Nope'ing all the way back to the Mojave, that's what I say to that. :| And I remember trying to fight one with the Red Glare...that was a pretty bad decision. Deathclaw ended up launching me off the highway.
Well, at least is was only a copy, with the original still floating around the Wasteland, waiting. ;n;
Also, all of the Deathclaws...good God, first time I saw one there I screamed, and then in the trailer, I screamed again. I don't even want to go down the Courier's Mile for that reason alone.
I did the opposite. Failed the speech check, killed his preachy ***, blew up the Legion...yet I got the Vegas duster. I don't. How. Also ED-E comes before factions, any faction.
I was a big loser who went "NOBODY DESERVES TO DIE" and ED-E was like "I'll die. :c"
I managed to convert Ulysses to the ways of good and goodness though, so I suppose that's a kind of victory. Dick gave me an NCR coat instead of a neutral one, though.