Elite Riot Gear or Gannon Family Tesla Armor

[yalexyander]

Both are really good armor sets, but im askin you guys which is better.

Elite Riot Gear

Pros

• +5% cit chance
  
• 750 item hp+100 hp for helmet
  
• 29 lbs
  
• Charisma +1
  
• Perception +1
  
• Sneak Sight

Cons

• Guns +10 (Obviously, this is good, but I already have 100 guns skill)
  
• Speech +10 (Again, this is good, but I have a 100 in speech skills)
  
• 28 DT

Gannon Family Tesla Armor

Pros

• 32 DT
  
• Looks awesome
  
• Only medium power armor in the game
  
• +25 Radiation Resistance

Cons

• 40 lbs
  
• -1 Charisma
  
• 400 item hp+100 hp for helmet
  
• No sneak sight
  
• +10 Energy Weapons (Isn't bad, it's just you may have 100 energy weapons skill)
  
• No crit chance increase

Idk, I like the Tesla Armor, but I may switch to Elite Riot Gear.

[psychotron666]

Also forgot that elite riot gear is medium armour and the power armour is heavy, so you run faster with the elite riot gear too.

Imo elite riot gear is better

[joje]

Just pick the one that* is cooler. Witch they both are

[yalexyander]

Originally posted by psychotron666:

Also forgot that elite riot gear is medium armour and the power armour is heavy, so you run faster with the elite riot gear too.

Imo elite riot gear is better

Both armors are medium armors. Thats why I really like the tesla armor, because you can repair it with combat armor or ncr armor

[yalexyander]

Alright, im doing elite riot gear, so i can pack more things. And also, there's this bug where you can where the 1st recon beret WITH the elite riot helmet. So you can have an additional +10% crit chance with this armor set!

[talgaby]

Gannon's armour has the huge disadvantage of being only unlockable before the final mission. You can rush the main questline, but that is still over a quarter of the content and you must go over half of the map to unlock the quest, then to do it.
Combined with its low item HP, I usually say wear it for the last mission if you do not want a more cumbersome Remnants armour during it.

The elite riot gear you can get on level 1… if you can somehow survive all the initial areas of Lonesome Road. Technically, running a lot helps you avoid most stuff, and you can even go back after getting the armour and do the DLC later.

Since both are difficult to get, you can also entertain the idea of using the Mark II stealth suit form OWB (it can be done on level 1) as a medium armour until you can survive acquiring the riot gear. Or do DM or HH and use the assassin's suit, a Sierra security armour, or Graham's SWAT vest—the latter two also have uncharacteristically high defence values for their categories.