Being able to use power armor 24/7 is not fun

[Misan]

As the title says, i'm able to use the power armor 24/7 without even coming close to losing power.

Playing on survival,some 50 hours in, with 20 fusion cores to spend, and more coming in than it's using, makes this game ridiculous.

I'd like for once to roam around as myself, my character, and not look at this clunky slow armor all the time, but there's no point in doing so, if you get better armor, better life, better carry weight, better melee dmg, immune to fall damage and many more.

The power armor in this game is just ridiculous, the fusion cores should be WAY more limited, by a LOT.

[TVMAN]

Nothing is forcing you to use power armor but you.

[Peanits]

I agree. There's so many cores lying around that there's really no reason not to use it all the time. The carry weight alone is all the reason I need, because I think my carry weight is bugged (says I'm carrying a lot when I'm carrying less than ever).

I'd like it to be more of a "save it up and use it when you need it" kind of deal, or at the very least offer some sort of balancing between using it and not using it. Maybe add a speed penalty to power armor unless you specifically upgrade the legs to make you move faster. That way you'd have a reason to not use it all the time.

[bugdacious]

You can leave it behind. A few points in the damage resistance perks goes a long way. I've gotten around much of the map even with only 30 or so hours in, faced many baddies and rarely wear the PA except when I know I'm going into exceptional harm's way. I didn't even wear it for Taking Independence although that normally meets my standard of "harm's way" for using it. For most exploration, I'm in Combat Armor and have faced down quite a few baddies with skulls on their name.

[bugdacious]

Originally posted by Peanits:

The carry weight alone is all the reason I need, because I think my carry weight is bugged (says I'm carrying a lot when I'm carrying less than ever).

Look to see if you're carrying a lot of mods. They don't show up in a lot of menus, but they each add .5 (at least from what I've paid attention to). Grenades and mines are the other things I tend to overlook. (edit... most mods to a weapon remove another one)

And only carry the aid you need, don't packrat it so much. And if you're using dogmeat, you've got a packmule.

[Peanits]

Originally posted by bugdacious:

Originally posted by Peanits:

The carry weight alone is all the reason I need, because I think my carry weight is bugged (says I'm carrying a lot when I'm carrying less than ever).

Look to see if you're carrying a lot of mods. They don't show up in a lot of menus, but they each add .5 (at least from what I've paid attention to). Grenades and mines are the other things I tend to overlook.

And only carry the aid you need, don't packrat it so much. And if you're using dogmeat, you've got a packmule.

No, I'm not. Don't worry, I've checked and even emptied out my entire inventory. Even carrying nothing, I was using up a few hundred weight. The only chems I ever carry with me (going out) are stimpacs and radaways, although I'll pick them all up because they'll sell for a decent amount. But even then, they go straight into a chest at my base until I go out and sell them all to vendors.

It seems to be a semi-common bug. A couple other people seem to be having a similar problem. Not sure what's causing it.

[ᑕYᗷEᖇᑕᗩT]

Yeah I roll in the silver shroud outfit now. It's all about the style in this game and PA aint pretty to look at

[Wanderer]

I agree, I would rather play as myself, I hate the power armor. I've got 100 hours in the game and I've probably spent 10 minutes of that in the power armor, and that was at the start of the game when you first get introduced to it. Doesn't interest me at all.

[Lightning]

You don't really use it 24/7 you need to get out to craft, make food, repair it, sleep, etc.

[AmAtic]

Originally posted by Misan:

As the title says, i'm able to use the power armor 24/7 without even coming close to losing power.

Then don't use it.

[suss]

Haha wow you're complaining that you don't like using it yet you choose to continue to use it. I honestly think there's something wrong with you.

[TormDK]

Originally posted by AmAtic:

Originally posted by Misan:

As the title says, i'm able to use the power armor 24/7 without even coming close to losing power.

Then don't use it.

A bit too easy an answer for an obvious design flaw, don't ya think?

Power armour in the other FO games have always been about either running with the BoS (Because it used to require training, and access to the groups that had them) or otherwise getting that knowledge.

Now our guy is a pre-war relic, that happens to have done active military service, so he apparently didn't need this training - and apparently 200 years worth of rust does not effect powerarmour either.

It's a bit of a shame in my mind. There's zero reason to take it off ever again, even on Survival.

I started using the Gatling Laser just to spend cores faster than I could find them, as my main character that I rushed through the games story with had more than 50 cores available by the time you make the choice.

[Misan]

"You can leave it" There's no incentive to do so, as the Armor gives all around crazy buffs. I don't like gimping myself on purpose, the survival difficulty is already way too easy.

The point is; the armor is too easy to use 24/7, no incentive to run around on your normal gear, if it's there, it's hard not to use it, simple.

[Lil Puppy]

The only thing I don't like is every single time I get into a power armor it uses a fresh core so now I have over a hundred of them at random percentages.
If power armor automatically equips fusion cores when they run out if you have them in inventory then why the hell isn't it picking the weakest one instead of the strongest one? They don't weight anything so there's no reason to hide them in a box, but now finding the weakest one each time I just want to rearrange my power armor museum sucks - not that I bother, it's just a nitpick.

[Simpson3k]

Actually there is a reason to not use it all the time..at least for me. The thought that the armor pieces slowly get eaten away untill i walk back home in the bare case to repair them..sucks..not to mention that i play a stealth build with massive bonus damage from hidden. Most encounters in the game arent that powerfull to need the power armor..staying hidden and strike hard is far more valueable than stand like a rock..soak the damage and trigger your minigun or whatever.

[Arekusandora]

For those who think it's to easy on survival then don't use the power suit or change the legendary spawn rate to a bit more and you'll see some more tricky situations where you might run into 2 legendaries that has decent weapons + 1 guy with mini nuke + 1 guy with rocket launcer + extra small fries.