Power armor a handicap

[Ghostboy1556]

My perks give me a max carry weight of 400. Already better than the power armor. However it can get higher and I have a backpack mod that can add up too 1000 carry weight. Is there any mods to make power armor carry weight better than that or to at least not disable your normal carry weight? If not power armor is basically worthless after you get a few points in strong back or high strength. Even without mods

[showler]

Unless you want to get shot without dying.

If you are using the same backpack mod as me it has an option to make carry weight increase mods for your power armor.

[Ilja]

I am using bags from Eli's Compendium, but I am also using Salvage Beacons. Got tired of running back and forth Corvega and Starlight, to clear it from materials.

[Ghostboy1556]

I'm using Survivalist go bags. Also I have a mod that allows me to wear armor pieces over minute man clothes so I am getting a ton of protection by mixing the minutemen general outfit with armor pieces so I don't really get shot up that much

[Kay]

Worthless, except having about 900 points more resistance than the best armour in game (depending on the power armour)

That, and it adds strength to you while wearing it, so 10 strength can become 14 in the right armour

[Ghostboy1556]

*Max strong back. Plus lone wander perk, can carry more than in any power armor*

[drizzan]

I have never used power armor except for the start when you have to. But I guess it could help you in the beginning of the game on survival when everything hurts you alot. After you get ballistic weaves on your gear there is no need for power armor anymore.

If you are talking about Power Armor for carrying stuff it is pretty bad unless you don't have any points in strength at all. With my current melee build I actually get lower strength in power armor and less carry weight aswell, so I'm basically gimping myself by entering one.

[showler]

Pretty much you made your choice that carry weight is more important than armor protection.

[badminton]

Congrats, I guess? I don't think it was their plan to make power armour absolutely necessary so they added skills and items so you could have alternative options. They also added items and skills to make power armour more effective for those that did want to use it. At best it's a piece of equipment that can slightly change the way you play, at worst it's a bit of a novelty, just like everything else.

[DrNewcenstein]

Infinite Jet Pack, Infinite Power Cell. Power Armor is the only way.

[A kobold]

power armor in the end is more that. when you think you will need heavy ass armor to deal with a fight. not something you should use all the time but it is good for going into an area you know you will get your ass kicked.

Unless you are playing around a power armor user with all the handycaps and pros of that its not that useful in fallout 4.

[Ghostboy1556]

Right but for when I NEED it to kick all the ass, is there a mod to make it so it doesn't debuff my personal carry weight?

[A kobold]

Originally posted by RoboHitler2017:

Right but for when I NEED it to kick all the ass, is there a mod to make it so it doesn't debuff my personal carry weight?

not really, though you really shouldn't be carrying that much anyway, any more then 300 tends to result in a lot of clutter.

[Ghostboy1556]

How so?

[A kobold]

Originally posted by RoboHitler2017:

How so?

for one scrolling through the menu for two it means you likely have a lot of stuff you are not using. either A head back to a settlement and dump things off or B get soemthing like teh scavenger beacon mod.

Having a lot of things is pointless.

Though this is all personal opinion.

[Crystal Sharrd]

There's a power armor modification called Calibrated Shocks that increases your carry weight (Even more) while wearing the power armor. There's also a mod for the Strong Back perk that alters it so it also reduces the weight of all equipped armor, although due to the way the game works while inside power armor the reduction only applies to the power armor pieces equipped to the power armor frame, and not the armor your character themself. Also, if possible, add the Deep Pocketed modification to your regular armor. Each piece of equipped Deep Pocketed armor adds +10 to carry weight. The Deep Pocketed mod requires Rank 2 in the Armorer perk. The Calibrated Shocks power armor mod can only be applied to power armor leg pieces (Any model), and adds +50 to carry weight per leg. It also requires Rank 2 in the Science! perk to craft.
Edit: Here's a link to the Strong Back mod I was talking about. Make sure to ead the instructions. There's a version of the mod if you have Far Harbor and if you don't.
https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/17361/