Thankfully the game doesn't have too many logic facepalms like that, it very well might be because of a resource limitation, the DLCs seem to suffer from it more than the main feature, which is understandable given the short production time.
On another note, my 80 hour session of New Vegas feels longer than my last 150 hour session of Skyrim, I think it must be the sheer amount of moment to moment decisions I make compared to the drawn out pace of an Elder Scrolls game, which isn't a bad thing, I find TES games very enjoyable and relaxing but I worry about what Bethesda are going to do with Fallout 4...I prefer my Fallout crunchy