I miss 2's Enclave. 3 may have brought them back, but didn't really do them justice in my opinion.
Factions have always been an iffy thing in Fallout for me since you can't really join a lot of them, become a full-fledged member or do a lot of quests for them. Like the Brotherhood in NV. You can join them, but only in name. Once you're in the Brotherhood, no more quests are available for you. No BoS variant endings, etc. Kinda glad the Enclave isn't a full on faction in NV but instead remnants, since if they were and you couldn't join them I'd be mighty upset.

Indeed a Fallout without the Enclave ... it's like a burger without meat.
The Enclave embodies a solid organization that could quite exist in an apocalyptic world, with soldiers, scientists, bases, experiences ... and more.
This is a faction I miss, a faction that could have given a serious challenge.

Honestly, Fallout 5 should have the protagonist come from the Enclave Remnants, and he will have the choices of Reforming the enclave by banding togetheer all the remnants around, pack of deserters etc, or do something completely new. Or join other faction as he believes. Morally speaking, this gives the player character a lot of choices, not to mention the ability to reform the enclave and mold it as he sees fit. Plus, it would be an original story, and won't force us into "find your son/dad but untill then do whatever you wish ecause your son and dad are not going anywhere" scenario.

i miss the enclave but i miss frank horrigan the most powerful enemy thus far in Fallout history {to my knowing} even more

@shocktrooper666 something tells me that frank especially is not coming back after the end of FO2.

Their story has already been told, let a new faction take their place.

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Indeed a Fallout without the Enclave ... it's like a burger without meat.

I have to disagree with you there. The Enclave weren't in Fallout 1, and only appeared minorly in NV. If any faction embodies Fallout, it's the Brotherhood of Steel. They're the only faction to appear in every game after all.

I would have to agree with @IRORIEH, however i would love to see the Enclave return i just don't know how you could make that work.

the enclave is done for good after everything that happened in fallout 3 and fallout 2

mhmm not really to be honest

I do miss the enclave but i do think we will see them again. Sure multiple facilities had been destroyed but there are always spliter groups scattered around, and america is a big place, im sure there is a place where they are the highest power in the area, and i hope we see them soon