Armor is a little rough in Fallout 3

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[@vahlok1426]

DT will always be superior. That feeling of outright invulnerability when you see and hear small arms rounds plink off your armor is so satsifying.

[@richardhicks5031]

Honestly I prefer a combo system like we see in most ttrpgs with ac and Dr

[@ffffffffffffffff5840]

​@@richardhicks5031 tale of two wastelands

[@woulfhound]

What is DT?

[@ffffffffffffffff5840]

@@woulfhound damage threshold

[@FrenchLightningJohn]

i way prefer the classic fallout armour system, they had AC they had damage reduction and had damage threshold, and when wearing the T-51B power armour you were really nearly invincible as only powerful weapon could hurt you

[@ampstamp]

Winterized t51b will always be goated in fo3

[@TheLuuman]

Its literally the minmaxer equipment as far as i know. If i found better gear anywhere i would randomly remember armor wear is a thing and just give it to a companion.

[@Menscraft]

Yeah the only one with better stats is the enclave power armor, but it has durability

[@ampstamp]

@@Menscraft maybe helfire tbh

[@anapaulabibiano5346]

im pretty sure normal t51b is better

[@TheLuuman]

@@anapaulabibiano5346 It might be, stat wise im sure i found better armor but winterized is good enough for basically anything already, on top of the fact it doesnt ever break down.

[@loganwaller9947]

When you speed run to anchorage dlc to get power armor training and free power armor

[@waterhotter9668]

So that’s what you do when you finally buy the dlc

[@lloydlloyd3236]

Not just free power armor but armor that is damn near impossible to break

[@ownlydown5933]

Honestly no. I did the glitch so I could have the winter combat armor. And I always did runs wearing that everytime. I just liked the mask 🤣

[@chiiloutbro]

Did that about 4 times and now I hate that dlc

[@youtubecensorship842]

Also, shooting the Chinese general's sword out of his hand and scrambling to pick it up before he does. Then, trying to desperately shove all your VR gear into the anal cavity of the corpse you struggled to pull onto the top of the pod while the screen is still black.

[@dem0n0maniac]

New Vegas also gave us Jury Rigging, which really make the armor degradation so much less severe. Especially if you use light, since ANY clothing can be used to repair light armor

[@noobgun12]

Yes and its a must if you do dead money fix Sierra madre armors with normal glothes

[@hahano9586]

Not to mention the ultimate edition just gives you good armor right off the bat in full condition lol

[@mr.pissedoff1903]

There’s so much money in NV, I just pay to get my shit repaired when it’s about to break.

[@mikeljeve4431]

Shout out Raul for making all my equipment nigh immortal

[@ogbobbyjohnson7311]

@@mr.pissedoff1903 by level 50 most my saves have around 1 million caps. I love NV but the economy was pretty bad. Casinos ban you at 10k earnings which is the price of like 3.5 trail carbine scopes.

[@DaddyVeo1911]

I just wear Blastmaster armor, it's funny saving the wasteland looking like the next wasteland warboss.

[@Gunther993S]

Whenever i wear raider armor i instantly think i AM the thunder dome.

[@lemontea1037]

my starting armour would always be the Reinforced Leather armour and Legion Recruit Helmet. they both go well together in appearance, along with my baseball bat and 9mm pistol.

[@CDTyphol]

Leather armor also looks so badass too.

[@MisterJohnDoe]

Fallout 3: Combat armor and helmet, sometimes talon company armor and commanders Jabsco's helmet for looks even if it had lesser DR, and prototype medic PA with aviators. New Vegas: Reinforced leather armor or black combat armor with 1st recon beret, and maybe authority glasses. Might use Legion prime/veteran helmet instead for looks with the leather armor. Riot gear and a Sierra Madre helmet or a desperado cowboy hat.

[@DaddyVeo1911]

@@MisterJohnDoe which color of combat armor?

[@Bambamgoooooo]

Riley's Rangers gives the best combat armor

[@Kull1339]

I never really had problems with armor, especially after the Talons started coming after me. I either just toke their armor and used it repair mine then sold their stuff for caps or had enough caps to repair it. Then when I had power armor I had plenty of caps to keep it topped off only needing to fix it every now and then

[@sleepshouter5017]

Bro if Talos came after me in Fallout I’d shit myself lol

[@Kull1339]

@@sleepshouter5017 hah, true. Misspelled talons

[@zeroknight5594]

Same haha

[@huffandpuff]

Its really only a problem in the early game

[@PassTheSnails]

Reilly’s combat armor benefits this same way too its really really good

[@MishiMIshaniz]

My man, the repair skill is right there. Armor resistances and weapon damage in 3 and NV scale with durability.

[@clothar23]

It is right there. With a dozen or so other skills competing for attention. And short of min maxing you're not maxing them all out. So do you sacrifice say versatility in weapon skills for repair. Or maybe lockpicking ?

[@MishiMIshaniz]

@@clothar23 if you don't want to invest in your own repair skill, there are also people in just about every settlement that can repair for you.

[@serlistogiette4168]

​@@clothar23 Honestly it aint much of a competition. Repair and speech are always priorities then everything else

[@no-replies]

​@@clothar23 then leave repair alone and get lucky to repair everything. 49 hour run haven't had anything below half durability

[@jonathanpilcher337]

​@@clothar23 never had a problem with it personally, and even if I did it's easy to just repair gear at shops

[@alexG106]

One of the few good things in FO4 is the design of power armor actually feeling like you’re a futuristic knight in armor. The fusion core system is lame and a retcon but I understand that they wrote themselves into a corner because they give you the best mechanic in the game so quickly. Regardless, power armor in FO4 is just special and makes an organization like the BoS not feel dumb for having ranks like “knight” or “paladin” because that power armor really does put them on a different level compared to everyone else just like Medieval knights were.

[@boroskiwi1143]

They should have removed the core and reduced the armours health. It's the first fallout you find scrap material and repair fully, they should have played into that more. Like you're near unstoppable in armour, that's cool but boring as well given the protection is so durable. It could have been the first fallout you really need the power armour or you die very easily, making scrap and repair very important, this would have played well since you get the armour very early.

[@jamesgoldring1052]

or make fusion votes more rare but last longer, wait no, make variants of fusion cores like damaged or broken I'm fine with the system for the most part

[@Drippydave2000]

​@@jamesgoldring1052you guys must have not played long... Little under vaults is a option to upgrade the fusion core length of use and you can upgrade it like 3 times lol . Not to mention the DLC where you can literally make fusion cores . What are y'all talking about lol

[@no-replies]

Honestly FO4 did more right than wrong. But the wrong things it did were core parts of the series. The story was extremely linear and you really can't have any evil run.

[@clonescope2433]

I think the cores are a good way to go but maybe they should rework them a bit because they burnt out way too fast even after the several perks you can get to extend their life and then turn them into a a hand grenade when they were depleted. And make sense that Fusion cores burn a lot quicker and say a Gatling laser but not really in power armor Hackett Professor was really smart and wanted to be a dick to players they could make it to where the modern main gun since it doesn't have an ampac / battery pack on back of the character have that as a requirement to use the minigun power armor that's first of all a way to lift it and a way to power it which would burn a fusion core quicker.

[@DrakenhofTemplars]

I do not remember any of my armor being that dramatically weak

[@UnknownGamer40464]

I do

[@MrHuxley]

Because you actually repair the armor you find. Combat Armor in 3/NV were solid, and there was always plenty to be found

[@rippererd1934]

Yeah I don't really understand why he's acting like you can't use your repair skill to help repair your armor

[@elsepio8944]

*laughs in jury-rigging

[@jonathanpilcher337]

Yea I don't see the issue, you repair it and then it's great, not hard

[@longbow6416]

Riley's armor til the day I die!

[@duanebetz9270]

That and the Chinese stealth armor are my favorites. The best part of the Ranger armor is everytime the Talon mercenaries attack you, you can use their armor to repair yours.

[@sugma3475]

@@duanebetz9270Talon Mercenaries are like perfectly spaced out loot drops to repair your weapons and armor at lower levels lol

[@duanebetz9270]

@@sugma3475 They're tough early on, but after a while I start looking forward to seeing them. It's like Christmas 🎁😂

[@maximilian_garay]

​@@duanebetz9270they're more commonly found when you don't blow up megaton since tenpenny will want you dead

[@johnsilvey9491]

WINTERIZED BABY AND IM TALKING Glitching the matrix and pulling everything out of the simulation so you can have fun in the waste land

[@Kawaiijihad]

Finally a man of culture. **Salutes to Gary's torso**

[@emoducky]

Not how DT works in New Vegas unfortunately. Even if you “stop” the bullet you will still take 20% of the damage if it were below your DT. However, in the original fallouts before Bethesda, anything below your DT was straight up negated so you would take 0 damage.

[@noelleholiday61]

Honestly, way prefer the New Vegas system If you get shot while wearing body armor in real life, it's still gonna hurt Just won't kill you

[@blinkyy1088]

@@noelleholiday61 I dont think getting shot with 9mm while in power armor would hurt at all

[@noelleholiday61]

@@blinkyy1088 I do not recall saying it was a perfect system, just that I preferred it

[@indraotsutsuki7681]

⁠@@noelleholiday61I do not recall him stating that you said it was a perfect system, I’m just here to say they’re all trash compared to the F1/2 system

[@d_bag8992]

Just found you channel and I'm loving the fallout content, can't ever get enough!

[@Sword_and_Leaf]

Thanks! I appreciate all the support these have been getting

[@guyunknown6224]

I didn't mind 3s armor system that much but yeah it did make getting any new armor or apparel a let down , and you also get access to a steady stream of enclave power armor which is what I mainly used until I got the expiremental medic armor

[@jakeshumway9487]

I always liked how fallout NV where the armor would directly subtract damage coming in always felt like it made more sense that way

[@misterturkturkle]

The damage reduction system was still in the game, but most items didn't give you any except drugs. The only one I can think of off the top of my head is the rebreather you get while doing quests for the boomers. Its primary function is to let you breathe underwater, but it gives you 3% damage reduction not 3 threshold. It doesn't sound like a lot, but it actually reduces damage from deathclaws who ignore other forms of armor

[@tatepatrick3095]

This is why you should never really switch out once you get the T 45 winterized power armor was T 51?

[@Stolensweetroll1]

It was T51 but yeah, once I got it I never switched

[@cinnabunz1532]

Yeah especially since it's bugged and you get the sim version so it's basically indestructible. Which is funny because so are you once you wear it, literally go do this dlc right out of the vault to enable easy mode. I'd still do it even if you don't want the armor just for the weapons and other gear, as well as power armor training outside the story. A lot of fun to go do the Pitt next since you can actually wear the tribal power armor/ashur's power armor (still really dumb you need the perk for those it's barely even power armor any more lol)

[@misterturkturkle]

​@@cinnabunz1532 I remember a friend of mine trying to 100% the game. He did the operation Anchorage to get the armor right away. Basically didn't wear anything else except charisma clothing for shop discounts. Fast forward 50 some hours, he starts freaking out in the middle of the mothership zeta DLC because there's an NPC that can repair things to 100% and they're offering to repair his winterized power armor for an absurd amount of money. We thought the suit was bugged and totally invincible. Turns out it just has a crazy amount of durability points.

[@favic27]

I actually love the implementation of dr and dt in nv and fallout 3 respectively. In fallout new vegas it was very satisfying to get good amour and be able to stomp over lower level enemies. Where as in fallout 3, a game that had in my opinion some of the greatest atmosphere in the entire franchise, had amour reduce the % of damage taken. This means, that even lower level enemies with weaker equipment could still pose a rather considerable threat to you. This made you feel incredibly vulnerable when exploring the wastes, which only added to that lonely and threatening atmosphere fallout 3 had, and made you Atleast think about how to deal with some engagements, especially on higher difficulties. I love how both systems worked.

[@Thethreethatareone]

Bro, you're in the OA bunker....right next to the winterized t51b. Legitimately the best armor in the game. It has basically infinite durability and *45* DR I'd also like to point out that combat armor is a rough equivalent to our own military combat armor. Which for those who know anything about guns and physics, what the armor will stop depends on its grade. Going under the assumption it's the same as it's real life counterpart, combat armor will be focused on stopping 5.56 and/or 7.62 and below. While those bullets won't pierce your body until the armor is damn near broken, the sheer inertia behind each one has a real chance of *Shattering ribs* even WITH the armor on. I understand DR is an odd system to work with, but it does have some basis. Imagine if some Joe Shmoe teen slapped on modern combat armor and had someone shoot them in the chest. They'd be on the floor puking cuz that shit *hurts*. The Vault Dweller, at the end of the day, is just such a teen.

[@johnsilvey9491]

Well actually my play through I had 10 strength so I wasn’t just any shmoe teenager I was a demon sent from hell I killed and killed until everyone was dead

[@Edward-Not-Elric]

Actually I played with 10 endurance so anything short of a nuke wasn't gonna break my ribs. Not really "just a teen." Especially when I got that adamantium skeleton lol

[@Valcuda]

Yeah, DT feels better from a game play perspective, but DR is definitely the most realistic

[@CriminalizeObesity]

​@Valcuda That makes no sense at all. A suit of power armor only being able to half the injury caused by a butter knife while somehow also being able to half the injury caused by an atom bomb is absurd and not how armor works in the real world, NV even had a minimum 20% damage bleed through from blunt trauma

[@Thethreethatareone]

@@CriminalizeObesity To be fair, the main way of defeating most heavy armor is a big bonk. Plate Mail? Mace. I 100% agree that a normal guy with a tire iron aint shit, but once you get to like super sledges, it does make a bit of sense. Like i said in my initial comment, its the energy that is imparted that really matters. IRL tanks dont have to worry about slow heavy projectiles, generally speaking, because its a vehicle. the people inside are relatively protected from the impact. Power Armor is worn though, so the idea of being smacked in the face with a super sledge isnt really a good one.

[@AJ_riuslist]

I’ve always loved the X-01 Power Armor, will always be a forever logged classic of the Franshise

[@brocksautter9439]

that’s why you need the dlc and get the winterized t-51 has full heath and doesn’t degrade. only armor worth a shit in that game

[@pattritle9499]

If that's all you're complaining about then get the winterized T51-b power armor. It will never break.

[@misterturkturkle]

Fun fact: it's not actually invincible. It just has an insane amount of durability. A friend of mine 100% of the game and actually got it down to 91% because he used it for the entirety of his playthrough

[@dumass5214]

Repair is the key

[@Noah-bg5su]

I just download a mod that makes equipment never break and I’m loving it

[@laernulienlaernulienlaernu8953]

The Power Armour in 3 and NV just feels like a re-skin of standard armour. In 4 you feel like you're in a tank.

[@SickBoyOC]

And then there is the winterized power armor

[@rooster6461]

Not to mention for the T-51, there is no way to repair it to full status without glitching out that one trader in point lookout.

[@goldenknight2961]

Basically being invincible with power armor in fallout 1

[@ReaverTheSurvivalist]

Just… Repair it, my brother in Christ. Get the toughness perk and Cyborg. Then you’ll get 40 percent protection!

[@HouseRedoranKinsman1793]

And, if you can pull it off, you can get every item from the simulation that you have, by using the Gary corpse in the simulation chair. When your leaving the simulation, if your fast enough, you can access Gary’s inventory, and give him the winterized combat armor, and all the weapons and ammo you have got from the simulation. Which, if I remember, can last essentially for ever.

[@Adventure3Man]

If you have combat armor you literally have an infinite supply of talon combat armor to repair your own as long as you have good karma

[@hughmann1927]

Meanwhile in a stranger's Skyrim Save.... The Magical Tramp Runs Rampant. Obliterating everything in it's path, Alteration providing magical armour of 300 and Illusion skills for Silent Casting :)

[@thecopperowl8386]

FNV is to generous with its DT. You have armors like the White Leg armor that have enough DT that Armor Piercing is needed, and their armor leaves them mostly naked

[@bingbongwingwong]

The DT+DR solution that's implemented in the Tale of Two Wastelands mod makes the most sense, in my opinion. The armor almost completely stops weak attacks, and the damage it can't stop is reduced.

[@MyH3ntaiGirl]

Nah it is quite easy for me, just pick fashion and spam stimpack - Infiltrator Helmet + Tribal Power Armour - Riley's Combat Armour + Three Dog bandana + Luck Shade - Prototype Medic Power Armour + T45d Helmet

[@Sword_and_Leaf]

I agree that the game overall is fairly easy if you have a solid knowledge base, I just meant that the system is not great for the kind of game Fallout 3 is. The chances of you finding truly useful armor while exploring are very slim, and that’s one less thing to be happy about finding in a game that’s mostly about the exploration IMO

[@MyH3ntaiGirl]

@@Sword_and_Leaf yeah Those environmental story telling is great for the exploration, but surely they could up the reward like a couple unique gear or two

[@AlchemistOfNirnroot]

​@@Sword_and_Leaf You find useful armour in the form of stuff to repair your own armour with. As well as doing quests and getting unique variants of armour. The only true part is clothing as ballistic weave doesn't exist in Fallout 3. But even then I still use clothing to boost skills (Lesko's lab coat/Vault 101 utility outfit).

[@user-gh1ql5uc8t]

Jules Gaia - Oh What a Whirl A groovy little number.

[@JWY1993]

The CENTURIES OLD equipment not lasting long is very realistic. A neglected piece of advanced technology, like a suit of power armor, would need weeks of maintenence to even be functional. The tanks they are meant to replace tactically take multiple hours of maintenance for each hour of operation in real life. One of my pet peeves with the series has been the amount of functional pre-war equipment. My rifle would rust in the armory on Camp Lejeune just from the humidity. Now imagine it 200 years later. I've always maintained that the majority of weapons in universe should be homemade, and looks like an ingenutive meth-head made it. Pre-war stuff should be very powerful, but in desperate need of TLC.

[@12halo3]

A. Fallout 1 and 2 did not take place 200 years after the bombs. At most it was 50 years and you either found durable future tech or weapons of corpses you made or found. B. New vegas is lived in. Any gun you find was recently put there or hermetically sealed depending in the location C. Fallout 3 and 4 are the only outliers to this logic.

[@no-replies]

​@@12halo3 you didn't read what he wrote at all. And if you did, your reply doesn't show it

[@aetherius6221]

Gun Runners make new guns from blueprints to patch NV's continuity *shrug* plus in a world with stealthboys and nuclear powered cars, extremely durable alloy weapons isn't that far-fetched to me.

[@ChadNobark]

This short was unironically interesting.

[@JustAGroundhog]

I cant say i ever had troudle i mean i put on that t51b and i could eat a mini nuke to the face, and did.

[@Sword_and_Leaf]

I wasn’t trying to say that armor made the game too difficult, just that it often felt unrewarding and was a missed opportunity for a better gameplay system. Except for the best armors in good repair, it protected you so little that it wasn’t all that much better than wearing nothing. It felt weird to put on ballistic or power armor that looked totally fine (visually) but be 15-20% protected since everything was often heavily damaged. It basically forced everyone to specialize in repair or pay silly prices to traders for them to make anything worthwhile. It just felt really limiting to me.

[@JustAGroundhog]

​@@Sword_and_Leafright i was saying it always seemed to feel pretty protective, since the best armor was able to protect againt the most powerful weapons when I would have died waring lesser armor

[@goldeneyekiller101]

And don't forget that armor doesn't lose integrity until 50% condition

[@skinwalker_hangdog]

I think New Vegas was an improvement in this regard, as it was in most. (Edit: he talks about it lol)

[@jasoninkurai5463]

NV's Damage Threshold and 4's enhanced Outfit and Armor system makes getting armor so satisfying. Getting the Marine Armor, Survivalist Ranger Armor, Veteran Riot Gear, or the Ballistic Weave mod is just so good.

[@eureka2163]

I never really like the look of power armor in Fallout 3 and New Vegas. They look like they just wear it without the power frame from Fallout 4.

[@Sword_and_Leaf]

I think character models in general never looked very good in FO3 and NV, sadly. That’s one of their weakest aspects to me.

[@serlistogiette4168]

I preferred the old fo3 and fnv style, but that is me

[@liammalone9263]

Back then the frame was recon armor

[@serlistogiette4168]

@@liammalone9263 Shit that kinda makes sense I always thought it was like an interface or undersuit. And isn't the soldier in power armor in the beginning of Fallout 4 wearing a recon sort of head wrap thing?

[@jongleske7392]

Fallout 5 should have more interaction between damage resistance and weapons ignoring them, for example a Rocket launcher wirh HEAT rockets (wich the Panzerfaust and the RPG 7 use) that negates power armor, but the player being able to add mods like active armor plates or something like the armor skirts on German tanks in the second world war that bring back the effectiveness but add much to the weight of the armor. And some armor having a resistance to those specific ammo types from the beginning, for example that huge chest of the T-60 being designed to defend the soldier against HEAT rounds but still being technically inferior to T-51 against regular weapons. And the area that the armor actually covers could also Play a role.

[@RyanWuzHere13]

Bro played a post apocalyptic game and expected everything to be pristine and invincible lmao?

[@12halo3]

Why is armor in an airtight bunker in the same condition as raider armor.

[@actionbash2]

​@@12halo3 Probably for game balance you goof.

[@insertname3977]

​@@12halo3Because an air tight bunker still wouldn't stop degradation from happening, it would slow it down but even the moisture (or lack of moisture for certain materials), would cause things to rust/crack/rot/etc. Really you should be asking how is anything that's been left in a generic ruin not disintegrated into dust/mold after 50 to 200 years?

[@jakr3597]

Equipment condition is something fallout 4 did right in my opinion, im glad i dont have to constantly repair my weapons and armor everytime, but i am glad they kept it for the power armor

[@DurtyDan]

What really sucks about armor in 3 is how Repair works. New Vegas had the decency to let me stockpile weapons and armor and repair them to full condition even with mediocre repair skill. Fallout 3 said "Fuck you, max that out If you want armor that actually works" and then had all the vendors that could repair equipment have worse repair stats than you, save Somah in the Mothership Zeta DLC.

[@bringoni]

it's funny because if i remember correctly FNV has DT, *and* DR, so you still get the benefit of generally reduced damage as well

[@herowither12354]

"Being unable to ever die makes the game so much better" -you, for some reason

[@EnglandRemoval]

In the case of fallout, combat is so repetitive that an insane power creep is actually pretty fun, if that power creep is correctly paced

[@wasabcwasabc]

​@@EnglandRemovalThats why you mod the game to shit. There's some pretty good AI overhaul and combat tweaks to make the game more challenging

[@thomasspielman577]

I just wear things for the stat bonuses and don't worry about the armor aspect. Just get good at healing up.

[@hawkcybergear]

Those ending NV graphics of Benny looked clean, I like the old ones though too

[@valdovee]

Not me glitching entire game running to the brotherhood base just to pick up free power armor at level 1 lol

[@buttscarlton9000]

I like how in fallout 3 armor doesn’t do much of anything and you can’t run or zoom into sights because it kinda promotes the idea that you’re just some random person who’s no more powerful or important than anyone else around you. At least that’s the case in the early game, late game you’re pretty much untouchable if you know what you’re doing.

[@assdestroyer6309]

me who wore nothing but the amored vault suit for three playthroughs:

[@TwistedExisted894]

The moment when your head can stop more bullets than your armor

[@Cole_Matthews_2004]

There is one other armour that never breaks in fallout 3 ....it's called the Raider Arc-light helmet & it's Pretty good because it gives 3 protection when fully repaired & Fallout New Vegas's version of this is the Rebreather you get when siding with the Boomers when getting the "Lady From The Lake"

[@flynntaggart8549]

YES I've been saying this for years. was so disappointed when they didn't learn from new vegas and reverted back to this with fallout 4.

[@TheOwneroftheIC]

"Reverted back"? Fallout 4 has a completely new armor system. Leave it to New Vegas drones to misrepresent 4 at every opportunity.

[@flynntaggart8549]

​@@TheOwneroftheICI'm speaking specifically of DR vs DT. Fallout 3 had Damage Resistance. New Vegas used Damage Threshold. Fallout 4 also uses Damage Resistance. The damage formulas aren't identical to as they were in Fallout 3, but it still is Damage Resistance.

[@collin5778]

First play through of fallout 3 I just wore the armored vault suit, bandanna and biker goggles. Went for looks over practically, used the hunting rifle the whole game because I liked how it looked

[@HaplessOne]

Hot take but the armor never seemed that bad to me, and it was pretty easy for me to keep up with maintenence, and just repair whatever armor I'd find. I like fo3 a lot. I almost like fo3 more in certain ways. It had a far more creepy and oppressive atmosphere. Also there was more of an emphasis on what opportunities your character had depending on wether they were good or bad. In new Vegas, that didn't matter, and it was far more based on what faction you went with. Good or evil, you could join any faction, and you'd make enemies with their enemies. I prefer a lot of the systems fo3 had going. Don't get me wrong fonv was better than 3 in a lot of ways but I just prefer 3.

[@thevalorousdong7675]

Sensible take, not hot

[@bradley698]

Thats why i keep repair a priority and i also just wear what i think looks cool.

[@brucethemoose1315]

What's even worse is you need repair at 100 (in 3) to fully repair things, so your constantly having to repair things.

[@Hewasnumber1]

You don’t need to fully repair though. The difference between max durability and 80% is often at best just one or two DR points. It’s not that big of a deal to be below max unless you just absolutely NEED that bar to be full.

[@brucethemoose1315]

@@Hewasnumber1 More durability means repairing less often.

[@Hewasnumber1]

@@brucethemoose1315 In my experience: it’s the complete opposite. Worrying about keeping that meter topped off at all times just means your repairing MORE than if you just shrugged and said “it’s good enough.”

[@belethorofthegeneralgoodss348]

F4 and 76 have a great armour system, the additions make armour more then armour

[@bloodmoonangel8925]

Apparently, no vendors in the base game of Fallout 3 have a repair percentage higher than 60%, which is just ridiculous. Soma has a 100% repair skill, but it's very likely that she glitches out and disappears from the game entirely

[@NamelessX47]

..

[@astartesfanboy5294]

Gotta love it in fo1 or fo2 when you have power armor and see that “you were critically hit for 0 damage.” Magical. Same reason I got the mod for new Vegas that removes the DT minimum. So you can take 0 damage from stuff

[@AlchemistOfNirnroot]

You can easily get 85% damage resistance in F3. Idk why you're using low condition items and pretending the repair skill doesn't exist. I'd prefer a system where you can only get DR early on with low to nonexistent DT. And then progress to a mix to finally relying on DT and high DR. A bit closer to the OG games.

[@derekmensch3601]

​@RAYHAN REHEMA PUTRA You can repair Armor in Fallout 3 to full condition without upgrading repair skill. You just need sets of the same armor

[@no-replies]

​@RAYHAN REHEMA PUTRA no, not at all. Play the game, you'll love it.

[@aetherius6221]

​@RAYHAN REHEMA PUTRA actually the GOTY edition is on for like 5$ right now with a DLC

[@DinsRune]

The one upshot is that it means I can wear whatever looks cool and not worry about armor the whole game. Regulator Duster, yeehaw.

[@Insaneinkling1]

I will never be able to move on from the fallout 4 power armour cause you feel invincible suited up even if it’s half broken raider armor

[@thegoon3088]

Fallout 4 I could literally, LITERALLY, walk into the middle of a bandit camp wearing power armor then walk downstairs to get a glass of water and by the time I'm back up I'm only down less than half HP. Idgaf if that's lore accurate, it's boring. Edit: hardest difficulty with mods to increase enemy difficulty

[@NiCoNiCoNiCola]

Fallout fans when a rag tag crew of druggies with pipe guns can't damage their nuke resisting Power Armour: 😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮

[@Babyaliensfart]

Also in survival that stuff does not happennnn i die so much while wearin power armor

[@cabriskus4700]

@@NiCoNiCoNiColaNah for real it’s stupid to read comments like this. Dude even said “I don’t care if it’s lore accurate”

[@NiCoNiCoNiCola]

@@cabriskus4700 blud could just not wear the Power Armour tho? Or play on very hard or survival, instead of staying in easy like a pussy

[@thegoon3088]

@NiCoNiCoNiCola yea no, with mods I said fggit. They have good weapons. There's 0 challenge in power armor.

[@DeadSandMan8677]

This is why you repair it

[@monkeman4358]

Skill issues

[@monkeman4358]

@@Eltar_literally just combine a bunch of them together and you’re good, quit whining 😂

[@blitzboy2934]

I’ve been rocking Benny’s suit the whole time since I got it with no problems. That, a cowboy hat, a revolver, and repeater is great

[@Jollyman2117]

Not the writing/story? Definitely the weak spot of F3

[@FishingNotCatchin]

Overhated, its pretty solid story that does not take away from enjoyability of the game

[@rooster6461]

Story is fine unless you are one of those “NoOoOo, YoU nEeD tO hAvE cOmPlEx FaCtIoNs AnD dEcIsIoNs ThAt ArEnT bLaCk AnD wHiTe” people.

[@Jkrocsko]

I think he means gameplay. We arent playing Bethesda Fallout for its "robust main storyline" we like the sandbox and map design

[@Brrrrshkibididobdob]

Imagine having basically invincible armor T-51 Anchorage PA:☺️☺️😈😈

[@Mark_317]

Winterized T-51B never breaks

[@Boone69]

yep

[@misterturkturkle]

It's possible to break it it just has an insane amount of durability

[@johnalexander7457]

Honestly as a new player, I heard you get that unbreakable set of PA for completing anchorage. So I did that on my 3rd hour. I’m on my 50th hour and I’m still using the anchorage PA.

[@TravisBougie-pm6pv]

Completely agree although when I play a Fallout 3 I get the winterized power armor which doesn't deteriorate so I don't really have a problem with deterioration

[@HustlingThru]

That’s why during my playthroughs I always have more than a little luck on my side 😅

[@FlyingWaffleZombie]

I agree DT has its advantages but I think the armor being worse in FO3 encourages you to be more likely to wear stat/special boosting armor at least in the early game

[@MATTY-G-HULL]

That's why you do the op anchorage glitch with the dead body and get the unbreakable combat armour, helmet and assault rifle 😎

[@ryand.3858]

NCR ranger combat armor is just too damned cool. Style and substance. 👌

[@Silentguy_]

I much preferred that New Vegas primarily focused on Damage Threshold for armor and approached Damage Resistance in a different manner and it allowed for much more diverse play styles. Being able to take damage in F3 was almost entirely dependent on how strong your armor was. NV on the other hand allowed me to be a sneaky naked monster that could take a mini nuke to the face purely because my endurance stat was maxed out, I’d implanted myself with cybernetics and I had every DR/DT perk under the Sun

[@jasonkall3837]

I’ve never had a problem especially since you can rush for winterized power armor and even without it power armor isn’t a rarity and add perks into the mix you become invulnerable

[@Lukelikesmissiles]

F4 power armour, where you step into it, still makes me moist to this day.

[@ogpapabless9777]

Lvl 3: dam threshold is stupid Lvl 30: I love it

[@perrymorris3950]

the armored vault suit was one of my favorites.

[@dievleisboom332]

In Fallout 1, it feels awesome when you get shot at by like 5 enemies, and you get hit for no damage. The feeling of bullets just plinking off you as soon as you put on power armor is just so cool.

[@sandysmokes655]

This is the exact reason I’m watching this vid I’m like where is all the armor at

[@styrfry]

This is why you should play FO3 via Tale of Two Wastelands, so you get that OG fo3 with the far better NV meColdplay. TTW gives every piece of armor in fo3/fnv both DT and DR, and rebalances enemies to take this into account. I also highly recommend the Titans of the New West mod as well, so that the power armor of fo3+fnv is massive like in fo4/76, instead of looking like a bulky cosplay.

[@asiangaming8409]

Remember, when something says it has a 70% chance of happening, it means 30% of happening

[@erosvx]

Fallout 3 is a timeless classic, you can glitch your XP to max out in the very beginning and max out your caps at the same time.

[@richardkelley9380]

Medics PA is the best not only does it talk to you but it keeps you alive in some serious fights

[@iplaywhatiwant3738]

It just makes objective better armor. Winterized and Hellfire means you're done looking forever.

[@mr_beezlebub3985]

New Vegas improved on a lot of what Fallout 3 did.

[@jacksonbaldwin5800]

Talon company armor always came in clutch and so did the tesla armor

[@michaelbarrow4007]

Awesome way to finish the video

[@ConsularCurve14]

i strongly think that fallout 3 should of had a repair merchant that repaired your stuff to 100% or even 90% maybe we would have to do a mission to have him get to 100% repair skill, maybe the mission could have us go and collect books about repairing armor or weapons and we gave the books to him and his repair skill goes up, could have been a cool mission and a cool way of repairing armor.

[@misterturkturkle]

There was one in the mothership zeta DLC That's how my friends and I found out that winterize power armor from the operation Anchorage one isn't actually bugged to be invincible, it's just coded wrong and has 10,000 times the durability it's supposed to have.

[@batteryacid2649]

You can still make your character really tough, though. High endurance, get the dmg resistance version of "Wasteland Guru" by giving END or STR answers as much as possible, get the Ant Sight/Might perk, Barkskin Perk, Toughness, Cyborg, and the perks from Pitt/Point Lookout. Your base DR should be like...34? The defender perk adds 10 so when standing still 44. Take med x you'll have almost 70 DR and that's without Armor.

[@al-xo2cy]

me running everywhere without any armor in fallout 4 and falloiut 76 « well that’s weird i don’t really see the difference i die as kickly as if i had armor »

[@Mika_MewMew]

I remember being blown away getting the T51-b as a kid, best armour in the game and wouldn't deteriorate, but everytime I found any armour after that, I was so disappointed that every single piece is so much worse, and I realized, doing that mediocre dlc made an entire gameplay element redundant and that was the first time I felt like I spoiled a game for myself

[@ChadOfAllChads]

Winterized T-51B "accidently" had a bug that gave it like 3 million health