Power armor too early. ? Mods ?

[Kaname]

Well starting my second playthrough almost done with game on first go no I did not collect or see everything but I will be going for 100 percent on next playthrough on hard level right now on first playthrough doing it on normal.

My question is thier any mod that gives the power armor later I really dislike how early you get it.

[Zombinater007]

You can always just get in, then get out and leave it there for later. Boom problem solved

[Greb]

I don't think you're forced to use it. You could disable any suits you come across if you want to, they'd be really damn hard to get back then.

I don't know of any mods though, I'm sorry.

You find suits all over the place, literally falling over them by the end. Every suit you find, disable it, then when you feel ready to use power armour, go and buy the frame from the Atom Cats or that guy in Diamond City for 3000 caps?

[Kaname]

Originally posted by Greb:

I don't think you're forced to use it. You could disable any suits you come across if you want to, they'd be really damn hard to get back then.

I don't know of any mods though, I'm sorry.

You find suits all over the place, literally falling over them by the end. Every suit you find, disable it, then when you feel ready to use power armour, go and buy the frame from the Atom Cats or that guy in Diamond City for 3000 caps?

Will do this it sounds like a good strategy and it will make the power armor feel much more powerful when I actually get it for real not handed to me easily.

[Sir Harlz]

Actually in most peoples playthough. The damn fusion core runs out so fast they can't even store the frame in the truck stop. Thats what happend to me, twice. Its still better then fallout 3 power armor though...which didn't feel like power armor. And in fall new vegas it was even worst, you could get it early by going STAIGHT to hidden valley (one hour of missions and they train you.) or rush though the main story (you don't need to get far in the story.) talk to gannon, remants, boom free best power armor in the game.

But yeah that concord bit was...erm....REALLY!? REAAAAALY!? A minigun and power armor from the start. REALLY!? YOU WENT THERE!!?!??!

[DarkestLight]

Originally posted by Trumpster:

Actually in most peoples playthough. The damn fusion core runs out so fast they can't even store the frame in the truck stop. Thats what happend to me, twice. Its still better then fallout 3 power armor though...which didn't feel like power armor. And in fall new vegas it was even worst, you could get it early by going STAIGHT to hidden valley (one hour of missions and they train you.) or rush though the main story (you don't need to get far in the story.) talk to gannon, remants, boom free best power armor in the game.

But yeah that concord bit was...erm....REALLY!? REAAAAALY!? A minigun and power armor from the start. REALLY!? YOU WENT THERE!!?!??!

Fast travel does not drain the core. I usually use 1-2% getting my trophies back to Sanctuary.

[Shrapnel]

Originally posted by Trumpster:

But yeah that concord bit was...erm....REALLY!? REAAAAALY!? A minigun and power armor from the start. REALLY!? YOU WENT THERE!!?!??!

dont forget killing a top tier predator in the midst of dealing with 7 other raiders
talking about epeen rising

[7FOUR]

Originally posted by Trumpster:

But yeah that concord bit was...erm....REALLY!? REAAAAALY!? A minigun and power armor from the start. REALLY!? YOU WENT THERE!!?!??!

Considering the minigun is only useful early game and has limited ammo, and the power armor comes not only damaged but with a mere half charged power core, plus you're immediately thrown into a fight with one of the most dangerous enemies in the game, I'd say the aquisition is balanced well and is a great showcase for the new power armor functionality.

Granted, I had the same reaction when I saw gameplay of the Concord segment, but actual game experience quickly changed my mind.

[mcsproot]

Yes, you get power armour early. But guess what?

That's balanced out by the need of Fusion Cores to keep it going. Early on, those things are rare and expensive. Also, you need to keep it repaired, though for T-45 that's pretty cheap to do as it only requires steel (and circuits for the chest).

And yes, you get a minigun. But guess what? 5mm ammo isn't easy to find outside of shops, and you burn through it FAST. A minigun without bullets isn't very useful.

And also, there is the option to...not use them. Though taking out that Deathclaw without a Minigun or Power Armour as a level 3 nobody will be quite tricky.

As for whoever said the core runs out before getting back to Sanctuary.

Do NOT sprint in power armour if you care about Fusion Core efficiency. Sprinting is a very inefficient way to move with power armour, just stick to running. Also, as has already been pointed out, fast travel does not reduce your fusion core power. I read somewhere that you can also fast travel in a power armour that is drained of power.

[Sir Harlz]

Originally posted by Blue Istari:

Originally posted by Trumpster:

But yeah that concord bit was...erm....REALLY!? REAAAAALY!? A minigun and power armor from the start. REALLY!? YOU WENT THERE!!?!??!

Considering the minigun is only useful early game and has limited ammo, and the power armor comes not only damaged but with a mere half charged power core, plus you're immediately thrown into a fight with one of the most dangerous enemies in the game, I'd say the aquisition is balanced well and is a great showcase for the new power armor functionality.

Granted, I had the same reaction when I saw gameplay of the Concord segment, but actual game experience quickly changed my mind.

Hey I love this game I didn't use the power armor for a while. (My entire first character was made for the sole purpose of power armor. 10 int, got the perk for make cores last longer as quick as possible.) but I felt like the minigun vs deathclaw fight was underwelming. It happend too fast, also there was no awesome music. Just me silently mowing down raiders and a deathclaw.

Yeah the fusion cores and damange balences it mostly. But I kinda wish that after the fight that the power armor frame would fail or something. Like maybe the deathclaw messes it up and it can't be reused. Problem is, you only need one frame for your character. And whenenver I would find a frame randomly spawned I lost exciment that I would have had in other games just from seeing a power armor set. In this game its like "T-45 set...meh aleady have it."

A VERY MINOR problem I have with the game. I am just saying they should have made getting your power armor a achivment. I wanted to actually go looking for a frame without having to handicap myself.

[ImHelping]

You only get T-45 early unless you specifically go out of your way to predetetmined spawn locations.

That's the power armor equivilent of complaining you get pipe guns too early.

Handing you a busted up suit of T-45 with a single fusion core is basically there as a tutorial/feature showcase of the new power armor system.

You are not really going to be in a position to keep using your mission handed to you t-45 suit anyways unless, again, you specifically go out of your way to prepare for power armor usage or procrastinate on going 40 feet away from sanctuary to cambridge until you have a dozen fusion cores.

[Urizen]

You could always wait till you have level 3 Nuclear Physicist, which will be lvl 26 at least.

[hyperion]

I found it useful for killing that Deathclaw that comes out of the sewers near the museum, but after that, I just took it off and left it there, it drives me crazy wearing it. Totally takes away the free roam fun factor for me.