the full members all have guns.

 

[Deimos]

according to lore, the Legion is supposed to be a large, well-organized, up and coming army, strong enough to oust the NCR from fortified positions.

They have slave army also. They rule because of quantity.

Evil? Hmm, I also was thinking about it, but most people and karma system agree in one thing. Slavery is bad.
But for evil characters it's only business.

Hope that good, evil and neytral ending will be better in NV.

 

[Ninjerk]

All they can afford? The slave-trade is their bread and butter(implied to be pretty lucrative in past FO games), and raiding and tributes should have allowed them to put together a respectable armory.

Didn't all the slavers wear leather armor...?